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             Lex talionis, or, The author of Naked truth stript naked
             Fell, Philip, 1632 or 3-1682.
             Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.
             Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.
          
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           LEX
           TALIONIS
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           AUTHOR
           OF
           Naked
           Truth
           STRIPT
           NAKED
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           at
           the
           West
           End
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           .
           MDCLXXVI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             G.
             Jane
             
               R.
               P.
               D.
            
             Hen.
             Episc.
             Lond.
             
               à
               Sacris
               Domesticis
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           LEX
           TALIONIS
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           Author
           of
           
             Naked
             Truth
          
           stript
           naked
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Chapter
             concerning
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith.
             
          
           
             I
             Have
             perused
             the
             Pamphlet
             which
             you
             sent
             of
             Naked
             Truth
             ,
             and
             whereas
             you
             require
             me
             to
             give
             you
             my
             opinion
             of
             it
             ,
             though
             I
             might
             refer
             you
             to
             the
             Printed
             Discourse
             of
             that
             worthy
             Person
             who
             has
             animadverted
             upon
             it
             ;
             yet
             because
             this
             would
             look
             like
             an
             Artificial
             excusing
             of
             pains
             ,
             and
             seem
             only
             more
             civilly
             to
             disobey
             ,
             I
             will
             trouble
             you
             with
             the
             cursory
             reflections
             which
             I
             made
             upon
             a
             hasty
             view
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Book
             ;
             wherein
             I
             shall
             chiefly
             aim
             at
             two
             things
             not
             particularly
             designed
             in
             the
             Printed
             Answer
             :
             First
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             this
             
               humble
               Moderator
            
             (
             as
             he
             stiles
             himself
             )
             who
             pretends
             in
             his
             Title
             to
             give
             
               the
               true
               state
               of
               the
               Primitive
               Church
               ,
            
             is
             utterly
             ignorant
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             grosly
             mistaken
             in
             the
             representations
             he
             makes
             thereof
             .
             And
             then
             secondly
             ,
             whereas
             he
             boldly
             avers
             to
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             has
             the
             confidence
             to
             dedicate
             his
             Libel
             ,
             
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               therein
               contained
               which
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               known
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
            
             ;
             I
             shall
             evidence
             that
             several
             things
             therein
             contained
             are
             as
             contrary
             to
             the
             known
             Laws
             as
             his
             Printing
             without
             Licence
             confestly
             was
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Book
             is
             pernicious
             ,
             and
             tending
             to
             the
             disturbance
             of
             the
             establish'd
             constitution
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
           
             As
             to
             the
             Book
             considered
             in
             the
             gross
             ,
             my
             first
             reflexion
             about
             it
             was
             ,
             whether
             it
             could
             be
             the
             work
             of
             the
             same
             person
             ,
             several
             things
             being
             so
             well
             ,
             and
             more
             so
             very
             ill
             said
             ;
             Therefore
             if
             it
             hapned
             to
             have
             one
             single
             Author
             ,
             it
             either
             seem'd
             the
             exercise
             of
             Wit
             of
             some
             Sceptic
             and
             Atheistical
             derider
             of
             Religion
             ,
             who
             desired
             to
             make
             sport
             with
             holy
             things
             ,
             and
             say
             pro
             and
             contra
             ,
             all
             that
             occurr'd
             to
             his
             mind
             :
             Or
             else
             that
             it
             was
             wrote
             in
             the
             different
             intervals
             of
             a
             craz'd
             Enthusiast
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             unseasonably
             introduced
             by
             a
             declaration
             of
             being
             the
             product
             of
             Fasting
             and
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             seeking
             of
             God
             ,
             venerable
             words
             which
             have
             not
             left
             off
             to
             abuse
             the
             World
             :
             Or
             lastly
             ,
             (
             which
             seems
             most
             probable
             )
             that
             it
             was
             wrote
             by
             some
             ambitious
             discontented
             Person
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             not
             preferred
             according
             to
             his
             merit
             ,
             or
             what
             may
             be
             greater
             than
             that
             ,
             his
             expectation
             ,
             his
             mind
             being
             leaven'd
             with
             spite
             and
             anger
             ,
             cavils
             at
             the
             present
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             he
             having
             in
             ill
             humour
             left
             off
             studying
             ,
             writes
             out
             of
             memory
             imperfect
             shreds
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             able
             to
             cast
             away
             at
             once
             the
             Principles
             formerly
             imbib'd
             ,
             sometimes
             speaks
             in
             favour
             to
             Conformity
             ,
             and
             quarrels
             the
             disobedience
             of
             Dissenters
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             pass
             from
             Conjectures
             to
             that
             which
             is
             more
             certainly
             before
             us
             .
             At
             the
             first
             setting
             out
             our
             Author
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             received
             
               the
               Apostles
               Creed
               ,
               as
               the
               sum
               total
               of
               Faith
               necessary
               to
               Salvation
               .
            
             And
             then
             disputes
             ,
             
               Why
               is
               it
               not
               now
               so
            
             ?
             Which
             involving
             an
             intimation
             that
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             it
             is
             not
             thought
             so
             ,
             can
             only
             tend
             to
             sedition
             ,
             being
             an
             odious
             suggestion
             ▪
             and
             absolutely
             false
             :
             And
             it
             is
             known
             ,
             that
             scarcely
             any
             thing
             is
             more
             particularly
             insisted
             on
             by
             our
             Church
             against
             the
             Papists
             than
             their
             making
             new
             Articles
             to
             the
             Creed
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             the
             fault
             will
             rather
             lie
             upon
             us
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             we
             think
             the
             whole
             Creed
             necessary
             :
             For
             we
             are
             bid
             remember
             and
             observe
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Treasurer
               to
            
             Candace
             
               his
               Creed
               was
               only
               ,
               I
               believe
               that
               Iesus
               Christ
               is
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               no
               more
               
               that
               this
               purch●sed
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             and
             Ascension
             ;
             at
             least
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             the
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             ,
             the
             Forgiveness
             of
             Sins
             ,
             and
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             are
             if
             not
             superfluous
             ,
             yet
             unnecessary
             speculations
             .
             How
             well
             this
             sutes
             with
             the
             close
             of
             the
             Athanasian
             Creed
             ,
             our
             Author
             would
             do
             well
             to
             consider
             :
             If
             it
             shocks
             it
             ,
             then
             he
             must
             confess
             that
             he
             has
             said
             something
             contrary
             to
             the
             known
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             :
             The
             Liturgy
             (
             of
             which
             that
             makes
             a
             part
             )
             being
             confirmed
             by
             several
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             the
             late
             one
             of
             Uniformity
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               Primo
               Eliz.
            
             which
             established
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
             ,
             determining
             the
             limits
             of
             Heresie
             to
             be
             ,
             not
             only
             what
             has
             been
             ordered
             or
             judged
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Canonical
             Scriptures
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             the
             first
             four
             General
             Councils
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ;
             he
             may
             bethink
             himself
             ,
             whether
             the
             System
             of
             what
             is
             to
             be
             held
             
               de
               fide
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             is
             so
             narrow
             as
             is
             here
             pretended
             .
             But
             our
             Author
             says
             ,
             
               Philip
               required
               no
               more
               ●of
               the
               Eunuch
               than
               this
               short
               Confession
               ,
               that
               I
               believe
               that
               Iesus
               Christ
               is
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               is
               no
               assurance
               nor
               great
               probability
               that
               he
               was
               more
               fully
               instructed
            
             ;
             which
             is
             plainly
             to
             contradict
             the
             Text
             of
             S.
             Luke
             ,
             who
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             Philip
             (
             from
             the
             place
             of
             Isaiah
             which
             the
             Eunuch
             was
             reading
             )
             began
             at
             the
             same
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             preached
             unto
             him
             Jesus
             ;
             which
             certainly
             expresses
             a
             greater
             compass
             of
             particularities
             than
             is
             in
             the
             short
             System
             here
             proposed
             .
             Yet
             farther
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             considered
             whether
             our
             Authors
             Argument
             be
             good
             ;
             
               Philip
               required
               no
               more
               ,
               but
               baptized
               him
               on
               this
               ;
               and
               had
               the
               Eunuch
               departed
               this
               life
               in
               the
               same
               instant
               that
            
             Philip
             
               parted
               from
               him
               ,
               I
               believe
               I
               have
               better
               assurance
               that
               thi●
               Faith
               would
               have
               saved
               the
               Eunuch
               ,
               than
               any
               man
               hath
               that
               he
               was
               ever
               taught
               more
            
             ;
             therefore
             that
             Confession
             here
             required
             ,
             is
             a
             sufficient
             Summary
             of
             Faith.
             For
             sure
             there
             is
             more
             required
             as
             necessary
             to
             be
             known
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             than
             of
             a
             Child
             in
             Christ.
             Such
             a
             knowledge
             as
             perswades
             to
             
             the
             undertaking
             the
             Covenant
             and
             duties
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             may
             entitle
             unto
             Baptism
             ;
             but
             yet
             neither
             involves
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             whole
             Gospel
             ,
             nor
             supersedes
             the
             necessity
             of
             it
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Event
             of
             the
             Eunuchs
             condition
             had
             he
             departed
             this
             life
             immediately
             after
             Baptism
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             much
             to
             the
             purpose
             as
             if
             one
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             if
             an
             Infant
             immediately
             after
             Baptism
             should
             depart
             this
             life
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             saved
             even
             without
             the
             Eunuchs
             Creed
             ,
             therefore
             even
             that
             may
             well
             be
             spared
             .
             But
             after
             a
             complaint
             of
             the
             
               mischiefs
               arising
               from
               the
               establishment
               of
               new
               and
               many
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               requiring
               all
               to
               assent
               unto
               them
            
             :
             (
             which
             let
             them
             who
             are
             guilty
             of
             doing
             answer
             for
             it
             )
             the
             Author
             goes
             on
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             
               for
               his
               part
               he
               thinks
               nothing
               can
               be
               more
               clearly
               deduced
               from
               Scripture
               ,
               nothing
               more
               fully
               expressed
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               nothing
               more
               sutable
               to
               natural
               Reason
               ,
               than
               that
               no
               man
               should
               be
               forced
               to
               believe
               .
            
             Whereby
             he
             means
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             can
             mean
             nothing
             ,
             (
             for
             what
             appears
             not
             is
             as
             if
             it
             were
             not
             )
             that
             no
             man
             should
             be
             forced
             to
             declare
             his
             belief
             of
             any
             thing
             .
             Now
             since
             the
             Scripture
             under
             the
             severest
             penalties
             requires
             the
             confession
             of
             Christ
             before
             men
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             sure
             contrary
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             Persons
             should
             be
             forced
             to
             declare
             their
             Belief
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             thought
             unsutable
             to
             natural
             Reason
             neither
             .
             But
             now
             let
             us
             see
             whether
             this
             Assertion
             of
             our
             Author
             be
             not
             
               contrary
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
            
             notwithstanding
             the
             assurance
             we
             have
             from
             him
             who
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               there
               is
               not
               a
               word
               in
               his
               discourse
               against
               it
               .
            
             The
             Oath
             of
             Soveraignty
             ,
             enjoyned
             by
             the
             Statute
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             
               Primo
               Eliz.
            
             commands
             the
             Subject
             
               to
               testifie
               and
               declare
               in
               his
               conscience
               ,
               that
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               is
               the
               only
               Supreme
               Governour
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               other
               his
               Highness
               Dominions
               and
               Countries
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               all
               Spiritual
               or
               Ecclesiastical
               things
               or
               causes
               ,
               as
               Temporal
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             So
             likewise
             the
             other
             
               Tertio
               Iacob
            
             .
             
               I
               truly
               and
               sincerely
               acknowledge
               ,
               profess
               ,
               testifie
               ,
               and
               declare
               in
               my
               conscience
               before
               God
               and
               the
               World
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             the
             Act
             of
             Uniformity
             commands
             
               the
               Abjuring
               of
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               and
               assenting
               and
               
               consenting
               to
               every
               thing
               contained
               in
               the
               Liturgy
               .
            
             And
             after
             this
             ,
             let
             my
             Author
             consider
             with
             what
             duty
             and
             good
             manners
             he
             concludes
             ,
             
               Thus
               you
               see
               how
               impertinent
               ,
               how
               irrational
               ,
               how
               impious
               it
               is
               to
               require
               a
               man
               to
               believe
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             profess
             his
             belief
             of
             )
             
               any
               thing
               more
               than
               is
               clearly
               contained
               in
               Scripture
               .
            
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             we
             ,
             dull
             as
             we
             are
             ,
             do
             not
             at
             all
             see
             this
             impertinence
             and
             unreasonableness
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             beautiful
             illustrations
             of
             the
             
               Eye
               and
               the
               Candle
               ,
               the
               hammer
               and
               the
               beating
               out
               the
               brains
               .
            
             St.
             Paul
             hath
             taught
             us
             that
             Heresie
             is
             a
             work
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             we
             know
             Pride
             ,
             and
             Prepossession
             ,
             and
             Interest
             are
             of
             more
             concernment
             therein
             than
             want
             of
             faculties
             and
             apprehension
             .
             The
             thing
             complained
             of
             is
             ,
             that
             men
             turn
             away
             their
             faces
             ,
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             lay
             their
             heads
             to
             consider
             what
             is
             set
             before
             them
             :
             And
             if
             the
             immorality
             of
             error
             be
             once
             cured
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             a
             speedy
             account
             of
             its
             misadventures
             in
             Speculation
             and
             Theory
             .
             The
             Will
             of
             man
             has
             an
             higher
             pretence
             to
             freedom
             than
             the
             Intellect
             ;
             Tyranny
             can
             make
             me
             suffer
             ,
             but
             cannot
             oblige
             me
             to
             approve
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             chuse
             :
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             impertinent
             or
             irrational
             to
             require
             men
             to
             will
             ,
             and
             ,
             what
             is
             more
             than
             that
             ,
             actually
             to
             perform
             their
             duty
             :
             Nor
             can
             any
             sufficient
             cause
             be
             rendred
             ,
             why
             perverse
             and
             stubborn
             men
             should
             not
             be
             made
             to
             learn
             it
             and
             consider
             it
             too
             ;
             which
             plainly
             is
             their
             duty
             ,
             and
             previous
             to
             the
             performance
             of
             it
             .
             The
             Scripture
             indeed
             commands
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             in
             love
             ,
             to
             instruct
             the
             Brother
             in
             the
             spirit
             of
             meekness
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Scripture
             has
             made
             the
             greatest
             Christian
             Monarch
             ,
             and
             his
             meanest
             Vassal
             brethren
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             that
             ,
             he
             bears
             not
             the
             Sword
             in
             vain
             ;
             and
             in
             love
             and
             meekness
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             greatest
             kindness
             and
             charity
             ,
             is
             obliged
             to
             cut
             off
             the
             evil
             doer
             .
             The
             question
             ,
             
               To
               what
               purpose
               is
               force
            
             ?
             would
             indeed
             do
             well
             in
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             Ranter
             or
             Anabaptist
             ,
             and
             I
             might
             answer
             thereto
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             ordained
             by
             God
             to
             punish
             the
             rebellion
             of
             such
             a
             question
             by
             sharp
             severities
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             content
             my self
             to
             repeat
             the
             Apostles
             words
             ,
             just
             now
             
             recited
             ,
             
               The
               Magistrate
               bears
               not
               the
               Sword
               in
               vain
            
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             purpose
             why
             fo●ce
             should
             be
             used
             ,
             and
             all
             sober
             men
             understand
             it
             ,
             though
             our
             Author
             knows
             not
             of
             it
             .
             What
             is
             added
             of
             the
             
               Scripture
               rule
               of
               Faith
               being
               compleat
               and
               full
            
             is
             seriously
             to
             be
             considered
             :
             But
             he
             who
             straitens
             the
             credenda
             into
             one
             short
             Proposition
             of
             the
             Eunuchs
             Creed
             ,
             may
             in
             likelihood
             be
             as
             blameable
             in
             diminishing
             from
             it
             ,
             as
             any
             can
             be
             by
             adding
             to
             it
             .
             Though
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             our
             Author
             is
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             explication
             of
             Faith
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             extending
             or
             making
             new
             Articles
             of
             it
             .
             And
             what
             he
             says
             of
             
               requiring
               men
               to
               believe
               with
               Divine
               Faith
               what
               they
               add
               to
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               is
               to
               make
               their
               words
               equal
               with
               God●
            
             :
             If
             this
             refer
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             first
             he
             proceeds
             on
             a
             false
             supposal
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             somewhat
             added
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             not
             any
             thing
             added
             ;
             And
             secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             notorious
             ,
             they
             have
             never
             pretended
             that
             any
             thing
             ought
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             
               as
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               with
               Divine
               Faith
               ,
            
             but
             Scripture
             .
             So
             that
             the
             exaggerations
             of
             
               impertinent
               ,
               irrational
               ,
               and
               impious
               ,
            
             fall
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             unless
             they
             may
             chance
             to
             rest
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             him
             who
             to
             seditious
             and
             uncharitable
             purposes
             produces
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Paragraph
             desires
             it
             may
             be
             soberly
             considered
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Trinity
               ,
               Incarnation
               ,
               Resurrection
               are
               things
               far
               above
               the
               highest
               reason
               ,
               yet
               believed
               ,
               because
               God
               ,
               who
               cannot
               lie
               ,
               hath
               declared
               them
               :
               And
               that
               it
               is
               strange
               that
               any
               one
               should
               take
               upon
               him
               to
               declare
               one
               tittle
               of
               them
               more
               than
               God
               hath
               declared
               .
            
             But
             I
             desire
             to
             be
             allowed
             to
             put
             in
             a
             caveat
             ,
             that
             men
             should
             not
             be
             suffered
             to
             declare
             several
             (
             not
             tittles
             ,
             but
             )
             Articles
             ,
             less
             than
             God
             hath
             declared
             ;
             that
             our
             Authors
             direction
             concerning
             the
             
               quashing
               the
               whole
               debate
               of
               the
               Omoo●sios
               and
               Omoiousios
            
             may
             not
             be
             admitted
             ;
             and
             for
             quietness
             sake
             we
             may
             not
             be
             Latitudinarian
             Arians
             ,
             and
             Theists
             ;
             pretend
             to
             admit
             the
             Scripture-Doctrines
             in
             our
             own
             extravagant
             sense
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             liable
             to
             no
             controul
             ▪
             or
             farther
             rendring
             a
             reason
             of
             the
             Faith
             that
             is
             in
             us
             .
             It
             is
             easie
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishops
             who
             contended
             in
             this
             great
             
             Controversie
             were
             
               more
               zeal●us
               th●n
               dis●re●t
            
             :
             But
             they
             who
             have
             read
             the
             History
             of
             those
             times
             (
             which
             it
             is
             plain
             our
             Author
             never
             did
             )
             know
             very
             well
             that
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             defective
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             offended
             in
             permitting
             by
             their
             lenity
             Arius
             to
             infect
             the
             World
             and
             form
             his
             party
             ,
             before
             ever
             they
             took
             notice
             of
             him
             :
             And
             the
             discreet
             advice
             here
             given
             
               by
               silence
               to
               prevent
               the
               Malice
               ,
               Rancor
               ,
               Persecution
               ,
               and
               War
               ,
            
             which
             fell
             upon
             the
             Orthodox
             ▪
             might
             as
             well
             have
             been
             given
             to
             the
             Christians
             ,
             during
             the
             ten
             Persecutions
             ;
             and
             doubtless
             might
             have
             
               preserved
               many
               thousand
               lives
            
             ,
             and
             damned
             as
             many
             souls
             .
             The
             instance
             here
             mentioned
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             falls
             very
             pat
             to
             the
             purpose
             ;
             the
             Scripture
             hapning
             to
             afford
             a
             Parallel
             of
             what
             our
             Author
             thinks
             so
             adviseable
             .
             The
             Resurrection
             (
             he
             tells
             us
             )
             whereby
             men
             
               shall
               rise
               with
               the
               same
               body
               ,
               when
               one
               body
               may
               be
               eaten
               and
               converted
               into
               several
               bodies
               ,
               is
               far
               above
               the
               highest
               reason
               and
               sharpest
               understanding
               ;
               yet
               was
               believed
               by
            
             Hymeneus
             and
             Philetus
             ,
             
               because
               God
               had
               declared
               it
            
             :
             Yet
             they
             by
             keeping
             within
             the
             bounds
             
               which
               God
               had
               declared
            
             ,
             and
             referring
             it
             to
             that
             which
             was
             perfectly
             true
             ,
             the
             first
             Resurrection
             from
             the
             death
             of
             sin
             ,
             destroyed
             the
             faith
             of
             some
             :
             And
             it
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             that
             St.
             Paul
             was
             not
             more
             
               zealous
               than
               discreet
            
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             so
             earnestly
             concerned
             against
             them
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Arian
             nor
             Socinian
             who
             professes
             not
             to
             believe
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             allows
             him
             not
             to
             be
             God
             ;
             but
             our
             Author
             must
             hold
             us
             exc●sed
             ,
             if
             we
             expect
             farther
             satisfaction
             in
             so
             weighty
             a
             concern
             ,
             and
             examine
             how
             these
             Gentlemen
             stand
             affected
             to
             the
             tenure
             by
             which
             he
             holds
             his
             Godhead
             ,
             and
             the
             Shiboleth
             of
             his
             Eternal
             Generation
             ,
             and
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             I
             am
             no
             friend
             to
             the
             unravelling
             of
             Mysteries
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             so
             evident
             as
             to
             forfeit
             their
             nature
             ;
             yet
             I
             must
             not
             be
             so
             much
             a
             Socinian
             ,
             notwithstanding
             our
             Authors
             opinion
             concerning
             the
             procession
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             of
             
               I
               will
               send
               the
               Comforter
            
             :
             Or
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             
               This
               is
               my
               Body
            
             :
             To
             believe
             every
             one
             Orthodox
             who
             admits
             those
             words
             to
             be
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             declaratory
             of
             
             truth
             .
             He
             says
             indeed
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             other
             
               s●fe
               way
               to
               speak
               of
               divine
               matters
               ,
               but
               in
               Scripture
               L●ng●age
               ,
               ●psissi●is
               verbis
               ,
            
             with
             the
             very
             same
             words
             .
             How
             then
             I
             pray
             comes
             it
             about
             that
             we
             may
             speak
             of
             them
             in
             Dutch
             ,
             or
             French
             ,
             or
             English
             ?
             they
             are
             none
             of
             them
             the
             
               ipsissima
               verba
            
             ,
             the
             original
             Hebrew
             or
             Greek
             .
             It
             were
             easie
             to
             shew
             how
             much
             of
             our
             Creed
             the
             Socinian
             would
             have
             us
             cashier
             on
             this
             account
             ,
             and
             how
             pestilent
             consequences
             have
             been
             drawn
             from
             these
             unhappy
             Premises
             .
             Nay
             ,
             let
             us
             give
             even
             the
             Socinians
             their
             due
             ,
             they
             in
             their
             sober
             Moods
             are
             not
             so
             extravagantly
             mad
             as
             is
             our
             Author
             .
             Volkelius
             in
             his
             Fifth
             Book
             and
             Seventh
             Chapter
             says
             ,
             
               Sacris
               voluminibus
               ob
               ipsorum
               perfectionem
               ,
               nihil
               nec
               adjiciendum
               nec
               subtrahendum
               ,
               hoc
               tamen
               non
               eo
               consilio
               à
               nobis
               dictum
               existimari
               velim
               quasi
               omnes
               dictiones
               ,
               omnes
               sententias
               ,
               omnesque
               collectiones
               iisdem
               literis
               ac
               syllabis
               in
               S.
               Scriptura
               non
               expressas
               ob
               hoc
               ipsum
               repudi●mus
               .
               Nam
               vel
               dictio
               aut
               phrasis
               aliqua
               subaudiri
               ,
               vel
               sententia
               aliqua
               si
               non
               verbis
               ,
               reipsâ
               tamen
               in
               S.
               literis
               contineri
               potest
               ,
               vel
               denique
               ex
               iisdem
               colligi
               .
               Id
               autem
               qualecunque
               est
               perinde
               habendum
               existimamus
               ,
               ac
               ●i
               disertissimè
               scriptum
               extaret
               .
               Neque
               enim
               in
               sola
               verba
               sed
               praecipuè
               in
               verborum
               sententiam
               animum
               intendere
               debemus
               .
            
             
               Such
               is
               the
               perfection
               of
               the
               holy
               Scripture
               that
               nothing
               is
               to
               be
               added
               to
               ,
               or
               taken
               from
               it
               .
               This
               we
               say
               ,
               not
               that
               we
               reject
               all
               Words
               ,
               Sentences
               ,
               and
               Inferences
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               there
               in
               the
               same
               Letters
               and
               Syllables
               .
               For
               many
               times
               Words
               and
               Phrases
               are
               to
               be
               understood
               ;
               and
               divers
               things
               ,
               though
               not
               verbally
               ,
               yet
               really
               may
               be
               be
               contained
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               inferred
               from
               it
               .
               All
               which
               we
               take
               to
               be
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               most
               expresly
               written
               ,
               for
               we
               must
               not
               consider
               naked
               words
               ,
               but
               the
               meaning
               of
               them
               .
            
             Thus
             much
             a
             soberer
             man
             (
             I
             am
             sorry
             to
             add
             ,
             a
             better
             principled
             Christian
             )
             is
             this
             Socinian
             ,
             than
             our
             Pretender
             to
             Naked
             Truth
             ▪
             But
             he
             is
             so
             liberal
             as
             to
             give
             a
             reason
             of
             h●s
             opinion
             :
             
               If
               in
               Divine
               Matters
               we
               once
               give
               way
               to
               Humane
               Deductions
               ,
               a
               cu●ning
               Sophis●er
               may
               soon
               lead
               a
               weak
               Disputant
               into
               many
               Errors
               .
            
             Truly
             very
             
             well
             urged
             ;
             Whose
             fault
             is
             it
             that
             men
             are
             weak
             Disputants
             ,
             or
             being
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             meddle
             with
             Controversie
             ?
             St.
             Paul
             has
             abundantly
             provided
             in
             the
             case
             ,
             
               Him
               that
               is
               weak
               in
               the
               Faith
               receive
               ;
               but
               not
               to
               doubtful
               Disputations
               .
            
             Men
             of
             Parts
             and
             Learning
             will
             comprehend
             a
             Deduction
             as
             perfectly
             as
             the
             Text
             it self
             :
             And
             they
             who
             are
             deficient
             either
             in
             natural
             or
             acqui●ed
             Knowledge
             ,
             will
             understand
             neither
             one
             or
             other
             ;
             whereof
             we
             have
             an
             example
             here
             before
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             a
             mighty
             heat
             is
             struck
             upon
             the
             sudden
             against
             
               School-Divinity
               ,
               as
               the
               greatest
               plague
               to
               Christian
               Religion
               .
            
             In
             which
             career
             our
             Author
             ,
             to
             shew
             his
             Learning
             ,
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             the
             
               School
               at
            
             Alexandria
             
               was
               the
               first
               Divinity-School
               he
               reads
               of
               .
            
             He
             might
             have
             better
             told
             us
             of
             the
             School
             of
             one
             Tyrannus
             ,
             where
             St.
             Paul
             read
             his
             Lectures
             .
             Certainly
             the
             Angelical
             ,
             the
             irrefragable
             ,
             the
             subtil
             ,
             and
             most
             founded
             Doctors
             would
             have
             been
             very
             proud
             of
             s●ch
             Antiq●ity
             as
             the
             age
             of
             Pantenus
             :
             But
             
               Peter
               Lombard
            
             ,
             it
             is
             likely
             ,
             would
             not
             have
             taken
             it
             well
             to
             be
             robb'd
             of
             his
             Mastership
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             made
             an
             Usher
             ,
             nay
             ,
             School-boy
             to
             Pantenus
             .
             Well
             ,
             we
             will
             pass
             this
             over
             ;
             
               The
               School
               of
            
             Alexandria
             ,
             
               we
               are
               told
               ,
               was
               set
               up
               by
            
             Pantenus
             .
             Our
             Author
             might
             more
             ●easonably
             have
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             set
             up
             by
             St.
             Mark
             ;
             had
             he
             ever
             heard
             of
             E●sebius
             his
             relation
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             have
             been
             so
             grosly
             ignorant
             .
             In
             this
             very
             account
             here
             pointed
             to
             ,
             he
             expresly
             says
             ,
             that
             this
             School
             was
             in
             Pantenus
             his
             time
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               There
               was
               of
               ancient
               Custom
               ,
               settled
               with
               them
               a
               School
               of
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               .
            
             Now
             Pantenus
             lived
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Commodus
             ,
             and
             what
             could
             then
             be
             said
             to
             have
             been
             from
             ancient
             times
             ,
             will
             bid
             fair
             to
             be
             almost
             as
             old
             as
             Christianity
             it self
             .
             Our
             Author
             goes
             on
             with
             the
             same
             ill
             Stars
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             next
             Period
             is
             a
             new
             misadventure
             :
             
               From
               this
               School
            
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               sprung
               forth
               t●at
               damnable
               Heresie
               of
               the
               Arians
               .
            
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             if
             Arius
             were
             neither
             bred
             up
             at
             all
             ,
             nor
             was
             a
             Professor
             in
             this
             School
             ▪
             but
             an
             Afri●an
             by
             birth
             ,
             and
             a
             plain
             Parish
             Priest
             
             of
             Alexandria
             ?
             Nay
             farther
             ,
             what
             shall
             we
             say
             i●
             this
             School
             was
             employed
             in
             an
             honest
             Catechism-Lecture
             ,
             or
             Exposition
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             had
             nothing
             more
             to
             do
             with
             teaching
             School-Divinity
             than
             in
             teaching
             Anatomy
             or
             Mathematicks
             ?
             Will
             not
             this
             Gentleman
             ,
             whoever
             he
             is
             ,
             appear
             a
             wonderful
             meek
             Writer
             ;
             fitter
             to
             deal
             in
             a
             Romance
             than
             Church
             History
             ?
             Of
             his
             Country
             and
             Employment
             Epiphanius
             informs
             us
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             
               He
               was
               of
               Libya
               by
               his
               Country
               ;
               and
               being
               made
               a
               Priest
               in
               Alexandria
               ,
               was
               preferred
               to
               the
               Church
               called
               Baucalis
               .
            
             And
             that
             we
             may
             be
             more
             assured
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             his
             Employment
             ,
             Epiphanius
             presently
             reckons
             up
             the
             other
             Churches
             of
             that
             great
             City
             ,
             and
             recites
             the
             names
             of
             several
             of
             the
             Rectors
             of
             them
             .
             That
             this
             School
             was
             for
             Catechizing
             ,
             St.
             Ierom
             is
             most
             express
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Writers
             ,
             says
             that
             Clement
             ,
             after
             
               Pantenus
               ;
               Alexandriae
               Ecclesiasticam
               Scholam
               tenuit
               ,
               &
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               Magister
               fuit
            
             ▪
             
               Clement
               after
               Pantenus
               kept
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               School
               at
               Alexandria
               ,
               and
               was
               Catechist
               there
               .
            
             We
             see
             then
             what
             a
             goodly
             Bracelet
             of
             ●alse
             Pearls
             our
             Author
             has
             hung
             together
             upon
             a
             string
             in
             hopes
             to
             adorn
             himself
             with
             them
             .
             One
             would
             now
             have
             the
             curiosity
             to
             ghess
             what
             should
             come
             into
             his
             head
             positively
             to
             assert
             so
             many
             false
             and
             extravagant
             things
             .
             Was
             Pantenus
             a
             Heretick
             ,
             or
             noted
             for
             a
             great
             Sophister
             and
             man
             of
             Notions
             ,
             and
             thereby
             obnoxious
             to
             have
             
               the
               great
               plague
               to
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               School-Divinity
               fathered
               upon
               him
            
             ?
             Nothing
             of
             all
             this
             :
             He
             is
             by
             
               Eusebius
               (
               l.
            
             5.
             c.
             10.
             )
             stiled
             ,
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               most
               famous
               man
               ,
               and
               said
               to
               have
               shewed
               so
               much
               ,
               and
               such
               Divine
               Zeal
               for
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               gone
               and
               preached
               the
               Gospel
               unto
               the
               Indians
               :
               And
               that
               after
               his
               return
               he
               was
               made
               Master
               of
               this
               School
               ;
               where
               partly
               by
               Words
               ,
               partly
               by
               Writing
               he
               expounded
               the
               Treasures
               of
               Divine
               Knowledge
               .
            
             But
             secondly
             ,
             had
             this
             School
             at
             any
             time
             been
             so
             
             unfortunate
             as
             to
             have
             bred
             up
             notorious
             Hereticks
             ,
             or
             perverse
             Disputers
             that
             did
             mischief
             in
             the
             Church
             ?
             Nothing
             of
             this
             neither
             ;
             it
             was
             the
             happy
             Nursery
             of
             the
             most
             eminent
             Propagators
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             time
             when
             Arianism
             entred
             the
             World
             ,
             merited
             this
             Character
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               It
               continues
               to
               our
               times
               ,
               and
               is
               celebrated
               for
               persons
               powerful
               in
               the
               Word
               ,
               and
               study
               of
               Divine
               things
               .
            
             What
             then
             could
             be
             the
             matter
             that
             should
             hare
             and
             lead
             a
             poor
             innocent
             man
             into
             such
             a
             Maze
             of
             falsehoods
             ?
             Why
             surely
             no
             more
             than
             this
             :
             He
             had
             heard
             from
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             good
             body
             in
             discourse
             ,
             that
             the
             Arian
             Heresie
             took
             its
             rise
             from
             Alexandria
             ;
             that
             it
             supported
             it self
             much
             with
             quirks
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             Sophistical
             Nicities
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Divinity-School
             at
             Alexandria
             ,
             and
             a
             notable
             man
             ,
             one
             Pantenus
             ,
             had
             been
             Master
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             now
             if
             this
             were
             put
             together
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Heresies
             of
             the
             world
             laid
             upon
             the
             back
             of
             this
             Pantenus
             and
             School-Divinity
             ,
             it
             would
             make
             a
             very
             pretty
             story
             ,
             and
             look
             like
             a
             learned
             account
             of
             Antiquity
             .
             Just
             as
             if
             a
             stranger
             sho●ld
             have
             heard
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             mischievous
             fanatical
             Rebellion
             ,
             which
             
               overr●n
               the
               whole
               Nation
            
             ,
             and
             was
             
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               destruction
               of
               so
               many
               tho●sands
               of
               Christians
               both
               body
               and
               soul
               ,
            
             fomented
             and
             carried
             on
             at
             Westmi●ster
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             likewise
             that
             there
             was
             a
             famous
             School
             ,
             and
             one
             Dr.
             
               Lambert
               Osbaston
            
             ,
             a
             noted
             man
             ▪
             had
             been
             Master
             of
             it
             ▪
             and
             then
             should
             tack
             all
             this
             together
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             that
             Westminster
             School
             was
             a
             Seminary
             of
             Fanaticism
             and
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             that
             Dr.
             
               Lambert
               Osbaston
            
             was
             the
             first
             and
             chief
             Promoter
             of
             it
             .
             Now
             this
             ridiculous
             Fable
             is
             far
             more
             probable
             than
             that
             which
             our
             Author
             obtrudes
             upon
             us
             ,
             in
             that
             several
             of
             the
             Ringleaders
             in
             the
             la●e
             Rebellion
             ,
             as
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerig
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Harry
               Vane
               ,
               Scot
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             were
             really
             Scholars
             to
             Dr.
             Osbaston
             ,
             and
             Governours
             of
             that
             School
             ;
             nothing
             of
             which
             nature
             can
             be
             truly
             suggested
             of
             the
             
             other
             .
             But
             our
             Author
             goes
             on
             ,
             and
             has
             certainly
             made
             a
             Vow
             not
             to
             say
             one
             true
             word
             in
             this
             whole
             Paragraph
             ,
             and
             keeps
             it
             most
             religiously
             .
             His
             following
             period
             runs
             thus
             :
             
               The
               Heresies
               before
               thi●
               were
               so
               gross
               and
               sensual
               ,
               that
               none
               took
               them
               up
               but
               dissolute
               or
               frantick
               people
               ,
               and
               soon
               vanisht
               :
               But
               after
               this
               School-subtil
               way
               of
               arguing
               was
               brought
               into
               Christianity
               ,
               Heresie
               grew
               more
               refined
               ,
               and
               so
               subtil
               ,
               that
               the
               plain
               pious
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Church
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               lay
               hold
               of
               it
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             But
             now
             what
             will
             become
             of
             us
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             refined
             ,
             and
             spiritual
             Heresies
             before
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             if
             this
             very
             Heresie
             were
             so
             ?
             What
             if
             they
             were
             followed
             by
             men
             neither
             dissolute
             ,
             nor
             frantick
             ?
             nor
             did
             soon
             vanish
             ?
             And
             that
             the
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             were
             not
             so
             plain
             men
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             knew
             how
             to
             encounter
             this
             School-Divinity
             Monster
             ?
             Has
             not
             our
             Author
             the
             worst
             luck
             of
             any
             man
             that
             ever
             put
             Pen
             to
             Paper
             ?
             As
             to
             the
             sensuality
             and
             grossness
             of
             Heresie
             ;
             no●
             to
             look
             higher
             than
             the
             confines
             of
             this
             Age
             we
             talk
             of
             ,
             surely
             neither
             Novatianism
             ,
             nor
             the
             Heresie
             of
             Sabellius
             ,
             or
             
               Paulus
               Samosatenus
            
             ,
             of
             which
             Arianism
             was
             but
             an
             off-set
             ,
             were
             gross
             or
             sensual
             :
             Nor
             were
             
               Novatus
               ,
               Tatian
               ,
               Tertullian
            
             ,
             and
             Origen
             ,
             who
             were
             all
             very
             considerable
             men
             ,
             and
             fell
             into
             Heresie
             before
             this
             time
             ,
             ever
             noted
             for
             being
             
               frantick
               or
               dissolute
               people
            
             .
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             their
             very
             severity
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             zeal
             for
             Vertue
             ,
             were
             the
             prime
             occasion
             of
             their
             Heresies
             .
             Nor
             did
             their
             Heresies
             soon
             vanish
             ,
             but
             continued
             for
             several
             Ages
             ,
             some
             in
             their
             own
             ,
             others
             under
             new
             names
             and
             titles
             .
             And
             whosoever
             reads
             the
             Controversies
             of
             those
             times
             will
             find
             that
             
               the
               pious
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Church
               were
               not
               quite
               baffled
               by
               School-distinctions
               and
               evasions
               ;
               nor
               did
               these
               Sophisters
               ,
               proud
               of
               their
               conquest
               ,
               triumph
               and
               carry
               away
               a
               specious
               appearance
               of
               truth
            
             :
             But
             the
             advantage
             of
             Arius
             was
             quite
             of
             another
             kind
             in
             application
             and
             address
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               He
               was
               of
               taking
               and
               pleasant
               conversation
               ,
               always
               glozing
               and
               flattering
               ,
               as
               Epiphanius
               tells
               us
               ;
               then
               adds
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               He
               addrest
               to
               each
               particular
               ●ishop
               with
               insinuating
               arts
               and
               flatteries
               ,
               whereby
               he
               drew
               in
               many
               to
               be
               Partizans
               with
               him
               .
            
             And
             ,
             as
             Sozom●n
             expresses
             it
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               His
               Party
               finding
               it
               their
               interest
               to
               prepossess
               in
               their
               behalf
               the
               Bishops
               of
               each
               City
               ,
               they
               sent
               their
               ●gents
               to
               them
               ,
               with
               confessions
               of
               their
               Faith
               ....
               w●●●h
               practice
               turned
               mightily
               to
               their
               advantage
               .
            
             But
             th●●r
             chief
             advantage
             lay
             in
             their
             Court
             insinuations
             ,
             first
             with
             Constantines
             Sister
             during
             his
             life
             ;
             and
             after
             with
             Constantius
             his
             Sons
             after
             his
             death
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Aria●s
             had
             the
             suffrage
             of
             an
             Emperour
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             imp●te
             it
             to
             Sophistry
             that
             they
             prevailed
             .
          
           
             Our
             Author
             ,
             having
             not
             as
             he
             thinks
             fully
             enough
             discovered
             to
             us
             the
             mysteries
             of
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             goes
             on
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             ausp●ces
             of
             Ignorance
             and
             Error
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             us
             farther
             :
             
               That
               this
               great
               bane
               of
               the
               Church
               took
               its
               rise
               from
               hence
               :
               Many
               of
               the
               Primitive
               Doctors
               and
               Fathers
               ,
               being
               converted
               from
               Heathenism
               ,
               and
               having
               by
               lo●g
               and
               great
               industry
               acquired
               much
               knowledge
               in
               natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               Antiquity
               ,
               His●ory
               ,
               and
               subtil
               Logick
               or
               Sophistry
               ,
               were
               very
               unwilling
               to
               abandon
               quite
               these
               their
               long
               studied
               and
               dearly
               beloved
               Sciences
               ,
               falsly
               so
               called
               ;
               and
               therefore
               translated
               them
               into
               Christianity
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             now
             we
             know
             perfectly
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             all
             the
             Heresies
             that
             ever
             came
             into
             the
             Church
             .
             I
             will
             adventure
             notwithstanding
             all
             this
             to
             add
             one
             more
             to
             the
             number
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             what
             is
             here
             averred
             ,
             that
             Christianity
             received
             more
             advantage
             from
             Philosophy
             than
             ever
             it
             did
             damage
             from
             it
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             as
             Tertullian
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Philosophers
             were
             the
             Patriarchs
             of
             Hereticks
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             as
             true
             ,
             they
             were
             the
             Champions
             of
             Christian
             truth
             .
             He
             must
             be
             a
             stranger
             to
             every
             thing
             that
             relates
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             how
             much
             Religion
             ows
             to
             
               Iustin
               Mart●r
               ,
               Athenagoras
               ,
               Ammonius
               ,
               Pantenus
               ,
               Clemens
            
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             
             and
             (
             notwithstanding
             all
             his
             misadventures
             )
             to
             Origen
             himself
             .
             The
             last
             and
             most
             dangerous
             attempt
             against
             Christianity
             was
             the
             setting
             up
             Heathen
             Morality
             ,
             gilded
             over
             with
             Magick
             against
             Christian
             Ethicks
             ;
             laboured
             by
             
               Apollonius
               Tyanaeus
               ,
               Porphyry
               ,
               Iamlichus
               ,
               Plotinus
               ,
               Hierocles
               ,
               Simplicius
               ,
            
             and
             several
             others
             :
             And
             had
             not
             the
             good
             providence
             of
             God
             raised
             up
             the
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             other
             eminent
             Christian
             Philosophers
             ,
             to
             attaque
             them
             in
             their
             strengths
             ,
             and
             fight
             them
             with
             their
             own
             Weapons
             ;
             it
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             our
             holy
             Faith
             would
             not
             have
             had
             so
             easie
             ,
             or
             so
             clear
             a
             victory
             over
             the
             World.
             But
             because
             our
             Author
             has
             so
             particular
             a
             Pique
             against
             Sophistry
             ,
             I
             shall
             desire
             him
             at
             his
             leisure
             to
             read
             the
             twenty
             ninth
             Chapter
             of
             the
             seventh
             Book
             of
             
             Eusebius's
             Ecclesiastical
             History
             ,
             the
             Title
             of
             which
             Chapter
             is
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               How
               
                 Paulus
                 Samosatenus
              
               ,
               baffled
               and
               confuted
               by
               one
               Malchion
               a
               Priest
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               a
               Sophister
               ,
               was
               deposed
               .
            
             And
             sure
             the
             Sophister
             may
             be
             allowed
             to
             have
             done
             no
             small
             service
             ,
             who
             baffled
             and
             confuted
             that
             so
             considerable
             Heretick
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             stop
             put
             to
             the
             Donatists
             Schism
             ,
             by
             the
             interposition
             of
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             is
             a
             great
             mote
             in
             our
             Authors
             eye
             ,
             and
             one
             way
             or
             other
             he
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             remove
             it
             .
             First
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               It
               is
               well
               known
               the
               Donatists
               were
               a
               Sect
               very
               turbulent
               in
               behaviour
               .
            
             Alas
             ,
             our
             Author
             has
             a
             Confessors
             memory
             ,
             and
             has
             quite
             forgot
             the
             unpeaceable
             temper
             of
             our
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             how
             naturally
             Conventicles
             mustered
             themselves
             into
             Armies
             :
             But
             which
             way
             the
             
               enforcing
               a
               Confession
               of
               Faith
            
             comes
             to
             
               be
               our
               case
            
             ,
             he
             will
             do
             well
             to
             interpret
             himself
             .
             If
             he
             speaks
             against
             the
             Penal
             Laws
             ;
             and
             the
             tendering
             of
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
             to
             Recusants
             thereby
             directed
             ,
             be
             the
             enforcing
             a
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             which
             he
             speaks
             against
             ;
             there
             is
             again
             somewhat
             contained
             in
             his
             Book
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             known
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land.
             Fearing
             the
             success
             of
             this
             answer
             ,
             he
             offers
             
             another
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             
               for
               ought
               any
               body
               knows
               these
               seeming
               converted
               Donatists
               were
               only
               Hypocrites
               ,
               who
               for
               the
               love
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               more
               than
               for
               the
               love
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
               forsook
               their
               Heretical
               Profession
               ;
               or
               if
               their
               hearts
               were
               really
               changed
               as
               to
               belief
               ,
               it
               is
               evident
               they
               were
               worldly
               still
               ,
               and
               not
               one
               step
               nearer
               heaven
               .
            
             First
             ,
             if
             
               for
               ought
               any
               body
               knows
               these
               Donatists
               were
               only
               Hypocrites
               ,
            
             for
             ought
             any
             body
             knows
             they
             were
             sincere
             ;
             and
             Charity
             obliges
             to
             the
             better
             side
             .
             As
             to
             the
             
               carnality
               of
               their
               hearts
            
             ,
             it
             is
             Gods
             ,
             and
             not
             our
             Authors
             ,
             Prerogative
             to
             judge
             of
             them
             ;
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             it
             is
             surely
             of
             some
             good
             effect
             ,
             to
             have
             set
             the
             understanding
             right
             ,
             though
             a
             thorough
             reformation
             be
             not
             made
             on
             the
             aff●ctions
             .
             The
             ill
             luck
             is
             ,
             the
             reasoning
             of
             our
             Author
             herein
             ,
             if
             it
             prove
             any
             thing
             ,
             is
             as
             valid
             against
             the
             Secular
             M●gistrates
             restraining
             Immorality
             and
             Vice
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Error
             .
             For
             men
             may
             be
             Hypocrites
             ,
             and
             carnal
             in
             their
             hearts
             ;
             may
             design
             and
             wish
             Murder
             ,
             Fraud
             ,
             and
             Theft
             ,
             though
             for
             fear
             they
             dare
             not
             act
             them
             .
             Our
             Author
             has
             more
             solutions
             in
             his
             Budget
             ,
             and
             is
             very
             liberal
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             he
             goes
             on
             ,
             and
             says
             ,
             
               That
               though
               we
               farther
               grant
               the
               pruning
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               Sword
               did
               really
               correct
               the
               viciousness
               of
               the
               Tree
               ,
               yet
               we
               must
               not
               dò
               evil
               that
               good
               may
               come
               of
               it
               .
            
             That
             is
             ,
             to
             punish
             Hereticks
             is
             in
             its
             self
             ,
             and
             in
             its
             nature
             evil
             .
             This
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             comes
             home
             to
             the
             point
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             superseded
             the
             former
             :
             But
             the
             proof
             is
             wanting
             ,
             and
             must
             ever
             be
             ;
             for
             the
             Assertion
             is
             false
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             shewed
             above
             :
             And
             is
             contrary
             not
             only
             to
             all
             the
             Imperial
             Laws
             ,
             made
             against
             Hereticks
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             of
             this
             National
             Church
             ;
             but
             the
             Municipal
             ,
             against
             which
             our
             Author
             gave
             the
             Parliament
             his
             engagement
             that
             he
             had
             not
             spoken
             a
             word
             .
             But
             the
             illustration
             of
             this
             his
             Position
             is
             wonderfully
             pleasant
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             instance
             of
             
             Peter's
             cutting
             
               off
               Malchus
               his
               ear
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               is
               sharply
               reproved
               ,
               and
               threatned
               with
               perishing
               by
               the
               Sword
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             As
             if
             because
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             a
             private
             man
             ,
             might
             not
             use
             the
             Sword
             against
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             the
             Magistrate
             might
             not
             neither
             against
             a
             private
             man.
             But
             lastly
             ,
             if
             none
             of
             all
             the
             answers
             will
             conclude
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             in
             reserve
             
             that
             infallibly
             will
             do
             the
             feat
             ,
             it
             is
             th●
             Turkish
             and
             Mr.
             
             Hobbes's
             Appeal
             to
             Fate
             :
             
               They
               who
               are
               ordained
               to
               Eternal
               life
               will
               believe
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               are
               hardned
               ,
               the
               sharp●st
               Sword
               in
               this
               world
               will
               not
               enter
               the
               hard
               heart
               more
               than
               an
               Adamant
               .
            
             And
             so
             farewel
             to
             all
             Exhortations
             and
             Instructions
             ;
             to
             all
             Threats
             ,
             Rewards
             ,
             and
             Punishments
             :
             Nay
             ,
             to
             all
             Arguments
             and
             discoursings
             .
             Our
             Author
             was
             predestined
             to
             talk
             absurdly
             ,
             and
             the
             sharpest
             reason
             
               in
               this
               world
               will
               no
               more
               enter
               the
               hard
            
             head
             
               than
               an
               Adamant
            
             .
          
           
             Our
             good
             man
             recapitulates
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             us
             not
             mistake
             him
             .
             
               All
               this
               he
               says
               in
               reference
               to
               compelling
               men
               to
               believe
               or
               conform
               ,
               reserving
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               power
               to
               punish
               evil
               Doers
               ,
               not
               evil
               Believers
               .
            
             I
             pray
             Sir
             remember
             once
             more
             your
             promise
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             whatever
             shift
             you
             will
             make
             to
             palliate
             the
             matter
             concerning
             there
             not
             being
             Laws
             to
             compel
             men
             to
             believe
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             there
             are
             Laws
             enough
             which
             would
             fain
             by
             Penalties
             compel
             men
             to
             conform
             ;
             and
             here
             you
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             all
             this
             long
             discourse
             is
             levelled
             against
             them
             .
             What
             pity
             it
             is
             that
             great
             Wits
             ,
             and
             men
             who
             speak
             untruth
             ,
             have
             not
             better
             memories
             ?
             Whatever
             punishment
             they
             are
             worthy
             of
             who
             disobey
             the
             Laws
             ;
             they
             deserve
             much
             greater
             who
             stand
             in
             defiance
             ,
             and
             dispute
             against
             them
             ;
             but
             what
             shall
             we
             say
             of
             him
             who
             at
             once
             denies
             and
             boasts
             his
             guilt
             ,
             robs
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             an
             Assize
             ,
             and
             while
             he
             does
             so
             ,
             cries
             out
             unto
             the
             Judge
             ,
             and
             desires
             him
             to
             take
             notice
             that
             he
             does
             no
             harm
             ?
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Appendix
             .
          
           
             OUr
             Author
             having
             abridged
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             into
             his
             Eunuchs
             Creed
             ,
             one
             would
             have
             hoped
             his
             Comment
             would
             have
             bore
             some
             proportion
             to
             his
             Text
             ,
             but
             he
             has
             not
             yet
             shewed
             all
             his
             learning
             ,
             and
             profound
             knowledge
             in
             Church
             Affairs
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             are
             blest
             with
             his
             bounty
             in
             an
             Appendix
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             ,
             his
             Instances
             of
             the
             Millenary
             Error
             ,
             Infants
             communicating
             ,
             the
             Cro●s
             and
             Chrism
             ,
             have
             (
             if
             one
             mark
             
             it
             )
             a
             mighty
             Neighbourhood
             with
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ▪
             and
             the
             
               first
               Reformers
            
             by
             discarding
             the
             use
             of
             most
             ,
             and
             taking
             away
             the
             abuse
             of
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             have
             discovered
             
               their
               shyness
               ,
               and
               timorousness
               to
               reject
               that
               Authority
               which
               they
               had
               long
               reverenced
               :
               And
               in
               modesty
               some
               of
               them
               admitting
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               F●thers
               and
               Councils
               ,
               for
               three
               or
               four
               of
               the
               first
               Centuries
               ,
               some
               admitted
               five
               or
               six
               ,
               whereby
               they
               were
               reduced
               sometimes
               to
               great
               streights
               in
               their
               disputations
               .
            
             A
             heavy
             charge
             indeed
             upon
             the
             first
             Reformers
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             a
             reverence
             for
             Fathers
             and
             Councils
             ;
             and
             the
             Instances
             brought
             are
             wonderfully
             proper
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             streights
             to
             which
             Protestants
             are
             likely
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             their
             Disputations
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             them
             being
             equally
             rejected
             by
             all
             with
             whom
             they
             have
             occasion
             to
             dispute
             .
             Not
             to
             wast
             time
             with
             such
             a
             Tri●●er
             ,
             I
             leave
             the
             question
             proposed
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             
               By
               what
               r●le
               they
               reject
               some
               things
               ,
               and
               retain
               others
            
             ?
             At
             their
             best
             leisure
             to
             resolve
             :
             And
             to
             that
             offered
             to
             the
             
               Evangelical
               ,
               by
               what
               rule
               they
               submit
               to
               the
               Authority
               of
               some
               Centuries
               ,
               and
               refuse
               others
            
             ?
             without
             his
             help
             I
             shall
             frame
             a
             ready
             answer
             .
             Our
             rule
             we
             borrow
             from
             
               Tertullian
               ,
               Illud
               verum
               quod
               primum
            
             :
             And
             add
             ,
             th●t
             in
             all
             Concerns
             of
             Religion
             we
             make
             our
             resort
             and
             utmost
             appeal
             to
             Scripture
             ;
             but
             own
             also
             a
             great
             deference
             to
             Antiquity
             ;
             but
             by
             Antiquity
             ▪
             mean
             not
             ,
             as
             our
             Author
             fondly
             imagines
             (
             who
             talks
             of
             Sacred
             things
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             newly
             put
             off
             his
             Apron
             )
             the
             opinion
             of
             three
             or
             four
             Write●s
             of
             all
             the
             first
             Ages
             ;
             no●
             of
             all
             of
             any
             one
             ;
             ●ut
             the
             uniform
             concur●ence
             both
             of
             Times
             and
             Persons
             .
             Now
             ,
             why
             the
             la●er
             Centuries
             should
             not
             be
             lookt
             upon
             with
             the
             same
             reverence
             as
             the
             forme●
             ,
             is
             in
             it self
             evident
             ,
             they
             having
             not
             the
             like
             Stamp
             and
             Character
             of
             Antiquity
             .
             Besides
             ,
             our
             Controversies
             being
             chiefly
             with
             the
             Papists
             ,
             whose
             Exorbi●ancies
             breaking
             in
             upon
             the
             World
             most
             notoriously
             abo●t
             the
             sixth
             Century
             ,
             we
             think
             upon
             the
             common
             rules
             of
             judiciary
             proceeding
             ,
             we
             have
             all
             reason
             to
             decline
             the
             testimony
             of
             obnoxious
             Persons
             and
             Times
             .
             I
             am
             weary
             of
             pursuing
             step
             by
             step
             insolent
             impertinencies
             ;
             and
             therefore
             for
             this
             time
             shall
             l●t
             pass
             the
             
             
               Pygmy
               and
               the
               Giant
            
             ▪
             the
             charge
             upon
             
               Iren●us
               ,
               Papias
            
             ,
             St.
             Aust●●
             ,
             and
             Lactan●ius
             ;
             with
             the
             good
             Character
             of
             our
             Authors
             own
             zeal
             ,
             Sincerity
             ,
             and
             eminent
             Parts
             ,
             
               it
               being
            
             ,
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             possible
             ,
             nay
             ,
             (
             what
             you
             will
             wonder
             at
             ,
             having
             seen
             his
             discoveries
             in
             the
             stripping
             of
             Truth
             )
             probable
             that
             there
             may
             be
             in
             the
             World
             
               another
               who
               has
               more
               natural
               understanding
               ,
               and
               more
               acquired
               learning
               than
               himself
               .
            
             And
             shall
             proceed
             to
             his
             next
             Stage
             of
             Councils
             ,
             where
             we
             are
             told
             roundly
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Evangelical
             Doctors
             grant
             ,
             
               that
               the
               later
               general
               Councils
               have
               erred
               .
            
             I
             beg
             our
             Authors
             permission
             to
             differ
             from
             him
             herein
             ;
             and
             humbly
             conceive
             that
             he
             will
             scarce
             meet
             with
             a
             considerable
             number
             ,
             who
             allow
             any
             of
             the
             later
             Councils
             to
             be
             General
             :
             And
             if
             they
             say
             any
             have
             erred
             ,
             they
             shew
             reasons
             how
             they
             came
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             without
             destroying
             the
             credit
             due
             to
             the
             decisions
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             or
             our
             Saviours
             Promise
             ,
             that
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             should
             not
             prevail
             against
             her
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Harangue
             about
             Councils
             ,
             being
             most
             of
             it
             false
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             it
             impertinent
             ,
             I
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Chapters
             of
             Ceremonies
             .
          
           
             OUr
             Author
             begins
             this
             Chapter
             with
             his
             
               wonder
               ,
               Why
               any
               one
               of
               tolerable
               discretion
               should
               be
               so
               eager
               either
               for
               ,
               or
               against
               Ceremonies
               .
            
             What
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             done
             with
             men
             of
             our
             Authors
             kidney
             ,
             men
             of
             intolerable
             discretion
             ,
             wiser
             tha●●heir
             Superiours
             ,
             than
             the
             Church
             wherein
             they
             live
             ?
             Le●
             them
             who
             are
             against
             Ceremonies
             answer
             for
             their
             eagerness
             ;
             there
             are
             others
             who
             find
             great
             reason
             to
             be
             eager
             for
             them
             .
             When
             a
             King
             of
             Spain
             pressed
             a
             General
             of
             his
             to
             pass
             over
             a
             Punctilio
             of
             Honour
             which
             belonged
             to
             hi●
             〈◊〉
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             but
             a
             Ceremony
             :
             He
             replied
             smartly
             ▪
             That
             nothing
             differenced
             the
             King
             from
             him
             but
             Ceremony
             .
             When
             our
             Author
             shall
             have
             planted
             his
             levelling
             ,
             Quaker●Gospel
             ;
             and
             perswaded
             Princes
             to
             relinquish
             their
             Ensigns
             of
             Royalty
             ;
             the
             Sages
             of
             the
             L●w
             to
             sit
             upon
             the
             Bench
             
               i●
               cuerp●
            
             ;
             the
             Lord
             
             Mayor
             of
             Lo●don
             with
             his
             Fraternity
             to
             part
             with
             their
             Liveries
             ,
             and
             unaccountable
             Formalities
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             that
             his
             Lordship
             should
             quit
             but
             his
             Chain
             and
             great
             Horse
             :
             Or
             lastly
             ,
             that
             our
             Author
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             self-denial
             ,
             should
             condes●end
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             sit
             below
             his
             Kitch●n
             ▪
             maid
             at
             Table
             ,
             or
             light
             his
             Plough-boy
             up
             to
             bed
             ;
             we
             will
             endeavour
             to
             think
             as
             slightly
             of
             Ceremonies
             in
             Religion
             (
             where
             sure
             ,
             if
             any
             where
             ,
             there
             should
             be
             awe
             and
             reverence
             )
             as
             he
             would
             have
             us
             .
             Not
             long
             since
             our
             Neighbours
             of
             Holland
             refused
             to
             strike
             Sail
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Flag
             ,
             upon
             which
             a
             bloudy
             War
             ensued
             .
             Shall
             we
             borrow
             now
             our
             Authors
             Rhetorical
             Apostrophe
             ,
             and
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               My
               Fathers
               ,
               My
               Fathers
            
             ,
             so
             much
             Christian
             bloud
             spilt
             ,
             so
             many
             Orphans
             ,
             so
             many
             Widows
             made
             ,
             so
             much
             Treasure
             spent
             ,
             and
             all
             for
             a
             Ceremony
             ?
             I
             pray
             mount
             a
             Turnip
             Cart
             ,
             and
             preach
             to
             the
             heathen
             world
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Hat
             ,
             and
             hold
             forth
             that
             striking
             Sail
             is
             the
             same
             Idolatry
             in
             a
             Ship
             ,
             as
             the
             putting
             off
             a
             Hat
             is
             in
             a
             Brother
             .
             Certainly
             ,
             there
             is
             some
             dismal
             mischief
             in
             these
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             else
             there
             would
             never
             have
             been
             such
             a
             loud
             outcry
             of
             
               O
               my
               Fathers
               ,
               my
               Fathers
               ,
               will
               you
               restrain
               the
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Gospel
               to
               the
               rigidity
               of
               your
               Discipline
               ,
               to
               lose
               some
               ,
               to
               lose
               many
               ,
               and
               perchance
               in
               the
               end
               to
               lose
               all
               ,
               your selves
               and
               all
               ?
               Be
               Pious
               ,
               be
               Charitable
               ,
               be
               Prudent
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Let
             the
             World
             judge
             if
             such
             a
             charge
             ,
             as
             this
             seems
             to
             import
             ,
             be
             not
             the
             declaring
             or
             speaking
             something
             in
             derogation
             to
             ,
             and
             depraving
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             forbidden
             under
             severest
             Penalties
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             Uniformity
             ,
             
               Primo
               Eliz.
            
             And
             if
             the
             expostulating
             with
             the
             Governours
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             doing
             their
             duties
             themselves
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             that
             others
             should
             do
             it
             ▪
             be
             not
             contrary
             to
             the
             known
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             which
             enjoyns
             those
             duties
             ,
             both
             to
             Bishop
             and
             People
             .
          
           
             What
             our
             Author
             would
             be
             at
             he
             plainly
             tells
             us
             in
             th●
             ensuing
             Period
             ,
             
               You
               will
               say
               ,
               if
               you
               yield
               to
               some
               Dissenters
               in
               this
               ,
               you
               must
               as
               well
               yield
               to
               others
               in
               that
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               degrees
               abolish
               all
               your
               Ceremonies
               .
            
             To
             this
             he
             roundly
             replies
             ,
             
               ●
               beseech
               you
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               ●ody
               more
               than
               R●iment
               ,
               Substance
               more
               than
               Ceremony
               .
            
             
             Which
             is
             plainly
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             to
             gratifie
             Dissenters
             we
             ought
             to
             discard
             all
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             in
             contradiction
             to
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             who
             enjoyns
             that
             all
             things
             should
             be
             done
             decently
             and
             in
             order
             ,
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             done
             decently
             and
             in
             order
             .
             I
             must
             have
             leave
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             in
             this
             instance
             Raiment
             is
             the
             Body
             ,
             Ceremony
             is
             substance
             .
             I
             may
             put
             off
             a
             Sca●ff
             ,
             or
             Belt
             ,
             or
             perchance
             a
             Coat
             in
             a
             cold
             Winters
             day
             ;
             but
             should
             I
             throw
             off
             all
             my
             Cloaths
             ,
             I
             should
             certainly
             kill
             my self
             .
             A
             Ceremony
             ,
             considered
             
               in
               individuo
            
             ,
             or
             retail
             ,
             may
             be
             of
             no
             great
             moment
             ;
             but
             they
             ,
             taken
             
               in
               genere
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             bulk
             ,
             are
             absolutely
             necessary
             .
             The
             following
             Objection
             ,
             that
             
               by
               parting
               with
               Ceremonies
            
             ,
             which
             tend
             to
             the
             encreasing
             Devotion
             ,
             preserving
             Order
             ,
             and
             giving
             glory
             to
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             we
             shall
             
               displease
               our
               Friends
               ,
               and
               then
               lie
               exposed
               to
               our
               Enemies
               to
               spoil
               our
               goods
               ,
            
             is
             of
             more
             moment
             than
             to
             be
             thrown
             off
             by
             saying
             ,
             that
             our
             
               goods
               are
               only
               Faith
               ,
               Hope
               ,
               and
               Charity
               ,
               and
               that
               these
               stood
               firm
               in
               the
               Primitive
               times
               ,
               when
               there
               was
               not
               one
               of
               our
               Ceremonies
               to
               preserve
               it
               .
            
             Surely
             ,
             the
             scandalizing
             those
             who
             do
             their
             duty
             ,
             by
             our
             breaking
             the
             Laws
             ,
             is
             a
             greater
             mischief
             ,
             than
             to
             displease
             those
             who
             violate
             their
             duty
             ,
             by
             our
             keeping
             the
             Law.
             A
             Scandal
             only
             taken
             is
             of
             less
             moment
             ,
             than
             one
             both
             taken
             and
             given
             .
             And
             if
             
               Faith
               and
               Hope
            
             happen
             to
             be
             unconcerned
             in
             this
             whole
             matter
             ,
             yet
             Charity
             is
             sure
             the
             natural
             product
             of
             Decency
             and
             Order
             ;
             and
             the
             common
             rule
             ,
             that
             it
             ought
             to
             begin
             at
             home
             ,
             is
             here
             to
             take
             place
             ,
             and
             their
             satisfaction
             be
             most
             studied
             who
             are
             of
             the
             Houshold
             of
             Faith
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             humour
             and
             caprice
             of
             the
             Desertors
             of
             it
             ,
             Moreover
             ,
             upon
             a
             true
             account
             it
             is
             not
             Charity
             to
             Dissenters
             to
             humour
             them
             in
             their
             disobedience
             towards
             their
             spiritual
             Superiours
             ;
             no
             more
             than
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             give
             Impunity
             to
             that
             of
             Rebels
             ,
             against
             their
             temporal
             .
             But
             were
             there
             
               no
               Ceremonies
               among
               the
               Pri●itive
               Christians
            
             ?
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             of
             the
             kiss
             of
             Charity
             ,
             or
             was
             there
             
               not
               one
               of
               ours
            
             ,
             surely
             laying
             on
             of
             Hands
             ,
             kneeling
             at
             Prayer
             ,
             the
             Peoples
             answering
             Amen
             after
             it
             ,
             the
             having
             the
             Head
             uncovered
             in
             Religious
             Assemblies
             ,
             were
             
             more
             than
             one
             of
             theirs
             ,
             and
             are
             our
             Ceremonies
             .
             I
             am
             weary
             of
             being
             a
             Scavenger
             ,
             and
             sweeping
             together
             all
             the
             straws
             and
             dirt
             ,
             which
             this
             unhappy
             Write●
             scatters
             as
             he
             goes
             ;
             and
             there
             being
             nothing
             but
             clamour
             and
             sedition
             in
             the
             rest
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             or
             that
             which
             follows
             concerning
             Church-Service
             ,
             which
             only
             ,
             after
             a
             few
             Complements
             sprinkled
             upon
             Discipline
             and
             Order
             ,
             labours
             to
             disparage
             the
             present
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             levels
             those
             who
             are
             concerned
             for
             their
             duty
             and
             obedience
             ,
             with
             the
             wild
             Rabble
             of
             Sectaries
             and
             Fanaticks
             .
             I
             shall
             without
             more
             words
             dismiss
             the
             Inquest
             ,
             and
             go
             on
             to
             what
             follows
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Chapter
             of
             Preaching
             .
          
           
             THe
             Chapter
             concerning
             Preaching
             is
             a
             most
             unreasonable
             reproach
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             After
             that
             the
             Uniform
             Vote
             of
             all
             our
             Neighbours
             has
             given
             us
             the
             preference
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             
               Germans
               ,
               Hollanders
               ,
               Danes
               ,
               Swedes
               ,
               French
               ,
            
             and
             Switzers
             ,
             learning
             our
             Language
             generally
             to
             take
             benefit
             of
             our
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             many
             travelling
             hither
             for
             that
             end
             ;
             our
             Author
             ,
             led
             to
             it
             by
             his
             excellent
             good
             nature
             ,
             labours
             to
             shew
             his
             Talent
             in
             depreciating
             what
             strangers
             so
             must
             esteem
             .
             There
             was
             a
             time
             when
             Nicity
             of
             Division
             ,
             and
             the
             flowers
             of
             a
             Polyanthea
             were
             somewhat
             in
             fashion
             ;
             but
             those
             days
             are
             long
             since
             done
             ,
             a
             practical
             sober
             way
             of
             pressing
             Christian
             duty
             is
             generally
             taken
             up
             ,
             which
             has
             as
             little
             of
             the
             
               Quid
               ,
               or
               the
               Quale
               ,
               or
               the
               Quantum
               ,
            
             as
             our
             Author
             seems
             to
             have
             in
             his
             head
             ;
             or
             has
             discovered
             in
             his
             Writings
             .
             His
             project
             for
             Preachers
             is
             as
             extravagant
             as
             his
             Character
             of
             our
             Sermons
             .
             They
             must
             be
             
               grave
               elderly
               men
               ,
               not
               raw
               Novices
               from
               the
               Vniversity
               with
               all
               their
               Sciences
               and
               Languages
               ;
               but
               rather
               ●ober
               persons
               of
               Age
               and
               Experience
               ,
               having
               a
               good
               natural
               capacity
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               that
               never
               saw
               the
               Vniversity
               ,
               and
               knew
               no
               other
               Language
               than
               their
               Mother
               Tongue
            
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             experienced
             Farmers
             ,
             illuminated
             Coblers
             ,
             or
             gifted
             Weavers
             ;
             and
             these
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             twenty
             years
             since
             ,
             would
             bring
             about
             a
             thorough
             Reformation
             ▪
             
             These
             would
             
               redeem
               the
               Church
               from
               that
               great
               contempt
               ,
               the
               Aristotelists
               ,
               Scotists
               ,
               Aquinatists
               ,
               with
               their
               ▪
               knacks
               of
               quiddities
               ,
               and
               qualities
               ,
               Syllogisms
               ,
               and
               Enthymems
               ,
               Distinctions
               ,
               and
               Subsumtions
               ,
               and
               the
               handsome
               School-boy
               exercise
               of
               the
               very
               good
               Preachers
            
             of
             the
             Age
             ,
             have
             brought
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             He
             goes
             on
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               That
               his
               heart
               bleeds
               to
               think
               how
               many
               thousand
               poor
               souls
               there
               are
               in
               this
               Land
               ,
               that
               have
               no
               more
               knowledge
               of
               God
               than
               Heathens
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             It
             is
             truly
             a
             lamentable
             thing
             ,
             that
             where
             the
             Gospel
             has
             been
             so
             long
             ,
             and
             so
             h●ppily
             planted
             ,
             any
             should
             be
             ignorant
             of
             it
             .
             Would
             to
             God
             all
             the
             Lords
             People
             were
             Prophets
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             let
             us
             not
             be
             so
             ungrateful
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             own
             with
             all
             due
             acceptation
             and
             thankfulness
             that
             our
             People
             ,
             generally
             speaking
             ,
             are
             better
             instructed
             in
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             Saving
             Knowledge
             than
             any
             Nation
             in
             the
             World.
             And
             we
             may
             say
             it
             with
             perfect
             truth
             ,
             and
             therefore
             without
             vanity
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             also
             the
             most
             learned
             and
             sufficient
             Clergy
             :
             Men
             that
             understand
             the
             Athanasian
             Creed
             much
             better
             than
             our
             Author
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             first
             Chapter
             has
             done
             what
             his
             little
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             violent
             passion
             could
             effect
             ,
             toward
             the
             undermining
             of
             it
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             how
             it
             is
             possible
             for
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             did
             not
             design
             to
             put
             scorn
             upon
             Religion
             ,
             to
             offer
             such
             mad
             and
             unaccountable
             Proposals
             ,
             and
             the
             while
             talk
             demurely
             ,
             and
             in
             Scripture
             Phrase
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             in
             earnest
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Chapter
             concerning
             Bishops
             and
             Priests
             .
          
           
             THe
             long
             Chapter
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Priests
             is
             of
             the
             same
             strein
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             it
             cries
             
               Hail
               Master
            
             to
             Episcopacy
             ,
             acknowledges
             the
             
               Apostolical
               Antiquity
               and
               Dignity
               thereof
            
             ;
             and
             then
             fairly
             goes
             about
             to
             ▪
             betray
             it
             :
             Whether
             Presbytery
             ,
             or
             Erastianism
             ,
             or
             Atheism
             be
             at
             the
             botton
             of
             the
             design
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             easie
             to
             divine
             :
             That
             which
             is
             obviously
             apparent
             is
             ,
             that
             one
             thred
             of
             ignorance
             runs
             through
             the
             whole
             discourse
             ;
             neither
             what
             Petavius
             means
             ,
             nor
             what
             the
             Character
             of
             Priesthood
             is
             ,
             nor
             what
             the
             practice
             of
             
             th●
             Ch●rch
             w●s
             ,
             i●
             at
             ●ll
             understood
             ▪
             b●t
             a
             long
             blunder
             is
             ●ade
             about
             
               A.
               B.
               C
               ▪
            
             as
             if
             there
             we●e
             no
             other
             Character●
             in
             the
             world
             besides
             those
             of
             the
             Alphabet
             ;
             or
             as
             if
             the
             matter
             were
             as
             unin●elligible
             as
             the
             great
             mystery
             he
             talks
             of
             .
             Which
             is
             to
             be
             known
             only
             
               in
               a
               Metaphysic●l
               w●y
               of
               abstraction
               ;
               that
               the
               superiour
               Species
               contains
               th●
               inferiour
               Genus
               .
            
             Indeed
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Genus
             or
             a
             Species
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             more
             than
             every
             School-boy
             understands
             ,
             who
             has
             learnt
             so
             much
             of
             his
             Grammar
             ,
             as
             to
             know
             what
             a
             Noun
             Appellative
             is
             ,
             requires
             not
             much
             niceness
             of
             Metaphysicks
             ;
             but
             the
             
               superiour
               Species
               ,
               and
               inferiour
               Genus
            
             are
             terms
             of
             Art
             that
             the
             dull
             Logicians
             of
             the
             University
             stand
             amazed
             at
             .
             Aristo●le
             said
             of
             a
             man
             that
             he
             was
             
               Arbor
               inversa
            
             ;
             but
             our
             Author
             has
             here
             turned
             upside-down
             Porphyr●es
             Tree
             ,
             and
             by
             it
             turned
             a
             Man
             into
             a
             Horse
             ,
             for
             so
             he
             goes
             on
             in
             his
             learned
             Metaphysick
             Lecture
             .
             
               A
               man
               ,
               a
               ration●l
               Cre●t●re
               contains
               the
               Anim●l●ty
               of
               an
               Ho●se
               ,
               the
               inferiour
               Crea●ure
               :
               But
               doth
               not
               contain
               a
               real
               Hors●
               in
               his
               belly
               ,
               nor
               can
               a
               man
               b●get
               hors●s
               ,
               or
               men
               when
               he
               pleases
               ▪
               Nor
               can
               you
               truly
               say
               a
               man
               is
               a
               horse
               .
               I
               believe
               my
               School
               me●
               would
               take
               it
               in
               snuff
               ,
               should
               I
               affirm
               ●ny
               of
               them
               to
               be
               horse●
               .
            
             Here
             having
             mended
             the
             matter
             ,
             and
             reformed
             a
             horse
             from
             being
             an
             inferiour
             Genus
             to
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             an
             inferiou●
             Creature
             ,
             he
             says
             that
             he
             contains
             the
             Animality
             of
             a
             Horse
             .
             Upon
             which
             Hypothesis
             ,
             whether
             he
             will
             be
             as
             ill
             natured
             as
             the
             Schoolmen
             ,
             and
             
               take
               it
               in
               snuff
            
             I
             know
             not
             ▪
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             I
             can
             irrefragably
             prove
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Horse
             ▪
             And
             the
             thin
             Sophism
             ▪
             which
             every
             Fresh-man
             learns
             to
             solve
             within
             a
             Week
             after
             he
             comes
             to
             the
             University
             ,
             will
             be
             against
             him
             an
             unanswerable
             demonstration
             :
             Which
             ,
             to
             try
             his
             patience
             ,
             I
             propose
             to
             ●im
             in
             common
             form
             thus
             ▪
             He
             that
             says
             ,
             my
             Author
             is
             a
             living
             Creature
             ,
             says
             true
             ;
             h●
             that
             says
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Hor●●
             ,
             says
             that
             he
             is
             a
             living
             Cr●a●●re
             ▪
             therefore
             he
             who
             says
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Horse
             ,
             says
             true
             .
             There
             is
             no
             denying
             the
             Syllogism
             ,
             and
             saying
             it
             has
             four
             terms
             .
             That
             though
             indeterminate
             animality
             be
             enunciated
             of
             the
             Species
             ,
             yet
             that
             which
             is
             determined
             by
             the
             contrary
             diffe●ence
             may
             no●
             :
             Tha●●
             is
             ,
             the
             Ani●ality
             of
             a
             B●ute
             c●●
             
             belong
             only
             to
             an
             irrational
             animal
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             a
             man
             to
             a
             rational
             ;
             for
             our
             Author
             has
             precluded
             himself
             from
             that
             answer
             ,
             by
             saying
             expresly
             that
             
               a
               man
               ,
               a
               rational
               Creature
               ,
               contains
               the
               animality
               of
               a
               Horse
               ,
               the
               inferiour
               or
               irrational
               Creature
               .
            
             And
             now
             if
             my
             Author
             be
             not
             a
             mere
             animal
             ,
             let
             the
             World
             judge
             :
             and
             this
             comes
             of
             despising
             Logick
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             see
             whether
             his
             Divinity
             be
             better
             than
             his
             Philosophy
             .
             After
             this
             hog-shearing
             ,
             where
             we
             have
             had
             so
             loud
             a
             cry
             and
             no
             wool
             ,
             we
             will
             if
             we
             can
             pick
             out
             a
             little
             sense
             ;
             The
             thing
             he
             aims
             at
             proving
             is
             ,
             that
             Bishops
             are
             not
             superiour
             in
             Order
             to
             Priests
             ;
             a
             thing
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             directly
             contrary
             to
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             thereby
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             :
             but
             yet
             they
             are
             superiour
             in
             Commission
             ,
             and
             by
             vertue
             of
             that
             can
             govern
             ,
             exercise
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Keys
             ,
             and
             ordain
             Priests
             and
             Deacons
             ,
             which
             Priests
             ,
             ordinarily
             speaking
             ,
             may
             not
             .
             Well
             ,
             if
             this
             Commission
             were
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             stand
             upon
             that
             Scripture
             Basis
             ,
             of
             
               As
               my
               Father
               sent
               me
               ,
               so
               send
               I
               you
               ,
            
             by
             vertue
             whereof
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             during
             the
             first
             ten
             Persecutions
             ,
             governed
             their
             Flocks
             in
             despight
             of
             all
             Secular
             opposition
             ,
             and
             retaining
             part
             of
             their
             administration
             to
             themselves
             ,
             disposed
             of
             some
             to
             Priests
             and
             Deacons
             ;
             which
             is
             as
             notorious
             in
             fact
             ,
             as
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             :
             The
             Bishops
             may
             do
             tolerably
             well
             ,
             with
             this
             new
             word
             Commission
             ,
             instead
             of
             the
             old
             of
             Order
             .
             Especially
             ,
             since
             in
             the
             close
             it
             is
             confest
             by
             our
             Author
             :
             that
             
               in
               this
               order
               the
               Apostles
               left
               the
               Church
               at
               their
               death
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               order
               their
               Successors
               continued
               it
               (
               as
               in
               duty
               sure
               they
               ought
               )
               from
               time
               to
               time
               near
            
             1500
             
               years
               without
               any
               interruption
               wherefore
               for
               any
               to
               alter
               this
               way
               of
               Government
               ,
               or
               to
               take
               upon
               them
               to
               ordain
               ,
               not
               being
               chosen
               this
               way
               to
               it
               ,
               they
               would
               be
               guilty
               of
               great
               rashness
               and
               high
               presumption
               .
            
             Nor
             will
             it
             be
             in
             my
             Authors
             power
             to
             kick
             all
             this
             down
             again
             ,
             as
             he
             endeavours
             in
             the
             following
             period
             ,
             by
             making
             the
             orders
             given
             by
             Priests
             though
             irregular
             ,
             yet
             firm
             and
             valid
             ;
             for
             if
             this
             power
             be
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             separate
             from
             all
             Secular
             Authority
             ,
             as
             to
             its
             Nature
             and
             Original
             ;
             though
             limited
             by
             it
             in
             its
             Exercise
             and
             Application
             :
             no
             man
             upon
             any
             pretence
             can
             
             take
             this
             honour
             to
             himself
             or
             confer
             it
             on
             others
             ,
             but
             they
             who
             were
             called
             of
             God
             as
             was
             Aaron
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             see
             how
             well
             our
             Author
             confutes
             the
             distinction
             of
             Order
             between
             Bishops
             and
             Priests
             ?
             
               T
               is
               ridiculous
            
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Priesthood
               which
               is
               capable
               to
               do
               the
               greatest
               things
               ,
               to
               Consecrate
               the
               Souls
               of
               men
               by
               Baptism
               and
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               yet
               forsooth
               cannot
               Consecrate
               Oil
               and
               Cups
            
             ?
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             whether
             a
             Deacon
             cannot
             Consecrate
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
             by
             Baptism
             and
             the
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             can
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Order
             with
             Priests
             ?
             Or
             whether
             a
             Judg
             who
             has
             power
             of
             Awarding
             Life
             or
             Death
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             thing
             ,
             may
             also
             make
             a
             Knight
             which
             is
             a
             less
             ,
             and
             if
             therefore
             a
             Judg
             and
             a
             King
             be
             of
             the
             same
             Order
             ?
             This
             word
             ridiculous
             is
             very
             unlucky
             ,
             and
             commonly
             returns
             on
             him
             who
             is
             most
             busie
             with
             it
             ;
             But
             since
             we
             are
             faln
             upon
             the
             instance
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             for
             farther
             illustration
             of
             this
             matter
             let
             us
             consider
             the
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             who
             permitted
             the
             whole
             Administration
             of
             their
             Affairs
             to
             their
             Favorites
             ,
             as
             we
             read
             of
             Pharaoh
             that
             he
             pulled
             his
             Ring
             off
             his
             hand
             and
             said
             to
             Ioseph
             ,
             without
             thee
             no
             man
             shall
             lift
             up
             his
             hand
             or
             foot
             in
             all
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             thy
             word
             shall
             all
             my
             People
             be
             Ruled
             ;
             but
             for
             all
             this
             Pharaoh
             and
             this
             his
             Minister
             of
             State
             were
             not
             of
             the
             same
             Order
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             Throne
             he
             was
             greater
             then
             he
             .
             Though
             the
             King
             had
             stript
             himself
             of
             the
             whole
             Execution
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             his
             Favorite
             ,
             yet
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Origination
             of
             it
             continued
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             as
             absolute
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             as
             subject
             as
             ever
             .
             T
             is
             true
             the
             Bishops
             power
             is
             in
             itself
             Subordinate
             and
             Ministerial
             ;
             he
             must
             not
             Lord
             it
             over
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             as
             to
             the
             dispensing
             of
             it
             to
             the
             inferior
             Orders
             ,
             the
             Parallel
             will
             hold
             ;
             they
             all
             Act
             in
             Subordination
             and
             dependence
             upon
             him
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             saies
             Ignatius
             .
             No
             Priest
             or
             Deacon
             for
             several
             Centuries
             ever
             did
             it
             without
             particular
             leave
             given
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             nay
             the
             Lector
             or
             Reader
             did
             not
             so
             much
             as
             Read
             
             the
             Gospel
             till
             first
             he
             had
             brought
             the
             Book
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             had
             his
             permission
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Ambo
             or
             Reading
             Pu●
             with
             it
             ▪
             and
             though
             the
             Licence
             with
             us
             be
             not
             no●
             every
             day
             renewed
             ,
             yet
             the
             dependence
             is
             still
             owned
             in
             th●
             very
             Form
             of
             our
             Ordination
             ,
             where
             the
             Bishop
             says
             to
             the
             person
             Ordained
             ,
             take
             thou
             Authority
             to
             Read
             the
             Gospel
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Preach
             the
             same
             when
             thou
             art
             thereunto
             Licenced
             by
             the
             Bishop
             himsel●
             .
             But
             a
             farther
             Argument
             is
             taken
             from
             the
             
               promiscuous
               use
               of
               the
               name
               of
               Bishop
               and
               Presbyter
               ,
            
             to
             prove
             they
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Order
             ,
             which
             sure
             is
             one
             of
             seeblest
             ways
             of
             proving
             any
             thing
             ;
             the
             whole
             force
             of
             it
             amounts
             to
             this
             ,
             St.
             Peter
             and
             St.
             Iohn
             call
             themselves
             Presbyters
             ,
             but
             were
             also
             Bishops
             ;
             therefore
             Presbyters
             and
             Bishops
             are
             all
             one
             :
             which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             his
             Maj●sty
             is
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             and
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             ;
             therefore
             to
             be
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             and
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             is
             all
             one
             .
             Nay
             St.
             Paul
             stiles
             himself
             a
             Deacon
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             an
             Apostle
             ;
             therefore
             to
             be
             a
             Deacon
             and
             an
             Apostle
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             but
             if
             our
             Author
             be
             not
             satisfied
             with
             this
             ,
             let
             him
             Read
             the
             Thirteenth
             Chapter
             of
             the
             most
             Learned
             Bishop
             of
             
             Chester's
             
               Vindiciae
               Ignati●
            
             and
             he
             will
             see
             how
             accurate
             the
             first
             Christian
             Writers
             were
             in
             distinguishing
             the
             three
             Orders
             of
             Bishop
             ,
             Deacon
             and
             Priest.
             
          
           
             We
             will
             go
             on
             and
             attend
             him
             in
             his
             Talent
             of
             Book
             Learning
             ,
             wherein
             he
             has
             been
             hitherto
             so
             unfortunate
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             in
             his
             following
             expedition
             he
             mends
             the
             matter
             .
             And
             here
             he
             tells
             us
             that
             Aerius
             (
             whom
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             he
             constantly
             calls
             Arius
             )
             was
             not
             a
             Heretick
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             his
             introducing
             a
             parity
             between
             Bishops
             and
             Priests
             ,
             but
             only
             for
             being
             an
             Arian
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             Epiphanius
             made
             a
             List
             not
             of
             several
             Heresies
             ,
             but
             a
             Catalogue
             of
             several
             Arians
             :
             and
             the
             69.
             
             Heresie
             being
             assigned
             to
             Arius
             ,
             it
             passes
             the
             Muster
             again
             in
             the
             75.
             
             Heresie
             under
             the
             auspice
             of
             A●rius
             .
             It
             is
             agreed
             on
             all
             hands
             that
             discontent
             made
             Aerius
             a
             Heretick
             ,
             for
             that
             Eustathius
             whom
             he
             thought
             a
             worse
             man
             then
             himself
             ,
             was
             preferred
             before
             him
             :
             and
             
             being
             in
             power
             ,
             though
             formerly
             his
             particular
             Friend
             ,
             considered
             him
             no
             farther
             then
             to
             make
             him
             Master
             of
             an
             Alms-house
             .
             We
             are
             then
             to
             believe
             that
             out
             of
             discontent
             Aerius
             turned
             Arian
             ;
             but
             as
             ill
             luck
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             Eustathius
             was
             of
             that
             Sect
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             quarrel
             with
             him
             ,
             nothing
             could
             have
             been
             so
             proper
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             turned
             Orthodox
             in
             spight
             .
             It
             is
             manifest
             he
             was
             originally
             an
             Arian
             ,
             and
             the
             prime
             part
             of
             his
             Heresie
             was
             what
             his
             malice
             naturally
             dictated
             ,
             and
             all
             Writers
             agree
             it
             to
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               He
               entertained
               a
               mad
               opinion
               ,
               beyond
               what
               a
               man
               would
               receive
               ,
               saying
               ,
               What
               is
               a
               Bishop
               better
               than
               a
               Priest
               ?
               There
               is
               no
               difference
               between
               th●m
               ;
               there
               is
               but
               one
               order
               ,
               the
               same
               honour
               and
               dignity
               .
            
          
           
             Since
             our
             Authors
             Greek
             reading
             fares
             no
             better
             ,
             let
             us
             go
             on
             to
             consider
             his
             Latine
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no
             missing
             St.
             Ieroms
             Epistle
             to
             Evagrius
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             clear
             in
             the
             point
             ,
             that
             without
             more
             ado
             it
             converted
             our
             Author
             ,
             who
             it
             seems
             was
             once
             an
             Episcopal
             man
             ,
             into
             that
             errant
             Presbyterian
             that
             now
             he
             is
             .
             Withal
             it
             makes
             him
             wonder
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Reader
             
               understand
               Latine
               ,
               he
               will
               wonder
               to
               see
               men
               have
               the
               confidence
               to
               quote
               any
               thing
               out
               of
               it
               for
               the
               distinction
               between
               Episcopacy
               and
               Presbytery
               .
            
             Well
             ,
             I
             have
             read
             over
             the
             Epistle
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             our
             Author
             says
             ,
             wonder
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             at
             his
             great
             confidence
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             met
             with
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             found
             a
             distinction
             between
             Episcopacy
             and
             Presbytery
             ,
             when
             as
             he
             expresly
             reserves
             the
             power
             of
             Ordination
             peculiarly
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             point
             chiefly
             contested
             between
             the
             Assertors
             of
             Episcopacy
             ,
             and
             Patrons
             of
             Presbyterian
             parity
             .
             As
             to
             the
             second
             desire
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Reader
               should
               observe
               the
               various
               fate
               of
               St.
            
             Jerom
             and
             Aerius
             ,
             
               that
               the
               one
               is
               reviled
               as
               an
               Heretick
               ,
               the
               other
               passes
               for
               a
               Saint
            
             :
             I
             will
             satisfie
             my
             Author
             in
             that
             particular
             ,
             and
             shew
             him
             a
             plain
             reason
             for
             it
             .
             Aerius
             set
             himself
             against
             the
             Apostolical
             Government
             by
             Bishops
             ,
             dogmatized
             ,
             and
             separated
             himself
             from
             the
             
             Church
             :
             St.
             Ierom
             always
             obeyed
             his
             Governours
             ,
             and
             remained
             in
             Communion
             with
             them
             ,
             upon
             other
             occasions
             exprest
             his
             opinion
             in
             behalf
             of
             their
             Authority
             :
             And
             here
             only
             in
             a
             private
             Epistle
             to
             a
             Friend
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             very
             short
             one
             ,
             being
             scandalized
             at
             an
             unseasonable
             opinion
             ,
             which
             pretended
             Deacons
             to
             be
             equal
             in
             dignity
             to
             Priests
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             usual
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             he
             depresses
             what
             he
             can
             the
             Order
             of
             Deacons
             ,
             and
             exalts
             to
             his
             utmost
             that
             of
             Priests
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             does
             not
             so
             much
             as
             attempt
             to
             prove
             any
             thing
             more
             than
             barely
             saying
             ,
             
               Quid
               aliud
               facit
               Episcopus
               excepta
               Ordinatione
               quod
               non
               facit
               Presbyter
            
             ?
             
               What
               does
               a
               Bishop
               more
               than
               a
               Presbyter
               besides
               Ordaining
               ?
            
             And
             then
             reckoning
             up
             several
             actions
             common
             to
             both
             .
             Our
             kind-hearted
             Author
             hereupon
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             this
             presently
             converted
             him
             ;
             nay
             ,
             as
             if
             this
             good
             nature
             of
             his
             were
             as
             meritorious
             as
             grace
             ,
             he
             thereupon
             assures
             himself
             ,
             
               that
               great
               is
               his
               reward
               in
               heaven
               .
            
             Our
             man
             of
             learning
             with
             his
             accustomed
             dexterity
             and
             confidence
             runs
             down
             the
             business
             of
             Colluthus
             his
             Ordination
             of
             Priests
             ,
             and
             pities
             
               poor
               Bishop
            
             Hall
             
               for
               going
               about
               to
               prove
               from
               thence
               ,
               that
               Presbyters
               were
               not
               capable
               to
               Ordain
               .
            
             How
             slightly
             soever
             our
             Author
             thinks
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             Socrates
             in
             the
             first
             Book
             of
             his
             History
             puts
             it
             under
             the
             blackest
             Character
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               He
               privately
               adventured
               on
               an
               action
               worthy
               of
               many
               deaths
               ,
               who
               ,
               having
               never
               been
               ordained
               a
               Priest
               ,
               did
               those
               things
               which
               belonged
               to
               the
               Function
               of
               a
               Priest.
               
            
             This
             you
             are
             to
             know
             was
             said
             of
             Ischryas
             who
             had
             as
             good
             Orders
             as
             Colluthus
             a
             Priest
             could
             give
             him
             ,
             but
             yet
             antecedently
             to
             the
             Decree
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             is
             declared
             never
             to
             have
             been
             ordained
             a
             Priest.
             Let
             up
             now
             see
             why
             the
             old
             man
             was
             so
             much
             to
             be
             pitied
             ,
             
               because
               he
               had
               quite
               forgot
               that
               the
               famous
               Council
               of
            
             Nice
             ,
             
               consisting
               of
               above
               three
               hundred
               Bishops
               ,
               had
               made
               a
               Canon
               ,
               wherein
               they
               declare
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               Bishop
               should
               Ordain
               any
               of
               the
               Clergy
               belonging
               to
               another
               Bishops
               Diocess
               ,
               without
               consent
               and
               leave
               had
               of
               that
               Bishop
               to
               whose
               Diocess
               they
               did
               belong
               ,
               their
               Ordination
               
               should
               be
               null
               .
               You
               see
               the
               irregular
               Ordination
               of
               a
               Bishop
               is
               as
               null
               as
               the
               irregular
               Ordination
               of
               a
               Presbyter
               :
               Therefore
               the
               irregular
               Bishop
               ,
               and
               the
               irregular
               Presbyter
               are
               of
               the
               same
               Order
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               Authority
               ;
               neither
               able
               to
               Ordain
               .
            
             Our
             Author
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             usual
             Sagacity
             ,
             knows
             no
             difference
             betwixt
             an
             Act
             that
             is
             null
             and
             void
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             an
             Act
             voided
             by
             Law.
             There
             is
             no
             question
             but
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Deacons
             for
             their
             Crimes
             may
             be
             degraded
             and
             deposed
             ,
             but
             that
             is
             not
             the
             same
             thing
             with
             the
             never
             having
             been
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             or
             Deacons
             .
             The
             Council
             of
             Alexandria
             declared
             the
             Ordinations
             of
             Colluthus
             to
             have
             been
             void
             
               ab
               initio
            
             ,
             that
             of
             Nice
             voids
             those
             that
             are
             irregular
             .
             Surely
             these
             are
             very
             different
             matters
             .
             That
             the
             invalidity
             of
             the
             Ordination
             in
             the
             later
             case
             was
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             made
             invalid
             by
             way
             of
             Penalty
             and
             Sentence
             ,
             we
             may
             learn
             from
             the
             thirty
             fifth
             Apostolick
             Canon
             ;
             by
             which
             both
             Zonaras
             and
             Balsamon
             interpret
             this
             of
             Nice
             ;
             who
             decree
             that
             in
             case
             of
             ordaining
             in
             anothers
             Diocess
             the
             Bishop
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               Both
               he
               be
               deposed
               and
               they
               who
               were
               ordained
               by
               him
               .
            
             And
             truly
             if
             they
             were
             to
             be
             deposed
             ,
             it
             is
             plain
             the
             Orders
             were
             in
             themselves
             valid
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             unquestionable
             that
             the
             Ordaining
             Bishops
             were
             so
             :
             which
             is
             not
             to
             be
             said
             ,
             and
             can
             never
             be
             proved
             of
             a
             mere
             Presbyters
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Triumph
             which
             is
             added
             here
             of
             
               dashing
               out
               the
               indelible
               Character
               ,
               or
               that
               the
               Line
               of
               a
               Diocess
               is
               a
               Conjurers
               Circle
               ,
            
             might
             very
             fairly
             have
             been
             laid
             aside
             .
             And
             I
             appeal
             to
             the
             Reader
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             
               hope
               he
               will
               see
               how
               no
               proofs
               are
               brought
               for
               this
               Identity
            
             and
             parity
             
               of
               Order
               ;
               no
               Scripture
               ,
               no
               Primitive
               Council
               ,
               no
               general
               consent
               of
               Primitive
               Doctors
               and
               Fathers
            
             ;
             that
             he
             is
             perfectly
             out
             in
             every
             thing
             he
             avers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             for
             his
             
               poor
               judgment
            
             he
             may
             do
             well
             to
             keep
             it
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             probably
             his
             Judgment
             is
             so
             poor
             because
             he
             himself
             is
             rich
             .
             He
             in
             likelihood
             has
             imployed
             his
             time
             in
             Secular
             Concerns
             ,
             which
             had
             it
             been
             spent
             in
             Study
             ,
             would
             have
             rescued
             him
             from
             such
             gross
             misadventures
             ,
             as
             he
             at
             every
             turn
             incurrs
             .
          
           
           
             But
             though
             the
             matter
             stand
             thus
             plain
             bef●re
             us
             ,
             yet
             ●ince
             our
             Author
             has
             had
             the
             confidence
             to
             cite
             the
             Council
             of
             Nice
             in
             proof
             of
             the
             nullity
             of
             irregular
             Orders
             :
             to
             shew
             with
             greater
             evidence
             his
             perpetual
             ignorance
             and
             mistake
             ,
             I
             will
             throw
             in
             for
             vantage
             the
             proceeding
             of
             this
             very
             Council
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             Meletius
             ,
             who
             had
             usurpt
             upon
             the
             rights
             of
             Peter
             Patriarch
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             in
             the
             point
             here
             contested
             of
             Ordaining
             within
             his
             Diocess
             ;
             the
             words
             of
             Theodoret
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               He
               invaded
               the
               Ordinations
               belonging
               to
               the
               other
               .
            
             Now
             the
             Council
             decreed
             herein
             ,
             that
             Meletius
             should
             be
             suspended
             from
             the
             future
             exercise
             of
             his
             function
             ,
             and
             retain
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               the
               bare
               name
               of
               a
               Bishop
               ,
               but
               do
               no
               Act
               of
               his
               Function
               either
               in
               the
               City
               or
               Villages
               ;
               but
               the
               Orders
               conferred
               by
               him
               were
               as
               to
               their
               intrinsick
               validity
               ratified
               and
               acknowledged
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               those
               already
               Ordained
               should
               Communicate
               and
               Officiate
               ,
               but
               come
               after
               the
               Clergy
               of
               each
               Church
               and
               Parish
               .
            
             'T
             is
             to
             be
             wondered
             at
             ,
             how
             this
             man
             who
             seems
             to
             have
             always
             lived
             in
             a
             hollow
             Tree
             ,
             came
             to
             have
             heard
             by
             chance
             that
             there
             was
             once
             such
             a
             thing
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             the
             Council
             of
             Nice
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Chapter
             of
             Deacons
             .
          
           
             OUr
             Author
             is
             resolved
             on
             all
             occasions
             to
             shew
             that
             he
             thinks
             himself
             wiser
             then
             both
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             defiance
             unto
             both
             ,
             he
             attempts
             to
             prove
             that
             Deaconship
             is
             not
             Holy
             Orders
             ;
             and
             to
             bring
             about
             so
             g●n●rous
             a
             d●sign
             ,
             he
             makes
             nothing
             of
             st●●ining
             a
             point
             with
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             since
             t
             is
             so
             unkind
             as
             to
             stand
             in
             his
             way
             .
             It
             so
             happen'd
             that
             Petavius
             discoursing
             of
             Deacons
             had
             said
             ,
             what
             the
             Contents
             of
             our
             English
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             Commentators
             generally
             agre●
             in
             ,
             that
             P●ilip
             the
             Deacon
             Preacht
             ,
             did
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             Baptiz'd
             ,
             and
             Converted
             
             the
             City
             of
             Samari●
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             History
             describ'd
             Act.
             8.
             belongs
             to
             him
             .
             Now
             our
             Author
             is
             better
             advis'd
             ,
             and
             assures
             us
             ,
             
               that
               this
               more
               probably
               was
            
             Philip
             
               the
               Apostle
            
             .
             St.
             Luke
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             tells
             us
             that
             upon
             the
             Persecution
             against
             Stephen
             ,
             several
             of
             the
             Brethren
             went
             through
             all
             the
             Regions
             of
             Iudea
             and
             Samaria
             ,
             except
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             't
             is
             says
             our
             Author
             ,
             a
             gross
             mistake
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             are
             not
             to
             be
             excepted
             ;
             but
             Philip
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Deacon
             went
             about
             these
             Regions
             .
             Having
             thus
             happily
             entred
             himself
             into
             the
             Lists
             ,
             he
             goes
             on
             and
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             
               the
               first
               we
               shall
               find
               of
               Deacons
               ▪
               Officiating
               in
               Spiritual
               matters
               ,
            
             is
             in
             
               Iustin
               Martyr
            
             :
             A
             modest
             man
             would
             thing
             that
             to
             be
             competent
             Antiquity
             :
             but
             it
             seems
             to
             him
             that
             though
             in
             Greece
             it
             was
             then
             receiv'd
             ;
             it
             was
             not
             so
             in
             
               Afric●
               ;
               for
            
             Terttullian
             
               says
               that
               the
               Christians
               received
               the
               Sacrament
               only
               from
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               President
               or
               Bishop
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             what
             I
             said
             even
             now
             out
             of
             Ignatius
             ,
             that
             neither
             this
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             sacred
             Office
             was
             to
             be
             done
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               without
               the
               knowledg
               or
               consent
               of
               the
               Bishop
               ;
            
             Which
             thing
             our
             Author
             himself
             hereafter
             confesses
             .
             And
             sure
             when
             the
             Bishop
             Consecrated
             both
             Elements
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             delivered
             the
             Bread
             immediatly
             to
             every
             Communicant
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             Cup
             to
             the
             Deacon
             to
             distribute
             after
             him
             :
             't
             will
             be
             a
             great
             truth
             to
             say
             that
             the
             Eucharist
             was
             only
             received
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Bishop
             .
             But
             't
             is
             a
             fatal
             thing
             to
             be
             haunted
             by
             ill
             luck
             ;
             what
             will
             become
             of
             our
             Authors
             Profound
             Learning
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             appear
             that
             the
             Deacon
             did
             distribute
             the
             Cup
             in
             Africa
             ?
             St.
             Cyprian
             will
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             be
             taken
             for
             a
             competent
             Witness
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             who
             says
             in
             his
             Book
             
               de
               Lapsis
               .
               Vbi
               solennibus
               adimpletis
               calicem
               Diaconus
               offerre
               praesentibus
               coepit
               .
            
             
               When
               the
               other
               solemnities
               were
               performed
               ,
               and
               the
               Deacon
               distributed
               the
               Cup
               to
               them
               who
               were
               present
               .
            
             Nay
             if
             St.
             Cyprian
             be
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             he
             utterly
             confounds
             all
             our
             Authors
             pretensions
             at
             once
             ,
             saying
             that
             
               Diaconis
               non
               d●fuit
               sacerdotalis
               vigor
            
             ;
             
               there
               was
               not
               wanting
               to
               the
               Deacons
               sacerdotal
               power
               ,
               Ep.
               13.
               
            
             allowing
             them
             somewhat
             of
             Priestly
             jurisdiction
             :
             and
             in
             
             the
             twelfth
             Epistle
             ,
             giving
             them
             power
             to
             release
             from
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             
               In
               articulo
               mortis
               ,
               si
               Presbyter
               repertus
               no●
               fuerit
               ,
               &
               urgere
               exitus
               coeperit
               ,
               apud
               Diaconum
               quoque
               exomologesin
               facere
               delicti
               sui
               possint
               ,
               ut
               manu
               ejus
               in
               poenitentia
               imposita
               ,
               veniant
               ad
               Dominum
               cum
               pace
               .
            
             
               If
               a
               Priest
               be
               not
               to
               be
               fo●nd
               ,
               and
               death
               draw
               on
               ,
               they
               may
               make
               their
               Exomologesis
               or
               Confession
               before
               the
               Deacon
               ,
               that
               hands
               being
               laid
               on
               them
               as
               Penitents
               ,
               they
               may
               go
               to
               the
               Lord
               in
               peace
               .
            
          
           
             Our
             Author
             proceeds
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             his
             wont
             ,
             shews
             his
             Learning
             backward
             ;
             and
             quoting
             an
             Epistle
             of
             St.
             
               Ignatius
               ad
               Tralli
               (
               Trallianos
            
             I
             presume
             he
             means
             )
             
               finds
               ,
               and
               often
               laments
               that
               learned
               men
               go
               on
               in
               a
               Track
               ,
               one
               after
               another
               ,
               and
               some
               through
               inadvertency
               ,
               some
               through
               partiality
               take
               many
               passages
               of
               ancient
               Authors
               quite
               different
               from
               their
               meaning
               .
            
             One
             would
             now
             expect
             some
             eminent
             discovery
             .
             The
             fault
             in
             short
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             our
             Authors
             good
             Friend
             Vedelius
             ,
             Bishop
             Vsher
             ,
             Doctor
             
               Vossius
               ,
               Co●ellerius
            
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             others
             as
             have
             put
             forth
             
               Ignatius
               ,
               ●ave
               gone
               on
               in
               a
               Track
               ,
            
             and
             falsly
             translated
             these
             words
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               The
               Deacons
               ,
               being
               Ministers
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               honoured
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               not
               the
               Ministers
               of
               meats
               and
               drinks
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               Servants
               of
               God
               ;
            
             to
             run
             thus
             ,
             and
             to
             concern
             Deacons
             ,
             when
             as
             indeed
             the
             words
             are
             meant
             of
             Priests
             .
             
               Whosoever
               first
               translated
               this
               Epistle
               of
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             says
             our
             Author
             ,
             
               sure
               this
               fancy
               of
               Deacons
               ran
               much
               in
               his
               head
               ,
               otherwise
               he
               could
               never
               have
               found
               them
               here
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               evident
               the
               word
            
             Diaconus
             ,
             
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               relates
               to
               the
               Presbytery
               newly
               before
               mentioned
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Well
             ,
             we
             hear
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             but
             for
             all
             this
             are
             convinced
             you
             are
             infinitely
             mistaken
             :
             And
             are
             sure
             that
             Doctor
             
               Isaac
               Vossius
            
             ,
             whatever
             became
             of
             other
             learned
             men
             ,
             did
             not
             go
             in
             a
             Track
             ,
             nor
             by
             inadvertency
             nor
             prejudice
             (
             his
             Education
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             have
             been
             seduced
             ,
             leading
             him
             the
             other
             way
             )
             but
             considered
             the
             place
             very
             particularly
             ,
             and
             adhering
             to
             the
             Translation
             which
             you
             despise
             ,
             concludes
             ,
             
             
               Miror
               Antiochum
               qui
               sermone
            
             124.
             
               haec
               Ignatii
               cit●t
               ,
               it●
               illa
               mutasse
               ,
               ut
               id
               quod
               de
               Diaconis
               hic
               dicitur
               ,
               Presbyteris
               attribuat
               ,
               modo
               apud
               illum
               locus
               sit
               integer
               ,
               nec
               aliqua
               exciderint
               verba
               .
            
             
               I
               wonder
               Antiochus
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               124.
               
               Sermon
               quotes
               these
               words
               ,
               should
               so
               change
               them
               ,
               that
               what
               〈◊〉
               here
               said
               of
               Deacons
               ,
               should
               by
               him
               be
               attributed
               to
               Priests
               ,
               if
               so
               be
               the
               place
               be
               entire
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               some
               words
               not
               left
               out
               .
            
             Well
             ,
             but
             our
             Author
             has
             a
             mind
             that
             we
             should
             see
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             skill
             :
             
               I
               do
               the
               more
               wonder
               at
               the
               Interpreters
               mistake
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               because
               by
               the
               following
               words
            
             Ignatius
             
               here
               excludes
               the
               specifical
               Deacons
               ,
               saying
               not
               the
               Ministers
               of
               meat
               and
               drink
               .
            
             To
             see
             the
             wonderful
             difference
             of
             mens
             understandings
             ;
             the
             most
             learned
             Doctor
             
               Isaac
               Vossius
            
             ,
             from
             these
             very
             words
             concludes
             the
             beforegoing
             Period
             was
             meant
             of
             Deacons
             (
             
               specific
               Deacons
            
             ,
             since
             they
             must
             be
             called
             so
             )
             from
             whence
             our
             Demonstrator
             proves
             they
             could
             not
             be
             spoke
             of
             them
             .
             It
             is
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             a
             Scheme
             of
             speech
             which
             our
             Author
             never
             met
             with
             ,
             to
             say
             of
             things
             or
             persons
             you
             are
             not
             this
             or
             this
             ,
             but
             that
             ;
             when
             they
             are
             remarkably
             more
             that
             ,
             than
             this
             or
             this
             .
             Thus
             God
             says
             to
             Samuel
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             who
             ,
             complaining
             of
             his
             Old
             Age
             ,
             and
             evil
             Sons
             ,
             desired
             a
             King
             :
             that
             they
             had
             not
             rejected
             Samuel
             ,
             but
             God.
             All
             men
             of
             common
             sense
             know
             very
             well
             the
             meaning
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             rejected
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             to
             come
             into
             account
             with
             the
             Rebellion
             and
             Insolence
             wherein
             they
             rejected
             the
             Lord
             himself
             .
             Though
             God
             commanded
             Sacrifices
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             he
             expresly
             says
             ,
             he
             will
             have
             no
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             delights
             not
             in
             ,
             nay
             ,
             abhors
             Burnt
             Offerings
             ;
             yet
             this
             did
             not
             abrogate
             the
             Divine
             Institution
             ,
             nor
             make
             Almighty
             God
             contradict
             himself
             .
             So
             St.
             Paul
             advises
             Philemon
             to
             receive
             Onesimus
             his
             servant
             ,
             not
             now
             as
             a
             servant
             ,
             but
             above
             a
             servant
             ,
             a
             Brother
             beloved
             :
             By
             which
             words
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             inferred
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             presently
             manumit
             him
             ,
             but
             use
             him
             with
             kindness
             .
             But
             vanity
             and
             ignorance
             are
             most
             incommodiously
             quartered
             together
             ;
             our
             Author
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             shew
             his
             reading
             ,
             and
             pick
             a
             quarrel
             with
             the
             Translator
             of
             a
             Father
             :
             And
             then
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             he
             
             must
             be
             a
             Giant
             in
             Learning
             ,
             and
             list
             himself
             with
             those
             Worthies
             that
             have
             slain
             their
             thousands
             .
             But
             such
             is
             our
             Authors
             hard
             Fate
             that
             this
             inconsiderable
             P●●●od
             which
             is
             here
             so
             earnestly
             controuled
             ,
             is
             said
             unquestionably
             almost
             in
             every
             Page
             of
             this
             holy
             Martyr
             .
             So
             that
             should
             he
             have
             happened
             once
             in
             his
             life
             to
             be
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             he
             had
             gained
             nothing
             to
             his
             cause
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             from
             hence
             it
             is
             morally
             certain
             that
             our
             Author
             never
             read
             a
             Page
             together
             in
             Ignatius
             .
             In
             this
             very
             shor●
             Epistle
             within
             twenty
             Lines
             he
             says
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             
               He
               that
               does
               any
               thing
               without
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               the
               Presbyter
               ,
               and
               Deacon
               ,
               has
               not
               a
               pure
               conscience
               .
            
             In
             that
             to
             the
             Magnesians
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               I
               admonish
               you
               to
               do
               all
               things
               in
               love
               ,
               the
               Bishop
               presiding
               in
               the
               place
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Presbyters
               in
               the
               place
               of
               the
               Colledge
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               the
               Deacons
               most
               dearly
               bebeloved
               of
               me
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               are
               trusted
               with
               the
               Ministry
               of
               Jesus
               Christ.
               
            
             In
             that
             to
             the
             Philadelphians
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ▪
             
               Hearken
               to
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               the
               P●esbytery
               ,
               and
               the
               Deacons
               .
            
             And
             again
             in
             the
             same
             Epistle
             he
             adds
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             necessary
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               To
               ordain
               there
               a
               Deacon
               to
               perform
               the
               Embassie
               of
               God.
               
            
             One
             would
             think
             this
             a
             competent
             instance
             of
             our
             Authors
             intolerable
             insolence
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             of
             truth
             or
             ingenuity
             to
             dictate
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             pretend
             to
             correct
             learned
             men
             .
             But
             this
             is
             not
             all
             ;
             it
             is
             manifest
             he
             never
             read
             this
             very
             Period
             ,
             whose
             Translation
             he
             pretends
             to
             mend
             :
             For
             so
             Ignatius
             goes
             on
             there
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ▪
             
               So
               in
               like
               manner
               let
               all
               reverence
               the
               Deacon
               as
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               also
               the
               Bishop
               as
               the
               Son
               of
               the
               Father
               ;
               and
               the
               Presbyters
               as
               
               God's
               Senat
               ,
               and
               band
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ;
               without
               these
               the
               Church
               is
               not
               call'd
               .
            
             But
             we
             have
             not
             done
             yet
             .
             Behold
             a
             piece
             of
             ignorance
             and
             impudence
             more
             inexcusable
             than
             the
             former
             ;
             Poor
             Petavi●s
             is
             taken
             to
             task
             for
             calling
             St.
             Laurence
             a
             Deacon
             ;
             which
             many
             hundreds
             before
             him
             had
             very
             innocently
             done
             ;
             and
             generally
             all
             that
             ever
             heard
             of
             his
             Grediron
             ,
             or
             his
             Martyrdom
             ,
             or
             indeed
             the
             occasion
             of
             it
             ,
             are
             of
             his
             mind
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             our
             Authors
             priviledge
             to
             be
             ignorant
             of
             what
             every
             body
             else
             is
             informed
             of
             .
             Now
             in
             the
             present
             misadventure
             he
             attempts
             a
             greater
             Mastery
             ,
             goes
             beyond
             ,
             and
             surpasses
             himself
             :
             For
             in
             that
             very
             place
             of
             St.
             Ambrose
             which
             he
             cites
             ;
             the
             direct
             contrary
             of
             what
             he
             goes
             about
             to
             prove
             is
             
               in
               termini●
            
             asserted
             ▪
             For
             that
             speech
             of
             St.
             Laurence
             ,
             which
             he
             recapitulates
             ,
             and
             says
             ,
             
               That
               it
               plainly
               shews
               St.
            
             Laurence
             
               was
               a
               Priest
               ,
               not
               a
               bare
               Deacon
               ,
            
             tells
             us
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Deacon
             .
             The
             words
             are
             Lib.
             1.
             
             
               Offic.
               cap.
            
             41.
             
             
               Quo
               progrederis
               sine
               filio
               Pater
               ?
               Quò
               Sacerdos
               sancte
               sine
               Diacono
               tu●
               properas
            
             ?
             &c.
             
             
               O
               my
               Father
               (
               speaking
               to
               his
               Bishop
               going
               to
               Martyrdom
               )
               whither
               go
               you
               without
               your
               Son
               ?
               O
               holy
               Priest
               whither
               ▪
               hasten
               you
               without
               your
               Deacon
               ?
            
             Had
             it
             not
             been
             better
             for
             our
             Author
             to
             have
             said
             St.
             Laurence
             was
             an
             Arch-deacon
             to
             credit
             the
             matter
             ;
             or
             a
             Deacon
             Cardinal
             ;
             than
             thus
             run
             counter
             to
             the
             words
             he
             alledged
             ?
             Unless
             a
             man
             owed
             himself
             a
             shame
             ,
             and
             was
             in
             dread
             he
             should
             never
             make
             honest
             payment
             ,
             and
             therefore
             on
             purpose
             spoke
             what
             he
             knew
             most
             absurd
             ,
             mere
             chance
             could
             never
             fall
             out
             so
             unluckily
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             in
             a
             whole
             Book
             make
             one
             true
             recital
             of
             an
             Author
             ,
             or
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             done
             .
             Yet
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             come
             off
             with
             mighty
             credit
             ,
             he
             closes
             his
             Chapter
             with
             a
             
               quod
               erat
               demonstrandum
               :
               So
               I
               leave
               ,
            
             says
             he
             ,
             
               the
               Deacons
               to
               their
               proper
               Office
               of
               serving
               of
               Tables
               ,
               not
               finding
               in
               Scripture
               any
               thing
               more
               belonging
               to
               them
               .
            
             Our
             Author
             having
             thus
             taken
             away
             ,
             we
             will
             expect
             the
             next
             Course
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             we
             shall
             be
             better
             served
             ;
             and
             that
             at
             last
             the
             Banquet
             will
             make
             amends
             for
             the
             very
             ill
             Fare
             we
             have
             hitherto
             had
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             To
             the
             Chapter
             of
             Church-Government
             .
          
           
             OUr
             Author
             has
             a
             dexterity
             of
             talking
             extravagantly
             of
             several
             weighty
             subjects
             ,
             and
             this
             he
             calls
             handling
             them
             :
             which
             being
             beyond
             his
             strength
             ,
             he
             heaves
             them
             to
             as
             much
             purpose
             as
             if
             they
             were
             Timber
             ;
             and
             thinks
             he
             has
             acquitted
             himself
             to
             admiration
             .
             Having
             therefore
             handled
             the
             former
             points
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             talkt
             beyond
             all
             aim
             and
             measure
             Foolishly
             ;
             Now
             he
             says
             he
             comes
             
               to
               the
               Authority
               of
               Bishops
               to
               Govern
               as
               well
               as
               to
               Ordain
               .
            
             And
             truly
             if
             they
             are
             to
             do
             one
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             on
             his
             principle
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             other
             ,
             their
             Authority
             is
             likely
             to
             signifie
             but
             little
             ;
             being
             shared
             by
             every
             the
             meanest
             Priest.
             But
             the
             out-cry
             is
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Keys
               is
               left
               to
               Chancellors
               ,
               Lay-men
               who
               have
               no
               more
               capacity
               to
               Sentence
               or
               Absolve
               a
               sinner
               ,
               then
               to
               dissolve
               the
               Heaven
               and
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               new
               Heaven
               and
               an
               Earth
               .
            
             And
             thus
             the
             good
             man
             runs
             on
             like
             an
             Horse
             with
             an
             empty
             Cart
             ,
             exceedingly
             pleased
             with
             the
             ratling
             of
             the
             Wheels
             ,
             and
             gingling
             of
             the
             Bells
             ;
             but
             he
             never
             considers
             that
             all
             the
             proceedings
             of
             Chancellors
             in
             the
             Bishops
             Court
             are
             in
             consequence
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Church
             which
             are
             the
             Decrees
             of
             Bishops
             Authoritatively
             met
             together
             ,
             which
             have
             defined
             such
             and
             such
             Doctrines
             Heretical
             ,
             such
             and
             such
             actions
             punishable
             with
             Suspension
             ,
             Sequestration
             or
             Deprivation
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             Now
             all
             that
             the
             Chancellor
             has
             to
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             examine
             the
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             take
             the
             allegations
             and
             proofs
             ,
             and
             apply
             the
             Sanction
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             them
             .
             But
             where
             that
             extends
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Keys
             ,
             that
             is
             reserved
             to
             them
             who
             by
             Christs
             Institution
             are
             trusted
             therewith
             .
             And
             if
             Dr.
             Duck
             did
             do
             an
             ill
             thing
             ,
             the
             fault
             lies
             at
             his
             door
             ;
             and
             t
             is
             well
             if
             in
             this
             profligate
             age
             a
             single
             instance
             can
             only
             be
             pitcht
             upon
             .
             We
             have
             ,
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             a
             great
             happiness
             in
             the
             protection
             of
             our
             Municipal
             Laws
             ,
             none
             in
             the
             World
             being
             a
             firmer
             Bulwark
             of
             the
             Princes
             Rights
             and
             Peoples
             Liberties
             ;
             but
             should
             every
             clamorous
             Person
             be
             hearkned
             
             to
             ,
             who
             complains
             of
             the
             exorbitance
             of
             a
             Judg
             ,
             (
             when
             if
             the
             matter
             be
             truly
             examined
             ,
             probably
             the
             ground
             of
             the
             dislike
             ,
             is
             that
             he
             did
             his
             duty
             )
             we
             should
             soon
             tear
             out
             one
             anothers
             Thro●ts
             ;
             and
             every
             mans
             hand
             would
             be
             against
             his
             Brother
             .
             We
             know
             the
             worst
             of
             our
             present
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             desire
             not
             the
             hazards
             of
             a
             change
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Chapter
             of
             Confirmation
             .
          
           
             THis
             Chapter
             begins
             with
             a
             liberal
             Confession
             ,
             
               that
               Confirmation
               or
               some
               such
               thing
               is
               necessary
            
             :
             but
             t
             is
             a
             little
             odd
             that
             in
             a
             matter
             which
             approaches
             to
             the
             being
             necessary
             ,
             a
             loose
             succedaneum
             of
             some
             such
             thing
             ,
             should
             be
             sufficient
             .
             Our
             Author
             like
             a
             true
             Empiric
             ,
             in
             all
             cases
             strives
             to
             bring
             in
             
               aliquid
               Nostri
            
             ,
             his
             preparation
             of
             the
             Medicin
             will
             render
             it
             Soveraign
             :
             but
             the
             old
             ,
             known
             ,
             and
             received
             Forms
             must
             by
             no
             means
             be
             taken
             .
             Having
             then
             made
             up
             a
             narrative
             of
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             jumbling
             ,
             as
             his
             way
             is
             ,
             true
             and
             false
             together
             ,
             his
             first
             objection
             against
             Confirmation
             as
             it
             now
             stands
             is
             .
             
               That
               it
               is
               not
               possible
               for
               a
               Bishop
               of
               so
               large
               a
               Diocess
               as
               some
               of
               ours
               are
               ,
               some
               extended
               Three
               or
               Fourscore
               Miles
               ,
               many
               Forty
               or
               Fifty
               ,
               Personally
               to
               Confirm
               half
               the
               Youth
               in
               a
               Diocess
               ,
               if
               he
               duly
               examine
               each
               one
               as
               is
               fit
               and
               necessary
               .
               We
               see
               how
               this
               is
               performed
               in
               their
               Triennial
               Visitations
               .
            
             Having
             put
             in
             a
             Caveat
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             present
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             minded
             my
             Author
             again
             of
             his
             promise
             to
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             not
             a
             word
             in
             his
             Book
             against
             the
             known
             Laws
             ;
             I
             cannot
             but
             reflect
             ,
             that
             surely
             he
             lives
             in
             a
             Country
             where
             the
             Bishop
             is
             not
             over-diligent
             in
             his
             duty
             ,
             else
             he
             would
             never
             make
             the
             task
             to
             be
             so
             impossible
             ,
             unless
             the
             Bishop
             never
             comes
             into
             his
             Diocess
             ,
             or
             never
             stir
             any
             where
             abroad
             in
             it
             :
             surely
             a
             very
             little
             contrivance
             with
             the
             diligence
             of
             the
             Ministers
             would
             make
             it
             possible
             both
             for
             the
             Bishop
             and
             Youth
             to
             meet
             together
             without
             much
             trouble
             to
             either
             .
             There
             is
             no
             doubt
             if
             the
             affair
             be
             adjourned
             over
             to
             the
             Triennial
             Visitation
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             likely
             to
             be
             well
             done
             :
             but
             
             as
             this
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             the
             course
             ;
             so
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             it
             is
             not
             .
             The
             next
             inconvenience
             in
             the
             present
             Constitution
             is
             the
             disability
             of
             the
             Curat
             to
             fit
             for
             Confirmation
             ;
             and
             the
             little
             credit
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             
               when
               he
               assures
               the
               Bishop
               when
               he
               presents
               the
               Children
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               fully
               instructed
               for
               it
            
             :
             and
             therefore
             he
             concludes
             it
             necessary
             ,
             
               to
               appoint
               some
               discreet
               conscientious
               Ministers
               in
               the
               several
               Circuits
               to
               examine
               and
               Licence
               for
               the
               Lords
               Table
            
             :
             for
             he
             passes
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             
               that
               Confirmation
               is
               no
               Sacrament
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               were
               ,
               why
               may
               not
               Priests
               ,
               not
               Bishops
               perform
               it
               ?
            
             Well
             but
             suppose
             these
             discreet
             conscientious
             Ministers
             ,
             that
             are
             to
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             the
             Parochial
             ones
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             better
             qualified
             ,
             be
             more
             discreet
             or
             conscientious
             then
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             very
             probably
             happen
             ;
             t
             is
             plain
             they
             cannot
             have
             those
             opportunities
             either
             to
             instruct
             the
             Youth
             of
             each
             Parish
             ,
             or
             know
             they
             are
             instructed
             ,
             as
             the
             local
             Minister
             is
             furnisht
             with
             ;
             but
             then
             farther
             is
             it
             likely
             that
             the
             several
             Parochial
             Ministers
             will
             readily
             admit
             their
             neighbour
             Minister
             ,
             whom
             they
             may
             reasonably
             think
             not
             much
             wiser
             or
             better
             then
             themselves
             to
             meddle
             in
             their
             Cures
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             people
             will
             be
             contented
             with
             it
             ?
             Will
             not
             animosities
             and
             quarrels
             ,
             and
             contempt
             of
             the
             duty
             certainly
             follow
             ?
             As
             to
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             Priests
             and
             not
             Bishops
             performing
             it
             ,
             upon
             the
             supposal
             that
             Priests
             and
             Bishops
             are
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             and
             that
             Priests
             may
             Ordain
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Doctrine
             taught
             in
             one
             of
             the
             preceding
             Chapters
             ,
             this
             of
             Priests
             ●onfirming
             may
             ●easonably
             enough
             be
             admitted
             :
             but
             the
             falseness
             of
             that
             imagination
             being
             abundantly
             evident
             ,
             the
             absurdity
             of
             this
             will
             necessarily
             follow
             .
             And
             therefore
             notwithstanding
             our
             Authors
             project
             ,
             Bishops
             may
             do
             well
             to
             go
             on
             in
             the
             Execution
             of
             their
             Duty
             in
             this
             most
             Ancient
             and
             Useful
             Right
             ,
             in
             which
             from
             the
             first
             Planting
             of
             the
             Gospel
             to
             this
             moment
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             in
             possession
             .
             They
             who
             of
             late
             invaded
             the
             power
             of
             Ordaining
             Priests
             ,
             having
             been
             so
             modest
             yet
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             usurp
             this
             part
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Office.
             
          
           
           
             As
             to
             the
             expedients
             proposed
             about
             
               framing
               additions
               to
               the
               Catechism
               ,
               making
               Paraphrases
               on
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               and
               Ten
               Commandments
               ,
               regulating
               the
               Ministers
               way
               of
               Catechising
               ,
               and
               enforcing
               Parents
               and
               Masters
               to
               bring
               their
               young
               people
               to
               be
               Catechis'd
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             only
             say
             that
             if
             every
             body
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             who
             is
             as
             wise
             as
             our
             Author
             ,
             shall
             be
             allowe'd
             to
             make
             Models
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             we
             shall
             have
             almost
             as
             many
             Schemes
             of
             Government
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             persons
             to
             be
             Governed
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             we
             will
             take
             old
             
             Cato's
             rule
             ,
             and
             be
             well
             pleased
             with
             the
             State
             of
             things
             as
             it
             stands
             at
             present
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             p●que
             is
             at
             the
             
               bounds
               of
               each
               Bishops
               Diocess
            
             ,
             and
             having
             told
             a
             Story
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
               Constantinople
               ,
               Alexandria
               ,
               Antioch
               ,
               Ierusalem
               ,
               Ephesus
               ,
               Corinth
               ,
            
             and
             Philippi
             ,
             which
             sound
             big
             and
             look
             well
             in
             the
             Inventory
             ,
             he
             informs
             us
             that
             
               partly
               by
               great
               distances
               of
               Citys
               ,
               partly
               by
               the
               favour
               of
               former
               Princes
               ,
               several
               Towns
               being
               cast
               into
               one
               Diocess
               they
               became
               so
               large
               as
               t
               is
               impossible
               any
               one
               Bishop
               should
               have
               a
               sufficient
               inspection
               into
               them
               ;
               the
               Bishop
               knows
               not
               the
               names
               nor
               faces
               of
               half
               a
               quarter
               of
               them
               ,
               much
               less
               their
               behavior
               ;
               he
               may
               have
               as
               well
               a
               part
               of
            
             France
             
               in
               his
               Diocess
               to
               Govern.
            
             Our
             Author
             never
             considers
             where
             his
             argument
             will
             light
             ,
             is
             it
             possible
             to
             Govern
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             nay
             are
             they
             therefore
             happy
             ,
             because
             entire
             and
             under
             one
             Government
             ?
             Is
             there
             no
             manner
             of
             need
             why
             the
             Prince
             should
             know
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Aldermen
             in
             his
             Metropolis
             ,
             much
             less
             of
             the
             people
             in
             his
             Dominions
             ?
             and
             is
             it
             so
             impossible
             a
             thing
             to
             comprehend
             all
             the
             necessary
             interests
             of
             an
             Episcopal
             Diocess
             ?
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             our
             Author
             would
             make
             every
             Parish-Priest
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Diocess
             will
             be
             little
             enough
             ;
             and
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Bishops
             will
             be
             needless
             things
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             
               the
               greedy
               Harpyes
               will
               readily
               make
               use
               of
               his
               zealous
               intentions
               :
            
             but
             I
             pray
             let
             us
             make
             a
             parallel
             to
             his
             Ecclesiastial
             Policy
             in
             the
             Civil
             State.
             There
             are
             a
             certain
             sort
             of
             men
             made
             Iudges
             in
             the
             several
             Circuits
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             Circuits
             are
             
               many
               of
               them
               Fifty
               ,
               Six●y
               ,
               an
               Hundred
               or
               more
               Miles
               in
               Compass
               ,
               they
               know
               not
               the
               name
               or
               faces
               of
               half
               or
               a
               quarter
               of
               them
               ▪
               much
               less
               of
               their
               behavior
               ,
               
               they
               may
               as
               well
               have
               a
               part
               of
            
             France
             
               in
               their
               Circuit
            
             :
             Were
             it
             not
             therefore
             better
             that
             every
             Lord
             of
             the
             Leet
             should
             distribute
             Justice
             in
             the
             Precincts
             of
             his
             Mannor
             ;
             that
             no
             man
             should
             be
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             seeing
             Councel
             ,
             taking
             out
             Writs
             ,
             or
             of
             going
             to
             the
             Shire-Town
             ,
             or
             vamping
             upon
             the
             Hoof
             with
             shooes
             at
             back
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             ;
             but
             the
             Steward
             of
             the
             Court
             who
             knows
             the
             name
             and
             face
             and
             concern
             of
             every
             one
             should
             dispatch
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             doubtless
             this
             would
             make
             a
             happy
             World.
             The
             Parish
             would
             quickly
             find
             the
             advantage
             of
             this
             new
             Scheme
             ;
             to
             have
             their
             Estates
             ,
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             in
             ●he
             hand
             of
             a
             little
             Attourny
             ,
             and
             be
             all
             together
             by
             the
             Ears
             ,
             and
             have
             none
             to
             part
             them
             ,
             but
             him
             whose
             interest
             it
             is
             to
             set
             them
             on
             .
             I
             need
             not
             set
             down
             the
             Moral
             .
             Thus
             mad
             is
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Policy
             of
             our
             Divinity-Common-Wealths-man
             ,
             t
             is
             no
             very
             good
             account
             of
             time
             to
             write
             an
             Vtopia
             ,
             a
             Politick
             Romance
             ;
             but
             to
             play
             tricks
             in
             Holy
             things
             ,
             and
             set
             on
             foot
             a
             Christian
             Oceana
             ,
             is
             an
             unpardonable
             fault
             .
             But
             our
             Author
             proceeds
             to
             
               consider
               a
               second
               abuse
               in
               Church
               Government
               ,
               which
               is
               exempt
               Iurisdictions
               .
            
             Whatever
             a
             man
             thought
             of
             the
             unexpedience
             of
             any
             thing
             Establisht
             by
             Law
             ,
             surely
             in
             good
             manners
             he
             should
             not
             give
             it
             ill
             Language
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             an
             abuse
             ,
             while
             it
             stood
             so
             Authorized
             and
             supported
             .
             Which
             should
             be
             done
             especially
             by
             him
             who
             has
             past
             a
             solemn
             promise
             of
             not
             speaking
             a
             word
             against
             the
             known
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land.
             But
             of
             all
             men
             in
             the
             World
             our
             Author
             ,
             whose
             business
             it
             is
             to
             make
             all
             the
             Parishes
             in
             England
             peculiars
             ,
             and
             have
             them
             straitned
             to
             the
             narrow
             limits
             ,
             which
             admit
             the
             
               knowing
               every
               name
               and
               face
            
             ,
             should
             not
             speak
             against
             exempt
             Jurisdictions
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             whole
             Nation
             were
             so
             Cantoned
             out
             ,
             and
             we
             had
             ten
             thousand
             Bishops
             in
             England
             ,
             we
             had
             exactly
             the
             Scheme
             which
             he
             recommends
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             complains
             of
             .
             It
             seems
             my
             Author
             may
             freely
             write
             against
             what
             is
             Establisht
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             as
             having
             obtained
             an
             exempt
             Jurisdiction
             from
             the
             power
             of
             both
             :
             and
             to
             say
             incoheren●
             things
             and
             such
             as
             none
             else
             would
             say
             ,
             contradictory
             not
             
             only
             of
             all
             sober
             men
             who
             have
             wrote
             before
             him
             ,
             but
             of
             himself
             also
             ,
             is
             his
             Peculiar
             ▪
             And
             so
             I
             leave
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             the
             Charitable
             Admonition
             .
          
           
             THis
             being
             addrest
             to
             Nonconformists
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             does
             not
             properly
             concern
             me
             ,
             and
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             so
             well
             said
             ,
             that
             I
             heartily
             wish
             it
             had
             been
             the
             whole
             Book
             :
             but
             since
             our
             Author
             finds
             himself
             oblig'd
             in
             Charity
             ,
             to
             think
             of
             those
             misguided
             men
             ,
             I
             must
             also
             upon
             the
             same
             Principle
             ,
             have
             a
             concern
             for
             him
             ;
             and
             earnestly
             beg
             him
             to
             revise
             what
             he
             has
             wrote
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             he
             has
             laid
             Grounds
             in
             it
             for
             Socinianism
             ,
             and
             all
             kinds
             of
             Separation
             :
             and
             whether
             he
             has
             done
             a
             good
             Office
             to
             Religion
             ,
             to
             supply
             Dissenters
             ,
             whom
             he
             decla●es
             to
             be
             obliged
             to
             obey
             the
             Government
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Arguments
             he
             could
             think
             of
             ,
             to
             palliate
             and
             countenance
             their
             disobedience
             .
             Surely
             men
             are
             not
             too
             well
             principled
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             needful
             to
             unsettle
             them
             ;
             nor
             too
             dutiful
             ,
             that
             ther●
             should
             be
             reason
             to
             check
             them
             in
             their
             duty
             :
             And
             in
             a
             time
             when
             ,
             as
             my
             Author
             himself
             observes
             ,
             
               Separation
               ,
               and
               many
               following
               Divisions
               ,
               have
               caused
               many
               to
               abhor
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               turn
               to
               Popery
               :
            
             It
             is
             obvious
             to
             apprehend
             that
             the
             doing
             every
             thing
             which
             the
             maddest
             Separatist
             requires
             ,
             and
             making
             Religion
             slovenly
             and
             despicable
             ,
             will
             not
             probably
             retain
             those
             who
             are
             tempted
             to
             Popery
             ,
             or
             recover
             them
             who
             have
             revolted
             to
             it
             .
             It
             will
             not
             be
             enough
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Book
             has
             every
             where
             in
             it
             sober
             and
             honest
             truths
             ;
             for
             so
             has
             the
             
               Cracovian
               Catechism
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Alcoran
             ;
             nay
             ,
             there
             is
             scarce
             any
             Conjuring
             Book
             which
             does
             not
             for
             the
             greatest
             part
             consist
             of
             devout
             and
             godly
             Prayers
             ,
             We
             are
             told
             by
             our
             Author
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               above
               two
               years
               since
               he
               had
               these
               thoughts
               ,
               in
               which
               time
               he
               has
               read
               and
               conferr'd
               all
               he
               could
               to
               discover
               if
               he
               were
               in
               an
               Error
               ;
               but
               ,
               for
               all
               he
               could
               yet
               meet
               wi●h
               ,
               does
               not
               find
               it
               so
               ,
               but
               hopes
               all
               he
               says
               is
               truth
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               may
               be
               useful
               to
               the
               Publick
               ,
               in
               this
               present
               conjuncture
               of
               Affairs
               .
            
             Now
             this
             is
             certainly
             a
             most
             prodigious
             thing
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             in
             two
             years
             
             time
             should
             never
             be
             once
             awake
             ,
             converse
             with
             any
             good
             Book
             ,
             or
             man
             of
             Sense
             ;
             or
             have
             the
             least
             reflexion
             upon
             what
             is
             either
             truth
             or
             expedience
             .
             I
             never
             read
             this
             Book
             entirely
             over
             more
             than
             once
             ;
             nor
             have
             I
             had
             much
             leisure
             to
             consider
             it
             :
             And
             yet
             I
             presume
             any
             indifferent
             Reader
             will
             see
             what
             gross
             misadventures
             have
             been
             detected
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             probably
             himself
             will
             discover
             many
             more
             :
             For
             ,
             in
             earnest
             ,
             there
             are
             every
             where
             such
             blots
             that
             one
             can
             hardly
             avoid
             the
             hitting
             ;
             such
             flaws
             in
             Discourse
             ,
             that
             there
             needs
             no
             picking
             of
             holes
             ,
             or
             looking
             narrowly
             to
             find
             the
             Incoherence
             ,
             but
             the
             passage
             lies
             wide
             open
             ,
             and
             one
             may
             fairly
             drive
             a
             Cart
             and
             Horses
             thorow
             .
             Upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             I
             cannot
             but
             conclude
             ,
             that
             Pride
             or
             Discontent
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             very
             prevalent
             Passion
             has
             here
             interposed
             :
             For
             what
             else
             should
             make
             a
             man
             think
             himself
             fit
             to
             renverse
             the
             established
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             give
             his
             advice
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             evacuate
             all
             their
             Laws
             ?
             What
             should
             make
             him
             almost
             in
             every
             Period
             contradict
             himself
             ;
             pretend
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Antiquity
             and
             Religion
             ,
             rant
             against
             Universities
             ,
             disparage
             the
             Ministers
             and
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Nation
             :
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             discover
             the
             grossest
             ignorance
             and
             inconsideration
             as
             is
             imaginable
             ?
             And
             amidst
             all
             this
             acknowledge
             obligations
             to
             Submission
             and
             Conformity
             ,
             and
             whatever
             he
             has
             spoke
             against
             :
             And
             after
             two
             years
             deliberation
             not
             to
             see
             that
             which
             is
             evident
             at
             the
             first
             glance
             ,
             to
             any
             one
             that
             has
             but
             half
             an
             eye
             ?
             All
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             mu●t
             be
             the
             Product
             of
             some
             one
             ,
             or
             many
             violent
             Passions
             .
             Let
             my
             Author
             seriously
             consider
             where
             this
             Fundamental
             mischief
             lies
             ;
             search
             his
             own
             heart
             ,
             and
             desire
             the
             Searcher
             of
             hearts
             to
             discover
             it
             to
             him
             .
             He
             says
             ,
             he
             has
             
               Fasted
               and
               Prayed
            
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             so
             again
             ;
             but
             with
             Humility
             and
             Earnestness
             ;
             and
             the
             good
             God
             be
             merciful
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .