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             A discourse of Episcopacy and sacrilege by way of letter written in 1646 / by Richard Stewart ...
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           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           EPISCOPACY
           AND
           SACRILEGE
           .
           By
           way
           of
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           1646.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Richard
             Steward
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Closet
           to
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           .
        
         
           Never
           before
           Printed
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Dring
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Harrow
           next
           Chancery-Lane
           End
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
           1683.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           HE
           that
           will
           Reflect
           upon
           the
           last
           four
           Years
           ,
           will
           scarce
           believe
           a
           Prefatory
           Apology
           needful
           for
           Printing
           this
           Discourse
           :
           If
           at
           present
           the
           Madness
           of
           the
           People
           be
           in
           some
           Measure
           stilled
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           not
           ill-timed
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           taken
           the
           Advantage
           of
           a
           lucid
           Interval
           ,
           and
           have
           offered
           them
           Reason
           when
           they
           have
           Recovered
           their
           Senses
           ,
           though
           not
           their
           Temper
           .
           It
           is
           with
           them
           as
           it
           is
           with
           the
           restless
           Ocean
           ,
           
             Posito
             flatu
             inquietum
             Mare
          
           .
           So
           now
           ,
           though
           the
           Popular
           Breath
           of
           a
           pretended
           Patriot
           does
           not
           blow
           hard
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           the
           giddy
           Multitude
           remain
           unsettled
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           great
           danger
           of
           a
           Relaps
           into
           the
           like
           Lunacy
           .
           This
           Letter
           was
           writ
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           in
           46
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           exactly
           Calculated
           for
           82.
           
           For
           of
           late
           we
           have
           only
           Transcribed
           those
           Times
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           intended
           to
           Copy
           out
           the
           Iniquities
           of
           our
           Fore-Fathers
           .
           We
           are
           now
           full
           of
           Murmurings
           and
           Repinings
           ,
           the
           Natural
           Product
           of
           Ease
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           being
           almost
           tired
           with
           too
           long
           a
           Happiness
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           deflowred
           our
           Felicity
           :
           For
           though
           we
           cry
           out
           so
           loud
           of
           Grievances
           ,
           they
           are
           most
           like
           that
           of
           the
           Effeminate
           Sybarite
           ,
           who
           ,
           Seneca
           says
           ,
           
             Saepius
             questus
             est
             quod
             foliis
             Rosae
             duplicatis
             incubuisset
             .
          
           We
           do
           not
           complain
           because
           we
           are
           
           really
           hurt
           ,
           but
           because
           we
           are
           too
           delicate
           .
           I
           may
           boldly
           Challenge
           the
           tenderest
           Person
           of
           the
           Discontented
           Party
           to
           shew
           me
           one
           Princes
           Reign
           since
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           People
           of
           England
           have
           sat
           under
           the
           shadow
           of
           their
           own
           Vines
           with
           less
           Disturbance
           :
           But
           they
           that
           make
           the
           greatest
           noise
           are
           Men
           that
           have
           been
           rejected
           by
           the
           Government
           ,
           or
           else
           Persons
           that
           would
           be
           silenced
           by
           Preferment
           ,
           and
           would
           willingly
           lose
           their
           Tongues
           with
           a
           silver
           Quinzy
           .
           There
           is
           a
           pleasant
           Story
           in
           the
           History
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           of
           Gondemar
           the
           Spanish
           Embassador
           and
           a
           Lady
           ,
           very
           applicable
           to
           our
           Times
           .
        
         
           In
           those
           Days
           there
           were
           some
           Ladies
           (
           who
           pretended
           to
           be
           Wits
           )
           had
           fair
           Nieces
           ,
           or
           Daughters
           ,
           which
           drew
           great
           Resort
           to
           their
           Houses
           ;
           and
           where
           Company
           meet
           ,
           the
           Discourse
           is
           commonly
           of
           the
           Times
           .
           These
           Ladies
           Gondemar
           sweetned
           with
           Presents
           that
           were
           too
           sour
           in
           their
           Expressions
           .
           He
           Lived
           at
           Ely-House
           in
           Holborn
           ;
           his
           Passage
           to
           the
           Court
           was
           ordinarily
           through
           Drury-Lane
           ,
           and
           that
           Lane
           and
           the
           Strand
           were
           the
           Places
           where
           most
           of
           the
           Gentry
           Lived
           ;
           and
           the
           Ladies
           as
           he
           went
           knowing
           his
           Times
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           appear
           at
           their
           Balconies
           or
           Windows
           to
           Present
           him
           their
           Civilities
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           watch
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           was
           carried
           in
           his
           Litter
           ,
           or
           bottomless
           Chair
           (
           the
           easiest
           Seat
           for
           his
           Fistula
           )
           he
           would
           strain
           himself
           as
           much
           as
           an
           Old
           Man
           could
           do
           to
           the
           Humblest
           Posture
           of
           Respect
           .
           One
           day
           passing
           by
           the
           Lady
           Jacobs
           House
           in
           Drury-Lane
           ,
           she
           exposing
           her self
           for
           a
           Salutaion
           ,
           he
           
           was
           not
           wanting
           to
           her
           ,
           but
           she
           moved
           nothing
           but
           her
           Mouth
           ,
           gaping
           wide
           open
           upon
           him
           .
           He
           wondred
           at
           the
           Ladys
           Incivility
           ,
           but
           thought
           it
           might
           be
           happily
           a
           Yawning
           fit
           took
           her
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           for
           trial
           whereof
           the
           next
           day
           he
           finds
           her
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           and
           his
           Courtesies
           were
           again
           accosted
           with
           no
           better
           Expressions
           than
           an
           extended
           Mouth
           .
           Whereupon
           he
           sent
           a
           Gentleman
           to
           her
           to
           let
           her
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Ladies
           of
           England
           were
           more
           Gracious
           to
           him
           than
           to
           Encounter
           his
           Respects
           with
           such
           Affronts
           .
           She
           Answered
           ,
           it
           was
           true
           ,
           he
           had
           Purchased
           some
           of
           their
           Favours
           at
           a
           dear
           Rate
           ;
           And
           she
           had
           a
           Mouth
           to
           be
           stopped
           as
           well
           as
           others
           .
           Gondemar
           finding
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           emotion
           of
           her
           Mouth
           ,
           sent
           her
           a
           Present
           ,
           which
           Cured
           her
           of
           that
           Distemper
           .
        
         
           We
           find
           this
           Gaping-Sickness
           is
           broke
           out
           afresh
           in
           our
           Times
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           grown
           much
           worse
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           not
           only
           troubled
           with
           a
           silent
           extension
           of
           the
           Jaws
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           attended
           with
           horrid
           Yellings
           against
           Evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           when
           under
           that
           Appellation
           we
           would
           extort
           from
           our
           King
           his
           dearest
           Friends
           .
           Neither
           has
           the
           King
           only
           been
           remotely
           Attacqued
           in
           his
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           but
           the
           Mercenary
           Scriblers
           of
           the
           Age
           have
           Blasphemed
           him
           in
           their
           Prints
           .
           What
           swarms
           of
           written
           Lampoons
           besides
           have
           crept
           abroad
           ,
           some
           writ
           by
           Wretches
           Cursed
           with
           a
           Wit
           too
           good
           ,
           since
           they
           employ
           their
           Talents
           only
           to
           commit
           an
           Ingenious
           Iniquity
           .
           Alexander
           thought
           it
           too
           great
           at
           Priviledge
           for
           every
           Common
           Hand
           to
           Pourtraict
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           established
           that
           
           Liberty
           by
           a
           Law
           to
           none
           but
           Famed
           Apelles
           :
           Had
           he
           Lived
           in
           our
           Days
           ,
           when
           Princes
           sit
           to
           every
           drunken
           Poet
           ,
           who
           purposely
           deforms
           his
           Soveraign
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           impatient
           of
           so
           high
           an
           Indignity
           :
           But
           now
           Treason
           is
           uttered
           under
           the
           strong
           Protection
           of
           a
           Rhime
           ,
           and
           he
           passes
           for
           the
           greatest
           Wit
           ,
           whose
           Talent
           't
           is
           to
           fling
           the
           filthiest
           Dirt
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           Gods
           Anointed
           .
           My
           Blood
           has
           oft
           grown
           warm
           at
           the
           repetition
           of
           a
           Modish
           Libel
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           it
           has
           tickled
           the
           Conceits
           of
           empty
           Fops
           ,
           whose
           Parts
           could
           reach
           no
           higher
           ,
           than
           to
           understand
           the
           fulsome
           Ribaldry
           :
           For
           if
           there
           chanced
           to
           be
           any
           quaint
           Conceit
           ,
           that
           was
           but
           lost
           to
           their
           pert
           dulness
           ,
           and
           pass'd
           by
           with
           an
           Ignorant
           silence
           .
           He
           that
           will
           Burlesque
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           suits
           Reproaches
           to
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           must
           please
           by
           a
           gross
           and
           naked
           Obscenity
           :
           For
           Men
           are
           come
           to
           that
           Unnatural
           Dyscrasie
           as
           to
           relish
           or
           digest
           nothing
           but
           Poyson
           ,
           and
           Keck
           ,
           and
           Vomit
           when
           you
           offer
           to
           their
           filthy
           Stomacks
           a
           wholsom
           and
           a
           cleanly
           Banquet
           .
           The
           Strumpet-Muse
           of
           these
           our
           Modish
           Poets
           was
           bred
           up
           in
           Stews
           ,
           and
           Brothels
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           Language
           she
           betrays
           her
           Education
           .
           They
           know
           not
           how
           to
           reach
           the
           Noble
           heights
           of
           a
           Civil
           well
           writ
           Poem
           ,
           but
           grow
           weary
           of
           unaccustomed
           Goodness
           if
           once
           they
           dare
           to
           undertake
           that
           Task
           ,
           for
           then
           their
           Parts
           are
           overcome
           ,
           being
           not
           befriended
           ,
           with
           those
           baser
           Helps
           of
           speaking
           those
           things
           that
           most
           Men
           blush
           to
           hear
           .
           Unhappy
           is
           that
           State
           where
           Princes
           
           Faults
           are
           made
           the
           Pastime
           of
           Buffoons
           ;
           they
           are
           the
           common
           Calamities
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           every
           Subject
           should
           become
           a
           Penitent
           when
           the
           King
           's
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           for
           they
           provoke
           Heavens
           Vengeance
           by
           their
           Representative
           ,
           and
           often
           feel
           the
           Punishments
           that
           result
           from
           his
           Iniquities
           .
        
         
           Quicquid
           delirant
           Reges
           plectuntur
           Achivi
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           Consideration
           cannot
           restrain
           this
           Incontinency
           of
           Rhiming
           ,
           but
           their
           Debauched
           Fancies
           will
           still
           make
           Majesty
           the
           Subject
           of
           their
           Droll
           ,
           Publick
           Authority
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           will
           Correct
           these
           Poetical
           Traytors
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           cannot
           be
           taught
           better
           Religion
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           forced
           to
           better
           Manners
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           have
           ventured
           to
           Censure
           this
           as
           an
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           as
           an
           innovated
           Crime
           of
           latter
           Ages
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           in
           a
           Modern
           Author
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Christian
           Liberty
           of
           great
           Antiquity
           ;
           for
           he
           has
           run
           it
           up
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           in
           great
           dread
           that
           he
           would
           have
           proved
           it
           of
           Apostolical
           Institution
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           it
           was
           certainly
           in
           Practice
           amongst
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           at
           Antioch
           ,
           whose
           Example
           he
           does
           alledge
           for
           its
           Justification
           ;
           for
           he
           says
           ,
           They
           Lampoon'd
           the
           Beard
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Iulian
           ,
           and
           Burlesqued
           his
           Princely
           Whiskers
           .
           Surely
           this
           Instance
           serves
           much
           better
           to
           prove
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           Reviling
           the
           King
           ,
           than
           to
           Confute
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           .
           But
           yet
           this
           Revolted
           Divine
           would
           pass
           for
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           though
           he
           Renounces
           her
           
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           very
           Angry
           she
           will
           furnish
           her
           Magazines
           with
           no
           other
           Weapons
           than
           Tears
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           for
           he
           thinks
           he
           could
           manage
           a
           Carnal
           Sword
           for
           Preferment
           much
           better
           than
           a
           Spiritual
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           Reason
           likes
           the
           Alcoran
           beyond
           the
           Gospel
           .
           I
           know
           he
           blames
           our
           Saviour
           in
           's
           Heart
           for
           commanding
           St.
           Peter
           to
           put
           up
           his
           Sword
           ,
           and
           for
           not
           making
           use
           of
           those
           many
           Legions
           of
           Angels
           that
           would
           gladly
           have
           Rescued
           him
           from
           the
           Iews
           .
           But
           Alas
           !
           this
           Son
           lyes
           in
           his
           Mothers
           Bosom
           only
           to
           Betray
           her
           ,
           and
           stays
           in
           the
           Vineyard
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           Reason
           the
           Boar
           does
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           have
           the
           better
           Conveniency
           of
           Rooting
           of
           it
           up
           .
           I
           know
           how
           unpalatable
           a
           Doctrine
           is
           maintained
           in
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           but
           though
           ,
           like
           the
           best
           Physick
           ,
           it
           be
           bitter
           ,
           it
           is
           wholsome
           ,
           and
           will
           certainly
           Cure
           the
           Divisions
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           they
           can
           have
           no
           pretence
           to
           Quarrel
           Episcopacy
           ,
           if
           once
           they
           be
           perswaded
           that
           the
           Government
           by
           Bishops
           is
           
             Iure
             Divino
          
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           believe
           the
           Notion
           of
           Sacriledge
           will
           have
           a
           better
           Taste
           in
           their
           Mouths
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           not
           be
           worth
           while
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           Bishops
           if
           the
           Church-Lands
           cannot
           be
           shared
           ,
           God
           Almighty
           being
           the
           real
           Proprietor
           .
           I
           hope
           this
           little
           Book
           may
           convince
           some
           of
           their
           Errors
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           will
           confirm
           those
           that
           have
           embraced
           the
           Truth
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOU
           have
           put
           an
           odd
           task
           upon
           Me
           ,
           in
           commanding
           my
           judgment
           on
           a
           Letter
           lately
           sent
           to
           a
           Doctor
           in
           Oxon
           ,
           with
           a
           Commission
           to
           shew
           it
           to
           my
           Lord
           Dorset
           ,
           and
           to
           as
           many
           more
           as
           own
           Reason
           and
           Honesty
           ;
           for
           thus
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Post-script
           ,
           and
           many
           like
           passages
           more
           in
           the
           Letter
           :
           As
           ,
           
             That
             the
             more
             Wise
             and
             Honest
             Party
             would
             make
             use
             of
             that
             Reason
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           I
           know
           you
           to
           be
           too
           great
           a
           Master
           of
           Reason
           to
           be
           unsatisfied
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           fear
           ,
           if
           perhaps
           I
           should
           dissent
           in
           opinion
           from
           this
           Epistler
           ,
           I
           might
           be
           thought
           (
           at
           least
           in
           his
           conceit
           )
           to
           incur
           a
           sharp
           Censure
           both
           of
           Reason
           and
           Honesty
           ;
           which
           (
           I
           confess
           )
           at
           first
           somewhat
           troubled
           me
           ,
           till
           I
           remembred
           you
           were
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           when
           once
           Vessels
           make
           such
           noises
           as
           these
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           shrewd
           sign
           they
           were
           empty
           .
           He
           who
           wrote
           the
           Letter
           seems
           most
           desirous
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           truly
           so
           am
           I.
           Besides
           ,
           we
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           That
           we
           must
           not
           commit
           sin
           for
           a
           good
           Cause
           :
           So
           that
           if
           peace
           it self
           cannot
           be
           obtained
           without
           that
           guilt
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           content
           with
           a
           worse
           Estate
           .
           But
           you
           very
           well
           know
           ,
           with
           how
           many
           several
           deceits
           our
           Affections
           can
           mislead
           our
           Reason
           ;
           you
           remember
           who
           it
           was
           that
           said
           it
           to
           the
           very
           face
           of
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             Commandments
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           and
           yet
           his
           sin
           remained
           a
           great
           sin
           still
           ,
           and
           much
           the
           worse
           because
           he
           excused
           it
           ;
           for
           his
           guilt
           is
           less
           ,
           that
           commits
           a
           sin
           only
           ,
           than
           his
           that
           undertakes
           to
           defend
           it
           ;
           because
           this
           cuts
           off
           all
           Repentance
           ,
           nay
           ,
           it
           makes
           a
           sin
           grow
           up
           to
           that
           
           more
           wicked
           height
           of
           a
           scandal
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           not
           only
           a
           snare
           to
           the
           sinner
           himself
           ,
           but
           it
           warrants
           many
           more
           to
           be
           sinful
           .
        
         
           Whether
           this
           Oxford-Londoner
           (
           for
           so
           I
           take
           this
           Epistler
           to
           be
           )
           hath
           not
           defended
           or
           made
           Apologies
           for
           sin
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           in
           that
           sense
           done
           Evil
           ,
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           thereof
           ,
           I
           am
           now
           to
           make
           enquiry
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           follow
           him
           in
           his
           two
           Generals
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Delivering
           up
           of
           the
           Kings
           friends
           ,
           whom
           they
           above
           call
           Evill
           Counsellors
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           Kings
           friends
           he
           sayes
           .
           
             I
             know
             not
             how
             you
             can
             with
             Reason
             gain-say
             the
             bringing
             of
             an
             Offender
             to
             Iustice.
          
           Indeed
           nor
           I
           neither
           ,
           but
           what
           if
           they
           be
           not
           offenders
           ?
           What
           if
           they
           be
           brought
           to
           Injustice
           ?
           I
           know
           no
           man
           will
           refuse
           to
           be
           Judged
           by
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           whose
           undoubted
           Head
           ,
           is
           the
           King
           sitting
           there
           with
           an
           unquestioned
           Negative
           ;
           nay
           ,
           for
           His
           Majesty
           to
           refer
           Deliquents
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           sitting
           in
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           judging
           according
           to
           the
           know
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           is
           that
           at
           least
           which
           in
           my
           opinion
           will
           be
           stuck
           at
           .
           But
           the
           Parliaments
           Prerogative
           which
           this
           Letter
           speaks
           of
           ,
           being
           now
           so
           extended
           ,
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           think
           it
           is
           a
           doubt
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           Whether
           not
           only
           in
           point
           of
           Honour
           ,
           but
           in
           point
           of
           Justice
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           the
           King
           for
           His
           own
           peace
           ,
           can
           leave
           his
           Friends
           to
           such
           men
           ,
           whom
           he
           is
           bound
           by
           so
           many
           grand
           Ties
           to
           protect
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           shall
           commit
           to
           you
           to
           determine
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           return
           me
           a
           Negative
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           question
           either
           your
           Reason
           or
           Honesty
           .
           Nor
           shall
           I
           perswade
           the
           Kings
           Friends
           that
           they
           should
           banish
           themselves
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           to
           do
           that
           great
           favour
           to
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           as
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           some
           future
           inhumane
           Act
           of
           Oppression
           and
           Blood
           ,
           because
           they
           shall
           have
           none
           left
           to
           Act
           them
           on
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           he
           again
           divides
           into
           two
           parts
           .
        
         
           
           
             1.
             
             That
             of
             Episcopacy
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             of
             Sacriledge
             .
          
        
         
           In
           those
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           shall
           speak
           with
           less
           Hesitation
           ,
           and
           clearly
           tell
           you
           the
           Epistler
           is
           quite
           out
           ;
           And
           though
           you
           know
           me
           a
           great
           honourer
           of
           your
           Profession
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           hold
           it
           fit
           for
           you
           to
           decide
           cases
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           in
           humane
           Actions
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           what
           is
           sin
           ,
           or
           not
           sin
           :
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           take
           this
           ill
           at
           my
           hands
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           Episcopacy
           ,
           his
           words
           are
           ,
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           (
           and
           if
           I
           do
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           inform
           me
           )
           
             The
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             by
             Bishops
             is
          
           Jure
           Divino
           ,
           
             hath
             but
             lately
             been
             Countenanced
             in
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             that
             but
             by
             some
             few
             of
             the
             more
             Lordly
             Clergy
             .
          
           These
           last
           words
           makes
           me
           suspect
           some
           passion
           in
           the
           writer
           ,
           as
           being
           in
           scorn
           heretofore
           taken
           up
           by
           men
           ,
           who
           for
           a
           long
           time
           were
           Schismaticks
           in
           Heart
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           Rebels
           in
           their
           Actions
           .
           And
           since
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           makes
           some
           Church-men
           Lords
           ,
           I
           do
           the
           more
           marvel
           ,
           that
           the
           Epistler
           ,
           who
           seems
           so
           Zealous
           for
           the
           Laws
           ,
           should
           be
           angry
           at
           that
           .
           So
           that
           though
           his
           profession
           be
           that
           he
           has
           undergone
           labours
           and
           hazards
           for
           the
           Episcopal
           Government
           ;
           Yet
           truly
           Sir
           ,
           I
           must
           think
           that
           it
           is
           then
           only
           fit
           for
           the
           Church
           to
           give
           him
           thanks
           ,
           when
           she
           has
           done
           all
           her
           other
           business
           .
        
         
           But
           grant
           the
           Tenent
           to
           be
           but
           of
           late
           countenanced
           ,
           it
           thence
           follows
           not
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           any
           whit
           the
           less
           true
           :
           For
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           many
           hundred
           years
           of
           abuse
           ,
           the
           Reformation
           was
           but
           lately
           countenanced
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           take
           it
           for
           an
           unquestionable
           truth
           ,
           that
           the
           Laity
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           Cup
           ;
           And
           though
           I
           was
           not
           desired
           to
           reform
           the
           Epistlers
           Errors
           ,
           yet
           in
           charity
           I
           shall
           tell
           him
           he
           is
           out
           ,
           when
           he
           affirms
           ,
           that
           this
           opinion
           was
           but
           of
           late
           countenanced
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           shew
           out
           of
           Archbishop
           Whitgift
           ,
           by
           Bishop
           Bilson
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           .
           And
           since
           perhaps
           he
           might
           think
           these
           to
           be
           men
           of
           the
           more
           Lordly
           Clergy
           ,
           I
           shall
           name
           one
           more
           who
           may
           stand
           for
           many
           ,
           and
           who
           wrote
           forty
           years
           since
           ,
           that
           
           most
           excellent
           man
           Mr.
           Hooker
           (
           a
           Person
           of
           incomparable
           learning
           ,
           and
           of
           as
           much
           modesty
           ,
           who
           ,
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           never
           once
           dreamed
           of
           a
           Rochet
           )
           he
           avers
           in
           clear
           terms
           .
           
             There
             are
             at
             this
             day
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             no
             other
             than
             the
             same
             degrees
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Order
             ;
             Namely
             
               Bishops
               ,
               Presbyters
            
             and
             Deacons
             ,
             who
             had
             their
             beginning
             from
             Christ
             and
             his
             Blessed
             Apostles
             themselves
             ;
             or
             as
             he
             expounds
             himself
             ,
             Bishops
             and
             Presbyters
             are
             ,
             and
             by
             Christ
             himself
             in
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Seventy
             ,
             and
             then
             Deacons
             by
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           I
           may
           add
           Bucer
           too
           (
           no
           man
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           the
           Lordly
           Clergy
           )
           who
           though
           he
           was
           not
           English
           born
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           Professour
           here
           in
           King
           Edwards
           time
           ,
           and
           wrote
           ,
           and
           dyed
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           Bishops
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             are
             ex
             perpetua
             Ecclesiarum
             ordinatione
             ab
             ipsis
             jam
             Apostolis
          
           ;
           and
           more
           ,
           
             visum
             est
             Spiritui
             sancto
          
           ;
           and
           surely
           ,
           if
           Bishops
           be
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           himself
           ,
           they
           are
           by
           Divine
           Ordination
           .
           Nay
           ,
           what
           think
           you
           ,
           if
           this
           Tenent
           be
           approved
           by
           a
           plain
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ?
           I
           hope
           then
           it
           wants
           no
           Countenancer
           England
           can
           give
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           needs
           not
           fly
           for
           shelter
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           Lordly
           Clergy
           .
           You
           have
           these
           words
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           Consecration
           of
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           is
           confirmed
           by
           Parliament
           :
           
             It
             is
             evident
             to
             all
             men
             reading
             holy
             Scripture
             and
             Ancient
             Authors
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             Apostles
             time
             ,
             there
             have
             been
             these
             orders
             of
          
           Ministers
           
             in
             Christs
             Church
          
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Deacons
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           the
           prayer
           in
           the
           form
           of
           Consecrating
           
             Bishops
             —
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             giver
             of
             all
             good
             things
             ,
             which
             by
             thy
             holy
             Spirit
             hast
             appointed
             divers
             Orders
             of
             Ministers
             in
             thy
             Church
             ;
             Mercifully
             behold
             this
             thy
             Servant
             now
             called
             to
             the
             Work
             and
             Ministry
             of
             a
             Bishop
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           Question
           to
           the
           Person
           to
           be
           consecrated
           
             Bishop
             ,
             Are
             you
             perswaded
             you
             be
             called
             truly
             to
             this
             Ministration
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           I
           beseech
           you
           Sir
           ,
           consider
           ,
           whether
           these
           words
           ,
           or
           the
           Prayer
           ,
           could
           fall
           from
           any
           man
           not
           possessed
           with
           this
           Tenent
           ,
           that
           Episcopacy
           is
           of
           Divine
           Right
           :
           For
           if
           the
           three
           Orders
           may
           
           be
           found
           by
           reading
           Scripture
           ,
           together
           with
           antient
           Authors
           ;
           if
           men
           are
           taught
           to
           pray
           ,
           That
           God
           by
           his
           Spirit
           hath
           appointed
           divers
           Orders
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           this
           made
           the
           ground
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           present
           Bishop
           ;
           If
           the
           Person
           to
           be
           consecrated
           must
           profess
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           called
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           either
           all
           this
           must
           be
           nothing
           but
           pure
           pageantry
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Parliament
           mocked
           God
           by
           their
           Confirmation
           ;
           or
           else
           Episcopacy
           is
           grounded
           on
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           appointed
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           hath
           not
           been
           said
           of
           late
           ,
           and
           countenanced
           only
           by
           some
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           we
           have
           the
           less
           reason
           to
           doubt
           ,
           that
           this
           Tenent
           was
           countenanced
           in
           this
           Church
           of
           ours
           ,
           because
           we
           find
           it
           desired
           in
           those
           parts
           that
           have
           lost
           Episcopacy
           .
           For
           we
           are
           told
           by
           Doctor
           Charelton
           (
           after
           Bishop
           of
           Chichester
           ,
           one
           that
           writ
           against
           the
           Arminians
           )
           more
           than
           twenty-five
           years
           since
           ,
           That
           sitting
           at
           Dort
           ,
           he
           there
           protested
           in
           open
           Synod
           ,
           that
           Christ
           ordained
           no
           Parity
           ,
           but
           made
           twelve
           Apostles
           the
           Chief
           ;
           so
           under
           them
           the
           Seventy
           Disciples
           ,
           then
           Bishops
           succeeded
           the
           Twelve
           ,
           and
           Presbyters
           the
           Seventy
           Disciples
           .
           He
           affirmed
           this
           order
           had
           still
           been
           maintained
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           then
           challenged
           the
           Judgment
           of
           any
           learned
           man
           that
           could
           speak
           to
           the
           Contrary
           :
           Their
           answer
           was
           silence
           ,
           which
           was
           approbation
           enough
           .
           But
           after
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           discoursing
           with
           divers
           of
           the
           best
           learned
           of
           the
           Synod
           ,
           He
           told
           them
           how
           necessary
           Bishops
           were
           to
           suppress
           the
           then
           rising
           Schisms
           .
           Their
           answers
           were
           ,
           That
           they
           did
           Honour
           &
           much
           Reverence
           that
           good
           Order
           and
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           their
           hearts
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           have
           it
           established
           amongst
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           could
           not
           be
           hoped
           for
           in
           their
           Estate
           ;
           their
           hope
           was
           ,
           that
           seeing
           they
           could
           not
           be
           what
           they
           desired
           ,
           God
           would
           be
           merciful
           to
           them
           that
           did
           what
           they
           could
           .
           If
           they
           hoped
           for
           mercy
           to
           pardon
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           sure
           they
           must
           suppose
           that
           what
           they
           did
           was
           sinful
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           thought
           their
           necessity
           it self
           could
           not
           totally
           excuse
           
           that
           sin
           ;
           for
           then
           in
           that
           particular
           there
           had
           been
           no
           need
           of
           mercy
           .
           Nor
           could
           they
           well
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           being
           pressed
           ,
           they
           denied
           not
           but
           that
           Episcopacy
           was
           of
           Christs
           own
           Institution
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           not
           Lordly
           Clergy
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           well
           see
           how
           either
           by
           charitable
           or
           civil
           men
           ,
           they
           can
           at
           all
           be
           taxed
           either
           for
           want
           of
           Reason
           or
           Honesty
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Londoner
           goes
           on
           ,
           and
           proves
           this
           Tenent
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           here
           countenanced
           ;
           for
           we
           alwayes
           allowed
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           Low
           Countrys
           ,
           &c.
           part
           of
           the
           Reformed
           
           Catholick-Church
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           no
           Bishops
           .
        
         
           The
           Reformed
           Catholick
           Protestant-Church
           ,
           a
           pretty
           expression
           ,
           just
           like
           that
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           the
           Roman-Catholick
           Church
           ,
           which
           we
           were
           wont
           to
           call
           a
           Popish
           Solecisme
           ,
           an
           Universal
           particular
           .
           But
           wee
           'l
           forgive
           him
           this
           Slip
           :
           Suppose
           his
           Sence
           be
           well
           worded
           ,
           yet
           he
           has
           as
           ill
           luck
           in
           his
           Argument
           as
           his
           Expression
           .
           For
           though
           we
           do
           maintain
           ,
           that
           Episcopacy
           is
           of
           Divine
           Right
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           of
           divine
           Institution
           ;
           does
           it
           then
           follow
           ,
           That
           Germany
           and
           the
           Low
           Countrys
           are
           no
           Protestant
           Churches
           ,
           or
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
           I
           could
           almost
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Letter
           writ
           from
           London
           indeed
           ,
           for
           sure
           Oxford
           makes
           no
           such
           Arguments
           .
           No
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           a
           Crime
           of
           most
           horrid
           Nature
           ,
           that
           makes
           a
           Church
           run
           in
           
             non
             Ecclesiam
          
           :
           For
           though
           that
           of
           the
           Iews
           was
           bad
           ,
           Idolatrically
           bad
           ;
           yet
           God
           seriously
           professes
           ,
           He
           had
           sent
           Her
           no
           Bill
           of
           Divorce
           .
           Nay
           ,
           no
           Learned
           Man
           of
           Judgment
           durst
           ever
           yet
           affirm
           ,
           That
           the
           Romaen
           Church
           her self
           ;
           was
           become
           no
           true
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           -
           Catholick
           ;
           and
           yet
           She
           breaks
           a
           flat
           Precept
           of
           Christs
           ;
           
             Drink
             ye
             all
             of
             this
          
           .
           And
           shall
           we
           be
           thought
           to
           deny
           the
           same
           right
           unto
           Christians
           without
           Bishops
           ,
           when
           they
           brake
           but
           Christ's
           Institutions
           ?
           No!
           Churches
           they
           are
           ,
           true
           parts
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           but
           in
           point
           of
           Ordination
           and
           Apostolical
           Government
           they
           are
           not
           :
           And
           to
           affirm
           this
           ,
           will
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           he
           thought
           (
           I
           am
           assured
           by
           Learned
           Men
           )
           neither
           irrational
           nor
           unhonest
           .
        
         
         
           He
           goes
           on
           —
           
             I
             am
             certain
             the
          
           King
           
             would
             never
             have
             have
             way
             for
             Extirpation
             of
          
           Bishops
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           
             had
             he
             conceived
             them
             to
             be
          
           Jure
           Divino
           .
           Grant
           it
           were
           so
           ;
           yet
           of
           all
           mankind
           ,
           are
           Kings
           only
           bound
           that
           they
           must
           not
           change
           their
           opinions
           ?
           or
           if
           perhaps
           they
           have
           done
           ill
           ,
           must
           they
           for
           their
           Repentance
           be
           far
           more
           reproached
           than
           Subjects
           for
           their
           Crimes
           ?
        
         
           The
           King
           would
           not
           have
           given
           way
           to
           Presbyterians
           and
           Independents
           to
           exercise
           Religion
           here
           in
           their
           own
           way
           (
           as
           by
           his
           late
           Engagement
           )
           when
           such
           a
           Toleration
           in
           the
           face
           of
           a
           divine
           Law
           must
           needs
           be
           sinful
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           mistake
           in
           this
           Argument
           ;
           for
           ,
           to
           Tolerate
           ,
           doth
           not
           at
           all
           signify
           either
           to
           approve
           or
           commend
           Factions
           ;
           neither
           of
           which
           the
           King
           could
           at
           all
           do
           to
           gross
           Schismatiques
           without
           sin
           :
           But
           it
           meerly
           implyes
           not
           to
           punish
           ,
           which
           Kings
           may
           forbear
           upon
           just
           reason
           of
           State
           ,
           as
           David
           forbare
           the
           punishing
           of
           Ioabs
           Murther
           (
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           Person
           he
           forbare
           ,
           though
           he
           bequeathed
           it
           to
           his
           Son
           )
           :
           And
           we
           our selves
           in
           our
           English
           State
           ,
           have
           no
           punishment
           for
           all
           kind
           of
           lyars
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           sin
           is
           against
           a
           flat
           Law
           divine
           ;
           and
           we
           should
           not
           be
           still
           vexed
           with
           so
           much
           Poetical-News
           ,
           had
           we
           Sanction
           made
           that
           might
           prohibit
           and
           punish
           them
           .
           And
           now
           Sir
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           you
           think
           that
           what
           the
           Londoner
           hath
           said
           ,
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           amounts
           to
           just
           nothing
           ;
           yet
           ,
           since
           you
           would
           needs
           enjoyn
           me
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           the
           state
           and
           grounds
           of
           the
           Tenent
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           deride
           ,
           I
           shall
           readily
           obey
           you
           ;
           For
           truly
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           ever
           held
           you
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           a
           pious
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           am
           confident
           you
           will
           welcome
           Truth
           for
           his
           sake
           who
           is
           Truth
           ,
           though
           it
           should
           cross
           both
           your
           gain
           and
           peace
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           this
           Tenent
           of
           Divine
           right
           of
           Episcopacy
           hath
           been
           long
           since
           ,
           and
           of
           late
           much
           years
           opposed
           ;
           as
           on
           the
           one
           side
           by
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           party
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           by
           some
           warmer
           Iesuites
           ;
           so
           on
           the
           other
           side
           by
           Schismatiques
           and
           Sectaries
           ,
           that
           call
           themselves
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
           
           And
           I
           remember
           You
           and
           I
           were
           oft
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           commonly
           the
           truth
           (
           our
           English
           Churches
           Tenents
           )
           lay
           in
           the
           midst
           between
           those
           ,
           and
           did
           seem
           the
           more
           Christian
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           Crucified
           oft
           between
           two
           such
           kind
           of
           Thieves
           .
           We
           affirm
           then
           ,
           Episcopacy
           to
           be
           of
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           needs
           imply
           a
           Divine
           Precept
           too
           ;
           for
           to
           what
           end
           are
           things
           instituted
           by
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           presumed
           it
           is
           our
           part
           to
           use
           them
           ?
           To
           what
           end
           should
           some
           men
           be
           appointed
           to
           teach
           and
           to
           govern
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           clearly
           implyed
           there
           are
           other
           men
           too
           ,
           who
           ought
           both
           to
           hear
           and
           obey
           them
           ?
           
             He
             that
             erects
             a
             Bridge
             over
             a
             broad
             swelling
             Stream
             ,
             needs
             not
          
           (
           you
           will
           think
           )
           
             add
             any
             express
             command
             ,
             that
             men
             should
             not
             hazzard
             drowning
             by
             going
             into
             the
             water
             .
          
           Thus
           when
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           made
           his
           Institution
           of
           that
           great
           Sacrament
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           he
           gave
           command
           indeed
           concerning
           the
           Bread
           ,
           
             Do
             this
             in
             remembrance
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           concerning
           the
           Cup
           ,
           
             Drink
             ye
             all
             of
             this
          
           ;
           but
           he
           gave
           no
           express
           command
           to
           do
           both
           these
           together
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           Institution
           hath
           been
           ever
           held
           to
           have
           the
           Nature
           of
           a
           Command
           :
           and
           so
           for
           
             One
             Thousand
          
           Years
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           did
           ever
           practise
           it
           ,
           save
           only
           in
           some
           few
           cases
           ,
           in
           which
           men
           supposed
           a
           kind
           of
           necessity
           .
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           Episcopacy
           is
           of
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           Instituted
           by
           Christ
           in
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           who
           ,
           since
           they
           took
           upon
           them
           to
           Ordain
           and
           Govern
           Churches
           ,
           you
           need
           not
           doubt
           they
           received
           from
           their
           Master
           an
           Authority
           to
           do
           both
           ;
           for
           sure
           men
           will
           not
           think
           they
           will
           break
           their
           own
           Rules
           :
           No
           man
           takes
           this
           upon
           him
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           was
           called
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           was
           Aaron
           .
        
         
           Episcopacy
           then
           was
           Instituted
           in
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           were
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           
             aliquid
             amplius
          
           ,
           and
           distinguished
           by
           Christ
           himself
           from
           the
           Seventy
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Presbyters
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           antient
           Fathers
           generally
           :
           Or
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           take
           St.
           Ieroms
           opinion
           (
           who
           neither
           was
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           in
           his
           angry
           mood
           any
           good
           friend
           to
           that
           order
           )
           they
           were
           Instituted
           by
           the
           
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           being
           
             Episcopi
             &
             Amplius
          
           did
           in
           the
           latter
           time
           formalize
           ,
           and
           bound
           out
           that
           Power
           which
           we
           do
           still
           call
           Episcopacy
           ,
           and
           so
           these
           received
           opinions
           may
           well
           stand
           together
           ;
           for
           Episcopatus
           being
           in
           
             Apostulatu
             ,
             tanquam
             Consulatus
             in
             Dictatura
             ,
          
           as
           the
           latter
           and
           Subordinate
           Power
           is
           alwayes
           in
           the
           greater
           ;
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           instituted
           by
           Christ
           in
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           had
           Episcopal
           Power
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           then
           formalized
           ,
           and
           bounded
           by
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           in
           the
           Persons
           of
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Titus
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           so
           that
           call
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           either
           of
           Divine
           Right
           or
           Apostolical
           Institution
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           not
           at
           all
           quarrel
           with
           it
           ,
           for
           Apostolical
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           will
           seem
           Divine
           enough
           to
           Christians
           :
           I
           am
           sure
           
             Claudius
             Salmasius
          
           thinks
           so
           (
           a
           sharp
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           )
           If
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             it
             be
             from
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             it
             is
             of
             Divine
             Right
             .
          
           Thus
           we
           find
           the
           Power
           of
           Ordination
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           to
           be
           given
           to
           those
           men
           alone
           ,
           for
           then
           that
           Power
           is
           properly
           Episcopal
           ,
           when
           one
           man
           alone
           may
           execute
           it
           .
           So
           St.
           Paul
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Lay
             hands
          
           ,
           &c.
           in
           the
           singular
           Number
           ,
           
             Against
             an
             Elder
             receive
             not
             an
             accusation
             under
             two
             or
             three
             witnesses
             ,
             1
             Tim.
          
           5.
           19.
           
           And
           then
           the
           Text
           is
           plain
           ,
           he
           and
           he
           alone
           might
           do
           it
           .
           So
           to
           
             Titus
             ,
             For
             this
             cause
             left
             I
             thee
             in
          
           Crete
           ,
           
             that
             thou
             (
             and
             thou
             alone
             )
             shouldest
             set
             in
             order
             the
             things
             that
             are
             wanting
             ,
             and
             Ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             .
          
           Where
           plainly
           these
           two
           Powers
           are
           given
           to
           one
           Man
           of
           Government
           and
           Ordination
           ,
           so
           St.
           Iohn
           to
           the
           Seven
           Churches
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
             Rev.
          
           14.
           where
           he
           presumes
           all
           the
           Governing
           Power
           to
           reside
           in
           the
           Angels
           of
           those
           Churches
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           alone
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Antients
           understand
           it
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           plain
           that
           though
           we
           should
           yield
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostles
           only
           did
           institute
           Bishops
           ;
           Yet
           in
           this
           Revelation
           Christ
           himself
           immediately
           in
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           withall
           did
           both
           Approve
           and
           Confirm
           them
           :
           And
           the
           Bishops
           of
           those
           Sees
           are
           called
           Angels
           by
           St.
           Iohn
           who
           was
           born
           a
           Iew
           ,
           because
           in
           Palestine
           their
           Chief
           Priests
           were
           there
           called
           
           their
           Angels
           ,
           and
           so
           this
           Appellation
           was
           taken
           up
           by
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           because
           those
           were
           the
           Chief
           of
           those
           Churches
           .
           This
           truth
           appears
           not
           only
           from
           cleare
           Texts
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Universal
           Consent
           and
           Practise
           of
           more
           than
           
             One
             thousand
             five
             hundred
          
           Years
           space
           of
           all
           the
           Christian
           Churches
           ;
           So
           that
           neither
           St.
           Ierom
           nor
           any
           other
           Ancient
           did
           either
           hold
           Orders
           lawfully
           given
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           given
           by
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           any
           Church-Jurisdiction
           to
           be
           lawfully
           Administred
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           either
           done
           by
           their
           hands
           ,
           or
           (
           at
           least
           )
           by
           their
           Deputation
           .
           I
           know
           there
           are
           men
           lately
           risen
           up
           especially
           in
           the
           last
           Century
           ,
           who
           have
           collected
           and
           spread
           abroad
           far
           other
           Conclusions
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           Authority
           of
           Text
           it self
           :
           But
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Maxime
           in
           Humane
           Laws
           ,
           
             Consuetudo
             optima
             legum
             interpres
          
           ;
           So
           no
           rational
           man
           but
           will
           easily
           yield
           ,
           it
           as
           well
           holds
           in
           Lawes
           Divine
           .
           For
           I
           would
           gladly
           ask
           ,
           what
           better
           way
           there
           can
           be
           for
           interpreting
           Texts
           ,
           than
           that
           very
           same
           means
           whereby
           I
           know
           Text
           to
           be
           Text
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             The
             Consent
             of
             the
             Church
          
           .
           Shall
           I
           believe
           ,
           and
           yet
           disbelieve
           that
           self-same
           Consent
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           best
           ground
           of
           my
           belief
           ?
           This
           is
           as
           't
           were
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           believe
           such
           a
           tale
           for
           the
           Authors
           sake
           ,
           who
           hath
           told
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           now
           I
           do
           hold
           the
           self-same
           man
           to
           be
           a
           Lyar.
           Men
           do
           believe
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Universal
           Consent
           ,
           in
           the
           sense
           it
           gives
           of
           Singular
           terms
           ,
           and
           why
           not
           in
           the
           sense
           it
           gives
           of
           Sentences
           and
           Propositions
           ?
           Without
           the
           help
           of
           this
           Consent
           (
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           Dictionaries
           )
           how
           shall
           we
           know
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signifies
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           the
           Socinians
           at
           this
           day
           deny
           ?
           And
           I
           know
           no
           such
           way
           to
           confute
           their
           Errour
           as
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           this
           Consent
           .
           Admit
           then
           of
           that
           Rule
           that
           Consent
           Universal
           is
           the
           best
           interpreter
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           true
           ,
           that
           Episcopacy
           is
           of
           Divine
           or
           Apostolical
           Right
           .
           And
           that
           Proposition
           ,
           There
           can
           be
           no
           Ordination
           without
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           
           Bishop
           ,
           will
           clearly
           appear
           to
           be
           as
           well
           grounded
           as
           this
           .
           There
           can
           be
           no
           Baptism
           without
           a
           Lawful
           Minister
           ,
           which
           yet
           is
           good
           Divinity
           amongst
           our
           new
           Masters
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           antiquity
           allowed
           it
           ,
           
             Extra
             casum
             necessitatis
          
           ;
           For
           I
           ask
           upon
           what
           Text
           do
           they
           ground
           this
           Rule
           ?
           I
           suppose
           they
           will
           say
           upon
           our
           Saviours
           Words
           ,
           
             Go
             teach
             all
             Nations
             and
             Baptize
             them
          
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           he
           spake
           those
           words
           too
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           the
           Twelve
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           &c.
           
           Mat.
           26.
           
           I
           demand
           then
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           know
           that
           when
           our
           Saviour
           spake
           those
           words
           to
           the
           Eleven
           ,
           he
           spake
           them
           only
           as
           to
           Lawful
           Ministers
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           spake
           the
           other
           to
           the
           Twelve
           ,
           he
           spake
           them
           at
           large
           as
           to
           them
           that
           did
           represent
           all
           Christian
           men
           ?
           So
           that
           though
           only
           Ministers
           may
           Baptize
           ,
           yet
           all
           Christians
           may
           receive
           the
           Cup
           ?
           Perhaps
           they
           l
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           general
           receiving
           the
           Cup
           is
           manifest
           from
           the
           1
           Cor.
           11.
           (
           and
           I
           think
           so
           too
           )
           where
           St.
           Paul
           seems
           to
           chide
           the
           whole
           Church
           for
           their
           irreverence
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           :
           But
           if
           a
           quarreller
           should
           reply
           ,
           that
           he
           there
           speaks
           but
           of
           the
           Presbitery
           only
           ,
           whereof
           many
           were
           at
           that
           time
           at
           Corinth
           ,
           as
           when
           in
           Chap.
           5.
           he
           seems
           to
           chide
           the
           whole
           Church
           for
           not
           Excommunicating
           the
           Incestuous
           Person
           ;
           yet
           t
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           he
           means
           none
           but
           the
           men
           in
           Government
           (
           as
           sure
           all
           Presbyterians
           will
           allow
           me
           .
           )
           I
           know
           not
           what
           could
           be
           said
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           out
           of
           the
           Fathers
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           never
           took
           the
           words
           in
           that
           sence
           .
           And
           if
           to
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           contentious
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           constrained
           to
           quote
           the
           Authority
           of
           Universal
           Consent
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           common
           practise
           of
           Christs
           Church
           ,
           then
           you
           'l
           easily
           see
           ,
           that
           those
           two
           Propositions
           named
           ,
           do
           stand
           fast
           on
           the
           same
           bottom
           .
           There
           can
           be
           no
           Baptism
           without
           a
           lawful
           Minister
           
             extra
             casum
             necessitatis
          
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           Practise
           and
           Consent
           of
           Universal
           Church
           have
           still
           interpreted
           that
           Text.
           And
           again
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Ordination
           without
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           for
           so
           those
           Texts
           out
           of
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           have
           been
           understood
           and
           practised
           for
           
           
             One
             thousand
             five
             hundred
          
           Years
           together
           ,
           by
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           this
           precept
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             Go
             ye
             ,
             teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             baptize
             them
             ,
          
           runs
           not
           in
           exclusive
           words
           ,
           ye
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           ye
           lawful
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           none
           else
           ;
           yet
           
             extra
             casum
             necessitatis
          
           ,
           none
           was
           allowed
           but
           a
           lawful
           Minister
           :
           so
           that
           though
           those
           commands
           ,
           
             Lay
             hands
             suddainly
             on
             no
             Man
             ,
             and
             do
             thou
             Ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             ,
          
           run
           not
           in
           
             Verbis
             exclusivis
          
           ,
           thou
           and
           none
           but
           thou
           ,
           or
           men
           of
           thine
           Order
           only
           ,
           yet
           the
           Church
           understanding
           ,
           and
           Preaching
           them
           in
           an
           exclusive
           sense
           ,
           no
           man
           for
           
             One
             thousand
             and
             five
             hundred
          
           Years
           in
           any
           setled
           Church
           ,
           was
           held
           rightly
           Ordained
           without
           ,
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           something
           Divine
           in
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           ,
           will
           appear
           clearly
           by
           this
           ;
           That
           immediately
           from
           the
           times
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           yea
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           it
           was
           Universally
           spread
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Church
           ;
           so
           that
           no
           man
           can
           name
           a
           Nation
           ,
           that
           was
           once
           converted
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           but
           he
           shall
           soon
           find
           there
           were
           Bishops
           .
           So
           that
           there
           must
           needs
           have
           been
           an
           Universal
           Cause
           for
           an
           Effect
           that
           was
           so
           Universal
           .
           General
           Council
           there
           was
           none
           about
           it
           ,
           at
           which
           all
           Christians
           might
           have
           met
           ,
           and
           might
           thence
           have
           obeyed
           their
           directions
           :
           Nor
           can
           any
           name
           a
           Power
           to
           which
           all
           Christians
           would
           submit
           (
           for
           they
           were
           soon
           fallen
           into
           factions
           )
           but
           either
           the
           Authority
           of
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           from
           them
           then
           must
           needs
           flow
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           ,
           and
           at
           that
           Fountain
           I
           shall
           leave
           it
           :
           I
           say
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           Apostles
           times
           ,
           for
           before
           St.
           Iohn
           dyed
           ,
           there
           are
           upon
           good
           Church
           Records
           above
           Twenty-eight
           Bishops
           appointed
           to
           their
           several
           Sees
           ,
           as
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Alexandria
             ,
             Antioch
             ,
             Rome
             ,
             Ephesus
             ,
             Crete
             ,
             Athens
             ,
             Colosse
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           others
           ,
           a
           Catalogue
           whereof
           I
           shall
           be
           ready
           to
           attend
           you
           with
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           be
           pleased
           to
           command
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           hence
           it
           will
           be
           plain
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           Corruption
           ,
           nay
           how
           flat
           a
           sin
           is
           brought
           into
           Christs
           Church
           ,
           when
           Episcopacy
           is
           thrown
           down
           ,
           and
           so
           where
           Ordination
           is
           performed
           
           by
           any
           hands
           without
           theirs
           ,
           't
           is
           as
           gross
           as
           if
           the
           Laymen
           should
           be
           allowed
           to
           baptize
           where
           a
           Presbyter
           stands
           by
           .
           Nay
           more
           ,
           't
           is
           as
           bad
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Order
           of
           Presbytery
           should
           be
           thrown
           down
           ,
           that
           Laymen
           might
           Baptize
           .
           What
           is
           this
           but
           wilfully
           to
           run
           into
           necessity
           ,
           which
           may
           thence
           create
           an
           Apology
           ?
           'T
           is
           a
           Corruption
           far
           worse
           ,
           than
           if
           a
           Church
           should
           audaciously
           attempt
           to
           put
           down
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           since
           the
           Observation
           of
           that
           time
           is
           neither
           built
           on
           so
           clear
           a
           Text
           ,
           nor
           on
           the
           help
           of
           so
           Universal
           consent
           as
           is
           the
           Order
           of
           Episcopacy
           .
           So
           that
           if
           men
           can
           think
           it
           sinful
           to
           part
           with
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           though
           the
           Institution
           of
           it
           be
           merely
           Apostolical
           ;
           they
           must
           needs
           confess
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           at
           least
           as
           much
           sin
           (
           nay
           indeed
           more
           )
           in
           parting
           with
           their
           Bishops
           :
           And
           then
           the
           Oxford
           Doctrine
           he
           abuses
           ,
           and
           talks
           of
           as
           Transmitted
           for
           Orthodox
           Truth
           ,
           will
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           prove
           no
           less
           in
           earnest
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           the
           point
           of
           Sacriledge
           ;
           and
           the
           better
           to
           clear
           this
           ,
           I
           must
           premise
           these
           directions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           God
           accepts
           of
           things
           given
           Him
           ,
           and
           so
           holds
           a
           Propriety
           as
           well
           in
           the
           New
           as
           Old
           Testament
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           God
           gets
           that
           Propriety
           in
           those
           things
           He
           holds
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           an
           Acceptation
           of
           what
           is
           voluntarily
           given
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           Command
           that
           such
           things
           should
           be
           presented
           unto
           Him.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           invade
           those
           things
           ,
           be
           they
           moveable
           or
           unmovable
           ,
           is
           expresly
           the
           Sin
           of
           Sacriledge
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           this
           Sin
           is
           not
           only
           against
           Gods
           positive
           ,
           but
           plainly
           against
           the
           Moral-Law
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           First
           ,
           I
           quote
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             I
             hangred
             ,
             and
             ye
             gave
             me
             Meat
             ,
             I
             thirsted
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Mat.
           25.
           
           If
           Christ
           do
           not
           Accept
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           He
           might
           say
           indeed
           ,
           That
           you
           offered
           Me
           Meat
           ;
           but
           He
           cannot
           say
           ,
           that
           you
           gave
           it
           ,
           for
           a
           Present
           ,
           is
           then
           only
           to
           be
           called
           a
           Gift
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           Accepted
           as
           his
           own
           that
           takes
           it
           .
           And
           doth
           He
           thus
           accept
           of
           Meat
           and
           Cloathing
           ,
           and
           doth
           he
           not
           accept
           of
           those
           kind
           of
           Endowments
           ,
           that
           bring
           both
           those
           to
           Perpetuity
           ?
           Will
           He
           take
           Meat
           ,
           and
           refuse
           Revenues
           ?
           Doth
           He
           like
           
           (
           can
           you
           imagine
           )
           to
           be
           Fed
           and
           Cloathed
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           Starved
           to
           morrow
           ?
           The
           Men
           thus
           provided
           for
           ,
           He
           calls
           no
           less
           than
           His
           Brethren
           ,
           
             In
             as
             much
             as
             you
             have
             done
             it
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Whether
           those
           were
           of
           those
           Brethren
           which
           He
           enjoyned
           to
           Teach
           others
           ,
           or
           of
           those
           He
           would
           have
           instructed
           ,
           the
           Text
           then
           doth
           not
           decide
           :
           Without
           doubt
           it
           must
           be
           meant
           of
           both
           ,
           for
           't
           were
           a
           strange
           thing
           to
           Affirm
           ,
           That
           Christ
           likes
           it
           extream
           well
           ,
           to
           be
           Fed
           and
           Cloathed
           in
           all
           those
           He
           calleth
           His
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           the
           Twelve
           and
           Seventy
           .
           But
           to
           put
           it
           out
           of
           doubt
           ,
           That
           what
           is
           done
           to
           these
           ,
           is
           done
           to
           Him
           too
           ,
           His
           own
           words
           are
           very
           clear
           ,
           
             He
             that
             receiveth
             you
             ,
             receiveth
             Me
          
           (
           you
           Teaching
           Disciples
           )
           in
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           when
           He
           sends
           them
           forth
           to
           Preach
           ;
           and
           that
           Reception
           implys
           all
           such
           kind
           of
           Provision
           ,
           as
           is
           apparent
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Tenour
           of
           that
           Chapter
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           I
           quote
           that
           so
           well
           known
           passage
           of
           Ananias
           ,
           and
           Saphira
           his
           Wife
           ,
           Acts
           5.
           
           His
           Sin
           was
           ,
           he
           kept
           part
           of
           the
           Price
           of
           those
           Lands
           he
           had
           given
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           publick
           use
           of
           Christ's
           Church
           ;
           they
           were
           given
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           as
           plain
           God
           did
           accept
           them
           .
           For
           St.
           Peter
           (
           you
           know
           )
           thus
           reproves
           him
           ,
           
             why
             hast
             thou
             Lyed
             ,
             or
             why
             hast
             thou
             deceived
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ?
          
           For
           so
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           doth
           properly
           import
           ;
           
             why
             dost
             thou
             so
             cheat
             him
             of
             what
             is
             now
             his
             proper
             Right
             ?
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             Thou
             hast
             not
             Lyed
             unto
             Men
             ,
             but
             unto
             God
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           4.
           
           And
           is
           this
           so
           strange
           a
           thing
           ?
           Are
           our
           Lyes
           to
           be
           accounted
           Sins
           before
           God
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           All
           against
           God
           ,
           as
           a
           Witness
           and
           a
           Judge
           ,
           but
           not
           all
           as
           a
           Party
           :
           And
           so
           this
           is
           a
           more
           remarkable
           ,
           a
           more
           signal
           Lye.
           Thou
           hast
           not
           Lyed
           to
           Man
           ,
           a
           Negative
           of
           Comparison
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           Man
           ,
           as
           to
           God
           ;
           what
           's
           done
           to
           them
           is
           scarce
           worth
           the
           naming
           :
           But
           thou
           hast
           Lyed
           to
           God
           as
           a
           Witness
           ,
           and
           a
           Judge
           ,
           and
           a
           Party
           too
           :
           Thou
           hast
           Lyed
           ,
           and
           robbed
           God
           by
           Lying
           ,
           and
           so
           run
           thy self
           into
           a
           most
           horrible
           Sin
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           appear
           in
           God's
           judgment
           :
           So
           the
           Fathers
           generally
           expound
           the
           place
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latine
           Church
           ;
           and
           affirm
           ,
           his
           Crime
           
           was
           a
           robbing
           of
           God
           of
           that
           Wealth
           ,
           which
           by
           Vow
           or
           Promise
           was
           now
           become
           God's
           Propriety
           ;
           so
           the
           modern
           interpreters
           ;
           so
           
             Calvin
             ,
             Sacrum
             esse
             Deo
             profitebatur
          
           ;
           and
           
             Beza
             ,
             Praedium
             Dco
             consecrassent
          
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           will
           not
           believe
           so
           universal
           Consent
           in
           the
           Interpreting
           of
           a
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           should
           do
           well
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           on
           the
           same
           Ground
           (
           as
           I
           told
           you
           before
           )
           he
           may
           not
           be
           brought
           to
           doubt
           of
           his
           Dictionary
           (
           for
           that
           's
           but
           universal
           Consent
           )
           he
           may
           as
           well
           almost
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signify
           God
           ,
           and
           altogether
           as
           well
           ,
           whether
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signify
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           The
           New-Testament
           will
           afford
           more
           places
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           
             Rom.
             2.
             22.
             
             Thou
             that
             abhorrest
             Idols
             ,
             committest
             thou
             Sacriledge
             ?
          
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           these
           words
           are
           spoken
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Person
           of
           an
           unconverted
           Iew
           ;
           and
           may
           be
           therefore
           thought
           to
           Aim
           only
           at
           those
           Sins
           which
           were
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           :
           But
           do
           but
           view
           St.
           
           Paul's
           way
           of
           Arguing
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           quickly
           they
           come
           home
           to
           us
           too
           .
           He
           there
           tells
           the
           Iew
           ,
           that
           he
           Taught
           others
           those
           things
           which
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           do
           himself
           ;
           and
           he
           strives
           to
           make
           this
           good
           ,
           by
           three
           several
           Instances
           :
           
             First
             ,
             Thou
             that
             Preachest
             a
             Man
             should
             not
             steal
             ,
             dost
             thou
             steal
             ?
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Not
             commit
             Adultery
             ,
             dost
             thou
             commit
             Adultery
             ?
          
           In
           both
           which
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Iew
           he
           dealt
           with
           ,
           did
           the
           same
           thing
           he
           reprehended
           ;
           and
           straitway
           the
           Third
           comes
           ,
           
             Thou
             that
             abhorrest
             Idols
             ,
             dost
             thou
             commit
             Sacriledge
             ?
          
           So
           that
           hence
           will
           follow
           (
           if
           St.
           
           Paul's
           words
           have
           any
           Logick
           in
           them
           )
           that
           these
           two
           Sins
           are
           of
           the
           self-same
           nature
           too
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           commit
           Sacriledge
           ,
           is
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           same
           Law
           as
           to
           commit
           Idolatry
           :
           So
           that
           this
           Crime
           will
           appear
           without
           all
           doubt
           ,
           a
           plain
           Robbing
           of
           God.
           For
           he
           that
           Steals
           from
           Men
           ,
           yea
           ,
           though
           a
           whole
           Community
           of
           Men
           ;
           yet
           he
           Sins
           but
           against
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           an
           offence
           against
           the
           second
           Table
           of
           the
           Law
           :
           But
           Sacriledge
           layes
           hold
           on
           those
           things
           which
           the
           Latine
           Laws
           call
           
             Bona
             nullius
          
           ,
           it
           strikes
           down
           right
           immediately
           at
           God
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           regard
           no
           Idolatry
           can
           can
           do
           it
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           first
           
           Table
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           both
           these
           Crimes
           are
           equally
           built
           on
           the
           self-same
           contempt
           of
           God.
           The
           Offender
           in
           both
           kinds
           ,
           the
           Idolater
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacrilegious
           Person
           both
           think
           meanly
           of
           Him.
           The
           first
           conceives
           He
           will
           Patiently
           look
           on
           ,
           while
           His
           Honour
           is
           shared
           to
           an
           Idol
           ;
           the
           other
           imagines
           He
           will
           be
           as
           unconcerned
           ,
           though
           His
           Goods
           be
           stolen
           to
           His
           Face
           .
           This
           was
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           the
           Sence
           of
           all
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ;
           for
           upon
           what
           Grounds
           could
           they
           profess
           they
           gave
           Gifts
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           they
           presumed
           ,
           That
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           Accept
           them
           .
           So
           saith
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
             We
             offer
             unto
             God
             our
             Goods
             ,
             in
             token
             of
             Thankfulness
             .
          
           So
           
             Origen
             ,
             By
             Gifts
             to
             God
             ,
             we
             acknowledge
             him
             Lord
             of
             All.
          
           So
           the
           Fathers
           generally
           :
           So
           Emperors
           and
           Kings
           :
           So
           CHARLES
           the
           Great
           ,
           
             To
             God
             we
             offer
             ,
             which
             we
             deliver
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             in
             his
             well
             known
             Capitulary
          
           ;
           and
           our
           own
           Kings
           have
           still
           spoken
           in
           this
           good
           Old
           Christian
           Language
           ;
           
             We
             have
             Granted
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             our
             Heirs
             for
             ever
             ,
             that
             the
          
           Church
           of
           England
           
             shall
             be
             free
             ,
             and
             have
             Her
             whole
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             inviolable
             :
          
           They
           are
           the
           first
           words
           of
           our
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ;
             
               Her
               whole
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
            
          
           ;
           words
           of
           a
           very
           large
           Extent
           ,
           that
           imply
           far
           more
           than
           Her
           Substance
           ,
           and
           yet
           these
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           Lands
           ,
           Honours
           ,
           and
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           all
           these
           have
           been
           given
           to
           God
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           frequently
           confirmed
           by
           the
           publick
           Acts
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           if
           Ananias
           might
           thus
           promise
           ,
           &
           yet
           Rob
           God
           ;
           I
           beseech
           you
           Sir
           consider
           ,
           whether
           England
           may
           not
           do
           so
           too
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Second
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           That
           God
           did
           as
           much
           take
           the
           Temple
           to
           be
           His
           ,
           as
           He
           did
           the
           Iews
           Tythes
           and
           Offerings
           ;
           these
           last
           indeed
           were
           His
           by
           special
           and
           express
           Law
           and
           Command
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           7.
           but
           the
           Temple
           was
           the
           voluntary
           design
           of
           King
           David
           ,
           and
           the
           voluntary
           work
           of
           King
           Solomon
           .
           Nay
           ,
           God
           expresly
           tells
           David
           ,
           That
           He
           had
           been
           so
           far
           from
           Commanding
           that
           House
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           asked
           this
           Service
           .
           And
           therefore
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           in
           his
           Apology
           ,
           tells
           the
           
             Iews
             ,
             Neither
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
          
           Jews
           ,
           
             nor
             against
             the
             Temple
             ,
             have
             I
             offended
             any
             thing
             ,
          
           Act.
           25.
           8
        
         
         
           For
           he
           might
           in
           some
           cause
           offend
           against
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           against
           the
           Law
           :
           Notwithstanding
           God
           pleads
           as
           much
           for
           his
           Temple
           in
           the
           Prophet
           Haggai
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           in
           Malachi
           ,
           for
           his
           Tythes
           and
           Offerings
           .
           In
           this
           ,
           his
           words
           are
           —
           
             Ye
             have
             robbed
             me
             in
             Tythes
             and
             Offerings
             .
          
           
           In
           the
           other
           —
           
             Is
             it
             time
             for
             you
          
           ,
           
           
             O
             ye
             ,
             to
             dwell
             in
             cieled
             houses
             ,
             and
             this
             house
             lie
             waste
             ?
             Therefore
             ye
             have
             sown
             much
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             little
             ;
             ye
             eat
             ,
             but
             ye
             have
             not
             enough
             .
          
           And
           to
           affirm
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           that
           God
           doth
           accept
           of
           meat
           ,
           drink
           ,
           and
           cloathing
           as
           is
           plain
           ;
           of
           money
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Land
           was
           sold
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Ananias
           :
           And
           yet
           he
           doth
           not
           accept
           of
           Land
           it self
           ,
           is
           so
           contrary
           to
           all
           reason
           ,
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           practice
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Christian
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Heathen
           world
           ;
           so
           contrary
           to
           what
           God
           himself
           hath
           expressed
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           and
           no
           where
           recalled
           in
           the
           New
           ;
           that
           he
           which
           can
           quiet
           Conscience
           with
           such
           Conceits
           as
           these
           ,
           may
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           attain
           to
           the
           discovery
           of
           some
           Evasions
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           his
           Conceit
           ,
           may
           palliate
           Murther
           or
           Adultery
           ;
           or
           to
           think
           those
           Possessions
           are
           indeed
           Gods
           which
           he
           commands
           ,
           but
           not
           those
           which
           he
           accepts
           ,
           is
           to
           use
           God
           so
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           neither
           use
           our selves
           ,
           nor
           our
           Neighbours
           :
           For
           no
           Man
           doubts
           ,
           but
           that
           's
           as
           properly
           mine
           which
           I
           accept
           ,
           as
           what
           I
           attain
           to
           by
           my
           own
           personal
           Acquisition
           ,
           be
           it
           by
           a
           just
           way
           ,
           by
           Study
           ,
           by
           Merchandize
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           Third
           :
           Sacriledge
           is
           then
           committed
           ,
           (
           say
           the
           Schools
           and
           Casuists
           ,
           and
           they
           speak
           in
           their
           own
           Profession
           )
           
             Quando
             reverentia
             rei
             Sacrae
             debita
             violatur
          
           ;
           
           when
           we
           violate
           the
           Reverence
           due
           to
           a
           thing
           Sacred
           ,
           by
           turning
           it
           into
           a
           thing
           Profane
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           Violation
           may
           be
           committed
           either
           
             per
             furtum
          
           ,
           strictly
           so
           taken
           ,
           by
           stealing
           a
           thing
           moveable
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             per
             plagium
          
           ,
           by
           stealing
           of
           a
           Man
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             per
             invasionem
          
           ,
           by
           spoiling
           Men
           of
           Lands
           or
           things
           immoveable
           :
           For
           as
           any
           one
           of
           these
           done
           against
           our
           Neighbour
           ,
           is
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           in
           Scripture
           phrase
           Theft
           ,
           a
           Sin
           against
           the
           Eighth
           Precept
           ;
           so
           done
           against
           God
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           doubt
           a
           Sacriledge
           ,
           and
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Table
           ,
           be
           it
           against
           the
           First
           or
           Second
           Commandment
           ,
           I
           stand
           not
           now
           to
           dispute
           .
           Thus
           the
           word
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           
           to
           express
           this
           Sin
           ,
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           from
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           praeda
           ,
           or
           spolium
           so
           that
           Sacriledge
           is
           not
           only
           to
           be
           defined
           by
           Stealth
           strictly
           taken
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           a
           depredation
           ,
           a
           spoliation
           of
           Things
           consecrated
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           word
           extends
           it self
           as
           properly
           (
           it
           not
           more
           )
           to
           Lands
           ,
           as
           to
           Things
           moveable
           .
           And
           hence
           Aquinas
           is
           plain
           ,
           That
           Sacriledge
           reaches
           out
           its
           proper
           sense
           —
           
             Ad
             ea
             quae
             deputata
             sunt
             ad
             sustentationem
             ministrorum
             ,
             sive
             mobilia
             ,
             sive
             immobilia
             :
          
           For
           't
           would
           be
           very
           strange
           to
           affirm
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           sacking
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           was
           sacrilegious
           ,
           when
           he
           transported
           the
           holy
           Vessels
           ;
           but
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           when
           he
           burnt
           the
           Temple
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Fourth
           :
           Common
           Reason
           hath
           taught
           all
           ,
           even
           the
           Pagan
           Nations
           ,
           to
           hold
           Sacriledge
           a
           Sin
           ;
           so
           that
           Lactantius
           observes
           ,
           (
           and
           he
           was
           well
           read
           in
           humane
           Learning
           )
           and
           therefore
           chosen
           Tutor
           to
           a
           Son
           of
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           :
           
             In
             omni
             Religione
             nihil
             tale
             sine
             vindicta
          
           ;
           God
           will
           remarkably
           revenge
           this
           Sin
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           true
           ,
           but
           amongst
           Men
           of
           the
           most
           false
           Religions
           .
           And
           't
           were
           easie
           to
           shew
           ,
           That
           no
           Nation
           did
           ever
           yet
           adore
           a
           God
           ,
           but
           they
           thought
           he
           did
           accept
           them
           ,
           and
           possess
           himself
           of
           some
           substance
           ;
           I
           omit
           those
           Proofs
           that
           would
           be
           thought
           too
           tedious
           ,
           't
           is
           enough
           to
           quote
           the
           Prophet's
           words
           which
           he
           speaks
           to
           the
           
             Iews
             .
             Will
             a
             man
             rob
             God
             ?
             Yet
             ye
             have
             robbed
             me
             ,
          
           Malachi
           3.
           8.
           
           A
           Man
           ,
           any
           man
           ,
           though
           an
           Amorite
           ,
           or
           a
           meer
           Philistine
           ,
           a
           Pagan
           ,
           (
           that
           must
           be
           the
           sense
           )
           will
           not
           do
           that
           to
           his
           god
           ,
           which
           you
           Iews
           do
           to
           Me
           :
           For
           the
           Law
           written
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           (
           and
           he
           can
           go
           by
           no
           other
           )
           that
           Law
           controlleth
           this
           Offence
           ,
           and
           so
           plainly
           tells
           him
           ,
           that
           because
           his
           God
           may
           be
           robbed
           ,
           or
           despoiled
           ,
           he
           may
           therefore
           have
           a
           Property
           .
           And
           if
           Sacriledge
           be
           a
           Sin
           against
           the
           Law
           Moral
           ,
           't
           will
           follow
           ,
           That
           what
           we
           read
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           against
           that
           Sin
           ,
           must
           be
           as
           Moral
           (
           and
           that
           whereby
           we
           Christians
           are
           as
           much
           obliged
           )
           as
           what
           we
           read
           against
           Theft
           or
           Adultery
           :
           save
           only
           these
           passages
           which
           are
           peculiarly
           proper
           unto
           the
           policy
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           let
           them
           go
           for
           Judicial
           .
        
         
           These
           Directions
           premised
           ,
           I
           return
           to
           this
           Epistler
           ,
           who
           conceives
           it
           no
           Sacriledge
           to
           take
           away
           Church-Lands
           .
        
         
         
           —
           Nor
           do
           I
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           ground
           my
           Opinion
           barely
           upon
           the
           frequent
           practice
           of
           former
           Times
           not
           only
           upon
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           Times
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           King
           Charles
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           not
           forgotten
           the
           exchange
           of
           
           Durham-house
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Hen.
           8.
           )
           but
           even
           by
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           He
           will
           not
           
             ground
             his
             Opinion
             upon
             bare
             practice
             ,
          
           and
           indeed
           he
           hath
           little
           reason
           for
           it
           ;
           for
           if
           from
           a
           frequent
           practice
           of
           sin
           ,
           we
           might
           conclude
           it
           were
           no
           sin
           ,
           we
           might
           take
           our
           leaves
           of
           the
           Decalogue
           and
           (
           as
           our
           New
           Masters
           do
           )
           put
           it
           out
           of
           our
           Directory
           ,
           because
           our
           intent
           is
           to
           sin
           it
           down
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           such
           Laws
           of
           Hen.
           8.
           than
           I
           would
           of
           
           David's
           Adultery
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           ground
           at
           all
           to
           make
           Men
           bold
           with
           other
           Mens
           Wives
           .
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           made
           a
           Law
           ,
           (
           so
           you
           have
           told
           me
           ,
           Sir
           for
           I
           speak
           nothing
           in
           this
           kind
           but
           from
           you
           )
           That
           Bishops
           might
           not
           alienate
           their
           Castles
           ,
           Mannors
           ,
           &c.
           but
           only
           to
           the
           Crown
           :
           But
           if
           she
           sometimes
           took
           order
           that
           Churchmen
           should
           not
           be
           Bishops
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           first
           made
           such
           Alienations
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           have
           oft
           heard
           you
           say
           she
           did
           )
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           defend
           it
           ,
           but
           must
           withall
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           if
           Prince
           or
           Subjects
           resolve
           to
           sell
           the
           Church
           Preferments
           ,
           it
           is
           great
           odds
           but
           in
           a
           Clergy
           consisting
           of
           Ten
           thousand
           Persons
           ,
           they
           shall
           have
           Chapmen
           for
           them
           .
           For
           King
           Iames
           ,
           I
           must
           highly
           commend
           that
           most
           Christian
           Prince
           ,
           you
           say
           amongst
           his
           first
           Laws
           took
           away
           that
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           well
           tell
           when
           this
           Epistler
           doth
           quote
           King
           Charles
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           only
           for
           the
           Alienation
           of
           
           York-house
           ;
           but
           I
           must
           inform
           him
           that
           that
           Act
           was
           lawful
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           that
           Archiepiscopal
           See
           ,
           there
           being
           clear
           Text
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Levites
           themselves
           might
           change
           that
           which
           was
           theirs
           by
           Divine
           Law
           ,
           so
           they
           gained
           by
           Permutation
           ;
           and
           this
           Answer
           will
           serve
           for
           what
           King
           Charles
           did
           about
           
           Durham-house
           .
        
         
           
             But
             he
             thinks
             it
             an
             Argument
          
           —
           That
           by
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           ,
           Deans
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           such
           things
           were
           done
           ,
           Alienations
           were
           made
           ,
           long
           Leases
           were
           granted
           .
        
         
           True
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           for
           these
           Clergymen
           were
           but
           Men
           ,
           and
           their
           sins
           
           can
           no
           more
           abrogate
           Law
           ,
           than
           can
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Layety
           ;
           yet
           I
           could
           name
           you
           Churchmen
           of
           great
           Note
           ,
           who
           totally
           refused
           to
           be
           preferred
           by
           that
           Queen
           to
           any
           Bishoprick
           at
           all
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           by
           no
           means
           submit
           their
           Conscience
           to
           the
           base
           Act
           of
           such
           Alienations
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           was
           Bishop
           Andrews
           .
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           too
           ,
           that
           those
           long
           Leases
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           had
           one
           cause
           more
           than
           the
           Marriage
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           for
           when
           they
           saw
           a
           Stool
           of
           Wickedness
           set
           up
           ,
           of
           sacrilegious
           Wickedness
           ,
           that
           imagined
           Mischief
           by
           a
           Law
           ;
           some
           ,
           not
           the
           most
           Men
           ,
           thought
           it
           fit
           to
           make
           those
           long
           Leases
           ,
           that
           the
           Estate
           of
           the
           Church
           might
           appear
           more
           poor
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           less
           subject
           unto
           Harpies
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           hope
           was
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           length
           (
           at
           least
           after
           many
           Years
           spent
           )
           it
           might
           return
           whole
           unto
           the
           Successors
           .
        
         
           
             He
             goes
             on
          
           —
           But
           to
           deal
           clearly
           with
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           how
           there
           can
           be
           any
           Sacriledge
           ,
           (
           properly
           so
           called
           )
           which
           is
           not
           a
           Theft
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           viz.
           a
           Theft
           of
           something
           dedicated
           to
           Holy
           Vse
           ,
           (
           a
           Communion
           Cup
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           )
           and
           Theft
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           must
           be
           of
           things
           moveable
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ;
           and
           how
           Theft
           can
           be
           of
           Lands
           or
           Sacriledge
           by
           alienating
           Church-Lands
           ,
           I
           pray
           ask
           your
           Friend
           Holborne
           ,
           and
           his
           Fellow-Lawyers
           ,
           for
           ours
           here
           deride
           us
           for
           the
           Question
           ?
           —
        
         
           It
           seems
           they
           are
           very
           merry
           at
           London
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           this
           Epistler
           thinks
           so
           ;
           for
           being
           Winners
           ,
           he
           might
           perhaps
           conceive
           they
           make
           themselves
           pleasant
           with
           a
           Feather
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Argument
           is
           as
           light
           a
           thing
           ,
           appear'd
           before
           by
           my
           3
           d
           Answer
           .
           For
           can
           any
           man
           think
           (
           in
           earnest
           )
           that
           't
           is
           Sacriledge
           (
           and
           so
           a
           Sin
           )
           to
           take
           away
           a
           Cup
           from
           a
           Church
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           none
           to
           take
           away
           a
           Mannor
           ?
           As
           if
           Ahab
           had
           been
           indeed
           a
           Thief
           ,
           had
           he
           robbed
           Naboth
           of
           his
           Grapes
           ?
           But
           Elijah
           was
           too
           harsh
           when
           he
           talked
           to
           that
           good
           King
           ,
           because
           he
           only
           took
           away
           his
           Vineyards
           .
           Indeed
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Nicety
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           that
           
             Actio
             Facti
          
           lies
           only
           against
           him
           that
           hath
           stolen
           
             Rem
             Mobilem
          
           ;
           for
           Iustinian
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           in
           the
           Composition
           of
           his
           Digests
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           took
           from
           the
           writing
           of
           the
           old
           
             Iuris
             Prudentis
          
           )
           thought
           it
           fit
           to
           follow
           
           Vlpian's
           judgment
           ;
           and
           yet
           Sabinus
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             Furtis
          
           ,
           (
           a
           Man
           of
           
           Note
           amongst
           those
           Men
           )
           was
           known
           to
           be
           of
           another
           Opinion
           —
           
             Non
             tantùm
             rerum
             moventium
          
           .
           
           
             Sed
             fundi
             &
             aedium
             fieri
             Furtum
             .
          
           I
           would
           gladly
           know
           of
           this
           Epistler
           ,
           whether
           he
           thinks
           all
           Men
           ,
           both
           Divines
           and
           others
           ,
           bound
           to
           frame
           all
           the
           Phrases
           of
           their
           Speech
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Criticisms
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           put
           out
           by
           Iustinian
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           some
           use
           the
           word
           Furtum
           in
           
           Sabinus's
           sense
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           may
           in
           
           Vlpian's
           ,
           and
           then
           Sacriledge
           may
           be
           properly
           a
           Theft
           ,
           and
           as
           properly
           in
           immoveables
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           must
           needs
           speak
           in
           your
           sense
           whom
           Iustinian
           hath
           approved
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           well
           see
           how
           a
           Man
           can
           spoil
           the
           Church
           of
           her
           Lands
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Civil
           Law
           'scape
           an
           Action
           of
           Theft
           ;
           for
           it
           lies
           against
           him
           that
           takes
           the
           Trees
           ,
           
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           Stones
           .
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           there
           's
           no
           Church-Robber
           ,
           but
           he
           intends
           to
           make
           use
           of
           those
           kind
           of
           Moveables
           ;
           otherwise
           ,
           what
           good
           will
           his
           Church-Land
           do
           him
           ?
           And
           if
           he
           make
           this
           use
           ,
           a
           Thief
           he
           is
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           Phrase
           ;
           and
           then
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           this
           Epistler
           himself
           ,
           he
           is
           without
           doubt
           a
           sacrilegious
           Person
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           (
           I
           wonder
           )
           did
           the
           Londoner
           learn
           that
           
             Furtum
             strictè
             Sumptum
          
           ,
           was
           that
           genus
           of
           Sacriledge
           ?
           So
           that
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Theft
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           sense
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           Sin.
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           neither
           intimated
           by
           the
           Greek
           ,
           nor
           Latine
           word
           ,
           nor
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           delivered
           by
           any
           learned
           Author
           on
           this
           Subject
           :
           So
           that
           I
           must
           set
           down
           an
           Assertion
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           conceive
           well
           grounded
           too
           )
           point
           blank
           against
           this
           Londoner
           ,
           and
           affirm
           there
           may
           be
           a
           Sacriledge
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
           whch
           is
           not
           a
           Theft
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           sense
           ;
           which
           has
           been
           proved
           in
           the
           3
           d
           Affertion
           ,
           and
           need
           not
           trouble
           Sir
           
             R.
             Holborne
          
           ,
           (
           that
           learned
           Gentleman
           may
           have
           other
           business
           )
           nor
           his
           Fellow-Lawyers
           :
           For
           I
           doubt
           not
           there
           are
           enough
           besides
           who
           will
           here
           smile
           at
           this
           passage
           ,
           and
           will
           think
           that
           this
           Epistler
           hath
           met
           with
           a
           Civil
           Law
           Quirk
           ,
           which
           he
           knew
           not
           well
           how
           to
           wield
           :
           But
           ,
           to
           say
           truth
           ,
           he
           deals
           clearly
           with
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           and
           tells
           him
           ,
           that
           for
           his
           particular
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           yet
           understand
           ,
           which
           for
           my
           part
           I
           do
           believe
           ,
           and
           do
           only
           wonder
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           
           laugh
           at
           another
           ,
           in
           a
           Point
           he
           could
           no
           better
           satisfie
           him
           in
           .
        
         
           
             He
             goes
             on
          
           —
           The
           hyre
           of
           a
           Labourer
           at
           most
           as
           sitting
           maintenance
           ,
           is
           all
           that
           can
           be
           challenged
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Maintenance
           must
           be
           honourable
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           Christians
           ,
           use
           God
           like
           no
           other
           Men
           ,
           far
           worse
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           than
           do
           Pagans
           .
           And
           when
           such
           a
           Maintenance
           hath
           been
           once
           given
           in
           Lands
           ,
           the
           Acceptation
           of
           it
           will
           soon
           make
           the
           Gift
           immoveable
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           signifies
           little
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           Apostle
           had
           no
           Lands
           ,
           for
           they
           who
           had
           the
           Money
           for
           Lands
           sold
           ,
           might
           (
           no
           Man
           will
           doubt
           )
           have
           still
           kept
           the
           Lands
           ,
           had
           they
           liked
           them
           :
           But
           the
           Church
           being
           in
           Her
           Persecution
           ,
           the
           Disciples
           were
           to
           flie
           ,
           and
           Lands
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           are
           no
           moveables
           .
           And
           't
           were
           very
           strange
           ,
           if
           not
           ridiculous
           ,
           to
           affirm
           ,
           that
           Ananias
           and
           his
           Wife
           sinned
           ,
           in
           taking
           back
           what
           they
           had
           promised
           ;
           but
           if
           in
           Specie
           they
           had
           given
           those
           Lands
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           revoked
           that
           Gift
           without
           Sacriledge
           .
        
         
           
             He
             proceeds
          
           —
           Which
           I
           mention
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           groundless
           Arguments
           upon
           the
           Lands
           and
           Portions
           allotted
           to
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Levi
           by
           God's
           appointment
           ,
           to
           whom
           our
           Ministers
           have
           no
           Succession
           .
        
         
           Our
           Ministers
           challenge
           nothing
           which
           belonged
           to
           the
           Tribe
           by
           Levitical
           Right
           ,
           but
           where
           things
           are
           once
           given
           to
           God
           for
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           they
           there
           get
           a
           moral
           interest
           ;
           and
           what
           we
           read
           of
           this
           kind
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           doth
           as
           much
           oblige
           Christians
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           in
           the
           New.
           
        
         
           And
           then
           't
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           they
           enjoy
           your
           Lands
           by
           the
           same
           Law
           of
           the
           State
           as
           others
           do
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           subject
           to
           that
           Law
           which
           alone
           gives
           strength
           to
           their
           Title
           .
           
             Out
             toto
             Coelo
          
           !
           Have
           Churchmen
           no
           Title
           to
           those
           Possessions
           they
           enjoy
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Land
           alone
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           besides
           these
           ,
           they
           have
           Christ's
           Acceptation
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           are
           become
           theirs
           by
           Law
           Evangelical
           ;
           their
           Lands
           are
           God's
           own
           Propriety
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           hold
           them
           from
           him
           by
           the
           Law
           moral
           too
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           by
           the
           new
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           they
           hold
           Estates
           in
           Fee
           simply
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           alienate
           ,
           
           without
           punishment
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           England
           ;
           yet
           they
           cannot
           do
           it
           without
           guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Law
           Evangelical
           and
           Moral
           ,
           except
           then
           only
           when
           they
           better
           themselves
           by
           some
           gainful
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           hurtful
           Permutation
           .
           Besides
           ,
           were
           this
           Argument
           good
           ,
           it
           would
           only
           follow
           ,
           that
           the
           Clergy
           by
           their
           own
           ,
           yet
           might
           alienate
           their
           Lands
           ,
           but
           none
           else
           without
           their
           consent
           .
           And
           I
           conceive
           it
           would
           not
           now
           prove
           so
           easie
           a
           task
           to
           bring
           Churchmen
           to
           such
           an
           Alienation
           :
           But
           the
           Parliament
           may
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           —
           For
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           will
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           (
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Nation
           )
           whosoever
           hath
           Lands
           or
           Goods
           ,
           hath
           them
           with
           this
           unseparable
           condition
           of
           limitation
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           that
           the
           Parliament
           may
           dispose
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           This
           you
           have
           told
           me
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           strange
           Doctrine
           :
           For
           neither
           the
           Parliament
           (
           I
           hope
           he
           means
           the
           King
           in
           Parliament
           )
           doth
           this
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           ,
           or
           as
           being
           Representative
           ,
           and
           so
           including
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           whole
           People
           of
           England
           .
           If
           as
           being
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           ,
           it
           will
           follow
           that
           any
           absolute
           Prince
           may
           as
           lawfully
           do
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           hath
           ever
           been
           held
           Tyrannical
           in
           the
           
             Great
             Turk
          
           ,
           as
           being
           against
           the
           Rules
           of
           all
           Justice
           and
           Humanity
           .
           Indeed
           Samuel
           tells
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           That
           since
           they
           would
           needs
           change
           their
           Theocracy
           ,
           the
           immediate
           Government
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           into
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           all
           humane
           Governments
           .
           Their
           Kings
           should
           take
           your
           Sons
           ,
           and
           your
           Daughters
           ,
           their
           Fields
           and
           their
           Vineyards
           ,
           &c.
           and
           they
           shall
           cry
           ,
           and
           find
           no
           help
           .
           Yet
           the
           best
           Divines
           think
           this
           would
           be
           most
           sinful
           and
           most
           unjust
           in
           those
           Kings
           ,
           and
           expresly
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           who
           grants
           to
           every
           Man
           his
           Propriety
           :
           only
           the
           Prophet
           avers
           it
           should
           not
           be
           punishable
           in
           him
           ,
           they
           should
           have
           no
           remedy
           ,
           since
           being
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           no
           Subjects
           hands
           to
           judge
           him
           .
           So
           if
           the
           Kings
           in
           Parliament
           should
           take
           away
           the
           Church-Lands
           ,
           there
           is
           (
           I
           confess
           )
           no
           resistance
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           though
           the
           Act
           were
           inhumanely
           sinful
           :
           or
           else
           the
           Parliament
           doth
           this
           ,
           as
           representing
           the
           whole
           People
           ,
           so
           including
           their
           consent
           :
           
           (
           For
           they
           who
           do
           consent
           ,
           can
           receive
           no
           injury
           .
           )
           And
           then
           I
           understand
           not
           which
           way
           it
           can
           now
           at
           all
           touch
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           are
           neither
           to
           be
           there
           by
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           yet
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           by
           Representation
           .
           Or
           if
           again
           they
           were
           there
           ,
           I
           would
           gladly
           know
           what
           Burgess
           ,
           or
           what
           Knight
           of
           a
           Shire
           ,
           nay
           ,
           what
           Clerk
           or
           Bishop
           do
           represent
           Christ
           ,
           (
           whose
           Lands
           these
           are
           )
           and
           by
           vertue
           of
           what
           Deputation
           ?
           Or
           do
           I
           believe
           that
           any
           Subject
           intends
           to
           give
           that
           Power
           to
           him
           that
           represents
           him
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           to
           destroy
           his
           whole
           Estate
           ,
           except
           then
           only
           when
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           make
           him
           liable
           to
           so
           high
           a
           Censure
           ?
        
         
           But
           grant
           this
           Doctrine
           were
           true
           in
           Mens
           Lands
           ,
           yet
           sure
           it
           will
           not
           hold
           in
           Gods
           :
           For
           since
           
             in
             Magnâ
             Chartâ
          
           (
           that
           has
           received
           by
           Parliament
           at
           least
           Thirty
           Confirmations
           )
           the
           Lands
           we
           now
           speak
           of
           are
           given
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           promise
           there
           made
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           ,
           Her
           whole
           Right
           and
           Liberties
           should
           be
           held
           inviolable
           .
           Surely
           the
           Kingdom
           must
           keep
           what
           she
           hath
           thus
           promised
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           must
           not
           now
           think
           to
           tell
           Him
           of
           implied
           Conditions
           or
           Limitations
           .
           For
           't
           were
           a
           strange
           scorn
           put
           upon
           Him
           ,
           that
           Men
           should
           make
           this
           grand
           promise
           to
           their
           Maker
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           Him
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           hundred
           years
           ,
           that
           their
           meaning
           was
           ,
           to
           take
           it
           back
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
           I
           believe
           there
           's
           no
           good
           Pagan
           that
           will
           not
           blush
           at
           this
           dealing
           ,
           and
           conclude
           ,
           That
           if
           Christians
           may
           thus
           use
           their
           God
           ,
           without
           doubt
           he
           is
           no
           God
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           is
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           they
           sometimes
           dispose
           some
           part
           in
           Subsidies
           ,
           and
           other
           Taxes
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           disposes
           part
           of
           Mens
           Estate
           in
           Subsidy
           ,
           and
           without
           their
           consent
           ,
           Ergo
           it
           may
           dispose
           of
           all
           the
           Church-Lands
           ,
           though
           the
           Churchmen
           themselves
           should
           in
           down-right
           terms
           contradict
           it
           .
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           this
           Account
           is
           neither
           worth
           an
           Answer
           ,
           nor
           a
           Smile
           :
           For
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           have
           oft
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           the
           Parliament
           in
           Justice
           can
           destroy
           no
           Man's
           Estate
           ,
           though
           private
           ;
           or
           if
           upon
           necessity
           it
           may
           need
           this
           or
           that
           Man's
           Lands
           for
           some
           Publick
           Use
           ,
           yet
           the
           Court
           is
           bound
           in
           Justice
           to
           make
           that
           Man
           amends
           .
           Subsidies
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           were
           imposed
           
             Salvo
             contenento
          
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           Duke
           may
           still
           live
           like
           a
           Duke
           ,
           and
           a
           
           Gentleman
           like
           a
           Gentleman
           .
           Is
           't
           not
           so
           with
           the
           Clergy
           too
           ?
           By
           your
           own
           consent
           indeed
           ,
           and
           not
           otherwise
           ,
           they
           are
           often
           imposed
           ,
           and
           payed
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           are
           burdens
           ,
           which
           they
           may
           bear
           
             Salvo
             contenento
          
           ,
           they
           are
           payed
           not
           out
           of
           God's
           Propriety
           ,
           by
           alienating
           his
           Lands
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           the
           
             Vsus
             Fructus
          
           they
           receiv'd
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Name
           doth
           go
           on
           to
           their
           Successors
           .
           So
           that
           to
           infer
           from
           any
           of
           these
           Usages
           ,
           that
           the
           Lands
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           Deans
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           may
           be
           wholly
           alienated
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           an
           Inference
           that
           will
           prevail
           with
           none
           but
           those
           ,
           who
           being
           led
           by
           strong
           passions
           that
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           make
           very
           little
           use
           of
           the
           Reason
           .
        
         
           
             He
             proceeds
          
           —
           Now
           hence
           comes
           the
           mistake
           ,
           by
           reason
           there
           is
           not
           such
           an
           express
           Condition
           or
           Limitation
           in
           the
           Deed
           of
           Donation
           ,
           (
           which
           should
           silence
           all
           dispute
           )
           wherein
           it
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           truth
           ,
           that
           where
           any
           thing
           is
           necessarily
           by
           Law
           implied
           ,
           't
           is
           as
           much
           as
           if
           in
           plain
           terms
           expressed
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           No
           marvel
           if
           such
           Conditions
           be
           not
           expressed
           in
           Benefactors
           Deeds
           of
           Donation
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           make
           such
           pious
           Deeds
           most
           impiously
           ridiculous
           :
           For
           who
           would
           not
           blush
           to
           tell
           God
           ,
           that
           indeed
           he
           gives
           him
           such
           Lands
           but
           yet
           with
           very
           clear
           intent
           to
           revoke
           them
           ?
           And
           what
           Christian
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           intent
           is
           tacitely
           there
           ,
           which
           were
           Impiety
           to
           express
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           apparently
           clear
           ,
           by
           the
           Curses
           added
           by
           such
           Donors
           upon
           those
           who
           shall
           attempt
           to
           make
           void
           their
           Gifts
           ,
           that
           their
           meaning
           was
           plain
           ,
           that
           such
           Lands
           should
           remain
           Gods.
           For
           ever
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           these
           Gifts
           are
           confirmed
           unto
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           (
           She
           shall
           have
           all
           Her
           whole
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           inviolable
           )
           and
           yet
           is
           there
           a
           tacite
           condition
           in
           that
           self-same
           Law
           that
           they
           may
           be
           violated
           ?
           No
           marvel
           if
           with
           us
           ,
           Men
           cannot
           trust
           Men
           ,
           if
           God
           himself
           must
           not
           trust
           our
           Laws
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           Charter
           ,
           or
           any
           else
           made
           by
           succeeding
           Princes
           ,
           do
           indeed
           confirm
           such
           Donations
           ,
           (
           as
           without
           all
           doubt
           they
           do
           )
           sure
           they
           must
           confirm
           them
           in
           the
           same
           Sense
           wherein
           the
           Donors
           made
           them
           ,
           for
           so
           do
           all
           other
           Confirmations
           .
           I
           say
           in
           this
           case
           of
           a
           total
           Disinherison
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           in
           Law
           any
           such
           tacite
           Conditions
           ,
           or
           Limitations
           ,
           as
           the
           Epistler
           speaks
           of
           ;
           for
           I
           have
           shewed
           
           you
           such
           to
           be
           tyrannical
           and
           unjust
           in
           a
           private
           Subject's
           Estate
           ,
           therefore
           in
           Gods
           they
           are
           much
           more
           unjust
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           sure
           he
           cannot
           offend
           ,
           and
           the
           tyrannical
           and
           unjust
           meaning
           cannot
           be
           called
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Letter
             goes
             on
          
           —
           Besides
           ,
           it
           were
           somewhat
           strange
           ,
           that
           the
           Donors
           of
           the
           Land
           should
           preserve
           them
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Bishops
           from
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           not
           do
           in
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           to
           a
           greater
           and
           surer
           Right
           than
           they
           had
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           Lay-Donor
           might
           preserve
           them
           thus
           in
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           suppose
           him
           but
           an
           honest
           Person
           ;
           for
           though
           a
           Parliament
           may
           Impunè
           disinherit
           such
           an
           innocent
           Man
           ,
           yet
           they
           cannot
           do
           it
           justly
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           this
           regard
           ,
           both
           the
           Donor
           and
           they
           are
           (
           you
           see
           )
           in
           the
           very
           same
           condition
           .
           Besides
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           such
           very
           strange
           thing
           for
           the
           self-same
           Right
           (
           as
           a
           Right
           suppose
           a
           Fee-simple
           )
           to
           become
           more
           sure
           in
           his
           hand
           that
           takes
           it
           ,
           than
           it
           ever
           was
           in
           his
           hand
           that
           gave
           it
           .
           For
           though
           the
           Right
           it self
           be
           still
           the
           same
           Right
           ,
           (
           for
           
             Nemo
             dat
             quod
             non
             habet
          
           )
           yet
           by
           Gift
           it
           may
           come
           into
           a
           stronger
           hand
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           this
           means
           that
           self-same
           Right
           may
           become
           the
           stronger
           .
           And
           sure
           with
           us
           ,
           God's
           hands
           should
           be
           more
           stronger
           than
           Man's
           :
           Nay
           hence
           ,
           as
           some
           think
           ,
           Lands
           given
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           were
           said
           to
           come
           in
           
             manum
             mortuam
          
           ,
           as
           't
           were
           a
           dead
           hand
           ,
           that
           parts
           with
           nothing
           it
           hath
           once
           closed
           upon
           .
        
         
           And
           why
           the
           Epistler
           should
           call
           this
           a
           strange
           thing
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           yet
           see
           the
           reason
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           always
           so
           when
           any
           one
           Benefactor
           doth
           by
           vertue
           of
           a
           Mortmayne
           ,
           convey
           his
           Lands
           to
           any
           kind
           of
           Corporation
           .
        
         
           Again
           —
           Nor
           do
           I
           understand
           their
           meaning
           ,
           who
           term
           God
           the
           Proprietary
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Lands
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           the
           
             Usu
             Fructuarii
          
           .
        
         
           I
           conceive
           I
           have
           made
           this
           plain
           ,
           because
           such
           Lands
           were
           first
           offered
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           become
           his
           own
           Propriety
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Divine
           Acceptation
           .
           And
           if
           the
           
             Dominiam
             ad
             rectum
          
           of
           Kings
           do
           once
           rest
           in
           God
           ,
           the
           
             Dominum
             utile
          
           ,
           the
           
             Vsa
             fructus
          
           only
           is
           left
           a
           Patrimony
           to
           the
           Clergy
           .
        
         
         
           
             But
             he
             adds
             a
             Reason
          
           —
           For
           I
           know
           not
           how
           (
           in
           propriety
           of
           speech
           )
           God
           is
           more
           entitled
           to
           their
           Lands
           ,
           than
           to
           his
           whole
           Creation
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           Epistler
           speaks
           out
           ;
           for
           truly
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           fear
           this
           Lawyer
           ,
           your
           Friend
           ,
           is
           little
           better
           than
           an
           Independant
           :
           For
           has
           God
           no
           more
           Title
           (
           in
           propriety
           of
           speech
           )
           to
           one
           piece
           of
           ground
           than
           another
           ?
           No
           more
           to
           a
           Church
           ,
           no
           more
           to
           a
           place
           where
           a
           Church
           is
           built
           ,
           that
           where
           Men
           have
           placed
           a
           Stable
           ?
           Our
           English
           Homilies
           ,
           which
           are
           confirmed
           by
           Law
           ,
           cry
           down
           this
           gross
           piece
           of
           Anabaptism
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           God
           made
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           whole
           World
           is
           most
           justly
           his
           ,
           by
           that
           great
           work
           of
           Creation
           :
           But
           yet
           the
           
           Psalmist's
           words
           are
           as
           true
           ,
           
             The
             earth
             hath
             he
             given
             to
             the
             children
             of
             men
             .
          
           So
           as
           that
           great
           God
           is
           well
           content
           to
           receive
           back
           what
           Men
           will
           give
           him
           ,
           and
           this
           acceptance
           of
           his
           must
           needs
           in
           all
           reason
           make
           those
           things
           his
           more
           particularly
           .
           Thus
           Christ
           calls
           the
           Temple
           ,
           
             My
             Father's
             House
          
           :
           'T
           was
           Gods
           ,
           and
           Gods
           more
           peculiarly
           ;
           not
           only
           by
           the
           right
           of
           Creation
           ,
           but
           of
           Donation
           .
           Thus
           Lands
           given
           to
           God
           are
           his
           ,
           and
           his
           more
           peculiarly
           ;
           so
           that
           his
           Priests
           and
           his
           Poor
           being
           sustained
           by
           them
           ,
           he
           calls
           it
           in
           a
           more
           peculiar
           manner
           ,
           
             his
             meat
             ,
             and
             his
             drink
             ,
             and
             his
             cloathing
             .
          
           And
           then
           ,
           if
           in
           point
           of
           acceptance
           with
           God
           ,
           there
           be
           a
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           feeding
           his
           Priests
           ,
           and
           feeding
           them
           that
           do
           him
           no
           service
           ,
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           as
           much
           difference
           betwixt
           Lands
           set
           out
           to
           that
           Sacred
           Use
           ,
           and
           Lands
           of
           a
           meer
           common
           employment
           .
        
         
           
             He
             gives
             a
             second
             Reason
          
           —
           Were
           Clergymen
           the
           
             Usu
             Fructuarii
          
           ,
           how
           come
           they
           to
           change
           ,
           dispose
           ,
           and
           alter
           the
           propriety
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           an
           
             Usu
             Fructuarii
          
           cannot
           do
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           done
           by
           them
           daily
           ?
        
         
           Yes
           ,
           they
           may
           change
           or
           dispose
           ,
           or
           alter
           many
           kinds
           of
           things
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           may
           an
           
             Vsa
             Fructuarii
          
           do
           )
           so
           that
           he
           wrong
           not
           his
           Lord
           ,
           by
           an
           Abuse
           done
           to
           his
           Propriety
           .
           Thus
           he
           may
           change
           his
           Corn
           into
           Cloathing
           ,
           or
           his
           Wooll
           into
           Books
           .
           Nay
           ,
           he
           may
           alter
           the
           very
           Propriety
           of
           his
           Possessions
           too
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           express
           leave
           of
           his
           Lord.
           And
           
           God
           himself
           did
           tell
           Levi
           ,
           
           that
           he
           was
           well
           content
           that
           men
           should
           alter
           some
           things
           that
           belonged
           unto
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           were
           to
           that
           Tribes
           advantage
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Letter
             goes
             on
          
           —
           Ask
           then
           by
           what
           Divine
           Law
           St.
           
           Mary's
           Church
           in
           Oxon
           may
           not
           be
           equally
           employed
           for
           Temporal
           Vses
           ,
           as
           for
           holding
           the
           Vicechancellor's
           Court
           ,
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           Convocation
           ,
           or
           the
           yearly
           Acts
           ?
        
         
           He
           might
           as
           well
           have
           asked
           ,
           Why
           not
           for
           Temporal
           Uses
           as
           for
           Temporal
           Uses
           ;
           for
           if
           these
           he
           means
           be
           not
           so
           ,
           his
           Argument
           is
           naught
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           be
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           well
           put
           down
           .
           His
           meaning
           surely
           was
           ,
           for
           other
           Temporal
           Uses
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           these
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           Church
           to
           any
           such
           kind
           of
           use
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           defended
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           excuse
           not
           the
           University
           ,
           especially
           She
           having
           had
           at
           least
           for
           a
           good
           time
           so
           many
           large
           places
           for
           these
           meetings
           :
           Yet
           something
           may
           be
           said
           for
           the
           Vicehancellor's
           Court
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           partly
           Episcopal
           ;
           something
           for
           the
           Act
           ,
           at
           least
           
             in
             Comitiis
          
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           partly
           Divinity
           ;
           but
           I
           had
           rather
           it
           should
           receive
           an
           amendment
           ,
           than
           an
           excuse
           ,
           though
           it
           follow
           not
           neither
           ,
           that
           because
           this
           Church
           is
           sometimes
           for
           some
           few
           hours
           abused
           ,
           therefore
           it
           may
           be
           always
           so
           ;
           as
           if
           because
           sometimes
           it
           is
           made
           a
           prophane
           Church
           ,
           therefore
           fit
           't
           were
           no
           Church
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           
             He
             proceeds
          
           —
           And
           for
           the
           Curses
           ,
           (
           those
           bugbear
           words
           )
           I
           could
           never
           yet
           learn
           ,
           that
           an
           unlawful
           Curse
           was
           any
           prejudice
           but
           to
           the
           Author
           ,
           of
           which
           sort
           these
           Curses
           must
           be
           ,
           which
           restrain
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           from
           exercising
           a
           lawful
           and
           undeniable
           Power
           ,
           which
           in
           instances
           would
           seem
           very
           ridiculous
           ,
           if
           any
           Curse
           should
           prejudice
           another
           lawful
           Right
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           such
           Curses
           have
           no
           warrant
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           No
           warrant
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ?
           I
           conceive
           there
           is
           a
           very
           clear
           one
           ,
           and
           Our
           Mother
           the
           Church
           commends
           it
           to
           the
           use
           of
           Her
           Sons
           ,
           in
           the
           express
           words
           of
           the
           Commination
           ,
           
             Cursed
             be
             he
             that
             removes
             the
             marks
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             Lands
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             all
             the
             People
             shall
             say
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           If
           he
           be
           accursed
           that
           wrongs
           his
           Neighbour
           in
           his
           Lands
           ,
           what
           shall
           he
           be
           ,
           
           that
           injures
           his
           God
           ?
           If
           a
           Curse
           light
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           publick
           Curse
           ,
           (
           confirmed
           by
           Amen
           ,
           made
           by
           all
           the
           People
           )
           who
           removes
           but
           the
           mark
           whereby
           his
           Neighbours
           Lands
           are
           distinguished
           ,
           sure
           a
           private
           Curse
           may
           be
           annexed
           by
           a
           Benefactor
           unto
           his
           Deed
           of
           Donation
           ,
           in
           case
           Men
           should
           rob
           the
           very
           Lands
           themselves
           that
           have
           been
           given
           to
           their
           Maker
           .
        
         
           That
           such
           Curses
           restrain
           the
           Parliament
           in
           their
           undeniable
           Right
           ,
           is
           (
           you
           have
           told
           me
           )
           but
           a
           great
           mistake
           :
           For
           though
           the
           Parliament
           may
           impunè
           (
           which
           in
           some
           case
           is
           called
           lawful
           )
           take
           away
           Church
           Lands
           ,
           yet
           the
           Church
           it self
           cannot
           do
           it
           justly
           without
           a
           Sin
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           greater
           Sin
           ,
           than
           removing
           a
           Land-mark
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           higher
           may
           follow
           it
           .
           Let
           the
           Epistler
           then
           take
           heed
           of
           those
           more
           than
           Bugbear
           words
           ,
           for
           believe
           it
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           in
           such
           Curses
           as
           these
           ,
           there
           is
           much
           more
           than
           Shows
           or
           Vizards
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           will
           give
           trust
           to
           any
           Stories
           at
           all
           ,
           many
           great
           men
           have
           sadly
           felt
           it
           .
        
         
           
             His
             last
             Argument
             is
          
           —
           Ask
           your
           Bishops
           ,
           Whether
           Church
           Lands
           may
           not
           lawfully
           (
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           States
           not
           prohibiting
           )
           be
           transferred
           from
           one
           Church
           to
           another
           ,
           upon
           emergent
           Occasions
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           they
           will
           not
           deny
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           who
           knows
           that
           the
           Parliament
           will
           transfer
           them
           to
           Lay-Lands
           ?
           They
           profess
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           not
           ,
           but
           continue
           them
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Ministry
           .
        
         
           I
           conceive
           the
           Bishops
           Answer
           would
           be
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           no
           Sacriledge
           to
           transfer
           Land
           from
           one
           Church
           to
           another
           ,
           but
           yet
           there
           may
           be
           much
           Rapine
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Dead
           may
           be
           violated
           ,
           and
           so
           Sin
           enough
           in
           the
           Action
           .
           Men
           may
           be
           injuriously
           put
           from
           the
           Estates
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           have
           as
           good
           Title
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           as
           these
           same
           Men
           that
           put
           them
           out
           .
           To
           say
           then
           that
           the
           Church
           Lands
           may
           be
           totally
           given
           up
           ,
           because
           the
           Epistler
           hopes
           the
           Parliament
           will
           commit
           no
           Sacriledge
           ,
           is
           a
           pretty
           way
           of
           persuasion
           ,
           and
           may
           equally
           work
           on
           him
           to
           give
           up
           his
           own
           Lands
           ,
           because
           he
           may
           as
           well
           hope
           to
           be
           re-estated
           again
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           Parliament
           will
           do
           no
           Injustice
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           having
           thus
           observed
           your
           Commands
           ,
           yet
           one
           thing
           more
           I
           shall
           adventure
           to
           crave
           your
           Patience
           in
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           to
           let
           you
           know
           ,
           That
           if
           this
           Epistler
           had
           been
           right
           in
           both
           his
           Conclusions
           —
           
             That
             Episcopacy
             is
             not
             of
             Divine
             Right
             ,
             and
             that
             Sacriledge
             is
             no
             Sin
          
           ;
           yet
           if
           you
           cast
           your
           Eyes
           upon
           His
           Majesties
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           wherein
           He
           is
           so
           strictly
           sworn
           to
           defend
           both
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           Lands
           and
           Possessions
           ,
           you
           would
           easily
           acknowledge
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           cannot
           yield
           to
           what
           this
           Letter
           aims
           at
           .
           And
           though
           I
           must
           needs
           guess
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Epistler
           knew
           well
           enough
           his
           Juratory
           Tye
           ,
           yet
           you
           will
           the
           less
           blame
           him
           for
           his
           concealment
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           not
           retain'd
           of
           the
           Churches
           Councel
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesties
           Oath
           you
           may
           find
           published
           by
           Himself
           ,
           in
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
           26
           May.
           It
           runs
           thus
           :
        
         
           
             Episcopus
             .
             ]
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Will
             You
             grant
             and
             keep
             ,
             and
             by
             Your
             Oath
             confirm
             unto
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             the
             Lavs
             and
             Customs
             to
             them
             granted
             by
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             ,
             Your
             Lawful
             and
             Religious
             Predecessors
             ;
             and
             namely
             ,
             the
             Laws
             ,
             Customs
             and
             Franchises
             granted
             to
             the
             Clergy
             by
             the
             Glorious
             King
             Edward
             Your
             Predecessor
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             true
             Profession
             of
             the
             Gospel
             established
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             Kings
             thereof
             ,
             and
             the
             ancient
             Customs
             of
             this
             Realm
             ?
          
        
         
           
             REX
             .
             ]
          
           
             I
             grant
             and
             promise
             to
             keep
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Episcopus
             .
             ]
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Will
             You
             keep
             Peace
             and
             godly
             Agreement
             intirely
             (
             according
             to
             Your
             Power
             )
             both
             to
             God
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Church
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             ?
          
        
         
           
             REX
             .
             ]
          
           
             I
             will
             keep
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Episcopus
             .
             ]
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Will
             You
             (
             to
             Your
             Power
             )
             couse
             Law
             ,
             Iustice
             and
             Discretion
             ,
             in
             Mercy
             and
             Truth
             to
             be
             exeruted
             in
             all
             Your
             Iudgments
             ?
          
        
         
           
             REX
             .
             ]
          
           
             I
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Episcopus
             .
             ]
          
           
             Will
             You
             grant
             to
             hold
             and
             keep
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             rightful
             Customs
             which
             the
             Commonalty
             of
             this
             Your
             Kingdom
             have
             ?
             And
             will
             You
             defend
             and
             uphold
             them
             ,
             to
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             You
             lieth
             ?
          
        
         
           
             REX
             .
          
           
             I
             grant
             and
             promise
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           one
           of
           the
           Bishops
           reads
           this
           Admonition
           to
           the
           King
           before
           the
           People
           ,
           with
           a
           loud
           voice
           :
        
         
           Our
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           we
           beseech
           You
           to
           pardon
           ,
           and
           grant
           and
           preserve
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Churches
           committed
           to
           our
           Charge
           ,
           all
           Canonical
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           due
           Law
           and
           Iustice
           :
           And
           that
           You
           would
           protect
           and
           defend
           us
           ,
           as
           every
           good
           King
           in
           His
           Kingdom
           ought
           to
           be
           Protector
           and
           Defender
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           under
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           King
           ariseth
           ,
           and
           is
           led
           to
           the
           Communion
           Table
           ,
           where
           He
           makes
           a
           Solemn
           Oath
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           His
           People
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Promises
           ,
           and
           laying
           His
           Hand
           upon
           the
           Book
           ,
           saith
           —
        
         
           The
           Things
           which
           I
           have
           before
           promised
           ,
           I
           shall
           perform
           and
           keep
           .
           So
           help
           me
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Book
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Clause
           (
           it
           is
           plain
           )
           He
           makes
           a
           promissory
           Oath
           to
           the
           whole
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           (
           a
           word
           that
           includes
           both
           Nobility
           ,
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           Commons
           )
           
             That
             He
             will
             keep
             and
             confirm
             their
             Laws
             and
             Customs
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           second
           ,
           He
           swears
           a
           particular
           Promise
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           
             That
             He
             will
             keep
             the
             Laws
             ,
             Customs
             and
             Franchises
             granted
             to
             the
             Clergy
             by
             the
             Glorious
             King
          
           Edward
           .
        
         
           And
           again
           (
           more
           plain
           in
           the
           fifth
           Clause
           )
           he
           makes
           the
           like
           promissory
           Oath
           to
           the
           Bishops
           alone
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Churches
           ,
           
             That
             He
             will
             preserve
             and
             maintain
             to
             them
             all
             Canonical
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             due
             Law
             and
             Iustice
             :
             And
             that
             He
             will
             be
             their
             Protector
             and
             Defender
             .
          
           Where
           since
           He
           swears
           Protection
           to
           the
           Bishops
           by
           Name
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           He
           
           swears
           to
           maintain
           their
           Orders
           :
           For
           he
           that
           swears
           he
           will
           take
           care
           ,
           that
           Bishops
           be
           preserved
           in
           such
           and
           such
           Rights
           ,
           must
           needs
           swear
           to
           take
           care
           ,
           that
           Bishops
           shall
           first
           be
           ,
           for
           their
           Rights
           must
           needs
           suppose
           their
           Essence
           .
        
         
           And
           where
           the
           King
           swears
           Defence
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           in
           a
           Royal
           Kingly
           way
           :
           
             Tu
             defende
             Me
             Gladio
             ,
             &
             Ego
             defendam
             Te
             Calamo
             ,
          
           is
           the
           well
           known
           Speech
           of
           a
           worthy
           Churchman
           to
           his
           Prince
           .
           For
           sure
           where
           Kings
           swear
           defence
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           think
           they
           swear
           to
           write
           Books
           in
           their
           behalf
           ,
           or
           to
           attempt
           to
           make
           it
           clear
           to
           their
           People
           ,
           That
           Episcopacy
           is
           
             Iure
             Divino
          
           :
           But
           a
           King
           (
           whose
           Propriety
           it
           is
           to
           bear
           the
           Sword
           )
           swears
           to
           bear
           it
           in
           defence
           of
           Bishops
           .
           For
           though
           it
           be
           against
           the
           very
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           that
           Religion
           should
           be
           planted
           and
           reformed
           by
           Blood
           ,
           yet
           when
           Christian
           Kings
           have
           by
           Law
           setled
           this
           Religion
           ,
           and
           sworn
           defence
           of
           those
           Persons
           that
           should
           preach
           it
           ,
           he
           ought
           sure
           to
           bear
           his
           Sword
           to
           defend
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           his
           Soul
           free
           from
           Perjury
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           by
           Canonical
           Priviledge
           that
           belong
           to
           them
           and
           their
           Churches
           ,
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           implied
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           several
           Orders
           ,
           (
           as
           that
           Bishops
           should
           be
           above
           Presbyters
           ,
           &c.
           )
           together
           with
           all
           the
           due
           Rights
           and
           Jurisdictions
           .
           And
           the
           words
           ,
           
             Due
             Law
             and
             Iustice
          
           ,
           cannot
           but
           import
           ,
           That
           His
           Majesty
           binds
           Himself
           to
           see
           that
           Justice
           be
           done
           to
           them
           and
           their
           Churches
           ,
           according
           to
           Law
           then
           in
           force
           when
           He
           took
           that
           Oath
           .
           And
           the
           King
           swears
           
             Protection
             and
             Defence
          
           ,
           that
           Clause
           must
           needs
           reach
           not
           only
           to
           their
           Persons
           ,
           but
           to
           their
           Rights
           and
           Estates
           ;
           for
           He
           swears
           not
           only
           to
           Men
           ,
           but
           to
           Men
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           to
           Bishops
           of
           their
           Churches
           .
           And
           whereas
           He
           swears
           to
           be
           their
           
             Protector
             and
             Defender
             ,
             to
             His
             Power
             ,
             in
             the
             Assistance
             of
             God
          
           ;
           those
           words
           ,
           
             To
             His
             Power
          
           ,
           may
           seem
           to
           acquit
           Him
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           if
           He
           fall
           into
           a
           condition
           wherein
           all
           Power
           is
           taken
           from
           Him.
           But
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           will
           prove
           that
           a
           mistake
           for
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Powers
           of
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ;
           Is
           His
           Negative
           in
           Parliament
           so
           ,
           that
           without
           Him
           no
           Law
           can
           be
           Enacted
           there
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           only
           the
           Power
           Royal
           that
           can
           make
           a
           Law
           to
           be
           Law
           ?
           So
           
           So
           that
           if
           the
           King
           should
           pass
           a
           Statute
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Churches
           Lands
           ,
           He
           protects
           it
           not
           to
           His
           Power
           :
           since
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           a
           Man
           lives
           and
           speaks
           ,
           he
           hath
           still
           power
           to
           say
           No
           :
           For
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           may
           be
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           ravisht
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           He
           may
           be
           no
           more
           guilty
           of
           the
           Crime
           ,
           than
           Lucretia
           was
           in
           her
           Rape
           ;
           for
           though
           a
           chaste
           Body
           may
           suffer
           Ravishment
           ,
           yet
           the
           strength
           of
           a
           Tarquin
           cannot
           possibly
           reach
           to
           Man's
           Will
           or
           Assent
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           all
           promissory
           Oaths
           made
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           that
           Party
           to
           whom
           we
           swear
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           Rule
           with
           Divines
           ,
           That
           they
           (
           of
           all
           others
           )
           do
           most
           strictly
           bind
           ,
           except
           then
           allow
           when
           Remission
           is
           made
           —
           
             Consensu
             illius
             cui
             facta
             est
             promissio
             .
          
           So
           although
           the
           King
           swear
           to
           the
           People
           of
           
             England
             ,
             That
             He
             will
             keep
             and
             preserve
             their
             Laws
             ,
          
           yet
           if
           upon
           their
           common
           desires
           these
           Laws
           be
           either
           abrogated
           ,
           or
           altered
           ,
           't
           is
           clear
           that
           Oath
           binds
           no
           farther
           ,
           because
           a
           Remission
           is
           made
           by
           their
           own
           consent
           who
           desired
           that
           Promise
           from
           Him.
           And
           upon
           this
           ground
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           King
           swears
           to
           observe
           the
           Laws
           only
           
             in
             Sensu
             composito
          
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           are
           Laws
           ;
           but
           should
           this
           desire
           either
           to
           alter
           or
           abrogate
           either
           Law
           or
           Priviledge
           ,
           proceed
           from
           any
           other
           but
           from
           them
           alone
           to
           whose
           benefit
           He
           was
           sworn
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           all
           Justice
           ,
           that
           by
           such
           an
           Act
           or
           Desire
           ,
           His
           Oath
           receives
           no
           remission
           ;
           for
           the
           foundation
           of
           this
           Promissory
           is
           the
           Oath
           He
           was
           sworn
           to
           ,
           and
           it
           cannot
           be
           remitted
           but
           by
           them
           alone
           for
           whose
           sakes
           it
           was
           taken
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           (
           in
           the
           second
           Part
           of
           the
           first
           Clause
           ,
           and
           more
           plainly
           in
           the
           fifth
           )
           He
           swears
           a
           benefit
           unto
           the
           Bishops
           alone
           in
           behalf
           of
           them
           and
           their
           Churches
           ,
           't
           is
           apparent
           this
           Oath
           must
           perpetually
           bind
           ,
           except
           a
           remission
           can
           be
           obtained
           from
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Churches
           He
           was
           sworn
           to
           .
        
         
           This
           then
           must
           be
           confessed
           to
           be
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Oath
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           King
           hath
           first
           sworn
           in
           general
           ,
           
             to
             grant
             ,
             keep
             and
             confirm
             the
             Laws
             and
             Customs
             of
             the
             People
             of
          
           England
           ,
           He
           farther
           yet
           swears
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           
             to
             preserve
             their
             Laws
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
          
           and
           since
           these
           are
           not
           able
           to
           make
           a
           Negative
           in
           
           Parliament
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Clergy
           may
           be
           easily
           swallowed
           up
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Lords
           ;
           therefore
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           ,
           they
           have
           obtained
           an
           Oath
           to
           be
           made
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           being
           for
           their
           particular
           benefit
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           remitted
           without
           their
           express
           Consent
           :
           So
           that
           although
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           being
           once
           passed
           by
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           both
           Houses
           ,
           it
           doth
           (
           Sir
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           told
           me
           our
           Lawyers
           say
           )
           bind
           the
           whole
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           whole
           People
           ,
           as
           it
           includes
           the
           Clergy
           too
           ;
           yet
           it
           concerns
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           His
           Oath
           ,
           to
           give
           His
           Vote
           to
           no
           such
           Act
           as
           shall
           prejudice
           what
           He
           hath
           formerly
           sworn
           unto
           them
           ,
           except
           He
           can
           first
           obtain
           their
           express
           Consent
           ,
           that
           He
           may
           be
           thereby
           freed
           from
           His
           Juratory
           Obligation
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Consent
           given
           by
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           Clergy
           is
           tacitly
           implied
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           (
           say
           our
           Lawyers
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           told
           me
           Sir
           )
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Powers
           obligatory
           ,
           which
           an
           Act
           so
           passed
           obtains
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           affirm
           ,
           That
           it
           shall
           strongly
           bind
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           themselves
           had
           in
           express
           terms
           consented
           to
           it
           ,
           although
           Bishops
           being
           debarr'd
           from
           the
           Votes
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           neither
           they
           nor
           their
           inferiour
           Clergy
           having
           made
           choice
           of
           any
           to
           represent
           them
           in
           that
           great
           Council
           ,
           their
           Consent
           can
           be
           in
           no
           fair
           sense
           said
           to
           be
           involved
           in
           such
           Acts
           as
           are
           done
           ,
           as
           well
           without
           their
           Representative
           Presence
           ,
           as
           their
           Personal
           .
           But
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           such
           tacit
           Consent
           (
           though
           it
           be
           indeed
           against
           their
           express
           Wills
           )
           can
           have
           a
           Power
           remissory
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           absolve
           Him
           of
           His
           Oath
           ?
           He
           that
           affirms
           it
           must
           resolve
           to
           meet
           with
           this
           great
           Absurdity
           ,
           that
           although
           besides
           His
           general
           Oath
           to
           all
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           be
           in
           particular
           sworn
           ot
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           yet
           they
           obtain
           no
           more
           benefit
           by
           this
           ,
           than
           if
           He
           had
           sworn
           only
           in
           general
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           little
           Draught
           ,
           Oaths
           are
           multiplied
           without
           necessity
           ;
           nay
           ,
           without
           signification
           at
           all
           :
           And
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           fourth
           Clause
           ,
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           more
           painful
           Draught
           of
           superfluous
           Tautologies
           .
        
         
         
           For
           His
           yielding
           to
           the
           two
           first
           Lines
           ,
           swears
           Him
           
             to
             keep
             and
             to
             confirm
             the
             Laws
             and
             Customs
             of
             the
             whole
             People
             of
          
           England
           ;
           which
           word
           People
           ,
           includes
           those
           of
           the
           Clergy
           too
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           general
           their
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           are
           confirm'd
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           and
           so
           confirm'd
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           shaken
           ,
           but
           at
           least
           by
           their
           tacit
           Consent
           in
           Parliamentary
           way
           :
           And
           since
           the
           King
           condescends
           to
           afford
           to
           their
           Rights
           a
           more
           particular
           Juratory
           Tye
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           but
           it
           binds
           in
           a
           way
           too
           that
           's
           more
           particular
           ;
           so
           that
           His
           Majesty
           cannot
           expect
           a
           remission
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           without
           the
           Consent
           clearly
           expressed
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           when
           the
           King
           swears
           to
           keep
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           whole
           People
           in
           general
           ,
           He
           can
           by
           no
           means
           acquire
           a
           remission
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           express
           Consent
           of
           the
           People
           .
           So
           when
           in
           particular
           He
           swears
           unto
           the
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           this
           Oath
           must
           needs
           bind
           ,
           until
           it
           be
           remitted
           in
           an
           express
           Form
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           whole
           Clergy
           themselves
           ,
           or
           by
           some
           Body
           of
           Men
           (
           at
           least
           )
           that
           represents
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           quatenus
           a
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           as
           they
           are
           involved
           in
           that
           great
           Body
           of
           the
           People
           .
           So
           that
           he
           that
           presumes
           to
           persuade
           His
           Majesty
           to
           pass
           any
           Act
           in
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Body
           ,
           (
           to
           whom
           He
           is
           thus
           sworn
           )
           without
           their
           express
           Consent
           first
           obtained
           ,
           counsels
           Him
           that
           which
           is
           both
           injurious
           to
           his
           Fellow
           Subjects
           ;
           nay
           ,
           which
           is
           indeed
           a
           most
           damnable
           wickedness
           against
           the
           very
           Soul
           of
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           SIR
           ,
           As
           I
           conceive
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           plain
           enough
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           Parliament
           should
           destroy
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Houses
           in
           that
           Act
           will
           run
           themselves
           into
           two
           Sins
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesty
           into
           three
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           Supposition
           the
           Epistler
           and
           I
           have
           agreed
           ;
           
             I
             do
             not
             think
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             that
             Convenience
             or
             Necessity
             will
             excuse
             Conscience
             in
             a
             thing
             in
             it self
             unlawful
             :
          
           And
           before
           that
           ,
           he
           calls
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Tenent
           of
           the
           Romanist
           ,
           or
           
             Iesuited
             Puritan
          
           ;
           only
           I
           will
           beseech
           him
           for
           his
           own
           Souls
           sake
           ,
           to
           consider
           how
           great
           a
           Scandal
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           such
           Sins
           as
           these
           :
           For
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           that
           Durand
           offended
           more
           ,
           in
           
           holding
           that
           Fornication
           was
           no
           Sin
           against
           the
           Law
           natural
           ,
           than
           Sechem
           did
           (
           who
           was
           only
           under
           that
           Law
           )
           in
           his
           lust
           upon
           old
           
           Iacob's
           Daughter
           ;
           for
           
             Fraudem
             legi
             facere
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           the
           Civilian
           )
           is
           worse
           than
           
             Legem
             violare
          
           .
           It
           argues
           a
           more
           unsubject-like
           disposition
           ,
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           put
           Tricks
           and
           Fallacies
           upon
           his
           Princes
           Laws
           ,
           than
           to
           run
           himself
           into
           a
           downright
           Violation
           :
           And
           God
           (
           we
           know
           )
           is
           a
           King
           ;
           
             I
             am
             a
             great
             King
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             and
             a
             King
             in
             whose
             hands
             is
             a
             vengeance
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           SIR
           ,
           we
           are
           thus
           put
           into
           a
           very
           sad
           Condition
           ,
           when
           the
           only
           Option
           that
           seems
           left
           us
           now
           ,
           is
           either
           to
           chuse
           Sin
           or
           Ruine
           ;
           but
           yet
           (
           if
           well
           us'd
           )
           't
           is
           a
           Condition
           glorious
           ,
           a
           Condition
           in
           which
           all
           that
           Noble
           Army
           of
           Martyrs
           stood
           ,
           before
           they
           could
           come
           at
           Martyrdom
           .
           And
           if
           in
           preparation
           of
           mind
           ,
           we
           thus
           lay
           our
           Lives
           down
           at
           the
           Feet
           of
           Christ
           ,
           I
           am
           undoubtedly
           persuaded
           it
           is
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           preserve
           them
           ;
           for
           this
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           too
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           Glories
           sake
           ,
           he
           oft
           effects
           to
           save
           them
           who
           have
           lost
           both
           their
           strength
           and
           hopes
           :
           But
           to
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           whom
           I
           know
           so
           well
           ,
           such
           Persuasions
           as
           these
           are
           needless
           .
           I
           rest
        
         
           
             Your
             very
             Faithful
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61495-e480
           
             M.
             I.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Hagg.
             1
             4.
             
             &
             6.
             
             Mat.
             25.
             
          
           
             Aquin.
             22.
             
             Acts
             1.
             
          
           
             Gell.
             l.
             11.
             l.
             ult
             .
          
           
             F.
             l.
             v.
             1.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             27.
             13.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             27.
             17.
             
          
           
             1646.