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             State-divinity, or, A supplement to The relaps'd apostate wherein is prosecuted the discovery of the present design against the King, the Parliament, and the publick peace, in notes upon some late Presbyterian pamphlets / by Roger L'Estrange.
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           State-Divinity
           ;
           OR
           A
           SUPPLEMENT
           TO
           The
           Relaps'd
           Apostate
           .
           WHEREIN
           Is
           prosecuted
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           present
           Design
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           :
           In
           NOTES
           upon
           some
           late
           Presbyterian
           Pamphlets
           ,
        
         
           By
           ROGER
           L'ESTRANGE
           .
        
         
           
             Mon
             eant
             vos
             utriusque
             fortunae
             documenta
             ,
             nè
             contumaciam
             cum
             pernicie
             ,
             quam
             obsequium
             cum
             securitate
             malitis
             ;
          
           
             
               Tacit.
               Hist.
               lib.
            
             4.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           Ivy-lane
           .
           M.
           DC
           .
           LXI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           HE
           that
           troubles
           himself
           ,
           because
           he
           cannot
           please
           others
           ,
           doubtlesse
           wants
           either
           Brains
           ,
           or
           Business
           :
           He
           shall
           
             Live
             Miserable
          
           ,
           and
           Dye
           with
           an
           Apology
           betwixt
           his
           Teeth
           .
           I
           think
           I
           am
           here
           upon
           my
           Duty
           ;
           and
           till
           the
           King
           says
           Hold
           ,
           I
           'll
           follow
           it
           ,
           (
           to
           whose
           Authority
           ,
           I
           ow
           my
           Breath
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           my
           Obedience
           .
           )
        
         
           The
           Presbyterian
           Faction
           (
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           the
           
             Commission'd
             
             Divines
          
           )
           have
           of
           late
           scattered
           several
           Libels
           ,
           reflecting
           dishonourably
           upon
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           —
           the
           
             Church
             ,
             —
             Parliamentary
             Power
          
           ,
           —
           This
           Parliament
           in
           Being
           ;
           —
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           arguing
           from
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           
             Late
             War
          
           ,
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           Another
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           First
           of
           Four
           ,
           I
           return'd
           an
           Answer
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             the
             Relaps'd
             Apostate
          
           :
           This
           Supplement
           ,
           was
           particularly
           occasion'd
           by
           One
           of
           the
           other
           Three
           ,
           entitled
           
             Two
             Papers
             of
             Proposals
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
          
           wherein
           their
           Designs
           upon
           the
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           are
           more
           avow'd
           ,
           and
           open
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           Rest.
           Should
           These
           
             Seditious
             Papers
          
           pass
           un-controul'd
           ,
           't
           would
           make
           either
           their
           Party
           ;
           
           or
           their
           Arguments
           seem
           more
           considerable
           then
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           foul
           my
           Paper
           ,
           with
           the
           extravagancies
           of
           their
           Rage
           against
           me
           ;
           but
           in
           their
           Intervals
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           as
           Sober
           ,
           as
           
             other
             people
          
           are
           when
           they
           are
           Mad.
           )
        
         
           Thus
           they
           Object
           against
           my
           Pamphlet
           ;
           
             There
             's
             too
             much
          
           Fooling
           
             in
             't
             :
             and
             too
             much
          
           Railing
           ,
           (
           They
           do
           well
           to
           vilifie
           what
           they
           cannot
           Answer
           .
           )
        
         
           They
           are
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           my
           Design
           was
           to
           expose
           their
           Practices
           ,
           and
           Arguments
           to
           the
           People
           ;
           toward
           whom
           ,
           whoever
           Sauces
           not
           his
           Earnest
           with
           a
           Tang
           of
           Fooling
           ,
           misses
           his
           Marque
           ;
           fot
           't
           is
           not
           less
           necessary
           to
           make
           a
           
             Faction
             Ridiculous
          
           ,
           then
           Hateful
           ;
           their
           
           Power
           is
           Then
           gone
           too
           ;
           and
           Then
           they
           are
           lost
           ;
           whereas
           they
           'd
           make
           a
           shift
           without
           the
           Peoples
           Love.
           
        
         
           For
           Rayling
           ;
           I
           confess
           I
           was
           never
           taught
           in
           the
           Presbyterian-School
           ;
           —
           where
           they
           call
           
             foul
             things
          
           by
           
             fine
             names
          
           .
           Sometimes
           perhaps
           I
           call
           their
           Combination
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Law
           Christen'd
           it
           )
           Treason
           :
           —
           
             Spilling
             of
             Innocent
             Bloud
          
           ;
           —
           Murther
           .
           
             Taking
             away
             an
             Honest
             mans
             Estate
             ,
          
           Robbery
           .
           
             Rifling
             of
             Churches
          
           ,
           Sacrilege
           ,
           &c.
           —
        
         
           They
           have
           indeed
           a
           
             cleanlier
             Idiome
          
           for
           these
           Matters
           .
           A
           Treacherous
           Confederacy
           they
           call
           a
           
             Holy
             Covenant
             .
             Murther
          
           forsooth
           ,
           is
           Justice
           upon
           
             Delinquents
             .
             Notorious
             Robbery
          
           ,
           
           passes
           for
           
             Sequestration
             .
             Rifling
          
           of
           Churches
           ,
           is
           but
           demolishing
           of
           the
           high-Places
           .
        
         
           Was
           the
           Murther
           of
           the
           
             late
             King
          
           ever
           the
           less
           execrable
           ,
           because
           the
           Scaffold
           was
           hung
           with
           Black
           ?
           The
           
             bloudy
             Reformation
          
           ever
           the
           less
           Impious
           ,
           because
           't
           was
           dress'd
           up
           with
           Texts
           ,
           and
           Covenants
           ?
           Or
           Judas
           the
           less
           Treacherous
           for
           doing
           his
           business
           with
           a
           Kiss
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           is
           the
           greater
           shame
           :
           for
           Them
           to
           Act
           these
           Crimes
           ,
           or
           for
           Us
           ,
           to
           Name
           them
           ?
        
         
           Let
           no
           
             Converted
             ,
             Honest
             Presbyterian
          
           take
           this
           to
           himself
           ,
           which
           is
           Intended
           only
           to
           the
           Guilty
           .
        
         
           
             
               Decemb.
               4.
               1661.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           STATE-DIVINITY
           :
           OR
           A
           SUPPLEMENT
           TO
           The
           Relaps'd
           Apostate
           .
        
         
           HE
           that
           disputes
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Claim
          
           ,
           does
           the
           Question
           more
           Honour
           then
           he
           does
           Himself
           :
           yet
           for
           their
           simple
           sakes
           that
           believe
           Iustice
           goes
           always
           with
           the
           Cry
           ,
           and
           measure
           Reason
           by
           the
           Bulk
           ;
           the
           
             Holy
             Discipline
          
           has
           received
           many
           a
           Fair
           
             Confutation
             .
             Silenc'd
          
           it
           is
           not
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           Brethren
           have
           nothing
           to
           Say
           ,
           they
           Talk
           on
           still
           ,
           and
           truly
           to
           make
           
             Iohn
             Calvin
             speak
          
           
           in
           his
           Grave
           ,
           were
           not
           much
           harder
           then
           to
           make
           any
           of
           
             his
             Disciples
             hold
             their
             Tongues
          
           while
           they
           are
           alive
           .
        
         
           A
           man
           Sleeps
           over
           their
           Arguments
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           Flat
           ,
           and
           Spiritlesse
           ;
           And
           I
           'm
           scarce
           well
           awake
           yet
           ,
           since
           my
           last
           Answer
           to
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           till
           I
           hear
           something
           back
           again
           ,
           I
           hold
           my self
           discharg'd
           even
           upon
           That
           account
           ,
           from
           any
           further
           search
           into
           the
           Controversie
           .
        
         
           In
           truth
           ,
           as
           the
           case
           stands
           ,
           to
           Controvert
           their
           Government
           ,
           were
           to
           begin
           at
           the
           
             wrong
             end
          
           ;
           we
           'll
           take
           a
           nearer
           Cut
           ,
           and
           challenge
           them
           ,
           First
           ,
           as
           Criminals
           against
           the
           State
           :
           when
           they
           have
           avoided
           
             That
             Charge
          
           ,
           we
           'll
           deal
           with
           them
           again
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           Conscience
           .
           Their
           Charge
           shall
           be
           Plain
           and
           Short.
           
        
         
           They
           Invade
           the
           
             Kings
             Authority
          
           :
           —
           The
           setled
           Law
           :
           —
           And
           the
           Power
           of
           
           Parliaments
           .
           They
           affront
           the
           Parliament
           
             Now
             Sitting
          
           :
           —
           Threaten
           the
           Publique
           Peace
           :
           Iustifie
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           1
           6
           4
           1.
           and
           Provoke
           
             Another
             .
             —
             Here
             't
             is
             ,
             in
          
           Brief
           ,
           
             and
             we
             'll
             run
             it
             over
             in
             as
             good
             order
          
           as
           we
           can
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           Invade
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           .
        
         
           They
           Indict
           
             Fasts
             ;
             —
             Disclaim
             the
             Soveraign
             Power
          
           in
           things
           Indifferent
           ;
           
           and
           without
           
           Warrant
           or
           Pretence
           ,
           they
           vilifie
           ,
           and
           
             cast
             out
          
           the
           
             Establish'd
             Form
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           make
           Another
           :
        
         
           But
           This
           they
           'll
           tell
           ye
           is
           the
           Language
           of
           
             the
             Sons
             of
             Scandal
          
           :
           we
           'll
           strike
           it
           off
           the
           score
           then
           ;
           and
           Try
           the
           
             Babes
             of
             Grace
          
           by
           a
           Iury
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Tribe
          
           .
           They
           can
           but
           ask
           to
           be
           both
           Parties
           and
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           That
           we
           'll
           Grant
           them
           .
           The
           
             Able
             Teachers
          
           shall
           sit
           upon
           the
           
             Faithful
             Pastors
          
           :
           —
           R.
           shall
           Try
           
             B.
             —
             E.
             C.
             —
             T.
             M.
             —
             W.
             I.
             
          
        
         
           Hear
           now
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Reformed
           and
           
             Reforming
             Crew
          
           ,
           to
           His
           
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           .
        
         
           
             [
             A
          
           ]
           WHether
           the
           Covenant
           were
           lawfully
           imposed
           or
           not
           .
           
           
             [
             B
          
           ]
           We
           are
           assured
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           
             Vow
             to
             God
          
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Case
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
             Zedekiah
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           a
           terrible
           thing
           of
           us
           to
           violate
           it
           on
           that
           pretence
           .
           
             [
             C
          
           ]
           Though
           we
           are
           far
           from
           thinking
           that
           it
           obligeth
           us
           to
           any
           evil
           ,
           or
           to
           go
           beyond
           our
           places
           and
           callings
           to
           do
           good
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           resist
           Authority
           (
           to
           which
           it
           doth
           oblige
           us
           )
           yet
           doth
           it
           undoubtedly
           bind
           us
           to
           forbear
           our
           own
           consent
           to
           those
           luxuriances
           of
           Church-Government
           which
           we
           there
           renounced
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           no
           
             Divine
             Institution
          
           can
           be
           pretended
           .
           
             [
             D
          
           ]
           Not
           presuming
           to
           meddle
           with
           the
           Consciences
           of
           those
           many
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           adhered
           to
           his
           late
           
           Majesty
           in
           the
           late
           
             Unhappy
             Wars
          
           ,
           who
           at
           their
           Composition
           took
           this
           Vow
           and
           Covenant
           .
           We
           only
           crave
           your
           Majesties
           clemency
           to
           our selves
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           believe
           themselves
           to
           be
           under
           its
           obligations
           .
           And
           God
           forbid
           that
           we
           that
           are
           the
           
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             Truth
          
           should
           do
           any
           thing
           to
           encourage
           your
           Majesties
           Subjects
           to
           cast
           off
           the
           
             Conscience
             of
             an
             Oath
             .
             [
             E
             ]
          
           Till
           the
           Covenant
           was
           decried
           as
           an
           
             Almanack
             out
             of
             date
          
           ,
           and
           its
           obligation
           taken
           to
           be
           null
           ,
           that
           
             odious
             Fact
          
           could
           never
           have
           been
           perpetrated
           against
           your
           Royal
           Father
           ,
           nor
           your
           Majesty
           have
           been
           so
           long
           expulsed
           from
           your
           Dominions
           .
           And
           the
           obligation
           of
           the
           Covenant
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           weakest
           Instrument
           of
           your
           
             Return
             .
             [
             F
          
           ]
           We
           therefore
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Majesty
           (
           with
           greater
           importunity
           than
           we
           think
           we
           should
           do
           for
           our
           Lives
           )
           That
           you
           would
           have
           mercy
           on
           the
           Souls
           and
           Consciences
           of
           your
           People
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           tempted
           to
           the
           violation
           of
           such
           
             solemn
             Vows
          
           ,
           and
           this
           for
           nothing
           ,
           when
           an
           expedient
           is
           before
           you
           that
           will
           avoid
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           detriment
           to
           the
           Church
           ;
           nay
           ,
           to
           its
           honour
           and
           advancement
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           Ink
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           soul
           of
           
             Presbytery
             ,
             Distill'd
          
           :
           and
           Tinctur'd
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Fraud
           ,
           and
           Disobedience
           .
           We
           'll
           Taste
           it
           ,
           Drop
           ,
           by
           Drop
           .
        
         
         
           
             [
             A
          
           ]
           VVHether
           the
           Covenant
           were
           lawfully
           imposed
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             NOTE
             I.
             
          
           
             A
             Doubtful
             point
             indeed
             :
             —
             a
             very
             pretty
             ,
             and
             a
             
               pleasant
               Question
            
             left
             unresolv'd
             ,
             when
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             this
             sitting
             Parliament
             the
             
               Institution's
               Damn'd
            
             ,
             and
             the
             final
             Decision
             of
             the
             Case
             committed
             to
             the
             
               Common
               Hangman
            
             .
             Well
             :
             Forward
             .
          
           
             
               [
               B
            
             ]
             VVE
             are
             assur'd
             from
             the
             Nature
             of
             a
             Vow
             to
             God
             ;
             
             and
             from
             the
             Case
             of
             
               Saul
               ,
               Zedekiah
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             a
             terrible
             thing
             to
             us
             to
             violate
             it
             on
             that
             pretence
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             II.
             
          
           
             MArque
             now
             the
             
               miserable
               shift
            
             these
             people
             make
             ;
             how
             Ignorant
             they
             are
             even
             in
             their
             Own
             Trade
             :
             for
             ,
             
               Art
               there
               is
               in
               dawbing
               .
               They
               must
               not
               Violate
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               upon
               protence
               of
               Vnlawful
               Institution
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             The
             Question
             is
             not
             Here
             ;
             the
             Lawfulness
             ,
             
             or
             Vnlawfulness
             of
             the
             
               Power
               Imposing
            
             ;
             
             but
             the
             Liberty
             of
             the
             
               Party
               Swearing
            
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Drift
             ,
             and
             Subject
             of
             the
             Oath
             .
             Suppose
             the
             Enforcers
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             had
             press'd
             a
             General
             Oath
             upon
             the
             Nation
             obliging
             every
             Man
             only
             
               to
               wash
               his
               hands
               before
               he
               went
               to
               Dinner
               .
            
             The
             Imposition
             had
             been
             Vnlawful
             :
             —
             as
             
               the
               Act
               of
               an
               Vsurping
               Power
               .
            
             The
             Taking
             of
             it
             had
             been
             unlawful
             likewise
             ,
             as
             ,
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             an
             Allowance
             of
             that
             Usurpation
             :
             —
             Yet
             having
             sworn
             to
             do
             a
             thing
             ,
             at
             my
             own
             choyce
             to
             Do
             ,
             or
             
               let
               alone
            
             ,
             till
             I
             had
             bound
             my self
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             That
             
             Oath
             's
             obliging
             ;
             yet
             not
             
               so
               Binding
            
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             subsequent
             Command
             from
             the
             Supreme
             ,
             and
             
               Legal
               Magistrate
            
             That
             Obligation
             may
             be
             Cancell'd
             .
             The
             Reason's
             This.
             I
             cannot
             dispose
             of
             
               anothers
               Right
            
             ;
             of
             my
             
               Own
               I
               may
            
             .
             My
             Oath
             cannot
             operate
             beyond
             my
             Power
             ,
             and
             Freedom
             ;
             so
             far
             as
             I
             am
             Free
             ,
             it
             binds
             me
             ,
             but
             where
             my
             Superiour
             thinks
             fit
             to
             determine
             That
             Freedom
             ,
             
             the
             Bond
             ceases
             .
             Parentes
             (
             says
             
               Amesius
               )
               Mariti
               ,
               Domini
               ,
               Principes
               ,
               irrita
               pronunciare
               possunt
               ,
               vel
               Iuramenta
               ,
               vel
               Vota
               ,
               à
               Filiis
               ,
               Vxoribus
               ,
               Servis
               ,
               Subditis
               facta
               ,
               sine
               ipsorum
               Consensu
               ,
               in
               iis
               Rebus
               ,
               quae
               ipsorum
               Potestati
               subiiciuntur
               .
               ]
            
             Fathers
             ,
             Husbands
             ,
             Masters
             ,
             and
             Princes
             ,
             may
             disengage
             their
             Children
             ,
             Wives
             ,
             Servants
             ,
             and
             Subjects
             ,
             from
             what
             Oaths
             or
             Vowes-soever
             contracted
             without
             their
             consent
             ,
             touching
             
             matters
             subjected
             to
             their
             Authority
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             their
             Cases
             of
             Saul
             ,
             and
             Zedekiah
             :
             The
             former
             whereof
             is
             of
             so
             wilde
             an
             Application
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             they
             drive
             at
             in
             it
             ;
             The
             Other
             I
             confess
             is
             a
             little
             more
             perspicuously
             beside
             the
             purpose
             .
          
           
             In
             our
             Case
             ,
             
               the
               People
               enter
               into
               a
               Covenant
               ,
               without
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               King
            
             ;
             What
             passage
             in
             the
             story
             of
             Saul
             our
             Reformers
             intend
             for
             a
             Match
             to
             This
             ,
             I
             cannot
             Imagine
             .
          
           
             
               Saul
               binds
               the
               People
               by
               an
               Oath
               to
               fast
               till
               Evening
            
             ;
             
             (
             1
             Sam.
             14.
             24.
             )
             Ionathan
             knowing
             nothing
             of
             the
             
               Oath
               tasts
            
             a
             little
             
               Hony
               (
               v.
               27.
               )
               Saul
            
             for
             This
             resolves
             to
             put
             Ionathan
             to
             
               death
               ;
               (
               v.
               44.
            
             )
             and
             the
             
               People
               rescue
            
             him
             .
             
               What
               's
               this
               to
               us
            
             ?
             Wee
             'll
             try
             again
             .
          
           
             
               Ionathan
               and
               David
               made
               a
               Covenant
               :
            
             1
             Sam.
             18.
             3.
             
             (
             No
             
               Scotch
               Covenant
            
             I
             hope
             )
             The
             business
             was
             This
             ;
             David
             had
             newly
             kill'd
             the
             Philistim
             ,
             and
             Ionathan
             transported
             with
             the
             Bravery
             of
             the
             Person
             ,
             and
             the
             Action
             ,
             strikes
             a
             League
             of
             Friendship
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             
               Davids
               Victory
            
             being
             celebrated
             in
             a
             Popular
             and
             
               Triumphal
               Song
            
             ,
             that
             
               [
               Saul
               had
               slain
               his
               Thousand
               ,
               and
               David
               his
               Ten
               Thousand
               ]
               from
               that
               day
               forward
            
             (
             says
             the
             Text
             )
             
               Saul
               had
               an
               eye
               upon
               David
               .
            
             1
             Sam.
             18.
             9.
             ]
             Ionathan
             
             acquaints
             David
             with
             his
             Fathers
             evil
             purpose
             ,
             David
             minds
             Ionathan
             of
             his
             
               Covenant
               of
               Friendship
            
             .
             (
             1
             Sam.
             20.
             8.
             
             )
             and
             in
             the
             42.
             verse
             of
             the
             same
             chapter
             ,
             the
             Covenant
             is
             explayn'd
             .
             
               [
               Ionathan
               said
               to
               David
               ,
               Go
               in
               peace
               :
               that
               which
               we
               have
               sworn
               both
               of
               us
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               (
               saying
               ,
            
             The
             Lord
             be
             between
             thee
             and
             me
             ,
             and
             between
             thy
             seed
             ,
             and
             my
             seed
             ;
             )
             
               lot
               it
               stand
               for
               ever
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             Thus
             far
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             Proportion
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             a
             
               Personal
               Covenant
            
             ,
             extending
             onely
             to
             matter
             of
             Kindness
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             a
             
               Publique
               League
            
             ,
             of
             Opposition
             ,
             and
             of
             Violence
             .
          
           
             Since
             This
             is
             nothing
             to
             our
             business
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             That
             which
             follows
             ,
             or
             nothing
             at
             all
             :
             Now
             see
             the
             Sequele
             ;
             which
             ,
             if
             any
             thing
             ,
             makes
             the
             Case
             worse
             .
          
           
             
               David
               flees
            
             (
             Chap.
             22.
             )
             and
             a
             
               malecontented
               Party
            
             gathers
             to
             him
             .
             
               Saul
               Hunts
               him
               ;
               Ionathan
            
             finds
             him
             in
             the
             Wood
             ,
             and
             comforts
             him
             ,
             saying
             
               Fear
               not
               ,
               for
               the
               hand
               of
               Saul
               my
               Father
               shall
               not
               find
               thee
               .
            
             (
             here
             's
             no
             Resistance
             .
             )
             
               So
               they
               twain
               made
               a
               Covenant
               before
               the
               Lord
               &c.
               ]
            
          
           
             During
             the
             League
             betwixt
             this
             Pair
             of
             Noble
             Friends
             ,
             
               David
               asks
               Counsel
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             in
             all
             his
             
               Publique
               Actions
               ;
               [
               Shall
               I
               go
               and
               smite
               the
               Philistins
               ?
               ]
            
             (
             Chapt.
             23.
             verse
             2.
             )
             
               and
               the
               Lord
               answer'd
            
             David
             ,
             
               Go
               
               and
               smite
               the
            
             Philistines
             ,
             
               and
               save
            
             Keilah
             .
             ]
             
               David
               discomfits
            
             the
             Philistines
             ,
             and
             saves
             
               Keilah
               :
               Saul
            
             marches
             towards
             him
             ,
             David
             again
             applies
             himself
             to
             God
             to
             know
             if
             the
             men
             of
             Keilah
             would
             deliver
             him
             up
             or
             no
             ?
             it
             was
             returned
             ,
             
               they
               would
            
             .
             So
             David
             fled
             ,
             and
             afterward
             had
             Saul
             twice
             at
             his
             mercy
             ,
             whom
             as
             the
             
               Lords
               Anointed
            
             ,
             he
             still
             feared
             to
             touch
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             here
             trac'd
             the
             story
             at
             Length
             ,
             and
             now
             let
             the
             Reformers
             chuse
             what
             use
             they
             'll
             make
             of
             it
             .
             This
             part
             of
             Scripture
             has
             been
             often
             tortur'd
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             they
             might
             as
             well
             have
             quoted
             an
             Indenture
             ;
             so
             that
             either
             the
             Reformers
             business
             is
             to
             justifie
             the
             Quarrel
             ,
             or
             to
             abuse
             the
             Bible
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             Case
             of
             Zedekiah
             ,
             
             take
             it
             in
             short
             .
             Ierusalem
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             King
             of
             Babel
             ,
             and
             Zedekiah
             carried
             away
             Prisoner
             ,
             his
             Eyes
             being
             first
             put
             out
             by
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
               .
               Zedekiah
               Rebelled
            
             (
             says
             the
             Text
             )
             
               against
               the
               King
               of
               Babel
            
             ,
             (
             2
             Kings
             24.
             29.
             
             )
             who
             made
             him
             King
             in
             the
             stead
             of
             Iehojakim
             ,
             his
             
               Vncle
               ,
               who
               was
               carried
               away
               in
               Captivity
               from
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             to
             Babel
             .
             The
             Provocations
             to
             that
             Iudgement
             are
             found
             at
             large
             in
             the
             Prophet
             Ieremiah
             ,
             to
             be
             
               These
               ;
               Idolatry
               ,
               Rebellion
            
             ,
             and
             
               Breach
               of
               Covenant
            
             :
             But
             
               Breach
               of
               Covenant
            
             is
             the
             Question
             ,
             and
             
             Zedekiah's
             the
             Case
             .
             Agreed
             .
          
           
           
             13.
             
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             I
             made
             a
             Covenant
             with
             your
             Fathers
             in
             the
             day
             that
             I
             brought
             them
             forth
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Bondmen
             ,
             saying
             ;
          
           
             14.
             
             At
             the
             end
             of
             seven
             years
             ,
             
             let
             ye
             go
             every
             man
             his
             Brother
             ,
             an
             Hebrew
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             sold
             unto
             thee
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             hath
             served
             thee
             six
             years
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             let
             him
             go
             free
             from
             thee
             :
             but
             your
             Fathers
             harkened
             not
             unto
             me
             ,
             neither
             inclined
             their
             ear
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             And
             ye
             were
             now
             turned
             ,
             
             and
             had
             done
             right
             in
             my
             sight
             ,
             in
             proclaiming
             liberty
             every
             man
             to
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             ye
             had
             made
             a
             Covenant
             before
             me
             in
             the
             house
             which
             is
             called
             by
             my
             Name
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             But
             ye
             turned
             and
             polluted
             my
             Name
             ,
             
             and
             caused
             every
             man
             his
             Servant
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             his
             Handmaid
             ,
             whom
             ye
             had
             set
             at
             liberty
             at
             their
             pleasure
             ,
             to
             return
             ,
             and
             brought
             them
             into
             subjection
             ,
             to
             be
             unto
             you
             for
             Servants
             ,
             and
             for
             Handmaids
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             Therefore
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
             Ye
             have
             not
             harkened
             unto
             me
             ,
             in
             proclaiming
             liberty
             every
             one
             to
             his
             Brother
             ,
             &c.
             —
          
           
             21.
             
             And
             Zedekiah
             King
             of
             Judah
             ,
             
             and
             his
             Princes
             will
             I
             give
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             them
             that
             seek
             their
             life
             ,
             and
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Babylons
             Army
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             here
             's
             the
             Case
             :
             God
             
               having
               made
               a
            
             Covenant
             
               with
               the
            
             Israelites
             ,
             King
             Zedekiah
             
               makes
               a
            
             Covenant
             
               with
               the
            
             People
             ,
             
               for
               the
               performance
               of
               That
            
             Covenant
             .
             Breach
             of
             Faith
             
               was
               the
            
             Sin
             
               that
               drew
               on
               their
               grievous
            
             Punishment
             .
          
           
             Can
             our
             Covenanters
             now
             shew
             us
             a
             Text
             for
             the
             
               Scottish
               Discipline
            
             ?
             
             or
             that
             the
             late
             King
             entred
             into
             Covenant
             with
             the
             People
             to
             Observe
             it
             ?
             Can
             our
             
               Iudaising
               Brethren
            
             shew
             us
             but
             a
             
               Levitical
               Law
            
             yet
             for
             our
             money
             ?
             or
             dare
             they
             but
             pretend
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Iurors
               understood
            
             what
             they
             
               swore
               to
               do
            
             ?
             In
             short
             ,
             here
             's
             the
             
               Difference
               ,
               They
               Covenanted
            
             to
             observe
             a
             
               Levitical
               Constitution
            
             ,
             and
             
               Ours
               Covenanted
            
             to
             destroy
             the
             
               Fifth
               Commandement
            
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             
               another
               Covenant
            
             mention'd
             in
             the
             Prophet
             Ezekiel
             ,
             
             which
             is
             much
             fitter
             for
             Their
             Case
             :
             the
             Covenant
             of
             the
             
               Rebellious
               House
            
             ,
             
             that
             after
             Oath
             and
             Covenant
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Babel
               ,
               Rebelled
               ,
               and
               sent
               Embassadors
               into
            
             Aegypt
             ,
             
               (
               Scotland
            
             I
             had
             like
             to
             have
             said
             )
             
               that
               they
               might
               give
               him
            
             (
             Zedekiah
             )
             Horses
             ,
             
             
               and
               much
               People
            
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             That
             blessed
             Combination
             ,
             and
             
               Our
               Covenant
            
             are
             of
             a
             Family
             .
          
           
           
             I
             have
             been
             large
             upon
             these
             Precedents
             ;
             to
             shew
             how
             grosly
             they
             abuse
             
               the
               very
               Word
               of
               God
            
             :
             and
             truly
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             for
             Those
             People
             to
             discover
             Antichrist
             in
             a
             Ceremony
             ,
             that
             can
             draw
             arguments
             for
             Rebellion
             out
             of
             the
             Bible
             .
             They
             Proceed
             .
          
           
             
               [
               C
            
             ]
             THough
             we
             are
             far
             from
             thinking
             that
             it
             obligeth
             us
             to
             any
             evil
             ,
             
             or
             to
             go
             beyond
             our
             places
             and
             callings
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             resist
             Authority
             
               (
               to
               which
               it
               doth
               oblige
               us
               )
            
             yet
             doth
             it
             undoubtedly
             bind
             us
             to
             forbear
             our
             own
             consent
             to
             those
             luxuriances
             of
             Church-Government
             ,
             which
             we
             there
             renounced
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             no
             divine
             Institution
             can
             be
             pretended
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             THese
             words
             would
             have
             look'd
             better
             from
             a
             
               Pagan
               Oracle
            
             ,
             then
             from
             a
             Gospel-Ministry
             .
             Let
             any
             man
             either
             say
             what
             they
             
               can
               mean
            
             ,
             but
             Mischief
             ;
             or
             name
             That
             Mischief
             which
             (
             for
             ought
             we
             know
             )
             they
             may
             not
             intend
             .
          
           
             What
             was
             that
             Covenant
             which
             These
             people
             so
             much
             reverence
             ,
             
             even
             in
             the
             Infamous
             Ashes
             ,
             but
             an
             Oath
             of
             
               Anti-canonical
               Obedience
            
             ,
             
             and
             of
             
               Anti-Monarchical
               Allegiance
            
             ?
             A
             
               Religious
               Abjuration
            
             of
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Church
             .
             —
             A
             
               Perjury
               ,
               consecrated
            
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ;
             —
             A
             League
             asserted
             by
             
               Bloudy
               Hands
            
             ,
             and
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             were
             their
             best
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             
               In
               summe
            
             ;
             What
             that
             Covenant
             produc'd
             .
             These
             men
             Intend
             :
             they
             own
             
               as
               much
               ,
               and
               't
               were
            
             ill
             manners
             to
             contradict
             
               them
               .
               Nay
               they
            
             adore
             
               the
               very
            
             Reliques
             
               of
               the
            
             Martyr'd
             Idol
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             not
             go
             beyond
             their
             Places
             ,
             and
             
               Callings
               .
               ]
               
                 So
                 said
                 the
              
            
             Solemn
             Fopp
             it
             self
             :
             
               and
               under
               that
            
             pretext
             ,
             
               pray'ye
               how
               far
               went
               they
               ?
               for
               they
            
             profess
             so
             far
             they
             'll
             Go
             again
             .
          
           
             A
             
               thorough
               Reformation
            
             is
             their
             Business
             then
             .
             
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               could
               they
               but
               Pack
               a
               Presbyterian
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             (
             which
             the
             
               Sovereign
               People
            
             should
             call
             a
             
               Parliament
               )
               to
            
             reform
             the
             State
             ,
             
               they
               'd
               undertake
               the
               Ordering
               of
               the
            
             Church
             Themselves
             ,
             
               and
               there
               's
               the
               Thorough-Reformation
            
             .
          
           
             If
             This
             be
             not
             a
             Justification
             of
             the
             
               last
               Rebellion
            
             ,
             and
             a
             fair
             step
             toward
             another
             ,
             I
             understand
             not
             English.
             
          
           
             
               They
               say
            
             the
             Covenant
             does
             not
             oblige
             them
             to
             any
             evil
             .
             ]
             
               But
               in
               the
            
             Covenant-sense
             that
             's
             Good
             ,
             
               which
               in
               a
            
             Legal
             ,
             and
             Common
             
               sense
               is
            
             
             evil
             .
             
               Make
               them
               the
               Judges
               once
               again
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               think
            
             another
             war
             as
             Lawful
             ,
             
               as
               they
               did
               the
            
             Former
             .
          
           
             
               They
               will
               not
               Resist
               Authority
               neither
               .
               ]
            
             
             (
             they
             say
             )
             so
             they
             told
             us
             of
             Old
             ,
             but
             they
             misplac'd
             it
             shrewdly
             .
             'T
             is
             but
             taking
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             into
             the
             Faction
             ,
             and
             Throwing
             his
             Person
             into
             a
             Prison
             again
             ,
             and
             that
             Flaw
             is
             made
             up
             too
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             a
             man
             had
             
               Lilly's
               Devil
            
             ;
             —
             for
             none
             but
             a
             
               Presbyterian
               Familiar
            
             is
             able
             to
             help
             us
             out
             .
             —
          
           
             Much
             less
             to
             resist
             Authority
             ,
             
               (
               to
               which
               it
               doth
               oblige
               us
               ,
            
             &c.
             )
          
           
             The
             Question
             here
             ,
             
             is
             how
             to
             understand
             the
             Parenthesis
             :
             whether
             they
             mean
             that
             
               the
               Covenant
               obliges
               them
            
             to
             Authority
             ,
             or
             to
             
               Resist
               it
            
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             Traytor
             if
             I
             comprehend
             them
             .
          
           
             We
             come
             now
             ,
             to
             the
             binding
             part
             of
             the
             
               Covenant
               .
               They
               must
               not
            
             consent
             (
             say
             they
             )
             
               to
               those
            
             Luxuriances
             of
             Church-Government
             
               which
               they
               there
            
             ,
             Renounc'd
             ,
             &c.
             ]
          
           
             If
             they
             must
             not
             Consent
             ,
             may
             they
             not
             let
             them
             Alone
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             they
             'll
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               't
               is
               their
               Calling
               to
               reform
               them
               .
            
             I
             demand
             ,
             
               will
               they
               consent
               to
               the
            
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             then
             ?
             
             If
             they
             do
             That
             ;
             the
             Law
             provides
             
               a
               Punishment
            
             for
             such
             medling
             Reformers
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             in
             vain
             to
             think
             of
             
               setling
               Presbytery
            
             ,
             before
             they
             have
             (
             effectually
             )
             
               Destroy'd
               Monarchy
            
             .
             But
             these
             Gentlemen
             know
             the
             way
             to
             Confusion
             ,
             without
             a
             Guide
             .
          
           
             By
             their
             
               [
               Luxuriances
            
             ]
             they
             understand
             ,
             
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             all
             appendents
             to
             the
             Hierarchy
             .
             These
             they
             have
             Renounc'd
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             Covenant
             they
             are
             still
             obliged
             to
             make
             good
             their
             Disclaim
             .
             This
             Boldness
             requires
             rather
             the
             Severity
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             then
             dint
             of
             Argument
             :
             'To
             preferr
             a
             
               Schismatical
               League
            
             to
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             :
             —
             the
             skumm
             of
             the
             People
             to
             the
             
               Supreme
               Authority
            
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             gravest
             of
             their
             
               Galloping
               Lecturers
            
             answer
             me
             onely
             to
             This
             one
             Question
             ,
             
               Where
               lies
               the
               Last
               appeal
            
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             Constitution
             of
             England
             ?
          
           
             If
             in
             the
             King
             ;
             (
             as
             what
             honest
             man
             doubts
             it
             )
             They
             are
             Iudg'd
             already
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             quiet
             .
             If
             in
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             they
             are
             
               Over-Rul'd
               There
            
             too
             ;
             —
             the
             
             Covenant's
             gone
             .
             If
             in
             the
             People
             ,
             why
             do
             they
             contradict
             themselves
             ,
             and
             Petition
             his
             Majesty
             ?
             if
             in
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Pastors
            
             ;
             why
             do
             they
             Supplicate
             the
             Bishops
             ?
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             point
             of
             
               Divine
               Institution
            
             ,
             't
             is
             worn
             Thrid-Bare
             .
             But
             where
             's
             the
             
               Divine
               Institution
            
             of
             
               a
               White-Cap
            
             under
             
               A
               Black
            
             !
             of
             
             
               A
               Cloak
            
             in
             
               A
               Pulpit
            
             ?
             of
             
               Reviling
               Bishops
            
             ?
             and
             
               Speaking
               evil
               of
               Dignities
            
             :
             of
             the
             
               Heart-breaking
               Humm's
            
             and
             Haws
             ,
             and
             the
             
               doleful
               tunes
            
             they
             Teach
             in
             ?
          
           
             Their
             next
             Period
             is
             a
             Bobb
             to
             the
             Cavaliers
             :
             let
             the
             Brethren
             make
             their
             best
             on
             't
             .
          
           
             [
             D
             ]
             NOt
             presuming
             to
             meddle
             with
             the
             Consciences
             of
             those
             many
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             and
             Others
             ,
             that
             adhered
             to
             his
             late
             Majesty
             in
             the
             late
             
               unhappy
               Wars
            
             :
             who
             at
             their
             Camposition
             took
             the
             Vow
             and
             Covenant
             .
             We
             only
             crave
             your
             Majesties
             clemency
             to
             our selves
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             believe
             themselves
             to
             be
             under
             its
             obligations
             .
             And
             God
             forbid
             that
             we
             that
             are
             the
             
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               Truth
            
             should
             do
             any
             thing
             to
             encourage
             your
             Majesties
             Subjects
             to
             cast
             off
             the
             
               Conscience
               of
               an
               Oath
               .
            
             ]
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             MArque
             the
             transcendent
             Confidence
             ,
             and
             Weakness
             of
             these
             People
             .
          
           
             
               They
               will
               not
               meddle
               with
               the
            
             Cavaliers
             Consciences
             ,
             
             
               that
               took
               the
               Covenant
               .
               ]
               Did
            
             they
             not
             meddle
             with
             them
             neither
             to
             make
             them
             
               take
               it
            
             ?
             They
             put
             them
             to
             this
             Choyce
             ,
             either
             
             to
             swear
             ,
             or
             sterve
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             Desperate
             Extremity
             ,
             divers
             submited
             to
             their
             accursed
             Covenant
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             a
             Repentance
             for
             't
             .
             But
             what
             's
             
               the
               portion
            
             then
             of
             those
             Impenitents
             that
             were
             the
             
               Barbarous
               Enforcers
            
             of
             it
             ?
          
           
             Were
             Lucifer
             himself
             Incarnate
             ,
             and
             a
             Subject
             ,
             would
             he
             not
             blush
             to
             treat
             his
             Sovereign
             with
             their
             Arguments
             ?
             Observe
             .
          
           
             They
             mind
             the
             King
             how
             bloodily
             they
             used
             his
             Friends
             by
             the
             obligation
             of
             
               that
               Covenant
            
             ,
             
             by
             which
             they
             likewise
             ruin'd
             his
             
               Royal
               Father
            
             :
             and
             in
             the
             same
             Breath
             ,
             they
             desire
             his
             Majesty
             to
             believe
             that
             all
             was
             Matter
             of
             Conscience
             :
             They
             plead
             ,
             
               the
               Covenant's
               not
               discharg'd
            
             ;
             and
             in
             effect
             they
             Fairly
             tell
             their
             
               Gracious
               Sovereign
            
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             oblig'd
             to
             do
             now
             as
             they
             did
             before
             .
          
           
             Now
             see
             the
             Weakness
             of
             these
             People
             ;
             
             while
             they
             Begg
             this
             ,
             they
             stir
             the
             
               strongest
               Provocation
            
             ,
             and
             most
             
               unanswerable
               Reason
            
             to
             Deny
             it
             .
             They
             labour
             to
             involve
             All
             in
             an
             
               Equal
               Guilt
            
             ,
             and
             to
             Confound
             the
             lewdest
             Villenies
             in
             Nature
             ,
             with
             
               Common
               Frailties
            
             .
          
           
             But
             Here
             ,
             a
             word
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             that
             ever
             took
             their
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             Some
             knew
             not
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             were
             to
             Blame
             to
             swear
             they
             knew
             not
             what
             .
             Let
             
             those
             of
             that
             From
             ask
             themselves
             ,
             if
             ever
             they
             intended
             by
             
               that
               Vow
            
             ,
             to
             raise
             a
             War
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             overturn
             the
             Church
             .
             They
             are
             now
             Free
             ,
             and
             Pardon'd
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             are
             not
             Mad
             ,
             they
             'll
             say
             their
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             be
             Quiet
             .
          
           
             Such
             as
             Engag'd
             through
             
               Faction
               ,
               Malice
            
             ,
             or
             Ambition
             ;
             I
             have
             little
             to
             say
             to
             
               their
               Consciences
            
             .
             Methinks
             ,
             if
             the
             
               Kings
               Mercy
            
             cannot
             make
             them
             
               Honest
               ,
               Experience
            
             should
             make
             them
             Wise
             :
             But
             they
             are
             Dangerous
             People
             to
             deal
             with
             ,
             we
             'll
             to
             the
             next
             .
          
           
             A
             Third
             sort
             there
             is
             ,
             that
             
               to
               save
               their
               stakes
               ,
               sate
               still
               ,
            
             and
             
               look'd
               on
               .
               Those
            
             cannot
             but
             abhor
             the
             very
             thought
             of
             Repeating
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             suffered
             :
             especially
             in
             agreement
             with
             these
             persons
             ,
             that
             now
             declare
             the
             Covenant
             against
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             to
             be
             Binding
             against
             this
             .
             (
             for
             that
             's
             the
             Logique
             on
             't
             .
             )
          
           
             There
             are
             a
             
               Fourth
               Sort
            
             ,
             that
             having
             engaged
             their
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             in
             the
             
               King's
               service
               ,
               Sank
            
             by
             the
             Fortune
             of
             the
             Warre
             ,
             and
             being
             left
             a
             naked
             Prey
             to
             an
             insulting
             and
             
               merciless
               enemy
            
             ,
             were
             forc'd
             to
             sad
             Conditions
             for
             their
             Bread
             ,
             and
             Families
             .
             Now
             in
             requital
             for
             the
             Plagues
             they
             have
             brought
             upon
             us
             already
             ;
             they
             are
             soliciting
             for
             leave
             to
             make
             us
             yet
             more
             miserable
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             us
             declared
             for
             villains
             by
             an
             Allowance
             of
             their
             Treasons
             :
             A
             thing
             Impossible
             for
             so
             
               Generous
               
               a
               Prince
            
             ,
             to
             Grant
             ,
             but
             wondrous
             Easie
             for
             so
             Imperious
             a
             Faction
             to
             Demand
             .
          
           
             And
             who
             are
             the
             Petitioners
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             but
             most
             of
             them
             the
             
               Old
               stagers
            
             ?
             A
             man
             would
             think
             't
             were
             time
             now
             ,
             for
             their
             Reverences
             to
             give
             over
             their
             
               jugling
               Divinity
            
             ;
             —
             their
             Quailpiping
             in
             a
             Pulpit
             to
             catch
             
               silly
               women
            
             ;
             —
             and
             fall
             at
             last
             to
             their
             Prayers
             in
             Earnest
             .
          
           
             But
             
               God
               forbid
            
             (
             they
             cry
             )
             that
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             Truth
             ,
             
               should
               do
               any
               thing
               to
               encourage
               his
               Majesties
               Subjects
               to
               cast
               off
               the
            
             Conscience
             of
             an
             Oath
             .
             ]
             
          
           
             
               Let
               the
               Heads
               that
               are
            
             Gone
             
               Blush
               for
               those
               they
               have
               left
            
             behind
             them
             .
             The
             Conscience
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             
               do
               they
               say
               ?
               Let
               the
               Three
               Nations
               rise
               against
               them
               ;
               and
               tell
               how
               many
            
             hundred
             Thousand
             
               persons
               these
            
             Hypocrites
             have
             forc't
             to
             swear
             
               against
               their
            
             Profess'd
             Consciences
             .
             
               But
               drive
               it
               Homer
               yet
               .
               This
               is
               to
               say
               ,
            
             that
             All
             that
             acted
             in
             the
             late
             war
             according
             to
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             are
             bound
             to
             do
             the
             same
             Things
             over
             again
             .
             
               There
               is
               a
               huge
               deal
               of
            
             Folly
             
               in
               this
            
             Assertion
             ,
             
               and
               as
               it
               seems
               to
            
             me
             ,
             a
             Spice
             of
             Treason
             .
             Does
             it
             not
             encourage
             the
             People
             to
             adhore
             to
             a
             Rebellious
             Princple
             ?
          
           
             There
             is
             
               (
               says
               the
               Lord
               St.
            
             Albans
             )
             a
             thing
             in
             an
             Indictment
             ,
             called
             an
             Inuvendo
             ,
             you
             must
             take
             head
             how
             you
             Becken
             ,
             or
             make
             signs
             upon
             
             the
             King
             in
             a
             Dangerous
             sense
             .
             ]
             
               This
               is
               a
               shrew'd
            
             Beacken
             
               as
               I
               take
               it
               ,
               to
               excite
               a
            
             Tumult
             
               to
               justifie
               a
            
             Rebellious
             vow
             ,
             
               and
               oppose
               a
            
             Pedantique
             Libell
             
               to
               an
               Act
               of
            
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             [
             E
             ]
             TIll
             the
             Covenant
             was
             decryed
             as
             
               an
               Almanack
               out
               of
               date
            
             ,
             and
             its
             obligation
             taken
             to
             be
             null
             ,
             that
             
               odious
               Fact
            
             could
             never
             have
             been
             perpetrated
             against
             your
             Royal
             Father
             ,
             nor
             your
             Majesty
             have
             been
             so
             long
             expulsed
             from
             your
             Dominions
             .
             And
             the
             obligation
             of
             the
             Covenant
             upon
             the
             consciences
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             was
             not
             the
             weakest
             Instrument
             of
             your
             
               Return
               .
            
             ]
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             THat
             
               Odious
               Fact
            
             they
             speak
             of
             ,
             was
             the
             
               Kings
               Murther
            
             ;
             which
             they
             that
             shot
             at
             him
             ,
             were
             not
             less
             Guilty
             of
             ,
             then
             that
             Monster
             ,
             that
             sever'd
             his
             Sacred
             Head
             from
             his
             Body
             .
             'T
             is
             the
             Consent
             that
             makes
             the
             
               Sin
               ;
               Hitting
            
             or
             Missing
             does
             not
             one
             jote
             after
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Action
             .
          
           
             But
             has
             any
             man
             the
             Face
             to
             mention
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Day
             ?
             The
             Marquis
             of
             Montross
             was
             Murther'd
             ,
             expresly
             for
             his
             Loyalty
             to
             the
             King
             as
             a
             Desertour
             
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             
             and
             by
             a
             
               Publique
               Ordinance
            
             't
             was
             made
             
               Death
               for
               any
               man
               to
               serve
               his
               Majesty
               having
               first
               taken
               the
               Covenant
               .
            
             They
             that
             first
             
               Voted
               War
            
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             every
             whit
             as
             Criminal
             ,
             as
             that
             
               Mock-Court
               of
               Iustice
            
             that
             Condemn'd
             him
             .
             In
             Fine
             ,
             the
             
               Independents
               murther'd
               CHARLES
               STUART
            
             but
             the
             Presbyterians
             Kill'd
             the
             KING
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             a
             Prince
             without
             his
             
               Negative
               Voice
            
             ?
             the
             Power
             of
             Life
             and
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             Militia
             ?
             That
             is
             ,
             what
             is
             a
             King
             ,
             without
             the
             Essentials
             of
             Royalty
             ;
             but
             a
             mere
             Name
             ,
             and
             Property
             ?
          
           
             
               But
               till
               the
            
             Covenant
             was
             decry'd
             ,
             
               as
               an
            
             old
             Almanack
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Obligation
             
               taken
               for
            
             Null
             ,
             
               we
               are
               to
               take
               for
            
             Granted
             ,
             
               all
               went
               well
               ;
               and
            
             so
             far
             our
             Reformers
             plead
             the
             Covenant
             Binding
             still
             .
          
           
             
               Was
               not
               the
            
             Last
             King
             Persecuted
             ,
             Dethron'd
             ,
             Robb'd
             ,
             &c.
             —
             according
             to
             the
             Covenant
             ?
             
               so
               by
               the
            
             Consequence
             
               of
               the
            
             Reformers
             Doctrine
             ,
             may
             This
             King
             be
             Treated
             likewise
             .
          
           
             Nor
             had
             His
             Majesty
             been
             so
             long
             expulsed
             ,
             
               they
               say
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             Go
             to
             then
             ;
             Let
             these
             Gentlemen
             produce
             (
             from
             First
             to
             Last
             of
             the
             Quarrel
             )
             any
             Proposals
             from
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Party
            
             (
             in
             Power
             )
             either
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             his
             late
             Blessed
             Father
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             worse
             then
             Banishment
             .
          
           
           
             And
             for
             the
             
               Covenants
               bringing
            
             in
             
               the
               King
            
             :
             —
             they
             hung
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             ●●ew'd
             his
             Name
             in
             't
             ,
             to
             gull
             the
             People
             with
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             done
             before
             .
          
           
             Did
             they
             not
             after
             This
             ,
             exclude
             both
             from
             the
             
               Next
               Convention
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Militia
             ,
             all
             the
             
               Kings
               Actual
               Adherents
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Sons
             ,
             to
             get
             the
             Power
             once
             more
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             their
             own
             Faction
             ?
             But
             the
             next
             Choyce
             prov'd
             other
             then
             They
             expected
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             saw
             they
             could
             not
             hinder
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             they
             seem'd
             to
             help
             him
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             Distastful
             stories
             ,
             but
             't
             is
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             
               Reforming
               Faction
            
             to
             move
             the
             Dispute
             ;
             and
             by
             a
             
               needess
               Challenge
            
             ,
             and
             Appeal
             ,
             to
             affront
             the
             Law
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             serv'd
             him
             ,
             in
             Opposition
             to
             their
             Covenant
             .
             If
             They
             are
             in
             the
             Right
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             proclaim
             they
             are
             )
             then
             consequently
             Wee
             are
             Traytors
             ,
             and
             our
             Gracious
             Master
             is
             no
             King.
             
          
           
             I
             do
             but
             take
             up
             the
             Defensive
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             a
             Cavalier
             may
             say
             hee
             's
             Honest
             yet
             ,
             though
             some
             will
             have
             it
             dangerous
             to
             say
             hee
             's
             Poor
             :
             Reserving
             still
             a
             true
             Respect
             ,
             and
             Kindness
             for
             all
             such
             Presbyterians
             as
             love
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             whom
             I
             consider
             as
             
               Select
               Persons
            
             ,
             and
             distinguished
             from
             the
             Notion
             of
             the
             Party
             .
          
           
             It
             were
             a
             good
             deed
             now
             to
             give
             the
             world
             a
             tast
             of
             a
             
               Covenanting
               spirit
            
             :
             and
             truly
             I
             'll
             
             venture
             at
             it
             .
             He
             is
             a
             Rabbi
             too
             I
             assure
             ye
             ;
             One
             that
             gives
             
               Bishops
               ,
               Ceremonies
            
             ,
             and
             Common-prayer
             no
             Quarter
             ;
             no
             ,
             nor
             his
             Majesty
             neither
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             has
             the
             grace
             (
             as
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Bacon
            
             says
             )
             
               to
               speak
               seditious
               matter
               in
            
             Parables
             ,
             
               or
               by
            
             Tropes
             ,
             or
             Examples
             .
             ]
             In
             fine
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             is
             a
             Reformer
             ,
             of
             the
             
               First
               Rank
            
             .
          
           
             Upon
             Sept.
             24.
             1656.
             he
             preached
             before
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             call'd
             it
             )
             upon
             this
             Text
             :
             
               [
               Kiss
               the
               Son
               ,
               left
               he
               be
               Angry
               ]
            
             Pag.
             23.
             
             You
             may
             find
             these
             Words
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             find
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             cannot
             ,
             I
             can
             .
          
           
             Worthy
             Patriots
             ,
             
             you
             that
             are
             our
             Rulers
             in
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             't
             is
             often
             said
             ,
             we
             live
             in
             Times
             wherein
             
               we
               may
               be
               as
               good
               as
               We
               please
               :
            
             wherein
             we
             enjoy
             in
             purity
             and
             plenty
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             Iesus
             Christ.
             Praysed
             be
             God
             for
             this
             ,
             even
             that
             God
             who
             hath
             delivered
             us
             from
             the
             imposition
             of
             Prelatical
             Innovations
             ,
             Altar-genuflections
             and
             cringings
             ,
             with
             crossings
             ,
             
               and
               all
               that
               popish
               trash
               and
               trumpery
               .
            
             And
             truly
             (
             I
             speak
             no
             more
             then
             what
             I
             have
             often
             thought
             &
             said
             )
             
               The
               removal
               of
               those
               insupportable
               burdens
               countervails
               
               for
               the
               Blood
               and
               Treasure
               shed
               and
               spent
               in
               these
               late
               distractions
               .
            
             (
             Nor
             did
             I
             as
             yet
             ever
             hear
             of
             any
             godly
             men
             that
             desired
             ,
             were
             it
             possible
             ,
             to
             purchase
             
             their
             friends
             or
             money
             again
             ,
             at
             so
             dear
             a
             rate
             ,
             
             as
             with
             the
             return
             of
             these
             ,
             to
             have
             those
             soul-burdning
             ,
             Antichristian
             yokes
             re-imposed
             upon
             us
             :
             And
             if
             any
             such
             there
             be
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             desire
             is
             no
             part
             of
             their
             godliness
             ,
             and
             I
             PROFESSE
             MY SELF
             IN
             THAT
             TO
             BE
             NONE
             OF
             THE
             NUMBER
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Odious
               Fact
            
             (
             they
             talk
             of
             )
             was
             already
             perpetrated
             ,
             yet
             does
             this
             Gentleman
             professe
             ,
             that
             to
             redeem
             the
             Life
             of
             our
             
               Martyr'd
               Sovereign
            
             ,
             
             and
             gather
             up
             again
             all
             the
             
               Christian
               bloud
            
             had
             been
             spilt
             ,
             (
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             )
             he
             would
             not
             do
             it
             ,
             to
             have
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             Ceremonies
             where
             they
             were
             again
             .
          
           
             Here
             's
             Covenant-Divinity
             for
             you
             :
             the
             Gospel
             of
             our
             
               New
               Evangelists
            
             :
             and
             
               this
               Divine
            
             is
             now
             one
             of
             the
             Eminent
             Sticklers
             against
             Bishops
             .
             If
             any
             man
             say
             't
             was
             Conscience
             ,
             I
             could
             tell
             him
             a
             Tale
             of
             a
             certain
             Petition
             :
             but
             wee
             'll
             scatter
             no
             words
             .
          
           
             While
             my
             hand
             's
             in
             ,
             take
             one
             more
             ;
             a
             
               Publique
               Preacher
            
             now
             in
             the
             Town
             too
             ,
             and
             a
             troubler
             of
             the
             Church-Government
             .
             Upon
             Novemb.
             29.
             1648.
             he
             preach'd
             before
             the
             Commons
             ,
             and
             press'd
             the
             Murther
             of
             his
             
               Sacred
               Majest
            
             in
             these
             Words
             .
          
           
           
             Think
             not
             to
             save
             your selves
             by
             an
             unrighteous
             saving
             of
             them
             ;
             
             who
             are
             the
             Lords
             and
             the
             Peoples
             known
             Enemies
             .
             You
             may
             not
             imagine
             to
             obtain
             the
             favour
             of
             those
             against
             whom
             you
             will
             not
             do
             Iustice
             ;
             
             For
             certainly
             ,
             if
             ye
             act
             not
             like
             Gods
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             against
             men
             truly
             obnoxious
             to
             Iustice
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             like
             Devils
             against
             you
             .
             Observe
             that
             place
             ,
             1
             Kings
             22.
             31.
             compared
             with
             chap.
             20.
             
             It
             is
             said
             in
             chap.
             20.
             that
             the
             King
             of
             Syria
             came
             against
             Israel
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             mighty
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             and
             his
             Army
             were
             overthrown
             ,
             and
             
               the
               King
               was
               taken
               Prisoner
            
             .
             Now
             the
             mind
             of
             God
             was
             (
             which
             he
             then
             discovered
             onely
             by
             that
             present
             providence
             )
             that
             
               Justice
               should
               have
               been
               executed
               upon
               him
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               not
            
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             comes
             with
             ashes
             upon
             his
             face
             ,
             and
             
               waited
               for
               the
               King
               of
               Israel
               in
               the
               way
               where
               he
               should
               return
            
             ;
             
             
               and
               as
               the
               King
               passed
               by
               ,
               he
               cryed
               unto
               him
               ,
               Thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               Because
               thou
               hast
               let
               go
               a
               man
               whom
               I
               appointed
               for
               destruction
               ,
               therefore
               thy
               life
               shall
               go
               for
               his
               life
               .
            
             Now
             see
             how
             the
             King
             of
             Syria
             ,
             after
             this
             ,
             answers
             
             Ahab's
             love
             :
             About
             three
             years
             after
             Israel
             and
             Syria
             engage
             in
             a
             new
             War
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             Syria
             ,
             gives
             command
             unto
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             
             that
             they
             should
             fight
             neither
             against
             small
             nor
             great
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             King
             of
             
               Israel
               .
               Benhadads
            
             life
             was
             once
             in
             Ahabs
             hand
             ,
             and
             he
             ventured
             
             Gods
             displeasure
             to
             let
             him
             go
             :
             but
             see
             how
             Benhadad
             rewards
             him
             for
             it
             ,
             
               Fight
               neither
               against
               small
               nor
               great
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               against
               the
               King
               of
               Israel
               .
            
             Honourable
             and
             Worthy
             ,
             if
             God
             do
             not
             lead
             you
             to
             do
             Iustice
             upon
             those
             that
             have
             been
             the
             great
             Actors
             in
             shedding
             innocent
             Bloud
             ,
             never
             think
             to
             gain
             their
             love
             by
             sparing
             of
             them
             ;
             For
             they
             will
             ,
             if
             opportunity
             be
             ever
             offered
             ,
             return
             again
             upon
             you
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             will
             not
             fight
             against
             the
             poor
             and
             mean
             ones
             ,
             but
             against
             those
             that
             have
             been
             the
             Fountain
             of
             that
             Authority
             and
             Power
             whih
             have
             been
             improved
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             no
             wonder
             to
             find
             Rebellion
             in
             a
             Nation
             where
             Murther
             and
             Treason
             are
             the
             Dictates
             of
             the
             Pulpit
             :
             —
             where
             Surplices
             are
             Scandals
             ,
             and
             
               such
               Discourses
               ,
               none
            
             ;
             and
             where
             the
             
               Kings
               Murtherers
            
             passe
             for
             
               Gods
               Ministers
            
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             how
             close
             this
             Freedom
             sticks
             to
             some
             that
             have
             a
             Power
             to
             do
             me
             Mischief
             ;
             and
             I
             forecast
             the
             worst
             that
             can
             befall
             me
             for
             it
             :
             Wherefore
             ,
             whatever
             it
             be
             ,
             I
             'm
             not
             surpriz'd
             ,
             for
             I
             expect
             it
             .
             But
             to
             proceed
             .
          
           
             [
             F
             ]
             WE
             therefore
             humbly
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             (
             with
             greater
             importunity
             then
             we
             
             think
             we
             should
             do
             for
             our
             lives
             )
             That
             you
             would
             have
             mercy
             on
             the
             Souls
             and
             Consciences
             of
             your
             People
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             suffer
             us
             to
             be
             tempted
             to
             the
             
             violation
             of
             such
             
               solemn
               Vows
            
             ,
             and
             this
             for
             nothing
             ,
             when
             an
             expedient
             is
             before
             you
             that
             will
             avoid
             it
             ,
             without
             any
             detriment
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             nay
             ,
             to
             its
             honour
             and
             advancement
             .
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             .
             VI.
             
          
           
             OBserve
             here
             2.
             or
             3.
             bold
             ,
             and
             
               bloudy
               Intimations
            
             .
          
           
             First
             ;
             
               that
               the
            
             Souls
             and
             Consciences
             
               of
               the
            
             People
             
               lye
               at
               Stake
            
             .
          
           
             Next
             ;
             that
             the
             
               King's
               Denial
            
             were
             great
             Cruelty
             :
             Especially
             considering
             the
             smalness
             of
             the
             thing
             they
             Ask
             ;
             the
             Honour
             and
             advantage
             of
             what
             they
             offer
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ;
             the
             Obligation
             
               of
               Their
            
             solemn
             Vow
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             First
             ;
             We
             have
             elsewhere
             difcussed
             the
             point
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             Here
             to
             Note
             how
             this
             suggestion
             tends
             to
             Tumult
             and
             Sedition
             .
             The
             Sense
             it
             bears
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             
             is
             
               This
               :
               Stick
               to
               your
               Covenant
               ,
               or
               ,
               be
               Damned
               :
            
             but
             in
             the
             Sense
             of
             
               Conscience
               ,
               Law
            
             ,
             and
             Reason
             ;
             it
             sounds
             the
             contrary
             :
             —
             
               Stick
               to
               your
               Covenant
               ,
               and
               be
               Damned
               .
            
          
           
             By
             what
             Law
             were
             the
             People
             freed
             from
             
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             Iudges
             ,
             and
             Reformers
             of
             the
             
               Government
               ?
               Well
               ;
               but
               they
               have
               sworn
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               and
               they
               must
               keep
               their
               Oath
               .
               ]
            
             Put
             case
             they
             had
             sworn
             to
             Fire
             the
             City
             .
             At
             This
             Rate
             't
             is
             but
             
               Swearing
               First
            
             ,
             and
             then
             pretend
             a
             Conscience
             of
             the
             Oath
             ,
             to
             carry
             any
             thing
             .
          
           
             
               The
               second
            
             Intimation
             subjects
             the
             
               Piety
               ,
               and
            
             Good
             nature
             
               of
               his
            
             Majesty
             to
             a
             Question
             ;
             
               as
               who
               should
               say
            
             ;
             what
             ?
             will
             the
             King
             destroy
             so
             many
             Thousand
             Souls
             of
             his
             poor
             People
             for
             a
             matter
             of
             
               Nothing
               ?
               Marque
               now
               their
               Matter
               of
            
             Nothing
             .
          
           
             It
             cost
             the
             
               late
               Kings
               Life
            
             ;
             
             the
             
               best
               Bloud
            
             in
             the
             Nation
             ;
             the
             Ruine
             of
             Church
             and
             
               State
               :
               a
               long
               Rebellion
            
             ;
             —
             and
             Treasure
             not
             to
             be
             Compted
             .
             (
             This
             they
             make
             nothing
             of
             )
             And
             for
             the
             Honour
             they
             propose
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             't
             is
             but
             a
             Back-look
             ,
             and
             we
             find
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             the
             Obligation
             of
             their
             Covenant
             .
             That
             which
             the
             Law
             makes
             
               Treason
               ,
               They
            
             make
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             in
             effect
             they
             urge
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             
               a
               Rebellion
            
             :
             for
             't
             is
             no
             lesse
             to
             attempt
             what
             they
             have
             sworn
             to
             do
             :
             which
             is
             to
             Repeat
             what
             they
             have
             already
             done
             .
          
           
             
               But
               what
               they
               are
            
             bound
             
               to
               by
               the
            
             Covenant
             ,
             
               will
               from
               the
            
             Letter
             
               of
               the
            
             Covenant
             
               best
               appear
               .
               
               Where
               ,
               in
               the
            
             second
             Branch
             ,
             they
             Swear
             ,
             Without
             Respect
             of
             persons
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             the
             Extirpation
             of
             Popery
             ,
             Prelacy
             ,
             Superstition
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               So
               that
               the
            
             King
             himself
             
               is
               not
               excepted
               ,
               if
               standing
               in
               the
               way
               betwixt
               Those
               Matters
               which
               they
               call
            
             Luxuriances
             of
             Church-Government
             ,
             
               and
               their
               pretended
            
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             To
             make
             it
             yet
             more
             evident
             ,
             that
             their
             design
             is
             Factious
             ;
             They
             Ask
             —
          
           
             THat
             the
             Youth
             of
             the
             Nation
             may
             have
             just
             Liberty
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Elder
             .
             
             If
             they
             be
             engaged
             in
             the
             Universities
             ,
             and
             their
             Liberties
             there
             cut
             off
             in
             their
             beginning
             ,
             they
             cannot
             afterwards
             be
             Free
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             VII
             .
          
           
             TO
             see
             the
             Providence
             of
             these
             good
             mens
             Consciences
             !
             Their
             Care
             extends
             as
             well
             to
             Those
             that
             never
             took
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             looks
             still
             forward
             ,
             to
             the
             Scruples
             of
             the
             yet
             unborn
             .
          
           
             What
             work
             this
             Motly
             would
             soon
             make
             in
             the
             Universities
             ,
             let
             any
             sober
             man
             Imagine
             :
             when
             every
             Stubborn
             ,
             and
             
               Vntutor'd
               Boy
            
             shall
             have
             the
             Freedome
             to
             controul
             ,
             and
             
             over-rule
             the
             Orders
             of
             his
             Mother
             .
             The
             Streams
             must
             needs
             be
             Foul
             that
             flow
             from
             a
             
               Corrupted
               Fountain
            
             .
          
           
             Just
             such
             another
             Project
             was
             That
             of
             the
             
               Long
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             ;
             —
             I
             mean
             their
             offer
             of
             Freedome
             to
             all
             Prentices
             that
             would
             leave
             their
             Trades
             ,
             and
             serve
             the
             (
             pretended
             )
             Parliament
             .
             That
             Liberty
             may
             start
             a
             Faction
             ,
             but
             hardly
             settle
             a
             Religion
             .
             What
             
               Publick
               Peace
            
             can
             be
             expected
             ;
             when
             the
             Schools
             of
             Vnity
             and
             Order
             are
             become
             a
             Nurcery
             of
             Schisme
             ?
          
           
             But
             These
             are
             men
             will
             take
             no
             Nay
             ;
             for
             if
             his
             
               Majesty
               denies
            
             them
             ,
             marque
             the
             End
             on
             't
             .
          
           
             SHould
             we
             lose
             the
             opportunity
             of
             our
             desired
             Reconciliation
             and
             Union
             ,
             
             it
             astonisheth
             us
             to
             foresee
             what
             
               doleful
               effects
            
             our
             divisions
             would
             produce
             ,
             which
             we
             will
             not
             so
             much
             as
             mention
             in
             particular
             ,
             lest
             our
             words
             should
             be
             misunderstood
             .
          
           
             And
             seeing
             all
             this
             may
             be
             safely
             and
             easily
             prevented
             ,
             We
             humbly
             beseech
             the
             Lord
             in
             mercy
             to
             vouchsafe
             to
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             an
             heart
             to
             discern
             aright
             of
             Time
             and
             Iudgement
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
           
             NOTE
             .
             VIII
             .
          
           
             BLesse
             us
             from
             a
             Gun
             !
             
               Should
               we
               lose
               the
               Opportunity
            
             ?
             And
             then
             their
             Prayer
             at
             last
             ;
             that
             his
             Majesty
             may
             
               [
               discern
               aright
               of
               Time
               ,
               &c.
            
             ]
          
           
             Certainly
             these
             Folks
             would
             have
             said
             to
             the
             King
             —
             [
             
               While
               it
               is
               called
               
                 to
                 day
              
               harden
               not
               your
               heart
            
             ]
             but
             that
             't
             is
             Common-Prayer
             .
             Or
             do
             they
             dream
             themselves
             at
             work
             again
             with
             the
             Poor
             Cavaliers
             ?
             and
             mean
             ,
             that
             
               if
               his
               Majesty
               come
               not
               In
               by
               such
               a
               time
               ,
               he
               is
               not
               to
               be
               admitted
               to
               his
               Composition
               ?
            
             Are
             these
             the
             men
             of
             Reverence
             that
             must
             Teach
             us
             Maners
             toward
             
               God
               Almighty
            
             ,
             and
             are
             yet
             to
             learn
             it
             Themselves
             towards
             his
             Vicegerent
             ?
          
           
             He
             that
             makes
             any
             thing
             form
             the
             Collation
             ,
             of
             [
             Opportunity
             ,
             ]
             and
             [
             Time
             ,
             ]
             but
             a
             
               Cautionary
               Menace
            
             ;
             —
             let
             him
             lend
             me
             his
             Spectacles
             .
             
             But
             the
             coherence
             cleers
             it
             ,
             
               Should
               we
               lose
            
             (
             say
             they
             )
             
               the
               opportunity
               of
            
             our
             desired
             Reconciliation
             ,
             and
             Union
             .
             ]
          
           
             Must
             it
             be
             Now
             ,
             or
             Never
             then
             ?
             and
             their
             own
             way
             ,
             or
             None
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             Reconciliation
             ,
             if
             They
             Return
             to
             the
             Church
             ?
             and
             Vnity
             
             if
             they
             Agree
             with
             it
             ?
             A
             Child
             runs
             from
             his
             Mother
             ,
             and
             cries
             they
             are
             
               Fall'n
               out
               .
               They
            
             cannot
             comply
             with
             Ceremonies
             :
             —
             nor
             the
             Church
             with
             Schisme
             .
          
           
             Well
             ;
             
             but
             put
             the
             Case
             they
             Lose
             this
             Opportunity
             ,
             then
             forsooth
             
               [
               it
               astonishes
               us
            
             (
             they
             say
             )
             
               to
               foresee
               what
            
             doleful
             effects
             our
             Divisions
             
               would
               produce
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             Just
             so
             did
             
               Peters
               foresee
            
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             late
             King
             :
             —
             Iudas
             ;
             the
             Betraying
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ;
             and
             so
             did
             I
             my
             
               self
               foresee
            
             the
             Printing
             of
             this
             Paper
             ,
             just
             as
             
               these
               Gentlemen
               foresee
               confusion
            
             ;
             or
             as
             men
             commonly
             
               foresee
               Eating
            
             when
             they
             are
             Hungry
             .
          
           
             
               If
               the
            
             Foresight
             (
             indeed
             )
             astonishes
             
               Them
               ;
               the
            
             Prospect
             
               cannot
               but
               be
            
             Dreadful
             :
             for
             onely
             Hell
             transcends
             those
             Horrours
             which
             these
             bold
             men
             have
             beheld
             with
             
               Pleasure
               ;
               And
               in
               good
               truth
               ,
            
             That
             
               may
               be
            
             it
             :
             
               for
               he
               that
               has
            
             Murther
             ,
             and
             Rebellion
             
               at
               his
            
             Back
             ,
             
               does
               commonly
            
             Phansy
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             These
             Holy
             ,
             
             and
             Fastidious
             Scrupulists
             ;
             —
             
               these
               same
            
             spiritual
             Surgeons
             ,
             that
             Live
             by
             dressing
             wounds
             
               of
               their
            
             own
             making
             ;
             —
             
               must
               understand
            
             ,
             we
             have
             some
             
               skill
               in
            
             Probing
             
               of
               a
            
             Conscience
             ,
             
               too
               .
               If
               they
               are
            
             Mortify'd
             throughout
             ,
             
               that
               's
               not
            
             Our
             fault
             ;
             
               but
               if
               they
               
               have
               any
            
             Feeling
             Left
             ,
             wee
             'll
             Quicken
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               leaving
               them
               to
               their
            
             Astonishments
             ,
             
               wee
               'll
               to
               the
            
             foreseen
             Product
             of
             our
             Divisions
             ,
             [
             Doleful
             Effects
             ,
             ]
             
               they
               say
               .
               They
               Prophet
            
             Ionas
             his
             [
             Yes
             within
             Forty
             days
             —
             ]
             
               had
               scarce
               a
            
             sadder
             sound
             .
             
               It
               may
               be
            
             any
             thing
             :
             —
             War
             ,
             another
             Covenant
             ;
             Famine
             ,
             Sequestration
             ;
             Truce-breaking
             ,
             Decimation
             :
             
               In
               fine
               ,
               any
               thing
               ,
               and
               now
               at
               last
               we
               are
               left
               in
               the
            
             Dark
             to
             grope
             
               it
               out
            
             .
          
           
             
               Doleful
               Effects
               ;
               (
               they
               say
               )
            
             which
             we
             will
             not
             so
             much
             as
             mention
             in
             Particular
             ,
             lest
             our
             words
             should
             be
             misunderstood
             .
          
           
             These
             good
             men
             are
             wonderfully
             put
             to
             't
             for
             want
             of
             Expression
             ;
             the
             thing
             would
             imply
             Mutiny
             ,
             and
             They
             are
             afraid
             it
             should
             be
             taken
             for
             Treason
             .
             No
             honest
             apprehension
             could
             in
             Their
             Case
             be
             Dangerous
             .
             What
             hazzard
             of
             mis-construction
             were
             it
             ,
             to
             mention
             any
             Trouble
             of
             Mind
             Imaginable
             ?
             But
             if
             it
             tends
             to
             mischief
             of
             
               Action
               ,
               That
            
             may
             prove
             perilous
             indeed
             .
             More
             Gunning
             ,
             beyond
             Controversie
             ,
             and
             their
             Sagacities
             smell
             the
             
               Pouder
               .
               The
               People
               will
               Rebell
            
             they
             think
             ;
             that
             's
             English
             ,
             and
             the
             Truth
             they
             are
             loth
             to
             Speak
             .
          
           
             To
             lay
             their
             Souls
             as
             Naked
             now
             as
             their
             Bodies
             came
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             
             I
             shall
             here
             Prove
             ,
             (
             or
             I
             deceive
             my self
             )
             that
             
               These
               People
               
               are
               the
               Betrayers
               of
               the
               Publique
               Peace
               :
            
             aud
             of
             
               the
               Office
               of
               their
               Ministry
            
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             fore-see
             any
             
               Seditious
               Consequence
            
             likely
             to
             arise
             from
             his
             
               Majesties
               Refusal
            
             :
             why
             do
             they
             not
             rather
             in
             
               Private
               Supplicate
            
             the
             King
             to
             Grant
             ,
             and
             in
             
               Publique
               ,
               Charme
            
             the
             People
             to
             Submit
             ;
             
             then
             so
             to
             Plead
             ,
             and
             Iustifie
             the
             Disagreement
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             their
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             Importunities
             may
             be
             overheard
             by
             the
             People
             ?
             They
             First
             and
             openly
             avow
             the
             
               Popular
               Cause
            
             ,
             and
             shake
             the
             head
             Then
             at
             the
             Danger
             of
             it
             :
             giving
             a
             
               Double
               Encouragement
            
             to
             the
             Multitude
             ,
             as
             well
             from
             the
             Equity
             of
             the
             Matter
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             Strength
             of
             the
             Party
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             
             what
             are
             their
             Libellous
             ,
             and
             
               Creeping
               Night-works
            
             ,
             but
             
               Poysonous
               Calumnies
            
             against
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             
               mean
               ,
               Incensing
               Flatteries
            
             toward
             the
             People
             ?
             Or
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             
               sneaking
               Complaints
               ,
               as
               if
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               would
               not
               grant
               ,
               what
               with
               Conseience
               ,
               Honour
               ,
            
             and
             
               Safety
               he
               cannot
               deny
            
             ?
             Whereas
             the
             
             Sun
             's
             not
             clearer
             ,
             then
             the
             pure
             Contrary
             .
             For
             ;
             
               the
               King
               denies
               them
               nothing
            
             ,
             but
             
               what
               with
               Conscience
               ,
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Safety
               ,
               he
               cannot
               grant
               .
            
          
           
             They
             Demand
             Presbytery
             ,
             that
             is
             ;
             the
             
               confused
               exercise
            
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             to
             the
             Minister
             of
             
               Praying
               at
               pleasure
            
             :
             which
             being
             admitted
             ,
             makes
             
               Divine
               Service
            
             but
             a
             
               Spiritual
               scuffle
            
             ;
             the
             one
             half
             of
             the
             Congregation
             
             Praying
             for
             that
             which
             the
             
               other
               Curses
            
             .
          
           
             Against
             
               This
               Proposition
            
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             stands
             engaged
             by
             
               Oath
               ,
               Honour
            
             ,
             and
             Iudgement
             :
             being
             Perswaded
             in
             his
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Obliged
             by
             the
             
               Other
               Two.
            
             
          
           
             
               They
               pretend
            
             next
             ,
             the
             continuing
             
               virtue
               of
               their
               Covenant
            
             ;
             (
             which
             never
             had
             any
             )
             wherein
             his
             Majesty
             can
             hardly
             gratify
             them
             ,
             without
             blasting
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             blessed
             
               Fathers
               Memory
            
             :
             the
             Iustice
             of
             his
             Cause
             ,
             and
             without
             shaking
             the
             Foundation
             of
             his
             
               Imperial
               Title
            
             .
          
           
             Their
             Reasons
             ,
             I
             have
             un-Reason'd
             already
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             
               Nameless
               Divines
               of
               the
               Church
               Invisible
               ,
            
             shall
             vouchsafe
             their
             Answer
             ,
             I
             shall
             dispose
             my self
             to
             receive
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             nothing
             can
             be
             pleasanter
             then
             to
             hear
             them
             talk
             of
             their
             Cousins
             the
             People
             .
             
             (
             by
             Britannicus
             his
             Leave
             )
             Alas
             !
             their
             Sowrness
             of
             discipline
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Peoples
               freedome
            
             of
             Constitution
             are
             Fire
             and
             Water
             .
             The
             people
             may
             endure
             to
             hear
             them
             Talk
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             but
             the
             exercise
             of
             their
             Tyranny
             is
             intolerable
             .
             To
             have
             every
             
               Parish
               haunted
            
             with
             a
             Phantome
             ;
             —
             every
             Church
             turned
             into
             a
             House
             of
             Correction
             ;
             —
             and
             one
             man
             excommunicated
             for
             a
             walk
             upon
             the
             Lords-day
             ,
             while
             Another
             is
             Canoniz'd
             for
             a
             Murther
             .
             I
             do
             not
             plead
             for
             Impunity
             of
             Sinners
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             pious
             differencing
             of
             Matters
             disputable
             from
             
             
               crying
               sins
            
             :
             for
             Impartiality
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             Charity
             to
             all
             men
             :
             —
             for
             Preaching
             
               Damnation
               to
               those
               that
               Resist
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Caution
             to
             those
             that
             are
             to
             Obey
             .
          
           
             The
             Expedient
             to
             prevent
             these
             mischiefs
             ,
             is
             a
             
               Synodical
               Government
            
             ;
             wherein
             
               they
               beseech
               the
               Lord
               in
               mercy
               to
               vouchsafe
               to
               his
               Majesty
               an
               heart
               to
               discern
               aright
               of
            
             Time
             ,
             and
             Judgement
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               This
               is
               ,
               in
               plainer
               termes
            
             ;
             to
             tell
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             his
             best
             course
             to
             make
             use
             of
             a
             Seasonable
             Offer
             .
          
           
             Let
             This
             suffice
             for
             their
             Proposals
             .
          
           
             Some
             three
             or
             four
             days
             after
             the
             Publishing
             of
             these
             above-mention'd
             Proposals
             ,
             out
             comes
             a
             single
             sheet
             ,
             in
             form
             of
             a
             
               Petition
               to
               his
               Majesty
            
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Commissioned
               Ministers
            
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             likely
             that
             this
             was
             drawn
             from
             them
             by
             a
             general
             rumour
             then
             current
             ,
             of
             a
             severe
             Declaration
             already
             in
             the
             Press
             against
             their
             other
             Pamphlets
             :
             for
             having
             so
             notoriously
             overshot
             themselves
             in
             the
             Rest
             ,
             they
             mend
             the
             matter
             in
             This
             ,
             by
             giving
             the
             
               same
               thing
               a
               fairer
               dress
            
             .
          
           
             [
             A
             ]
             IF
             we
             should
             sin
             against
             God
             
               (
               say
               they
            
             )
             because
             wee
             are
             commanded
             ,
             
             who
             shall
             answer
             for
             us
             ,
             or
             save
             us
             from
             his
             Iustice
             ?
             
             And
             we
             humbly
             crave
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             no
             just
             Gravamen
             of
             our
             dissent
             ,
             that
             thereby
             we
             suppose
             Superiours
             may
             erre
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             but
             supposing
             them
             to
             be
             men
             not
             yet
             in
             Heaven
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               And
               again
               ,
               [
               B
            
             ]
             
             We
             know
             that
             Conscientious
             men
             will
             not
             consent
             to
             the
             Practice
             of
             things
             in
             their
             Iudgement
             Vnlawful
             ,
             &c.
             ]
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             IX
             .
          
           
             [
             A
             ]
             SAint
             Augustine
             resolves
             this
             Point
             exceeding
             well
             ;
             
               Reum
               Regem
               facit
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               Iniquitas
               Imperandi
               ,
               Innocentem
               Subditum
               Ordo
               Serviendi
               ]
            
             Let
             the
             Governour
             accompt
             for
             an
             
               unjust
               Command
            
             ,
             but
             the
             Order
             of
             Obedience
             saves
             the
             
               Subject
               Harmless
            
             .
             This
             must
             be
             understood
             of
             Matters
             not
             
               simply
               Wicked
            
             .
          
           
             Where
             we
             doubt
             ,
             on
             the
             One
             hand
             ,
             
             and
             are
             sure
             on
             the
             Other
             ,
             beyond
             Question
             ,
             the
             surest
             side
             is
             Best
             .
             We
             are
             sure
             that
             we
             are
             to
             Obey
             ,
             if
             the
             thing
             be
             not
             Vnlawful
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             
               not
               sure
            
             that
             the
             Thing
             is
             Unlawful
             .
             I
             must
             but
             touch
             upon
             This
             ;
             If
             the
             Government
             offend
             some
             
               Particular
               Persons
            
             ,
             't
             is
             hard
             they
             cannot
             agree
             ,
             but
             let
             those
             
               Particulars
               march
               off
            
             :
             for
             They
             offend
             the
             
               Government
               ▪
            
             and
             it
             is
             better
             ,
             that
             some
             suffer
             by
             an
             Imposition
             ,
             then
             All
             by
             a
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
           
             They
             offer
             to
             Dispute
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             pass
             for
             
               mighty
               men
            
             with
             the
             people
             .
             But
             what
             's
             the
             Question
             ?
             Onely
             forsooth
             ,
             whether
             I
             Think
             This
             ,
             or
             
               That
               Lawful
            
             :
             And
             if
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             do
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             ;
             and
             no
             matter
             what
             the
             Law
             says
             to
             the
             Contrary
             .
             What
             I
             
               believe
               ,
               binds
               me
            
             ;
             and
             every
             Man
             being
             Free
             to
             pretend
             what
             Belief
             he
             pleases
             ,
             every
             man's
             
               Private
               Humour
            
             becomes
             a
             Law.
             
          
           
             They
             Argue
             ,
             thar
             
               Superiours
               may
               Erre
            
             .
             They
             may
             so
             ;
             but
             theit
             Errours
             are
             no
             Forfeiture
             of
             their
             Superiority
             .
             Cannot
             
               Inferiours
               erre
            
             too
             ?
             So
             that
             their
             own
             claim
             brings
             the
             Issue
             of
             this
             Strife
             but
             to
             a
             
               Drawn
               Battle
            
             .
             When
             Subjects
             question
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             their
             Governours
             ;
             they
             do
             not
             so
             much
             tax
             their
             mistakes
             ,
             as
             Vsurp
             their
             Authority
             ;
             and
             for
             some
             Slip
             perhaps
             in
             the
             Exercise
             of
             Government
             destroy
             the
             Order
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             [
             B
             ]
             
               We
               know
               that
               Conscientious
               men
               will
               not
               consent
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             They
             borrow
             here
             ,
             the
             
               Apostles
               Rhetorique
               .
               [
               King
            
             Agrippa
             
               believest
               thou
               the
               Prophets
               ?
               I
               know
               that
               thou
               believest
               .
               ]
            
             They
             seem
             to
             take
             for
             Granted
             ,
             what
             they
             are
             now
             endeavouring
             to
             perswade
             them
             to
             .
             These
             are
             but
             hints
             to
             the
             Common-People
             ,
             to
             say
             their
             Consciences
             cannot
             submit
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             then
             there
             's
             a
             Party
             made
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
           
           
             Soon
             after
             the
             Publishing
             of
             their
             
               Petition
               for
               Peace
            
             ,
             came
             forth
             a
             pretended
             
               Accompt
               of
               all
               the
               Proceedings
            
             betwixt
             the
             
               Commissioned
               Divines
            
             concerning
             the
             Liturgy
             .
             Not
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             weakness
             of
             their
             Reasoning
             ,
             I
             shall
             onely
             produce
             one
             Mistake
             of
             Memory
             ,
             (
             I
             had
             like
             to
             have
             given
             it
             a
             worse
             name
             .
             )
          
           
             
               The
               Bishops
               urge
               ,
               that
            
             [
             while
             the
             Liturgy
             was
             duly
             observ'd
             ,
             we
             liv'd
             in
             Peace
             ,
             since
             that
             was
             laid
             aside
             ]
             —
             
               the
               contrary
               .
               Now
               bless
               the
            
             Modesty
             
               of
               the
            
             Replicants
             .
          
           
             BUt
             Really
             hath
             Liberty
             to
             forbear
             ,
             
             produced
             such
             Divisions
             as
             you
             mention
             ?
             The
             Licence
             ,
             or
             Connivence
             that
             was
             granted
             to
             Haeretiques
             ,
             Apostates
             ,
             and
             foul-mouth'd
             Raylers
             against
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             all
             God's
             Ordinances
             indeed
             bred
             Confusions
             in
             the
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             X.
             
          
           
             VVOuld
             not
             this
             
               scandalous
               Recltal
            
             of
             their
             old
             Forgeries
             against
             the
             Government
             :
             —
             This
             Re-charge
             of
             our
             late
             Gratious
             Soveraign
             :
             and
             Imputation
             of
             the
             late
             War
             to
             the
             
               King's
               Party
            
             ,
             (
             for
             There
             
             Their
             Malice
             fixes
             it
             )
             make
             a
             man
             lay
             the
             very
             Roots
             of
             the
             
               Rebellion
               Naked
            
             ;
             and
             trace
             the
             Project
             up
             to
             the
             very
             Dore
             of
             the
             
               Reforming
               Conclave
            
             ?
          
           
             Nota
             magis
             nulli
             domus
             est
             sua
             ,
             quam
             mihi
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Do
             not
             we
             know
             the
             
               Scotch
               Cabale
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Confederate
               English
            
             ;
             the
             Pack
             that
             hunted
             the
             Earl
             of
             Strafford
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             and
             the
             Beagles
             too
             ,
             that
             Bayted
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             .
          
           
             [
             But
             Really
             ,
             hath
             Liberty
             to
             forbear
             produced
             such
             divisions
             ?
             
               &c.
               ]
               Goodly
               ,
               Goodly
               !
               your
            
             Reverences
             are
             Gamesome
             :
             Yes
             ,
             Really
             
               it
               has
            
             .
          
           
             Are
             not
             Knaves
             and
             Fools
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ?
             and
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Freedome
             ,
             they
             require
             ,
             Those
             are
             the
             men
             we
             make
             our
             Governours
             .
             Without
             This
             Liberty
             of
             Freedome
             ,
             where
             had
             been
             their
             
               separate
               Assemblies
            
             ?
             Their
             
               Seditious
               Conventicles
            
             ;
             Their
             
               Anti-Episcopal
               Lectures
            
             ,
             and
             without
             These
             ,
             their
             
               Desolating
               Reformation
            
             ?
             Were
             we
             not
             in
             the
             high-way
             to
             Vnity
             ,
             when
             Churches
             were
             turn'd
             into
             Stables
             ,
             and
             houses
             of
             Infamy
             supplyed
             the
             place
             of
             Churches
             ?
             when
             Peters
             was
             fooling
             in
             
               One
               Pulpit
               ,
               Marshall
               Denouncing
            
             in
             Another
             :
             and
             when
             the
             Now-Pastor
             of
             Brainford
             threw
             the
             very
             Fire-brand
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             into
             the
             
               Kings
               Coach
            
             ;
             that
             
             execrable
             
               Pamphlet
               ,
               [
               To
               your
               Tents
               O
               Israe
               〈…〉
            
          
           
             But
             the
             Reformers
             assign
             our
             Breaches
             to
             another
             Cause
             .
             
               [
               The
            
             Licence
             or
             Connivence
             
               that
               was
               granted
               to
            
             Haeretiques
             ,
             Apostates
             &c.
             —
             ]
          
           
             When
             will
             These
             mens
             Mouths
             be
             Sweet
             again
             ,
             after
             so
             foul
             a
             Calumny
             ?
             Nay
             more
             ;
             the
             very
             Crimes
             they
             charge
             upon
             the
             Government
             ,
             in
             a
             high
             measure
             ,
             they
             Themselves
             were
             guilty
             of
             .
          
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             was
             their
             
               First
               Clamour
            
             ,
             a
             Notion
             which
             included
             all
             Sects
             and
             Heresies
             imaginable
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             great
             Use
             was
             made
             against
             the
             King.
             But
             notwithstanding
             the
             prodigious
             ,
             and
             Blasphemous
             Opinions
             ,
             then
             rise
             ,
             and
             crying
             ,
             both
             in
             their
             Conventieles
             and
             Pulpits
             ;
             All
             passed
             for
             Gospel
             in
             the
             
               Godly
               Party
            
             :
             for
             Unity
             in
             the
             War
             was
             their
             business
             ,
             not
             Vnity
             in
             Religion
             :
             and
             it
             was
             safer
             to
             Deny
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             then
             to
             refuse
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             The
             bare
             Rehearsal
             of
             their
             Monstrous
             Tenents
             would
             make
             a
             man
             Tremble
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             among
             them
             that
             deny'd
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             —
             
             the
             use
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             —
             the
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             —
             the
             Trinity
             in
             Vnity
             .
             That
             affirmed
             the
             Soul
             to
             be
             of
             the
             Essence
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             —
             and
             a
             world
             of
             other
             
               Impious
               Positions
            
             they
             held
             ,
             such
             as
             either
             the
             Devil
             ,
             or
             
             Distemper
             suggested
             to
             them
             .
             the
             Presbyterians
             were
             pleas'd
             to
             〈◊〉
             these
             Phanatiques
             ,
             at
             first
             more
             needful
             to
             their
             Design
             ,
             then
             Scandalous
             to
             their
             Profession
             ;
             preferring
             at
             any
             time
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             
               Two
               Tables
            
             .
             And
             so
             they
             scap'd
             ,
             not
             onely
             with
             Impunity
             ,
             but
             Encouragement
             ;
             till
             the
             Declining
             of
             the
             
               Royal
               party
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Encrease
             of
             these
             wild
             Libertines
             ,
             put
             the
             Kirk-faction
             upon
             other
             thoughts
             :
             which
             were
             ,
             having
             now
             Master'd
             the
             
               Kings
               forces
            
             ,
             how
             to
             cast
             off
             the
             
               Independent
               Party
            
             ,
             by
             whose
             assistance
             they
             had
             done
             the
             work
             .
          
           
             They
             began
             now
             to
             open
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             to
             perceive
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             call'd
             Gospel-Profession
             while
             they
             needed
             them
             ,
             was
             become
             
               gross
               Haeresie
            
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             done
             with
             them
             :
             and
             that
             
               Gods
               People
            
             in
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             were
             Schismatiques
             in
             the
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             become
             now
             of
             the
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             these
             Faithless
             Creatures
             promised
             to
             all
             that
             sided
             with
             them
             ?
             See
             the
             
               Ministers
               Letter
            
             from
             Sion-House
             to
             the
             Assembly
             in
             1645.
             
          
           
             Toleration
             of
             Independents
             ,
             as
             unseasonable
             so
             unreasonable
             .
             First
             ,
             Not
             establish'd
             in
             any
             Christian
             State
             by
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             consists
             not
             with
             Presbytery
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             If
             That
             ;
             then
             all
             Sectaries
             must
             be
             Tolerated
             .
             ]
             Again
             ;
          
           
           
             Such
             a
             Toleration
             is
             utterly
             Repugnant
             ,
             and
             Inconsistent
             with
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             for
             Reformation
             .
             ]
          
           
             See
             
             Bayly's
             
               disswasive
               from
               the
               Errours
               of
               the
               Times
            
             in
             his
             Dedicatory
             .
             Printed
             in
             1646.
             
          
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             Toleration
             of
             all
             or
             any
             Religion
             ,
             is
             so
             prodigious
             an
             impiety
             ,
             that
             this
             religious
             Parliament
             cannot
             but
             abhor
             the
             very
             naming
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             Faction
             sing
             the
             same
             song
             ,
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             Rising
             ,
             and
             Non-Toleration
             when
             they
             are
             Vp
             :
             and
             they
             are
             now
             upon
             their
             
               first
               concern
            
             ;
             they
             Plead
             in
             pretence
             for
             all
             the
             Adversaries
             of
             our
             Church-Order
             ,
             but
             they
             propose
             to
             
               set
               up
            
             onely
             for
             Themselves
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             point
             worthy
             a
             strict
             Enquiry
             ,
             and
             wee
             'll
             sift
             it
             Throughly
             ,
             in
             that
             which
             follows
             .
          
           
             BVt
             it
             is
             to
             us
             matter
             of
             Admiration
             to
             observe
             (
             clean
             contrary
             to
             your
             Intimation
             )
             how
             little
             Discord
             there
             was
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             Worship
             ,
             among
             all
             the
             Churches
             throughout
             the
             three
             Nations
             ,
             
               that
               agreed
               in
            
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             forbore
             the
             Liturgy
             .
             It
             is
             wonderful
             to
             us
             in
             the
             Review
             to
             consider
             ,
             
             with
             what
             Love
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Concord
             ,
             they
             all
             spake
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             that
             were
             tyed
             to
             no
             From
             of
             words
             ,
             even
             those
             that
             differed
             in
             some
             points
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             withdrawing
             from
             Local
             Communion
             with
             us
             ,
             yet
             strangely
             agreed
             with
             us
             in
             Worship
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
             NOTE
             .
             XI
             .
          
           
             ACutely
             ,
             and
             unanswerably
             argued
             ;
             
               Those
               Churches
               that
               Agreed
            
             ,
             did
             agree
             ,
             wherein
             
               they
               Agreed
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishops
             inferr
             the
             Expedience
             of
             restoring
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             from
             the
             Divisions
             which
             have
             ensu'd
             upon
             forsaking
             it
             .
          
           
             Nay
             rather
             ;
             (
             reply
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               )
               the
               Licence
               given
               to
            
             Apostates
             ,
             Haeretiques
             ,
             
               and
               the
               like
            
             ,
             caused
             those
             
               Divisions
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             Whereas
             
               those
               that
               forbore
               the
               Liturgy
               ,
               and
               agreed
               in
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             were
             unamimous
             to
             a
             Miracle
             .
          
           
             Where
             lies
             the
             Wonder
             ,
             if
             those
             that
             agreed
             in
             Doctrine
             ,
             differ'd
             not
             much
             in
             other
             matters
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             nothing
             else
             for
             them
             to
             differ
             upon
             ?
             Or
             what
             Answer
             is
             it
             to
             an
             Objection
             that
             there
             were
             
               great
               and
               many
               Divisions
            
             ,
             to
             say
             that
             there
             were
             
               some
               Agreements
            
             ?
             And
             those
             Agreements
             were
             no
             other
             neither
             then
             a
             Conspiracy
             .
          
           
             The
             Question
             is
             ,
             what
             was
             the
             Effect
             of
             
             that
             
               Popular
               Defection
            
             from
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
             Was
             it
             not
             Haeresie
             ,
             and
             Rebellion
             ?
             Nor
             is
             it
             possible
             it
             should
             be
             other
             ;
             for
             a
             
               General
               Freedome
            
             is
             but
             a
             
               Licentious
               Combination
            
             against
             a
             Regulating
             and
             
               Limiting
               Order
            
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Wonderful
             Love
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Concord
             that
             was
             among
             those
             that
             were
             tied
             to
             no
             form
             of
             words
             !
             ]
          
           
             —
             
               Inter
               so
               Convenit
               Vrsis
            
             ]
             They
             did
             in
             truth
             agree
             ,
             to
             Catch
             the
             Prey
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             share
             it
             :
             —
             they
             lov'd
             the
             Independency
             ,
             but
             they
             hated
             the
             Independent
             :
             or
             with
             Doctor
             Donn
             ;
             The
             One
             was
             con●ent
             the
             Other
             should
             be
             Damn'd
             ,
             but
             loth
             he
             should
             Govern
             .
          
           
             Since
             these
             Gentlemen
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             boast
             the
             Vnity
             of
             that
             Party
             that
             forbore
             the
             Liturgy
             ;
             wee
             'll
             confer
             Notes
             with
             their
             great
             Friend
             Mr.
             Edwards
             upon
             the
             Question
             ;
             and
             first
             wee
             'll
             see
             what
             pretious
             Instruments
             these
             Tender-conscienc'd
             men
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             as
             the
             
               conjunct
               Promoters
            
             of
             a
             Reformation
             .
             Wee
             'll
             then
             enquire
             ,
             upon
             their
             subdivision
             ,
             how
             they
             agreed
             among
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
             
               Certain
               Opinions
               frequent
               among
               the
               Godly
               Party
               (
               falsly
               so
               called
               .
               )
            
             
               THat
               the
               Scriptures
               are
               Insufficient
               ,
               
               and
               uncertain
               .
            
             
               That
               
                 God
                 is
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 Sin
                 :
              
               
               not
               of
               the
               Action
               onely
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Sinfulness
               it
               self
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 the
              
               Magistrate
               ought
               not
               to
               Punish
               any
               man
               for
               Denying
               of
               a
               God
               :
               
               if
               his
               Conscience
               be
               so
               perswaded
               .
            
             
               That
               every
               Creature
               is
               God
               :
               
               an
               Efflux
               only
               
                 from
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               shall
               
                 Return
                 to
                 him
              
               .
            
             
               That
               there
               is
               but
               
                 one
                 Person
              
               in
               the
               
                 Divine
                 Nature
              
               .
               
            
             
               That
               Christ
               came
               onely
               to
               witness
               and
               declare
               the
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               
               not
               to
               procure
               it
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               least
               Truth
               is
               of
               more
               worth
               then
               
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 himself
              
               .
               
            
             
               That
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Repentance
               is
               a
               
                 soul
                 destroying
                 Doctrine
              
               .
               
            
             
               That
               't
               is
               as
               possible
               for
               Christ
               himself
               to
               sin
               ,
               as
               for
               a
               child
               of
               God
               to
               sin
               .
               
            
             
               
                 That
                 the
              
               Moral
               Law
               is
               of
               no
               use
               at
               all
               to
               Beleevers
               .
               
            
             
               
                 That
                 Peters
              
               trouble
               after
               the
               denial
               of
               his
               Master
               ,
               
               issued
               onely
               from
               the
               weakness
               of
               his
               Faith.
               
            
             
               That
               Infants
               rise
               not
               again
               .
               
            
          
           
           
             The
             same
             Author
             tells
             us
             in
             the
             
               Second
               part
               of
               Gangraena
            
             ,
             
             of
             a
             Sectary
             pleading
             for
             a
             
               Toleration
               of
               Witches
            
             ,
             which
             he
             follows
             ,
             with
             a
             recital
             of
             Instances
             in
             several
             kinds
             ,
             the
             foulest
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             impious
             ,
             imaginable
             .
          
           
             Let
             these
             suffice
             out
             of
             that
             rabble
             of
             
               Infamous
               Collections
            
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             
               blessed
               Effects
            
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Reformation
            
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             objected
             ,
             
               that
               these
               opinions
               no
               way
               concern
               the
               Presbyterian
               Party
               .
            
             They
             are
             not
             Charg'd
             with
             the
             Belief
             of
             these
             Heresies
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             encouragement
             and
             protection
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             grew
             up
             and
             spread
             under
             
               Their
               Government
            
             .
          
           
             [
             All
             of
             them
             being
             vented
             and
             broached
             within
             these
             four
             years
             last
             pact
             ,
             
             yea
             most
             of
             them
             within
             these
             two
             last
             years
             and
             less
             ;
             
             ]
             (
             
               This
               was
               in
            
             1646.
             and
             more
             especally
             
               (
               says
               the
               same
               Author
               in
               the
               Page
               following
               )
            
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             the
             Counties
             adjacent
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Parliaments
               Quarters
            
             ,
             in
             their
             Armies
             ,
             and
             
               Garison
               Towns
            
             ,
             not
             maintained
             by
             Persons
             at
             
               Oxford
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             Then
             it
             had
             not
             been
             so
             much
             to
             us
             ;
             ]
             —
             
               but
               [
               in
            
             Thee
             
               London
               ,
               in
            
             Thee
             
               Associate
               Counties
               ,
               in
            
             Thee
             Armies
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             a
             Solemn
             Covenant
             to
             extirpate
             Heresies
             ,
             and
             
               Schismes
               ,
               are
            
             found
             such
             and
             such
             errours
             ,
             blasphemous
             opinions
             ,
             strange
             practices
             ,
             &c.
             —
             ]
          
           
           
             
               Nor
               were
               the
            
             Sectaries
             onely
             let
             alone
             ,
             and
             suffered
             ,
             
             
               but
               highly
            
             respected
             ,
             preferred
             ,
             &c.
             —
             ]
             
               Nay
               ,
               says
               our
               Author
            
             ;
             The
             Independents
             were
             but
             few
             ;
             and
             other
             Sectaries
             
               a
               small
               Number
            
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             and
             second
             year
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             some
             half
             a
             score
             or
             dozen
             Ministers
             ,
             three
             or
             four
             hundred
             People
             ,
             the
             Presbyterians
             gave
             them
             the
             Right
             hand
             of
             Fellowship
             ,
             admitted
             them
             to
             their
             Meetings
             ,
             opened
             their
             Pulpit
             dores
             unto
             them
             ,
             shewed
             all
             brotherly
             respect
             of
             Love
             and
             Kindness
             to
             them
             ,
             even
             more
             then
             to
             must
             of
             their
             own
             Way
             ,
             condescending
             to
             such
             a
             Motion
             ,
             as
             to
             forbear
             Praying
             ,
             and
             Printing
             against
             their
             Opinions
             and
             Way
             ;
             making
             them
             (
             who
             were
             
               so
               small
               and
               inconsiderable
               a
               Party
               )
            
             as
             it
             were
             an
             equal
             Party
             ,
             putting
             them
             into
             the
             Ballance
             with
             themselves
             ;
             they
             appeared
             not
             to
             hinder
             their
             being
             Chosen
             to
             be
             general
             Lecturers
             for
             This
             City
             ,
             in
             several
             great
             Churches
             ;
             and
             as
             at
             first
             ,
             so
             all
             along
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             tender
             and
             respectful
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             Assembly
             ,
             City
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             Cases
             suffering
             them
             to
             grow
             up
             to
             Thousands
             ,
             &c.
             ]
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             words
             of
             a
             profest
             Champion
             of
             the
             Cause
             ;
             a
             bitter
             Adversary
             he
             was
             to
             Independents
             ,
             and
             to
             say
             no
             worse
             ;
             he
             was
             a
             Presbyterian
             to
             Bishops
             .
             As
             he
             hath
             stated
             
             the
             Case
             ,
             
             it
             was
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             not
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             that
             
               licensed
               Heretiques
               ,
               Apostates
            
             ,
             and
             
               Foulmouth'd
               Raylers
               against
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               Ministry
               ,
               and
               all
               Gods
               Ordinances
            
             ;
             —
             ]
             and
             the
             forbearance
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             step
             toward
             This
             horrible
             Confusion
             .
          
           
             
               Qui
               non
               prohibet
               ,
               cum
               potest
               ,
               Iubet
               .
            
             He
             that
             
               permits
               ,
               Commands
            
             ;
             when
             he
             might
             fairly
             hinder
             .
          
           
             The
             Sectaries
             were
             but
             Few
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             
               at
               the
               Beginning
               of
               the
               War
               ,
            
             
             till
             they
             were
             Nurs'd
             ,
             and
             Cherish'd
             by
             the
             Presbyterians
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             seem's
             ,
             't
             was
             
               Their
               Indulgence
            
             wrought
             our
             Mischief
             ,
             and
             not
             
               Episcopal
               connivance
            
             .
             In
             Truth
             that
             Thing
             they
             called
             the
             Cause
             ,
             was
             but
             the
             Sink
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             :
             —
             the
             common
             Receptacle
             of
             
               Lewd
               ,
               Factious
            
             ,
             and
             
               foul
               Humours
            
             .
             The
             Government
             was
             their
             
               grand
               Aversion
            
             ;
             and
             next
             to
             King
             and
             Church
             ,
             they
             hated
             
               one
               another
            
             .
             The
             
               Divines
               ,
               Preach'd
            
             ,
             and
             Printed
             up
             the
             Quarrel
             ;
             the
             Brutish
             
               Multitude
               Maintain'd
            
             it
             :
             which
             kind
             of
             Combination
             is
             rarely
             Phansi'd
             by
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Bacon
            
             ,
             in
             These
             Words
             .
          
           
             Libels
             against
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             Dignities
             ,
             calling
             in
             the
             People
             to
             their
             Aid
             ,
             are
             a
             kind
             of
             Intelligence
             betwixt
             Incendiaries
             ,
             and
             Robbers
             ;
             the
             One
             to
             Fire
             the
             house
             ,
             the
             Other
             to
             Rifle
             it
             .
             ]
          
           
           
             We
             come
             now
             to
             
               the
               wonderful
               Love
               ,
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Concord
               ,
               of
               those
               People
               that
               were
               tyed
               to
               no
               Form
               of
               words
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             and
             first
             The
             Kindness
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             to
             their
             Colleagues
             the
             Independents
             .
          
           
             The
             Sectaries
             agree
             with
             Iulian
             the
             Apostate
             ,
             
             Gangrene
             ,
             p.
             54.
             
          
           
             The
             Sectaries
             are
             Libertines
             and
             Atheists
             ,
             P.
             185.
             ]
             Unclean
             ,
             Incestuous
             ,
             P.
             187.
             ]
             Drunkards
             ,
             P.
             190.
             ]
             Sabbath-breakers
             ,
             Deceivers
             ,
             
               P.
               191.
               ]
               Guilty
               of
               gross
            
             Lying
             ,
             Slandering
             ,
             Iugling
             ,
             Falsifying
             their
             Words
             and
             Promises
             :
             
               Guilty
               of
            
             Excessive
             Pride
             and
             Boasting
             ,
             
               pag.
               192
               ]
               —
               Of
               insufferable
            
             Insolencies
             ,
             horrible
             Affronts
             to
             Authority
             ,
             
               and
               of
               strange
            
             Outrages
             ,
             
               pag.
               194.
               ]
               There
               never
               was
               a
               more
            
             Hypocritical
             ,
             False
             Dissembling
             ,
             Cunning
             Generation
             in
             England
             ,
             
               then
               many
               of
               the
            
             Grandees
             
               of
               our
            
             Sectaries
             .
             —
             They
             Incourage
             ,
             Protect
             ,
             and
             Cry
             
               up
               for
            
             Saints
             ,
             Sons
             of
             Belial
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Vilest
             
               of
               Men
               ,
               p.
               240.
            
             ]
             Gangraena
             
               2d
               Part
            
             ,
             1646.
             
          
           
             These
             Imputations
             being
             attended
             with
             Publique
             ,
             and
             
               Notorious
               Proofs
            
             :
             and
             this
             Subject
             being
             at
             that
             time
             the
             Common
             Theme
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               party
            
             ;
             enough
             is
             said
             to
             shew
             their
             Kindness
             to
             the
             Sectaries
             ;
             
             Wee
             'll
             now
             to
             the
             Other
             side
             ,
             and
             Manifest
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Love
             lost
             betwixt
             them
             .
          
           
             An
             Anabaptist
             said
             that
             he
             hoped
             to
             see
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             on
             fire
             before
             Presbytery
             should
             be
             settled
             .
             ]
             
          
           
             Another
             Sectary
             ,
             that
             he
             hoped
             to
             see
             the
             Presbytery
             as
             much
             troden
             under
             foot
             as
             the
             Bishops
             are
             .
             
               Gangr
               .
               p.
               73.
            
             ]
          
           
             The
             
               National
               Covenant
            
             is
             a
             double
             fac'd
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             greatest
             make-bate
             and
             snare
             ,
             that
             ever
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             the
             Clergy
             his
             Agents
             ,
             cast
             in
             among
             honest
             men
             in
             England
             in
             our
             age
             .
             
               Gangraena
               ,
               2d
               .
               Part
               ,
               pag.
            
             220.
             
          
           
             The
             Presbyterian
             Government
             is
             Antichristian
             ,
             
               a
               limb
               of
            
             Antichrist
             ,
             
               Tyrannical
               ,
               Lordly
               ,
               Cruel
               ,
               a
               worse
               bondage
               then
               under
               the
            
             Prelates
             ,
             
               a
               bondage
               under
               Task-masters
               as
               the
            
             Israelites
             in
             Egypt
             ,
             Ibid.
             221.
             
          
           
             The
             Assembly
             is
             Antichristian
             ,
             Romish
             ,
             Bloudy
             ,
             the
             Plagues
             and
             Pestes
             
               of
               the
               Kingdome
            
             ,
             Baals
             Priests
             ,
             Diviners
             ,
             Southsayers
             ,
             Ibid.
             p.
             230.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Seed
               of
               God
               in
               this
               Nation
               ,
               has
               had
            
             Two
             Capital
             Enemies
             ,
             the
             Romish-Papacy
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Scotch-Presbytery
             .
             Sterry
             ,
             Englands
             Deliverance
             ,
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
           
             
               Behold
               the
            
             Harmony
             
               of
               the
            
             Non-Conformists
             :
             the
             wonderful
             Agreement
             of
             the
             with-drawers
             from
             local
             Communion
             with
             us
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               But
               the
            
             Reformers
             
               argue
               Learnedly
            
             ,
             
             that
             if
             we
             tell
             them
             of
             those
             that
             differ
             from
             them
             in
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             of
             them
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             impertinent
             to
             the
             point
             of
             their
             own
             agreement
             in
             Worship
             ,
             as
             to
             tell
             them
             of
             the
             Papists
             .
             ]
          
           
             Marque
             the
             
               Insipid
               flatness
            
             of
             This
             Evasion
             .
             If
             they
             Differ
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             Agree
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             Agree
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             Differ
             .
             Have
             not
             the
             
               Independent
               Schismatiques
            
             the
             same
             Pretence
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Presbyterian
             ?
             We
             urge
             that
             all
             the
             Factions
             were
             of
             a
             Party
             ,
             not
             all
             of
             an
             Opinion
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             
               Independent
               Heresies
            
             were
             hatch'd
             under
             the
             
               Kirk-Schismatiques
               Wing
            
             .
          
           
             This
             we
             have
             prov'd
             ,
             and
             now
             ,
             to
             a
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             Wheresoever
             the
             Two
             
               Factions
               close
            
             ,
             
             there
             's
             a
             design
             upon
             the
             
               Civil
               Power
            
             ;
             for
             their
             Principles
             are
             Inconciliable
             ,
             save
             by
             the
             
               stronger
               malice
            
             they
             bear
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             then
             to
             
               each
               other
            
             .
          
           
             How
             great
             a
             madness
             is
             it
             then
             for
             those
             People
             to
             unite
             against
             the
             Publique
             ?
             when
             
             they
             are
             sure
             either
             to
             fall
             in
             the
             Attempt
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             most
             ,
             not
             to
             
               stand
               firm
            
             long
             after
             it
             !
             For
             whensoever
             they
             Break
             ,
             (
             and
             Break
             they
             must
             )
             't
             is
             but
             a
             little
             Patience
             till
             they
             are
             i●
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Third
               Party
            
             gives
             the
             Law
             to
             Both
             ,
             Turning
             the
             Scale
             at
             Pleasure
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             a
             vayles
             it
             to
             offer
             Light
             to
             those
             that
             shut
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             or
             Reason
             to
             a
             man
             that
             dares
             not
             hearken
             to
             it
             ?
             'T
             is
             with
             
               Notorious
               Sinners
            
             as
             with
             men
             much
             in
             Debt
             ,
             they
             had
             rather
             Break
             then
             come
             to
             an
             Account
             :
             —
             rather
             run
             headlong
             the
             direct
             Rote
             to
             Hell
             ,
             then
             pass
             the
             Purgatory
             of
             a
             Repentance
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             remarkable
             saying
             of
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Bacon
            
             ,
             that
             
               the
               great
            
             Atheists
             
               indeed
               are
            
             Hypocrites
             ,
             
               which
               are
               ever
               Handling
               Holy
               things
               ,
               but
               without
               Feeling
               .
               ]
            
             Such
             are
             the
             people
             we
             have
             to
             deal
             with
             .
             Witness
             their
             
               Seditious
               Zeal
            
             ;
             —
             their
             
               Wrested
               Allegations
            
             ;
             —
             their
             
               Neglected
               Vows
            
             ,
             and
             
               D●ring
               Scruples
            
             .
             No
             wonder
             then
             at
             their
             incorrigible
             Hardness
             and
             Impenitence
             .
          
           
             David
             ,
             
               (
               we
               find
            
             )
             Repented
             his
             Adultery
             and
             Murther
             ;
             
             Manasseh
             ,
             his
             Idolatry
             ;
             Saint
             Peter
             ,
             the
             Denial
             of
             his
             Master
             ;
             Saint
             Paul
             ,
             the
             Persecution
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             
               &c.
               —
               but
               not
               one
               precedent
               in
               the
               whole
               Bible
               of
               a
            
             
             Repentant
             and
             Converted
             Hypocrite
             .
          
           
             LORD
             ,
             
             
               I
               am
               not
               as
               other
               men
               are
               ,
            
             says
             the
             
               Pharisee
               :
               
               The
               Congregation
               is
               holy
               ,
               every
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Lord
               is
               among
               them
               ,
            
             (
             cry
             the
             Sons
             of
             
               Korah
               .
               )
               Oh
               that
               I
               were
               made
               Iudge
               it
               the
               land
               ,
            
             (
             says
             
               Absolom
               )
               that
               I
               might
               do
               every
               man
               justice
               !
               ]
            
             But
             what
             became
             of
             these
             People
             ?
             He
             in
             the
             Parable
             was
             not
             
               justified
               ;
               —
               The
               earth
               opened
               her
               mouth
               upon
               the
               Korites
            
             ;
             —
             and
             the
             
               smooth
               Advocate
            
             for
             the
             
               Peoples
               Liberties
            
             was
             Hang'd
             upon
             an
             Oak
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             beware
             of
             the
             leaven
             of
             the
             Pharisees
             ,
             which
             is
             Hypocrisie
             .
             
          
           
             Nor
             is
             this
             Crime
             more
             fatal
             to
             the
             Person
             than
             to
             the
             Publick
             ;
             
             those
             that
             are
             tainted
             with
             it
             ,
             being
             not
             one
             jot
             better
             Citizens
             or
             Subjects
             ,
             than
             they
             are
             Christians
             :
             two
             or
             three
             are
             enough
             to
             infect
             a
             Parish
             ,
             and
             half
             a
             dozen
             popular
             Hypocrites
             will
             make
             a
             shift
             to
             embroyle
             a
             Nation
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             credible
             ,
             how
             greedily
             the
             heedless
             Vulgar
             swallow
             down
             any
             hook
             baited
             with
             forms
             of
             godliness
             ,
             especially
             when
             they
             themselves
             are
             taken
             in
             fo●
             sharers
             in
             the
             work
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             Iudges
             of
             the
             Controversie
             .
             Then
             they
             begin
             to
             talk
             of
             the
             
               Righteous
               Scepter
            
             ,
             and
             of
             subjecting
             the
             Nations
             to
             the
             rule
             of
             the
             
               holy
               Ordinance
            
             ,
             abundantly
             supplying
             
             with
             revelation
             their
             want
             of
             
               common
               Reason
               .
               They
            
             (
             forsooth
             )
             must
             be
             conferr'd
             with
             about
             Church-Government
             ,
             and
             
               Delinquents
               ,
               Baals
               Priests
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               High
               places
            
             ,
             which
             way
             to
             carry
             on
             
               the
               Cause
               of
               the
               Lamb
               ;
               against
               the
               Kingdomes
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               and
               the
               powers
               of
               darkness
               .
            
          
           
             When
             once
             the
             poyson
             of
             this
             canker'd
             zeal
             comes
             to
             diffuse
             it self
             ,
             and
             seize
             the
             mass
             and
             humour
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             who
             can
             express
             in
             words
             ,
             or
             without
             horror
             think
             upon
             the
             Blasphemies
             ,
             Treasons
             ,
             Murthers
             ,
             Heart-burnings
             ,
             and
             Consusions
             that
             ensue
             upon
             it
             :
             We
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             ransack
             Forreign
             Stories
             ,
             or
             past
             Ages
             ,
             for
             sad
             and
             dismal
             Instances
             ;
             this
             little
             spot
             of
             England
             and
             our
             own
             Memories
             will
             furnish
             us
             .
          
           
             Those
             that
             are
             struck
             with
             this
             distemper
             ,
             
             take
             Fancy
             for
             Inspiration
             ,
             their
             very
             dreams
             for
             
               divine
               Advertisements
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Impulse
             of
             a
             besotted
             Melancholy
             for
             the
             direction
             of
             the
             
               holy
               Spirit
            
             .
             They
             fashion
             to
             themselves
             strange
             uncouth
             Notions
             of
             the
             Diety
             ,
             entring
             into
             a
             familiarity
             with
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             elevation
             of
             spiritual
             pride
             and
             dotage
             ,
             having
             ,
             as
             they
             imagine
             ,
             the
             Almighty
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             and
             the
             Eternal
             Wisdome
             for
             their
             Counsellour
             ;
             they
             accompt
             ▪
             human
             reason
             a
             ridiculous
             thing
             ,
             and
             laugh
             
             at
             the
             authority
             and
             power
             of
             Princes
             .
          
           
             So
             many
             of
             them
             as
             agree
             to
             oppose
             the
             Right
             ,
             are
             called
             the
             
               Saints
               ;
               the
               earth
               is
               their
               inheritance
               ,
            
             and
             that
             which
             we
             stile
             Theft
             or
             Plunder
             ,
             is
             but
             with
             them
             taking
             possession
             of
             their
             Birth-right
             .
             In
             order
             to
             their
             ends
             they
             reckon
             no
             violence
             unlawful
             .
             Princes
             are
             murthered
             for
             
               the
               glory
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             barbarous
             mischiefs
             that
             fire
             and
             sword
             can
             bring
             upon
             a
             people
             ,
             they
             term
             a
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             Their
             Combinations
             against
             Law
             and
             Order
             are
             (
             in
             the
             language
             of
             the
             Consistory
             )
             
               a
               holy
               Covenanting
               with
               their
               God
            
             ;
             and
             all
             their
             actings
             (
             tho'
             never
             so
             irreverend
             and
             impetuous
             )
             onely
             
               the
               gentle
               Motions
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             These
             are
             the
             pious
             Arts
             that
             take
             and
             lead
             the
             Multitude
             —
             the
             simple
             and
             the
             factious
             ,
             together
             with
             such
             male-contents
             as
             are
             by
             
               guilt
               ,
               disgrace
            
             ,
             or
             poverty
             ,
             prepared
             for
             lewdness
             .
             And
             this
             hath
             been
             the
             constant
             method
             of
             our
             devout
             Patriots
             ,
             who
             with
             
               Gods
               glory
            
             and
             
               Christian
               liberty
            
             still
             in
             their
             mouths
             ,
             laid
             the
             foundation
             of
             our
             ruine
             in
             Hypocrisie
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             belongs
             to
             the
             Stage
             ,
             and
             in
             That
             sense
             ,
             to
             some
             of
             our
             Reformers
             ;
             a
             great
             part
             of
             whose
             Pulpit-work
             it
             is
             ,
             by
             Feigned
             ,
             and
             
               forc'd
               Passions
            
             in
             Themselves
             ,
             to
             stir
             up
             
               True
               Affections
            
             in
             their
             Hearers
             ;
             making
             the
             
               Auditory
               
               Feel
            
             the
             Griefs
             the
             Speaker
             does
             but
             Counterfeit
             .
             Do
             we
             not
             see
             familiarly
             ,
             that
             a
             
               sad
               Tale
            
             upon
             the
             Stage
             ,
             makes
             the
             People
             Cry
             in
             the
             Pit
             ?
             And
             yet
             we
             know
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             Plays
             
               Cesar
               murther'd
            
             in
             the
             Senate
             ,
             is
             but
             some
             Droll
             -
             Comoedian
             behind
             the
             Hanging
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             to
             have
             ended
             here
             ,
             but
             one
             
               Note
               more
            
             shall
             do
             
               my
               Business
            
             ,
             and
             
               Theirs
               too
            
             ,
             or
             I
             mightily
             mistake
             my self
             .
          
           
             THe
             Church
             judgeth
             not
             of
             things
             undiscovered
             :
             
             
               non
               esse
               &
               non
               apparere
            
             ,
             are
             all
             one
             as
             to
             our
             Judgement
             ,
             we
             conclude
             not
             peremptorily
             ,
             because
             we
             pretend
             not
             here
             to
             infallibility
             .
             As
             we
             are
             not
             sure
             that
             any
             man
             is
             truly
             penitent
             ,
             that
             we
             give
             the
             Sacrament
             to
             ,
             so
             we
             are
             not
             sure
             that
             any
             man
             dyeth
             impenitently
             .
             But
             
               we
               must
               use
               Those
               as
               Penitent
               ,
               that
               seem
               so
               to
               Reason
               ,
            
             judging
             by
             ordinary
             means
             ,
             and
             
               so
               must
               we
               judge
               those
               as
               Impenitent
               that
               have
               declared
               their
               sin
               ,
               and
               never
               declared
               their
               Repentance
               .
               ]
            
          
        
         
           
           
             NOTE
             .
             XII
             .
          
           
             THis
             Point
             will
             be
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             
               [
               Invaletudinary
            
             ]
             Ministers
             ,
             
             (
             as
             our
             Ciceronians
             )
             and
             they
             might
             ten
             times
             better
             have
             indured
             (
             by
             reading
             
               the
               Office
               of
               Burial
               ,
               at
               the
               Grave
               )
               to
               expose
               their
               tender
               Bodies
               to
               the
               Excessively
               Refrigerating
               Air
               :
            
             (
             another
             Elegance
             )
             
               which
               Imposition
               they
               do
               not
               understand
               to
               be
               a
               sign
               of
               the
               Right
               and
               Ingenuine
               Spirit
               of
               Religion
               )
            
             Sure
             it
             Rains
             
               Soloecismes
               :
               Three
            
             in
             the
             third
             part
             of
             a
             Page
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             the
             Churches
             Faculty
             ,
             and
             Power
             of
             Iudgement
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             strictnesse
             of
             their
             own
             Rule
             .
          
           
             Not
             to
             Appear
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             
               Bee
               ,
               are
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Iudgement
               of
               the
               Church
            
             —
             and
             
               Those
               are
               to
               be
               judged
               Impenitents
               ,
               that
               have
               declared
               their
            
             Sin
             ,
             
               and
               never
               declared
               their
            
             Repentance
             .
             
             And
             That
             ,
             in
             words
             onely
             ,
             will
             not
             suffice
             neither
             ;
             for
             (
             say
             our
             Reformers
             )
             
               It
               must
               be
            
             Practice
             
               first
               ,
               that
               must
               make
            
             Words
             Credible
             ,
             
               when
               the
               Person
               by
            
             Perfidiousness
             
               hath
               forfeited
               his
            
             Credit
             .
             ]
             They
             press
             further
             likewise
             ,
             that
             
             according
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Declaration
             of
             Octob.
             25.
             1660.
             
             
             
               Scandalous
               Offenders
               are
               not
               to
               be
               admitted
               to
               the
               Holy
               Communion
               till
               they
               have
               Openly
               declared
               themselves
               to
               have
               truly
               Repented
               ,
               and
               amended
               their
               former
               naughty
               Lives
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
          
           
             Now
             try
             the
             Self-Condemners
             by
             their
             
               own
               Law.
            
             
             
          
           
             Where
             's
             their
             Repentance
             for
             putting
             
               Gods
               Name
            
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Devil's
               Commission
            
             ?
             under
             the
             Form
             of
             a
             
               Religious
               Vow
            
             ,
             Couching
             an
             
               Execrable
               League
            
             of
             violence
             ,
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             the
             Law
             ,
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             Where
             's
             their
             Repentance
             ,
             for
             the
             Souls
             they
             have
             Damn'd
             by
             their
             
               Seditious
               Doctrine
            
             ?
             the
             Bloud
             they
             have
             made
             the
             
               People
               spill
            
             ,
             by
             their
             Incentives
             to
             the
             War
             ?
             —
             Those
             Schismes
             and
             Heresies
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             given
             us
             in
             exchange
             for
             an
             
               Apostolical
               Order
            
             ,
             and
             
               Evangelical
               Truths
            
             ;
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             a
             Gospel-Reformation
             .
          
           
             Where
             is
             the
             Practice
             (
             they
             prescribe
             )
             of
             their
             Obedience
             ?
             Their
             
               Open
               Retractations
            
             and
             Amendments
             ?
             Their
             Sins
             as
             Publique
             as
             the
             Day
             ;
             but
             where
             's
             their
             Penitence
             ?
             These
             Gentlemen
             must
             justifie
             the
             War
             ;
             or
             by
             the
             method
             of
             their
             
               own
               Discipline
            
             ,
             be
             excluded
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
           
             But
             they
             're
             so
             far
             from
             That
             ,
             they
             Claim
             a
             Right
             of
             
               Government
               .
               Acts
            
             of
             Parliament
             must
             submit
             to
             
               Their
               Authority
            
             :
             They
             put
             a
             Bar
             to
             the
             
               Kings
               Power
            
             in
             Matters
             Indifferent
             ;
             and
             just
             as
             the
             
               Last
               War
               began
            
             ,
             are
             they
             now
             tampering
             to
             procure
             another
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             some
             thoughts
             of
             a
             Reply
             upon
             their
             Exceptions
             against
             the
             Liturgy
             :
             but
             truly
             for
             the
             
               Common-People
               Sake
            
             ,
             rather
             then
             for
             their
             own
             ;
             for
             I
             think
             them
             much
             more
             capable
             of
             a
             Confutation
             then
             worthy
             of
             it
             .
             At
             present
             ,
             I
             am
             given
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             more
             Honour
             meant
             them
             ,
             then
             they
             deserve
             ;
             and
             I
             shall
             wait
             the
             Issue
             of
             it
             from
             a
             better
             hand
             .
          
           
             My
             Frequency
             of
             writing
             may
             perswade
             some
             ,
             that
             I
             'me
             in
             love
             with
             Scribbling
             :
             but
             what
             I
             now
             do
             ,
             is
             no
             more
             then
             what
             I
             have
             ever
             done
             ,
             when
             I
             believ'd
             my
             Duty
             call'd
             me
             to
             it
             .
             And
             having
             done
             the
             same
             thing
             Formerly
             ,
             and
             oftener
             ,
             at
             a
             time
             when
             Rationally
             I
             could
             not
             expect
             any
             other
             Reward
             then
             a
             Halter
             :
             I
             think
             there
             are
             some
             People
             that
             believe
             I
             write
             for
             a
             
               Halter
               ,
               still
            
             ,
             and
             have
             amind
             to
             save
             my
             Longing
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             how
             I
             am
             misrepresented
             ;
             which
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             Lose
             ,
             but
             what
             I
             'me
             weary
             of
             ,
             perhaps
             would
             trouble
             me
             .
             But
             Soberly
             ,
             (
             since
             so
             it
             is
             )
             here
             I
             declare
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             ask
             the
             abatement
             of
             the
             
               strictest
               rigour
            
             of
             any
             Law
             ,
             
             either
             Humane
             ,
             or
             Divine
             ,
             in
             what
             concerns
             his
             Majesty
             .
             But
             betwixt
             some
             ,
             perchance
             from
             whom
             I
             have
             not
             deserv'd
             Ill
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             from
             whom
             I
             have
             no
             great
             Ambition
             ,
             to
             receive
             much
             Kindness
             ,
             my
             Doings
             I
             perceive
             are
             Commented
             upon
             ,
             and
             much
             mistaken
             .
             To
             These
             discourtisies
             ,
             I
             shall
             onely
             oppose
             This
             Word
             .
          
           
             
               Let
               the
               World
               renounce
               me
            
             ,
             when
             they
             find
             me
             either
             less
             Innocent
             ,
             then
             I
             say
             I
             am
             ;
             or
             less
             Dutiful
             ,
             then
             I
             
               have
               been
            
             .
          
           
             Mala
             Opinio
             benè
             parta
             delectat
             .
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47922-e1290
           
             The
             Reformers
             Charge
             .
          
           
             They
             invade
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             .
          
           
             Proposals
             pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             12.
             
             A
             miserable
             shift
             .
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             not
             binding
             .
          
           
             Amesius
             .
             de
             Consc.
             lib.
             4.
             q.
             11.
             
          
           
             Sauls
             Case
             examined
             .
          
           
             The
             Case
             of
             Zedekiah
             .
          
           
             Jerem.
             34.
             
             God
             made
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             it self
             .
          
           
             Zedekiahs
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             And
             Revolt
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Breach
             
          
           
             he
             is
             Punish'd
             .
          
           
             The
             Case
             does
             not
             hold
             .
          
           
             The
             very
             Case
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             17.
             15.
             
          
           
             A
             Presbyterian
             Oracle
             .
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             an
             abjuring
             Oath
             .
          
           
             A
             thorough
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             In
             their
             Places
             and
             Callings
             .
          
           
             Quere
             .
          
           
             An
             Affront
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             The
             Reformers
             tenderness
             touching
             Oathes
             .
          
           
             The
             boldness
             of
             the
             Faction
             .
          
           
             Their
             weakness
             .
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             Loyalty
             made
             Death
             ,
             accordi●●
             to
             the
             C●venant
             
          
           
             W.
             I.
             
          
           
             A
             tast
             of
             the
             Reforming
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Murder
             justified
             .
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             G.
             C.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             vers
             .
             12.
             of
             Chap.
             20.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             2.
             v.
             31.
             
          
           
             The
             Application
             .
          
           
             Pag
             12.
             
             The
             Covenant
             Reviv'd
             .
          
           
             Sedition
             .
          
           
             A
             matter
             of
             nothing
             .
          
           
             The
             sense
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             Proposals
             pag.
             24.
             
          
           
             Proposals
             pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             A
             Menace
             .
          
           
             The
             Reformers
             Foresight
             .
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             The
             Faction
             laid
             open
             .
          
           
             Seditious
             .
          
           
             Calumnious
             .
          
           
             Presbytery
             will
             never
             down
             with
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             Page
             4.
             
          
           
             Page
             5.
             
          
           
             The
             safe
             way
             is
             best
             .
          
           
             The
             Divines
             Account
             p.
             ●
             .
          
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             The
             Divines
             account
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             
             Edward's
             Gangraena
             ,
             P.
             18.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             19.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             20.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             22.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             23.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             26.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             27.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             18●
             ▪
             
          
           
             Gangraena
             ,
             pag.
             1.
             
          
           
             Heresies
             the
             spawn
             of
             Presbytery
             .
          
           
             Gangr
             .
             pag.
             179.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             The
             Presbyterians
             nourished
             the
             Sectaries
             at
             first
             .
          
           
             The
             Presbyterians
             love
             to
             the
             Independ
             .
          
           
             The
             Sectaries
             love
             to
             the
             Presbyterians
             .
          
           
             Divines
             Account
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             Conveniant
             in
             Tertio
             .
          
           
             Hypocr
             .
             impenitent
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             18.
             11.
             
          
           
             Num.
             16.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             15.
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             Hypocr
             .
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Publick
             .
          
           
             Phanaticisme
             .
          
           
             The
             Divines
             Account
             p.
             12.
             
          
           
             The
             Elegancies
             of
             the
             learned
             .
          
           
             Publique
             Worship
             pag.
             67.
             
          
           
             Exceptions
             ,
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             Self-condemners
             .