The Vnrighteous iudge, or an answer to a printed paper, pretending a letter to Mr Io. Goodvvin, by Sir Francis Nethersole knight. Wherein the rough things of the said pretended letter, are made smooth, and the crooked things straight: and the predominant designe of it fully evinced to be, either an unscholarlike oscitancie and mistake, or else somewhat much worse. / By the said Jo. Goodwin.
         Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
      
       
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             The Vnrighteous iudge, or an answer to a printed paper, pretending a letter to Mr Io. Goodvvin, by Sir Francis Nethersole knight. Wherein the rough things of the said pretended letter, are made smooth, and the crooked things straight: and the predominant designe of it fully evinced to be, either an unscholarlike oscitancie and mistake, or else somewhat much worse. / By the said Jo. Goodwin.
             Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
          
           [2], 18 p.
           
             Printed by G. Dawson for Henry Cripps, and are to sold [sic] in Popes-head Allie,
             London :
             1649.
          
           
             A reply to: Nethersole, Francis. The self-condemned. Or, a letter to Mr Jo: Goodwin.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan. 25 1648".
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             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           Luke
           18.
           
        
         
           THE
           Vnrighteous
           Iudge
           ,
           OR
           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           Printed
           Paper
           ,
           pretending
           
             a
             Letter
             to
             Mr
          
           Io.
           GOODVVIN
           ,
           by
           Sir
           FRANCIS
           NETHERSOLE
           Knight
           .
           Wherein
           the
           rough
           things
           of
           the
           said
           pretended
           Letter
           ,
           are
           made
           smooth
           ,
           and
           the
           crooked
           things
           straight
           :
           and
           the
           predominant
           designe
           of
           it
           fully
           evinced
           to
           be
           ,
           either
           an
           unscholarlike
           oscitancie
           and
           mistake
           ,
           or
           else
           somewhat
           much
           worse
           .
           
             By
             the
             said
          
           JO
           .
           GOODWIN
           .
        
         
           False
           witnesses
           did
           rise
           up
           :
           they
           laid
           to
           my
           charge
           things
           that
           I
           know
           not
           .
        
         
           Psal.
           35.
           11.
           
        
         
           Quidam
           Christianae
           ac
           fraternae
           charitatis
           obliti
           ,
           in
           tantum
           existimationem
           nostram
           quoquo
           modo
           student
           laedere
           ,
           ut
           suam
           se
           evertere
           nocendi
           cupiditate
           non
           videant
           .
        
         
           
             Aug.
             ad
             .
             Artic.
          
           sibi
           falsò
           imposuos
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             G.
             Dawson
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Cripps
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           sold
           in
           Popes-head
           Allie
           .
           1649.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           AN
           Answer
           to
           a
           printed
           Paper
           ,
           pretending
           a
           
             Letter
          
           to
           
             Mr.
             
          
           Io.
           GOODVVIN
           ,
           by
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Nethersole
          
           Knight
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             1
          
           SIR
           ,
           on
           the
           11.
           of
           this
           instant
           ,
           I
           received
           together
           with
           a
           Letter
           in
           writing
           ,
           a
           packet
           of
           Papers
           and
           Books
           from
           you
           ;
           for
           which
           I
           then
           apprehended
           my self
           bound
           to
           return
           you
           thanks
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           really
           in
           my
           heart
           so
           to
           doe
           .
           But
           two
           or
           three
           daies
           after
           comming
           casually
           to
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Printed
           paper
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           you
           call
           ,
           
             A
             Letter
             to
             Mr.
             
          
           Jo.
           Goodwin
           ,
           &c.
           I
           clearly
           found
           your
           Present
           to
           be
           
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             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           giftlesse
           Gift
           ,
           by
           discovering
           your
           heart
           to
           be
           far
           from
           
           me
           .
           Sir
           ,
           though
           all
           undue
           comportment
           with
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           be
           the
           first
           born
           of
           abhominations
           to
           my
           soul
           ,
           which
           as
           well
           my
           reason
           ,
           as
           long
           experience
           ,
           have
           taught
           mee
           to
           be
           a
           temper
           very
           creative
           of
           enemies
           ,
           and
           oppositions
           in
           the
           highest
           ,
           from
           the
           world
           ;
           yet
           ,
           God
           assisting
           me
           ,
           the
           method
           of
           my
           warfare
           against
           my
           enemies
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           ,
           so
           shall
           it
           still
           bee
           ,
           that
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           encountreth
           evill
           with
           good
           ,
           and
           attempteth
           the
           reconcilement
           of
           enemies
           ,
           by
           the
           pardoning
           of
           their
           sins
           .
           So
           that
           though
           your
           Pen
           be
           very
           provoking
           ,
           and
           the
           attempt
           of
           it
           (
           at
           least
           in
           appearance
           )
           to
           cast
           me
           out
           of
           the
           patient
           and
           peaceable
           possession
           of
           my
           Soule
           ;
           yet
           you
           shall
           not
           need
           fear
           any
           reciprocation
           of
           incivilities
           from
           mine
           ,
           nor
           that
           I
           will
           offer
           with
           your
           fire
           .
           Onely
           I
           must
           desire
           you
           to
           beare
           that
           Christian
           freedome
           at
           my
           hand
           ,
           which
           commandeth
           me
           to
           shew
           men
           their
           errours
           in
           their
           true
           shapes
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           palliation
           or
           partiality
           when
           I
           am
           called
           to
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Your
           addresse
           in
           the
           first
           word●
           of
           the
           Letter
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           Sir
           ,
           
             I
             send
             you
             here
             with
             a
             printed
             letter
             ,
             with
             the
             books
             therein
             mentioned
             ,
             whereof
             I
             have
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             finde
             your selfe
             obliged
             to
             take
             notice
             in
             print
             .
          
           I
           candidly
           presume
           that
           it
           was
           onely
           some
           oversight
           in
           you
           ,
           that
           (
           with
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           )
           you
           
             said
          
           and
           
             did
             not
             ,
          
           and
           doe
           not
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           any
           breathing
           of
           that
           spirit
           in
           you
           ,
           which
           wrought
           in
           them
           .
           But
           assuredly
           I
           received
           
             no
             printed
             Letter
          
           from
           you
           ,
           
             whereof
             I
             find
             my self
             any
             waies
             obliged
             to
             take
             notice
             in
             print
             .
          
           And
           for
           that
           printed
           letter
           ,
           subscribed
           with
           your
           name
           ,
           which
           I
           understood
           you
           had
           published
           many
           daies
           before
           I
           came
           to
           a
           sight
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           of
           which
           I
           might
           very
           possibly
           never
           have
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           ,
           (
           many
           papers
           of
           that
           qualitie
           ,
           rising
           and
           falling
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           without
           my
           cognizance
           of
           either
           )
           upon
           my
           first
           perusall
           of
           the
           contents
           of
           it
           ,
           conceiving
           it
           to
           be
           
             purum
             putum
             ,
             quanta
             quanta
             est
             ,
             convi●ium
             ,
          
           I
           was
           in
           suspence
           ,
           whether
           I
           should
           return
           any
           other
           answer
           unto
           it
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           
             Hezekiahs
          
           servants
           unto
           
             Rabshakeh
             ,
          
           which
           was
           by
           silence
           ;
           or
           at
           most
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           
             Michael
          
           to
           his
           Antagonist
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             rebuke
             thee
             .
          
           But
           upon
           further
           thoughts
           ,
           considering
           how
           apt
           men
           of
           weak
           understandings
           ,
           and
           strong
           affections
           unto
           evill
           ,
           are
           ,
           to
           blesse
           themselves
           with
           a
           thing
           of
           nought
           in
           order
           to
           their
           encouragement
           in
           their
           evill
           wayes
           :
           I
           rather
           inclined
           to
           draw
           up
           somewhat
           a
           more
           particular
           answer
           unto
           it
           ;
           chiefly
           to
           wipe
           off
           the
           undue
           aspertion
           of
           that
           
             iniquitie
          
           (
           falsly
           so
           called
           )
           
             variablenesse
             of
             judgement
             ,
          
           and
           withall
           to
           correct
           the
           malignitie
           of
           some
           other
           ingredients
           therein
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             3
          
           But
           Sir
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           first
           an
           ingenious
           and
           Christian
           account
           ,
           how
           you
           can
           call
           that
           ,
           
             A
             letter
             to
             Mr
          
           Jo.
           Goodwin
           ,
           which
           you
           never
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           took
           any
           probable
           course
           that
           he
           should
           ever
           come
           to
           the
           sight
           of
           it
           .
           If
           you
           had
           considered
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           writing
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           terms
           you
           published
           it
           ,
           might
           you
           not
           rather
           have
           stiled
           it
           ,
           
             A
             defamation
             of
             Mr.
          
           Jo
           Goodwin
           ?
           I
           confesse
           I
           finde
           a
           few
           lines
           in
           it
           ,
           of
           some
           affinitie
           with
           part
           of
           a
           letter
           ,
           which
           about
           ten
           or
           eleven
           daies
           since
           was
           brought
           to
           me
           by
           an
           unknown
           Messenger
           ,
           from
           a
           (
           then
           )
           unknown
           Authour
           ,
           and
           who
           at
           that
           time
           
           judged
           it
           a
           point
           of
           wisdom
           to
           veile
           his
           name
           (
           though
           presently
           after
           it
           seems
           he
           
             condemned
             himself
             of
             iniquitie
             ,
             and
             variablenesse
          
           in
           judgement
           ,
           by
           proclaiming
           his
           name
           upon
           the
           house
           top
           )
           but
           such
           a
           
             Synecdoche
          
           as
           this
           unlesse
           Charitie
           in
           her
           more
           then
           humane
           exaltation
           be
           the
           interpreter
           ,
           will
           not
           save
           the
           credit
           of
           such
           a
           title
           from
           the
           disparagement
           of
           an
           untruth
           .
           Concerning
           this
           Letter
           ,
           you
           tell
           me
           (
           pag.
           5.
           of
           your
           printed
           paper
           )
           that
           
             God
             did
             not
             give
             me
             the
             grace
             to
             entertain
             the
             friendly
             purpose
             of
             him
             that
             sent
             it
             ,
          
           (
           therein
           expressed
           )
           
             with
             sutable
             friendlinesse
             ,
             but
             suffered
             me
             to
             reject
             it
             with
             this
             slighting
             ,
             if
             not
             scornfull
             answer
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             make
             no
             answer
             to
             the
             letter
             of
             an
             unknown
             Person
             .
          
           But
           Sir
           ,
           upon
           this
           accompt
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           (
           I
           know
           not
           how
           you
           and
           your
           messenger
           will
           agree
           in
           dividing
           the
           shame
           between
           you
           )
           that
           I
           
             rejected
          
           not
           
             any
             friendly
             purpose
          
           of
           yours
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           mans
           ,
           with
           any
           
             slighting
             ,
          
           or
           
             scornfull
             return
             .
          
           My
           answer
           to
           your
           Messenger
           was
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           sent
           the
           letter
           ,
           would
           please
           at
           any
           time
           to
           repaire
           unto
           me
           ,
           I
           was
           ready
           to
           give
           him
           the
           best
           satisfaction
           I
           could
           ▪
           but
           that
           it
           was
           contrary
           both
           to
           my
           minde
           and
           practice
           ,
           to
           return
           answers
           in
           writing
           to
           the
           letters
           of
           unknown
           persons
           ,
           refusing
           to
           trust
           me
           with
           their
           names
           .
           I
           know
           no
           delinquency
           in
           this
           answer
           against
           any
           principle
           of
           civility
           (
           much
           lesse
           of
           Religion
           )
           if
           you
           shall
           please
           to
           shew
           me
           any
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           me
           very
           pliable
           to
           the
           impression
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             4
          
           But
           Sir
           ,
           that
           (
           in
           the
           passage
           mentioned
           )
           is
           of
           the
           worst
           resentment
           ,
           that
           you
           
             take
             the
             name
             of
             God
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           in
           telling
           me
           ,
           
             that
             God
             did
             not
             give
             me
             Grace
             to
             intertain
             ,
             but
             suffered
             me
             to
             reject
          
           such
           a
           motion
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           ,
           
             a
             friendly
             purpose
             :
          
           whereas
           you
           might
           much
           more
           reasonably
           ,
           and
           with
           lesse
           sin
           ;
           have
           said
           ,
           that
           
             God
             gave
             me
             grace
             to
             reject
             it
             ,
             and
             suffered
             me
             not
             to
             entertain
             it
             .
          
           All
           the
           
             friendlinesse
          
           of
           
             purpose
          
           that
           I
           was
           able
           to
           discerne
           in
           that
           Letter
           ,
           was
           to
           draw
           from
           mee
           my
           judgement
           particularly
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           my
           hand
           in
           writing
           ,
           touching
           all
           the
           
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
          
           how
           farre
           I
           goe
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           where
           I
           leave
           them
           ;
           an
           intention
           or
           demand
           ,
           as
           in
           it self
           captious
           and
           insnaring
           ,
           and
           requiring
           much
           more
           time
           to
           answer
           ,
           then
           the
           writing
           of
           
             a
             few
             lines
             of
             plain
             English
             ,
          
           or
           then
           I
           could
           through
           the
           pressingnesse
           of
           much
           businesse
           upon
           me
           ,
           spare
           ;
           So
           proceeding
           from
           
           an
           unknown
           Person
           ,
           especially
           from
           one
           ,
           who
           refused
           to
           bee
           known
           so
           much
           as
           by
           his
           Name
           ,
           much
           more
           suspicious
           ,
           and
           theatning
           .
           Besides
           ,
           I
           had
           so
           much
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           jealous
           of
           this
           importune
           and
           suddain
           demand
           of
           my
           judgement
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           such
           high
           import
           (
           for
           the
           account
           was
           demanded
           by
           
             the
             return
             of
             the
             messenger
             )
          
           because
           I
           had
           distinctly
           ,
           
             and
             in
             plain
             English
             ,
          
           declared
           my self
           ,
           how
           farre
           my
           intent
           was
           to
           justifie
           the
           Armie
           in
           their
           late
           and
           present
           proceedings
           ,
           in
           my
           
             Right
             and
             Might
             ,
          
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           the
           second
           Section
           ;
           
             viz.
          
           in
           
             all
          
           such
           
             actions
             ,
             which
          
           were
           
             of
             like
             tenour
             and
             import
             ,
          
           with
           that
           of
           their
           
             late
             garbling
             ,
          
           or
           
             sifting
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
          
           i.
           (
           if
           
             English
          
           yet
           more
           
             plain
          
           can
           be
           spoken
           )
           
             in
             all
             such
             actions
             ;
          
           the
           equity
           or
           justnesse
           whereof
           is
           not
           impeachable
           upon
           any
           other
           terms
           or
           ground
           ,
           then
           that
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             5
          
           And
           truly
           Sir
           ,
           though
           I
           love
           not
           to
           look
           over
           narrowly
           for
           mens
           intentions
           at
           their
           left
           hands
           ,
           yet
           when
           intimations
           this
           way
           are
           pregnant
           ,
           and
           look
           me
           in
           the
           face
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           say
           ,
           I
           see
           them
           not
           .
           I
           really
           wish
           that
           you
           could
           reconcile
           those
           passages
           in
           your
           printed
           Letter
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           
             Friendlinesse
             of
             purpose
          
           towards
           me
           ,
           as
           you
           professe
           ,
           which
           my
           understanding
           ,
           though
           assisted
           with
           much
           charity
           ,
           knoweth
           not
           how
           to
           break
           ,
           or
           tune
           into
           such
           an
           harmony
           .
           For
           I
           had
           much
           rather
           beleeve
           ,
           though
           upon
           weaker
           and
           lesse
           convincing
           grounds
           ,
           the
           
             Friendlinesse
          
           of
           any
           man
           towards
           me
           ,
           then
           the
           falsnesse
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           upon
           the
           clearest
           demonstrations
           .
           But
           to
           deale
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           must
           borrow
           the
           saith
           of
           that
           generation
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           saith
           )
           
             will
             beleeve
             every
             thing
             ,
          
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           reproachfull
           terms
           as
           your
           pen
           mustreth
           up
           against
           me
           ,
           as
           
             Pope
             ,
             New
             Light
             ,
             selfe-condemned
             Heretique
             ,
          
           and
           so
           many
           groundlesse
           suggestions
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Souldiers
             and
             Officers
             of
             all
             degrees
             have
             been
             seduced
             by
             me
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Members
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             now
             sitting
             ,
             have
             been
             led
             out
             of
             the
             rode
             of
             their
             loyalty
             by
             me
             ,
          
           that
           
             I
             greatly
             appeare
          
           in
           
             the
             Face
             and
             Body
          
           of
           my
           late
           Discourse
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             Right
             and
             Might
             ,
             &c.
          
           to
           teach
           
             things
             contrary
          
           to
           what
           I
           assert
           in
           my
           
             Anticavalerisme
             ;
          
           and
           moreover
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           instigations
           of
           persons
           of
           severall
           Interests
           and
           capacities
           ,
           
             Independents
             ,
             Souldiers
             ,
             Parliament
             men
             ,
             &c.
          
           to
           fall
           foule
           upon
           me
           ,
           in
           case
           I
           shall
           refuse
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           unreasonable
           ,
           sencelesse
           ,
           and
           impious
           for
           me
           to
           
           doe
           ;
           I
           must
           (
           I
           say
           )
           borrow
           the
           Faith
           of
           Fooles
           ,
           to
           beleeve
           that
           such
           symptomes
           as
           these
           ,
           are
           consistent
           with
           a
           sound
           mind
           ,
           or
           
             Friendly
             purpose
          
           towards
           me
           ,
           in
           him
           ,
           on
           whom
           they
           are
           found
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             6
          
           Whereas
           you
           very
           unworthily
           insinuate
           against
           me
           ,
           that
           all
           Independents
           
             in
             the
             Army
             ,
             as
             wel
             Souldiers
             as
             Officers
             of
             all
             degrees
             ,
             may
             reasonably
             be
             judged
             to
             have
             been
             seduced
             by
             me
             ,
             as
             likewise
             that
             the
             Parliament
             now
             sitting
             ,
          
           (
           though
           you
           are
           not
           
             wise
             enough
          
           to
           cal
           them
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           nor
           
             to
             determine
             in
             what
             capacity
             they
             fit
             )
             may
             have
             bin
             led
             out
             of
             the
             rode
             of
             their
             loyalty
             by
             the
             observation
             of
             my
             irregular
             motion
             ,
             &c.
          
           the
           God
           on
           high
           ,
           who
           must
           shortly
           judge
           both
           you
           &
           me
           ,
           knows
           ,
           &
           these
           worthy
           persons
           themselves
           ,
           both
           Parliament
           men
           &
           Souldiers
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           was
           the
           man
           from
           whose
           tongue
           or
           pen
           the
           least
           word
           ,
           or
           syllable
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           forming
           ,
           fashioning
           ,
           or
           directing
           of
           any
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           ever
           came
           .
           Onely
           when
           I
           clearly
           discerned
           ,
           that
           through
           better
           teachings
           then
           mine
           ,
           they
           were
           ingaged
           in
           wayes
           of
           Conscience
           and
           Honour
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           (
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           )
           like
           to
           blesse
           the
           nation
           ,
           wherin
           notwithstanding
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           thankes
           and
           encouragements
           deserved
           ,
           they
           met
           with
           contradictions
           and
           hard
           sayings
           from
           many
           ,
           and
           were
           (
           with
           their
           Lord
           and
           Master
           )
           
             numbred
             amongst
             transgressors
             ,
          
           I
           conceived
           my selfe
           
             obliged
          
           in
           duty
           ,
           to
           being
           forth
           the
           righteousnes
           of
           their
           cause
           into
           the
           clearest
           light
           I
           could
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           the
           mouthes
           of
           gainsayers
           with
           my
           pen
           .
           And
           therefore
           whereas
           you
           desire
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             now
             sitting
          
           (
           though
           
             in
             what
             capacity
          
           you
           
             are
             not
             wise
             enough
             ,
          
           you
           say
           ;
           not
           willing
           enough
           ,
           I
           feare
           ,
           
             to
             determine
             )
          
           would
           change
           their
           game
           ,
           and
           give
           over
           hunting
           of
           Lions
           and
           wild
           Boares
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           grand
           disturbers
           and
           destroyers
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             and
             pursue
             after
             dead
             Dogs
             and
             Fleas
             ,
          
           or
           
             hunt
             Partridges
             on
             the
             mountains
             ,
          
           harmlesse
           ,
           weake
           ,
           and
           contemptible
           men
           ,
           doe
           you
           not
           at
           once
           declare
           your selfe
           an
           enemy
           to
           the
           peace
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           those
           that
           are
           righteous
           and
           innocent
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           Friend
           to
           Thieves
           and
           Murtherers
           .
           Whether
           you
           do
           declare
           your selfe
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           upon
           such
           terms
           as
           these
           ,
           I
           am
           
             not
             wise
             enough
             to
             determine
             :
          
           but
           I
           beseech
           you
           doe
           your selfe
           judge
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             7
          
           But
           the
           high
           prize
           ,
           which
           in
           your
           printed
           Letter
           you
           run
           
           so
           shenuously
           to
           obtaine
           ,
           is
           to
           disparage
           me
           as
           a
           man
           of
           a
           variable
           and
           inconsistent
           judgement
           ,
           yea
           to
           Article
           against
           me
           as
           a
           
             Selfe-condemned
             Heretique
             ▪
          
           unlesse
           I
           shall
           presently
           with
           the
           turning
           of
           an
           hand
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           eye
           ,
           remove
           mountaines
           ,
           ●
           .
           (
           in
           your
           Dialect
           )
           
             give
             you
             such
             reasons
             for
             the
             change
             of
             my
             judgement
          
           [
           since
           the
           writing
           of
           my
           
             Anticaval●risme
             ]
             which
             may
             satisfie
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             of
             sufficient
             importance
             to
             make
             such
             an
             alteration
             in
             me
             .
          
           Good
           Sir
           ,
           at
           this
           point
           I
           must
           deale
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           ▪
           that
           here
           you
           speak
           so
           irrationally
           ,
           that
           you
           leave
           me
           very
           little
           hope
           of
           finding
           much
           strength
           of
           reason
           in
           those
           other
           writings
           of
           yours
           ,
           the
           perusall
           whereof
           you
           commend
           unto
           me
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           much
           obstructed
           my
           way
           to
           the
           reading
           of
           them
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           must
           be
           needs
           be
           an
           
             Heretique
          
           (
           much
           more
           a
           
             selfe-condemned
             Heretique
             )
          
           who
           changeth
           his
           judgement
           ,
           without
           giving
           an
           account
           unto
           the
           world
           of
           his
           change
           ?
           Change
           of
           judgement
           even
           upon
           such
           termes
           as
           these
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           be
           a
           reduction
           unto
           Orthodoxisme
           ,
           as
           a
           deviation
           unto
           
             Heresie
             ,
          
           Secondly
           ,
           every
           opinion
           ,
           whether
           retained
           in
           judgement
           ,
           or
           deserted
           ,
           doth
           not
           make
           an
           
             Heretique
             ,
          
           whether
           in
           the
           one
           case
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           particular
           opinion
           ,
           a
           recesse
           from
           which
           you
           presume
           in
           me
           ,
           but
           prove
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           conclude
           to
           be
           
             Heresie
             ;
          
           I
           desire
           to
           learn
           from
           you
           ,
           when
           ,
           where
           ,
           or
           by
           what
           Authour
           it
           was
           ever
           adjudged
           
             Heresie
             ,
          
           to
           hold
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           
             sheddeth
             man●
             blood
             ,
          
           be
           he
           never
           so
           high
           ,
           or
           never
           so
           low
           ,
           his
           
             blood
          
           lawfully
           may
           be
           
             shed
             by
             man
          
           in
           a
           judiciary
           way
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           an
           importune
           and
           very
           unreasonable
           demand
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           should
           
             presently
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           with
           a
           wet
           finger
           ,
           especially
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           under
           any
           circumstances
           whatsoever
           ,
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           change
           of
           his
           judgement
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           greatest
           and
           weightiest
           matters
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           It
           is
           yet
           much
           more
           unreasonable
           ,
           to
           stigmatize
           a
           man
           with
           
             Heresie
             ,
          
           unlesse
           upon
           the
           change
           of
           his
           judgement
           ,
           he
           shall
           account
           to
           men
           of
           opposite
           judgement
           ,
           for
           his
           change
           ,
           in
           such
           arguments
           and
           grounds
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           satisfactory
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           alteration
           in
           him
           is
           justifiable
           .
           Doe
           not
           your self
           say
           (
           in
           the
           postscript
           of
           your
           printed
           letter
           )
           that
           
             for
             a
             man
             to
             confesse
             himself
             convinced
             of
             an
             errour
             he
             hath
             made
             publique
             ,
             especially
             if
             his
             judgment
             hath
             not
             bin
             swaied
             by
             weight
             of
             reason
             ,
             
             but
             overballa●●ed
             by
             private
             Interest
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             hardest
             points
             of
             selfdeniall
             ?
          
           So
           that
           ▪
           according
           to
           your
           principles
           ,
           he
           is
           an
           
             Heretique
             ,
          
           nay
           
             a
             self
             condemned
             Heretique
             ,
          
           who
           cannot
           justifie
           or
           maintain
           those
           opinions
           which
           he
           holds
           ,
           by
           such
           arguments
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           men
           of
           contrary
           judgement
           ,
           
             deniers
             of
             themselves
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           this
           
             in
             one
             of
             the
             hardest
             points
             of
             self
             deniall
             .
          
           If
           this
           bee
           your
           touchstone
           to
           try
           
             Heretiques
             ,
          
           and
           
             self
             condemned
             Heretiques
             by
             ;
          
           I
           feare
           that
           neither
           you
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           your
           partie
           will
           stand
           before
           the
           touch
           .
           But
           Sixtly
           (
           and
           lastly
           ,
           for
           this
           )
           that
           which
           (
           in
           this
           quarter
           of
           your
           discourse
           )
           is
           at
           deepest
           and
           most
           desperate
           defiance
           with
           all
           principles
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           common
           sence
           it self
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           pronounce
           him
           a
           selfe
           condemned
           
             Heretique
             ,
          
           who
           shall
           not
           give
           such
           an
           account
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           described
           ,
           and
           evicted
           for
           most
           unreasonable
           ,
           
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
          
           of
           the
           alteration
           ,
           of
           his
           judgement
           .
           For
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           )
           is
           it
           not
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           ,
           to
           have
           grounds
           and
           reasons
           satisfactorie
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           own
           judgement
           and
           conscience
           ,
           for
           what
           he
           holds
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           publisheth
           them
           in
           print
           ?
           Or
           is
           a
           man
           
             self
             condemned
             ,
          
           who
           verily
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           simplicitie
           of
           his
           heart
           beleeveth
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           sufficient
           ground
           ,
           for
           what
           he
           holdeth
           ,
           or
           professeth
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           maketh
           publique
           profession
           of
           his
           grounds
           also
           ?
           Were
           you
           a
           
             self
             condemned
             Heretique
             ,
          
           untill
           the
           other
           day
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           
             you
             took
             off
             your
             mask
             ,
          
           and
           declared
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           against
           both
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Armie
           ,
           and
           their
           proceedings
           ?
           For
           doubtlesse
           till
           of
           late
           ,
           you
           gave
           neither
           
             me
             ,
             nor
             the
             world
             ,
          
           any
           reason
           at
           all
           ,
           much
           lesse
           any
           that
           did
           satisfie
           either
           me
           ,
           or
           others
           (
           as
           neither
           yet
           have
           you
           done
           )
           that
           you
           were
           not
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           in
           an
           
             Heresie
             ;
          
           but
           ,
           in
           an
           errour
           ,
           or
           failer
           in
           judgement
           ,
           whilest
           you
           stood
           by
           the
           Cause
           of
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           Will
           ,
           turning
           your
           back
           upon
           the
           Cause
           of
           Equitie
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           just
           interest
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           which
           ,
           being
           interpreted
           ,
           is
           none
           other
           ,
           but
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           .
           Were
           you
           therefore
           a
           man
           
             condemned
             in
             your self
             ,
          
           because
           you
           did
           not
           
             justifie
          
           your selfe
           before
           others
           ?
           Or
           if
           you
           were
           a
           man
           
             justified
          
           in
           your self
           ,
           though
           
             condemned
          
           by
           others
           ,
           whilest
           you
           kept
           your
           reasons
           and
           grounds
           to
           your self
           ,
           of
           that
           opinion
           ,
           for
           which
           others
           condemned
           you
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           I
           be
           admitted
           to
           take
           part
           with
           you
           in
           the
           priviledge
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           terms
           ?
        
         
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             8
          
           And
           whereas
           you
           essay
           to
           
             bruise
             the
             heele
          
           of
           my
           
             Right
             and
             Might
             well
             met
             ,
          
           that
           so
           the
           credit
           of
           it
           may
           halt
           in
           the
           apprehension
           of
           men
           ,
           by
           going
           about
           the
           bush
           to
           represent
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           of
           a
           desultorie
           ,
           and
           
             variable
          
           judgement
           ,
           and
           hereby
           
             condemning
             himself
             of
             iniquitie
             ;
          
           I
           perceive
           hereby
           ,
           that
           you
           deale
           more
           in
           colours
           ,
           then
           in
           substances
           .
           For
           whatsoever
           my
           judgement
           was
           in
           the
           point
           you
           wot
           of
           ,
           whether
           Negative
           ,
           or
           Affirmative
           ;
           when
           I
           wrote
           my
           
             Anti-Cavalerisme
             ,
          
           certain
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           certain
           also
           might
           you
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           looked
           a
           little
           better
           ,
           before
           you
           had
           leaped
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           passage
           which
           you
           transcribe
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           part
           of
           the
           discourse
           ,
           of
           any
           import
           for
           your
           turn
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           which
           asserteth
           ,
           or
           presenteth
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           unlawfull
           ,
           to
           touch
           the
           lives
           of
           Tyrants
           ,
           or
           (
           in
           your
           dialect
           )
           of
           
             Kings
             (
             for
             day
          
           and
           
             night
             ,
          
           it
           seems
           ,
           to
           you
           are
           but
           
             ths
             same
             )
          
           in
           a
           due
           processe
           or
           course
           of
           Justice
           .
           Again
           ,
           whatsoever
           my
           judgment
           is
           now
           about
           the
           same
           question
           ,
           or
           point
           ,
           whether
           I
           judge
           it
           lawfull
           ,
           or
           unlawfull
           ,
           to
           smite
           the
           lives
           of
           Tyrants
           ,
           or
           King
           Tyrants
           ,
           with
           the
           sword
           of
           Justice
           upon
           sufficient
           evidence
           of
           crimes
           deserving
           death
           :
           certain
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           in
           my
           late
           discourse
           ,
           intituled
           
             Right
             and
             Might
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           I
           affirm
           nothing
           positively
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           .
           Suppose
           that
           in
           the
           one
           discourse
           some
           things
           were
           expressed
           not
           with
           so
           much
           steadinesse
           or
           circumspectnesse
           of
           terms
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           am
           conscious
           of
           no
           such
           defect
           here
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           account
           presently
           )
           but
           that
           a
           weak
           understanding
           might
           inferre
           ,
           and
           possibly
           think
           that
           my
           judgement
           stood
           against
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           all
           judiciarie
           proceeding
           ,
           against
           Kings
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           life
           and
           death
           ;
           and
           upon
           a
           like
           failing
           in
           my
           other
           discourse
           ,
           (
           though
           to
           my
           best
           understanding
           I
           am
           as
           blameles
           here
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           other
           )
           that
           I
           seem
           to
           hold
           a
           lawfulnesse
           of
           such
           proceedings
           ;
           Must
           I
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           other
           mens
           weaknesse
           ,
           or
           incogitancie
           in
           reading
           ,
           be
           condemned
           for
           
             variablenesse
          
           in
           judgement
           ,
           or
           as
           one
           ,
           who
           have
           
             condemned
             my self
             of
             iniquity
             ?
          
           These
           (
           questionlesse
           )
           are
           
             Prerogative
          
           dealings
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           communion
           with
           principles
           of
           Equitie
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           or
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             9
          
           But
           because
           you
           seem
           rather
           to
           insult
           ,
           then
           say
           ;
           that
           the
           passage
           by
           you
           transcribed
           from
           
             p.
          
           7.
           of
           my
           
             Anti-Cavalerism
             ,
             stareth
             the
             Composer
             of
             my
             late
             Pamphet
             in
             the
             face
             with
             a
             wide
             oden
             mouth
             ,
          
           whereby
           (
           if
           your
           
             Rhetorique
          
           transcendeth
           
           not
           my
           
             Grammar
             )
          
           you
           mean
           ,
           that
           it
           manifestly
           contradictetth
           what
           I
           affirm
           herein
           ,
           suffer
           me
           in
           a
           few
           words
           to
           shew
           you
           how
           
             vain
             your
             rejoycing
          
           is
           in
           this
           behalf
           :
           For
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           I
           speak
           nothing
           in
           the
           passage
           ,
           concerning
           ,
           much
           lesse
           against
           ,
           any
           judiciarie
           triall
           of
           ,
           or
           legall
           proceedings
           against
           Kings
           ,
           is
           cleare
           ;
           first
           ,
           because
           in
           the
           very
           first
           words
           of
           the
           passage
           ,
           which
           lead
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           use
           the
           expression
           of
           
             offering
             violence
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             or
             attempting
             to
             take
             a
             way
             his
             Life
          
           [
           viz.
           
             by
             violence
             ]
          
           Now
           the
           
             taking
             away
             of
             the
             life
          
           a
           malefactour
           ,
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Justice
           ,
           in
           a
           due
           and
           regular
           processe
           of
           law
           ,
           was
           never
           (
           I
           beleeve
           )
           by
           any
           man
           ,
           termed
           the
           
             offering
             of
             violence
          
           to
           
             his
             Person
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           unlawfulnesse
           of
           
             offering
             violence
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             a
             King
             ,
          
           which
           I
           here
           insinuate
           ,
           I
           oppose
           to
           the
           known
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           .
           Now
           the
           manner
           and
           methord
           of
           
             offering
             violence
             to
             the
             Persons
             ,
             or
             of
             taking
             away
             the
             lives
             of
             Kings
          
           which
           the
           
             Iesuites
          
           both
           teach
           and
           practise
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           by
           bringing
           them
           to
           a
           judiciall
           tryall
           ,
           or
           upon
           evidence
           of
           matter
           of
           fact
           against
           them
           ,
           deserving
           death
           ,
           but
           by
           wayes
           of
           assasination
           ,
           poysoning
           ,
           and
           such
           extrajudiciall
           and
           murtherous
           practises
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           for
           the
           proofe
           of
           the
           unlawnes
           which
           I
           here
           plead
           ,
           of
           
             taking
             away
             the
             lifes
             of
             Kings
             ,
          
           I
           mention
           
             Davids
             conscience
             smiting
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             but
             so
             neer
             the
             life
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             as
             the
             cutting
             off
             the
             lap
             of
             his
             garment
             .
          
           This
           also
           plainly
           shews
           ,
           that
           the
           unlawfulnes
           of
           
             taking
             away
             the
             lives
             of
             Kings
             ,
          
           which
           I
           here
           maintain
           ,
           onely
           respects
           the
           fact
           as
           perpetrated
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           perpetrated
           ,
           by
           private
           men
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           a
           course
           of
           publique
           Justice
           .
           For
           
             David
             ,
          
           when
           his
           
             Conscience
             smote
             him
          
           upon
           the
           occasion
           specified
           ,
           was
           a
           private
           man
           .
           Now
           for
           me
           to
           argue
           thus
           ;
           a
           private
           man
           and
           without
           due
           processe
           of
           law
           ,
           ought
           to
           make
           conscience
           of
           taking
           away
           the
           life
           of
           a
           Malefactor
           ,
           how
           worthy
           so
           ever
           to
           die
           ;
           therefore
           a
           Magistrate
           upon
           evidence
           of
           the
           fact
           in
           a
           legall
           way
           ,
           ought
           to
           make
           conscience
           of
           it
           also
           ,
           were
           to
           beat
           the
           aire
           ,
           or
           to
           give
           water
           instead
           of
           wine
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           by
           the
           tenor
           of
           the
           objection
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           passage
           under
           contest
           is
           reponed
           by
           way
           of
           Answer
           (
           in
           part
           )
           the
           relation
           and
           proportion
           between
           which
           ,
           is
           
             soon
          
           seen
           in
           the
           discourse
           it self
           (
           though
           it
           would
           be
           somewhat
           
             long
          
           here
           to
           argue
           it
           )
           it
           evidently
           appears
           that
           the
           said
           passage
           looketh
           
           
           
           not
           towards
           any
           triall
           of
           Kings
           for
           their
           lives
           by
           lawfull
           Magistrates
           ,
           but
           onely
           impleads
           all
           violence
           offered
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           offered
           ,
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           private
           men
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             10
          
           Nor
           doth
           the
           simile
           in
           the
           passage
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             ●ives
             of
             Kings
          
           are
           resembled
           to
           
             consecrated
             Corn
             ,
             meet
             to
             be
             reaped
             or
             gathered
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             himself
             ,
          
           necessarily
           import
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           you
           would
           worm
           ,
           and
           work
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           
             viz.
          
           that
           it
           should
           be
           sinfull
           ,
           or
           unlawfull
           ,
           for
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           men
           whatsoever
           ,
           in
           what
           case
           soever
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           
             the
             lives
             of
             Kings
             .
          
           Because
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           done
           in
           a
           way
           of
           justice
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           ,
           Word
           ,
           or
           Commandement
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           frequently
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           may
           in
           sufficient
           proprietie
           of
           speech
           ,
           be
           said
           to
           be
           done
           by
           God
           himself
           .
           This
           rule
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           you
           cannot
           finde
           
             in
             the
             Homilies
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           yet
           may
           you
           finde
           it
           more
           then
           once
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           Reformed
           Divines
           .
           
             It
             is
             frequent
          
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           (
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Ainsworth
             )
             to
             make
             one
             the
             doer
             of
             a
             thing
             ,
             which
             hee
             commandeth
             to
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             *
          
           Thus
           
             Ioshua
          
           saith
           unto
           
             Achan
             :
             Insomuch
             as
             thou
             hast
             troubled
             us
             ,
             THE
             LORD
             SHALL
             TROVBLE
             thee
             this
             day
             .
          
           Immediately
           it
           follows
           :
           
             And
             all
             Israel
             threw
             stones
             at
             him
             ,
             and
             burned
             them
             with
             fire
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
          
           
             The
             Lord
          
           himself
           is
           said
           to
           have
           
             troubled
             Achan
             ,
          
           because
           what
           
             Ioshua
          
           and
           the
           People
           did
           to
           him
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           was
           according
           to
           his
           will
           and
           appointment
           .
           Thus
           God
           himself
           said
           unto
           
             Moses
             ,
             I
             will
             smite
             with
             the
             rod
             that
             is
             in
             mine
             hand
             upon
             the
             waters
          
           
             *
          
           :
           whereas
           the
           sequell
           plainly
           sheweth
           that
           it
           was
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           and
           not
           God
           himself
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           by
           his
           command
           ,
           that
           smote
           therewith
           
             upon
             the
             water
             .
          
           See
           also
           
             Matth.
             19.
             6.
             2
             Cor.
          
           12.
           21.
           upon
           the
           former
           of
           which
           places
           ,
           
             Zanchie
          
           (
           I
           well
           remember
           )
           delivereth
           the
           same
           rule
           ,
           for
           substance
           ,
           with
           that
           mentioned
           from
           M.
           
             Ainsworth
             .
          
           So
           then
           ,
           God
           having
           commanded
           ,
           
             that
             who
             so
             sheddeth
             mans
             blood
             ,
             by
             man
             shall
             his
          
           blood
           be
           shed
           ;
           
             *
          
           whose
           
             blood
          
           soever
           is
           
             shed
          
           in
           a
           regular
           obedience
           to
           this
           command
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           shed
           by
           by
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             11
          
           Nor
           will
           those
           words
           in
           the
           passage
           ,
           wherewith
           you
           make
           your
           capitall
           flourish
           ,
           IN
           VVHAT
           CASE
           SOEVER
           ,
           any
           whit
           more
           countenance
           your
           forged
           cavillation
           ,
           if
           you
           mind
           the
           words
           immediatly
           following
           .
           The
           intire
           clause
           is
           this
           :
           
             Wee
             conceive
             it
             to
             be
             the
             just
             Prerogative
             of
             Kings
             ,
             in
             what
             
             case
             so●●●●
             ,
             to
             bee
             secure
             from
             the
             violence
             of
             men
             .
          
           You
           by
           making
           
             majorites
          
           of
           those
           words
           ,
           IN
           VVHAT
           CASE
           SOEVER
           ,
           and
           
             minorites
             ,
          
           of
           those
           which
           follow
           ,
           would
           (
           as
           it
           should
           seeme
           )
           faine
           imply
           ,
           that
           those
           words
           ,
           which
           you
           make
           great
           ,
           comprehend
           more
           ,
           and
           extend
           farther
           ,
           then
           their
           fellowes
           following
           them
           ,
           which
           you
           make
           little
           as
           
             viz.
          
           not
           onely
           to
           
             secure
             Kings
          
           from
           the
           
             violence
             of
             men
          
           (
           whereunto
           they
           are
           expresly
           limitted
           )
           but
           from
           the
           justice
           of
           God
           also
           administred
           by
           men
           .
           
             Take
             heed
             what
             y●●
             doe
          
           (
           sayth
           the
           good
           King
           
             Jehosaphat
          
           to
           the
           Judges
           which
           he
           appointed
           in
           the
           land
           )
           
             for
             ye
             execute
             not
             the
             judgements
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             be
             with
             you
             in
             the
             cause
             and
             judgement
             ,
             Take
             heed
             and
             doe
             it
             :
             for
             there
             is
             no
             iniq●itie
             with
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             neither
             respect
             of
             persons
             .
          
           
             *
          
           Besides
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           have
           intended
           to
           say
           ,
           without
           all
           limitation
           and
           exception
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           
             the
             priviledge
             of
             Kings
             ,
          
           not
           to
           have
           their
           lives
           taken
           from
           them
           by
           men
           ,
           without
           sin
           ,
           
             in
             what
             case
             soever
             ,
          
           I
           must
           have
           supposed
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Philistines
          
           sinned
           in
           flaying
           
             Saul
          
           in
           battle
           ;
           that
           
             Eliud
          
           sinned
           in
           killing
           
             Eglon
             ,
             Joshua
          
           in
           putting
           so
           many
           Kings
           to
           the
           sword
           ,
           as
           hee
           did
           ,
           
             Samuell
          
           in
           having
           
             Agag
          
           to
           pieces
           &c.
           which
           certainly
           never
           came
           within
           the
           verge
           of
           my
           thoughts
           nor
           (
           I
           think
           )
           of
           any
           other
           man
           ,
           who
           knew
           his
           righthand
           from
           his
           left
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             12
          
           Nor
           is
           it
           of
           any
           value
           for
           the
           crediting
           of
           your
           deduction
           from
           the
           passage
           in
           hand
           ,
           to
           pretend
           and
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           intended
           no
           other
           security
           therein
           unto
           Kings
           ,
           then
           onely
           from
           the
           
             violence
             of
             men
          
           in
           an
           extrajudiciall
           way
           ,
           I
           made
           them
           herein
           but
           equall
           unto
           private
           and
           ordinariemen
           ;
           it
           being
           the
           privilege
           ,
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           their
           lives
           cannot
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           without
           sin
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           by
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           due
           processe
           of
           law
           For
           to
           this
           the
           answer
           is
           easy
           ;
           that
           there
           is
           no
           inconvenience
           or
           absurdity
           in
           it
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           assert
           that
           in
           an
           emphaticall
           and
           peculiar
           way
           unto
           Kings
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           generall
           consideration
           belongs
           unto
           other
           men
           also
           .
           The
           Scripture
           it selfe
           doth
           this
           frequently
           .
           The
           Apostle
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           chargeth
           
             Christians
          
           to
           
             honour
             the
             King
             :
          
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           same
           verse
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           terme
           ,
           hee
           commandeth
           them
           also
           to
           
             Honour
             all
             men
             .
          
           
             *
          
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           
             it
             is
             written
          
           
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             )
             thou
             shalt
             not
             speake
             evill
             of
             the
             Ruler
             of
             thy
             people
             :
          
           
             *
          
           and
           yet
           the
           same
           Apostle
           asserts
           the
           same
           priviledge
           (
           I
           meane
           ,
           of
           not
           having
           evill
           spoken
           of
           them
           )
           unto
           all
           men
           ;
           charging
           
             Christians
          
           (
           and
           in
           them
           ,
           all
           others
           )
           to
           speake
           evill
           of
           no
           man
           .
           Yet
           againe
           ,
           he
           
             exhorts
             that
             supplications
             ,
             prayers
             ,
             intercessions
             ,
             and
             giving
             of
             thanks
             be
             made
          
           
           
             for
             all
             men
             ;
          
           and
           immediatly
           adds
           ,
           
             For
             Kings
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           So
           that
           it
           
           is
           no
           soloecisme
           at
           all
           in
           reason
           ,
           or
           discourse
           ,
           either
           to
           say
           ,
           or
           imply
           that
           common
           privileges
           ,
           having
           an
           accent
           put
           upon
           them
           ,
           are
           presents
           for
           Kings
           .
           More
           might
           be
           added
           upon
           this
           account
           :
           but
           I
           desire
           not
           to
           be
           tedious
           unto
           you
           ▪
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             13
          
           Thus
           then
           you
           see
           Sir
           ,
           or
           cannot
           lightly
           but
           see
           ,
           how
           strangely
           you
           were
           mistaken
           in
           construing
           that
           passage
           of
           mine
           ,
           which
           you
           cite
           in
           your
           printed
           letter
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           your
           treasure
           ,
           prove
           but
           coales
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           take
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           present
           occasion
           ,
           and
           consider
           with
           your self
           so
           much
           the
           more
           narrowly
           ,
           whether
           in
           many
           other
           cases
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           this
           ,
           
             the
             shaddowes
             of
             the
             mountaines
             doe
             not
             seeme
             men
             unto
             you
             .
          
           And
           yet
           I
           confesse
           that
           
             C.
             B.
          
           hath
           justified
           
             P.
             D.
          
           in
           his
           un-cleark-like
           and
           frothy
           mistake
           .
           For
           he
           being
           a
           
             D.
             D.
          
           standing
           in
           Christs
           stead
           ,
           and
           speaking
           in
           Christs
           Name
           ,
           unto
           men
           ,
           abused
           at
           once
           his
           great
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           his
           Auditorie
           ,
           his
           calling
           ,
           his
           brother
           ,
           and
           himself
           in
           a
           most
           desperate
           and
           shameful
           manner
           
             teaching
             for
             Doctrine
             the
             empty
             traditions
          
           of
           your
           pen
           ,
           and
           making
           part
           of
           his
           Audience
           
             glad
             ,
          
           and
           part
           
             sad
             ,
             with
          
           that
           
             Lie
             ,
          
           which
           the
           sight
           of
           your
           paper
           (
           it
           seemes
           )
           had
           put
           into
           his
           unhallowed
           mouth
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           leave
           the
           businesse
           in
           hand
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           secure
           you
           against
           all
           mistakes
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           )
           I
           beseech
           you
           once
           againe
           that
           you
           will
           please
           tounderstand
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           to
           vindicate
           the
           innocencie
           of
           my
           mis-understood
           passage
           ,
           from
           the
           offence
           ,
           which
           either
           you
           take
           at
           it
           ,
           or
           would
           fasten
           upon
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           said
           nothing
           ,
           either
           by
           way
           of
           affirmation
           ,
           or
           negation
           concerning
           the
           state
           of
           my
           judgement
           ,
           about
           the
           question
           of
           the
           lawfulnesse
           ,
           and
           unlawfulnesse
           ,
           of
           judiciall
           procedings
           against
           Kings
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           when
           I
           composed
           my
           
             Anti-Cavalerisme
             .
          
           All
           that
           I
           have
           said
           or
           done
           ,
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           onely
           to
           a
           cleere
           probation
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           at
           all
           in
           the
           passage
           
           so
           oft
           mentioned
           ,
           that
           can
           reasonably
           ,
           or
           with
           any
           tolerable
           construction
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           be
           drawne
           to
           a
           comportance
           with
           their
           judgement
           ,
           who
           judge
           it
           absolutely
           unlawfull
           to
           subject
           Kings
           to
           that
           righteous
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             Who
             so
             sheddeth
             mans
             blood
             ,
             by
             man
             shall
             his
             bolod
             be
             shed
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             14
          
           But
           good
           Sir
           ,
           suppose
           it
           should
           be
           granted
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           passage
           you
           transcribe
           ,
           Icleerly
           shew
           my self
           to
           have
           been
           of
           your
           judgment
           ,
           touching
           the
           unlawfulnes
           of
           all
           judiciarie
           proceedings
           against
           the
           lives
           of
           Kings
           ,
           what
           earnings
           can
           you
           make
           of
           it
           ?
           or
           upon
           what
           ground
           of
           reason
           ,
           or
           with
           what
           face
           of
           ingenuity
           ,
           can
           you
           upon
           such
           a
           supposition
           ,
           prejudge
           me
           a
           
             Self-condemned
             Heretique
             ,
          
           unles
           I
           shal
           either
           strengthen
           your
           hand
           by
           a
           publique
           avouchment
           of
           my
           standing
           in
           the
           same
           judgement
           still
           ,
           or
           weaken
           it
           ,
           by
           giving
           such
           an
           
             account
          
           of
           the
           
             alteration
             of
             my
             judgement
             ,
             which
             may
             satisfie
             you
             ?
          
           If
           you
           shall
           pretend
           ,
           that
           the
           reason
           why
           you
           would
           tie
           mee
           to
           this
           sowre
           apple-tree
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           I
           speake
           doubtfully
           upon
           the
           point
           in
           my
           
             Right
             and
             Might
             ,
          
           my
           cleere
           answer
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           discourse
           I
           interpose
           nothing
           at
           all
           concerning
           it
           ,
           unless
           (
           haply
           )
           it
           be
           ,
           by
           holding
           forth
           and
           asserting
           such
           grounds
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           cleering
           of
           another
           Question
           ,
           wherein
           (
           possibly
           )
           you
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           your
           judgement
           may
           conceive
           ,
           that
           the
           negative
           of
           what
           (
           according
           to
           the
           supposition
           mentioned
           )
           I
           formerly
           held
           touching
           the
           universall
           exemption
           of
           Kings
           from
           triall
           ,
           is
           concluded
           also
           .
           But
           Sir
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           those
           grounds
           and
           principles
           of
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           ,
           which
           I
           assertin
           my
           discourse
           ,
           and
           upon
           which
           the
           whole
           fabrique
           of
           it
           is
           built
           ,
           be
           first
           in
           themselves
           solid
           and
           cleere
           :
           and
           secondly
           doe
           with
           alike
           soliditie
           and
           cleereness
           ,
           contradict
           and
           overthrow
           that
           judgement
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           you
           suppose
           to
           have
           been
           sometimes
           mine
           with
           you
           ;
           then
           I
           have
           already
           performed
           that
           hard
           taske
           ,
           which
           upon
           your
           supposall
           of
           the
           alteration
           of
           my
           judgemennt
           ,
           you
           impose
           upon
           me
           ;
           and
           have
           
             given
             you
             and
             others
             ,
          
           such
           
             reasons
             ,
             which
             may
             ,
          
           and
           ought
           to
           
             satisfie
             all
             reasonable
             men
             touching
             such
             an
             alteration
             of
             judgement
          
           in
           me
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           said
           grounds
           ,
           be
           not
           solid
           and
           cleare
           in
           your
           apprehension
           ,
           and
           withall
           seem
           to
           you
           to
           oppose
           that
           judgement
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           you
           will
           needs
           suppose
           )
           was
           sometimes
           
           mine
           ,
           the
           confutation
           of
           them
           lieth
           upon
           you
           ,
           not
           upon
           me
           ,
           who
           judge
           them
           inconfutable
           .
           And
           howsoever
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           ridiculously
           ●●reasonable
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           ,
           when
           his
           judgement
           is
           opposed
           in
           a
           discourse
           ,
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           Author
           a
           confucation
           of
           his
           own
           discourse
           .
           Or
           if
           this
           be
           the
           task
           you
           would
           enjoyn
           me
           ,
           to
           declare
           whether
           these
           principles
           and
           grounds
           .
           I
           assert
           ,
           doe
           contradict
           and
           overthrow
           that
           judgement
           of
           yours
           (
           supposedly
           mine
           
             quondam
             )
          
           this
           is
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           as
           unreasonable
           ,
           as
           the
           former
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           labour
           of
           much
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           requiring
           long
           study
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           cases
           not
           far
           from
           an
           impossibitie
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           beat
           out
           all
           the
           particular
           consectaries
           ,
           consequences
           ,
           and
           conclusions
           ,
           which
           are
           virtually
           contained
           in
           all
           such
           principles
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           occasion
           to
           deliver
           and
           assert
           .
           If
           you
           shall
           yet
           pretend
           and
           say
           ,
           that
           what
           you
           desire
           of
           me
           to
           vindicate
           my selfe
           ,
           is
           obvious
           ,
           and
           easie
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           being
           no
           more
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           declare
           ,
           whether
           I
           conceive
           ,
           or
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           supposed
           former
           judgement
           of
           mine
           concerning
           the
           untouchablenesse
           of
           the
           lives
           of
           Kings
           ,
           to
           bee
           consistent
           with
           those
           grounds
           and
           principles
           ,
           which
           I
           build
           upon
           in
           my
           late
           discourse
           :
           I
           must
           again
           answer
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           is
           indeed
           easie
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           no
           ways
           honourable
           or
           comely
           ,
           for
           me
           in
           this
           ,
           nor
           for
           any
           man
           else
           to
           doe
           in
           the
           like
           case
           .
           Hee
           that
           shall
           (
           especially
           in
           publique
           )
           deliver
           his
           judgement
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           great
           weight
           ,
           
             presently
             ,
          
           yea
           without
           a
           proportionable
           retirement
           of
           himself
           for
           the
           exact
           
           casting
           up
           of
           all
           particular
           accounts
           relating
           to
           such
           an
           undertaking
           ,
           apparently
           runs
           a
           double
           hazard
           ;
           the
           one
           ,
           of
           misleading
           others
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           of
           dishonour
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             15
          
           And
           thus
           Sir
           you
           see
           ,
           how
           every
           waies
           unreasonable
           ,
           uncivil
           ,
           and
           importune
           that
           imposition
           is
           ,
           which
           you
           lay
           upon
           me
           ;
           I
           must
           be
           ,
           by
           your
           award
           ,
           a
           
             self
             condemned
             Heretique
             ,
          
           unlesse
           to
           gratifie
           your
           prerogative
           humour
           ,
           I
           shall
           acquit
           my selfe
           from
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           crime
           ,
           by
           an
           act
           of
           
             self
             condemnation
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             16
          
           Whereas
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           
             for
             ought
             you
             know
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             onely
             Minister
             of
             any
             Reformed
             Church
             ,
             that
             ever
             was
             of
             this
             ,
             by
             my self
             stiled
             Iesuiticall
             ,
             opinion
             ;
          
           but
           are
           not
           able
           to
           bring
           the
           least
           proof
           that
           I
           am
           of
           any
           such
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           which
           I
           so
           stile
           ,
           I
           should
           sin
           against
           the
           law
           of
           Charitie
           ,
           which
           forbids
           
           me
           to
           
             suffer
             sin
             to
             rest
             upon
             my
             Brother
             ,
          
           if
           I
           should
           not
           reprove
           you
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           saying
           of
           as
           much
           unworthinesse
           ,
           as
           could
           lightly
           fall
           from
           the
           pen
           of
           a
           sober
           man
           .
           For
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           where
           are
           your
           evidences
           ,
           where
           are
           your
           proofes
           ,
           nay
           where
           are
           your
           presumptions
           ,
           where
           are
           your
           shaddows
           of
           conjecture
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           of
           any
           such
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             by
             my self
             stiled
             ,
             Iesuiticall
             ?
             For
             ought
             I
             know
             ,
             you
             are
             the
             first
             and
             the
             onely
             man
             professing
             Christianitie
             ,
          
           who
           ever
           aspersed
           mee
           with
           the
           blot
           ,
           or
           blood
           rather
           ,
           of
           such
           an
           opinion
           .
           But
           if
           a
           Declaration
           of
           my self
           ▪
           against
           this
           
             Opinion
             ▪
          
           will
           satisfie
           you
           ,
           I
           here
           professe
           ,
           with
           an
           heart
           enlarged
           ,
           and
           mouth
           wide
           opened
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           of
           God
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           and
           Men
           ,
           that
           I
           seriously
           detest
           and
           abhorre
           that
           
             Opinion
             ,
          
           which
           is
           by
           me
           stiled
           ,
           
             Iosuiticall
             .
          
           But
           if
           you
           suppose
           that
           
             Opinion
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             by
             me
             stiled
             Iesuiticall
             ,
          
           which
           maintaineth
           a
           lawfulnes
           of
           judiciarie
           proceedings
           ,
           as
           well
           against
           Kings
           as
           other
           men
           ;
           supposing
           withall
           that
           I
           am
           of
           this
           opinion
           (
           though
           I
           am
           as
           yet
           sensible
           of
           no
           obligation
           upon
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           whether
           I
           be
           of
           this
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           or
           no
           )
           yet
           I
           must
           inform
           you
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           I
           be
           of
           the
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           I
           neither
           am
           
             the
             first
             ,
             nor
             the
             onely
             Minister
          
           (
           by
           many
           )
           
             of
             the
             reformed
             Church
             ,
          
           who
           so
           judge
           :
           yea
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           my
           inclination
           strong
           ,
           to
           hope
           the
           best
           ,
           untill
           I
           know
           the
           worst
           ,
           I
           could
           hardly
           allow
           you
           the
           sanctuary
           of
           those
           words
           ,
           
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             ,
          
           as
           clean
           ,
           for
           your
           refuge
           .
           It
           is
           very
           hard
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           know
           that
           
             many
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Church
          
           have
           been
           of
           that
           opinion
           before
           ,
           and
           besides
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           be
           of
           it
           .
           Or
           if
           you
           do
           not
           (
           indeed
           )
           yet
           know
           it
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             Prynn's
          
           large
           Tract
           ,
           intituled
           
             the
             Soveraign
             Power
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             Kingdomes
             ,
          
           published
           in
           the
           year
           1643.
           if
           your
           please
           to
           peruse
           it
           ,
           will
           abundantly
           satisfie
           you
           in
           this
           behalf
           .
           In
           the
           very
           front
           and
           title
           page
           of
           this
           Book
           he
           rejoyceth
           over
           it
           ,
           as
           being
           such
           a
           piece
           ,
           
             wherein
             the
             superioritie
             of
             our
             own
             ,
             and
             most
             other
             forraign
             Parliaments
             ,
             States
             ,
             Kingdomes
             ,
             Magistrates
             ,
             collectively
             considered
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             their
             lawfull
             Emperours
             ,
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Princes
             ,
             is
             ABOUNDANTLY
             evinced
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             pregnant
             reasons
             ,
             Resolutions
             ,
             Precedents
             ,
             Histories
             ,
             Anthorities
             of
             ALL
             Sorts
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Pag.
           199.
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           he
           cites
           a
           large
           passage
           from
           
             Zuinglus
             ,
          
           which
           begins
           thus
           :
           
             When
             Princes
             shall
             act
          
           
           
           
           
             perfidiously
             and
             besides
             the
             rule
             of
             Christ
             ,
             they
             may
             ,
             [
             cu●
             Deo
             ]
             with
             Gods
             leave
             ,
             or
             approbation
             ,
          
           be
           deposed
           ,
           by
           the
           consent
           
             and
             suffrage
             ,
             either
             of
             all
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             better
             part
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           Afterwards
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           passage
           ,
           the
           Authour
           imputes
           it
           to
           the
           
             defact
             of
             publique
             Iustice
             ,
             that
             the
             wickednesses
             of
             Tyrants
             escape
             without
             punishment
             ,
          
           as
           they
           doe
           .
           And
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             there
             wants
             not
             wayes
             or
             means
             ,
             for
             the
             taking
             away
             of
             Tyrants
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             a
             mant
             of
             publique
             Iustice
          
           (
           with
           much
           more
           of
           like
           import
           .
           )
           In
           the
           same
           page
           there
           is
           a
           passage
           likewise
           of
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           it
           
             dissimulation
             joyned
             with
             nefarious
             perfidiousnesse
             ,
             and
             a
             fraudulent
             betraying
             of
             the
             Libertie
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             in
             Magistrates
             ,
             if
             they
             connive
             at
             Kings
             outragiously
             encroaching
             upon
             ,
             and
             insulting
             over
             the
             inferiour
             common
             people
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             withstand
             their
             raging
             licentiousnesse
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           there
           is
           a
           book
           intituled
           ,
           
             Lex
             ,
             Rex
             ,
          
           Printed
           here
           at
           
             London
             ,
             anno
          
           1644.
           
           Composed
           (
           as
           is
           said
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           stile
           ,
           and
           worth
           of
           it
           importeth
           ,
           though
           the
           stile
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           confesse
           ,
           is
           the
           least
           part
           of
           its
           worth
           )
           by
           a
           Minister
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           the
           greatest
           eminencie
           for
           parts
           of
           learning
           and
           judgement
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           (
           if
           fame
           bee
           not
           a
           flatteresse
           )
           inferiour
           to
           none
           in
           pietie
           ;
           this
           book
           I
           would
           gladly
           recommend
           to
           your
           serious
           perusall
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           not
           already
           met
           with
           it
           .
           To
           relate
           what
           this
           Author
           sayes
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           citeth
           of
           other
           mens
           ,
           in
           full
           comport
           with
           the
           opinion
           now
           enquired
           after
           ,
           would
           farre
           exceed
           the
           bounds
           of
           my
           intended
           answer
           .
           Take
           a
           first
           fruits
           of
           the
           harvest
           .
           
             If
             a
             King
          
           (
           saith
           this
           Authour
           ,
           pag.
           234.
           )
           
             turn
             a
             Parricide
             ,
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             a
             waster
             ,
             and
             a
             destroyer
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             he
             is
             subject
             to
             the
             coactive
             power
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             land
             .
             If
             any
             law
             should
             hinder
             that
             a
             tyrant
             should
             not
             be
             punished
             by
             law
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             not
             a
             superiour
             ,
             but
             God
             :
             for
             Roiallists
             build
             all
             upon
             this
             ?
             But
             this
             ground
             is
             false
             :
             for
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             who
             gave
             him
             the
             Crown
             ,
             are
             above
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             may
             take
             away
             ,
             what
             they
             gave
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             law
             of
             Nature
             and
             God
             saith
             .
          
           The
           substance
           of
           this
           passage
           he
           proveth
           by
           severall
           substantiall
           arguments
           following
           .
           Pag.
           404.
           he
           saith
           thus
           :
           
             Wee
             hold
             that
             the
             Law
             saith
             with
             us
             ,
             That
             VASSALS
             LOSE
             THEIR
             FARME
             ,
             IF
             THEY
             PAY
             NOT
             WHAT
             IS
             DVE
             .
             Now
             what
             are
             Kings
             ,
             
             b●●
             Vas●als
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             they
             turn
             Tyrants
             ,
             fall
             from
             their
             right
             ?
          
           again
           p.
           1.
           3.
           
           
             If
             then
             any
             cast
             off
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             become
             habitually
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             in
             so
             far
             he
             is
             not
             from
             God
             ,
             nor
             any
             ordinance
             which
             God
             doth
             own
             .
          
           A
           while
           after
           ,
           thus
           ;
           
             There
             is
             a
             Court
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             no
             losse
             then
             a
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ▪
             and
             the
             fundamentall
             laws
             must
             then
             speake
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             with
             the
             Peopl●
             in
             this
             extremitie
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             no
             Ruler
             .
          
           Many
           other
           passages
           there
           are
           in
           this
           piece
           relating
           to
           the
           cause
           in
           hand
           ,
           which
           I
           respit
           to
           your
           perusall
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             17
          
           To
           draw
           to
           a
           con●lusion
           ;
           you
           tell
           me
           towards
           the
           close
           of
           your
           Paper
           ,
           that
           by
           a
           perusall
           of
           the
           Books
           and
           Papers
           which
           you
           sent
           unto
           me
           ,
           
             I
             may
             peradventure
             finde
             more
             cause
             to
             retract
             the
             main
             scope
             of
             my
             whole
          
           Anti-Cavalerisme
           ,
           
             then
             the
             above
             mentioned
             passage
             thereof
             .
          
           Truly
           Sir
           ,
           if
           upon
           the
           peruseall
           which
           you
           recommend
           unto
           me
           ,
           I
           shall
           finde
           no
           
             more
             cause
             to
             retract
             the
             main
             scope
          
           of
           my
           discourse
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           yet
           found
           to
           reverse
           the
           passage
           you
           speak
           of
           ,
           I
           shall
           finde
           none
           at
           all
           .
           Howsoever
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           acquited
           your self
           in
           these
           writings
           ,
           
             like
             a
             work
             man
             that
             need
             not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             ,
          
           you
           could
           not
           have
           recommended
           their
           perusall
           to
           a
           man
           more
           proselyteable
           ,
           then
           I.
           Ballance
           my
           reasons
           and
           grounds
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           demurre
           ;
           over
           poise
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           yours
           .
           One
           of
           my
           chiefe
           Imployments
           is
           ,
           
             quotidiè
             de
             erroribus
             meis
             demere
             :
          
           and
           I
           shall
           be
           really
           and
           heartily
           thankfull
           unto
           you
           ,
           or
           any
           man
           ,
           that
           will
           help
           me
           in
           my
           work
           .
           I
           have
           not
           the
           least
           expectance
           that
           any
           errour
           should
           ever
           blesse
           me
           ▪
           least
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           published
           to
           the
           danger
           of
           others
           .
           Make
           me
           to
           see
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           what
           I
           apprehend
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           my
           
             Anti-Cavalerisme
          
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           to
           me
           ,
           then
           your
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           The
           grounds
           I
           build
           upon
           in
           the
           discourse
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           are
           but
           few
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           five
           :
           Their
           names
           those
           ,
           First
           ,
           That
           Kings
           have
           no
           power
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           given
           unto
           them
           ,
           either
           by
           God
           ,
           or
           men
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           God
           gives
           power
           or
           Authoritie
           unto
           no
           man
           to
           doe
           unrighteously
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           if
           men
           give
           any
           such
           power
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           meere
           nullitie
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           to
           resist
           any
           power
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           not
           given
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           resist
           any
           ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           sinfull
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           That
           self
           defence
           incase
           of
           lawlesse
           opposition
           ,
           or
           assault
           ,
           is
           a
           cleare
           dictate
           of
           the
           law
           of
           nature
           .
           Whether
           there
           he
           any
           
           more
           of
           this
           kinde
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           in
           that
           discourse
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           at
           present
           perfectly
           remember
           .
           Doe
           but
           either
           shake
           these
           foundations
           ,
           or
           discover
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           built
           besides
           them
           ,
           you
           and
           I
           shall
           agree
           in
           two
           words
           about
           the
           retractation
           of
           the
           main
           scope
           of
           my
           
             Anti-Cavalerisme
             .
          
           I
           thought
           to
           have
           drawn
           forth
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           the
           principles
           upon
           which
           my
           
             Right
             and
             Might
             ,
          
           stands
           :
           but
           these
           being
           many
           more
           in
           number
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           tempt
           your
           patience
           with
           the
           muster
           of
           them
           .
           Onely
           I
           freely
           make
           the
           same
           offer
           concernning
           these
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           about
           the
           other
           ;
           either
           present
           mee
           with
           such
           other
           principles
           and
           grounds
           ,
           which
           will
           serve
           these
           ,
           as
           
             Aarons
          
           rod
           did
           the
           rod
           of
           the
           Inchanters
           ,
           devoure
           them
           ;
           or
           shew
           me
           ,
           where
           my
           building
           stands
           awry
           ,
           or
           off
           from
           my
           foundations
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           hand
           which
           built
           it
           ,
           shall
           soone
           pull
           it
           down
           .
        
         
           Not
           to
           be
           further
           troublesome
           unto
           you
           at
           present
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           to
           strike
           talies
           ,
           and
           take
           satisfaction
           for
           my
           boldnesse
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           your
           own
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           it
           as
           a
           pledge
           of
           
             Christian
          
           ingenuitie
           from
           your
           hand
           .
           Howsoever
           ,
           you
           may
           aslure
           your
           upon
           sufficient
           ground
           ,
           that
           ,
           any
           thing
           in
           these
           papers
           notwithstanding
           ,
           I
           am
           ,
           Sir
        
         
           
             Your
             very
             loving
             friend
             ,
             JOHN
             GOODVVIN
             .
          
           
             Colemanstreet
             
               Jan.
               18.
               1648.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             I
             acknowledge
             that
             since
             the
             printing
             of
             the
             former
             part
             of
             this
             Answer
             ,
             I
             received
             a
             printed
             copie
             of
             that
             Letter
             from
             you
             ,
             which
             towards
             the
             beginning
             hereof
             I
             deny
             to
             have
             received
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Errata
        
         
           Page
           1.
           line
           10.
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           reade
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           6
           l.
           1.
           for
           
             shenuously
          
           reade
           
             strenuously
             .
          
           p.
           7.
           l.
           2●
           .
           for
           
             ground
             ,
          
           r.
           
             ground●
             ▪
          
           p.
           8.
           l.
           15.
           for
           
             the
             ,
          
           r.
           
             the
             .
          
           p.
           9.
           l.
           ●5
           .
           for
           
             methord
             ,
          
           r.
           
             method
             .
          
           p.
           11.
           l.
           8.
           for
           
             limitted
             ,
          
           r.
           
             limited
             .
          
           p.
           13.
           l.
           5.
           for
           
             bolod
             ,
          
           r.
           
             blood
             .
          
           l.
           27.
           after
           ,
           
             in
          
           r.
           
             this
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85402e-190
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             *
             In
             Numb.
             193.
             
          
           
             *
             Ioh.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             *
             Exo.
             7.
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Gen.
             9.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Chro.
             19.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Act.
             23.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Tit.
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Tim.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ad
             poenitentiam
             properat
             ,
             qui
             citò
             judicat
             .