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             A vindication of the Bishop of Dvrham from the vile and scandalovs calvmnies of a libell intitvled The downfall of hierarchie, &c.
             Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.
          
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           BISHOP
           OF
           DVRHAM
           ,
           FROM
           THE
           VILE
           AND
           SCANDALOVS
           CALVMNIES
           OF
           A
           
             LIBELL
          
           INTITVLED
           
             THE
             DOWNFALL
             OF
             HIERARCHIE
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Cotes
             ,
          
           for
           
             Robert
             Milborne
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           holy
           
             Lambe
          
           in
           Little-Britaine
           ,
           or
           at
           Britaines-Burse
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           BISHOP
           OF
           DVRHAM
           ,
           FROM
           THE
           VILE
           AND
           Scandalous
           Calumnies
           of
           a
           Libell
           Intituled
           the
           Downe-fall
           of
           Episcopacie
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           hath
           beene
           alwayes
           the
           policie
           of
           the
           evill
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           cannot
           shake
           Religion
           ,
           or
           undermine
           a
           well-grounded
           Truth
           ;
           then
           hee
           betakes
           himselfe
           to
           perswade
           the
           hearts
           and
           minds
           of
           wicked
           men
           to
           levell
           at
           the
           worth
           and
           reputation
           of
           the
           chiefest
           
           Professours
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           wound
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           staine
           their
           good
           names
           ,
           with
           reproach
           and
           obloquie
           ,
           that
           by
           such
           meanes
           those
           Scorners
           may
           satisfie
           their
           owne
           humour
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           other
           side
           is
           brought
           into
           hatred
           and
           contempt
           ;
           and
           before
           they
           are
           able
           to
           vindicate
           themselves
           by
           a
           just
           defence
           .
        
         
           Thus
           hath
           a
           late
           Libeller
           dealt
           ,
           who
           hath
           made
           himselfe
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Downe-fall
             of
             the
             Hierarchie
             ,
          
           and
           telleth
           us
           at
           whose
           reputation
           he
           doth
           more
           principally
           and
           professedly
           and
           aime
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           nourishing
           
             ignorance
             ,
             blindnesse
             ,
          
           persecuting
           
             Orthodox
             Preachers
             ,
          
           and
           
             cherishing
             Popery
             ,
             &
             Papists
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             shal
             be
             made
             good
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             in
             Thomas
             Duresme
             ,
             the
             best
             in
             the
             bunch
             ,
             &c.
          
           that
           so
           thorow
           the
           
             Prelate
             of
             Durham's
          
           sides
           he
           may
           wound
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           sacred
           Order
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           (
           we
           may
           adde
           )
           in
           some
           sort
           Religion
           it selfe
           ;
           which
           cannot
           but
           suffer
           the
           while
           he
           is
           traduced
           by
           this
           wayward
           generation
           of
           men
           at
           home
           ,
           who
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           many
           Elucubrations
           hath
           for
           many
           yeares
           had
           a
           reverend
           esteeme
           by
           sundry
           famous
           and
           worthy
           Divines
           of
           the
           reformed
           Churches
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           in
           their
           publike
           bookes
           and
           letters
           ,
           accounting
           him
           a
           
             Moderne
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           choice
           
             Pillar
             of
             Gods
             Church
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           Protestants
           acknowledged
           as
           an
           Impugner
           of
           the
           Synagogue
           of
           
             Rome
          
           for
           the
           space
           of
           almost
           40.
           yeares
           .
           All
           which
           injurious
           
           and
           uncharitable
           dealing
           notwithstanding
           ,
           this
           Libell
           might
           have
           beene
           contemned
           and
           passed
           over
           (
           which
           is
           the
           best
           charme
           for
           such
           spirits
           )
           had
           it
           beene
           a
           single
           paper
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           a
           plague
           spred
           by
           many
           infectious
           copies
           .
           The
           case
           thus
           considered
           ,
           it
           was
           thought
           fit
           by
           some
           one
           or
           other
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Reputation
           of
           that
           R.
           Bishop
           ought
           to
           be
           deare
           and
           tender
           ,
           and
           unto
           whom
           the
           falsities
           of
           those
           imputations
           are
           well
           enough
           discovered
           and
           knowne
           ,
           to
           undertake
           this
           present
           Vindication
           in
           his
           behalfe
           ,
           thereby
           both
           to
           prevent
           the
           prejudice
           of
           them
           who
           have
           not
           yet
           tasted
           of
           that
           venemous
           Calumnie
           ,
           &
           also
           as
           by
           an
           Antidote
           ,
           to
           remove
           it
           from
           the
           hearts
           of
           such
           as
           have
           peradventure
           sucked
           any
           dram
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           the
           Reader
           may
           the
           better
           have
           notice
           of
           those
           his
           false
           accusations
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           necessary
           we
           first
           take
           a
           survey
           of
           the
           platform
           ,
           whereon
           he
           hath
           planted
           his
           sixth
           
             Canon
          
           (
           as
           he
           termeth
           it
           )
           to
           batter
           downe
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           (
           of
           them
           )
           chiefely
           the
           Prelate
           of
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           which
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           The
           very
           nature
           of
           their
           Office
           is
           to
           thirst
           after
           the
           bloud
           of
           Gods
           Saints
           .
           
             Apoc.
             2.
             13.
          
           where
           
             Antipas
          
           my
           faithfull
           Martyr
           is
           slaine
           ,
           there
           is
           Satans
           throne
           .
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Very
           learnedly
           forsooth
           .
           Was
           
             Antipas
          
           slaine
           by
           the
           
             Angel
          
           of
           that
           Church
           ?
           (
           whom
           the
           Libeller
           unawares
           hath
           stiled
           
             Bishop
             )
          
           
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           same
           verse
           enformes
           us
           the
           contrary
           ,
           commending
           the
           same
           
             Angel
             for
             holding
             fast
             his
             name
             ,
             and
             not
             denying
             his
             faith
             .
          
           Yea
           rather
           ,
           was
           not
           
             Antipas
          
           himselfe
           (
           as
           some
           write
           )
           
             Bishop
             of
             Pergamus
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           
             Angel
          
           (
           there
           mentioned
           )
           succeeded
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           put
           to
           death
           by
           the
           command
           of
           
             Domitian
          
           that
           persecuting
           Emperour
           ,
           if
           antiquity
           be
           of
           any
           credit
           with
           you
           ?
           For
           whose
           death
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           the
           
             Doctrine
             of
             Balaam
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Nicolaitans
          
           taught
           among
           them
           ,
           In
           
             Pergamus
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Spirit
           )
           
             is
             the
             seate
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
           Your
           argument
           then
           stands
           thus
           ;
           
             Antipas
          
           the
           good
           Bishop
           and
           faithfull
           Martyr
           of
           Christ
           was
           slaine
           by
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Tyrant
           
             Domitian
             .
             Ergo
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             Episcopacie
             to
             be
             bloudy
             and
             tyrannicall
             .
          
           It
           will
           be
           an
           happinesse
           to
           Bishops
           to
           have
           no
           better
           Accusers
           then
           such
           ,
           who
           cannot
           defame
           their
           calling
           ,
           but
           with
           blaspheming
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           innumerable
           other
           Bishops
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           the
           glorious
           Martyrs
           of
           Christ
           .
           But
           let
           us
           trie
           his
           first
           Battery
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             Of
             this
             tyranny
             let
             one
             of
             themselves
             be
             witnesse
             (
             out
             of
             whose
             mouth
             the
             Lord
             exacted
             this
             testimony
             ,
             Prelate
             
               Vaugham
            
             in
             a
             Speech
             to
             Doctor
             
               Morton
            
             long
             agoe
             (
             now
             Prelate
             of
             
               Durham
               )
            
             confessed
             that
             the
             Persecution
             of
             those
             times
             were
             worse
             then
             in
             Queene
             
               Maries
            
             dayes
             ,
             and
             gave
             reasons
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Marke
           how
           he
           rakes
           the
           channels
           
           of
           times
           ,
           whereby
           to
           throw
           dirt
           upon
           the
           living
           name
           of
           a
           dead
           man
           ,
           and
           Saint
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           God
           had
           
             exacted
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
          
           a
           saying
           which
           was
           never
           heard
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           Reasons
           thereof
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           modest
           as
           they
           blush
           to
           speake
           .
           But
           how
           will
           not
           this
           first
           Canon
           recoyle
           upon
           the
           Libeller
           himselfe
           ?
           Did
           that
           good
           Bishop
           (
           as
           is
           here
           alleadged
           )
           grieve
           at
           the
           persecution
           of
           any
           of
           those
           times
           ?
           then
           hath
           this
           man
           overshot
           his
           marke
           ,
           when
           hee
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Nature
             of
             Episcopacie
             is
             to
             thirst
             after
             the
             bloud
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             let
             Prelate
             
               Morton
            
             speake
             how
             they
             
               (
               meaning
               ,
               persecutions
               )
            
             are
             increased
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             :
             if
             he
             will
             not
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             God
             may
             exact
             it
             of
             him
             sometime
             with
             more
             horror
             of
             conscience
             then
             any
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             because
             he
             sinnes
             against
             the
             greater
             light
             and
             more
             warnings
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Or
           rather
           let
           any
           rationall
           man
           judge
           whether
           that
           Spirit
           of
           malignity
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           predominant
           in
           this
           man
           ,
           would
           (
           in
           all
           probability
           )
           permit
           him
           to
           forbeare
           clamouring
           to
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           against
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           kinde
           of
           
             tyrannous
             persecution
          
           could
           not
           colourably
           be
           branded
           upon
           him
           :
           yet
           is
           the
           Bishop
           beholden
           to
           this
           Libeller
           for
           joyning
           him
           in
           this
           horrid
           crimination
           with
           the
           most
           Reverend
           ,
           and
           thrice
           learned
           the
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           who
           for
           his
           integrity
           
           and
           innocencie
           of
           life
           ,
           till
           this
           present
           scandalizing
           time
           ,
           malice
           it selfe
           could
           never
           call
           into
           question
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           this
           Reviler
           expect
           that
           God
           will
           one
           day
           
             exact
          
           these
           impudent
           calumniations
           of
           him
           with
           more
           
             horror
             of
             conscience
          
           (
           they
           are
           his
           owne
           words
           )
           
             then
             of
             any
             other
             ,
          
           because
           he
           knowing
           him
           (
           whom
           all
           good
           men
           doe
           honour
           and
           esteem
           )
           sinnes
           against
           
             greater
             light
             ,
             and
             more
             warnings
             .
          
           But
           since
           he
           more
           then
           once
           retrives
           this
           objection
           ,
           
           and
           flies
           it
           home
           with
           more
           eagernesse
           
             *
          
           afterwards
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           referred
           to
           a
           further
           consideration
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           his
           next
           Crimination
           is
           to
           be
           examined
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             said
             ,
             that
             if
             Popery
             came
             into
             
               England
            
             againe
             ,
             the
             Puritans
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             it
             ,
             
             even
             as
             Tenterton
             steeple
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             Goodwine
             sands
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           So
           he
           ,
           wittily
           you
           see
           ;
           but
           yet
           wilily
           withall
           ,
           by
           dissembling
           the
           full
           expression
           &
           discourse
           of
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           ;
           That
           Schisme
           being
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Church-fence
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           done
           by
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           thereof
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           easie
           for
           a
           wild
           
             Boare
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Popes
             Forest
          
           to
           enter
           and
           depopulate
           the
           Church
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           domesticall
           dissention
           else
           but
           as
           a
           
             Trojane
             horse
          
           importing
           ruine
           wheresoever
           it
           is
           placed
           ?
           However
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           wished
           that
           the
           same
           conjecture
           may
           never
           prove
           Propheticall
           !
           But
           this
           Canoneere
           ,
           that
           
           he
           may
           hit
           home
           ,
           desireth
           to
           give
           instances
           of
           his
           charge
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             Thomas
             of
             Duresme
             assumeth
             to
             himselfe
             the
             highest
             stile
             of
             an
             Earle
             in
             his
             writings
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           False
           ,
           for
           none
           shall
           ever
           be
           able
           to
           shew
           or
           produce
           any
           such
           stile
           under
           his
           Lordships
           hand-writing
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           workes
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             So
             as
             in
             one
             County
             of
             Northumberland
             and
             towne
             of
             New-Castle
             in
             above
             72.
             or
             more
             Parishes
             ,
             besides
             Chappels
             ,
             whereof
             divers
             Livings
             of
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             and
             400.
             li.
             
               per
               Ann.
               
            
             We
             are
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             there
             's
             scarce
             a
             Minister
             left
             that
             is
             not
             a
             Popish
             Innovatour
             ,
             or
             not
             Popish
             ,
             and
             Armintan
             ,
             or
             that
             makes
             conscience
             of
             Preaching
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           And
           why
           may
           not
           your
           information
           faile
           you
           herein
           ,
           being
           a
           meere
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ?
           It
           will
           be
           granted
           that
           in
           Northumberland
           there
           are
           foure
           or
           five
           Livings
           in
           Church-mens
           hands
           of
           200.
           
             per
             Ann.
          
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           
           all
           the
           rest
           being
           of
           much
           meaner
           value
           ,
           even
           to
           4.
           li.
           or
           5.
           livre.
           
             per
             Ann.
             
          
           The
           former
           and
           best
           of
           these
           are
           supplyed
           by
           learned
           and
           able
           Preachers
           ,
           neither
           accounted
           
             Arminians
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Popishly
             addicted
             ;
          
           and
           the
           meane
           provision
           for
           the
           later
           ,
           being
           either
           stipendaries
           of
           Impropriations
           ,
           or
           poore
           Vicarages
           in
           severall
           Lay-Patrons
           gifts
           ,
           is
           too
           true
           a
           cause
           of
           the
           want
           of
           Preaching
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           reason
           why
           some
           of
           the
           Ministers
           are
           constrained
           to
           live
           otherwise
           then
           men
           in
           that
           holy
           
           calling
           ought
           to
           doe
           :
           For
           the
           redresse
           of
           which
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           to
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Countrey
           that
           his
           Lordship
           hath
           not
           onely
           placed
           and
           maintained
           severall
           Lecturers
           out
           of
           his
           owne
           purse
           in
           some
           needfull
           places
           in
           that
           County
           ,
           but
           also
           had
           given
           order
           for
           that
           end
           and
           purpose
           to
           preferre
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           last
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           for
           a
           redresse
           herein
           .
           Having
           thus
           visited
           Northumberland
           with
           the
           same
           false
           gallop
           he
           passeth
           into
           the
           County
           Palatine
           of
           
             Durham
             .
          
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
             That
             soile
             can
             beare
             no
             sound
             preaching
             ,
             
             &c.
             
             Preachers
             ,
             no
             Plants
             for
             his
             Palatinate
             :
             but
             if
             you
             will
             talk
             of
             fat
             Parsons
             and
             Parsonages
             ,
             most
             of
             such
             Livings
             have
             beene
             lately
             supplyed
             by
             his
             kinsmen
             ,
             and
             other
             his
             friends
             —
             Popish
             Arminian
             Mountebankes
             ,
             profane
             antique
             fellowes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           What
           ?
           No
           
             sound
             preaching
             and
             Preachers
          
           in
           the
           County
           Palatine
           of
           
             Durham
             ?
          
           you
           mean
           of
           your
           own
           
             garbe
             ,
          
           (
           for
           that
           's
           your
           phrase
           )
           otherwise
           you
           must
           bee
           let
           know
           (
           to
           your
           blush
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           not
           past
           it
           )
           that
           there
           is
           no
           County
           of
           
             England
          
           (
           of
           so
           small
           an
           extent
           )
           which
           hath
           so
           many
           able
           and
           sound
           Preachers
           ,
           and
           these
           also
           who
           make
           a
           conscience
           of
           the
           faithfull
           discharge
           of
           their
           duties
           in
           preaching
           ,
           as
           that
           County
           Palatine
           hath
           .
           And
           lastly
           in
           the
           meanest
           living
           within
           his
           Diocese
           there
           should
           be
           want
           of
           instruction
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           he
           hath
           from
           time
           to
           time
           taken
           a
           strict
           course
           
           care
           that
           there
           should
           be
           due
           and
           constant
           Catechizing
           of
           the
           youth
           in
           each
           Parish
           ,
           to
           which
           end
           ,
           at
           his
           owne
           charge
           ,
           he
           hath
           continually
           supplyed
           them
           with
           many
           thousands
           of
           Catechismes
           on
           purpose
           printed
           for
           that
           end
           .
           But
           grant
           that
           ,
           of
           that
           number
           of
           Preachers
           ,
           there
           be
           some
           such
           as
           you
           repute
           
             Arminians
             ,
          
           must
           other
           mens
           crimes
           be
           entitled
           upon
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           especially
           since
           himselfe
           hath
           preferred
           but
           a
           few
           ,
           and
           those
           such
           (
           whether
           Kinsmen
           or
           other
           )
           as
           both
           for
           life
           and
           sound
           Doctrine
           are
           able
           to
           abideth
           test
           ,
           and
           stand
           in
           comparison
           (
           not
           to
           boast
           )
           with
           any
           of
           the
           
             Plants
          
           hee
           talketh
           off
           ?
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             For
             oppression
             and
             Inclosures
             his
             poore
             Palatines
             may
             say
             ,
             that
             their
             case
             is
             little
             better
             then
             the
             poore
             Irish
             Crammacrees
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Had
           this
           beene
           true
           ,
           no
           doubt
           his
           Lordship
           had
           heard
           of
           it
           ere
           this
           ,
           there
           being
           never
           better
           opportunities
           of
           relieving
           those
           who
           are
           
             oppressed
             ,
          
           then
           at
           this
           time
           .
           But
           perhaps
           by
           
             Inclosures
             oppressed
             ;
          
           how
           so
           ?
           when
           most
           commonly
           such
           are
           granted
           upon
           the
           earnest
           suit
           and
           petition
           of
           the
           severall
           Towne-ships
           ,
           or
           of
           those
           who
           are
           principally
           interested
           in
           the
           same
           .
           And
           were
           this
           Intelligencer
           an
           Inhabitant
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           but
           confesse
           (
           did
           not
           his
           malady
           blind
           him
           )
           that
           many
           thousands
           of
           Acres
           might
           there
           be
           improved
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           benefit
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           and
           
           Common-wealth
           ,
           which
           now
           lies
           waste
           and
           unpeopled
           .
           In
           this
           his
           Circuition
           hee
           next
           viewes
           the
           Cathedrall
           Church
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             For
             Superstition
             let
             his
             Cathedrall
             and
             Sea
             of
             Durham
             witnesse
             and
             be
             visited
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             found
             that
             
               Thomas
            
             Duresme
             himselfe
             is
             so
             zealous
             of
             Altar-worship
             ,
             and
             such
             fopperies
             ,
             as
             before
             he
             misse
             of
             his
             Devotion
             ,
             he
             will
             duck
             to
             a
             Tombe
             instead
             of
             an
             Altar
             .
             It
             's
             good
             to
             be
             sure
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Here
           is
           petulancie
           enough
           ,
           whereas
           a
           conscionable
           man
           would
           have
           ingenuously
           confessed
           contrarily
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           said
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Duresme
           did
           not
           onely
           argue
           against
           all
           
             Altar-worship
             ,
          
           by
           condemning
           it
           as
           a
           brutish
           Absurdity
           for
           a
           reasonable
           man
           to
           give
           worship
           to
           an
           unreasonable
           creature
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           capable
           thereof
           ,
           but
           also
           against
           the
           very
           name
           of
           
             Altar
             ,
          
           in
           the
           propriety
           of
           the
           sense
           ,
           lest
           it
           might
           inferre
           a
           
             proper
             Sacrifice
             ,
          
           whose
           matter
           should
           be
           either
           Christs
           naturall
           Body
           ,
           which
           were
           Popish
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           substance
           of
           Bread
           ,
           
             *
          
           which
           were
           worse
           then
           Jewish
           .
           This
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           acknowledged
           ,
           because
           if
           he
           have
           read
           the
           Bishops
           workes
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           be
           ign●rant
           thereof
           :
           where
           also
           he
           might
           have
           learned
           to
           distinguish
           betweene
           
             Superstition
             ,
             Altar-worship
             ,
          
           with
           such
           fopperies
           ,
           and
           the
           zealous
           Devotion
           of
           a
           religious
           and
           discreete
           Protestant
           .
           But
           to
           looke
           for
           such
           faire
           dealing
           
           at
           this
           mans
           hands
           were
           to
           gather
           
             figges
             of
             thistles
             .
          
           As
           for
           his
           scoffe
           about
           
             ducking
          
           to
           a
           
             Tombe
             ,
          
           he
           might
           as
           well
           have
           said
           unto
           a
           Tub
           ,
           and
           had
           beene
           altogether
           as
           
             sure
             .
          
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             For
             countenancing
             Popery
             ,
             and
             cherishing
             Papists
             ,
             his
             Chancellour
             ,
             Archdeacon
             ,
             and
             Officials
             in
             riding
             their
             Circuits
             made
             these
             their
             chiefe
             familiars
             :
             but
             for
             Puritanes
             ,
             they
             tosse
             and
             tumble
             them
             in
             their
             Courts
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             wearied
             out
             of
             their
             Callings
             and
             Countrey
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           If
           it
           were
           granted
           that
           in
           their
           Visitations
           (
           which
           he
           cals
           Circuits
           )
           Papists
           resorted
           unto
           them
           ,
           did
           not
           Probats
           of
           Wills
           ,
           granting
           of
           Administrations
           ,
           and
           Church-Wardens
           Presentments
           cause
           that
           resort
           ,
           rather
           then
           familiarity
           ?
           and
           at
           such
           times
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           enough
           knowne
           ,
           they
           found
           no
           other
           countenancing
           or
           favour
           then
           the
           Lawes
           permitted
           ,
           who
           had
           beene
           more
           roundly
           ,
           and
           severely
           dealt
           withall
           for
           their
           Popery
           ,
           but
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           compositions
           they
           were
           too
           much
           exempted
           from
           the
           Ordinaries
           Jurisdiction
           .
           And
           so
           farre
           were
           they
           from
           being
           cherished
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           continually
           complained
           of
           their
           hard
           usage
           and
           extremities
           to
           them
           that
           were
           in
           higher
           authority
           .
           As
           for
           
             tumbling
          
           and
           
             tossing
          
           of
           
             Puritanes
          
           in
           their
           Courts
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           denied
           but
           some
           of
           them
           have
           beene
           presented
           for
           some
           Irregularities
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           were
           
             wearied
             out
             of
             their
             Callings
             
             and
             Countrey
          
           by
           their
           Ecclesiasticall
           censures
           ,
           or
           other
           proceedings
           in
           their
           Courts
           ,
           they
           utterly
           deny
           ,
           and
           challenge
           the
           Accuser
           to
           make
           good
           this
           taxation
           .
           But
           what
           is
           this
           unto
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           never
           heard
           of
           any
           complaint
           hereof
           ?
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             Tho.
             Duresme
             himselfe
             threatning
             that
             he
             would
             rid
             the
             land
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             till
             then
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             it
             will
             never
             be
             at
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Certainely
           this
           man
           must
           conjure
           up
           some
           Spirits
           from
           hell
           ,
           where
           hee
           resides
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             Father
             of
             lies
             ,
          
           to
           testifie
           this
           crimination
           ,
           for
           the
           Bish●p
           avoweth
           that
           no
           mortall
           creature
           ever
           heard
           any
           such
           words
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           .
           And
           for
           a
           further
           beleife
           of
           this
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           have
           beene
           driven
           from
           
             New-Castle
             ,
          
           (
           wherein
           he
           instanceth
           in
           particular
           )
           it
           had
           beene
           good
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           first
           consulted
           with
           the
           parties
           so
           troubled
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           have
           beene
           the
           Accusers
           ;
           who
           know
           right
           well
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           jelousies
           of
           the
           time
           )
           by
           whom
           they
           were
           removed
           and
           displaced
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             The
             said
             Tho.
             Duresme
             amongst
             his
             Palatine
             Souldiers
             most
             Papists
             in
             their
             late
             Episcopall
             broyles
             ,
             was
             observed
             to
             have
             in
             his
             Coach
             with
             him
             one
             of
             the
             most
             dangerous
             Papists
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             fit
             to
             be
             one
             of
             his
             Counsell
             of
             warre
             in
             his
             Regality
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             Episcopall
             Quarrell
             with
             the
             Scots
             ,
             which
             being
             publikely
             taken
             notice
             
             of
             was
             very
             offensive
             to
             many
             ,
             and
             scandalous
             to
             his
             Majesties
             government
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             pretended
             divine
             Authority
             ,
             to
             see
             him
             so
             accompanied
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             he
             can
             say
             to
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           But
           such
           as
           were
           employed
           in
           any
           office
           of
           nearenesse
           or
           attendance
           on
           the
           Bishop
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           those
           times
           (
           he
           points
           at
           )
           the
           Bishop
           used
           all
           care
           and
           diligence
           that
           no
           Popish
           Recusant
           should
           be
           so
           much
           as
           a
           common
           Souldier
           in
           the
           Regiment
           ;
           which
           was
           raised
           not
           for
           any
           
             Episcopall
             Quarrell
             ,
          
           but
           for
           the
           necessary
           defence
           of
           the
           Countrey
           .
           And
           as
           touching
           that
           
             dangerous
             Papist
             ,
          
           who
           was
           observed
           to
           be
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Coach
           ,
           as
           
             fit
             to
             be
             one
             of
             his
             Counsell
             of
             warre
             in
             his
             Regality
             ,
          
           there
           can
           be
           no
           such
           called
           to
           minde
           ,
           it
           being
           very
           unlikely
           that
           any
           such
           had
           to
           doe
           in
           a
           businesse
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           and
           especially
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           except
           he
           should
           meane
           one
           ,
           
           a
           tall
           man
           indeede
           ,
           but
           no
           great
           Souldier
           ,
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           saving
           that
           being
           lately
           censured
           at
           Durham
           in
           the
           Commission
           for
           Causes
           Ecclesiasticall
           ,
           for
           private
           Popish
           Christnings
           and
           Marriages
           ,
           he
           became
           knowne
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           at
           that
           very
           time
           had
           taken
           a
           suddaine
           journey
           to
           Awkland
           for
           a
           mitigation
           of
           that
           censure
           ,
           wherein
           he
           no
           wayes
           prevailed
           .
           Yet
           the
           Bishop
           being
           in
           the
           morning
           bound
           for
           Durham
           ,
           tooke
           him
           into
           the
           Coach
           ,
           not
           in
           a
           civill
           respect
           onely
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           as
           
             Philip
          
           was
           in
           the
           Coach
           
           with
           the
           Eunuch
           ,
           to
           conferre
           with
           him
           for
           soules-sake
           ,
           as
           his
           ordinary
           practise
           hath
           beene
           ,
           whensoever
           he
           met
           with
           any
           such
           Recusants
           .
           Which
           surely
           ought
           not
           to
           scandalize
           any
           that
           are
           Christianly
           affected
           .
           Yet
           let
           no
           man
           wonder
           at
           this
           reproach
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           very
           next
           line
           he
           may
           finde
           him
           charging
           our
           Brethren
           the
           
             Lutheran
             Ministers
             in
             Germany
             with
             joviality
             and
             drunkennesse
             ,
          
           (
           none
           excepted
           )
           three
           by
           disgracefully
           blasting
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           reformed
           Church
           to
           gratifie
           our
           Adversaries
           the
           Papists
           ;
           for
           excuse
           whereof
           the
           
             Chameleon
          
           (
           he
           there
           names
           )
           can
           afford
           him
           no
           colour
           .
           Againe
           he
           revisits
           the
           Bishops
           Diocese
           ,
           whither
           he
           must
           bee
           followed
           ,
           who
           may
           
             *
          
           seeme
           to
           take
           on
           trust
           what
           he
           writes
           ,
           as
           appeares
           by
           his
           disjoynted
           passages
           and
           Excursions
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             He
             also
             nourisheth
             in
             his
             Diocese
             a
             company
             of
             Popish
             Arminian
             Ministers
             of
             
               W.
               Cant's
            
             correspondencie
             ,
             by
             whom
             (
             as
             by
             like
             in
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             Land
             )
             he
             hath
             had
             constant
             Intelligence
             in
             all
             matters
             ,
             and
             of
             Persons
             and
             Families
             that
             favour
             our
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           What
           againe
           ?
           
             Popish
             Arminian
             Ministers
             nourished
             by
             Bishop
          
           Morton
           ;
           who
           could
           not
           but
           have
           feared
           his
           censure
           ,
           whose
           great
           jealousie
           is
           knowne
           in
           that
           behalfe
           .
           As
           for
           his
           reasoning
           that
           some
           one
           
             Arminian
          
           or
           other
           
             bad
             correspondencie
             with
          
           W.
           
             of
          
           Cant.
           
           
             Ergo
             ,
          
           
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Durham
           did
           favour
           the
           said
           Arminians
           .
           Could
           the
           man
           so
           suddenly
           forget
           the
           absurdity
           he
           talked
           of
           by
           an
           inference
           from
           
             Tenterton
             steeple
             to
             Goodwine-sands
             ?
          
           
           The
           crimination
           following
           proceedeth
           from
           the
           said
           veine
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             He
             also
             connives
             at
             dangerous
             meeting
             of
             the
             stirring
             Papists
             ,
             their
             Baptismes
             and
             night-Burials
             with
             Tapers
             and
             Torches
             ,
             and
             Bels
             ringing
             ,
             but
             without
             the
             use
             of
             the
             service
             booke
             ,
             and
             against
             their
             owne
             Canons
             ,
             which
             serve
             onely
             against
             Puritanes
             ,
             and
             must
             not
             be
             discharged
             against
             Papists
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
             These
             dangerous
             meetings
             of
             most
             stirring
             Papists
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           but
           all
           other
           his
           Majesties
           Officers
           in
           that
           County
           should
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           suppressed
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           as
           this
           Intelligencer
           had
           discovered
           and
           made
           it
           knowne
           unto
           them
           .
           As
           for
           
             Popish
             Baptismes
             ,
          
           those
           who
           came
           to
           his
           Cognisance
           received
           their
           due
           punishment
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           as
           hath
           in
           part
           beene
           formerly
           related
           .
           And
           as
           for
           their
           
             Burials
             ,
          
           if
           the
           Bishop
           doe
           suffer
           our
           Common-service
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           and
           
             Bels
          
           to
           be
           rung
           at
           Popish
           Fu●erals
           ,
           then
           behold
           hee
           is
           devoted
           for
           a
           Conniver
           at
           Papists
           :
           but
           if
           hee
           suffer
           not
           the
           Service
           to
           be
           then
           used
           (
           which
           is
           his
           constant
           practise
           )
           then
           is
           he
           taxed
           for
           a
           Transgressor
           of
           the
           Canons
           .
           Is
           not
           this
           kindly
           done
           ?
           But
           to
           the
           point
           ,
           to
           allow
           the
           Papists
           
           the
           use
           of
           our
           Church-service
           at
           their
           Burials
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           Protestant
           part
           scandalous
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           estimate
           of
           Papists
           themselves
           must
           it
           not
           be
           utterly
           ridiculous
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           that
           Service
           should
           be
           read
           at
           their
           Funerals
           ,
           after
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           which
           themselves
           despised
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           present
           at
           whilest
           they
           were
           alive
           ?
           He
           proceedeth
           to
           another
           discovery
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             That
             the
             chiefe
             Townes
             in
             the
             Bishops
             Diocese
             are
             of
             late
             become
             dens
             of
             Papists
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             resort
             to
             their
             meetings
             and
             Massings
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           It
           may
           be
           that
           some
           chiefe
           Towns
           there
           have
           beene
           dens
           ,
           if
           he
           call
           them
           so
           ,
           as
           being
           hidden
           from
           the
           Bishops
           knowledge
           ,
           otherwise
           such
           hath
           beene
           his
           strict
           care
           and
           command
           to
           his
           Officers
           ,
           that
           such
           suspected
           Persons
           have
           beene
           sometimes
           found
           out
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           connivence
           beene
           proceeded
           with
           according
           to
           Law
           .
           And
           it
           were
           strange
           indeed
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           since
           his
           comming
           to
           Durham
           hath
           written
           two
           bookes
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Masse
             ,
          
           should
           be
           remisse
           in
           suppressing
           and
           abolishing
           of
           that
           Idoll
           ?
           Which
           is
           the
           lesse
           credible
           ,
           because
           there
           was
           never
           more
           preaching
           in
           that
           Diocese
           ,
           then
           since
           his
           comming
           ,
           and
           that
           (
           God
           be
           blessed
           )
           with
           some
           happy
           successe
           ,
           both
           in
           preserving
           those
           that
           were
           within
           the
           Net
           ,
           and
           gaining
           of
           others
           who
           have
           not
           wilfully
           plaid
           
           the
           
             deafe
             Adder
          
           in
           
             stopping
             their
             eares
             ,
          
           especially
           hee
           having
           not
           the
           gift
           of
           Miracles
           to
           make
           the
           deafe
           to
           heare
           ,
           and
           the
           dumbe
           to
           speake
           .
           Not
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           encrease
           of
           Popery
           had
           beene
           now
           lesse
           ,
           then
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           if
           his
           power
           had
           beene
           greater
           .
           However
           ,
           did
           this
           man
           never
           learne
           that
           
             Paul
          
           can
           but
           
             plant
             ,
          
           and
           
             Apollos
          
           but
           
             water
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           is
           onely
           
             God
             who
             can
             give
             the
             enrease
             ?
          
           all
           outward
           meanes
           are
           nothing
           without
           Gods
           inward
           grace
           .
           Or
           hath
           hee
           not
           heard
           of
           them
           who
           complained
           to
           their
           Master
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           
             laboured
             all
             night
             ,
             and
             caught
             nothing
             ?
          
           Wherefore
           it
           is
           grosse
           Sophistry
           thus
           to
           argue
           
             a
             Non
             Causa
             .
          
           From
           the
           Masse
           it selfe
           ,
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           massing
           geare
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             And
             the
             Papists
             have
             their
             traffique
             and
             trade
             in
             their
             Bookes
             and
             Beades
             ,
             and
             Romish
             Merchandise
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           It
           is
           confessed
           that
           some
           have
           beene
           bold
           that
           way
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           their
           dammage
           and
           losse
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           they
           could
           bee
           met
           with
           ,
           whether
           Scots
           or
           English
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           their
           impunities
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           meanes
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           wrought
           ,
           they
           have
           beene
           compelled
           to
           undergoe
           the
           Law
           at
           the
           generall
           Assizes
           ,
           and
           receive
           the
           punishment
           which
           was
           due
           to
           such
           Merchants
           .
        
         
         
           But
           he
           having
           now
           runne
           himselfe
           off
           his
           legges
           ,
           at
           length
           he
           sits
           him
           downe
           to
           breath
           out
           this
           conclusion
           .
        
         
           
             Libell
             .
          
           
           
             All
             which
             considered
             ,
             hee
             may
             bee
             said
             to
             have
             given
             the
             lye
             to
             all
             his
             former
             workes
             and
             writings
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             may
             be
             verified
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             the
             greatest
             Papist
             friend
             that
             ever
             came
             in
             Durham
             since
             our
             Reformation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Indeed
           all
           these
           just
           defences
           well
           considered
           ,
           this
           Pamphleter
           may
           bee
           said
           to
           have
           
             given
             the
             lye
          
           to
           all
           his
           former
           accusations
           against
           the
           Prelate
           of
           Durham
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           utterly
           false
           ,
           except
           hee
           meane
           by
           
             friendship
             ,
          
           that
           which
           is
           the
           necessary
           Duty
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           to
           tender
           the
           Papists
           in
           the
           better
           part
           ,
           in
           which
           respect
           hee
           professeth
           himselfe
           their
           best
           friend
           ,
           according
           as
           hee
           is
           taught
           by
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           S.
           
             Iude
             ,
             Have
             compassion
             of
             some
             pulling
             them
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             .
          
           For
           have
           not
           we
           Christians
           learned
           so
           to
           love
           the
           Persons
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           hate
           their
           Idolatrous
           Profession
           ?
           Did
           some
           of
           them
           come
           to
           his
           Table
           ?
           they
           were
           welcome
           ;
           Came
           they
           to
           conferre
           ?
           twice
           welcome
           ;
           Came
           they
           after
           with
           him
           to
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ?
           then
           did
           he
           (
           as
           doe
           the
           
             Angels
             )
             rejoyce
             ,
          
           and
           congratulate
           their
           
             Conversion
          
           from
           
             Babylon
          
           unto
           
             Sion
             .
          
           But
           to
           stirre
           no
           more
           this
           filthy
           puddle
           of
           Calumniation
           .
           
           All
           the
           answer
           the
           Bishop
           was
           willing
           (
           upon
           sight
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           )
           to
           returne
           unto
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           (
           in
           his
           owne
           words
           )
           this
           :
           
             I
             cannot
             let
             him
             passe
             without
             some
             revenge
             ,
             yet
             not
             that
             which
          
           Michael
           
             gave
             to
             the
             father
             of
             Libellers
             ,
             The
             Lord
             reprove
             thee
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             every
             Christian
             is
             taught
             by
             the
             example
             of
             Christ
             ,
             God
             forgive
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           PAge
           1
           line
           6
           ,
           for
           
             Episcopacie
          
           read
           
             Hierarchie
             ,
          
           pag.
           6
           l.
           17
           ,
           for
           
             Penterton
             steeple
             ,
          
           read
           
             Tenterton
             steeple
             ,
          
           pag.
           7
           l.
           16
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           ad
           
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             {non-Roman}
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           ,
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A51428e-130
           
             P.
             9.
             
          
           
             P.
             9.
             
          
           
             P.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             P.
             24.
             25.
             
          
           
             P.
             19.
             
          
           
             P.
             21.
             
          
           
             P.
             24.
             
          
           
             There
             are
             but
             3.
             
             Ministers
             collated
             into
             Livings
             in
             that
             County
             by
             the
             said
             Bishop
             ,
             all
             which
             are
             painfull
             and
             orthodox
             men
             .
          
           
             P.
             24.
             25.
             
          
           
             P.
             25.
             
          
           
             P.
             25.
             
          
           
             *
             As
             is
             confessed
             by
             
               Bellat
               .
            
             and
             other
             Romanists
             ,
             because
             the
             Jewish
             Sacrifices
             had
             life
             ,
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             none
             .
          
           
             P.
             25.
             
          
           
             P.
             25.
             
          
           
             P.
             26.
             
          
           
             Sr.
             E.
             R.
             
          
           
             *
             P.
             24.
             
             We
             are
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             P.
             26.
             
          
           
             P.
             19.
             
          
           
             P.
             26.
             
          
           
             P.
             26.
             
          
           
             P.
             26.
             
          
           
             P.
             26.