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             The last testimony & declaration of the Reverend Samuel Crossman, D.D. and Dean of Bristoll setting forth his dutiful and true affection to the Church of England as by law established.
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         The
         
           Last
           Testimony
        
         ,
         &
         Declaration
         of
         the
         Reverend
         
           Samuel
           Crossman
        
         ,
         D.
         D.
         and
         Dean
         of
         Bristoll
         :
         Setting
         forth
         his
         Dutiful
         ,
         and
         True
         Affection
         to
         the
         Church
         of
         England
         as
         
           by
           Law
           Established
        
         .
      
       
         
           Preface
           .
        
         
           THis
           Following
           Paper
           was
           Deliver'd
           to
           my
           hand
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           Charge
           to
           Communicate
           it
           to
           the
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           Other
           Worthy
           Members
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           :
           But
           being
           Prevented
           by
           some
           Earnest
           Bus'ness
           in
           London
           ,
           So
           that
           I
           could
           not
           Acquit
           my self
           of
           my
           Trust
           so
           soon
           as
           I
           intended
           ,
           I
           found
           the
           Memory
           of
           This
           Reverend
           Good
           Man
           ,
           so
           Coursly
           ,
           and
           so
           Injuriously
           Treated
           by
           Divers
           Ill
           Tongues
           ;
           that
           instead
           of
           Doing
           him
           Right
           by
           some
           Few
           Written
           Copies
           to
           his
           Particular
           Acquaintances
           and
           Friends
           ,
           I
           rather
           made
           Choice
           of
           Committing
           the
           Original
           to
           the
           Press
           ,
           as
           a
           more
           Publique
           Way
           of
           Iustice
           and
           Vindication
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           This
           Gentlemans
           Lot
           ,
           among
           some
           Others
           of
           his
           very
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           Orthodox
           Neighbours
           ,
           to
           fall
           under
           the
           Lash
           and
           Scandal
           of
           Several
           Reproches
           :
           Wherein
           He
           was
           so
           Sollicitous
           to
           Clear
           Himself
           ,
           that
           next
           to
           the
           Great
           Work
           of
           making
           his
           Peace
           with
           God
           ,
           The
           Thing
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           lay
           nearest
           his
           Heart
           ,
           was
           the
           Leaving
           of
           a
           Good
           Name
           behind
           him
           :
           Which
           he
           thought
           could
           not
           better
           be
           Secur'd
           then
           by
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           This
           Following
           Declaration
           .
           It
           was
           his
           Own
           Proper
           Act
           ;
           Sign'd
           by
           his
           Own
           Hand
           ;
           And
           in
           Delivering
           it
           over
           to
           the
           World
           in
           the
           very
           Syllables
           that
           I
           reccived
           it
           ,
           I
           reckon
           that
           I
           have
           done
           my
           Duty
           .
        
         
           
             John
             Knight
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           Sir
           
             William
             Clutterbuck
          
           ,
           Mayor
           ,
           with
           the
           Worshipfull
           ,
           and
           others
           my
           very
           Good
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Neighbours
           ,
           the
           Citizens
           of
           Bristol
           .
        
         
           HAving
           had
           my
           Lot
           cast
           by
           Divine
           Providence
           for
           Sixteen
           years
           amongst
           you
           ;
           and
           having
           now
           through
           great
           indisposition
           of
           body
           received
           the
           Sentence
           of
           death
           ,
           I
           am
           desirous
           (
           though
           with
           brokenness
           of
           words
           ,
           through
           extremity
           of
           pain
           )
           yet
           to
           take
           my
           last
           leave
           of
           you
           and
           the
           World
           ;
           with
           that
           sincere
           nakedness
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           truth
           ,
           wherewith
           I
           expect
           to
           appear
           before
           my
           Judge
           and
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           I
           rejoice
           and
           am
           humbly
           thankfull
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           I
           (
           though
           a
           wretched
           Sinfull
           man
           )
           may
           now
           dy
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Church
           of
           England
           as
           established
           by
           Law.
           And
           as
           a
           peaceable
           Subject
           under
           my
           most
           gracious
           Prince
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           and
           all
           his
           Leige-people
           do
           owe
           a
           most
           chearfull
           and
           ready
           obedience
           :
           not
           only
           for
           Conscience
           Sake
           ,
           he
           being
           Gods
           Vicegerent
           over
           us
           ;
           But
           even
           as
           the
           fruit
           of
           just
           gratitude
           for
           his
           most
           admired
           conduct
           of
           the
           Government
           for
           our
           Common
           good
           ,
           while
           we
           have
           been
           so
           formidably
           involved
           in
           Successive
           and
           almost
           inextricable
           dangers
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           rejoice
           with
           you
           in
           those
           signall
           expresses
           ,
           you
           and
           your
           City
           have
           shewn
           ,
           both
           of
           Loyalty
           toward
           your
           Prince
           ,
           and
           of
           Love
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           :
           And
           do
           beseech
           Almighty
           God
           that
           you
           may
           yet
           encrease
           therein
           more
           and
           more
           .
           But
           for
           asmuch
           as
           the
           seeds
           of
           severall
           great
           Evills
           ,
           and
           very
           Pernicious
           both
           to
           Church
           ,
           and
           State
           ,
           have
           grown
           up
           here
           (
           as
           the
           envious
           mans
           Tares
           ,
           where
           better
           Seed
           had
           been
           sown
           )
           I
           do
           pray
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           ,
           by
           these
           few
           lines
           ,
           leave
           this
           as
           my
           last
           sense
           ,
           to
           them
           who
           have
           been
           thus
           drawn
           aside
           into
           the
           snare
           of
           the
           evill
           one
           :
           It
           is
           now
           no
           time
           either
           to
           flatter
           with
           Softness
           ,
           or
           to
           chide
           with
           Passion
           (
           Moses
           himself
           might
           not
           speak
           unadvisedly
           with
           his
           lips
           ,
           how
           froward
           soever
           the
           People
           were
           at
           the
           waters
           of
           Strife
           )
           I
           do
           pity
           them
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           do
           wish
           as
           well
           to
           their
           Persons
           and
           Souls
           as
           I
           do
           to
           my self
           and
           my
           own
           everlasting
           concerns
           .
           But
           poor
           men
           ,
           I
           fear
           they
           have
           scarce
           throughly
           considered
           the
           sad
           rise
           ,
           and
           History
           of
           their
           present
           dissents
           from
           this
           Church
           .
           With
           what
           indecent
           virulencies
           these
           Feudes
           began
           at
           Frankfort
           ;
           
           to
           the
           open
           offence
           of
           the
           Magistracy
           there
           ,
           as
           a
           sad
           Omen
           of
           what
           would
           ,
           and
           did
           afterwards
           so
           fatally
           ensue
           .
           With
           what
           bitter
           contempt
           of
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           Christian
           authority
           they
           proceeded
           Secretly
           to
           undermine
           ,
           and
           openly
           to
           threaten
           the
           Government
           in
           Q.
           Elizabeth
           and
           K.
           Iames
           his
           Reign
           .
           With
           what
           male
           contentedness
           (
           as
           the
           Leprosy
           that
           Cleaved
           of
           old
           to
           the
           walls
           of
           the
           house
           )
           they
           had
           leavened
           the
           body
           of
           the
           People
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           K.
           
             Charles
             the
             First
          
           of
           blessed
           memory
           :
           till
           they
           had
           inforced
           their
           high
           pretences
           of
           Religion
           to
           bring
           forth
           that
           bloody
           Monster
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           I
           do
           pray
           them
           for
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           as
           ever
           they
           tender
           the
           true
           wellfare
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           that
           they
           would
           no
           longer
           continue
           fighters
           against
           God
           ,
           but
           return
           to
           the
           Bishop
           and
           Shepheerd
           of
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
           I
           Intreat
           them
           to
           consider
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           key
           of
           knowledge
           unkindly
           taken
           from
           them
           .
           No
           mutilated
           Sacraments
           obtruded
           upon
           them
           .
           No
           Divine
           Administrations
           in
           an
           unknown
           tongue
           ;
           but
           all
           pious
           methods
           for
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           and
           their
           edification
           ,
           laid
           (
           by
           the
           great
           care
           &
           Wisdom
           of
           their
           Successive
           Princes
           )
           before
           them
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           Shadow
           of
           good
           things
           to
           come
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           :
           If
           any
           thing
           of
           greater
           Glory
           revealed
           in
           the
           New
           ,
           themselves
           cannot
           but
           acknowledge
           the
           principall
           things
           of
           both
           to
           be
           illustriously
           set
           forth
           in
           a
           most
           religious
           Order
           ,
           commemorated
           and
           preserved
           in
           this
           Church
           ,
           to
           the
           Joy
           of
           all
           good
           Christians
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           of
           Primitive
           Devotion
           (
           which
           we
           all
           seem
           so
           affectionately
           to
           pant
           and
           long
           after
           )
           't
           is
           here
           tenderly
           cherished
           ,
           and
           truly
           defecate
           from
           the
           innovations
           which
           corrupt
           and
           later
           times
           had
           unhappily
           introduced
           :
           that
           we
           might
           drink
           of
           these
           holy
           waters
           as
           they
           run
           clear
           and
           crystall
           at
           the
           Spring-head
           .
           And
           if
           the
           fruit
           of
           righteousness
           be
           sown
           in
           peace
           ,
           of
           them
           that
           make
           peace
           ;
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           then
           for
           ever
           abandon
           these
           fierce
           and
           Joyless
           contentions
           .
           Welcome
           !
           Welcome
           !
           that
           serene
           Government
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           Welcome
           !
           those
           mild
           Administrations
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           breed
           such
           peaceable
           Subjects
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           David
           ;
           such
           peaceable
           Sons
           and
           Daughters
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God.
           Oh
           
             Pray
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             Ierusalem
             ,
             they
             shall
             prosper
             that
             love
             thee
             .
          
           There
           the
           Lord
           commanded
           the
           blessing
           ,
           even
           life
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           Faintness
           denies
           me
           to
           proceed
           any
           further
           .
           God
           Almighty
           bless
           our
           most
           Gracious
           King
           ,
           his
           lawfull
           Heirs
           ,
           and
           Successors
           ,
           and
           whatever
           bold
           insolencies
           have
           been
           lately
           animated
           by
           some
           ,
           to
           the
           Affronting
           the
           true
           line
           of
           the
           Succession
           ,
           I
           hope
           shall
           henceforth
           quietly
           end
           in
           that
           Propheticall
           Prediction
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             afterward
             return
             ,
             and
             serve
             God
             ,
             and
          
           David
           
             their
             King
             for
             ever
             :
             and
             no
             more
             meddle
             with
             them
             that
             are
             given
             to
             Change.
          
           And
           now
           Brethren
           I
           commend
           you
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           to
           build
           you
           up
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           an
           inheritance
           among
           all
           the●
           that
           are
           Sanctify'd
           .
           God
           gr●nt
           the
           dearest-harmony
           between
           this
           Church
           and
           City
           ,
           and
           allow
           this
           poor
           Land
           (
           how
           unworthy
           soever
           we
           are
           of
           it
           through
           our
           manyfold
           murmurings
           )
           that
           we
           and
           our
           Posterity
           may
           see
           good
           days
           ,
           and
           peace
           upon
           Gods
           Israel
           .
           Farewell
           !
           Farewell
           !
           till
           we
           either
           meet
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           or
           else
           being
           refined
           in
           the
           furnace
           of
           affliction
           ;
           May
           become
           vessells
           more
           serviceabie
           to
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           then
           hitherto
           we
           have
           been
           here
           on
           Earth
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ian.
               26.
               1683.
               
            
          
           
             Samuel
             Crossman
             ,
             
               Dean
               of
            
             Bristol
             ▪
          
        
         
           The
           End.