The Christian moderator: the second part; or, Persecution for religion condemned by the light of nature. Law of God. Evidence of our own principles. With an explanation of the Roman Catholick belief, concerning these four points: their church, worship, justification and civill government. Whereunto there are new additions since the octavo was printed.
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             The Christian moderator: the second part; or, Persecution for religion condemned by the light of nature. Law of God. Evidence of our own principles. With an explanation of the Roman Catholick belief, concerning these four points: their church, worship, justification and civill government. Whereunto there are new additions since the octavo was printed.
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             The
             Christian
             Moderator
             :
          
           The
           Second
           Part
           ;
           OR
           ,
           PERSECVTION
           FOR
           RELIGION
           
             CONDEMNED
             ;
             By
             the
          
           
             
               Light
               of
               Nature
               .
            
             
               Law
               of
               God
               .
            
             
               Evidence
               of
               our
               own
               Principles
               .
            
          
           WITH
           An
           Explanation
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           Belief
           ,
           concerning
           these
           four
           points
           :
           Their
           
             Church
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             Justification
          
           and
           
             Civill
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           JAMES
           2.
           12.
           
        
         
           So
           speak
           you
           and
           so
           do
           ,
           as
           they
           that
           are
           judged
           by
           the
           law
           of
           liberty
           ;
           for
           they
           shall
           be
           judged
           without
           mercy
           ,
           that
           have
           shewed
           no
           mercy
           .
        
         
           Mille
           hominum
           species
           ,
           &
           rerum
           
             discolor
          
           usus
           ,
           per
           me
           equidem
           sint
           omnia
           protinus
           
             alba
             .
          
        
         
           Whereunto
           there
           are
           new
           Additions
           since
           the
           Octavo
           was
           Printed
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             J.
          
           1652.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
        
         
         
           Persecution
           for
           Religion
           condemned
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IN
           the
           precedent
           part
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           I
           have
           demonstrated
           (
           according
           to
           that
           light
           which
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           hath
           infused
           into
           my
           Soul
           )
           how
           much
           Coercency
           in
           Religion
           is
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           ,
           by
           many
           evident
           and
           unanswerable
           Texts
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           shewed
           ,
           how
           displeasing
           it
           is
           to
           God
           ,
           how
           improper
           to
           advance
           the
           power
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           and
           how
           extremly
           disaggreeable
           to
           the
           sweet
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           guided
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           in
           the
           propagation
           of
           his
           Gospel
           .
           And
           after
           in
           the
           same
           little
           Treatise
           I
           proceed
           to
           prove
           (
           by
           the
           expresse
           words
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           and
           Armies
           Declarations
           )
           that
           the
           great
           Principle
           wherein
           we
           glory
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           have
           so
           long
           fought
           to
           establish
           ,
           is
           a
           perfect
           Gospel-freedom
           ,
           and
           absolute
           deliverance
           of
           the
           Conscience
           from
           all
           Tyranny
           and
           oppression
           .
        
         
           Which
           discourse
           as
           I
           composed
           in
           all
           humbleness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           offered
           to
           the
           gracious
           Redeemer
           of
           our
           Souls
           ,
           who
           gave
           me
           strength
           and
           power
           to
           finish
           it
           to
           his
           glory
           :
           So
           I
           finde
           not
           onely
           my self
           (
           for
           which
           I
           humbly
           thank
           the
           bounty
           of
           my
           God
           )
           confirmed
           in
           my
           former
           judgement
           ,
           but
           others
           in
           some
           measure
           convinced
           in
           theirs
           ,
           of
           the
           unreasonablenes
           and
           sin
           of
           Conscience-Persecution
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           which
           pious
           and
           modest
           temper
           of
           mutuall
           forbearance
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           to
           what
           I
           have
           mentioned
           in
           the
           former
           part
           ,
           this
           plain
           and
           familiar
           Observation
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           surest
           mark
           of
           a
           tender
           conscience
           in
           our selves
           ,
           is
           a
           tender
           spirit
           to
           others
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           infallible
           sign
           of
           a
           hard
           and
           stony
           heart
           in
           our
           brests
           ,
           is
           when
           we
           slit
           in
           pieces
           and
           shipwrack
           the
           Consciences
           of
           all
           that
           touch
           upon
           us
           :
           But
           praised
           for
           ever
           be
           the
           Name
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           who
           still
           proceeds
           to
           guide
           and
           illuminate
           his
           chosen
           ,
           graciously
           disposing
           them
           neither
           to
           presume
           upon
           themselves
           for
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           nor
           be
           cruell
           against
           others
           for
           their
           ignorance
           ,
           but
           humbly
           adore
           and
           wait
           upon
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           in
           the
           disposure
           of
           all
           things
           :
           which
           fils
           my
           soul
           with
           exceeding
           joy
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           it
           to
           be
           the
           general
           sense
           of
           all
           the
           truly
           godly
           and
           well-affected
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           no
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           Christian
           be
           deprived
           of
           the
           chief
           content
           and
           comfort
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           which
           certainly
           consists
           in
           a
           real
           &
           impartial
           ,
           yet
           unoffensive
           liberty
           ,
           to
           serve
           his
           God
           according
           to
           his
           conscience
           .
           Many
           Petitions
           I
           could
           here
           cite
           in
           affirmance
           of
           this
           Truth
           ,
           from
           severall
           Provinces
           of
           this
           Land
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           only
           with
           these
           two
           ,
           the
           first
           was
           presented
           to
           the
           Parliament
           upon
           the
           six
           and
           twentieth
           of
           
             March
          
           1649.
           from
           the
           county
           of
           
             Leicester
             ,
          
           wherein
           ,
           though
           I
           were
           none
           of
           the
           Subscribers
           ;
           yet
           I
           did
           ,
           both
           by
           my self
           and
           friends
           ,
           promote
           it
           what
           I
           could
           ,
           as
           conceiving
           the
           requests
           of
           it
           ,
           both
           just
           and
           reasonable
           ;
           it
           bore
           this
           Title
           ,
        
         
           The
           humble
           Petition
           of
           divers
           well
           affected
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           themselves
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
        
         
           
             ANd
             the
             seventh
             .
             Article
             or
             branch
             of
             the
             Petition
             was
             this
             .
          
           7.
           
           That
           every
           one
           may
           enjoy
           the
           just
           freedoms
           to
           worship
           God
           according
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           without
           any
           Coercive
           or
           restrictive
           courses
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           The
           Petition
           being
           read
           ,
           the
           Gentlemen
           that
           presented
           it
           were
           called
           in
           ,
           and
           Master
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           gave
           them
           hearty
           thanks
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           2
           of
           
             April
          
           following
           ,
           a
           like
           Petition
           was
           presented
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             humble
             Petition
             and
             Representation
             of
             severall
             Churches
             of
             God
             in
             London
             ,
             commonly
             ,
             though
             falsly
             ,
             called
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           which
           was
           also
           graciously
           accepted
           by
           the
           House
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Merit
           of
           so
           conscientious
           a
           suit
           ,
           and
           the
           justice
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           Parliament
           .
        
         
         
           At
           which
           time
           we
           happily
           began
           to
           shake
           off
           that
           intollerable
           burthen
           of
           
             Isachar
             ,
          
           the
           Presbyterian
           government
           ,
           which
           has
           bin
           since
           in
           a
           good
           measure
           effected
           ,
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           ,
           and
           pious
           care
           of
           his
           instruments
           ,
           the
           Governours
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           In
           so
           much
           as
           no
           persons
           of
           what
           society
           or
           perswasion
           soever
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           are
           at
           present
           persecuted
           for
           their
           Conscience
           onely
           ;
           or
           difference
           in
           outward
           worship
           ,
           but
           the
           Papist
           ,
           whom
           I
           am
           therefore
           (
           according
           to
           that
           Principle
           of
           charity
           which
           absolutely
           commands
           my
           spirit
           ,
           )
           obliged
           to
           make
           the
           chief
           subject
           of
           this
           discourse
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           which
           performance
           ,
           I
           have
           since
           the
           writing
           my
           former
           sheets
           )
           often
           waited
           upon
           God
           in
           humility
           of
           spirit
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           inform
           my self
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           I
           could
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           particular
           manner
           of
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           have
           somtimes
           purposely
           attended
           at
           Haberdashers
           hall
           ,
           to
           hear
           their
           Cases
           pleaded
           ,
           where
           though
           I
           suffered
           some
           persecution
           from
           the
           croud
           and
           noise
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           yet
           far
           more
           was
           the
           grief
           of
           my
           minde
           to
           behold
           so
           many
           distressed
           suiters
           ,
           whose
           countenances
           were
           made
           sad
           by
           the
           fear
           of
           a
           fatall
           Order
           for
           their
           impoverishment
           .
           But
           before
           I
           proceed
           to
           any
           of
           those
           particulars
           ,
           I
           must
           (
           at
           least
           in
           my
           own
           judgement
           )
           clear
           the
           Papists
           obstinacy
           and
           non
           submission
           to
           the
           present
           government
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           were
           by
           some
           accus'd
           ,
           as
           a
           sufficient
           ground
           of
           all
           their
           punishment
           ;
           from
           which
           imputation
           I
           shall
           easily
           deliver
           them
           by
           transcribing
           a
           copy
           of
           their
           Petition
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           with
           much
           diligence
           and
           humble
           importunity
           ,
           addressed
           to
           very
           many
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           professing
           to
           wait
           onely
           the
           happines
           of
           an
           opportunity
           to
           present
           it
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           Paper
           at
           least
           5
           or
           6
           moneths
           old
           ,
           and
           delivered
           to
           so
           many
           persons
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           have
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           acquainted
           ,
           it
           fell
           by
           chance
           into
           my
           hands
           ,
           having
           I
           confesse
           of
           late
           entertained
           a
           particular
           delight
           and
           recreation
           to
           passe
           some
           part
           of
           my
           time
           in
           such
           curiosities
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   supreme
                   Authority
                   of
                   this
                   Nation
                   ,
                   the
                   Parliament
                   of
                   the
                   Common-wealth
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   The
                   humble
                   Petition
                   of
                   the
                   Roman
                   Catholikes
                   .
                
                 
                   Sheweth
                   ,
                
                 
                   THat
                   your
                   Petitioners
                   have
                   long
                   waited
                   some
                   happy
                   leasure
                   ,
                   when
                   there
                   might
                   be
                   a
                   hearing
                   allowed
                   them
                   of
                   their
                   many
                   sad
                   pressures
                   ,
                   the
                   weight
                   whereof
                   hath
                   sunk
                   them
                   so
                   ruinously
                   low
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   utterly
                   disabled
                   to
                   discharge
                   their
                   many
                   debts
                   ,
                   make
                   the
                   least
                   provision
                   for
                   their
                   Children
                   ,
                   or
                   relieve
                   themselves
                   ,
                   reduced
                   to
                   extreme
                   necessities
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   even
                   such
                   of
                   your
                   Petitioners
                   ,
                   as
                   are
                   sequestred
                   for
                   Delinquency
                   ,
                   have
                   still
                   comforted
                   their
                   sorrows
                   with
                   this
                   hope
                   ,
                   that
                   at
                   the
                   last
                   they
                   should
                   certainly
                   be
                   received
                   to
                   mercy
                   ;
                   since
                   the
                   generall
                   VOTES
                   for
                   Composition
                   of
                   the
                   17.
                   of
                   March
                   1648.
                   seem
                   cleerly
                   to
                   imply
                   them
                   capable
                   thereof
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   Rules
                   concerning
                   them
                   should
                   be
                   agreed
                   upon
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   now
                   the
                   wisdom
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   applying
                   it self
                   to
                   establish
                   the
                   people
                   of
                   this
                   Common-wealth
                   in
                   a
                   quiet
                   and
                   setled
                   condition
                   ,
                   your
                   Petitioners
                   take
                   up
                   an
                   humble
                   confidence
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   alone
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   excluded
                   from
                   so
                   universall
                   a
                   benefit
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   therefore
                   humbly
                   pray
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   proceedings
                   concerning
                   them
                   may
                   be
                   taken
                   into
                   consideration
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   clemency
                   and
                   compassion
                   used
                   towards
                   them
                   by
                   Composition
                   or
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   the
                   judgement
                   of
                   this
                   honourable
                   House
                   may
                   consist
                   with
                   the
                   publike
                   peace
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Petitioners
                   comfortable
                   lie
                   ving
                   in
                   their
                   native
                   Country
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   they
                   further
                   humbly
                   pray
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   would
                   please
                   the
                   Parliament
                   to
                   vouchsafe
                   them
                   the
                   permission
                   of
                   clearing
                   their
                   Religion
                   from
                   whatsoever
                   may
                   be
                   inconsistent
                   with
                   Government
                   ,
                   which
                   will
                   assuredly
                   be
                   done
                   to
                   full
                   satisfaction
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   a
                   Committee
                   appointed
                   by
                   this
                   honourable
                   House
                   ,
                   on
                   whom
                   they
                   may
                   have
                   the
                   priviledge
                   to
                   attend
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   your
                   Petitioners
                   shall
                   ever
                   pray
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           to
           my
           sense
           bears
           it self
           with
           so
           much
           respect
           and
           submissiveness
           in
           the
           stile
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           no
           wayes
           be
           interpreted
           misbecoming
           the
           duty
           of
           good
           and
           peaceable
           subjects
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Petition
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           my
           eye
           so
           reasonable
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           believe
           ,
           but
           after
           a
           little
           patience
           ,
           till
           other
           more
           generall
           affairs
           afford
           the
           Parliament
           leisure
           ,
           it
           will
           certainly
           receive
           a
           satisfactory
           and
           relieving
           Answer
           ;
           Especially
           since
           not
           onely
           such
           Papists
           ,
           whose
           moderate
           delinquency
           leaves
           them
           some
           hope
           of
           mercy
           ,
           nor
           such
           who
           for
           preservation
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           were
           forced
           to
           flye
           into
           the
           late
           kings
           Garrisons
           ,
           without
           ever
           acting
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           State
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           most
           innocent
           ,
           who
           all
           this
           while
           have
           sate
           still
           under
           so
           many
           pressures
           ,
           and
           never
           were
           charged
           with
           other
           accusation
           ,
           than
           their
           Religion
           ,
           yet
           all
           freely
           and
           humbly
           submit
           in
           this
           Petition
           to
           the
           absolute
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Parliament
           for
           Rules
           of
           Composition
           ,
           and
           this
           (
           as
           to
           the
           single
           Papist
           )
           for
           an
           offence
           ,
           which
           in
           no
           other
           society
           of
           Christians
           in
           this
           Nation
           is
           accounted
           any
           crime
           at
           all
           ,
           being
           meerly
           their
           different
           judgement
           in
           Religion
           ;
           a
           proceeding
           ,
           wherein
           certainly
           we
           shall
           use
           too
           much
           severity
           ,
           and
           partiality
           ,
           if
           we
           make
           it
           not
           onely
           unpardonable
           ,
           but
           unredeemable
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           close
           of
           their
           Petition
           they
           humbly
           beg
           the
           favour
           of
           an
           opportunity
           to
           satisfy
           the
           Parliament
           in
           the
           point
           of
           consistency
           with
           
             Civil
             Government
             ,
          
           which
           being
           the
           chief
           Objection
           that
           (
           without
           passion
           )
           can
           be
           made
           against
           them
           ,
           surely
           we
           should
           not
           take
           offence
           ,
           at
           their
           most
           diligent
           applications
           ,
           and
           utmost
           endeavours
           ,
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           from
           so
           destructive
           a
           charge
           ,
           laid
           upon
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           which
           performance
           ,
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           divers
           Papists
           of
           considerable
           quality
           ,
           unanimously
           agreed
           upon
           this
           following
           Explanation
           ,
           to
           declare
           and
           witnes
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           perfect
           consistency
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           both
           with
           civill
           society
           ,
           joyning
           also
           in
           the
           same
           paper
           ,
           the
           like
           expressions
           of
           their
           Belief
           concerning
           some
           few
           other
           points
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           informed
           to
           be
           more
           obnoxious
           to
           exception
           ,
           than
           the
           rest
           ;
           As
           the
           under-valuing
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           over-valuing
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           worship
           of
           Images
           ;
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           proud
           opinion
           of
           Merits
           :
           This
           paper
           they
           drew
           up
           as
           a
           preparatory
           to
           a
           more
           full
           and
           perfect
           clearing
           of
           their
           Faith
           from
           those
           prejudices
           and
           misunderstandings
           ,
           which
           ordinarily
           men
           of
           different
           perswasions
           entertain
           ,
           especially
           ,
           in
           Controversies
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Paper
                   ,
                   containing
                   certain
                   Doctrins
                   of
                   the
                   Papists
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   them
                   delivered
                   to
                   divers
                   persons
                   of
                   quality
                   for
                   their
                   particular
                   satisfaction
                   .
                
                 
                   WE
                   believe
                   the
                   holy
                   
                     Scriptures
                  
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   divine
                   inspiration
                   and
                   infallible
                   Authority
                   ;
                   and
                   whatsoever
                   is
                   therein
                   contained
                   we
                   firmly
                   assent
                   unto
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   word
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   Author
                   of
                   all
                   Truth
                   .
                
                 
                   1.
                   
                   
                   But
                   since
                   in
                   the
                   holy
                   Scriptures
                   there
                   are
                   some
                   things
                   hard
                   to
                   be
                   understood
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   ignorant
                   and
                   unstable
                   wrest
                   to
                   their
                   own
                   destruction
                   ;
                   we
                   therefore
                   professe
                   (
                   for
                   the
                   ending
                   of
                   controversies
                   in
                   our
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   setling
                   of
                   peace
                   in
                   our
                   Consciences
                   )
                   to
                   submit
                   our
                   private
                   judgments
                   to
                   the
                   judgement
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   represented
                   in
                   a
                   free
                   Generall
                   Council
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   2.
                   
                   
                   We
                   humbly
                   believe
                   the
                   sacred
                   Mysterie
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Blessed
                     Trinity
                     ,
                  
                   one
                   Eternal
                   ,
                   Almighty
                   ,
                   and
                   incomprehensible
                   God
                   ,
                   whom
                   onely
                   we
                   adore
                   and
                   worship
                   ,
                   as
                   alone
                   having
                   Soveraign
                   dominion
                   over
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   onely
                   we
                   acknowledge
                   as
                   due
                   from
                   men
                   and
                   Angels
                   ,
                   all
                   glory
                   ,
                   service
                   and
                   obedience
                   ,
                   abhorring
                   from
                   our
                   hearts
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   most
                   detestabbe
                   sacriledge
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   our
                   Creators
                   honor
                   to
                   any
                   creature
                   whatsoever
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   therefore
                   we
                   solemnly
                   protest
                   ,
                   that
                   by
                   the
                   prayers
                   we
                   addresse
                   to
                   Angels
                   ,
                   and
                   Saints
                   ,
                   we
                   intend
                   no
                   other
                   then
                   humbly
                   to
                   sollicit
                   their
                   assistance
                   before
                   the
                   throne
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   desire
                   the
                   prayers
                   of
                   one
                   another
                   here
                   upon
                   earth
                   ,
                   not
                   that
                   we
                   hope
                   any
                   thing
                   from
                   them
                   ,
                   as
                   originall
                   authors
                   thereof
                   ,
                   but
                   from
                   God
                   the
                   fountain
                   of
                   all
                   goodnesse
                   ,
                   through
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   our
                   onely
                   Mediator
                   and
                   Redeemer
                   .
                
                 
                   Neither
                   do
                   we
                   believe
                   any
                   divinity
                   or
                   vertue
                   to
                   be
                   in
                   images
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   they
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   worshipped
                   as
                   the
                   Gentiles
                   did
                   their
                   Idols
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   retain
                   them
                   with
                   due
                   and
                   decent
                   respect
                   in
                   our
                   Churches
                   ,
                   as
                   instruments
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   find
                   by
                   experience
                   ,
                   do
                   often
                   assist
                   our
                   memories
                   ,
                   and
                   excite
                   our
                   affections
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   
                   We
                   firmly
                   believe
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   force
                   of
                   nature
                   ,
                   nor
                   dignity
                   of
                   our
                   best
                   works
                   can
                   merit
                   our
                   Justification
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   are
                   justified
                   freely
                   by
                   grace
                   ,
                   through
                   the
                   Redemption
                   that
                   is
                   in
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   although
                   we
                   should
                   by
                   the
                   grace
                   of
                   God
                   persevere
                   unto
                   the
                   end
                   in
                   a
                   godly
                   life
                   and
                   holy
                   obedience
                   to
                   the
                   Commandements
                   ,
                   yet
                   are
                   our
                   hopes
                   of
                   eternall
                   glory
                   still
                   built
                   upon
                   the
                   mercy
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   merits
                   of
                   Christ
                   Jesus
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   other
                   merits
                   (
                   according
                   to
                   our
                   sense
                   of
                   that
                   word
                   )
                   signifie
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   then
                   actions
                   done
                   by
                   the
                   assistance
                   of
                   Gods
                   grace
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   it
                   has
                   pleased
                   his
                   gooodness
                   to
                   promise
                   a
                   reward
                   ;
                   a
                   Doctrine
                   so
                   far
                   from
                   being
                   unsuitable
                   to
                   the
                   sense
                   of
                   the
                   holy
                   Scriptures
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   their
                   principal
                   design
                   to
                   invite
                   and
                   provoke
                   us
                   to
                   a
                   diligent
                   observance
                   of
                   the
                   Commandements
                   ,
                   by
                   promising
                   heaven
                   as
                   the
                   reward
                   of
                   our
                   obedience
                   .
                   1
                   
                     Tim.
                  
                   4.
                   8.
                   
                   Godliness
                   is
                   profitable
                   to
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   having
                   the
                   promise
                   of
                   this
                   life
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   to
                   come
                   ,
                   And
                   ,
                   
                     Rom
                     ,
                  
                   2.
                   6.
                   
                   God
                   will
                   render
                   to
                   every
                   man
                   according
                   to
                   his
                   deeds
                   ,
                   to
                   them
                   who
                   by
                   patient
                   confidence
                   in
                   well
                   doing
                   seek
                   for
                   glory
                   and
                   honor
                   ,
                   and
                   immortality
                   ,
                   eternal
                   life
                   .
                   And
                   again
                   ,
                   
                     Rom.
                  
                   8.
                   13.
                   
                   If
                   you
                   live
                   after
                   the
                   flesh
                   you
                   shall
                   dye
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   through
                   the
                   Spirit
                   you
                   mortifie
                   the
                   deeds
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   
                     you
                     shall
                     live
                     .
                  
                   And
                   
                     Heb.
                  
                   6.
                   10.
                   
                   God
                   is
                   not
                   unjust
                   to
                   forget
                   your
                   work
                   and
                   labour
                   of
                   love
                   ,
                   which
                   you
                   have
                   shewed
                   for
                   his
                   name
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Nothing
                   being
                   so
                   frequently
                   repeated
                   in
                   the
                   word
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   as
                   his
                   gracious
                   promises
                   to
                   recompence
                   with
                   everlasting
                   glory
                   the
                   faith
                   and
                   obedience
                   of
                   his
                   servants
                   ;
                   
                   Nor
                   is
                   the
                   bounty
                   of
                   God
                   barely
                   according
                   to
                   our
                   works
                   ,
                   but
                   high
                   and
                   plentifull
                   ,
                   even
                   beyond
                   our
                   capacities
                   ;
                   giving
                   full
                   measure
                   ,
                   heaped
                   up
                   ,
                   pressed
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   running
                   over
                   into
                   the
                   bosoms
                   of
                   all
                   that
                   love
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   Thus
                   we
                   believe
                   the
                   merit
                   or
                   reward
                   ablenesse
                   of
                   holy
                   living
                   (
                   both
                   which
                   signifie
                   the
                   same
                   thing
                   with
                   us
                   )
                   arises
                   not
                   from
                   the
                   self-value
                   even
                   of
                   our
                   best
                   actions
                   ;
                   
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   ours
                   ,
                   but
                   from
                   the
                   grace
                   and
                   bounty
                   of
                   God
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   our selves
                   we
                   sincerely
                   professe
                   ,
                   when
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   all
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   are
                   commanded
                   us
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   unprofitable
                   servants
                   ,
                   
                   having
                   done
                   nothing
                   but
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   our
                   duty
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   our
                   boasting
                   is
                   not
                   in
                   our selves
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   our
                   glorying
                   is
                   in
                   Christ
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   We
                   firmly
                   believe
                   ,
                   and
                   highly
                   reverence
                   the
                   Morall
                   Law
                   ,
                   being
                   so
                   solemnly
                   delivered
                   to
                   
                     Moses
                  
                   upon
                   the
                   Mount
                   ,
                   so
                   expresly
                   confirmed
                   by
                   our
                   Saviour
                   in
                   the
                   Gospel
                   ,
                   and
                   containing
                   in
                   it
                   so
                   perfect
                   an
                   Abridgement
                   of
                   our
                   whole
                   duty
                   both
                   to
                   God
                   and
                   man
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Which
                   
                     Morall
                     Law
                  
                   we
                   believe
                   obliges
                   all
                   men
                   to
                   proceed
                   with
                   faithfulnesse
                   and
                   sincerity
                   in
                   their
                   mutuall
                   contracts
                   one
                   towards
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   our
                   constant
                   Profession
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   most
                   strictly
                   and
                   absolutely
                   bound
                   to
                   the
                   exact
                   and
                   entire
                   performance
                   of
                   our
                   promises
                   ,
                   made
                   to
                   any
                   person
                   of
                   what
                   Religion
                   soever
                   ,
                   much
                   more
                   to
                   the
                   Magistrates
                   and
                   Civil
                   powers
                   ,
                   under
                   whose
                   protection
                   we
                   live
                   whom
                   we
                   are
                   taught
                   by
                   the
                   word
                   of
                   God
                   to
                   obey
                   ,
                   not
                   onely
                   for
                   fear
                   ,
                   but
                   for
                   consci●nce
                   sake
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   whom
                   we
                   will
                   most
                   faithfully
                   observe
                   our
                   promises
                   ,
                   of
                   duty
                   and
                   obedience
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   any
                   dispensation
                   ,
                   absolution
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   proceedings
                   of
                   any
                   forraign
                   power
                   ,
                   or
                   authority
                   whatsoever
                   .
                
                 
                   Wherefore
                   we
                   utterly
                   deny
                   and
                   renounce
                   that
                   false
                   and
                   scandalous
                   Position
                   ,
                   that
                   
                     Faith
                     is
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     kept
                     with
                     Hereticks
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   most
                   uncharitably
                   imputed
                   to
                   our
                   practices
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   unjustly
                   pinned
                   upon
                   our
                   religion
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   we
                   sincerely
                   and
                   solemnly
                   professe
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   searcher
                   of
                   all
                   hearts
                   ,
                   taking
                   the
                   words
                   plainly
                   and
                   simply
                   in
                   their
                   usuall
                   and
                   familiar
                   sense
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   equivocation
                   or
                   mental
                   reservation
                   whatsoever
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THese
           expressions
           concerning
           four
           of
           the
           most
           offensive
           points
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Papists
           differ
           from
           us
           ,
           have
           I
           confesse
           given
           me
           a
           great
           and
           unexpected
           satisfaction
           ;
           And
           though
           I
           remain
           in
           the
           same
           mind
           as
           to
           the
           erroniousnesse
           of
           many
           of
           their
           Tenets
           ,
           yet
           I
           see
           we
           may
           easily
           be
           too
           passionate
           in
           the
           degree
           of
           detesting
           any
           different
           opinion
           ,
           since
           every
           error
           is
           not
           presently
           to
           be
           censured
           ,
           as
           an
           unsufferable
           abomination
           ;
           and
           too
           severe
           in
           the
           degree
           of
           persecuting
           the
           dissenters
           from
           our
           own
           judgements
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           unworthy
           to
           breath
           the
           same
           air
           with
           our selves
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           ,
           many
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           quietly
           enjoy
           a
           just
           and
           unmolested
           freedome
           ,
           approach
           very
           near
           to
           the
           first
           assertion
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           whilst
           some
           both
           writers
           and
           discoursers
           ,
           professe
           to
           submit
           their
           private
           judgements
           unappealably
           to
           a
           truly-free
           Generall
           Councell
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           once
           have
           an
           end
           of
           all
           strife
           and
           contention
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           others
           refer
           themselves
           without
           further
           instance
           to
           a
           Provinciall
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           ,
           and
           very
           few
           but
           will
           prefer
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Supreme
           authority
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           before
           their
           own
           particular
           sense
           ,
           readily
           conforming
           to
           that
           Declaration
           which
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           hold
           forth
           to
           be
           the
           true
           meaning
           of
           the
           Scripture
           :
           So
           that
           almost
           every
           one
           agrees
           in
           the
           acknowledgement
           of
           an
           external
           authority
           to
           decide
           such
           Controversies
           ,
           as
           arise
           out
           of
           the
           different
           interpretation
           of
           their
           faith
           upon
           the
           Churches
           sleeve
           ,
           and
           yield
           a
           blind
           obedience
           (
           that
           is
           without
           appealing
           any
           further
           )
           to
           her
           determination
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           second
           Branch
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           many
           Protestants
           continue
           still
           those
           old
           customes
           of
           baring
           their
           heads
           when
           they
           come
           into
           a
           Church
           ,
           nay
           of
           bowing
           at
           the
           name
           of
           
             Jesus
             ;
          
           Practices
           that
           ly
           open
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           those
           objections
           ,
           which
           our
           more
           godly
           and
           conscientious
           penns
           make
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           in
           the
           question
           of
           Pictures
           ;
           yet
           I
           hope
           there
           will
           never
           be
           the
           least
           thought
           entertained
           of
           imposing
           penalties
           upon
           the
           private
           and
           unscandalous
           use
           of
           any
           such
           Ceremonies
           :
           Rather
           let
           us
           apply
           our
           endeavours
           to
           open
           their
           eys
           with
           a
           mild
           and
           gentle
           hand
           ,
           than
           beat
           them
           out
           with
           the
           club-fist
           of
           the
           Law
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           I
           reflect
           upon
           the
           third
           conclusion
           in
           the
           Recusants
           Paper
           ,
           I
           am
           ,
           astonished
           to
           consider
           how
           Education
           with
           a
           little
           mixture
           of
           Passion
           or
           interest
           makes
           every
           slight
           distemper
           amongst
           Christians
           (
           which
           of
           it self
           were
           easily
           curable
           )
           so
           desperate
           ,
           that
           it
           often
           becomes
           irrecoverable
           ,
           and
           endangers
           both
           the
           health
           and
           life
           of
           Christianity
           .
           Surely
           in
           many
           things
           we
           strangely
           mistake
           
           one
           another
           .
           I
           professe
           sincerely
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           so
           far
           from
           seising
           on
           the
           Estate
           of
           a
           Papist
           ,
           for
           refusing
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Oath
           of
           Abjuration
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           compelled
           to
           renounce
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           merits
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           suffer
           a
           thousand
           deaths
           ,
           rather
           then
           abjure
           so
           great
           and
           manifest
           a
           truth
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           sense
           wherein
           they
           explain
           themselves
           ,
           or
           affirm
           so
           great
           and
           manifest
           an
           Errour
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           sense
           wherein
           we
           explain
           our selves
           .
           For
           when
           we
           censure
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Merits
           ,
           we
           understand
           by
           that
           word
           our
           deserts
           ,
           as
           they
           exclude
           the
           merits
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           abstracting
           from
           the
           Covenant
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           make
           with
           us
           in
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           sense
           we
           justly
           condemne
           all
           opinions
           of
           Merit
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           best
           works
           ,
           as
           presumptuous
           and
           Luciferian
           ;
           But
           I
           now
           see
           when
           the
           Papists
           affirm
           that
           good
           works
           are
           meritorious
           ,
           they
           include
           both
           the
           promise
           of
           God
           and
           the
           merits
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           when
           all
           is
           summed
           up
           ,
           it
           amounts
           only
           to
           this
           ,
           That
           God
           hath
           graciously
           promised
           ,
           and
           will
           faithfully
           keep
           his
           word
           ,
           to
           reward
           all
           those
           with
           eternall
           life
           that
           believe
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           obey
           his
           Commandements
           ,
           In
           this
           sense
           the
           Papists
           hold
           mercifulnes
           to
           be
           meritorious
           ,
           or
           available
           to
           salvation
           ,
           because
           the
           Scripture
           sayes
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             mercifull
             for
             they
             shall
             obtain
             mercy
             .
          
           Matth.
           5.
           7.
           
           In
           this
           sense
           the
           Papists
           hold
           patience
           in
           affliction
           to
           be
           meritorious
           or
           available
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           because
           the
           Scripture
           sayes
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             they
             who
             are
             persecuted
             for
             righteousnesse
             sake
             ,
             for
             theirs
             is
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             heaven
             ,
          
           Mat.
           5.
           10.
           
           And
           this
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           by
           very
           understanding
           men
           amongst
           them
           )
           is
           the
           reall
           truth
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           concerning
           good
           works
           ,
           which
           in
           my
           judgement
           differs
           nothing
           from
           ours
           ,
           but
           onely
           in
           the
           unsavoury
           and
           proud-sounding
           word
           merit
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           Cause
           of
           the
           Papists
           Note
           ,
           which
           
             I
          
           have
           transcribed
           ,
           is
           so
           full
           and
           satisfactory
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           will
           be
           as
           good
           as
           their
           words
           ,
           
             I
          
           shall
           neither
           fear
           to
           have
           such
           neighbours
           ,
           nor
           need
           any
           Magistrate
           fear
           to
           have
           such
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           prove
           their
           trustinesse
           and
           fidelity
           ,
           in
           the
           observance
           of
           their
           oaths
           ,
           
             I
          
           cannot
           imagin
           a
           more
           evident
           demonstration
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           make
           a
           conscience
           of
           what
           oaths
           they
           take
           .
           He
           that
           swears
           any
           thing
           without
           distinction
           ,
           may
           justly
           be
           suspected
           to
           be
           as
           false
           to
           men
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           fearlesse
           of
           God
           ,
           whereas
           no
           clearer
           argument
           can
           be
           alledged
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           any
           ,
           that
           they
           intend
           to
           keep
           all
           the
           oaths
           they
           take
           ,
           then
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           take
           all
           the
           oaths
           you
           offer
           ;
           surely
           if
           the
           Pope
           or
           their
           own
           consciences
           could
           give
           them
           this
           extravagant
           priviledge
           ,
           to
           be
           bound
           by
           no
           oath
           ,
           they
           might
           without
           difficulty
           take
           any
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           were
           allowed
           by
           their
           Religion
           to
           swear
           any
           thing
           ,
           certainly
           they
           are
           all
           worse
           then
           mad
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           immediately
           post
           away
           to
           
             Haberdashers
             hall
             ,
          
           call
           for
           the
           oath
           of
           abjuration
           ,
           swallow
           it
           down
           quickly
           without
           any
           chewing
           ,
           and
           so
           save
           at
           least
           50000
           l
           a
           year
           in
           a
           morning
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           late
           Kings
           dayes
           ,
           many
           Papists
           were
           smartly
           punished
           for
           not
           taking
           the
           oath
           of
           allegeance
           ,
           none
           for
           observing
           it
           ,
           nay
           
             I
          
           have
           heard
           some
           Papist-Delinquents
           argue
           for
           themselves
           ,
           that
           the
           utter
           ruine
           ,
           which
           now
           endangers
           their
           whole
           estates
           ,
           proceeds
           solely
           from
           their
           performing
           to
           the
           late
           King
           that
           service
           which
           he
           called
           alleagiance
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           yet
           a
           higher
           proof
           of
           their
           fidelity
           in
           their
           promises
           ,
           since
           they
           adventured
           with
           so
           much
           hazard
           to
           keep
           that
           oath
           in
           subgance
           ,
           which
           they
           refused
           with
           almost
           as
           much
           hazard
           to
           take
           ,
           because
           against
           their
           conscience
           in
           some
           circumstance
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           let
           any
           one
           judge
           indifferently
           ,
           whether
           they
           that
           firmly
           believe
           all
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           of
           the
           old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ,
           worship
           and
           adore
           onely
           one
           God
           ,
           rely
           upon
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           for
           their
           sole
           Mediator
           ,
           and
           professe
           it
           their
           duty
           to
           observe
           the
           commandements
           of
           the
           
             Morall
             Law
             ,
          
           may
           not
           reasonably
           be
           
           suffered
           to
           live
           in
           their
           native
           countrey
           with
           the
           peaceable
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           consciences
           in
           their
           private
           houses
           ,
           especially
           those
           who
           will
           quietly
           submit
           to
           cautions
           and
           restrictions
           ,
           as
           the
           common-wealth
           shall
           require
           for
           prevention
           of
           scandall
           ,
           or
           disturbance
           of
           the
           publick
           peace
           .
        
         
           Besides
           
             I
          
           am
           perswaded
           a
           far
           lesse
           liberty
           will
           
             oblige
          
           the
           Papists
           than
           
             content
          
           any
           other
           ,
           because
           hitherto
           all
           liberty
           has
           been
           wholly
           denyed
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           wholly
           allowed
           to
           every
           one
           else
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           will
           gladly
           receive
           as
           a
           mercy
           and
           favour
           ,
           what
           others
           challenge
           as
           a
           right
           ,
           and
           their
           affections
           being
           once
           purchased
           at
           so
           cheap
           a
           price
           ,
           as
           a
           little
           private
           exercise
           of
           their
           conscience
           ,
           free
           from
           the
           fright
           and
           smart
           of
           penalties
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           they
           will
           neither
           be
           such
           fools
           as
           to
           forfeit
           their
           liberty
           ,
           nor
           so
           ungratefull
           as
           to
           forget
           them
           that
           gave
           it
           ;
           since
           out
           of
           all
           our
           histories
           not
           one
           example
           can
           be
           assigned
           ,
           that
           they
           ever
           offered
           to
           move
           the
           least
           sedition
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           when
           they
           enjoyed
           but
           half
           the
           liberties
           of
           free-born
           English
           men
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           I
           shall
           close
           my
           thoughts
           upon
           this
           Paper
           ,
           with
           a
           short
           and
           free
           conclusion
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           abridges
           in
           few
           words
           the
           whole
           difficulty
           betwixt
           subject
           and
           Superior
           ;
           The
           Magistrate
           that
           protects
           any
           sort
           of
           people
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           may
           justly
           require
           their
           service
           ,
           and
           safely
           rely
           upon
           their
           obedience
           but
           if
           he
           persecute
           them
           ,
           whether
           Protestants
           or
           Papists
           ,
           he
           will
           soon
           find
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           may
           violently
           force
           their
           complyance
           ,
           he
           can
           never
           prudently
           rest
           upon
           their
           affections
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           here
           beg
           leave
           to
           be
           dispensed
           with
           in
           my
           promise
           of
           ending
           this
           period
           ,
           till
           
             I
          
           have
           added
           this
           observation
           ,
           How
           many
           Modern
           Authors
           of
           good
           account
           amongst
           us
           ,
           have
           positively
           held
           forth
           to
           the
           people
           (
           as
           an
           unquestionable
           truth
           )
           that
           the
           Papists
           by
           their
           Principles
           ,
           
             are
             not
             obliged
             to
             keep
             faith
             with
             Hereticks
             ?
          
           and
           
             I
          
           must
           acknowledge
           
             I
          
           was
           once
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           concerning
           them
           ,
           principally
           relying
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           Mr.
           
             Iames
             Howell
             ,
          
           an
           ingenious
           traveller
           in
           most
           of
           the
           Popish
           countries
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           the
           more
           wonder
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           take
           such
           an
           erroneous
           opinion
           upon
           trust
           ,
           and
           assert
           it
           in
           Print
           near
           the
           end
           of
           the
           first
           part
           of
           
             Dodona's
             Grove
             ,
          
           where
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             That
             one
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             last
             great
             Councell
             ,
          
           (
           which
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Trent
             )
             was
             that
             ,
             Haereticis
             non
             est
             tenenda
             fides
             ,
          
           The
           esteem
           
             I
          
           had
           entertain'd
           of
           that
           Authors
           ingenuity
           permitted
           me
           not
           to
           
             acquiesse
          
           to
           some
           Recusants
           verball
           deniall
           of
           this
           ,
           assertion
           ;
           but
           (
           for
           more
           assured
           satisfaction
           in
           so
           important
           a
           point
           )
           
             I
          
           took
           the
           pains
           to
           peruse
           some
           of
           their
           best
           writers
           ,
           and
           found
           them
           unamimously
           agree
           ,
           
             that
             faith
             is
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Hereticks
             ,
             but
             even
             with
             Turks
             ,
             Iews
             and
             Infidels
             ,
             and
             that
             indispensably
             :
          
           neither
           could
           
             I
          
           find
           one
           tittle
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           in
           any
           Canon
           or
           Session
           of
           that
           last
           great
           Councel
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           but
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           For
           both
           in
           the
           fifteenth
           and
           eighteenth
           Session
           ,
           the
           Councell
           saith
           expresly
           ,
           
             that
             whosoever
             shall
             violate
             the
             least
             point
             of
             the
             publick
             faith
             ,
             given
             for
             the
             security
             of
             all
             Protestants
             ,
             that
             should
             repair
             to
             that
             Councell
             ,
             should
             be
             subject
             to
             those
             penalties
             ,
             quas
             jure
             divino
             &
             humano
             aut
             consuetudine
             hujusmodi
             salvorum
             conductuum
             violatores
             incurrere
             possunt
             ,
             absque
             omni
             excusatione
             ,
             aut
             quavis
             in
             hac
             parte
             contradictione
             .
          
           By
           which
           it
           evidently
           appears
           that
           the
           Councell
           supposed
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           known
           and
           certain
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           should
           violate
           his
           
             faith
          
           promised
           to
           Hereticks
           ,
           was
           not
           onely
           punishable
           by
           humane
           Laws
           ,
           but
           even
           by
           the
           divine
           Law
           it self
           .
        
         
           And
           certainly
           if
           it
           had
           been
           my
           unhappinesse
           to
           have
           done
           any
           sort
           of
           Christians
           so
           much
           wrong
           in
           publick
           ,
           my
           conscience
           (
           coming
           afterward
           to
           be
           better
           inform'd
           would
           oblige
           me
           to
           a
           publick
           reparation
           ;
           for
           though
           we
           use
           no
           such
           
             confession
             ,
          
           
           as
           the
           Papists
           practise
           ,
           yet
           the
           Law
           of
           naturall
           reason
           binds
           us
           to
           as
           punctuall
           an
           observance
           of
           restitution
           ,
           as
           any
           Papist
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           to
           Papists
           themselves
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           them
           any
           injury
           .
        
         
           
             But
             for
             a
             finall
             dispatch
             of
             this
             point
             concerning
             the
             Papists
             indispensable
             obligation
             of
             performing
             their
             promises
             ,
             it
             was
             my
             fortune
             to
             light
             upon
             a
             book
             of
             one
          
           Paul
           Layman
           
             a
             German
             Jesuit
             ,
             and
             an
             Author
             of
             great
             esteem
             amongst
             the
          
           Casuists
           (
           
             who
             treating
             of
             dispensations
          
           lib.
           2.
           tract.
           3.
           cap.
           12.
           )
           
             sets
             down
             these
             words
             ,
          
           Dico
           quartò
           ,
           Si
           Catholici
           cum
           Haereticis
           publicum
           faedus
           ineant
           ,
           non
           potest
           per
           authoritatem
           Pontificiam
           s●lvi
           aut
           relaxari
           .
           If
           Catholicks
           enter
           into
           any
           publick
           contract
           with
           Hereticks
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           dissolv'd
           or
           dispensed
           with
           by
           the
           Popes
           power
           .
           
             And
             some
             few
             lines
             after
             proceeding
             upon
             the
             same
             question
             ,
             he
             pronounces
             down-right
             ,
          
           Absolutè
           negari
           debet
           id
           (
           viz
           remissionem
           foederis
           )
           à
           summo
           Pontifice
           fieri
           posse
           ;
           it
           ought
           absolutely
           to
           be
           denyed
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Pope
           to
           absolve
           from
           such
           contracts
           .
           
             And
             again
             ,
          
           Fides
           publica
           haereticis
           data
           inviolabiliter
           &
           sine
           ullo
           dispensationis
           remedio
           servanda
           est
           ,
           quamdiu
           ipsi
           servare
           parati
           sunt
           :
           Publick
           saith
           given
           to
           Hereticks
           ought
           inviolably
           and
           without
           dispensation
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           perform
           their
           part
           .
           
             And
             concludes
             that
             even
          
           Iesuites
           
             as
             well
             as
             other
          
           Doctors
           
             hold
             the
             Popes
             power
             to
             be
             limitable
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             almighty
             as
             the
             world
             usually
             believes
             concerning
             them
             .
             The
             same
             doctrine
             is
             repeated
             in
             the
             abridgement
             of
          
           Laymans
           
             book
             entituled
          
           Compendium
           Moralis
           Theologiae
           Pauli
           Layman
           folio
           265.
           
        
         
           The
           Papists
           have
           given
           so
           much
           satisfaction
           by
           their
           Petition
           and
           other
           Papers
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           by
           their
           submission
           to
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           demeanour
           in
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           establisht
           ;
           
             I
          
           must
           appeal
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           great
           instrument
           of
           our
           freedome
           my
           
             Lord
             Generall
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           but
           to
           all
           conscientious
           men
           ,
           whether
           these
           Papists
           may
           not
           reasonably
           hope
           so
           much
           mercy
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           by
           penalties
           debard
           the
           private
           exercise
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           with
           their
           doors
           shut
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           cautions
           and
           circumstances
           as
           the
           State
           shall
           be
           pleased
           to
           ordain
           for
           regulation
           of
           Soul
           freedome
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           Christian
           liberty
           may
           be
           lawfully
           governed
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           also
           as
           evident
           that
           it
           cannot
           lawfully
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           so
           that
           every
           peaceable
           spirit
           have
           liberty
           enough
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           licentious
           Liver
           not
           have
           too
           much
           .
        
         
           Such
           moderate
           &
           orderly
           freedom
           might
           charitably
           be
           allowed
           to
           the
           quiet
           Papists
           from
           persons
           that
           afford
           far
           more
           advantages
           to
           far
           more
           dangerous
           enemies
           the
           Scotch
           or
           rigid
           
             kirkists
             ,
          
           who
           have
           severall
           times
           engaged
           against
           us
           in
           open
           field
           ,
           &
           by
           many
           plots
           and
           secret
           contrivements
           endeavoured
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lay
           )
           to
           subvert
           the
           present
           government
           ,
           yet
           after
           so
           many
           victories
           obtained
           against
           them
           ,
           &
           the
           reducing
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           country
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           this
           State
           ;
           
             The
             Ministers
          
           (
           as
           sayes
           a
           Letter
           of
           the
           21
           of
           
             Febr.
          
           1651.
           from
           an
           officer
           of
           our
           army
           at
           
             Edinborough
             )
             are
             violenly
             bent
             their
             own
             way
             ,
             and
             preach
             damnation
             to
             all
             complyers
             with
             us
             in
             any
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           And
           let
           any
           indifferent
           person
           read
           the
           strange
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Presbytery
           of
           
             Aberdeen
          
           against
           Sir
           
             Alexander
             Irving
             ,
          
           Lord
           of
           Drum
           published
           in
           the
           Diurnall
           26
           
             Ian.
          
           1651.
           he
           will
           (
           
             I
          
           am
           confident
           )
           highly
           applaud
           that
           ingenious
           letter
           from
           an
           eminent
           Officer
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           and
           dated
           at
           
             Edenborough
          
           the
           21
           of
           the
           same
           moneth
           ,
           and
           published
           in
           the
           next
           weeks
           
             Politicus
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           these
           very
           words
           .
           
             You
             would
             wonder
             to
             observe
             the
             strange
             pride
             and
             proceedings
             of
             the
             kirk
             Clergy
             ,
             the
             ingredi●nts
             of
             whose
             constitution
             admit
             of
             many
             more
             grains
             of
             gun-powder
             ,
             then
             you
             shall
             find
             in
             any
             Iesuites
             in
             Christendome
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             they
             be
             not
             closely
             look'd
             unto
             they
             will
             set
             all
             on
             fire
             again
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             And
             in
             another
             letter
             dated
          
           12th
           
             of
          
           April
           1652.
           
             from
          
           Dalkeith
           
             in
          
           Scotland
           
             and
             printed
             in
             the
             next
             weeks
             Diurnall
             ,
             is
             this
             excellent
             observation
             ;
          
           Believe
           it
           ,
           all
           our
           other
           Enemies
           are
           tame
           beasts
           to
           the
           high
           Presbyter
           ,
           and
           yet
           with
           the
           winding
           and
           turning
           of
           a
           religious
           pretence
           ,
           and
           an
           artificiall
           zeal
           against
           Heresie
           ;
           he
           will
           like
           a
           tame
           Snake
           (
           if
           not
           warily
           avoided
           )
           get
           into
           your
           bosom
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Continually
           every
           week
           come
           fresh
           and
           loud
           complaints
           from
           our
           friends
           and
           Officers
           in
           Scotland
           of
           the
           stubbornesse
           of
           a
           certain
           froward
           and
           resty
           party
           in
           that
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           the
           pertinacy
           and
           malice
           of
           these
           
             kirkists
             ,
          
           such
           of
           them
           as
           have
           not
           appeared
           in
           actuall
           arms
           against
           us
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           sequestred
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           enjoy
           great
           places
           of
           honour
           and
           benefit
           under
           our
           government
           .
           And
           such
           is
           the
           States
           mercy
           towards
           them
           )
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           setling
           the
           affairs
           of
           Scotland
           by
           their
           Declaration
           of
           the
           21
           
             Feb
             ,
          
           1651
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           have
           exprest
           a
           particular
           regard
           and
           indulgence
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             That
             such
             Ministers
             whose
             Consciences
             oblige
             them
             to
             wait
             upon
             God
             in
             the
             Administration
             of
             spirituall
             Ordinances
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Scottish
             Churches
             ,
             with
             any
             that
             shall
             voluntarily
             joyn
             in
             the
             practice
             thereof
             ,
             shall
             receive
             protection
             and
             encouragement
             from
             all
             in
             authority
             ,
             in
             their
             peaceable
             and
             unoffensive
             exercise
             of
             the
             same
             :
             as
             also
             others
             ,
             who
             not
             being
             satisfied
             in
             Conscience
             to
             use
             that
             form
             ,
             shall
             serve
             and
             worship
             God
             in
             other
             Gospel
             way
             ,
             and
             behave
             themselves
             peaceably
             and
             unoffensively
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           And
           we
           do
           lastly
           declare
           ,
           That
           all
           Merchants
           ,
           tradesmen
           ,
           and
           handicrafts
           men
           ,
           not
           having
           in
           Lands
           or
           goods
           above
           the
           value
           of
           500
           
             l.
          
           sterling
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           persons
           not
           having
           in
           Lands
           and
           goods
           above
           the
           clear
           value
           of
           200
           
             l.
          
           sterling
           (
           not
           being
           prisoners
           of
           war
           or
           souldiers
           of
           fortune
           in
           Commission
           )
           who
           shall
           in
           pursuance
           of
           the
           said
           Declaration
           live
           peaceably
           ,
           and
           yield
           obedience
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           England
           exercised
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           shall
           not
           onely
           be
           freed
           and
           discharged
           from
           all
           forfeitures
           and
           confiscations
           of
           their
           Estates
           for
           any
           thing
           formerly
           done
           by
           them
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           wars
           ,
           but
           he
           received
           into
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           such
           Liberties
           and
           immunities
           ,
           as
           also
           such
           Leases
           and
           grants
           of
           confiscated
           and
           forfeited
           Lands
           ,
           as
           upon
           consideration
           of
           their
           respective
           qualities
           and
           deserts
           shall
           be
           thought
           fit
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Branch
           of
           this
           Declaration
           such
           a
           Conscience
           security
           is
           held
           forth
           as
           (
           according
           to
           my
           soul
           )
           ought
           not
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           Christ
           be
           denyed
           to
           any
           peaceable
           Christian
           ,
           and
           I
           extremely
           rejoyce
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           our
           Governors
           for
           so
           noble
           and
           charitable
           a
           proceeding
           ,
           yet
           I
           plainly
           see
           ,
           that
           they
           to
           whom
           this
           favour
           is
           allowed
           ,
           are
           both
           different
           from
           us
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           opposite
           to
           us
           in
           their
           Nationall
           affection
           ;
           whereas
           a
           far
           lesser
           mercy
           is
           denied
           to
           our
           own
           kindred
           and
           allies
           ,
           to
           our
           own
           conntrey
           men
           born
           to
           the
           sam
           freedome
           with
           our selves
           ,
           who
           have
           in
           a
           much
           lesse
           measure
           offended
           in
           matters
           of
           hostility
           ,
           nay
           divers
           of
           them
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           who
           yet
           would
           be
           content
           and
           thankfull
           for
           a
           small
           part
           of
           that
           favour
           which
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           so
           bountifully
           bestowes
           upon
           strangers
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           second
           Branch
           very
           many
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           in
           actuall
           arms
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           wounded
           or
           flain
           our
           friends
           in
           open
           battells
           ,
           will
           receive
           an
           immunity
           (
           for
           500
           l.
           Sterling
           is
           a
           great
           estate
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           )
           Whereas
           many
           of
           our
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           who
           never
           lifted
           up
           hand
           against
           us
           ,
           have
           two
           parts
           of
           their
           estates
           with
           rigor
           sequestred
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           so
           charitable
           a
           distinction
           ,
           as
           to
           free
           the
           poorer
           sort
           ,
           whose
           estates
           are
           of
           lesse
           value
           then
           500
           l.
           
           For
           
           our
           mercilesse
           Sequestrators
           have
           tripartited
           even
           the
           day
           labourers
           goods
           and
           very
           house-holdstuff
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           two
           Cowes
           ,
           where
           the
           whole
           stock
           was
           but
           three
           .
        
         
           
             Passages
             observed
             upon
             Cases
             depending
             at
             Haberdashers
             Hall
             .
          
           
             I
             Must
             confesse
             ,
             I
             had
             not
             so
             much
             time
             to
             spare
             ,
             as
             I
             could
             have
             wish'd
             ,
             yet
             for
             some
             weeks
             I
             attended
             at
             
               Haberdashers
               Hall
            
             for
             better
             satisfaction
             :
             but
             to
             make
             a
             full
             discovery
             of
             all
             the
             proceedings
             there
             ,
             is
             beyond
             the
             level
             of
             my
             discourse
             :
             I
             will
             only
             promise
             in
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             not
             to
             exceed
             the
             bounds
             of
             truth
             and
             modesty
             .
             The
             present
             Commissioners
             ,
             who
             are
             seven
             in
             number
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             could
             discern
             are
             civil
             persons
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             them
             apprehensive
             of
             others
             sufferings
             ,
             but
             seem
             to
             say
             in
             many
             hard
             cases
             ,
             that
             either
             their
             Instructions
             or
             Commission
             binds
             them
             up
             from
             being
             able
             to
             give
             relief
             ,
             or
             the
             obligation
             to
             the
             Oath
             they
             take
             will
             not
             permit
             them
             .
             To
             shew
             the
             tendernesse
             and
             compassion
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             (
             I
             am
             perswaded
             )
             their
             consciences
             would
             carry
             them
             forth
             to
             practise
             ,
             since
             most
             of
             the
             Suitors
             that
             come
             before
             them
             appear
             so
             miserably
             ruined
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             distressednes
             of
             their
             condition
             is
             motive
             enough
             to
             incite
             the
             mercy
             of
             their
             Judges
             ,
             especially
             ,
             their
             crime
             being
             only
             the
             refusall
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             which
             they
             solemnly
             professe
             is
             against
             their
             consciences
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             is
             against
             our
             Laws
             ;
             And
             truly
             as
             often
             as
             I
             reflect
             upon
             the
             strange
             severity
             of
             that
             Oath
             ,
             my
             soul
             goes
             forth
             in
             pitty
             towards
             them
             that
             are
             concern'd
             in
             it
             ;
             since
             even
             their
             thoughts
             are
             not
             free
             ,
             but
             an
             absolute
             force
             laid
             upon
             the
             most
             inward
             cogitations
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             themselves
             compelled
             to
             condemn
             themselves
             by
             accusations
             wrested
             out
             of
             their
             own
             mouthes
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             ceasing
             of
             the
             former
             Committees
             authority
             ,
             these
             7.
             (
             which
             now
             sit
             Judges
             of
             Delinquency
             and
             sequestrations
             )
             were
             impowered
             about
             25.
             
               Jan.
            
             1649
             ,
             since
             which
             time
             they
             &
             their
             subcommissioners
             in
             the
             several
             Counties
             have
             made
             many
             discoveries
             both
             of
             delinquents
             and
             Papists
             estates
             ,
             either
             not
             before
             sequestred
             ,
             or
             not
             compounded
             for
             at
             the
             full
             value
             ,
             but
             I
             observed
             that
             they
             who
             were
             sequestred
             or
             had
             their
             rents
             or
             goods
             unduly
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             former
             Committees
             for
             Sequestrations
             ,
             how
             unjustly
             soever
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             relieved
             by
             these
             Commissioners
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             power
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Parliament
             it self
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             Case
             of
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Knightley
            
             a
             Recusant
             only
             ,
             a
             great
             part
             of
             whose
             Mansion
             house
             in
             
               Essex
            
             was
             puld
             down
             to
             repair
             the
             Fort
             at
             
               Tilbury
               ,
            
             for
             which
             he
             petitioned
             at
             
               Haberdash●rs
               hall
            
             in
             
               Decemb.
            
             1651
             ,
             to
             have
             satisfaction
             out
             of
             the
             2
             sequestred
             parts
             of
             his
             own
             lands
             there
             .
             But
             in
             regard
             it
             appeared
             to
             be
             done
             before
             
               Ian.
            
             1649
             ,
             the
             present
             Commissioners
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               they
               had
               no
               power
               to
               relieve
               him
               .
            
          
           
             And
             in
             all
             other
             Cases
             upon
             Appeals
             ,
             where
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             rents
             have
             been
             unduly
             received
             to
             the
             States
             use
             for
             7
             or
             8
             years
             last
             past
             ,
             in
             wrong
             to
             the
             true
             owner
             of
             the
             lands
             ;
             These
             Commissioners
             in
             such
             case
             make
             restitution
             onely
             from
             
               Jan.
            
             1649
             ;
             And
             for
             money
             ,
             goods
             ,
             or
             personall
             estate
             unduely
             seized
             or
             sequestred
             before
             that
             time
             ,
             they
             make
             no
             restitution
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             This
             seemed
             strange
             to
             me
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             same
             rule
             ,
             if
             the
             present
             Commissioners
             should
             sequester
             half
             the
             lands
             and
             goods
             in
             England
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             and
             then
             be
             displaced
             and
             new
             Commissioners
             established
             ,
             who
             have
             no
             power
             to
             review
             and
             consider
             the
             acts
             of
             their
             predecessors
             ,
             in
             time
             we
             may
             all
             come
             to
             be
             sequestred
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             without
             appeal
             ,
             except
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             who
             have
             too
             many
             publique
             obligations
             to
             spend
             their
             thoughts
             in
             particular
             businesses
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             11th
             of
             
               Feb.
            
             1651
             ,
             there
             was
             heard
             the
             case
             of
             one
             Mr.
             
               Parker
               ,
            
             the
             Lord
             
               Morleys
            
             only
             son
             ,
             about
             14
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             he
             petitioned
             for
             maintenance
             out
             of
             his
             fathers
             sequestred
             estate
             ,
             but
             because
             it
             was
             suspected
             the
             childe
             might
             encline
             to
             his
             fathers
             Religion
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             Papist
             ,
             it
             was
             denyed
             him
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             might
             be
             taken
             
             both
             from
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             government
             of
             a
             meer
             stranger
             ,
             which
             was
             ordered
             accordingly
             ,
             and
             the
             poor
             pittance
             of
             100
             l.
             
               per
               ann.
            
             only
             allowed
             him
             ,
             out
             of
             his
             own
             and
             fathers
             estate
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Feb.
            
             1651.
             
             Mr.
             
               James
               Hanham
            
             of
             the
             West
             Petitions
             the
             Commissioners
             at
             
               Haberdashers
               Hall
            
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             never
             acted
             any
             thing
             against
             the
             Parliament
             yet
             two
             parts
             of
             his
             estate
             were
             sequestered
             with
             such
             rigor
             for
             his
             Recusancy
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             possibly
             subsist
             with
             necessaries
             by
             the
             remaining
             thirds
             ,
             when
             Taxes
             and
             other
             charges
             were
             deducted
             :
             That
             he
             was
             therefore
             constrained
             to
             borrow
             50
             l.
             upon
             Bond
             ,
             and
             having
             disbursed
             15
             l.
             of
             the
             money
             ,
             it
             seems
             the
             
               Sequestrators
            
             got
             notice
             that
             the
             Petitioner
             had
             somewhat
             in
             his
             house
             worth
             a
             new
             Sequestration
             or
             review
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             thereupon
             they
             search
             his
             trunks
             ,
             finding
             the
             remaining
             35
             l.
             pull
             out
             the
             guilty
             bag
             ,
             and
             two
             parts
             of
             it
             they
             sequester
             into
             their
             own
             pockets
             ,
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             for
             relief
             therein
             Mr.
             
               Hanham
            
             appealed
             ,
             but
             found
             no
             redress
             at
             present
             ,
             more
             then
             Order
             for
             the
             sub-Commissioners
             in
             the
             Countrey
             to
             examine
             the
             businesse
             and
             certifie
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             At
             the
             return
             of
             whose
             Certificate
             ,
             I
             leave
             the
             Petitioner
             to
             expect
             his
             doom
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             31
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             1652.
             the
             Petition
             of
             one
             
               Hamond
            
             or
             
               Ammot
            
             was
             read
             ,
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             That
             the
             Petitioner
             did
             never
             bear
             Arms
             nor
             assist
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             yet
             his
             estate
             had
             lyen
             under
             sequestration
             ever
             since
             the
             year
             1645.
             and
             not
             one
             penny
             allowed
             him
             for
             his
             maintenance
             .
             That
             the
             Petitioner
             ,
             being
             a
             Recusant
             ,
             did
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             late
             war
             continue
             at
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             he
             could
             without
             apparent
             danger
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             but
             considering
             how
             obnoxious
             even
             the
             most
             peaceable
             of
             his
             religion
             were
             to
             be
             affronted
             and
             ruined
             ,
             by
             the
             daily
             mischiefs
             they
             received
             from
             some
             disorderly
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             especially
             seeing
             one
             of
             his
             neighbours
             (
             a
             Recusant
             )
             slain
             at
             his
             own
             door
             ,
             the
             Petitioner
             did
             then
             and
             not
             before
             ,
             fly
             for
             protection
             to
             a
             Garison
             of
             the
             late
             Kings
             ,
             without
             acting
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             least
             kind
             against
             the
             Parliament
             .
             And
             therefore
             humbly
             prayed
             he
             might
             have
             a
             fifth
             of
             his
             estate
             and
             the
             arrears
             allowed
             him
             to
             buy
             bread
             .
             But
             it
             not
             appearing
             to
             the
             Commissioners
             that
             he
             had
             wife
             or
             children
             ,
             their
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               they
               had
               not
               power
               to
               grant
               him
               any
               relief
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             do
             I
             believe
             this
             mans
             Case
             to
             be
             singular
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             well
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             part
             of
             those
             Papists
             ,
             who
             are
             sequestred
             as
             absolute
             Delinquents
             ,
             were
             never
             in
             actuall
             arms
             against
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             but
             onely
             fled
             to
             the
             Enemies
             Garisons
             for
             shelter
             ,
             yet
             no
             qualification
             or
             difference
             in
             punishment
             is
             hitherto
             allowed
             them
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             to
             my
             understanding
             very
             just
             and
             reasonable
             ;
             since
             who
             ever
             did
             observe
             the
             fury
             and
             rage
             of
             most
             of
             our
             Common
             Souldiers
             (
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             late
             troubles
             )
             against
             many
             of
             that
             party
             ,
             will
             easily
             conclude
             the
             Papists
             had
             reason
             to
             distrust
             their
             own
             personall
             security
             amongst
             them
             .
             And
             for
             instance
             
               I
            
             remember
             an
             Officer
             of
             my
             acquaintance
             under
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Manchester
            
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             at
             their
             taking
             of
             
               Lincola
            
             from
             the
             
               Cavaliers
               ,
            
             in
             the
             year
             1644.
             he
             was
             an
             eye
             witnesse
             of
             this
             Tragedy
             .
             The
             next
             day
             after
             the
             Town
             was
             taken
             ,
             some
             of
             our
             common
             Souldiers
             in
             cold
             blood
             (
             meeting
             with
             Mr.
             
             
               Price
            
             of
             
               Washingley
            
             in
             
               Huntington
            
             shire
             a
             Papist
             )
             asked
             him
             ,
             
               Art
               thou
            
             Price
             
               the
               Papist
               ?
               I
               am
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               Price
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               ,
            
             whereupon
             one
             of
             them
             immediately
             shot
             him
             dead
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             same
             moneth
             of
             
               March
            
             there
             happened
             at
             this
             Hall
             a
             very
             hard
             case
             ,
             which
             was
             of
             a
             maid
             servant
             (
             whose
             name
             
               I
            
             do
             not
             remember
             )
             but
             her
             Petition
             was
             to
             this
             effect
             .
             That
             her
             Father
             and
             mother
             both
             died
             when
             she
             was
             but
             sixteen
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             being
             very
             poor
             ,
             they
             left
             the
             Petitioner
             only
             some
             old
             
             clothes
             and
             a
             little
             houshold-stuff
             ,
             in
             all
             not
             worth
             above
             five
             or
             six
             pounds
             ,
             after
             whose
             death
             the
             Petitioner
             ,
             being
             an
             Orphan
             betook
             her self
             to
             service
             ,
             and
             having
             served
             seventeen
             years
             for
             the
             annuall
             wages
             of
             seven
             nobles
             ,
             the
             Petitioner
             had
             by
             her
             frugality
             increased
             her
             small
             patrimony
             to
             twenty
             pounds
             ,
             which
             being
             placed
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             
               A.
               B
               ,
            
             and
             of
             late
             discovered
             to
             be
             the
             Petitioners
             money
             ,
             and
             the
             Petitioner
             a
             Recusant
             ,
             she
             pray'd
             that
             they
             would
             take
             the
             sad
             and
             disconsolate
             condition
             of
             a
             poor
             orphan
             into
             their
             charitable
             consideration
             ,
             whereby
             the
             extremity
             of
             the
             Law
             might
             be
             qualified
             to
             so
             mercifull
             a
             temper
             that
             she
             might
             not
             be
             utterly
             ruined
             ,
             by
             losing
             in
             a
             moment
             for
             her
             conscience
             ,
             what
             she
             had
             been
             so
             long
             in
             gathering
             by
             the
             sweat
             of
             her
             brows
             .
             But
             the
             Commissioners
             (
             though
             perhaps
             otherwise
             willing
             )
             concluded
             they
             had
             not
             power
             to
             give
             her
             any
             relief
             more
             then
             the
             bare
             thirds
             ,
             unlesse
             she
             would
             take
             the
             oath
             of
             
               Abjuration
               ,
            
             a
             thing
             as
             far
             at
             least
             above
             her
             understanding
             ,
             as
             it
             can
             be
             against
             her
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             unreasonable
             ,
             (
             as
             many
             well
             affected
             seem
             to
             urge
             )
             that
             the
             Ministers
             who
             do
             or
             at
             least
             should
             perform
             some
             spirituall
             office
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Soul
             )
             should
             tithe
             a
             tenth
             part
             of
             the
             Husbandmans
             labour
             :
             How
             much
             more
             unreasonable
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             a
             poor
             silly
             maid
             servant
             should
             thus
             meerly
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             be
             sequestered
             of
             two
             thirds
             of
             that
             ,
             which
             by
             many
             years
             labour
             ,
             she
             had
             gained
             and
             reserved
             as
             a
             support
             against
             the
             necessities
             of
             old
             age
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             16
             of
             
               April
            
             1652.
             
             The
             Case
             of
             Mistris
             
               Church
            
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             a
             Recusant
             ,
             was
             heard
             ,
             whose
             Petition
             spake
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             That
             her
             late
             husband
             in
             his
             life
             time
             setled
             a
             Lease
             of
             
               Muck-hall
            
             (
             or
             such
             like
             name
             )
             in
             
               Essex
            
             of
             considerable
             value
             upon
             her
             in
             lieu
             of
             Joincture
             ,
             for
             divers
             years
             yet
             in
             being
             ,
             and
             was
             held
             of
             the
             late
             Dean
             and
             Chapter
             of
             
               Pauls
            
             that
             Alderman
             
               Andrews
            
             or
             Mr.
             
               Nathaniel
            
             his
             son
             ,
             had
             bought
             the
             Reversion
             of
             those
             Lands
             at
             
               Gurney
            
             house
             ,
             and
             since
             taken
             a
             Lease
             for
             seven
             years
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             sequestration
             in
             
               Essex
            
             of
             the
             whole
             present
             possession
             ,
             without
             the
             Petitioners
             consent
             or
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             her
             thirds
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Mr.
             
               Andrews
            
             having
             now
             possession
             of
             the
             whole
             estate
             ,
             had
             demolished
             the
             Petitioners
             Mansion
             house
             ,
             and
             did
             refuse
             to
             pay
             the
             Petitioner
             her
             thirds
             ,
             whereby
             she
             was
             driven
             to
             a
             necessity
             of
             wanting
             bread
             ,
             being
             a
             distressed
             and
             friendlesse
             widow
             of
             almost
             80
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             she
             therefore
             prayd
             her
             thirds
             ,
             and
             the
             arrears
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Lease
             might
             be
             annulled
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               first
               was
               charitably
               granted
               ,
               but
               as
               to
               the
               Lease
               and
               what
               her
               thirds
               should
               be
               ,
               she
               was
               left
               to
               the
               mercy
               of
               Mr.
            
             Andrews
             ,
             
               who
               I
               fear
               does
               forget
               what
               the
               Father
               of
               mercies
               sayes
               in
            
             Jeremy
             22.
             3.
             
             Execute
             judgement
             and
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             deliver
             the
             spoiled
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             oppressor
             ,
             and
             do
             no
             wrong
             ,
             doe
             no
             violence
             to
             the
             stranger
             ,
             and
             fatherlesse
             ,
             and
             widow
             ,
             &c
             ,
             
               And
               in
            
             Matth.
             23.
             14.
             
             Wo
             unto
             you
             Scribes
             ,
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             Hypocrites
             ,
             for
             ye
             devour
             widows
             houses
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             pretence
             make
             long
             prayer
             ;
             therefore
             ye
             shall
             receive
             the
             greater
             damnation
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             in
             this
             Case
             did
             most
             exact
             my
             observation
             ,
             was
             ,
             That
             Mr.
             
               Andrews
            
             (
             a
             person
             of
             quality
             )
             should
             make
             use
             of
             his
             power
             against
             a
             poor
             widow
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             present
             ,
             and
             openly
             avow
             the
             taking
             of
             her
             estate
             over
             her
             head
             ;
             with
             so
             little
             regard
             to
             the
             thirds
             ,
             which
             is
             allowed
             her
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             to
             his
             own
             benefit
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             't
             is
             like
             he
             would
             not
             have
             taken
             it
             ,
             and
             with
             which
             the
             Petitioner
             must
             needs
             suffer
             .
          
           
             From
             
               Haberdashers
               Hall
            
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             make
             a
             step
             into
             
               Moorefields
            
             where
             on
             the
             19
             of
             
               May
            
             1650
             being
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             
               Rich.
               
               Ledsam
            
             and
             one
             
               Led
               bealer
               ,
            
             two
             Pursivants
             apprehended
             
               Robert
               Segar
               ,
            
             a
             poor
             old
             decrepit
             man
             ,
             upon
             a
             supition
             ,
             
             (
             and
             't
             was
             but
             a
             suspition
             )
             that
             he
             had
             been
             at
             the
             Spanish
             
               Embassadors
            
             at
             
               Masse
               ,
            
             upon
             this
             bare
             surmise
             the
             poor
             man
             was
             searched
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             pockets
             they
             found
             an
             old
             prayer
             book
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             was
             carried
             before
             a
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             
               Gatehouse
            
             at
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             where
             he
             lay
             in
             the
             common
             Goale
             till
             the
             Quarter
             Sessions
             in
             
               Jan.
            
             1951.
             being
             full
             20
             moneths
             ,
             without
             any
             charge
             or
             proceedings
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             Sessions
             was
             acquitted
             by
             Proclamation
             ,
             through
             the
             mercy
             of
             Justice
             
               Scobell
               ,
            
             but
             he
             is
             still
             detained
             prisoner
             ,
             (
             this
             being
             now
             
               April
            
             1652
             ,
             )
             by
             Mr.
             
               weeks
            
             the
             keeper
             of
             the
             Prison
             ,
             for
             the
             rent
             of
             his
             lodging
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             keeper
             demands
             14
             pence
             a
             week
             beside
             Fees
             ,
             and
             yet
             (
             as
             I
             am
             credibly
             inform'd
             )
             the
             old
             man
             lay
             on
             the
             boords
             in
             the
             common
             Goale
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             other
             pillow
             for
             his
             head
             ,
             but
             a
             hard
             stone
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             must
             now
             pay
             more
             then
             he
             is
             worth
             ,
             or
             continne
             in
             Prison
             ,
             being
             86
             years
             of
             age
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             am
             at
             the
             
               Gatehouse
            
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             the
             supplement
             of
             a
             like
             sad
             story
             mentioned
             in
             the
             21
             page
             of
             the
             first
             part
             of
             this
             
               Moderator
               ,
            
             concerning
             a
             great
             bellied
             Gentle-woman
             ,
             committed
             to
             Prison
             on
             the
             24th
             of
             
               June
            
             1651.
             her
             name
             upon
             enquiry
             
               I
            
             find
             was
             
               Delavall
               ,
            
             an
             Englishwoman
             ,
             but
             her
             Husband
             a
             Frenchman
             ;
             she
             was
             committed
             also
             to
             the
             
               Gatehouse
               ,
            
             and
             with
             much
             importunity
             got
             leave
             by
             Petition
             to
             go
             out
             upon
             bail
             till
             she
             was
             brought
             to
             bed
             ,
             but
             was
             an
             actuall
             Prisoner
             full
             7
             Moneths
             of
             the
             12
             ;
             which
             is
             prescribed
             by
             the
             Statute
             ,
             and
             a
             fine
             of
             100
             Marks
             stood
             charg'd
             upon
             her
             ,
             till
             she
             was
             relieved
             by
             the
             late
             gracious
             Act
             of
             
               Generall
               Pardon
            
             and
             
               Oblivion
               ,
            
             (
             An
             Act
             that
             no
             lesse
             obliges
             all
             the
             People
             of
             this
             Nation
             to
             forget
             their
             private
             injuries
             ,
             then
             to
             remember
             the
             publick
             mercy
             of
             the
             Parliament
             )
             and
             all
             this
             poor
             womans
             sufferings
             meerly
             grounded
             upon
             a
             bare
             supposition
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             been
             at
             the
             then
             French
             Agents
             in
             Long
             acre
             at
             Mass
             ,
             without
             so
             much
             as
             one
             witnesse
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             any
             Masse
             said
             there
             at
             all
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Case
             (
             if
             
               I
            
             may
             believe
             their
             most
             serious
             Protestations
             )
             that
             they
             were
             onely
             at
             their
             other
             private
             devotions
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             to
             
               Haberdashers
               Hall
               .
               I
            
             perceived
             in
             my
             observations
             there
             ,
             that
             besides
             the
             cases
             before
             recited
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             familiar
             thing
             to
             see
             Papists
             
               I
            
             mean
             single
             Papists
             ,
             without
             the
             adjunct
             of
             Delinquency
             )
             outed
             of
             the
             possession
             of
             the
             two
             sequestered
             thirds
             of
             their
             estates
             ,
             by
             any
             stranger
             ,
             that
             would
             offer
             in
             the
             box
             but
             12
             pence
             more
             then
             the
             owner
             ;
             which
             hath
             made
             divers
             owners
             strain
             themselves
             to
             give
             more
             rent
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             than
             they
             could
             possibly
             make
             of
             the
             two
             parts
             ,
             rather
             than
             be
             outed
             of
             the
             possession
             of
             their
             ancient
             patrimonies
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             have
             assured
             me
             ,
             that
             it
             happens
             very
             often
             ,
             that
             neighbours
             either
             thorow
             covetousnesse
             or
             revenge
             (
             for
             who
             can
             live
             so
             innocently
             as
             to
             procure
             no
             enemy
             ,
             at
             least
             so
             happily
             as
             to
             have
             none
             ,
             )
             set
             themselves
             to
             outvy
             the
             owners
             ,
             and
             then
             recompence
             the
             losse
             they
             have
             in
             the
             great
             rent
             they
             pay
             ,
             by
             misusing
             the
             Lands
             they
             hire
             in
             despite
             of
             the
             owner
             .
             Besides
             many
             times
             when
             the
             proprietors
             have
             with
             much
             charge
             and
             long
             attendance
             obtained
             Leases
             of
             the
             two
             parts
             for
             seven
             years
             in
             the
             Countrey
             in
             pursuance
             of
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             after
             improvement
             of
             their
             estates
             by
             good
             husbandry
             ,
             they
             are
             again
             outted
             ,
             and
             their
             Leases
             made
             void
             at
             this
             Hall
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             the
             want
             of
             some
             formality
             of
             
               Surveyng
               ,
               posting
               ,
               boxing
            
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             it
             seems
             the
             
               instructions
            
             from
             these
             Commissioners
             do
             hold
             forth
             to
             those
             below
             ,
             yet
             those
             
               instructions
            
             are
             not
             made
             publick
             ,
             whereby
             the
             parties
             interessed
             might
             be
             advised
             how
             to
             proceed
             regularly
             and
             certainly
             in
             a
             businesse
             that
             so
             much
             concerns
             their
             subsistence
             .
          
           
             Nor
             are
             the
             Recusants
             permitted
             to
             sell
             any
             of
             their
             Lands
             by
             Fining
             for
             the
             
             two
             parts
             ,
             though
             for
             payment
             of
             their
             just
             debts
             ,
             nay
             though
             they
             should
             be
             willing
             to
             transport
             themselves
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ;
             by
             which
             disablement
             to
             sell
             or
             Morgage
             the
             least
             pile
             of
             grasse
             they
             possesse
             ,
             many
             well
             affected
             suffer
             much
             prejudice
             ,
             by
             non-payment
             of
             their
             true
             and
             ancient
             Debts
             ,
             but
             divers
             of
             the
             Papists
             are
             thereby
             driven
             to
             such
             extreme
             necessities
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             expos'd
             their
             bare
             Thirds
             to
             Sale
             ;
             though
             I
             perceive
             few
             Purchasers
             will
             meddle
             therewith
             ,
             unlesse
             upon
             very
             disadvantagious
             terms
             to
             the
             Seller
             ,
             because
             the
             Purchasers
             say
             ,
             they
             are
             sure
             to
             contract
             a
             charge
             and
             trouble
             to
             themselves
             by
             their
             attendance
             at
             this
             Hall
             :
             For
             in
             such
             Case
             ,
             if
             the
             Papist
             can
             gain
             the
             favour
             to
             have
             his
             Thirds
             partitioned
             from
             the
             other
             two
             ;
             yet
             (
             as
             I
             heard
             it
             argued
             )
             the
             State
             might
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             sold
             such
             divided
             part
             ,
             or
             by
             good
             husbandry
             improved
             it
             ,
             evict
             it
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             assign
             him
             another
             Thirds
             of
             the
             same
             Lands
             ,
             that
             perhaps
             has
             been
             wasted
             by
             ill
             Tenants
             ;
             For
             I
             found
             this
             much
             complained
             of
             among
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Sequestrators
            
             or
             such
             strangers
             to
             whom
             the
             two
             parts
             are
             often
             demised
             ,
             rarely
             or
             never
             bestow
             any
             money
             on
             repair
             of
             the
             two
             thirds
             ,
             but
             take
             the
             Rents
             as
             long
             as
             the
             house
             or
             Land
             will
             yield
             any
             ;
             which
             is
             one
             reason
             why
             such
             Customers
             many
             times
             out-bids
             the
             owners
             for
             the
             renting
             of
             those
             two
             Thirds
             ;
             the
             owners
             being
             alwayes
             carefull
             to
             keep
             up
             the
             houses
             ,
             and
             direct
             their
             Husbandry
             to
             the
             best
             advantage
             ,
             and
             embetterment
             of
             the
             Lands
             .
          
           
             Others
             I
             observed
             to
             complain
             much
             of
             the
             long
             attendance
             ,
             and
             great
             charge
             they
             were
             at
             in
             gaining
             their
             Thirds
             ,
             and
             an
             allowance
             of
             their
             Mansion
             houses
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             many
             and
             malicious
             false
             accusations
             ,
             that
             Informers
             were
             permitted
             to
             bring
             in
             against
             them
             :
             As
             (
             if
             I
             mistake
             not
             )
             I
             over-heard
             some
             of
             the
             Solicitors
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Lady
             
               Saint
               Johns
               ,
            
             or
             her
             Husband
             Mr.
             
               Arundell
               ,
            
             had
             been
             accused
             for
             Delinquency
             five
             or
             six
             severall
             times
             ,
             and
             still
             cleared
             it
             .
             Witnesses
             have
             been
             often
             suborned
             to
             false
             accusations
             ,
             and
             yet
             when
             the
             Party
             injured
             (
             after
             long
             attendance
             and
             expence
             )
             has
             cleared
             himself
             of
             the
             calumny
             and
             consequently
             proved
             the
             malice
             of
             the
             informer
             ,
             no
             reparation
             would
             be
             allowed
             for
             so
             dangerous
             a
             slander
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             I
             have
             heard
             a
             Recusant
             (
             with
             tears
             in
             his
             eyes
             )
             professe
             seriously
             ,
             that
             so
             much
             attendance
             and
             charge
             was
             required
             in
             getting
             their
             Thirds
             ,
             and
             such
             continuall
             fears
             and
             vexations
             attended
             their
             condition
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             could
             by
             manufacture
             or
             any
             other
             honest
             calling
             get
             a
             livelyhood
             ,
             he
             should
             easily
             resolve
             to
             let
             his
             third
             part
             go
             after
             the
             other
             two
             .
          
           
             The
             Commissioners
             themselves
             (
             sitting
             in
             a
             treble
             capacity
             ,
             First
             for
             
               compounding
               with
               Delinquents
               ,
            
             Secondly
             for
             
               Advance
               of
               money
            
             upon
             the
             fifth
             and
             twentieth
             parts
             ,
             and
             thirdly
             
               for
               Sequestrations
            
             )
             can
             onely
             spare
             Wednesday
             mornings
             ,
             for
             hearing
             Petitions
             upon
             
               Sequestrations
               ,
            
             and
             commonly
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Committee
             which
             must
             be
             at
             least
             four
             of
             the
             seven
             Commissioners
             )
             till
             after
             ten
             of
             the
             Clock
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             they
             can
             scarce
             afford
             two
             hours
             in
             a
             week
             for
             the
             dispatch
             of
             that
             employment
             .
             So
             that
             whensoever
             a
             suitor
             delivers
             in
             his
             Petition
             ,
             it
             is
             usually
             a
             full
             moneth
             ,
             if
             not
             six
             weeks
             before
             it
             comes
             to
             be
             heard
             in
             course
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             part
             of
             this
             time
             he
             must
             attend
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             retain
             Councel
             severall
             dayes
             before
             his
             businesse
             will
             be
             heard
             .
          
           
             These
             complaints
             ,
             (
             for
             ought
             I
             could
             possibly
             be
             informed
             )
             are
             not
             onely
             true
             but
             far
             short
             of
             what
             this
             sort
             of
             people
             suffers
             ;
             which
             so
             much
             the
             more
             afflicts
             my
             Soul
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             I
             consider
             the
             sufferers
             to
             be
             Christians
             and
             Natives
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             the
             entire
             cause
             of
             all
             their
             sufferings
             to
             be
             onely
             their
             unsatisfaction
             in
             certain
             points
             of
             Religion
             ;
             a
             thing
             that
             is
             altogether
             out
             of
             their
             own
             power
             ,
             and
             absolutely
             depends
             upon
             the
             good
             pleasure
             of
             Gods
             holy
             Spirit
             .
          
           
           
             I
             omit
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             
               sub-Commissioners
            
             for
             Sequestrations
             in
             the
             severall
             Counties
             of
             this
             Common-wealth
             ,
             as
             having
             hitherto
             had
             little
             means
             to
             inform
             my self
             of
             their
             severall
             proceedings
             ,
             and
             considering
             them
             obliged
             to
             pursue
             the
             
               Instructions
            
             they
             receive
             from
             those
             above
             ;
             onely
             this
             I
             can
             say
             of
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             whom
             I
             have
             conversed
             with
             ,
             that
             they
             seem
             to
             grant
             ,
             that
             Sequestration
             of
             Papists
             Estates
             ,
             upon
             the
             sole
             account
             of
             Religion
             ,
             is
             not
             in
             their
             opinion
             warranted
             by
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             contrary
             ;
             And
             yet
             these
             men
             continue
             their
             employments
             ,
             which
             I
             fear
             will
             expose
             them
             to
             the
             censure
             of
             worldly-minded
             and
             avaritious
             selfe-seekers
             :
             And
             I
             pray
             God
             that
             whilst
             they
             charge
             others
             with
             Idolatry
             ,
             they
             be
             not
             found
             guilty
             of
             it
             themselves
             ,
             
             since
             the
             Scripture
             sayes
             expresly
             ,
             
               That
               a
               Covetous
               man
               is
               an
               Idolater
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               it
               being
               apparent
               that
               the
            
             Oath
             of
             Abjuration
             
               is
               the
               wrack
               which
               torments
               so
               many
               Consciences
               ,
               I
               did
               therefore
               in
               the
               former
               part
               of
               this
               Discourse
               propound
               some
            
             Quaeries
             
               upon
               that
               Oath
               ,
               And
               shall
               now
               humbly
               add
               ,
               (
               as
               not
               improper
               for
               this
               subject
               )
               what
               the
               before
               mentioned
               Sir
            
             Alexander
             Irving
             
               lately
               said
               ,
               in
               answer
               to
               Master
            
             John
             Rue
             ,
             
               Moderatour
               of
               the
               Presbytery
               of
            
             Aberdeen
             ,
             
               concerning
               constraint
               of
               conscience
               ,
               and
               enforcing
               Oaths
               :
               his
               very
               words
               are
               these
               .
            
             I
             doe
             acknowledge
             that
             which
             you
             say
             concerning
             Oaths
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             honoured
             by
             them
             ;
             yet
             that
             must
             receive
             some
             limitations
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             would
             prove
             very
             false
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             taken
             in
             Judgment
             ,
             in
             truth
             ,
             and
             upon
             necessity
             :
             Now
             I
             appeal
             to
             your
             own
             Consciences
             ,
             whether
             ye
             have
             observed
             these
             Conditions
             in
             your
             urging
             so
             many
             dreadfull
             Oathes
             upon
             this
             miserable
             Nation
             these
             years
             by-past
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             but
             in
             your
             solemn
             League
             with
             your
             Presbyterian
             brethren
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             whereby
             ye
             enforced
             all
             men
             to
             swear
             to
             establish
             by
             Armes
             ,
             that
             Tyranny
             there
             ,
             as
             ye
             had
             done
             here
             :
             how
             many
             have
             ye
             enforced
             (
             by
             threatning
             and
             Execution
             of
             your
             Kirk
             censure
             ,
             and
             the
             severity
             of
             the
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             following
             upon
             them
             ,
             depriving
             men
             of
             their
             Estates
             )
             to
             swear
             and
             subscribe
             to
             all
             ye
             injoyned
             or
             could
             invent
             ,
             albeit
             ye
             know
             them
             to
             be
             of
             far
             contrary
             Judgments
             ,
             wherein
             ye
             did
             imitate
             that
             feigned
             and
             false
             Mother
             ,
             who
             before
             
               Solomon
            
             was
             contented
             to
             have
             the
             Child
             divided
             ,
             whereby
             her
             Hypocrisie
             was
             found
             out
             by
             that
             brave
             Prince
             :
             by
             which
             means
             ye
             have
             made
             this
             Nation
             guilty
             of
             perjury
             ,
             besides
             many
             other
             heinous
             sinnes
             :
             I
             wish
             to
             God
             you
             had
             remembred
             ,
             or
             would
             yet
             remember
             ,
             how
             much
             you
             cryed
             out
             against
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             (
             when
             they
             were
             urging
             some
             of
             your
             number
             ,
             who
             were
             refractory
             to
             Episcopacy
             )
             that
             there
             should
             be
             had
             some
             regard
             to
             tender
             Consciences
             ,
             which
             were
             of
             another
             Judgment
             ,
             But
             so
             soon
             as
             ye
             had
             got
             the
             power
             into
             your
             hands
             ,
             neither
             Minister
             nor
             Laird
             ,
             Man
             ,
             Woman
             ,
             or
             Child
             ,
             was
             spared
             ,
             nor
             any
             regard
             had
             unto
             them
             ,
             whatsoever
             quality
             or
             condition
             they
             were
             of
             ,
             all
             were
             forced
             not
             onely
             to
             obey
             you
             ,
             but
             (
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             tyranny
             over
             mens
             Consciences
             )
             they
             were
             made
             to
             swear
             ,
             that
             they
             thought
             ,
             as
             ye
             would
             have
             them
             ,
             albeit
             to
             your
             own
             knowledge
             many
             thought
             the
             contrary
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               The
               whole
               Answer
               ,
               which
               bears
               dare
               ,
            
             20
             Jan.
             1651.
             
               is
               worth
               the
               reading
               ,
               and
               is
               Printed
               in
               the
            
             Diurnall
             ,
             Numb.
             118.
             
             
               I
               pray
               Christ
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               same
               arguments
               may
               not
               be
               turned
               against
               us
               ,
               for
               enforcing
               this
               Oath
               of
            
             Abjuration
             
               so
               positively
               against
               mens
               Consciences
               .
            
          
           
             And
             since
             we
             all
             say
             ,
             that
             we
             abhor
             to
             violence
             and
             force
             any
             ones
             Conscience
             farther
             then
             to
             secure
             the
             publick
             peace
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             as
             necessity
             shall
             really
             appear
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             any
             Voluntary
             or
             Counterfeit
             pretence
             ,
             I
             cannot
             see
             how
             the
             taking
             of
             this
             Oath
             avails
             to
             make
             a
             man
             ,
             either
             a
             better
             Neighbour
             ,
             or
             
             a
             better
             Subject
             .
             I
             cannot
             see
             that
             the
             Parliament
             confides
             any
             more
             in
             those
             whom
             they
             have
             frighted
             to
             take
             it
             ,
             nor
             any
             places
             of
             trust
             committed
             to
             them
             in
             reward
             of
             their
             conformity
             ,
             and
             indeed
             there
             is
             lesse
             reason
             ,
             in
             my
             opinion
             to
             rely
             upon
             such
             as
             are
             involuntarily
             drawn
             to
             an
             outward
             complyance
             ,
             then
             even
             those
             that
             stand
             out
             their
             Sequestrations
             ,
             as
             being
             more
             exasperated
             against
             us
             by
             our
             severe
             proceedings
             ,
             since
             there
             can
             be
             no
             greater
             cause
             of
             resentment
             and
             hatred
             then
             the
             remembrance
             to
             have
             been
             compelled
             by
             us
             publiquely
             to
             swear
             against
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             unlesse
             their
             Judgements
             be
             really
             changed
             ,
             and
             then
             all
             penalties
             to
             enforce
             them
             are
             superfluous
             ,
             which
             leads
             me
             the
             direct
             way
             to
             this
             clear
             conclusion
             that
             such
             Oathes
             are
             alwayes
             either
             absolutely
             pernicious
             or
             altogether
             unnecessary
             ,
             if
             against
             the
             inward
             Judgement
             ,
             damnable
             ;
             if
             according
             to
             it
             ,
             uselesse
             .
          
           
             
               Since
               then
               the
               receiving
               such
               an
               Oath
               against
               the
               Conscience
               is
               the
               highest
               degree
               of
               perjury
               and
               spirituall
               murther
               of
               the
               soul
               ,
               let
               us
               sadly
               consider
               ,
               how
               disadvantagious
               to
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               scandalous
               to
               the
               eyes
               of
               men
               it
               wil
               be
               ,
               for
               us
               to
               fill
               up
               our
               Congregations
               with
               such
               unsanctified
               Members
               :
               The
               ingenious
               Author
               of
            
             Mer.
             Poli●i●us
             ,
             (
             Numb.
             99.
             page
             1554.
             )
             
               hath
               an
               admirable
               Discourse
               upon
               this
               Subject
               .
            
             If
             we
             seriously
             reflect
             (
             
               sayes
               he
            
             )
             upon
             the
             designe
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             bringing
             Christ
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             it
             was
             to
             set
             an
             end
             to
             that
             pompous
             administration
             of
             the
             Jewish
             form
             ,
             that
             as
             his
             Church
             and
             people
             were
             formerly
             confined
             within
             the
             Narrow
             Pale
             of
             a
             particular
             Nation
             ,
             so
             now
             the
             Pale
             should
             be
             broken
             down
             ,
             and
             all
             Nations
             taken
             into
             the
             Church
             .
             Not
             
               all
               Nations
            
             in
             a
             lump
             :
             nor
             any
             
               whole
               Nations
               ,
            
             or
             
               Nationall
               Bodies
            
             to
             be
             formed
             into
             Churches
             :
             For
             his
             Church
             or
             people
             now
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             a
             body
             
               Politicall
               ,
            
             but
             
               Spirituall
            
             and
             
               Mysticall
               :
            
             not
             a
             promiscuous
             confusion
             of
             persons
             taken
             in
             at
             adventure
             ,
             but
             an
             orderly
             collection
             ,
             a
             picking
             and
             choosing
             of
             such
             as
             are
             
               called
               and
               Sanctified
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Not
             a
             company
             of
             men
             forced
             in
             by
             commands
             and
             constitutions
             of
             worldly
             power
             and
             prudence
             ,
             but
             of
             such
             as
             are
             brought
             in
             by
             the
             power
             and
             efficacy
             of
             Christs
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             .
             For
             he
             himself
             hath
             said
             ,
             
               My
               Kingdome
               is
               not
               from
               hence
               ;
               My
               Kingdome
               is
               not
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             therefore
             that
             hand
             which
             hath
             hitherto
             presumed
             in
             most
             Nations
             ,
             to
             erect
             a
             power
             called
             
               Eccclesiastick
               ,
            
             in
             equipage
             to
             the
             
               Civill
               ,
            
             to
             bear
             sway
             ,
             and
             bind
             mens
             Consciences
             to
             certain
             Notions
             ordained
             for
             Orthodox
             upon
             civill
             penalties
             ,
             under
             colour
             of
             prudence
             ,
             good
             order
             ,
             discipline
             preventing
             of
             heresie
             ,
             and
             advancing
             of
             Christs
             Kingdome
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             end
             hath
             twisted
             
               the
               spirituall
               power
            
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             with
             the
             worldly
             and
             secular
             
               Interest
               of
               State
               ;
            
             this
             (
             I
             say
             )
             hath
             been
             the
             very
             
               right
               hand
               of
               Antichrist
               ,
            
             opposing
             Christ
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             whose
             Kingdome
             ,
             being
             not
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             depends
             not
             upon
             the
             helps
             and
             devises
             of
             worldly
             wisdom
             .
             
               Thus
               that
               excellent
               Pen
               .
               And
               a
               quick-sighted
               &
               judicious
               member
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               in
               my
               hearing
               ,
               being
               made
               acquainted
               (
               as
               with
               a
               supposed
               gratefull
               news
               )
               that
               some
               indifferent
               Christians
               ,
               (
               who
               professe
               amongst
               their
               old
               acquaintance
               no
               reall
               satisfaction
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               but
               onely
               a
               designe
               to
               save
               their
               Estates
               )
               had
               taken
               the
               Oath
               of
               Abjuration
               and
               conformed
               ,
               said
               ;
            
             Truly
             our
             purchase
             therein
             is
             very
             little
             ,
             and
             the
             Papists
             losse
             ,
             much
             lesse
             .
          
           
             In
             confirmation
             of
             this
             assertion
             ,
             I
             may
             here
             cite
             the
             case
             of
             Mr.
             
               Anthony
               Roan
               ,
            
             who
             was
             executed
             at
             
               Vsk
            
             in
             
               Monmouth
            
             sheire
             on
             the
             4th
             of
             
               April
            
             1650
             ,
             for
             poisoning
             his
             Wife
             ;
             This
             Gent
             the
             very
             hour
             be●ore
             his
             execution
             ,
             made
             a
             publique
             confession
             to
             this
             purpose
             ;
             That
             he
             had
             been
             bred
             a
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             from
             his
             infancy
             ,
             and
             continued
             in
             that
             Religion
             till
             some
             two
             or
             three
             years
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             when
             ,
             being
             overcome
             by
             an
             unhappy
             necessity
             of
             preserving
             his
             family
             
             from
             beggery
             ,
             he
             forsook
             the
             Belief
             of
             his
             own
             Soul
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             Church
             to
             save
             his
             Estate
             ;
             after
             which
             ,
             (
             the
             Devil
             taking
             advantage
             upon
             him
             in
             this
             disturbance
             and
             anxiety
             of
             Spirit
             )
             he
             confessed
             that
             he
             had
             faln
             into
             many
             great
             Sins
             ,
             but
             denyed
             the
             guilt
             of
             that
             horrid
             crime
             of
             poisoning
             his
             wife
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             condemned
             to
             die
             ;
             delivering
             further
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             confidence
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             had
             the
             grace
             to
             have
             continued
             constant
             in
             his
             Religion
             ,
             he
             believed
             he
             had
             never
             so
             highly
             transgressed
             the
             Commandments
             of
             his
             God
             ,
             nor
             come
             to
             so
             unhappy
             an
             end
             .
             And
             openly
             declared
             (
             with
             much
             seeming
             repentance
             )
             that
             he
             dyed
             in
             his
             old
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             this
             is
             a
             sad
             consequence
             of
             wresting
             the
             inward
             perswasion
             of
             poor
             Souls
             from
             that
             Belief
             ,
             which
             their
             own
             Conscience
             tells
             them
             is
             truth
             ,
             thereby
             making
             them
             lesse
             carefull
             of
             their
             salvation
             ,
             and
             their
             honesty
             and
             credit
             of
             lesse
             repute
             ,
             even
             with
             those
             ,
             who
             force
             them
             to
             this
             change
             ,
             For
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             is
             so
             frail
             and
             deceitful
             ,
             that
             it
             seldom
             is
             drawn
             by
             violence
             from
             those
             principles
             ,
             which
             it
             has
             long
             been
             used
             to
             esteem
             and
             practise
             ,
             but
             becomes
             slack
             and
             negligent
             in
             what
             concerns
             the
             other
             World
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             very
             often
             wholly
             insensible
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             sensuality
             .
          
           
             UPon
             the
             news
             not
             long
             since
             ,
             of
             some
             Papists
             taking
             the
             Oath
             of
             
               Abjuration
               ,
            
             and
             frequenting
             the
             publique
             places
             of
             meeting
             ,
             I
             conceived
             my self
             sufficiently
             furnisht
             to
             answer
             a
             certain
             old
             saying
             ,
             which
             a
             Recusant
             of
             my
             acquaintance
             used
             often
             to
             repeat
             in
             my
             hearing
             ,
             that
             
               SANGUIS
               MARTYRUM
               EST
               SEMEN
               ECCLESIAE
               :
            
             This
             upon
             all
             occasions
             he
             applyed
             the
             sufferings
             of
             Papists
             ,
             both
             here
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             ten
             thousand
             miles
             off
             in
             
               Japan
               ,
            
             in
             which
             two
             Islands
             have
             of
             late
             been
             sharper
             persecutions
             ,
             (
             said
             he
             )
             for
             matter
             of
             Religion
             ,
             then
             in
             any
             other
             place
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             This
             he
             continually
             insisted
             upon
             ,
             as
             a
             Soveraign
             remedy
             for
             all
             his
             sorrows
             ,
             nor
             could
             we
             ever
             beat
             him
             from
             his
             last
             hold
             ,
             wherein
             he
             fortified
             himself
             ,
             
               SANGUIS
               MARTYRUM
               ,
               &c.
            
             nay
             more
             ,
             he
             sometimes
             ventured
             to
             affirm
             with
             strange
             assurance
             ,
             this
             assertion
             ,
             that
             this
             Church
             encreased
             and
             prospered
             still
             ,
             even
             whilst
             it
             was
             actually
             under
             the
             greatest
             pressures
             ,
             that
             his
             Church
             was
             ,
             as
             the
             Palme
             tree
             ,
             the
             heavier
             weights
             are
             laid
             on
             ,
             the
             more
             it
             flourisheth
             .
          
           
             I
             having
             gotten
             this
             advantage
             by
             the
             late
             coming
             in
             of
             some
             Papists
             to
             our
             Religion
             ,
             went
             presently
             on
             purpose
             to
             my
             Recusant
             to
             put
             him
             to
             the
             question
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             a
             little
             triumphing
             ,
             demanded
             what
             he
             thought
             now
             of
             his
             old
             Latine
             Proverb
             (
             in
             which
             he
             had
             formerly
             seemed
             to
             place
             so
             much
             confidence
             )
             and
             whither
             the
             Palm
             tree
             did
             not
             sometimes
             break
             a
             twigg
             by
             laying
             on
             so
             many
             weights
             ;
             To
             which
             he
             replyed
             with
             a
             little
             suddennesse
             and
             Choller
             ,
             That
             some
             dead
             ,
             or
             Canker-eaten
             Branches
             ,
             as
             they
             can
             bear
             no
             weight
             ,
             so
             they
             can
             bear
             no
             fruit
             ,
             even
             whilst
             united
             to
             the
             Stock
             and
             much
             lesse
             after
             their
             division
             :
             But
             soon
             recovering
             himself
             to
             his
             usuall
             temper
             ,
             he
             calmly
             ,
             yet
             earnestly
             undertook
             ,
             that
             as
             there
             have
             been
             at
             least
             twenty
             Priests
             put
             to
             death
             in
             
               England
            
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             meerly
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             their
             Religion
             or
             function
             ,
             so
             he
             could
             name
             a
             farre
             greater
             number
             of
             persons
             of
             quality
             ,
             who
             have
             in
             this
             same
             space
             of
             time
             reconciled
             themselves
             to
             the
             Catholique
             Union
             .
             When
             I
             urged
             him
             to
             the
             proof
             of
             this
             assertion
             ,
             he
             immediately
             delivered
             me
             a
             list
             of
             twenty
             Priests
             ,
             who
             during
             these
             late
             revolutions
             had
             been
             hang'd
             ,
             drawn
             and
             quartered
             either
             for
             taking
             orders
             beyond
             Seas
             ,
             or
             exercising
             them
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Seas
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             promised
             (
             upon
             the
             allowance
             of
             a
             little
             time
             for
             recollection
             )
             to
             furnish
             me
             with
             a
             Roll
             of
             some
             names
             ,
             who
             have
             
             lately
             declared
             themselves
             
               Catholiques
               ,
            
             undertaking
             ,
             if
             he
             was
             deceived
             in
             any
             name
             ,
             to
             recompence
             such
             Errour
             ,
             with
             the
             interest
             of
             two
             for
             one
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             might
             be
             dispensed
             with
             upon
             the
             inconveniency
             of
             discovering
             those
             ,
             who
             can
             no
             longer
             live
             unruined
             for
             their
             Religion
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             unknown
             to
             professe
             it
             .
          
           
             
               The
               PREISTS
               executed
               in
               severall
               places
               since
               the
               Year
               1641.
               were
               these
               ;
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                  
                   William
                   Ward
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Raynolds
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Roe
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                  
                   Edward
                   Morgan
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Bullaker
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Holland
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Heath
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                  
                   Francis
                   Bell.
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Ducket
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Corbet
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Morse
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                  
                   Phillip
                   Powell
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                  
                   Peter
                   Wright
                   .
                
              
               Executed
               at
               
                 Tyburne
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Lockwood
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Caterick
                     .
                  
                
              
               Executed
               at
               
                 York
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Green
                 ,
              
               Executed
               at
               
                 Dorchester
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Barlow
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Reading
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Whitaker
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Thompson
                  
                
              
               Executed
               at
               
                 Lancaster
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             Master
             
               Tho.
               Vaughan
            
             (
             after
             very
             hard
             usage
             aboard
             Capt.
             
             
               Moltons
            
             Ship
             )
             soon
             after
             dyed
             at
             
               Cardiffe
            
             in
             South-Wales
             .
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 John
                 Goodman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 Henry
                 Myners
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 Peter
                 Wilsford
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 John
                 Hamond
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 
                   Colman
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mr.
                 
                   Rivers
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             Dyed
             Prisoners
             in
             the
             Common-Goale
             at
             
               Newgate
            
             since
             the
             year
             1641.
             
          
           
             Besides
             divers
             who
             are
             now
             continued
             in
             prison
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             humbly
             thank
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             there
             was
             onely
             one
             of
             these
             Priests
             whom
             I
             mentioned
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             this
             Discourse
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             since
             this
             Nation
             was
             established
             in
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             and
             I
             wish
             from
             my
             Soul
             ,
             that
             his
             life
             had
             also
             been
             spared
             ;
             since
             my
             obligations
             to
             this
             Common-wealth
             and
             the
             present
             Governors
             thereof
             are
             such
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             bound
             every
             day
             to
             offer
             up
             my
             sighs
             and
             prayers
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             no
             bloud
             of
             any
             peaceable
             Christian
             be
             spilt
             for
             the
             only
             difference
             of
             judgement
             in
             Religion
             :
             for
             certainly
             whosoever
             shall
             practice
             such
             cruelty
             ,
             will
             be
             called
             to
             a
             strict
             and
             rigorous
             account
             at
             
               the
               judgment
               of
               the
               great
               Day
               .
            
          
           
             But
             proceeding
             to
             require
             of
             my
             Recusant
             the
             performance
             of
             his
             word
             con
             -
             
             certain
             the
             late
             
               Converts
            
             he
             so
             much
             gloried
             in
             ,
             I
             merrily
             threatned
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             observed
             not
             his
             promise
             ,
             I
             would
             presently
             not
             only
             suspect
             some
             secret
             evasion
             in
             him
             ,
             but
             cry
             out
             against
             all
             
               Papists
            
             as
             juglers
             and
             equivocaters
             ,
             or
             else
             ,
             I
             being
             an
             Heretique
             ,
             no
             Faith
             was
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             though
             the
             present
             matter
             be
             of
             a
             trivial
             consequence
             ,
             yet
             we
             know
             the
             
               Welshman
            
             stole
             Rushes
             to
             keep
             his
             hand
             in
             ure
             .
          
           
             He
             first
             seriously
             redeemed
             his
             word
             by
             delivering
             me
             this
             following
             
               Catalogue
               ,
            
             and
             then
             merrily
             answered
             by
             jesting
             ,
             with
             wonder
             at
             my
             hardinesse
             ,
             how
             I
             durst
             stay
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             since
             the
             last
             letters
             from
             
               Amsterdam
            
             discover
             so
             dangerous
             a
             plot
             intended
             by
             the
             
               Papists
            
             and
             
               Cavaliers
            
             against
             this
             Town
             ,
             they
             have
             these
             many
             Months
             held
             a
             secret
             intelligence
             with
             all
             Engineers
             and
             Mill-makers
             of
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             and
             hired
             them
             forthwith
             to
             prepare
             a
             thousand
             such
             Engins
             as
             we
             use
             to
             quench
             scare-fires
             ,
             and
             these
             
               Van
               Trump
            
             (
             who
             has
             been
             a
             long
             time
             Popishly
             affected
             ,
             and
             a
             rank
             Cavalier
             ever
             since
             he
             was
             Knighted
             )
             undertakes
             to
             bring
             up
             so
             privately
             to
             the
             very
             Bridge
             ,
             that
             in
             one
             night
             they
             may
             be
             planted
             all
             along
             the
             River
             ,
             and
             drown
             even
             
               Pauls
            
             it self
             ,
             by
             squirting
             all
             the
             water
             in
             the
             
               Thames
            
             upon
             the
             City
             .
             Now
             if
             you
             ask
             a
             Papist
             whether
             he
             know
             of
             any
             such
             conspiracy
             ,
             he
             will
             presently
             cast
             about
             in
             his
             thoughts
             to
             retrive
             some
             mentall
             reservation
             ,
             and
             then
             down
             right
             deny
             that
             ever
             he
             heard
             any
             such
             thing
             .
             But
             to
             return
             from
             this
             feigned
             Story
             of
             the
             Recusant
             to
             the
             reall
             History
             of
             his
             new
             
               Proselites
               ,
            
             amongst
             whom
             he
             reckon'd
             these
             following
             :
             But
             pretended
             prudentiall
             reasons
             to
             excuse
             his
             concealment
             of
             many
             others
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Countesse
               of
               
                 Denby
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Lady
               
                 Kelimekin
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Lord
               
                 Cottington
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Thomas
                 Vane
                 ,
              
               Doctor
               of
               Divinity
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 Hugh
                 Paulin
                 De
                 Cressy
                 ,
              
               one
               of
               the
               late
               prebends
               of
               
                 Wyndsor
                 .
              
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 Sir
              
               Marmaduke
               Langdale
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 Sir
              
               Francis
               Doddington
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 Sir
              
               Theophilus
               Gilby
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 Mistresse
              
               Bridget
               Feilding
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Doctor
               
                 Baily
                 .
              
            
             
               11.
               
               Doctor
               
                 Cosen
              
               onely
               Sonne
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Dr.
               
                 Goff
                 ,
              
               entred
               into
               the
               Religious
               order
               of
               the
               
                 Oratorians
              
               at
               
                 Paris
                 .
              
            
             
               13.
               
               Master
               
                 Peter
                 Gule
              
               of
               
                 Balliol
              
               Colledge
               in
               
                 Oxford
                 .
              
            
             
               14.
               
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Nicolls
              
               Batchelor
               of
               Divinity
               of
               
                 Peter-house
              
               
                 Cambridge
                 .
              
            
             
               15.
               
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Crashaw
                 ,
              
               Master
               of
               Arts
               of
               
                 Peter-house
              
               
                 Cambridge
                 ,
              
               well
               known
               for
               his
               excellent
               Poems
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               Master
               
                 William
                 Rowlands
              
               of
               
                 Exeter
              
               Colledge
               ,
               in
               
                 Oxford
                 .
              
            
             
               17.
               
               
                 Captain
              
               Thomas
               Cook
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Master
               
                 Edward
                 Barker
              
               of
               
                 Caius
              
               Colledge
               ,
               
                 Cambridge
                 .
              
            
             
               19.
               
               Master
               
                 Temple
                 .
              
            
             
               20.
               
               Master
               
                 Osborne
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             I
             must
             ingenuously
             confesse
             ,
             I
             knew
             not
             well
             what
             answer
             to
             make
             the
             Papist
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             but
             still
             to
             expresse
             my
             dislike
             of
             such
             persecution
             even
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             Christians
             :
             And
             am
             very
             confident
             ,
             that
             were
             they
             treated
             more
             mercifully
             and
             invited
             to
             come
             to
             our
             spirituall
             conferences
             ,
             (
             which
             my
             Recusant
             told
             me
             he
             would
             not
             at
             any
             time
             refuse
             ,
             were
             it
             onely
             to
             discourse
             in
             an
             amicable
             Christian
             
             way
             the
             points
             in
             difference
             between
             us
             )
             we
             should
             gain
             more
             of
             them
             to
             us
             or
             at
             least
             hinder
             the
             growth
             of
             their
             Religion
             more
             ,
             then
             any
             
               tortures
            
             of
             body
             or
             
               Sequestrations
            
             of
             their
             Estates
             are
             like
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             reasonable
             to
             exact
             from
             such
             as
             dissent
             from
             us
             any
             other
             kind
             of
             presence
             at
             our
             exercises
             ,
             then
             to
             propose
             their
             difficulties
             in
             a
             modest
             and
             peaceable
             way
             ,
             and
             pariently
             to
             hear
             our
             answers
             ,
             without
             expecting
             they
             should
             presently
             joyn
             with
             the
             Congregation
             ;
             for
             that
             were
             to
             oblige
             them
             ,
             to
             professe
             before
             they
             are
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             practice
             before
             they
             know
             what
             it
             is
             they
             do
             ;
             Whereas
             the
             Scripture
             commands
             us
             first
             
               to
               try
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               then
               hold
               fast
               that
               which
               is
               best
               .
            
          
           
             Some
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             onely
             the
             form
             but
             the
             power
             of
             Godlinesse
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             have
             of
             late
             in
             order
             to
             the
             advancement
             of
             Christs
             Kingdome
             )
             been
             induced
             to
             move
             and
             endeavour
             a
             re-admittance
             of
             the
             
               Iews
            
             amongst
             us
             ,
             in
             hope
             to
             be
             happy
             instruments
             in
             their
             conversion
             ,
             which
             the
             Scripture
             holds
             forth
             in
             the
             II
             to
             the
             
               Romanes
               .
            
             And
             why
             shall
             we
             not
             also
             (
             upon
             like
             grounds
             of
             Christian
             Charity
             )
             endevour
             the
             conversion
             of
             all
             other
             people
             of
             different
             perswasions
             in
             point
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             by
             
               being
               mercifull
            
             unto
             them
             ,
             
               as
               our
               heavenly
               Father
               is
               mercifull
               .
               Luke
            
             6.
             36.
             
          
           
             But
             nothing
             so
             afflicts
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             to
             consider
             the
             cruell
             gripes
             we
             give
             the
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             light
             hand
             ,
             which
             the
             
               Turk
            
             himself
             bears
             over
             his
             Christians
             ;
             To
             which
             purpose
             I
             shall
             here
             humbly
             offer
             an
             exact
             Parallel
             of
             the
             
               Papists
            
             sufferings
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             to
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             
               Christians
            
             in
             
               Turky
               .
            
             First
             clearing
             one
             easie
             objection
             ,
             whereat
             some
             godly
             people
             seem
             to
             scruple
             ;
             They
             think
             the
             Papists
             here
             suffer
             for
             some
             other
             fault
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             for
             difference
             of
             judgement
             in
             Religion
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             evident
             mistake
             ;
             for
             if
             their
             burthens
             be
             not
             laid
             on
             for
             their
             different
             judgements
             ,
             why
             are
             they
             taken
             off
             ,
             when
             they
             conform
             and
             become
             indifferent
             in
             their
             judgement
             ?
             why
             should
             their
             receiving
             the
             
               Oath
            
             of
             
               Abjuration
            
             deliver
             them
             from
             all
             penalties
             and
             
               Sequestrations
               ,
            
             if
             those
             penalties
             and
             
               Sequestrations
            
             be
             not
             inflicted
             upon
             them
             ,
             meerly
             for
             holding
             some
             opinions
             ,
             which
             that
             
               Oath
            
             obliges
             them
             to
             renounce
             .
             Others
             even
             of
             the
             best
             affected
             have
             often
             in
             my
             hearing
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             certainly
             that
             
               Oath
            
             was
             onely
             intended
             as
             a
             means
             of
             discovery
             ,
             for
             the
             Magistrate
             to
             know
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             may
             confide
             ;
             But
             why
             then
             is
             it
             used
             so
             much
             beside
             their
             supposed
             intention
             ?
             or
             what
             need
             of
             annexing
             any
             penalty
             ,
             which
             sure
             is
             the
             greatest
             hinderance
             of
             discovery
             ;
             For
             were
             there
             no
             danger
             in
             being
             a
             known
             refuser
             of
             that
             
               Oath
               ,
            
             few
             would
             be
             so
             diligent
             in
             concealing
             themselves
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             be
             known
             to
             refuse
             it
             .
             Nor
             indeed
             is
             this
             
               Oath
            
             ever
             offered
             to
             any
             upon
             the
             single
             ground
             of
             diffidence
             in
             their
             affections
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             such
             as
             are
             suspected
             of
             Popery
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             to
             the
             comparison
             I
             began
             to
             mention
             between
             the
             state
             of
             
               Papists
            
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             of
             
               Christians
            
             in
             the
             
               Turks
               Dominions
               ,
            
             I
             find
             by
             the
             best
             information
             I
             can
             gather
             ,
             the
             great
             Turks
             manner
             of
             bearing
             himself
             to
             his
             Christian
             Subjects
             to
             be
             strangely
             more
             temperate
             and
             lesse
             accusable
             of
             cruelty
             or
             covetousnesse
             ,
             then
             we
             Christians
             use
             to
             one
             another
             ;
             for
             as
             our
             travellers
             unanimously
             relate
             the
             whole
             annuall
             fine
             that
             any
             Christian
             payes
             the
             
               Grand
               Signiniour
            
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             Religion
             ,
             comes
             to
             no
             more
             then
             a
             
               Zecheen
               ,
            
             which
             is
             lesse
             then
             our
             
               Angell
               .
            
          
           
             And
             yet
             what
             ever
             we
             can
             object
             against
             our
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             the
             
               Turk
            
             may
             with
             at
             least
             as
             much
             reason
             charge
             upon
             his
             
               Christians
               ;
            
             Some
             Ancestors
             of
             the
             
               Christians
            
             heretofore
             have
             taken
             up
             arms
             ,
             and
             conspired
             with
             Forraigners
             about
             the
             establisht
             
             Government
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             
               Mahometan
            
             (
             whom
             we
             so
             much
             abominate
             as
             tyrannicall
             and
             barbarous
             )
             can
             forgive
             the
             posterity
             of
             such
             undeserving
             Parents
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             live
             quietly
             under
             so
             small
             an
             annuall
             tribute
             for
             their
             Religion
             .
             Whereas
             our selves
             (
             whom
             we
             so
             highly
             commend
             for
             Christian
             meeknesse
             and
             charity
             )
             can
             never
             forget
             the
             Crimes
             of
             a
             few
             Papists
             ,
             never
             give
             over
             punishing
             the
             Children
             for
             the
             faults
             of
             the
             fathers
             .
          
           
             The
             Christians
             under
             the
             Turk
             ,
             cannot
             certainly
             be
             free
             from
             suspition
             of
             being
             disaffected
             to
             their
             Magistrate
             ,
             both
             upon
             former
             practices
             ,
             and
             the
             Principles
             of
             their
             Religion
             ;
             yet
             rests
             he
             satisfied
             with
             disarming
             them
             ,
             and
             excluding
             them
             from
             all
             Offices
             of
             Trust
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             Importance
             ,
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             Government
             .
             Whereas
             we
             are
             so
             far
             from
             contenting
             our selves
             with
             such
             prudentiall
             cautions
             for
             our
             security
             ,
             that
             we
             proceed
             to
             seize
             upon
             the
             best
             part
             of
             their
             estates
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             short
             time
             must
             of
             necessity
             reduce
             them
             to
             absolute
             ruine
             and
             desperation
             :
             And
             yet
             there
             is
             one
             considerable
             ground
             of
             suspicion
             altogether
             unapplyable
             to
             the
             
               Papists
            
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Turk
            
             came
             from
             a
             strange
             Country
             ,
             to
             invade
             at
             once
             both
             the
             Empire
             and
             Religion
             of
             the
             
               Grecians
               ;
            
             whereas
             the
             Papists
             are
             all
             Natives
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             born
             with
             the
             same
             title
             to
             the
             common
             Liberties
             ,
             that
             our selves
             have
             ,
             and
             for
             
               Religion
            
             they
             onely
             stand
             peremptory
             in
             their
             old
             way
             ,
             professing
             to
             be
             altogether
             unsatisfied
             concerning
             the
             Reformation
             we
             hold
             forth
             unto
             them
             :
             In
             which
             Case
             it
             is
             certainly
             a
             more
             
               Christian
            
             and
             pious
             method
             to
             settle
             a
             way
             of
             
               instruction
            
             for
             them
             to
             save
             their
             souls
             ,
             then
             to
             labour
             so
             much
             in
             drawing
             up
             new
             
               instructions
            
             for
             our
             Sequestrators
             to
             ruine
             their
             estates
             .
          
           
             Nor
             do
             the
             
               Turks
            
             insist
             upon
             that
             common
             objection
             ,
             That
             
               Christians
            
             no where
             suffer
             
               Turks
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             no
             reason
             they
             should
             tollerate
             the
             Christians
             ,
             as
             tasting
             more
             of
             womanish
             spite
             and
             revenge
             ,
             then
             manly
             noblenesse
             and
             gallantry
             :
             How
             would
             these
             unhappy
             misled
             souls
             exceed
             us
             Christians
             in
             moderation
             towards
             such
             as
             are
             otherwise
             minded
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             read
             that
             Golden
             Rule
             of
             our
             
               Saviour
               ;
            
             that
             we
             should
             
               render
               good
               for
               evil
               .
            
          
           
             But
             the
             inhumane
             practice
             of
             the
             
               Turk
            
             in
             taking
             away
             so
             many
             Children
             from
             the
             Christian
             Parents
             is
             extremely
             cruel
             and
             detestable
             ,
             though
             as
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Blount
            
             (
             a
             person
             both
             compleatly
             learned
             ,
             and
             perfectly
             civill
             )
             observes
             in
             his
             voyage
             to
             the
             
               Levant
               ,
            
             when
             that
             Custome
             was
             first
             introduced
             ,
             many
             politick
             reasons
             might
             be
             alleged
             to
             excuse
             (
             not
             justly
             )
             so
             wicked
             tyrannicall
             an
             institution
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             have
             so
             much
             as
             excused
             his
             wicked
             and
             tyrannicall
             usurpation
             ;
             The
             
               Christians
            
             being
             very
             numerous
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             barbarous
             stranger
             newly
             deprived
             of
             the
             Dominion
             of
             their
             Country
             ;
             All
             which
             circumstances
             naturally
             increase
             ,
             and
             heighten
             the
             suspition
             of
             an
             Usurper
             ,
             whose
             sight
             was
             certainly
             far
             lesse
             sharp
             then
             his
             sword
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             not
             clearly
             see
             that
             his
             new
             conquered
             Subjects
             might
             perhaps
             for
             a
             time
             want
             an
             opportunity
             ,
             but
             neither
             will
             ,
             reason
             nor
             strength
             to
             attempt
             ,
             by
             his
             expulsion
             the
             just
             Recovery
             of
             their
             own
             liberties
             .
          
           
             But
             since
             the
             affairs
             of
             Turky
             are
             so
             established
             that
             the
             
               Musselman
            
             hath
             no
             longer
             any
             jealousie
             of
             the
             Christians
             those
             unnaturall
             cruelties
             of
             plundering
             the
             Parent
             of
             his
             Child
             are
             altogether
             laid
             aside
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Christians
            
             permitted
             to
             purchase
             with
             a
             small
             Fine
             a
             dispensation
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             now
             enjoys
             this
             comfortable
             liberty
             ,
             as
             they
             give
             their
             Children
             birth
             ,
             so
             to
             guide
             their
             education
             .
          
           
             Not
             one
             of
             these
             considerations
             ,
             but
             argues
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             present
             Papists
             amongst
             us
             ;
             Not
             one
             of
             these
             exceptions
             are
             they
             obnoxious
             to
             ,
             their
             number
             being
             small
             and
             inconsiderable
             ,
             their
             posture
             naked
             and
             disarmed
             ,
             and
             
             the
             door
             long
             since
             by
             other
             powers
             shut
             against
             them
             ,
             to
             all
             advantages
             in
             the
             Nation
             :
             by
             which
             means
             they
             have
             neither
             so
             much
             disobligation
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             nor
             any
             possibility
             to
             work
             the
             least
             disturbance
             of
             its
             peace
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             ,
             however
             upon
             the
             first
             
               Reformation
            
             it
             was
             necessary
             to
             take
             a
             sharp
             and
             resolute
             course
             for
             diminution
             of
             the
             Papists
             power
             ,
             yet
             since
             they
             are
             reduced
             to
             so
             low
             and
             weak
             a
             condition
             ,
             that
             we
             cannot
             handsomely
             even
             feign
             a
             danger
             from
             them
             ,
             it
             is
             become
             now
             unnecessary
             ,
             and
             consequently
             (
             by
             our
             own
             maximes
             )
             unlawful
             to
             continue
             the
             same
             penalties
             upon
             them
             :
             No
             other
             cause
             being
             truly
             sufficient
             to
             justifie
             our
             punishing
             others
             ,
             but
             a
             true
             necessity
             of
             preserving
             our selves
             .
          
           
             And
             these
             I
             conceive
             may
             be
             by
             the
             reasons
             ,
             why
             the
             
               Papists
            
             have
             of
             late
             made
             their
             addresses
             to
             these
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
            
             that
             are
             appointed
             by
             Parliament
             
               for
               regulation
               of
               the
               Lawes
               ,
            
             building
             their
             hope
             upon
             this
             ground
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             causes
             of
             so
             great
             severity
             against
             them
             are
             ceased
             ,
             the
             sad
             and
             ruinous
             effects
             may
             no
             longer
             be
             continued
             ;
             And
             certainly
             they
             could
             not
             have
             chosen
             a
             more
             proper
             way
             to
             obtain
             relief
             ,
             than
             the
             applying
             of
             themselves
             to
             the
             
               Committee
               ,
            
             it
             being
             compounded
             of
             persons
             ,
             whose
             abilities
             bear
             an
             excellent
             proportion
             to
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             the
             work
             they
             have
             undertaken
             ,
             having
             in
             one
             half
             year
             seen
             further
             into
             the
             defects
             of
             our
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             excesses
             of
             its
             practice
             ,
             than
             many
             ages
             formerly
             have
             been
             
               able
            
             to
             discover
             ,
             and
             whose
             integrity
             is
             so
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             short
             space
             of
             a
             few
             months
             ,
             they
             have
             design'd
             a
             perfect
             reform
             of
             more
             Errours
             ,
             than
             many
             Ages
             formerly
             have
             been
             
               willing
            
             to
             search
             into
             .
             So
             that
             as
             their
             Charity
             hath
             already
             provided
             a
             favourable
             course
             of
             mercy
             for
             the
             poor
             ,
             their
             extreme
             industry
             and
             sincerity
             promises
             a
             speedy
             settlement
             of
             an
             equall
             and
             impartiall
             course
             of
             justice
             for
             all
             others
             .
             To
             this
             Committee
             the
             Recusants
             presented
             these
             two
             following
             
               Papers
               ,
            
             the
             first
             of
             which
             began
             with
             this
             Title
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Honoura●le
                     Committee
                     for
                     Regulating
                     the
                     Lawes
                     is
                     most
                     humbly
                     desired
                     by
                     the
                     Catholike
                     Recusants
                     to
                     take
                     this
                     Schedule
                     of
                     the
                     Penall
                     Lawes
                     against
                     them
                     ,
                     into
                     their
                     just
                     ,
                     serious
                     and
                     favourable
                     consideration
                     .
                  
                   
                     1.
                     
                     THE
                     second
                     refusall
                     of
                     the
                     Oath
                     of
                     
                       Supremacy
                    
                     punisht
                     as
                     high
                     Treason
                     ,
                     5
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     To
                     maintain
                     or
                     extol
                     Authority
                     in
                     the
                     See
                     of
                     
                       Rome
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     second
                     time
                     ,
                     high
                     Treason
                     .
                     5
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     3.
                     
                     To
                     obtain
                     or
                     put
                     in
                     ure
                     any
                     
                       Bull
                    
                     from
                     
                       Rome
                       ,
                    
                     high
                     Treason
                     .
                     13
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     4.
                     
                     To
                     perswade
                     or
                     reconcile
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     be
                     reconciled
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Roman
                       Religion
                       ,
                    
                     High
                     Treason
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                       1
                       &
                       3.
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     5.
                     
                     For
                     Jesuit
                     or
                     Priest
                     made
                     by
                     authority
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Pope
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     come
                     to
                     remain
                     in
                     the
                     Kings
                     Dominions
                     ,
                     high
                     Treason
                     .
                     27
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     6.
                     
                     So
                     for
                     remaining
                     in
                     a
                     Seminary
                     six
                     months
                     after
                     Proclamation
                     ,
                     and
                     afterward
                     returning
                     ,
                     high
                     Treason
                     .
                     27
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     For
                     concealing
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Bull
                    
                     or
                     other
                     Instrument
                     from
                     
                       Rome
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     Reconciliation
                     offered
                     ,
                     punisht
                     as
                     misprision
                     of
                     Treason
                     .
                     13
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                   
                     2
                     To
                     maintain
                     ,
                     or
                     conceal
                     those
                     who
                     perswade
                     ,
                     or
                     are
                     reconciled
                     to
                     the
                     Roman
                     Religion
                     ,
                     misprision
                     of
                     Treason
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     To
                     receive
                     ,
                     relieve
                     ,
                     or
                     comfort
                     
                       Jesuit
                    
                     or
                     
                       Priest
                       ,
                    
                     knowing
                     him
                     to
                     be
                     such
                     alone
                     ,
                     punisht
                     as
                     felony
                     .
                     27
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     2
                     To
                     refuse
                     to
                     abjure
                     the
                     Realm
                     ,
                     being
                     commanded
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     return
                     without
                     License
                     ,
                     Felony
                     .
                     35
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1
                     ,
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     3
                     To
                     go
                     and
                     serve
                     a
                     Forrain
                     Prince
                     ,
                     having
                     not
                     before
                     taken
                     the
                     Oath
                     of
                     Alegiance
                     ,
                     and
                     entred
                     bond
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     reconciled
                     to
                     the
                     Roman
                     Religion
                     ,
                     Felony
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     The
                     first
                     refusal
                     of
                     the
                     Oath
                     of
                     
                       Supremacy
                    
                     is
                     punisht
                     as
                     in
                     case
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Premunire
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     imports
                     a
                     forfeiture
                     of
                     all
                     Lands
                     and
                     Goods
                     ,
                     imprisonment
                     for
                     life
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     deprivement
                     of
                     the
                     benefit
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     .
                     5
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     To
                     set
                     forth
                     ,
                     or
                     defend
                     power
                     spiritual
                     in
                     the
                     See
                     of
                     Rome
                     ,
                     
                       Premunire
                       .
                       5
                       Eli.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     3
                     To
                     bring
                     or
                     receive
                     any
                     
                       Agnus
                       Dei
                       ,
                       Crosses
                       ,
                       Pictures
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     such
                     like
                     from
                     Rome
                     ,
                     
                       Premunire
                       .
                       13
                       Eli
                       2.
                       2.
                       23
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     4
                     To
                     aid
                     any
                     person
                     who
                     hath
                     put
                     in
                     ure
                     any
                     
                       Bull
                    
                     from
                     the
                     See
                     of
                     
                       Rome
                       ,
                       Premunire
                       .
                    
                     13
                     
                       Eliz.
                       2.
                       23
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     5
                     To
                     send
                     ,
                     or
                     give
                     relief
                     to
                     any
                     continuing
                     in
                     Colledges
                     ,
                     or
                     Seminaries
                     beyond
                     
                       Premunire
                       .
                       27
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     6
                     Refusal
                     of
                     the
                     Oath
                     of
                     
                       Alegeance
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     second
                     tender
                     ,
                     
                       Premunire
                       .
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                     
                       &
                       7
                       Jac.
                    
                     6.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     For
                     not
                     discovering
                     of
                     
                       Priests
                    
                     made
                     beyond
                     the
                     Seas
                     ,
                     imprisonment
                     .
                     27
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     2
                     Upon
                     inditement
                     of
                     Recusancy
                     by
                     Proclamation
                     ,
                     imprisonment
                     .
                     29
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     6.
                     
                  
                   
                     3
                     For
                     refusall
                     to
                     go
                     to
                     Church
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     be
                     present
                     at
                     the
                     reading
                     of
                     the
                     Common-Prayer
                     ,
                     imprisonment
                     without
                     bail
                     .
                     35
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     4
                     Those
                     that
                     are
                     not
                     able
                     ,
                     or
                     fail
                     to
                     pay
                     their
                     forfeitures
                     ,
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     imprisoned
                     ;
                     untill
                     payment
                     ,
                     or
                     conformity
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     5
                     Women
                     Covert
                     imprisoned
                     for
                     refusal
                     of
                     the
                     Oath
                     of
                     
                       Alegeance
                       .
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     6
                     For
                     non-payment
                     of
                     twelve-pence
                     for
                     every
                     Sunday
                     ,
                     imprisonment
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     7
                     Woman
                     Covert
                     convicted
                     for
                     Recusancy
                     imprisoned
                     till
                     her
                     husband
                     pay
                     tenne
                     pounds
                     a
                     moneth
                     ,
                     or
                     a
                     third
                     part
                     of
                     his
                     Lands
                     .
                     7
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     6.
                     
                  
                   
                     8
                     Standing
                     excommunicated
                     for
                     Recusancy
                     ,
                     House
                     may
                     be
                     broken
                     up
                     for
                     his
                     apprehension
                     .
                     7
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     6.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     Those
                     who
                     shall
                     forbear
                     to
                     come
                     to
                     Church
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     space
                     of
                     twelve
                     months
                     ,
                     bound
                     to
                     the
                     good
                     behaviour
                     ,
                     with
                     surety
                     in
                     the
                     Kings
                     Bench
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     Every
                     Recusant
                     is
                     confined
                     to
                     five
                     miles
                     compasse
                     for
                     life
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     2
                     To
                     ten
                     miles
                     distant
                     from
                     
                       London
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     3
                     Not
                     to
                     come
                     into
                     the
                     house
                     where
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     or
                     his
                     Heir
                     apparent
                     is
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     For
                     absence
                     from
                     Church-Service
                     every
                     Sunday
                     12d
                     forfeited
                     .
                     1
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     2
                     And
                     for
                     every
                     Holiday
                     ,
                     twelve-pence
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     3
                     For
                     absence
                     from
                     Common-Prayer
                     every
                     month
                     ,
                     twenty
                     pounds
                     forfeited
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                       1.
                       
                       &
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     4
                     For
                     default
                     of
                     payment
                     of
                     twenty
                     pounds
                     a
                     month
                     ,
                     all
                     Goods
                     ,
                     two
                     parts
                     of
                     Land
                     ,
                     and
                     Leases
                     forfeited
                     .
                     29
                     
                       Eliz
                       6.
                       
                       &
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     5
                     At
                     the
                     Kings
                     election
                     to
                     take
                     or
                     refuse
                     twenty
                     pounds
                     a
                     moneth
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     take
                     two
                     parts
                     of
                     the
                     Recusants
                     Estate
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     6.
                     
                     All
                     Coppy
                     hold
                     Lands
                     of
                     Recusants
                     forfeited
                     .
                     25
                     
                       Eliz.
                    
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     7
                     The
                     forfeitures
                     of
                     the
                     Ancestor
                     charged
                     upon
                     his
                     Heir
                     being
                     a
                     Recusant
                     .
                     1
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     8
                     A
                     conformed
                     Recusant
                     forfeits
                     for
                     not
                     receiving
                     the
                     Sacrament
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Service-book
                     ,
                     the
                     first
                     year
                     twenty
                     pounds
                     ,
                     the
                     second
                     year
                     forty
                     pounds
                     ,
                     the
                     third
                     year
                     ,
                     and
                     every
                     year
                     after
                     ,
                     sixty
                     pounds
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                   
                     9.
                     
                     To
                     the
                     Presenter
                     out
                     of
                     the
                     Recusants
                     goods
                     forty
                     shillings
                     forfeited
                     ,
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     10.
                     
                     For
                     every
                     Recusant
                     sojourner
                     and
                     servant
                     ,
                     ten
                     pounds
                     for
                     every
                     moneth
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3.
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     11.
                     
                     Two
                     parts
                     of
                     Dower
                     or
                     Ioynture
                     of
                     a
                     married
                     woman
                     forfeited
                     ,
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     12.
                     
                     Coming
                     to
                     Court
                     ,
                     an
                     hundred
                     pounds
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     13.
                     
                     For
                     not
                     baptising
                     children
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Service-Book
                     publickly
                     within
                     a
                     moneth
                     after
                     their
                     birth
                     ,
                     an
                     hundred
                     pounds
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     14.
                     
                     For
                     marrying
                     otherwise
                     then
                     by
                     a
                     Minister
                     ,
                     an
                     hundred
                     pounds
                     forfeited
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5
                  
                   
                     15.
                     
                     For
                     burying
                     out
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     or
                     Church-yard
                     100
                     
                       l.
                    
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     16.
                     
                     For
                     sending
                     Children
                     beyond
                     the
                     Seas
                     without
                     licence
                     100
                     
                       l.
                    
                     forfeited
                     .
                     1
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     17.
                     
                     For
                     maintaining
                     a
                     Scoolmaster
                     not
                     going
                     to
                     Church
                     or
                     allowed
                     to
                     teach
                     ,
                     for
                     every
                     moneth
                     ten
                     pounds
                     forfeited
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                       1.
                       
                       &
                       29
                       Eliz.
                    
                     6.
                     
                  
                   
                     18.
                     
                     And
                     forty
                     shillings
                     
                       per
                       diem
                    
                     forfeited
                     by
                     the
                     Schoolmaster
                     and
                     Recusant
                     that
                     keeps
                     him
                     .
                     1
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     19
                     ,
                     All
                     Goods
                     and
                     Lands
                     during
                     life
                     ,
                     for
                     breach
                     of
                     confinement
                     forfeited
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                       2.
                       
                       &
                       3.
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     20.
                     
                     The
                     like
                     forfeiture
                     for
                     going
                     or
                     sending
                     Children
                     beyond
                     the
                     Seas
                     to
                     be
                     bred
                     in
                     
                       Popery
                       .
                    
                     3
                     Car.
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     21.
                     
                     For
                     residing
                     within
                     ten
                     miles
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                       100
                       l.
                    
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     22.
                     
                     For
                     practising
                     any
                     Function
                     expressed
                     in
                     the
                     Statute
                     of
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     a
                     hundred
                     pounds
                     forfeited
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     1.
                     
                     Disabled
                     to
                     reverse
                     indictment
                     ,
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     form
                     or
                     other
                     defect
                     .
                     3.
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     4.
                     
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     Disabled
                     from
                     the
                     practice
                     of
                     severall
                     Functions
                     whereby
                     to
                     gain
                     their
                     livings
                     ,
                     
                       viz.
                    
                     from
                     practising
                     Common
                     Law
                     ,
                     Civill
                     Law
                     ,
                     or
                     being
                     a
                     Steward
                     ,
                     Attorney
                     Solicitor
                     or
                     Officer
                     in
                     any
                     Court
                     ;
                     From
                     practising
                     Physick
                     or
                     being
                     an
                     Apothecary
                     ;
                     and
                     from
                     bearing
                     any
                     Office
                     in
                     camp
                     ,
                     troop
                     or
                     band
                     of
                     Souldiers
                     ,
                     or
                     in
                     any
                     Ship
                     ,
                     Castle
                     or
                     Fortresse
                     .
                     
                       &c.
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     3.
                     
                     By
                     the
                     wifes
                     Recusancy
                     ,
                     the
                     husband
                     disabled
                     from
                     publick
                     Office
                     or
                     charge
                     in
                     the
                     Common-wealth
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     4.
                     
                     By
                     marrying
                     otherwise
                     then
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     
                       England
                    
                     alloweth
                     ,
                     the
                     husband
                     disabled
                     to
                     be
                     tenant
                     by
                     Courtesie
                     ,
                     the
                     wife
                     disabled
                     to
                     have
                     Dower
                     ,
                     joyncture
                     free
                     ,
                     banks
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     part
                     or
                     portion
                     of
                     her
                     husbands
                     goods
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     5
                     ,
                     Disabled
                     to
                     sue
                     or
                     prosecute
                     Actions
                     ,
                     to
                     present
                     to
                     a
                     Benefice
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     Executor
                     ,
                     Administrator
                     ,
                     or
                     Guardian
                     .
                     3
                     
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     6.
                     
                     Children
                     sent
                     beyond
                     the
                     Seas
                     without
                     licence
                     are
                     disabled
                     to
                     take
                     benefit
                     of
                     gift
                     ,
                     conveyance
                     ,
                     descent
                     ,
                     or
                     devise
                     .
                     1
                     
                       Jac.
                       4
                       &
                       3.
                       Jac.
                    
                     5.
                     
                  
                   
                     1.
                     
                     Notwithstanding
                     these
                     forfeitures
                     ,
                     Recusants
                     are
                     losse
                     subject
                     to
                     Ecclesiasticall
                     Sentences
                     .
                     23
                     
                       Eliz.
                       1.
                       
                       &
                       3
                       Jac.
                    
                     45.
                     
                  
                   
                     By
                     the
                     greatest
                     part
                     of
                     pecuniary
                     forfeitures
                     ,
                     they
                     are
                     subject
                     to
                     grievous
                     vexations
                     of
                     Informers
                     .
                     The
                     Statutes
                     of
                     double
                     Subsidies
                     ,
                     considering
                     their
                     other
                     payments
                     are
                     exceeding
                     ●eavy
                     .
                  
                   
                     Besides
                     all
                     these
                     Lawes
                     ,
                     the
                     late
                     Ordinances
                     of
                     Sequestration
                     upon
                     refusall
                     of
                     the
                     Oath
                     of
                     
                       Abjuration
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     which
                     ,
                     two
                     third
                     parts
                     of
                     all
                     their
                     estates
                     reall
                     and
                     personall
                     are
                     forfeited
                     .
                     1
                     
                       April
                       1643.
                       
                       &
                       19
                       August
                    
                     1643.
                     
                  
                   
                     An
                     Oath
                     made
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Presbyterians
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     intended
                     onely
                     for
                     the
                     time
                     of
                     war
                     .
                     An
                     Oath
                     by
                     which
                     we
                     are
                     forced
                     to
                     accuse
                     and
                     condemn
                     our selves
                     without
                     any
                     legall
                     proceedings
                     or
                     witnes
                     against
                     us
                     .
                     An
                     oath
                     by
                     which
                     we
                     are
                     punisht
                     ,
                     not
                     for
                     publishing
                     any
                     opinion
                     to
                     the
                     disturbance
                     of
                     others
                     ,
                     but
                     onely
                     for
                     
                       believing
                       ;
                    
                     which
                     is
                     to
                     accuse
                     and
                     condemn
                     men
                     for
                     the
                     thoughts
                     of
                     their
                     hearts
                     .
                     An
                     oath
                     that
                     contains
                     in
                     it
                     matters
                     of
                     highest
                     difficulty
                     ,
                     yet
                     are
                     young
                     and
                     ignorant
                     persons
                     ,
                     and
                     even
                     women
                     
                     without
                     the
                     least
                     preceding
                     Instruction
                     ,
                     equally
                     forc'd
                     to
                     take
                     it
                     ,
                     or
                     punished
                     for
                     refusing
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     in
                     the
                     Instructions
                     to
                     the
                     Sequestrators
                     22
                     
                       Octob.
                    
                     1643.
                     they
                     are
                     charged
                     to
                     seize
                     and
                     secure
                     the
                     Estates
                     of
                     all
                     such
                     persons
                     ,
                     whom
                     they
                     
                       suspect
                    
                     to
                     be
                     within
                     the
                     reach
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Ordinance
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     so
                     leave
                     them
                     to
                     the
                     after-Game
                     of
                     clearing
                     themselves
                     as
                     they
                     can
                     ;
                     which
                     is
                     to
                     punish
                     before
                     the
                     Triall
                     ,
                     nay
                     even
                     before
                     Answer
                     of
                     the
                     accused
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             In
             company
             of
             this
             long
             Roll
             of
             penall
             
               Statutes
            
             (
             made
             in
             former
             times
             upon
             particular
             occasions
             )
             they
             presented
             also
             certain
             Arguments
             to
             induce
             a
             mitigation
             of
             those
             
               Lawes
               ,
            
             so
             frightfull
             even
             in
             number
             ,
             but
             far
             more
             harsh
             and
             churlish
             in
             their
             Nature
             ;
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             which
             second
             paper
             was
             this
             Inscription
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Some
                     few
                     Motives
                     ,
                     why
                     Roman-Catholiques
                     should
                     not
                     be
                     forced
                     out
                     of
                     their
                     Consciences
                     by
                     penalties
                     imposed
                     upon
                     them
                     meerly
                     for
                     Religion
                     .
                  
                   
                     ALL
                     persecution
                     for
                     Religion
                     is
                     cleerly
                     repugnant
                     to
                     the
                     principles
                     of
                     freedom
                     ,
                     
                     so
                     often
                     and
                     solemaly
                     declared
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Parliament
                    
                     and
                     
                       Army
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     now
                     universally
                     received
                     by
                     all
                     the
                     Moderate
                     and
                     well-temper'd
                     people
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     :
                     Nor
                     can
                     it
                     agree
                     with
                     the
                     duty
                     of
                     any
                     peaceable
                     spirit
                     ,
                     to
                     distrust
                     the
                     performance
                     of
                     so
                     charitable
                     a
                     promise
                     .
                  
                   
                     Many
                     and
                     evident
                     texts
                     of
                     Holy
                     Scripture
                     (
                     even
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     interpretation
                     of
                     the
                     more
                     conscientious
                     Protestants
                     )
                     expresly
                     condemn
                     all
                     compulsion
                     upon
                     the
                     conscience
                     ,
                     
                     recommending
                     mildnesse
                     and
                     charity
                     ,
                     as
                     principall
                     perfections
                     to
                     a
                     Christian
                     Magistrate
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Besides
                       these
                       ,
                       Catholiques
                       have
                       many
                       considerations
                       to
                       be
                       reflected
                       on
                       of
                       a
                       more
                       particular
                       advantage
                       to
                       their
                       Condition
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     THe
                     Crime
                     imputed
                     to
                     them
                     is
                     only
                     their
                     continuance
                     in
                     that
                     Religion
                     ,
                     
                     which
                     the
                     whole
                     Nation
                     (
                     till
                     this
                     last
                     age
                     )
                     universally
                     profest
                     ,
                     ever
                     since
                     its
                     conversion
                     from
                     Paganism
                     ;
                     And
                     though
                     time
                     precisely
                     considered
                     ,
                     make
                     not
                     a
                     Religion
                     true
                     ,
                     yet
                     certainly
                     it
                     may
                     pretend
                     to
                     a
                     fair
                     title
                     of
                     exempting
                     it
                     from
                     persecution
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Principles
                     of
                     their
                     Religion
                     are
                     under
                     all
                     Governments
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     
                     and
                     in
                     their
                     nature
                     absolutely
                     uncapable
                     of
                     change
                     ;
                     so
                     that
                     the
                     Magistrate
                     once
                     rightly
                     inform'd
                     of
                     their
                     Doctrine
                     ,
                     and
                     satisfied
                     by
                     promise
                     of
                     their
                     fidelity
                     ,
                     may
                     rest
                     secure
                     ,
                     that
                     no
                     danger
                     can
                     arise
                     from
                     them
                     by
                     innovation
                     .
                  
                   
                     Since
                     the
                     points
                     in
                     controversie
                     are
                     generally
                     thought
                     not
                     cleer
                     ,
                     
                     but
                     difficult
                     ,
                     especially
                     by
                     such
                     in
                     whom
                     education
                     (
                     if
                     it
                     were
                     no
                     more
                     )
                     has
                     fixt
                     a
                     strong
                     apprehension
                     of
                     the
                     reasonablenesse
                     of
                     their
                     cause
                     ,
                     it
                     would
                     appear
                     severe
                     (
                     if
                     not
                     unreasonable
                     )
                     to
                     force
                     them
                     by
                     penalties
                     to
                     any
                     new
                     way
                     ,
                     or
                     altogether
                     restrain
                     them
                     from
                     continuing
                     in
                     their
                     old
                     :
                     Perswasions
                     of
                     that
                     kind
                     ,
                     as
                     by
                     degrees
                     they
                     sink
                     into
                     the
                     heart
                     ,
                     so
                     gently
                     by
                     degrees
                     they
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     removed
                     .
                  
                   
                     Since
                     they
                     seriously
                     and
                     constantly
                     profess
                     ,
                     
                     that
                     after
                     all
                     their
                     prayers
                     to
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     diligent
                     reading
                     of
                     his
                     Word
                     ,
                     they
                     cannot
                     find
                     the
                     least
                     satisfaction
                     in
                     any
                     other
                     Religion
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     their
                     souls
                     enjoy
                     a
                     perfect
                     peace
                     and
                     serenity
                     in
                     their
                     own
                     ;
                     it
                     seems
                     
                     very
                     unsuitable
                     to
                     Christian
                     charity
                     ,
                     either
                     to
                     compel
                     them
                     to
                     a
                     Religion
                     ,
                     where
                     their
                     Consciences
                     cannot
                     live
                     in
                     repose
                     ,
                     or
                     restrain
                     them
                     from
                     a
                     Religion
                     ,
                     wherein
                     onely
                     they
                     find
                     comfort
                     here
                     ,
                     and
                     hope
                     for
                     salvation
                     hereafter
                     .
                  
                   
                     Since
                     all
                     the
                     signes
                     and
                     makes
                     of
                     tender
                     Consciences
                     are
                     most
                     apparently
                     discernable
                     in
                     
                       Roman
                       Catholiques
                       ,
                    
                     
                     they
                     cannot
                     but
                     hope
                     ,
                     the
                     charity
                     and
                     indulgence
                     universally
                     held
                     forth
                     to
                     tender
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     will
                     not
                     universally
                     be
                     denyed
                     to
                     them
                     ;
                     they
                     all
                     suffer
                     for
                     their
                     Consciences
                     an
                     impoverisht
                     and
                     afflicted
                     life
                     ,
                     and
                     many
                     of
                     them
                     a
                     cruel
                     and
                     ignominous
                     death
                     ;
                     and
                     can
                     any
                     rational
                     and
                     unpassionate
                     person
                     see
                     so
                     much
                     suffering
                     for
                     Conscience
                     ,
                     and
                     say
                     the
                     Sufferers
                     have
                     no
                     Conscience
                     ?
                  
                   
                     As
                     for
                     Religion
                     ,
                     it
                     allowes
                     no
                     vice
                     or
                     licenciousnesse
                     against
                     the
                     Moral
                     Law
                     (
                     the
                     proper
                     subject
                     of
                     the
                     Magistrates
                     care
                     )
                     but
                     strictly
                     requires
                     a
                     Religious
                     severity
                     against
                     the
                     corrupt
                     inclinations
                     of
                     nature
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     Conscientious
                     observance
                     both
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     God
                     and
                     Man
                     .
                  
                   
                     Not
                     one
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                     
                     how
                     different
                     soever
                     in
                     Religion
                     ,
                     how
                     dis-affected
                     soever
                     to
                     the
                     quiet
                     of
                     this
                     Common-wealth
                     ,
                     but
                     enjoyes
                     (
                     by
                     its
                     allowance
                     and
                     protection
                     )
                     a
                     perfect
                     quiet
                     for
                     his
                     Conscience
                     ,
                     onely
                     the
                     
                       Roman
                       Catholiques
                       ,
                    
                     though
                     they
                     have
                     generally
                     taken
                     ,
                     and
                     punctually
                     kept
                     the
                     
                       Engagement
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     singled
                     out
                     to
                     misery
                     and
                     ruine
                     ,
                     meerly
                     upon
                     the
                     account
                     of
                     Religion
                     .
                  
                   
                     Yet
                     cannot
                     all
                     the
                     heavy
                     pressures
                     they
                     have
                     so
                     long
                     endured
                     make
                     them
                     lay
                     down
                     their
                     hopes
                     to
                     be
                     at
                     last
                     relieved
                     ,
                     especially
                     from
                     those
                     ,
                     who
                     professe
                     themselves
                     not
                     only
                     bound
                     by
                     the
                     light
                     of
                     Nature
                     to
                     deal
                     with
                     others
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     would
                     be
                     dealt
                     with
                     themselves
                     ,
                     but
                     by
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     Grace
                     ,
                     even
                     to
                     render
                     good
                     for
                     evil
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     causes
                     of
                     imposing
                     penalties
                     upon
                     
                       Catholiques
                       ,
                    
                     
                     being
                     now
                     wholly
                     ceased
                     ,
                     they
                     humbly
                     hope
                     it
                     cannot
                     be
                     thought
                     too
                     great
                     a
                     boldness
                     in
                     their
                     duty
                     to
                     petition
                     a
                     re-admittance
                     to
                     the
                     Common
                     rights
                     of
                     free-born
                     English
                     men
                     ;
                     since
                     there
                     is
                     neither
                     any
                     
                       Catholique
                    
                     Competitor
                     for
                     the
                     Crown
                     ,
                     nor
                     any
                     such
                     detestable
                     conspiracy
                     ,
                     as
                     some
                     few
                     of
                     their
                     Religion
                     have
                     been
                     formerly
                     guilty
                     of
                     :
                     So
                     that
                     there
                     remains
                     no
                     other
                     charge
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     of
                     Conscience
                     ,
                     to
                     exclude
                     them
                     from
                     the
                     ful
                     enjoyment
                     of
                     the
                     priviledges
                     of
                     their
                     Native
                     Country
                     .
                  
                   
                     No
                     question
                     can
                     be
                     made
                     of
                     the
                     fidelity
                     of
                     their
                     Engagement
                     ,
                     
                     who
                     esteem
                     the
                     keeping
                     of
                     an
                     Oath
                     sacred
                     :
                     and
                     what
                     stronger
                     testimony
                     can
                     be
                     given
                     to
                     the
                     world
                     ,
                     than
                     that
                     of
                     
                       Catholiques
                    
                     in
                     freely
                     offering
                     up
                     their
                     Estates
                     to
                     seizure
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     persons
                     to
                     all
                     the
                     inconveniencies
                     of
                     a
                     persecuted
                     life
                     ,
                     rather
                     than
                     against
                     their
                     consciences
                     dissemblingly
                     to
                     swear
                     one
                     Oath
                     ;
                     for
                     could
                     they
                     with
                     the
                     Popes
                     dispensation
                     ,
                     or
                     their
                     own
                     mentall
                     reservation
                     (
                     which
                     they
                     are
                     charg'd
                     to
                     be
                     still
                     furnisht
                     with
                     their
                     own
                     advantage
                     )
                     abjure
                     the
                     doctrine
                     they
                     believe
                     ,
                     there
                     remains
                     nothing
                     now
                     to
                     distinguish
                     them
                     into
                     that
                     sad
                     and
                     miserable
                     condition
                     they
                     are
                     reduced
                     to
                     .
                  
                   
                     Were
                     all
                     burthens
                     taken
                     off
                     from
                     the
                     Consciences
                     of
                     such
                     as
                     shall
                     engage
                     to
                     live
                     peaceably
                     and
                     unoffensively
                     in
                     their
                     Country
                     ,
                     
                     this
                     Nation
                     would
                     rather
                     improve
                     its
                     security
                     at
                     home
                     ,
                     since
                     coercence
                     in
                     matters
                     of
                     belief
                     has
                     alwayes
                     been
                     the
                     chief
                     cause
                     of
                     our
                     troubles
                     :
                     And
                     for
                     abroad
                     ,
                     the
                     same
                     reason
                     that
                     begets
                     a
                     conceit
                     of
                     danger
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Catholiques
                    
                     correspondence
                     with
                     Forraign
                     Princes
                     ,
                     will
                     convince
                     a
                     benefit
                     ,
                     if
                     by
                     mercy
                     they
                     be
                     obliged
                     to
                     employ
                     their
                     credit
                     in
                     the
                     service
                     of
                     their
                     Benefactors
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     
                       Reasons
                       why
                       Composition
                       is
                       preferrable
                       before
                       Sale
                       .
                    
                     
                       AND
                       now
                       we
                       beg
                       pardon
                       humbly
                       to
                       offer
                       up
                       to
                       the
                       consideration
                       and
                       Compassion
                       of
                       the
                       iadifferent
                       the
                       most
                       afflicted
                       condition
                       of
                       many
                       
                         Catholiques
                         ,
                      
                       
                       whose
                       lands
                       are
                       now
                       designed
                       to
                       be
                       sold
                       for
                       their
                       Delinquency
                       .
                       Most
                       of
                       which
                       in
                       the
                       beginning
                       of
                       the
                       late
                       War
                       (
                       seeing
                       themselves
                       unprotected
                       by
                       the
                       Parl.
                       and
                       expos'd
                       to
                       the
                       plunder
                       of
                       the
                       then
                       Souldiery
                       )
                       fled
                       into
                       the
                       Kings
                       Garrisons
                       to
                       save
                       their
                       own
                       lives
                       ,
                       without
                       taking
                       up
                       Armes
                       to
                       offend
                       others
                       .
                       And
                       even
                       they
                       who
                       actually
                       engaged
                       for
                       the
                       King
                       (
                       the
                       sole
                       disposal
                       of
                       all
                       penall
                       Laws
                       being
                       in
                       his
                       power
                       )
                       were
                       owners
                       both
                       of
                       their
                       lives
                       and
                       fortunes
                       meerly
                       at
                       his
                       pleasure
                       ,
                       and
                       yet
                       notwithstanding
                       so
                       great
                       a
                       Plea
                       for
                       their
                       excuse
                       ,
                       as
                       the
                       Supreme
                       Law
                       of
                       self-preservation
                       ,
                       they
                       are
                       all
                       ready
                       humbly
                       to
                       submit
                       to
                       Composition
                       :
                       A
                       proceeding
                       which
                       they
                       hope
                       will
                       be
                       condiscended
                       unto
                       ,
                       since
                       it
                       is
                       as
                       well
                       apparently
                       more
                       beneficial
                       to
                       the
                       State
                       ,
                       as
                       lesse
                       destructive
                       to
                       the
                       Compounders
                       :
                       for
                       ,
                    
                     
                       After
                       all
                       just
                       claims
                       and
                       true
                       debts
                       allowed
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       vast
                       expences
                       of
                       Surveyours
                       ,
                       and
                       other
                       Officers
                       deducted
                       ,
                       the
                       clear
                       profit
                       that
                       arises
                       upon
                       Sale
                       ,
                       is
                       ,
                       by
                       experience
                       ,
                       founded
                       to
                       come
                       far
                       short
                       of
                       what
                       was
                       expected
                       .
                       And
                       this
                       after
                       a
                       tedious
                       controversie
                       about
                       the
                       allowance
                       of
                       incumbrances
                       ,
                       very
                       chargeable
                       to
                       the
                       Suitors
                       and
                       altogether
                       unprofitable
                       to
                       the
                       Common-wealth
                       .
                    
                     
                       Besides
                       
                         Catholiques
                      
                       are
                       generally
                       Tenants
                       only
                       for
                       life
                       ,
                       and
                       as
                       generally
                       subject
                       (
                       before
                       the
                       late
                       troubles
                       )
                       to
                       very
                       many
                       engagements
                       really
                       and
                       unavoidably
                       charged
                       upon
                       their
                       estates
                       ,
                       unlesse
                       such
                       incumbrances
                       be
                       allowed
                       ,
                       thousands
                       of
                       well-affected
                       people
                       will
                       be
                       disappointed
                       of
                       their
                       just
                       debts
                       .
                    
                     
                       Whereas
                       by
                       setting
                       Rules
                       for
                       Composition
                       ,
                       a
                       greater
                       sum
                       may
                       be
                       raised
                       ,
                       and
                       every
                       one
                       immediately
                       bring
                       his
                       money
                       into
                       the
                       publique
                       Treasury
                       ,
                       without
                       any
                       further
                       charges
                       ,
                       delay
                       ,
                       or
                       trouble
                       ,
                       either
                       to
                       the
                       Common-wealth
                       or
                       Compounders
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       Compounders
                       will
                       have
                       a
                       stronger
                       Obligation
                       to
                       live
                       quietly
                       hereafter
                       ,
                       both
                       by
                       the
                       fine
                       they
                       part
                       with
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       estate
                       they
                       retain
                       ,
                       advancing
                       so
                       much
                       to
                       purchase
                       their
                       peace
                       ,
                       and
                       having
                       still
                       something
                       to
                       lose
                       ,
                       if
                       they
                       break
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       State
                       will
                       by
                       this
                       shew
                       to
                       all
                       the
                       World
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       seek
                       only
                       the
                       security
                       of
                       the
                       Government
                       establish
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       the
                       ruine
                       or
                       utter
                       extirpation
                       of
                       any
                       private
                       family
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             These
             Motives
             and
             Reasons
             I
             have
             both
             seriously
             thought
             upon
             in
             my
             own
             spirit
             ,
             and
             often
             conferred
             about
             with
             others
             ,
             and
             after
             all
             my
             endeavours
             I
             find
             them
             so
             reasonable
             and
             satisfactory
             ,
             that
             I
             confesse
             they
             have
             not
             only
             moved
             my
             Bowels
             to
             a
             compassion
             of
             such
             sufferers
             ,
             but
             truly
             even
             to
             a
             zeal
             of
             their
             relief
             ,
             so
             far
             I
             mean
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             ,
             who
             neither
             disturb
             the
             publick
             Peace
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             nor
             refuse
             their
             Contributions
             to
             maintain
             it
             ,
             should
             no
             longer
             be
             compelled
             by
             Oathes
             and
             sequestrations
             to
             act
             against
             their
             consciences
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             these
             diligences
             of
             late
             used
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             obtainment
             of
             relief
             from
             the
             
               Committee
               for
               Regulation
               of
               the
               Lawes
               ;
            
             they
             prepared
             also
             certain
             
               Proposalls
               ,
            
             with
             intent
             (
             as
             I
             understand
             )
             to
             present
             them
             to
             the
             
               Committee
               for
               Propagation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             but
             being
             called
             into
             the
             Country
             by
             an
             urgent
             and
             importunate
             occasion
             ,
             I
             am
             disabled
             to
             give
             any
             farther
             account
             concerning
             their
             
               Proposals
               ,
            
             not
             knowing
             either
             how
             they
             were
             accepted
             ,
             or
             indeed
             whether
             they
             were
             actually
             offered
             ,
             and
             therefore
             can
             only
             furnish
             you
             with
             a
             faithfull
             Copy
             of
             the
             Paper
             it self
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   
                     To
                     the
                     Honourable
                     the
                     Committee
                     for
                     the
                     Propagation
                     of
                     the
                     GOSPEL
                     :
                     The
                     humble
                     Proposals
                     of
                     the
                     Roman
                     Catholicks
                     .
                  
                   
                     1.
                     
                     SInce
                     all
                     compulsion
                     upon
                     the
                     Conscience
                     is
                     clearly
                     against
                     the
                     principles
                     both
                     of
                     Parliament
                     and
                     Army
                     ,
                     as
                     appears
                     by
                     the
                     Parliaments
                     
                       Declaration
                    
                     in
                     answer
                     to
                     the
                     Scotch
                     Commissioners
                     ,
                     17
                     
                       Feb.
                    
                     1648.
                     in
                     these
                     words
                     :
                  
                   
                     As
                     for
                     the
                     truth
                     and
                     power
                     of
                     Religion
                     ,
                     it
                     being
                     a
                     thing
                     intrinsecal
                     between
                     God
                     and
                     the
                     Soul
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     matters
                     of
                     faith
                     in
                     the
                     Gospel
                     ,
                     such
                     as
                     no
                     natural
                     light
                     can
                     reach
                     ,
                     we
                     conceive
                     there
                     is
                     no
                     humane
                     power
                     of
                     coercion
                     thereunto
                     ,
                     nor
                     to
                     restrain
                     men
                     from
                     believing
                     what
                     God
                     suffers
                     their
                     judgment
                     to
                     be
                     perswaded
                     of
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Amongst
                       the
                       Proposals
                       of
                       the
                       Army
                       ,
                    
                     1
                     Aug.
                     1647.
                     
                       this
                       was
                       one
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     all
                     coercive
                     power
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     civil
                     penalties
                     for
                     non-formity
                     ,
                     be
                     wholly
                     repealed
                     ,
                     and
                     some
                     other
                     provision
                     made
                     against
                     such
                     Papists
                     as
                     should
                     disturb
                     the
                     publique
                     peace
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     since
                     by
                     the
                     experience
                     of
                     
                       Germany
                       ,
                       Poland
                       ,
                       Switzerland
                       ,
                       Holland
                       ,
                       France
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     The
                     Consistency
                     of
                     divers
                     Religions
                     under
                     one
                     Government
                     is
                     evidently
                     proved
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     where
                     the
                     Protestant
                     commands
                     the
                     Roman
                     Catholick
                     ,
                     as
                     where
                     the
                     Roman
                     Catholick
                     commands
                     the
                     Protestant
                     .
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     humbly
                     offered
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     no
                     penalty
                     be
                     imposed
                     upon
                     any
                     ,
                     professing
                     the
                     Gospel
                     of
                     
                       Christ
                       ,
                    
                     meerly
                     for
                     difference
                     of
                     judgement
                     in
                     matters
                     of
                     Religion
                     .
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     The
                     publick
                     use
                     of
                     all
                     Churches
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     entire
                     benefit
                     of
                     Church-endowment
                     ,
                     being
                     wholly
                     submitted
                     to
                     the
                     disposure
                     of
                     the
                     State
                     .
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     humbly
                     offered
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     no
                     person
                     ,
                     believing
                     in
                     
                       Christ
                       Jesus
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     living
                     peaceably
                     ,
                     and
                     unoffensively
                     ,
                     be
                     by
                     any
                     penalty
                     restrained
                     from
                     the
                     quiet
                     exercise
                     of
                     his
                     conscience
                     in
                     his
                     private
                     house
                     ;
                     observing
                     therein
                     such
                     rules
                     as
                     the
                     State
                     shall
                     think
                     fit
                     to
                     appoint
                     for
                     preservation
                     of
                     the
                     publick
                     peace
                     ;
                     A
                     practice
                     which
                     by
                     long
                     experience
                     in
                     
                       Holland
                    
                     is
                     found
                     both
                     satisfactory
                     to
                     the
                     people
                     ,
                     and
                     secure
                     to
                     the
                     Governours
                     of
                     the
                     Common-wealth
                     .
                  
                   
                     3.
                     
                     Since
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     God
                     is
                     so
                     far
                     from
                     allowing
                     any
                     penal
                     sentence
                     to
                     
                     be
                     grounded
                     upon
                     the
                     enforced
                     Oath
                     of
                     the
                     party
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     expresly
                     forbids
                     any
                     offence
                     whatsoever
                     to
                     be
                     tryed
                     by
                     the
                     single
                     testimony
                     of
                     one
                     witnesse
                     ,
                     
                       Deut.
                       19.
                       15.
                       
                       Mat.
                    
                     18.
                     16.
                     
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     humbly
                     proposed
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     no
                     Oath
                     be
                     exacted
                     of
                     any
                     person
                     ,
                     compelling
                     him
                     under
                     forfeiture
                     of
                     life
                     ,
                     liberty
                     ,
                     or
                     estate
                     ,
                     to
                     swear
                     against
                     his
                     Conscience
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     accuse
                     and
                     condemn
                     himself
                     ,
                     especially
                     in
                     matters
                     that
                     concern
                     his
                     inward
                     belief
                     .
                  
                   
                     4.
                     
                     Since
                     in
                     all
                     Religions
                     there
                     are
                     still
                     found
                     some
                     scandalous
                     livers
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     our
                     Saviour
                     pronounces
                     the
                     
                       Woe
                    
                     against
                     him
                     onely
                     ,
                     by
                     whom
                     the
                     scandal
                     comes
                     ,
                     
                       Mat.
                       18.
                       7.
                       
                       Luke
                    
                     17.
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     humbly
                     proposed
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     who
                     ever
                     shall
                     offend
                     against
                     the
                     Orders
                     of
                     so
                     milde
                     and
                     Christian
                     a
                     settlement
                     ,
                     may
                     be
                     severely
                     censured
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     others
                     (
                     though
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     judgment
                     in
                     Religion
                     )
                     be
                     no
                     farther
                     made
                     subject
                     to
                     the
                     punishment
                     ,
                     then
                     proved
                     guilty
                     of
                     the
                     crime
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             In
             stead
             of
             my
             opinion
             concerning
             these
             four
             proposals
             of
             the
             Papists
             (
             because
             to
             my
             sense
             they
             carry
             in
             themselves
             both
             their
             own
             evidence
             and
             justification
             )
             I
             shall
             beg
             the
             Readers
             permission
             to
             set
             down
             a
             particular
             conceit
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             often
             observed
             to
             be
             very
             well
             relisht
             by
             all
             that
             have
             examined
             it
             .
             That
             doubtles
             there
             is
             no
             way
             more
             suitable
             to
             the
             first
             Principles
             of
             all
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             no
             way
             so
             probable
             to
             satisfie
             all
             Consciences
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             impose
             any
             other
             obligation
             for
             proof
             of
             conformity
             ,
             than
             this
             profession
             
               to
               believe
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               of
               the
               Old
               and
               New
               Testament
               to
               be
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               live
               according
               to
               the
               precepts
               plainly
               contained
               therein
               ,
            
             this
             acknowledgement
             to
             be
             exprest
             in
             generall
             termes
             without
             descending
             minutely
             to
             particular
             questions
             ,
             which
             hath
             certainly
             been
             the
             chief
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             Controversies
             and
             Divisions
             in
             the
             World
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             humbly
             appeal
             to
             the
             honourable
             and
             religious
             
               Committee
               for
               Propagation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             Whether
             the
             sweet
             Spirit
             of
             the
             
               Lord
               Christ
            
             (
             who
             gave
             his
             Apostles
             no
             further
             power
             ,
             than
             to
             relinquish
             such
             as
             refused
             to
             hear
             them
             )
             be
             reconcileable
             to
             the
             former
             practices
             of
             the
             high
             Commissioners
             ,
             or
             the
             present
             practices
             of
             our
             Sequestrators
             ;
             
             Whether
             ,
             when
             the
             great
             Apostle
             
               Paul
            
             prescribes
             the
             
               servants
               of
               the
               Lord
               to
               forbear
               ,
               and
               in
               meeknesse
               instruct
               those
               that
               are
               contrary
               minded
               ,
            
             he
             should
             be
             thus
             cros-interpreted
             ,
             that
             the
             Estates
             of
             those
             who
             are
             contrary
             minded
             ,
             be
             first
             secured
             or
             
               forborn
               ,
            
             and
             then
             after
             a
             time
             quite
             taken
             away
             ,
             
               to
               instruct
               them
               in
               meeknesse
               ,
            
             or
             how
             to
             bear
             patiently
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             vain
             and
             transitory
             riches
             of
             this
             world
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             humbly
             appeal
             to
             the
             honorable
             and
             learned
             
               Committee
               for
               Regulation
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             whether
             (
             since
             all
             those
             penalties
             which
             the
             rigorous
             humours
             of
             former
             ages
             have
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             zeal
             ,
             imposed
             upon
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             are
             either
             by
             disuse
             forgotten
             ,
             or
             by
             expresse
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             revoked
             )
             the
             Papists
             alone
             should
             still
             be
             continued
             under
             the
             same
             severities
             ,
             nay
             their
             burthens
             encreased
             
             by
             the
             strange
             method
             of
             the
             new
             proceedings
             towards
             them
             ,
             their
             Consciences
             being
             not
             only
             punishable
             to
             the
             Common
             way
             of
             indictment
             ,
             but
             compellable
             even
             to
             accuse
             themselves
             by
             the
             new
             Presbyterian
             Oath
             of
             
               Abjuration
               ,
            
             against
             the
             known
             Principles
             of
             the
             ancient
             and
             reverend
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Land
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             with
             an
             humble
             confidence
             ,
             I
             appeal
             to
             the
             renowned
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             whether
             in
             this
             generall
             
               Goal-delivery
            
             of
             the
             Conscience
             from
             the
             tyranny
             and
             oppression
             of
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             the
             consciences
             of
             Papists
             alone
             ,
             ought
             still
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             prison
             ?
             Whether
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             fetters
             ,
             which
             the
             Rigid
             Kirkesmen
             had
             bought
             up
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             are
             broken
             in
             pieces
             just
             as
             they
             were
             locking
             them
             fast
             about
             our
             Consciences
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             the
             Consciences
             of
             Papists
             alone
             ought
             still
             to
             be
             continued
             in
             chains
             ?
             Whether
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             Societies
             professing
             
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
            
             and
             living
             obediently
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             peaceably
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             are
             protected
             in
             the
             quiet
             and
             unoffensive
             exercise
             of
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             the
             Papists
             alone
             should
             be
             forced
             under
             the
             penalty
             of
             so
             great
             a
             ruine
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             professe
             ,
             but
             swear
             against
             their
             Consciences
             ?
             A
             course
             that
             in
             a
             short
             time
             will
             unavoidably
             bring
             them
             either
             to
             absolute
             beggery
             ,
             or
             ,
             which
             is
             worse
             ,
             to
             hypocrisie
             ,
             or
             ,
             which
             is
             worst
             of
             all
             ,
             to
             perjury
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             people
             of
             this
             Nation
             look
             upon
             you
             as
             their
             common
             father
             ,
             all
             promise
             themselves
             liberty
             and
             protection
             under
             your
             government
             ,
             (
             though
             some
             may
             justly
             be
             excluded
             from
             sharing
             in
             the
             Government
             .
             )
             Were
             there
             in
             my
             family
             one
             child
             that
             profest
             to
             find
             satisfaction
             in
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             lived
             dutifully
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             lovingly
             with
             with
             his
             brethren
             ,
             I
             should
             account
             it
             a
             great
             unnaturalnesse
             to
             deprive
             him
             altogether
             of
             his
             portion
             ,
             much
             more
             of
             that
             which
             he
             has
             received
             from
             the
             bounty
             of
             any
             collateral
             kinsman
             ,
             or
             acquired
             by
             his
             own
             particular
             diligence
             and
             improvement
             ;
             And
             though
             some
             Papists
             have
             heretofore
             been
             truly
             chargeable
             with
             heinous
             crimes
             against
             their
             Country
             ,
             yet
             why
             should
             our
             justice
             over-reach
             to
             condemn
             all
             ,
             for
             the
             offences
             of
             a
             few
             ?
             if
             they
             have
             formerly
             abetted
             competitors
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             why
             should
             the
             punishments
             so
             long
             out-live
             the
             fault
             ?
             certainly
             the
             Offendours
             being
             dead
             ,
             their
             trespasses
             should
             rather
             be
             buried
             in
             their
             graves
             ,
             and
             not
             like
             Ghosts
             walk
             to
             affright
             and
             pinch
             their
             children
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             time
             we
             should
             now
             mix
             a
             little
             mercy
             to
             allay
             the
             fumes
             of
             so
             much
             justice
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             will
             not
             ascend
             to
             the
             Almighty's
             Throne
             in
             the
             odour
             of
             sweetnesse
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             time
             we
             should
             begin
             to
             imitate
             the
             pattern
             ,
             which
             our
             merciful
             God
             has
             set
             before
             us
             in
             his
             own
             practice
             ,
             when
             he
             commanded
             the
             
               destroying
               Angel
               to
               sheath
               his
               sword
               ,
            
             with
             this
             compassionate
             Motto
             ,
             
               It
               is
               enough
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             time
             we
             should
             begin
             to
             answer
             the
             bounty
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             who
             has
             so
             freely
             given
             us
             the
             blessings
             of
             10
             
               thousand
               Talents
               ,
            
             
             by
             freely
             forgiving
             our
             
               Fellow-servants
               the
               small
               sum
               of
               100
               pence
               .
            
             Let
             us
             invade
             ,
             or
             storme
             the
             Consciences
             of
             our
             brethren
             ;
             
               For
               the
               Lord
               was
               not
               in
               the
               great
               and
               strong
               wind
               that
               rent
               the
               Mountains
               ,
               and
               brake
               in
               pieces
               the
               Rocks
               :
            
             Let
             us
             not
             shake
             the
             inward
             peace
             of
             any
             quiet
             and
             unoffensive
             Christian
             ;
             For
             
               the
               Lord
               was
               not
               in
               the
               Earth-quake
               :
            
             Let
             us
             not
             kindle
             in
             our
             hearts
             a
             devouring
             flame
             of
             uncharitable
             zeal
             ;
             
               for
               the
               Lord
               was
               not
               in
               the
               fire
               :
            
             but
             let
             us
             compose
             our
             affections
             to
             the
             soft
             and
             gentle
             key
             of
             love
             ,
             and
             mutuall
             forbearance
             ;
             
               for
               the
               Lord
               was
               in
               the
               still
               small
               voice
               .
            
             Let
             us
             alwayes
             attend
             to
             this
             
               still
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             speaking
             with
             us
             ,
             
               do
               as
               you
               as
               you
               would
               be
               done
               unto
               ;
            
             let
             us
             alwayes
             attend
             to
             this
             
               small
               ,
            
             but
             sweet
             
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             
             calling
             upon
             us
             ,
             
               love
               your
               enemies
               ,
               blesse
               them
               that
               curse
               you
               ,
               doe
               good
               to
               them
               that
               hate
               you
               ,
               and
               pray
               for
               them
               that
               despitefully
               use
               you
               ,
               and
               persecute
               you
               ,
               
               that
               you
               may
               be
               the
               children
               of
               your
               father
               which
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ;
               for
               he
               maketh
               his
               sun
               to
               rise
               on
               the
               evill
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               good
               ,
               and
               sendeth
               rain
               on
               the
               just
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               unjust
               ;
               for
               if
               you
               love
               them
               which
               love
               you
               ,
               what
               reward
               have
               you
               ?
               do
               not
               even
               the
               Publicans
               the
               same
               ?
               and
               if
               you
               salute
               your
               brethren
               onely
               ,
               what
               do
               you
               more
               than
               others
               ?
               do
               not
               even
               the
               Publicans
               so
               ?
               be
               you
               therefore
               perfect
               ,
               as
               your
               father
               which
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               is
               perfect
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             POST-SCRIPT
             .
          
           
             IT
             was
             the
             will
             and
             providence
             of
             the
             Lord
             (
             to
             whose
             dispensations
             as
             well
             of
             Iustice
             as
             Mercy
             we
             must
             resigne
             our
             little
             intersts
             )
             to
             call
             me
             suddenly
             into
             the
             Country
             upon
             a
             sad
             and
             mournful
             occasion
             ,
             which
             utterly
             defeated
             my
             purpose
             of
             reviewing
             these
             few
             lines
             :
             And
             therefore
             ,
             after
             my
             humblest
             submission
             of
             them
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             ,
             I
             am
             encouraged
             to
             presume
             the
             Courteous
             pardon
             of
             the
             Readers
             ,
             especially
             if
             (
             since
             it
             is
             truly
             a
             kind
             of
             death
             to
             me
             to
             live
             out
             of
             
               London
            
             )
             he
             will
             please
             to
             consider
             this
             as
             a
             posthumous
             Pamphlet
             ,
             containing
             the
             serious
             though
             indigested
             thoughts
             of
          
           
             
               Will
               .
               Birchley
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A75811e-230
           
             I.
             2
             Pet.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             II.
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             
          
           
             III.
             Rom.
             3.
             24
             
          
           
             Luk.
             6.
             38.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             17.
             1●
             
          
           
             IV.
             Exod.
             20.
             
             Mat.
             19.
             
             Eccles.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Principles
             of
             the
             pre●ent
             go●ernment
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Ancient
             and
             quiet
             ●ossession
             .
          
           
             2.
             ●nchan●eable
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Education
             .
          
           
             4
             ●atisfacti●n
             in
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           
             5
             Tender
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             6
             Even
             the
             most
             disaffected
             have
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             7
             Causes
             of
             punishing
             ceased
             .
          
           
             8
             Their
             Fidelity
             .
          
           
             9
             Advantage●
             at
             home
             &
             abroad
             .
          
           
             Compounding
             more
             beneficial
             to
             the
             State
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             18.
             23.
             1
             
             Kings
             19.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             44.