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 Collection of Puritan Literature. 
 
 Division 
 
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 Number 
 
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ROSEMAJ^r 6c BATES: 
 
 OR, 
 
 ANIMADVERSIONS 
 
 Upon A 
 
 TREATISE 
 
 Called, The , -^ 
 
 Rehearfall Tranf-profed; 
 
 In a Letter to a Friend in the 
 
 Countrey, 
 
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 Seneca in fap. non cad. 
 
 Ut gmfyue contmftiffimm efi, & maxim Indihrk^ Hafohtif- 
 fimd lingua efi. 
 
 hondoH^ Printed for Jonathan Edmn^ at the 
 Three Rofcs iaLudgaU-fireety iSfi^ 
 
To the READER. 
 
 THis Letter was rvritten in hade unto a 
 Member ofFadiament^in the Conntrey-^Aftd 
 rpith what Familiarity ^/;a 'Freedom it was at 
 firft written, rpith the (gune is it pHbliJhed. The 
 In-^artificial if;?(^ Private iDivertifemeftt of*oi\e 
 Friend being exhibited unto the Generality, with 
 i^e like Prefumption* 
 
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 -" ..^ivjrai t5V<v^fc«\ 'ifiv^y,^^^ 'o c5l^H^\^\\V4^CE^.^m^^:i ^ii, .^c.-*. 
 
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 HONOtiRET> SlRy 
 
 Do not wonder that you fo little 
 undcrftand the Rehearfal Tranf- 
 pros' d'il believe the Author him- 
 felf never did ; Yoa had done 
 better tohave writ unto fome of 
 the Vtkuofi (or 2i Key linto it; 
 fince mm are fo forward to fnggejl impojfihilities^ 
 orfo great undertah^rs for the fen fe of a Man they 
 ne'Pcr read or under flood ^ be it AriBotle or the 
 prefent Writer. The Rehearfal^ as ttrvoi AEied 
 at t^e THEATRE ROYALL^ wil i rather j>;^xi. 
 ^le^ than inform yoiit underftanding ; For, at 
 though here are lomepaffages REHEARSED 
 out- of the Books of the Anthor of Ec cleft afiical 
 Policy •, yet I db not comprehend , How ihe)f 
 are T^anfprofed : They being Originally Ptofe. 
 In the Comedy^ which IndW {endyou^ one Bayes 
 is rcprefented M having' cer^ife Z?/^^/^ Co^fmou 
 ^ A 2 places ; 
 
 r 
 
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 CO 
 
 places ; It being ( as 'tis faid ) his Method to pil- 
 fer fropi other Men ^ and If they write in Profe 
 He doth T^ranf-^erfe them\ If they write in Verfe 
 He doth TKANS^PKOSE THEM^or exprefs the 
 fenp'of thefr Poefie in Profe. If yon will now 
 examine this NewBook^^ it will appear like a 
 MoHntebanl(^f Rill ^ or a projed of the R. S. 
 Wherein nothing doth anfwer our ExpeSiation. 
 It cannot be faid that the Author of the Ecclefu 
 ajiical Policy did Kehearfe-sov Trarifprofe any con- 
 fiderahle part of H^ writings ; ( I except where- 
 in He violates the AB of LITTER OBLIVI- 
 ON ) for N(? Author ( that is fit to be menti- 
 oned}did ever hold His Principal Tenets : They 
 contradift the F^^^erj',&: the AuthcntichJDeclara- 
 tion of Our Church concerning the Supremacy of 
 Emperours and Kings : Neither is there any pow^ 
 er vefted in our King^ the which may not de- 
 fcend unto z Woman. Now it would feem 
 ftrange that any Woman (hould confer Ecckfi- 
 ajiicat Orders^ or adminijier the Sacrament of the 
 LORDS SVPPEK ( Baptifne Wis thought may 
 be adminiftred by a Sage Feme ) in our Church ; 
 And, notwithftandiiig what is faid that thcfirjl 
 Chrijiian Emperours new PONTIFJCES MAX- 
 IMl ( which perhaps is not true ^ SLsPacidiw^ 
 
 or 
 
 > 
 
[3] 
 
 or rather Gofhefredm will teach 
 
 jBH ) yet the Creeh^Clmrch bath a Oncil 6. in 
 
 Canon,t\iZt itJhaU be lawfullfor no Tr»"^ ^^"^ 
 
 LAYMAN, but the EMPEROR ^Lc!^ 
 
 to enter within the Kails which in- ^ 
 
 chfe the Communion-Table. Whofoever under- 
 ftands any thing oi Antiquity cannot fay that a- 
 ny thing that contradiBs this, is TKANS^PKO'- 
 SED thence i and i( you will ask F/e^^ what 
 power onr Kings had antecedently unto the Rule 
 of Henry VIII. He had no more than totam lai^ 
 calem potejiatem^ a Large power : And albeit 
 Our Law doth efteem Him to fome Purpofes a 
 M/XT PEKSON'iyct to extend that faying unto 
 ]t*s Htmojl latitude , is to coiitradift Our Ca^^ 
 nons. If we look into ancient Governments (^the 
 formula of Regnanc Chrijio ^ were there nothing 
 elfe^wouldjuftifiewhatl fzy^as to the Chri^ians*^ 
 and the Kex Sacrorum,^^ Pontificate^zs to Komi) 
 there is no fuch Connexion betwixt the CKOIVN 
 and MITKE, that Ec c left ajiical 2tnd Ci'viU few- 
 er (liould be INSEPARABLE. Thefe, and 
 many other Errours, if they have not been taken 
 notice of, th^ Author of theiEccleftaflicalToliey. mzy 
 be reputed happy through the Ignorance of HIS 
 ADVERSARIES : But, if what H^ writ is not 
 
 TRANS-^ 
 
[43 
 TRANS-PROSED, you will demand, Who it k 
 thatjs tbeTKANS-PROSER ? I learned it Icaig 
 •go from the fan»ed StagirUe, that 'tis more eafie 
 to frVpiJe ■ ^Hejiions then to fohe them ; and if 
 yoH perute the REHfi^K^^L, you will find, 
 none ( or fewj of r/w/e Verfes turned into froj^^ 
 by our late writer, i am certain thefe are not :' ii 
 
 Pag, 62, ^^fo'^^'^Mp^^of^^eyoHcatifwdiow^- 
 , ;'.: 4iWW heretvitba who&p^ and there with a 
 
 {hollow 
 
 Pag^i^o Nor the Dialogue betwixt Thmder and 
 ^ iuvi -^'vipfghtrnttg^ viz.(i<iw loudXhuader, Brisk^ 
 hightmUg IZ 1 Urikemen down- I fire the Town*—- 
 Lpiok^toUf, We'll do't. Since thefe and other paffagef 
 are not -JB-ANS. PROSED j I do ivw know 
 how tojufiify iJbe TITLE-PAGE of this new 
 Book,: Mt-7homaiDriftg attheWhite Lyon next 
 Chdni(^'ylane end. in' FJeet-fireU , hath indeed 
 fome reafon to gratifie the Juthor^vvho hath efFe- 
 Bxa\]y ahliged hi)At6 the prejudice of his own re' 
 p0tj]ha«^ xlfor cm^eefafion-fitke^ I Aivill imagitit: 
 ^(JWtabb^e^J that B AYES ( not the word y»rf 
 »iw) is TRANS-PROSED : If I didnot ft&- 
 pdt |thi6 for can^erfaiidfhfdk^e only, I ftiould 
 .: .^ px provoke 
 
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 provoke you unf>ard()mbly iovaneTB^ordj ot^amt^ 
 is neither Tranf^profedy ncir 7ranf*<tterfedj, if it 
 conEft ^of no mi^re Syllables. Buf^vhy muft the 
 Juthor cf the Eccle(idfti€al FtUcy^ be calJed 
 ^p^YE$ J«/?/i^;r .^ .. H^. was no Kamtm Em^erour^ 
 QtVSorkns Conful^ withhis L/4er<cLi^wre^^, Ic 
 doth not appis^r J,bji^.i/i^\«a5 aPOIuT, or writ 
 any PLAYESv WhatisitthQn ih^i M\x\q,s Htm 
 unto thefe LAURELS r! If I iliould grant char, 
 His dtfcsHrfes arp indtfcre^t^i^^cphererit yAufi'cdyNith 
 falfnks and mpetiinenckfy^oth^tth^tict'^ follow 
 that mUa POETASTER ? if BAYESJ««wr 
 be defcended ft^m BATE^J 5e^Vr;?rtishy aa 
 Eq^waf0lQemr4tiony ^$gmcfTmkrfRZy hy cor- 
 THptioH produte Wornts^ or i^r^A^i, ahd fliould 
 I iftlargc my felf never fo much in eommendatioti 
 of the REHEARSAL, the REHEARSAL 
 TRANS.PRP5ED would derive no advantage 
 
 But I pafsfroni thtT^kk^page^ z^ it om din evil 
 Tonal ot Frantif-piete (which yields nothing of 
 delight ^thow^ iomewhat o^illOmtri)to examine 
 thp Tr^rif<? it felf- Ther^e'^rfJix it/e^er^/^ 
 Hadsy which flie w the Author to have* hid (onie 
 Ifiteri/als of SE NSE and WIT} and fudi^on may 
 fi])d kiithc EUrrapgaei of JP««Jb«/?4S/, andl^^rf- 
 
men^ though Jthe fpeabrs do not apprehend the 
 things i Or, to deal more civilly with the Ah* 
 thor. I do not find that Hk nnder^andingis pro- 
 portionate mto his confidence. 
 
 It is not wanffeft unto me, by the Sarracenicd 
 
 Hijiories j nay, I am morally certain of the contra* 
 
 ryy that Mahomet h^d not two Companioni^ which 
 
 p clubbed with H/«i,in making the Alchorani 
 
 yctowr Author zvowsk. 
 
 The Parable of the Brambk , fpeaking ( if wc 
 
 allow that the reft may beeafily ^r^«/e^,or ex- 
 
 tdrted ) hath a Precedent in Scripture-^ and though 
 
 p the Author of the Ecclejiajiical policy^ do 
 
 explode the ufe oi fuljomeyetaphors^zud 
 
 Scriptural Allegories , yet this Rehear fer feems of 
 
 another opinion^ and perhaps may acquieicein 
 
 thefe infarionr Examples of Mfop^ Loemany &c. 
 
 However if BAYES Senior be fori^^/Vw/Wasthe 
 
 . Kehearfal reprefents him. We may indulge 
 
 BAYES JuT/idr, without incongruity/ ' 
 
 But this Rehear fer doth fpend all his tvit upon 
 
 the Cenfurc o{this Parable. He referves extra'^ 
 
 ^ ordinary flafhes thereof, for the fubfe^ 
 
 *''' /* quent difcourfe 2ihouttheScifuationof 
 
 Geneva upon the Lake Leman. I do excepit 
 
 againft bis Raillery, by faying that the Eccl^^ 
 
 apical 
 
j 7 ] ' 
 Ajtical Politition writia England^ from which the 
 v^hole Lake licth Somh-wards. But 1 might com- 
 plain of the Geography of this railer^ for either 
 occafion to be exceeding pleafant, or the zfigour 
 of his phanfie tranfported him into an Err^wr, 
 which every one may y^^ in the large Atlas.Th^ 
 La\e doth not lye due EaH and Weft^ but bend- 
 ing it kX^Uorth-wardi^ and then turning fo me- 
 what Wefi-rvards^ doth form an HJfe 
 moon J and he (poke without his Compafs ^^^rrjg] 
 who obferved this Lake to the E^fi eiesJdLM- 
 and IVefl ' But fuppole this were true, nacam acsc^^ 
 yet would it not be falie to fay Ge- ^^^^^^^«^' 
 nc^a featcd on the South^fide h for all that fide 
 i% the SoHth'fide^zs the oppofite to the North tnti- 
 ther is Geneva featcd exadly at the ^/j^, in the 
 Lake , but upon the Southern terra jir ma : And it 
 feeros ftrange,that the Affigns of John Cdvin^znd 
 Theodore Be%a^ (liould be fo unacquainted with 
 the place of their refidence* if any concluded 
 that Gene^va had fold Mr^ B^yes a B^rg^i/^jas the 
 M(?^/iiervedche5««in the Rehearfal^ they (hew- 
 ed their want o^ judgment^ and as little oiMemo- 
 ry:{oT thtMvon lellstheB^/rg^w unto the Earthy 
 and not unto the San* Orbk^ Orbis* 
 
 If the Author of the Ec cleft -lUical Polfcy^dcictvc 
 the name oi Bayes^ though no Epick^or Drama^^ 
 
 B tick 
 
tick Toet •■> we ought not to deny foine fuch like 
 
 denomination unto the modern Rehearfer, who 
 
 would fecm to a^ theComedian ^znd repre- 
 
 ^■*^^* fents us fix of Mr. 'Bayes his Flayes ( as He 
 
 calls /kw) and infteadof P/o»y,wemuft 
 
 ^^' ^°^' expcifi nothing but Aphorijmis oiHypo- 
 
 thefes. What ? Aphorifmes, and HypolhefeJ of 
 
 F/^;e/ ? This Language would better become 
 
 zn Afironomical^ or PhilofiphicanteAUCe, then 
 
 a Comdy. Well, I fee the Kejbe^rpr will not 
 
 deferve the Bayes; I will therefore term him 
 
 Kofmary, and then the whole Conteft will be 
 
 brought to this fummary, that there are ttpo per' 
 
 font in the world that trade much in Ko/e/«4r;i 
 
 and Bayes, But Kofemaryl though j)>(7« would 
 
 have aded the part oiGideoa^ upon this Tolitici- 
 
 on of Snccoth, and clawed him away with Briar Sy 
 
 for his Farable of the Braftible.znd mif-placing of 
 
 Geneva : Have not you placed your 
 
 ^^^'^^' Scene ill, where you reprefcnt jBj)«j, as 
 
 Chaplain in a Nohle-mant tionfe, and direBing hh 
 
 re'verenre towards the GentU'Wometis Psw} vnhete: 
 
 as if we underftand any thing of this NobUmaa, 
 
 no ff^opien refort unto his Chappel, or Table. 
 
 Though I am not of their <jp//7w», who ima- 
 gine , that the Frie(ihood is really confolidated 
 with the Regal-power in Bttgland : yet if Mr. 
 
 Rofemary 
 
tp] 
 
 Rofemary had affifted at the C.oronatioff^ 
 
 he might have feen his Ma)efty vefted ^\ * 
 
 in Sacerdotal habtlments^ znd thereby have (atlsfi- 
 
 cd his curiofity^ which is now very impatient to 
 
 fte how the F(MitiJical Jiole Would become our 
 
 King. 
 
 Mr. Bayes is charged to recommend unto 
 
 the civil Magiftrate perfecution ^ And that 
 {o fiercely ^ that jHlian whom Mr. Rofemary 
 thinks to have been firft a Tieader^ Pa2* 12? 
 and then to have Held- forth in 
 the Cfcr//?/Jw Churches, before he twrn^d Apo^ 
 Jiate^ and then Perfecntar^ could not have out- 
 done him in Irony ^ or Cruelty. Iconfcfs that Jn- 
 Uan had fome right to thcBayes^ 2is ^mBorions 
 Entperour: But if Ihavc the 7V«5C)&^r<i(S^r here 
 of Mr. BayeSy there is not any refemblance be- 
 twixt Him and Julian. 7f Julian were a Kea^ 
 der in the ancient Chnrcb^ it doth not thence fol- 
 loWj that he did ever Hold for ih : except thofe 
 two expreffions bceqhipolknt And as for cruelty the 
 K^ignof Julian is not infamous iorthat. He gave 
 an nni^etfal indulgence^ re-called the exit d Or» 
 thodox ,'prottdicd thcChriJi/anChurches ,2ind fevere- 
 ]y forbid thzt Chrifli ins (hauld be enforced to 
 fag^nifnt' Wherenow dothlie thcrefembtance be- 
 twixt Julian^znd Mt.Bayesd do not comprehend 
 the Hypothefes of this Drama. I am 
 
I am no lefle dif-fatisficd with his Allegati^ 
 ons out of Mr. Hales* s Trcatifc ofSchipn^ He 
 was a learned man^ but towards hi? latter end fo 
 much fufpe^ted for Socinlanifm ^th^t 'tis ill done 
 to reckon of him as out oi that Church o( Eng^ 
 land ; efpecially fince that traSi was never 
 allorpcd oiy or approved by the Englijh Churchy 
 as Hooh^rs's -policy hath been. 
 
 I fhould exceed the bounds of a private Let- 
 ter^ (hould I render you an account of every 
 failonr whereunto haji^ prejudice^ or ignorance 
 betrayed Mr. Kofemary : He will not approve of 
 Truths^ if uttered by the Ecclefiajiical Fdliticiaw^ 
 whereof this inftancewill convince you. 
 
 '' The Ecclef. Pol faid that Our bleffed Savi^ 
 ^ our did in that aBion ( of fcourging the B^^yerx 
 ^and Sellers in the Temple ) takf upon him the 
 ' Perfon andfri'viledge of ajewifh Xealot, Mr; 
 ^ Kofemary fubjoyns—- • Take upon him the^fr- 
 ^ fen^ that is^ perfonam induere. And what part 
 Mid He play ? O^dijewifh Zealot. 
 
 ^ The Second perfon 
 ' of the Trinity ( may I repeat thefe things with- 
 ' out oftcnce ? ) to take upon Him the perfon 
 ^ of a notorious Rogue and Cut-throat ! 'This fee- 
 ' med to proceed from too (light an Apprehen- 
 ' fion and Knowledge of the duty we owe un-*^ 
 ' to Our Saviour,, I 
 
I am willing to believe ;that Mi. Kofemjry 
 did write this out of an hearty '%eal for the ho- 
 nour of our bleffed Sa^vionr y but yet his n^eal 
 h not according to knowledge : Others may think 
 that He intended to fcsnrge Bayes^^nd caft Him 
 out of the Temple^ allotting unto Him for change 
 ing thus of our 5^'Z/i(7wr the fame doom whereun- 
 Co thofe were fentenced who changed money f 
 there. If he were not more excellent at Kail- 
 levy^ then Criticifmes^ I aflure him that his Re- "/^ 
 putation would immediately decline. To tah^ 
 upon him the perfon^ that is, perfonam indnere^ 
 He might alfo have taken notice that perjonam 
 induere doth alfo fignifie to put on a perruh and 
 Vifor'mas\\ and have with ^^(?;«/;;^//ra declai- 
 med againfl Bayes^ for introducing the Second 
 per/on in the Trinty afting a modern Mafcarade 
 in the Temple. But He is content the imputati^ 
 on (hall not extend fo far ; But could you ima- 
 gine it to be other than thediQ-ate of extream 
 malice^ thus to argue ? He tooh^upon him thepen^ 
 fon '^ thzt is^perfonam induere:^ and that to A61 
 apart in a Play. Is this the Rehearfal tranfpro'*- 
 fed } Or rather an innocent exprejfion invidioufly 
 mifconftrued ! In the Garden^ upon his refurre- 
 ftion 5 in the Jonrney unto Emaus^ would not 
 ai^y man fay thu the Scc^ndperfon of the Trinity 
 
 did 
 
[»2] 
 
 did take upon him the perfon of a Gardiner and 
 Trai/eller ? And when He made as if he xponld 
 go farther *, Oh ! to what exceptions would 
 Xcal znA Animofityhzvc tranfported Kofemary'j 
 had but the Or/^/;;^/Gr(7c^ b^en Iranfprofed^ or 
 literally tranflated by Mr. Bayes \ But Kofema- 
 ry thinks^ though this expreffion of tahiitg upon 
 him the perfon^ be it of a Reconciler and Media- 
 tor^ or Jadge^ ( or perfons when attributed un** 
 to the Trinity ) may not be perhaps culpable e- 
 nough in the judgment of others , and there- 
 fore the cafe mufl: be aggravated with playing a 
 part. Truely the words o{ playing the part ^ are 
 too light ^ and unbecoming : Ay I gad they are ; 
 And 
 
 If that defign appears^ 
 
 Tie lug Bayes hy the ears^ 
 ^^ntilX mah^e V;;; crach^ 
 
 But Sir, Mr. Bayes ('3LyQs no fuch thing : this 
 \s z Flower oiKo f em ary. "T is perfon am indue* 
 re very ill tranjprofed. None would have/rni* 
 pled at the expreflion, had it been rendered, to 
 aci the part^ or take upon him the per fori : And 
 perhaps by this time the Non-Con for miflx will 
 not fcruple at the phrafe of playing the part^ fince 
 they have bought up fo mightily the Original 
 
Kehearfal^ and find fo great advantage by tranf^ 
 froftng it. Well, if Mr. Kofemary m^y fay with- 
 out ofence^ that Chriji did tah^e upon him the per. 
 [on i yet Be cannot^ He doubts, fay H^ too\upon 
 him the perfon of a Jewifh Zealot , that is, of a 
 NOTORIOUS ROGUE c^CUT-THROAT. 
 I do concur with Mr. Kofemary in the latter 
 claufe^that none ought to fay. That Chriji tooh^ up- 
 on him the perfon of a NOTORIOUS ROGUE 
 ^ CUT-THROAT.Oh! WiwBayes.Mr.Bayes. 
 
 Villain^ what Monfer did corrupt thy mind^ 
 
 Tattacque the Noblcji Soul ofhmane I^nd? 
 
 Ted me who fet thee on ? 
 Sir, I have examin d him ftriftly, but no tor-^ 
 ture of the Kac\produceth this to be his fenfe. He 
 faith that a Jewifh Zealot hath a great refem- 
 blance unto Prince frettyman^ 
 
 What Oracle this darl^tefs can ez^ince ? 
 
 Sometimes a Fifhers'sfonjometimesa Prince ! 
 
 It is a fecret^ great as is the World I 
 
 In which ^ I, lih^ the foul^amtofs' d (^ hurVd. 
 
 The blackeji Inh^ ^ff^^^^ f^^^ ^^ ^y ^^^ '•> 
 
 And when fl)e writ my Name^ fhe made a hlot^ 
 
 After all this hluflering in Verfe^ and in Profe: 
 
 be pleafed Sir to underftand that Kofemary 
 
 knows not the nature of a ttue Jewifh Zealot : 
 
 He had read, or heard fome body tell out of 
 
 Jofephm 
 
Jofepbus his Hiftory of the deftruftibn of Jem. 
 rJem, that there were a fort of Zeabu, who 
 out of a vehement and indifcreet concern tor 
 the Mofakd LarP, begot great tumults, occali- 
 end much blood-Oied, and were the prw«p^/ 
 canfe of the ruine of that State, To compare 
 Chrid with one ofthefe , this feemed uncouth znd 
 intolerable in a Chrijiian. But , beho d there 
 were another fort of Zealots permitted by God 
 in the Jewiffj Commen-wealth, who might de- 
 
 firoytbetr fnend., ki^l ^^^^ f^l^'^J^f'^ 
 U Idolatry :(Mch was Ffoi«e^x,fuch was M^tt/«^: 
 andincafe.ofgreatcnormities&violationsofthe 
 
 mI^.^ Law, the aftingsof Ze./.rx for Refor. 
 mation were approved as Herotcal, and exempt 
 from mdiciary cenfures or fenahies. Any man, 
 
 oUrkaryfeife. will imagine f^YZlTZ 
 did ( fioce he was not quejiioned^or the hti, not 
 oppofed in it ) affume the perfon of fuch a Zea- 
 71 and was'fecured by the Lar. f.r Zealots : 
 for it behoved htm to fulfill all KighteouMs a 
 eaft He cam notto deUroy the L.u^. And the Text 
 luudes unto this cafe, alledging this paliage 
 lereupon. The Zeal of thy bonje hath eat. n-.e 
 there,upo ^^^ Howfoever, Ur.Sclden 
 
 ScMiadejmenatur. authenticates the Ecclcftafiical 
 
 Heb. /. 4. '^. 4, 5 . Hijiorian ; neither is there any 
 
 /«/f#«feintheexprenion. ^«' 
 
But Mortals that hear^ 
 
 Haw we Tilt and Carrier^ 
 
 With wonder will fear 
 
 The e<vent offnch things a^Jhali mver appear. 
 
 Behold the paffage whereat Mr. Rofewary was 
 fo much offended:/ Hiould have chougbt the jir(i 
 Exprejpons of Mr, Bayes^ whereto this part of 
 the Zealot related, were the lefs fuppor tabiCj'z^ix. 
 That Chrift being not only in an hot fitofZeal^ bnt 
 in afeeming fury^ andtranjportof Pajpon^ ^ 
 did overthrow the Tables, &c. But 
 Mr. Rofemary hatb otherSentiment.%and efteems 
 this to be the more petulant fpeecb • ^ut however 
 that I do think ^omeis^hat illohhefe words'') )et I 
 know that in the Pfalms, znd old Prophets^ thcvc 
 are paffages which might as eafily be carped at 
 by a malevolent Pen, efpecially if one confulc 
 the Original Hebrew Text. And Buchanan in his 
 verfion of the Pfafms^ doth lo exprefs himfelf 
 concerning God Almighty^ that we may tolerate 
 the like in reference unto the fuond person of the 
 Trinity ' Buchanan Pf !• 
 
 Turn jufta accenfus miferof affabituriray 
 Et per furorem ctfa confilia fuum 
 
 Tfirbabit " 
 
 And elfe where. 
 
 D«/;j {aevicntlsflag^at in curfu furor, 
 
 "^ Exigere p^enas abfiine 
 
 C It 
 
7i: may be you will reply, That the EccJefiaUi-^ 
 cal Hiftorian can c]2im no benefit (or his dckticQ 
 by any Scripture cxprejfions : He^ and the Author 
 of the Friendly Debate^ are incapable oftheprivi^ 
 le^ge of the Clergy^ and /believe they would Iboner 
 quit their trofejftons (\{ they might hold the 
 /- / EmoUtments ) then it fbould be (aid of either oK 
 themLe^i^ nt UericHS : they would fooncr loofe 
 their livef^ then preferve them by a fnlfome^ Me- 
 taphoric4l % Allegorical Pfalm of mercy t except 
 ?/?e)f be permitted to reader the M(?rj/ thcreof,and 
 having read as Clerkf to expound according to 
 themfehes . It is not to hz wondered at if iuch 
 as I are at a lofs, and know not what the Keligi- 
 on i$ now oith^ Church of England Were Bifhop 
 Wbitgift and Jexpel^ Whital^r and Ferhfns alive 
 now, they would be accounted Fanatich^ Here^ 
 ticks zndBramblef : And a new part of theFw/rrf- 
 ly Vebate would evince them to be the moft ridi* 
 culotkf^ canting Preachers that ever were. I believe 
 they may cfteem Bifhop Latimer a fool, in that 
 he fuffered for his Religion: I am fure they would 
 have thought him io for Uk Preaching. It was 
 a wifh of St. JhUin, that He had but feen Chrift 
 in the Flefh^ and heard St. Paul Preach-^ But I fee 
 now that the Father was a Simpleton^ who de- 
 lighted in cming exprejpons^ Scriptural allufionst 
 and inftgnificant Phrafes. The Apoftle Panly^nd 
 
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the Bifliop of Hippo^ were the BMern and Son 
 them Brambles, whence that prodigiopps^ indefati^ 
 gablcy prating^ preaching^fcratchtng^biting Brambles 
 upon theLake of Leman had its l^r/g/W. There is 
 Magicky they fay, in a Bramble ^ both endf whereof 
 do groWjZnd Jirange effiBj are faid to be wrought 
 thereby ; this Geneva- Br amble was rooted on both 
 fides of the Lah^ - and be/ides its Agent j it pro- 
 duced Nettles^ vjh\ch fling even the EcclefiaHicl^f 
 of this Age^ though many take them to be dead 
 Nettles J OT J r change LThey th^it pi fs upon them ^ 
 prove exceeding pee<z/ijh for a long time afrer : 
 they reU evilly thereupon, and are perplexed 
 with vexatious dreams^ fo as that they di(l 
 quiet their Neighbours* I could wifli they would 
 not diftui b the Vifwage with declamations a* 
 gainftMr.G/'2///;*When I wsls di Stripling^l heard 
 him oftentimes cited in the Fulpit^ by Men (as 
 thofe times were ^ and rj^^^ were, as J beard, of 
 the Church of England^ very piot^ and Learned 
 (indhzd read him) and they always added the 
 Elogy ofJtidiciOHs^whQn they named Mr £^'2^i«j 
 /have feen Teflimonies of an intimate Correfpon- 
 dence and Contmnnion betwixt the Forreign Pro. 
 tenants ^and thofe of the Englijh Churchy and out 
 Embaffadors had a Pen^ in the Church at Charen- 
 ton^ frequenting that Chnrcby znd receiving the 
 Communion there •, as other R^jf^/iJ^/, exiles^ did 
 
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 in other placefT. But now / fee t :f0/' pejfh were 
 ^// in the Bmrf,and like Trw^w/ChiKljc i forloo'x 
 their Scboil^ to go miching after Black*berrks^ 
 Upon which Fruit whofoever feeds much, He 
 will be ape tj break out into the hch ( and mull: 
 h2 clawed by the EccUfia^kal Hijliriari) or fome 
 other cHt^neo^ pn^nles^ for which the Filgrimf- 
 fuhe will be necefTary ; the which is to be had 
 near the Stage oijofm Pumeu^ in Coveni-garden^ 
 
 I will not detain you any longer ; /heartily 
 vvifh that neither the EccUfiaHical Hi^orian^ nor 
 thcTranf'profer had writ 5 and chat there were a 
 prohibition againfl: Rofemary and Baye^^Ws an 
 Age of Children, and fuchan EdiSi v/ould be ac- 
 ceptable amongll: thofe. As to the Qburch of 
 England few of them approved the Style of Mr. 
 Bayes and fewer his DoSlrines: fie was in the 
 Pnlpit declaimed againfl: as the young Leviathan : 
 And upon diligent enquiry, I do not fee any 
 reafon why Mr. Rofentary (hould make fo many 
 falies againfl: the whole Clergy ^ that were inn9- 
 i£nt and Hn-concerned: Thus he infinuatcsa Je/- 
 fure of ChHrch'r2venius '-) and reprelcnts the 
 Divines indefinitely as implacable p?rfons, 
 and ince^idf-aries : It is moft evident, that the 
 civil pcjic ( if not our common fal^ation^ ) 
 doth depend upon a Re^verencenpon thc^ Clergy : 
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fupporf of Goverjunent : whilft their dictates are 
 regarded awftdly^ the people ^vc traSidble^ and 
 th^Vrince may with eafe manage them: but 
 when they become contemptible^ and are inodia- 
 tedj thti^. flandwg Armies^ Arbitrary porver^2ind 
 fiich lih^ contrivances muft fecure the Veace and 
 Monarchy. It is more fafe and confonant to 
 old prudence^ to exaft that the ?riejis of all Rc^ 
 ligions (ball be equally re^verenced. then that 
 ;^^we (hould be. I cannot allow his dilcourfe 
 concerning the original of the Wars : There 
 was fuch a coifjunSiion ofcanfes which produced 
 thofe dire efl-e61:s, thztWs 3l fallafie to aflign 
 one efficient thereof : If 1 were to deduce its 
 origine, I fhould fix upon the two books, Ig- 
 noramu^\ 2ir\dSeldenof Tythes^ as the occafion 
 thereof: befidcs which, there were fome that 
 wanted ivhite jiaves ^{omtth^t \werc difappoint* 
 edin their Amours^ fome that were made Ctul^ 
 olds^ fomethat envied theyp/ew^^;/r and magni^ 
 fcenceoi others, which they themfelves could 
 not^ or would not imitate. Thefe ( and fuch 
 like accidents) were the ^rae occafions^ the reft 
 were only coincident^ ox pretences affumed, whilft 
 the rejllefs^ ambitious and malicious Spirits^ 
 abufed the well-meaning Patriots^ and Xealots. 
 I have heard it related from the mouth of Mor-y 
 nay du Piejps that the Civil Wars of France^ 
 
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 'the Catholich^ league and the confederation 
 of Henry the third ^ with the K. of Na^arre^ 
 had this prin/ate Ori^i/?^/,that theDukeof Cw//e 
 cheated him that was afterwards Duke of Ef- 
 pernon of a Mijj^e, And let men declare rvhat they 
 rviU^ belt Religion^ or Liberties and fri'viledges^ 
 I am refolved to remain dif-engaged in the quar- 
 rel, and imagine only that there is an Amour in 
 the bottom, or that fomc Men would deprive 
 others of others of their places and ejiates ^or that 
 theL^n?)/er/(finding themfelves toonumerom^odii^ 
 dx^^hurthenfome and difrefpeBed by the people J 
 would indear themfelves to thcNat ion ^2ind make 
 work for their profeffion by fccmmg A JJertors of 
 theLawsKights and freedom of the SubjeSi. The 
 buifinefs of the Minutes in Chancery portends 
 worfe things than the ConjunSlion of Saturn and 
 Mars : and for SLtiy Chancellor to prevent loooo. 
 havo^fuits in one Honour able ABion is a fuflicient 
 ground fov everlafling quarrels &: animoftfies.Me* 
 thinks lalready hear the complaints, that Dame 
 CuVUabel iil Northumb.h^ith fuffered by the Rats 
 in U^r Dairy ^ & that the intruding M/r^have for* 
 ttied unto themfel vesN^yJx in two or three of her 
 Cheefes : which dammage though it be not much 
 considerable toHer^or the Nation -^yet theExam'- 
 pie \ the Example \ the property of the SubjeSf^ 
 Meum & Tnum is univerftlly endangered 5 and 
 
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it behooves Chejhm and Suffoll^ to look unto 
 themfelves. Such reafonings as thefe did more 
 mifchief in 163^. then Sibthorps Sermon. In 
 the days of Queen Eli'x^abeth^ was not there a 
 Loan ? Was not Wentrporth clapped the Towre 
 for debating of fuch Staie^affairs in the Houfe 
 o^ Commons^ as the Queen did not refer to their 
 confideration ? Were not the Non-conformifls 
 perfecuted, and fome put to death ? Why was 
 not the Nation then fo jealoHS and fearful of 
 their Liberties^ 2iS to ^ppc2LV generally difcontent- 
 ed ? It is moft true there was fo fmali a number 
 ofLai»yers that they had all fupcient employ- 
 ment ^ and theij />//er^/? in the Nation was not 
 great ^ nor was the Prefs employed about Book^ 
 of Reports : But I do not attribute it unto that 
 caufe 5 I rather think the People were then 
 wifer then to think that one ASiion or two in the 
 Queen^ though they did ( as John Goodwin faid 
 of fome aftions in K. Dazfid^ ^Ltid Solomon ) 
 fmell ranhjy of ?rerogitary and Arbitrary power ^ 
 yet did not they prefage a total fubverfion of 
 the Laws and Liberties of the People : That fuch 
 zn alteration of Go'uernment \s not the work of 
 e^ery Prince or Age 5 the fierce^ proud^ and 
 ambitions may attempt it : but not the popular^ 
 cautelous^ and mild : Such a defign is accompa- 
 nied with fo much ha%ard^ that I muft have 
 
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 powerful Argnmenls to perfvvademe that any 
 King goes about it \ and if He have poteiit neigh- 
 hours, cfTbe involved in Wars, or in danger of 
 any, there is not any fnggefiion Oiall ever be 
 powerful enough to convince me that he will 
 purfue fnch projeSls. You fee 1 retain the fen- 
 timentsoftheAgeof old Elftbeth ; and if the 
 Ecclefiaftical Volitician will not permit us to ad- 
 mire the Wit, let us admire the wifdofn, and 
 retain the Religion of thofe times • As to the 
 former, perhaps He will )oyn with Vs ; as to 
 the latter, I conceive it is ttncontroulably fettled 
 by Law, and fliould we once go about to alter 
 it 'tis doubtful when and what the ?arliament 
 8c Cowvocation will agree unto \ or the Non-Coa- 
 formiHs acquiefce in.Tis not in the power of the 
 "church to comply with all : 'tis not IVifdoift to 
 oblic^e one party to the difcontent of the reji, 
 efpccially the Koyallifts being o? that number ; 
 and 'tis an hundred to onehnt if the Presbyterians 
 C'tis thofe for which Kofemary muft /em to 
 pleadj) be indulged in point of Ccrewa«/ei-,a few 
 of the M/w/Tferx may acquiefce in Epifcopacy, but 
 the party will not/ And then vv\uz prudence is it 
 ro nnfettle theprefentjiate of a fairs, to difcontent 
 the Loya/8c Generous Cavaliers, and yetl-o gain 
 rif that) a fevv Presbyterians good Benefices ? . 
 But Your long experience in the ParliamtHU iad^vblkk 
 
 affairs, renders this difcoarfe unneceffary. I am, 
 
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