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II 



tS. "An Afgume nt'no tp^thisj^ is u^ 

ccl by "all the A]lcrtx)rs of Epifcopacy, in which 
the force of the reaibi?ing:is equal to the truth 
of the aflcrtion ; which is, that it is not pot 
. fil^to tHink t^t a^ovemnient fiffhcfctf^ 
min4l, [ unter wfvich the Wodd ratejved t$e 
Ghriftian-^keligion; and that in a "courle of 
pany Ages, in which as all the corners jpflhc 
Chjriftl^ Church* fb air the p^rts 'oiT. itj;^! th^ 
ttouiyd*a$^ell as tfie.^nfoun^^ tjfiat is, thplOr- 



^ritbooiras welj as the Hereticks and ScIjjjSjja- 
fecks^ agreed : The'Perfecutions that lay thctj 
fo heavy on the Church m^de it no defireable 
thing for *a'* Man t0 be fcxpdf&d to their firft 
fi!rry^ -which was always the Bifliops portipxi ; 
ai^d that in a tou^fe^ of ' toiny Centuries, in 
which there ^ak nothing but Toyerty and La- 
bour tcr be got by the Imploymignt: There 
being* uo' Princes; to. fct it On as anIEngine of 
Cfovtrnment, and lio' Synods of Clergymen 
gathered to altumc that Authority to them- 
iclTcs by joint defigns and endeavours. And 
can it be imagined that in all that glorious 
Cloud of WitncflTes to the truth of the Chrif- 
tian Rcl^gionij \*ho as they planted it with 
their Labours!' fb wdtfer'd ir with their Blood, 
thefc^lhcul^ riol:i<>ttiUch as Cne^lirigle perlbn 
be found, , on whoin cither a love' to truth, or 
an envy at the ad va'nrehieat of others, prevajl- 
<*d'C)far as to dieclare agaiiift iuch ?in early 
iijid univcffal pofruption (If kis to be eftccm-* 
^d one.) : When all' this Is coiiiplicjitcdiogcr; 
IffcV, it' is really of fo great 'Authprity, .that' 
/lo?c RQt to give^ the J)roper name to" that 
' ^ temper 



neTREFjiCK 

tempet that cw withlland ib pkin a dcm^n-^ 
Aratioo. For ^hat can a^^Man,. even heated 
vytth all the forde of itnaginatioa, and pofl^ 
iei mxh all the (barpaefs of prgadice, except 
to die inference made from thefe PreftiifTe^ 
that a Form fo ibon introduced, and fi> won-^ 
derfully blefi'd^ could not be contrary to the 
Rules of the Goipel ; and cannot be aicribed 
to ^ny ot^er Original, but that the ApoiH«s 
every where eftabliihed it, as the Fence about 
the Goipel which they planted', fb that our 
Religion andGovernment axe to be reckoned 
Twiiw bora at the fame tinxci and both de- 
rived from the fame Fathers. 

But things ib remote require more than or- 
dinary Jknowlec%e toiet them before us in a 
true light : And their Diftance from us makes 
them leflen as much to our thoughts, as Ob- 
jeds that are far from ua .do to our Eyes. 
Therefore* it will be perhaps necellary in or- 
der to the giving a iullet andumiables'pfo- 
Iped of that ApoftolicalConftimtion, to chule 
a Scene that lies nearer,, and more within all 
peoples yiew^ that £o it may appear, tfaaii fot 
th^ living Arguments in &yQUr of this Go- 
yemm^t wc need not go lb £ir as to the C/f- 
menfs^ the Ignatius' s^ the Tolycarfs^ the /- 
ren€ufSjt}MDenyfSj ztAH^Cy^toiifs^ that 
were the Glories of the Golden Ages: Not 
tothc Jhhanafiu^s^ the BafiFsy the Grego^ 
^% ^^Chr^ftome^Sy the Martin' Sy the Am^ 
irife's and the Jufiin*Sy that were the beau- 
tics of the Second ix% SUver Age of Cbriftia« 
. ^ a 3 nity ; 



fcutthitcTcnini this Iron Agc^ acid dteg of 
time^ther^ haye bieii fachPatcems^ as perha)^ 
c4n W<ll3r^bp;aiatched fince Miracles ceafed.' 
We ought not to deny the Cliurch ^fRami 
ttte juft Praifo.tliatlielong tafomc of the Bi-i* 
ihQp$ .ihfe ha£f produced in thii and the kll 
Age^: \rh0 woce. burning and ibtning Lights i 
And.3te jcaighjl not to woffder if a Church {b 
Monifh'd z& OYdt widh ihc cofruptions df hef 
Crlesf^^y and in particular of the Hdad^ of 
^m, xovcrs her fcif from thofe dcfetf ed Rt^ 
pxQfKhss by the brightnefs of fkch great 
6»tnQ^:^ and by the exemplary Vittues of the 
prefent Pope, which, being fi> tinniMl a thitig^ 
tt h n0t ftran^ to fee them mignify aftd ce-^* 
l^htatQ It as they do.. France hzsiikt^iGt 
pr0d6<:ed in this Age a great many Bifhojis^ 
of S^hom k mnft be faid, That as the Wdrki 
^»8 ffot wortbj.ofthem>lb that Church, thftt 
ti^theni ib ill^ iirasmucb lefs worthy <^ 
them/ And though there Ate not many i^ 
that, ftampilowkfty yet Cardinal Grif^aUfpf^ 
tbeJBKhcp o{jhgierSj.sMd the Bilhop of Gre^ 
noklti Xnay icrre to ^dignify an Age, as well 
as a Natioar . The BifhOp of ^^ ^as, as « 
grm and g^od Man told m^^ lik«a liViiig 
and peaking GTofpfeL 

. It \s true theif intangldnetlttf with the Jlee 
«f £Mi!rf and £he Court biFrattcey Vrere tiiing^ 
fK)th uneafy ,and dangerous to th^m ^ -but I 
love not to point. at theit MindfideA,- it is \Mi 
&k one thati would f€t Out : AM if we can beat 
the higheft coQiiDeAdatiotis that can be givett 

' to 

Who is de«d iinte tfais #»! firfi written. 



to the Virtues of Heathen Phllbibphers, evca 

vfHcn they do edipfe the Reputation of the 

|reater part of Chrifiians \ it will be uojuft 

fox any to be uneafy at the Praiies given to 

Prelates of another Communion, who are to 

be ib much the more admired, if notwitb- 

fianding all the corruptions tha|: lie fb thick 

about them, that they could hardly break 

through them, they hare fet the World fuch 

examples as ought indeed to make others *- 

Ihamed that have much greater advantages. 

But fince the giving of Oiders is almoft the 

only part of their $un6kion, that is yet intirdy 

in their Hands, they have indeed bro^riit a 

regulation into that which was fo g^ouy a- 

bufed in former times, that cannot be enough 

commended) nor too much imitated ; they 

have built and endowed Seminaries for their 

Diocelfes, in which ft competent number of 

young Ecclefiafticks are bred at Studies and 

Exercifes fuitable to that Profeffion, to which 

they are to be dedicated ; and as they find 

them well prepared, they are, by the feveral 

fteps and degrees of the Pontifical, led up to 

the Altar, and kept there, till Benefices fall^ 

and fo they are removed &om thence, as fit)ai 

a Nurfery, into the feveral parts of the Dio* 

ceifes. ny this means the Secular Qergy of 

France have in a great meafure recovered their 

reputation, and b^in now to bear down the 

Regulars, whofe Credit and Wealth had rifctt 

chiefly by the Ignorance and Scandals of the 

Curates. In this the prefent Archbifhop of 

Rbeims has fet a pattern to the reft, fuitable 

a 4 to 



The? RE f AG B 

to the high Rarifc he holds in that Church,^fo^ 
iib^ hif raifed a Seniinary that coft him Fifty 
^ioiifatidCtowtis a building, and above FiNrc 
^Thoulaiid Cf o\trns a year in Supporting the ex:^ 
^erice of it ; ill wbidh there are atout One 
Hnnditcd Ecclefiaftlcks maihtairfed j and out 
V>f thefe he.Ordairi^ eVery yeariuCh a numbeif 
^i tlie dxteht df his liidcefs doeS require : And 
Viththefe he fuppfie^ the Vacantifes that falL 
This* is a way of iihpldyirig the Revenues of 
the Church, that is exiftly fiiitaSle to' the 
fenfe of tht Primitive times, in which a Bi-* 
ih6p was not confidered as the Proprietor, but 
ottly as! the Adminiftrator and Difpencer of 
the Revehaebeldriging to his See: And there 
IS fcarce arty one thing ccJnceriiing which the 
iSynods ffl thofe Ages tdok mote care than to 
diftinguilh between the Goods and Eftate that 
belonged to a Biftop by any other Title; and 
thofe that he had acqilircd during his Epifco- 
patet For though fie might difpofe of the 
ttne, the other was to fall to the Chilrch. 
• But now to return to the Subjca that led 
tfie into this digfefliOH, there is nothing that 
b4n Have a 'ftrongfer operation to overcome all 
prejudices againft Epiitopacy, than the pro- 
J>oiing eftiirtent Patterns, whofe Lives conti- 
iiue to 4>cak ftill, though they af e dead : Of 
tvhich my native Country has produced, both 
in the laft and in the prcfent Age, fome great and 
fftre Inftances, of whicfc very emiftcnt effcfttf 
appealed,' even amidft all that Wge cjf fori- 
jbtis Zeal, into Which that Natrort was tranf- 
i)Orted againft it : And! I fuppofc the Reader 

will 



thTREFACB 

« 

"(i^itt.not be ill pleafed if I make a fecond dir 
greffion to entertain him with fome paflages 
concerning them, but will bear with it per- 
haps bettei: than with the former. 

And Ciice my Education and the courfc of 
ihy Life has led me moft to know the Aflfairs 
of Scot Ian Jy I will not enter iipon a Province 
that is foreign to me, arid therefore (hall leave 
to others the giving an account of the great 
Glories of the Church of England^ and will 
content my felf with telling fome more eminent 
things of fome of our Scottijh Bilhops: to 
wViich I wiU fay nothing upon Eying Reports^ 
biit upon very credible, if not certain Infbr- 
liiatidn. There was one Patrick Forbes of 
Merdeenjhirey a Gentleman of Quality and 
Eftate, but much tnore eminent by his Lear- 
ning and Piety, than his Birth or Fortune 
could make hin^. He had a moft terrible Ca^* 
lamity on hint iii his Fathily, which needs 
hot be named : t do not know whether that or a 
more early principle determined him to enter 
into Orders: He undertook the labour of a 
private Cure in the Country, upon the moft 
cameft invitations of his Biihop,when he was 
I'^orty Eight years old, arid dilcharged his Du-* 
ty therd io worthily, that within a few years 
he was prcfmoted to be Biftiop oi Aberdeen \ 
in which See he fat about Seventeen years* 
It was not eafy for King James to perfuade 
him to accept of that Dignity, and many 
Months pals'd before he could be induced to 
It, for he had intended to have lived arid died 
ill a triore oblcure cgrnen It Ibori appeared 

how 



ftovv well he deferved his Promotion, aiid that 
his unwillingnieis to it was not feigned, but the 
rdal effe£t of his humility : He was in all 
things an Apoftolical Mah- He uled to go 
round his Diocels without noife, and but with 
one Servant, that lb he might be rightly in- 
fehned of all matters. When he heard re* 
potts of the weaknels of any of his Clergy, 
his cuftom was to go and lodged unknown 
fiear their Church on the Saturday Night, and 
liext day, when the Miniftcr was got into the 
Ihilpit, he would come to Church, that fo he 
ftiight obier\'e what his ordinary Sermons 
were, and accordingly he admonifiicd or en- 
couraged them* He took luch care of the 
two Colleges in his Diocels, that they became 
quickly diftinguiihed from all the reft of Scot-' 
land: So that when the troubles in that 
Church broke out^ the Dodors there were the 
only Perlbns that could maintain the Caule of 
the Church ; as appears by the Papers that 
pals'd between them and the Covenanters. 
And though they begun firft to manage that 
Argument in Print, there has nothing appear- 
ed fince more perfeft than what they writ 
They were an honour to the Church both by 
their Lives and by their Learning, and with 
that excellent temper they feafoned that whole 
Diocels^ both Clergy and Laity, that it con- 
tinues to this day very much diftinguiihed 
from all the reft o( Scotland^ both for Leam- 
ingy Loyalty and Peaceablenels \ and, lince 
diat good Bilhop died but three years before 
the Rebellion broke out, the true fource of 

that 



ifiat fiiv-antitge tfacjr had, is juflily dutf to hi* 
Kemory : Otit of thefe Dod<tts was bis Son 
y^^ the Il^it of his Virtaes and ^iety, as 
well as df Ui Foitutte i Bat mach ta^tnx 
to him in liCaming; and he was pethaps in- 
ferior to no Man of his Age, whidk none 
Will diffHlte, tfiat haVe read las InjlfuSmiS 
Hifterko^1tbeohpc£y a Work which if he had 
finiflied it, and had been fnfiered to enjoy th6 
^iyae3€s ^his Retirement and Stady, to gire 
lis the Second Volume, had been the greateft 
Tteaiiiit df theological Learning that ^- 
ha^ tl» World has. yrt feen. He was Ditri- 
fifty FrO^or «t MerdetHy an Endowmenc 
i^iied by his Father : "Bixt Was driven out by 
the Cot^anc, and fo«;ed to fly beyond Sea. 
One memorable thing ofhis Father ought not 
to be left unmenti6n«i ; he had Synods twice 
a year 4^ his Cleigy, and be&re they went 
apon their other bufine^ he always b^aa 
With a fhoi^t diicourie, eiecufing his own ii&- 
miti^, and charging them that, if they knew 
Or obferved atiy diing amifi in him, they would 
ufe ftU freedom with him, aitd either come and 
Warn him in fctret of fccret errors, or if they 
Wc« publick, that they would fpcak of them 
there in publlck ^ and upon that he withdrew 
«d leave t»em to the freedom of Speech. ThU 
conde(cettfidn of his was never alM^ but by 
Ode petulant Mati, to whom all others ^crc 
V^lfev^refbt his infolence, only the Bilhop 
bore it giSitly ixA as became him. 

One 



rhe^PREFACjBC 

: One of the Dolors of AberdeeHy h^ in hit 
time, and of his name William Fwbes^ wad 
promotecl by the late King, while he vyas in 
Sceiland in the year one thoufandfi:^ hundred 
thirty anct three^^ to the Bilhoprick pi ^Eden-^ 
iurghy that was then founded by,him,fo that 
that glorious King laid on good grounds^ that 
he had found out a Bilhop that defer ved that 
9 ^ee diould be made for him ; he was a 

fraviEJ and eminent Divine ; my Father, that 
h^w ixiin long, and being of CouiK:ilfor hini 
in his Law-matters^ had occafion to' know" 
him well, has often told me, That he never 
&w him but he thought his Heart wasiti 
Heaven, and he was never alone widvhim buii 
he felt within himfelf a Comnientary on thefb 
Words of the Apoftles, Did not our HeartSi 
hum Within uSy while be yet talked yifith us^ 
and opened to us the Scriptures ? He preached 
with a zeal and vehemence, that, made him 
often forget all thjp meafiires of time, two or 
three hours was il^ extraordinary thing for 
hiin \ thoie Sermons wafted his Strength fb 
faft, and his afcetical courfe of life was fiichy 
that he fupplied it fo icantly that be died 
within a year after his Promotion ^ ip he on-p 
ly appeared there long enough to bt known^ 
biit not long enough to do what might have 
been otherwife expe£bd from lb great a Pre- 
late; That little renmant of his that is in 
Print (hews how learned he was. I do not 
deny butliis earneft defire of a general Peace 
and Union ainong allChriftians has made him 

too 



7le9REFJCE. 

too favourable to many of the corru^I^ns in 
the Church' of RGtne : But though a Charity 
that is not well ballanced, may carry one to 
very indifcrect things ; yet the Piinciple fropi 
whence they flowed m him wasfo tnily gooc!^ 
that the eitors to which it' carried him ought 
to be efther excufed, or at Icaft to be very 
gCErtfy cenfured. 

Ahother of pur late Bifliops was the nobleft 
born of all the Order, being Brother to the 
L.ord Bayd^ that is one of the beft Families 
of Scotland^ but was provided to the poorcft 
Biihopricfc, which vfzzArgile^ yet he did 
great things in it. He found his Dioceii 6^ 
Ver-ruh with ignorance and barbarity, fo that 
in many places the Name of Chrift was not 
known ^ biit he went about that Apofiollcal 
Work of planting the Gofpel, yrith a particu* 
lar Induftry, aiid almoft with equal Succe& 
He got Churches and Schools to be railed and 
endowed everywhere; and lived to fee ^ 
great blefling on his endeavours \ fb thaf he 
is not lb much as named in that Country to 
this day but with a particular veneration, iven 
by thofe who are otherwife no way equitable 
to th^t Order. The only anfwer that bt^r an- 
gry People ^ in Scotland ufed to make \vhcn 
they were preffed with iiich inftances, was, 
that there were too few of them : But ibme 
of the icvereft of them have owned to me, that 
|f there were mwiy fuch Bi|hpps, they would 
all be Epifcopal 

Iftian 



ThtTREFACE. 

I (hall not add much of the Bifiiops thai 
liayc bc?n id that Chxtch fiuee the laft le-dC. 
tabliibing of the Order^ but that I have oW 
Icrvcd among the few of them, to whom I had 
the honour to be known particularjf, as great 
and as exemplar^ thirds, as ever X met witl^ 
in all Igcclefiaftical Hiftory : Not oqly tbp 
p^adice of theftrideft of all the Ancient .Ca^i 
nooc,(but a pitcb of Virtue and Piety beyond 
what can &U undeTeommon imitation^ or be 
made the meafinre of even the moft Angelical 
Rank of Men ; and faw thipgs in them that 
would lopk liker fair Ideas^ than, what Mep 
doathed with Flclh pnd Blood could grow 
up to« But of this I will iay no more, fincf^ 
thoie that are concerned are yet alive, and 
their Charader is too fingular, not to make 
them to be as eafily known, if I cjjlarged upw 
ion it, ^ as if I named them. 

But of Ode that is dead I may be allowed 
to fay Ibmewhat ; with whom the See of ^ 
^erdten was as happy in thi^s Age, as jt was 
in his worthy Predeceflbr Farhs 'm tiie laft j^ 
both in the Aumber of the years, for he latii^T 
yentecn years in t^ Chair, and in the f^^ 
qualities that dignified them both: al99& <$? 
qually.^ He alio faw his Son fill the Divinity 
CJiair, as the other had done ; but here was 
|he fatal diffiKTc^pe, thajt he only itiv«d loog 

CBWgh 

here metnt, t$ dead fince this was puf 
I . his Name and a more pfsticvkr^ot 

delerves a Book by t( fdf. fo will PC^*s 
t occafion. 



L ' 



the'PREFJCB 

eaouf^ to raife the greateft expedatjon tlutl 
cycrincw upon any of that Nation of hit 
ftanding ; for when all hoped to ice in him a 
&cond Dr. Forhes^ or, to bring it nearer homc^ 
another Bifliop Scwgallj for that wa3 his Fa«> 
ther's name, he di^ very young* The en- 
deating gentienels of the Father to all that 
differed from him, his great ftjddneis in gir<«> 
ing Orders, his moft unafieded humility and 
contempt of the World, were things lb finga- 
lar in him, that they deferved to be much 
more admired than his other Talents, which 
were alfo extraordioary^ a wonderfol ftreog^ 
of Judgment, a dexterity in the condud of 
Jtlmirs, which he imjplpycd chiefly in the 
^making up of Difierencog, imd a Diicretion ia 
his ^hole deportment. For he had a way of 
Familiarity, by which he gave every body all 
fort of freedom with hin^ and in which at the 
iame time he inQ)ired thcin with a veneration 
for him, and by that: he gained fo much on 
their affedions, that he was confideredas thp 
common Father of his whole Dioceis, and the 
Biffenters themfelyes ieemed to efiecm him no 
lets than tSieConformifts did. He took great 
pleaiurexndiicourfing often with young Di^ 
vines, and fet himfelf to frame in them right 
and generous potions of the Chriftian Relir 
gion, andofthePaftoralCarc; fo that ^ fctif 
of Men grew up under his Xaboiiis, that car^ 
ry ftill on them clear Charaacrs of his Ijpixit 
arid temper, 

One 



TheTREFACK 

One thing more I ayiU add, which m^y ^ts 
ford a more general Inftrudion. Several years 
ago he obferv'd a great heat in fbme yovjng; 
Minds, that, as he believed, had very gocxj 
intentions, but were too forward, and com-?* 
plained much of abufes, calling loudly, zxA 
not very decently, for a Reformation of them: 
Upon which he told them, the noife made a- 
bout refoj'ming abufes was the likelieft way 
to keep them up ; for that would raife heats 
and difputesj and would be jifcribed to epvy 
iind fadion in them ; and ill-minded Men, 
that loved the abufes for the advantages they 
made by them, would blaft and mifreprefent 
thole that went about to correft them, by 
which they would fall under the jealpufy pf 
being iU affeded to the Church ; arid they be- 
ing once loaded with this prejudice, would be 
difabled from doing the gooc!, of which they 
might otherwife be the Inftruments ; Thcrcr 
fore he thought a Reformation of Abufes 
ought to be carried on by every one in Kis fla- 
tion, with no other noife than what the 
things themfclves mufl neceflarily produce, 
and then the (ilent way of conviftion that \^ 
raifcd by great Patterns would fpeak loude^ 
and would recommend fuch Pradiccs more 
fh-ongly, as well as more modeftly. Difi- 
courfcs work but upon ^cculative Peopl^ ; 
and it has been fb long the method of fadiou? 
and ill defigning Men, to accufc publick Err 
rors, that he wifhed thole, to \^^Qm he ad- 

drcffe4 



JtfireSTed his advice, * wbald j^rc cVef ' ilf 
thoughts* of mending the Worlds which was 
^Own too old in widkcdhefi to be eafily cor- 
reded ; and would only fct themfelye* to do' 
what good the J could, with lefi noifcj and* 
ib to give Icfe^occafion td angry people to 
quarifel with tficm j artd to juftify thofe a-^ ' 
bufes which afeby. f&ch ifadiKre^t opipofitfon 
kept in ibine<»edit, and prelerycd ; v4ifeircas* 
without that they muft have fiflen tinder (b 
gelwral zxiOdiutn^ that few could have the 
face to exciifc them. . • 

• Arid' no w 1 have d6ne w kU this digteilion ; 
Wljich riot ^ Being at all foreign to my rfefigri; 
4Df railing fhe'^credit diie to that venerable <>- 
4cT. I ftiall riialce no Apology for it; but 
fliall cofn^eneict to tbefiil:^d of the foUcn^ing^ 
Book, t had a great GoUedion of M^iiio^ 
iSak pibt in my hands by a Worthy and learn- 
ed Divine^ yit.*C^gyy w;hoas he lived long 
in this £iCh(9p'« Houfe,^ fo being ^fterWardd 
Minifter tf^Cavany had- Udeafion to know hirii 
v^cll ! And as %^ had &^ea/t seal to fee the 
Juftice dcmc to bis Mismory ddd the Service 
d<Mie to thfc World, which the putting theie 
in order, and the pubtiihing them mtift needs 
produce ^ ifo he judged it Would d&me better* 
ftom another YOitid thab his^, <^W wa& ib much 
obllgecf by film, that' it miglit be thought i& 
fedrcaa' and gratitude had biafiSsd him tck> much^ 
I confds My part in this 'V^^ ib fihaO^ that I 
can fcarce affuine arty fchmg:to my lelii but 
^ecbpyhig ©^t>hat wasput irtmyhaftdsii 

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6k>ryj> but will not perfuade otheris : On thd 
cohtraiy it will incline them to fniptSt hi^i 
pairtiality^ and make them look on him as an' 
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!Pope Paul the 5th his Iritcrdift bn Y^- 
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t^ope Paiil makes War oh the Vienetiaiis 
by Cardinal Baronius's Advifce 



feedeU'sIntiiriacy Mrith Father Paul -^i-^ 
He tranflates the Common-Praye^r iiito 

,. Italian— :: ^ ^^^^^^ ibid 

He affifts Anton, de Domifiis in his 

Book de Rcpublica Ecdefiaftica— ^ 8 
His ingenious Remark on an Ihlcripti*- 

bn of t^ope Paul the 5th— • 8-p 

The Opportunity of reforming Vetlicfe 

loft by Sir Henry Wotton's weak- 

nel fi ". ! ■' . " 1 1*1 il l 1 1 

Padro Paulo's Inclination to Protef- 

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- lie "gives BcdeH his Mifcellany of jhe- . 
• — Utftbry of the CountiT oft^'t-^-Si-^ 1 3 
pe Dominis his Cataftroph e - ^ « , j . 15 
Bedefl refules to pay Jhftitution Fee a" ' i8 
His ftridnei^ in Conformity and his op- 

pofition to all Rites hot prefcribed ' ' ■ a i 
ggcthefem e ' /. . " ,^'jj "• --;. jj^ 
He is chofefl^rdvoft o|f Dublii^ &neg^^a4 
' ^ i4 made Bilhop- of Kilmdre an^ Ar-^ 

dag h ' \ . ''f — •• ' ' " ^ ' •'• 31 

Has only 7 or 8 Glarks in each Dibcefe-— 34 
' He perfuades all his Clergy to relinquilh 

theii; Pkirality si :. . C Cl)l '.''' , , ' 3^ 

^Hstcfigqs Ar/iseh* .i ' .. f . .ui<jA ,. 3^ 

'The,Di^ribfttipp.pf Gle b e a - — ^--- <t 
,JHi§ examination^ 5>Cc< &r Orders**— :55-J^ 
'He ithjr^s required an Q^th. for RejQ- 

jdfiQce and a^unft Elur alitiep - ■ ^ .. v jt (^5 
' The. manner of his governing his-Diocdle — (^a 

Jle is in i)angej of '?rO&cttSDiL£)f it»^ 6j 

^f bis Yifitatlons^ Ihhibiti6nS)£cct— 6^'^4 

bfVifitationFe^-: ^— --—^ — - (jj 

Arqhbiihop Uihei*.s Charafte r " < 67 
"He iqts hygafelf to tefprni his Courts^ — '-^ 4^ 
|Ii$.ChaD9ellor files sL Bill agatoft' him 

and cafts hi m 7o*7*^7^-75 

|I» Letter to Brimate Uflier cohcemin^ 

abufesin the Cxx^lefiaftical Coiirts-7- ;;r3.^^ 
He continues hiwever to exerciie hiii 

Juriididion in the Courts^ and, the 

Chao^^Uor gives way to hini ».-rg 87<i8S 



ifefalfhsfchcIriflvTohigae^and jproctirc* 

A pk9£liit Fafl'^ of Fulgentio and ahf> 

5 othet PdpifliPi:cachef— -— *- P3-p4 

He d^mres Baily) who appeals — ;— - ^j 

A l^igMffioti ebhcerning the Perfecution 

i t£ the Epi&opalians in Seotland f— f oH. 

$tnd the E^cecutiqn of i^fliop A^ertoil 1 1 & 
lie T^»iis die iPfalms diroiigh, tiot allow* 
, iog-^ Pco^fe kn alternative Vcrfe t i jt 

iPtagitRenb (^ theBUhop'^Serknon&'-r--- ii^ 
He ttfcd not thfeCoiilnion Prayer iii hii 

, ...FjMnil y" ''^ ' "; ' x.' > >''• ■ ' — --^ ij^ 

KTcapptovcd liet ofOr^im > ■ IbiA' 

He^ dif kppiuv e j itf iiltroduGuig neW 

. ^tesasIead^ttiSupalfitidn tbld. 

tie would nol{ (^xercife his Epi&opal 

F^inftiott out of his bwrt DidcTcfe— -^ i ^6 
Sonie Account of the ttetientotrlh I (r4i. — 
. : — ' I ' ■ ' "• • fi^-ii7'}i^'i3^ 
The Rpbds (hew a; ]fiistMxAta-stgjaxA-t&- • 
. tiie Biflabp -f^'Ui — ' .;. . .,j a-...: '• i4o 
His Hqde a Saspftuiiry toPiotdiantSr-- ihiC 
^eirRemohftr^eto the Goyenuncnta 145 
Bifliop Bedell's Letter to Swiny the.- 
, PopilhBiftiopdfKilmore— ^— ^ — .—^ i^S 
ttis Letter to Mrsi Dillon, inftrudii^ 

her how to bdiave herfelf during th^ 

.^ .Rebellidn— ->— ^ ^ ''ini ■ ■■ . i^a 

The Bifliop and liii Sotis are exchanged 

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JHis dying Dtfcouifis • » " ' "'. '■' , — i,6i. 

His dying Words-i- i6a-i^3-i(^4-i65-i(5i(J- 

His Death haftencd by imprifonmeiit;-:— idS 
He is buried in the Church-Yard of Kil- 

more, vrith the particular Honours 

;t |ayd him by the frifh Rebels 

fiis.Perfon defctibed— — ■ — — 

An 'Account of his Writings which 4re 

lofl:, , and of his Converfation . ' - _ _ >• .. 
Tt\i Form of his Collation or Inftitu- 

' tio n 11 1 J . . ■• ^ ^ — f- i ' ; ■ ■, . 

Decrees in a Diocefan Synod, of KilmOre- 

Sir Henry Wptton's Charader of Fa- 

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'W\ ISHOP BEDELL had a Tenant, 
W\ (a Popifl^ Brieft) his Name Edmund 
•^^ renrily, he was fond of the Man, and 
fox his good C^alif i^ and agreeably Coover'j 
iatioh had him firei^uently at his Table, they 
4>ften. chofe Religion icx their Topick, and 
^ei AigumeAts made uie of by the Bifhop 
had iiich Influence on the Priefl,that he was 
heard to fay at the Bifhop's Intennent^ Ojfh[ 
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John Clarke, Ef^ CoMor of Killabeg^ 

Samuel Card, £lq; 

WiUiam Ckxkfedge, Efq; y Books. 

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Mr. Geoi^e Greichton. 

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Rev. Ralph Grattan, A.M^ 

Thorns^ Cfonne, Efijj 

WiUiam Goie of Dimond HaU in the Gouotf 

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Rev. Luke Sterliog, A- M. of Kilnio«i 
Rev. Barlow Scott, A. M. of KiZnwrQ 

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Rtv: John Wynrie, D. D. 
Rcy. John Welfh of Dromoxc.'. 
RtV;Thidttias. Warring of Dromorei . 
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THE 

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William Bei^ell, D. D. 

Bilhop of 

K XL MO RE 

IN 

IRE LJNB. 

ILLIAM BEDELL was 
born at Black Notky in JE^&r, 
in the Year 1570. he was the 
younger Sori cf an ancient and 
good Family, and of no inconfiderahle EftatCi 
which ha3 now defended to his Son ( his elder 
Brother dying without Iffue): After he had 
pafs'd through the conunon education at Scho<^y 
he was ient to £i^^^ff#^/College in Cambr'tdgty 
and put under Dr. Chaddettdfri^ care, dw fa- 
mous and lot^-liy'd Head of that Houfe ; and 
here all thofe extraordinary things, that :rtn- 
dred him afterwards fe cwiipicuous^ began* to 
flieW' themfelve^' in iuch ^ manner;^ that he 
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4 TheZtFBfif 

came to have a very eininentr Cbaradcr both 
for Learning and Piety : fo that Appeals were 
eft made to him, as Differences or Controver- 
fies arofe in the Uhiverfity* He was put in 
Holy Orders by the Bilhop Suffragan of Co/-- 
chefier.i. Till I met with this paffage, I did 
not think thele Suffragans had been cqptinued 
io long in England: How they came to be 
j)utttlowfi,I do not know; it is probable they 
did ordain all that deiSred Orders, fo promif- 
cuoufly, that the Biftiops found itneceuary to 
let them fall. For Complaints were made of 
this Sdffragari, upon which he was threatned 
with the taking his Commiffion from him : For 
though they could do nothing but by a Delega- 
tion from the Bilhop, yet the Orders they gave 
W^ ftill valid, ^ven whai they tranlgrefled in . 
conferring them: .Upon that the Suffiragan 
iaid a thiiig tfiat was as infolent in hihi, as it 
was honourable for Mn Bedell^ That he had 
mdained a better ^a^ than any theBiihophad 
^rer ordained, nafibdng Btdelt. He was cho- 
fen Fdlow bf the Coliege iti iS9i* ^^ took 
his Degree of Batcbeicai of Divinity in the 

From the Uni verfltv he was remofied to the 
Town of S. Edmmdsmy in Snfolkj where he 
fjtt9oA Idftg in the 6aQ)d, and with great Suc- 
<;efiy heaad his GoDeagcse being of iuch diffe-^ 
rent dlar^ifters, thatwhtreas it wad faidof him. 
tbat ^e made the diflkolteft places of Scrip* 
ture af^ehr plain^ k Was faid, That his Gol« 

^ made the plaincft places appear difficulty 

ing of dark pwages, and thie com«^ 

paring 



BEDELL. 3 

pftrihg of many Texts of Scripture, together 
with a ferious and pra&ical application of 
them, being the chief fubjcft of his Sermons : 
Which mediod ieveral other great Men at that 
time followed, fuch as Biihop UJber^ Dr. Jack'* 
fiUy and Mr. Meiie. He had an Occafion gi-* 
yen him not long after his iettlement in thia 
charge^ to (hew his Courage, and how little 
he either courted preferment, or was afraid of 
falling under- the difpleafure of great Men : 
For when the Biihop of Norwich propofcd 
fome things to a meeting of his Clergy, with 
• which they were generally diflatisfied, though 
they had not rcfblution enough to oppofe them ; 
He tooic that hard Province upon himfelf^ and 
did it with fo much ftrength of reaibn, as well 
as difcretion, that many of thole things were 
let fall : Upon which when his Brethren came 
and magnified him for it, he checkt them and 
faid, He defired not the praifes of Men. His 
reputation was fb great and fo well eftablilhcd 
both in the Univerfity and in Sufolky that 
when Kina James fent Sir Henry ff^oiton to be 
his Ambattador at Venice ^ at the time of the 
Interdid ; he was recommended as the fittefl; 
Man to go Chaplain in fo critical a conjundure. 
This Imployment proved much happier an4 
more honourable for him than that of his fel- 
low Student and Chamber-fellow Mr. Waddef^ 
worthy who was at that time beneficed in the 
fame Diocefs with him, and was about that 
time fent into Spatny and was afterwards ap- 
pointed to teach the Infanta thtEngliJh Tongue, 
when the match between the late King and hct 
' 3 % was 



4 ^ the Lit ^ of 

\VaS believed concluded: For ff^add^fworfb 
•Was prevailed onto change his Religion arid 
jlbandon his Coufltry, as if in them thole 
Words of our Saviour had been to be verified, 
There Jhall he two in one Bed^ the one jh all be 
taken^ and the othe/ Jhall be left. For as the one 
of thefewas wrought on toforfake His Religi- 
on, the other was very near the Ueing an Inftru-* 
ment of a great and happy change in the Re- 
publick of Venice. I need not fay much of a 
thing ib well known as were the quarrels of 
Pope Taul the V. and that Republick; efye-» 
fcially fince the Hiftof y of them is written fo • 
particularly by him that knew the matter beft^ 
y. Taulo. Some Xaws made by the Senate, 
not unlike our Statutes of Morttnain^ reftrain-^ 
ing the exceffivef Donations, extorted from fu- 
perftitious Men, arid the imprifoning two lewd 
fryers, iil order to the executing Juftice on 
them, were the grounds of the quarrel; and 
tipon thole pretences, the Ecclefiaftical Immu*^ 
nity from the Secular Tribunals wis alTerted to 
fuch a degree, that after that high Ipirited 
Pope had tryed what the Spiritual Sword 
<ould do, but without fuccels, ( his Interdid 
flot being oblerved by any, but the Jifuitesy 
the Gapichins and Theatinesj who were upon 
that banilhed the State, for the Age of the 
'j^felms and the Beckets could not be now re- 
called) he relblvedto try the Temporal Sword 
tiext, according td the advice Cardinal ^^7r^* 
* " gave him ; who told him irt the Confifto- 
That there were two things faid to St. 
*, the fir ft was, Feed my Sheepy the other 

wasy 



Bijh(^ BEDELL. 5 

was, Ar'ife and kill:, and therefore fince he 

had already executed the firft part of St. Te-* 

ter's duty J in feeding the Flacky by Exhoitatw 

onSy Adqionitions, and Cenfiirfs, without the 

defired effed, he had nothing left but to arife 

and ki(l: And that not being an Age in which 

Croifades could pafs upon the Worlds and the 

Pope not finding any other Prince that woulcl 

execute his Bulls, he refolved to make W*r 

upon them himfelf, hoping to find ailiftance 

from the Grown of Sfainy who, he believed, 

would be willing to enlarge their Dominions 

on that (ide; But when ?dl help failed him, 

and he faw that his Cenfures had not created 

any dittra6lxons in the Repiiblicfc, and found 

their Treafiire and Force like to prove a 

match too hard to the Apoftolical Chamber, 

and to fu<:h Forces as he could levy <ind.pay, 

l)e was at laft willing to accept of a mediati-^ 

on, in which the Senate, though they were 

content to deliver up the %\so profligate Fry-» 

ors, yet afferted jdieir Right, and maintained 

their Laws, Aotwithftanc^ing all his Threat-i 

nings; nor would ^Jiey ib much as ask pardon, 

Qr crave abfolution, But vfithout going fur-* 

ther into masters ib generally known, I ttiall 

only mention thole things in which Mr^ B^d^M 

had fbme fhare^ 

jP. Taulo was then the Divine of the State, 
si^man equa^Uy eminent for vi\ft Learning a^nda, 
moft confummated Prudence i and wa,s at once 
one of the greatcft Divines, aad of the wifcft 
Men of his Age. But to comnnend the ccJe- 
tjrat^d Hiftoria^n of the Qounicil of T(enty is a 

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tHing fo necdlefs that I may well ftop ; yet it^ 
muft needs raife the Charafter of Bedell muchy 
that an Italiany who,"" befidcs the Caution that 
is natural to the Country, and the Prudence 
that obliged one in his Circumftanees to a more 
than ordinary diftruft <A all the World, was 
tyed up by the ftriftnefs of that Government 
to a very great tefcrvednels with all People, 
yet took Bedell into his very Soul ; and, as 
Sir Henry Woitdn affured the late King, He 
conununicated to him the inwardeft thoughts 
of his Heart, and profeffcd that he had learn'd 
more from him in all the parts of Divinity, whe- 
ther Speculative orPraftical, than from any he 
had ever converfed with in his whole life. So 
great an Intimacy withfo extraordirtary aPer- 
fori is enough to raife a Gharader, were there 
no more to be added. *?. Taulo went further^ 
for he affifted hijn in acquiring the Italian 
Tonguey in which Bedell became fuch a Mas- 
ter, that he fpoke it as one bom in baly^ and 
penned all the Sermons he then preached, ci- 
ther in Italian or Lattn\ in this laft it will 
appear by the productions of his Pen yet re- 
maining, that he had a true Raman Stile, in- 
ferior to none of the Modern Writers, if not 
equal to the Ancients. In requital of the In- 
ftrudion he received from T. Taulo in the Ita^ 
lian Tongue, he drew a Grammar of the Eng^ 
Ikft^ Tongue for his ufe, and for feme others 
that defired to learn it, that fo they might be 
able to undcrftand our Books of Divinity, and 
he alfo tranilated the Englijh Common-prayer 
Book into Italian*^ and tP. Taulo and the fe- 

VCft 



Bijbop BEDELL. 7 

yea Dirincs that dorii^ the Interdid were 
comiQanded by tj^e Senate both to preach and 
write againft the Pope's authority, liked it (b 
wdly that' they reiblved to have made it their 
pattern,in caiethe differences between the Pope 
and them had produced the efieft which they 
hoped and longed for. 

The intimacy between them grew ib great 
and £0 publick, that when ?. Taulo was 
wounded by thoie AJTaflinates that were fet 00 
by the Court of Rome to deftroy fi> redoubted 
an Enemy, upon the faifing of which attempt 
a Guard was let on him by the Senate, that 
knew how to value and jMreferve fo great 4 
Trealure^ and much precaution was uled be-* 
fore any were admitted to come to him, Be^^ 
dell was excepted out of thoie rules, and had 
free accels to him at aU times. They had ma-* 
^ iiy and long di&ouries concerning Religion : 
He found ?. ^aido had read over the Qretk 
new Teftament with ^o much exadnefs, that 
having ufed to mark every Word when he had 
fully weighed the importance of it as he went 
through it; he had by going often over jt, and 
obferving what he paft over in a former read- 
i«g> grown up to that at laft, that every \vord 
was marked of the whole New Teftament : 
and when Bedell fuggeftcd to him critical ex^ 
plications of fbme paifages that he b^d not 
underftood. before, he received them with the 
tranlports of one that leapt for joy, and th^t 
valued the difcovcries of divine Truth beyond 
9JI other things. 

BS 4 Purin^ 



8 7%fi LIFE of ^ 

During his ftay atVenkey the famous jfftt! 
de jyomms Archbiihop of S^alatd came to' 
Venice j and haying received a juft charafter of 
Mr. Bedell^ he dilcovered his Secret to him, 
and (hewing hin^i/his ten Books De Refublkd 
Ecckjidjficay which he afterwards printed at 
London: Bedell took the freedom which he 
allowed him, and corrected many ill applicati- 
ons of Texts of Scripture, and Quotations of 
Fathers. Forthat Prelate being utterly ig- 
norant of. the Greek Tongue, could not but be 
guilty of many miftakes both in the one and 
the other •, and if there remain fome places ftill 
that difcover his ignorance of that Language 
too plainly, yet there had been many more, if 
Bedell had not correded them : But no won- 
der if in liich a multitude fome elcaped his di- 
ligence. De Domnis took all this in good 
part from him, and did enter into fuch famili- 
arity with him, and found his Afliftance fo 
ufcful, and indeed fo neceffary to himfelf, 
that he ufed to fay he could do nothing without, 
him., 

A paflage fell out during the Interdift, that 
made greater noife than perhaps the impor- 
tance of it could well amount to: But it was 
fuited to the Italian Genius. There came a Je- 
fuite to Venice^ Thomas Maria Caraffay 
\Yho printed a Thoufand Thefes of.Phi- 
lofophy and Divinity, which He dedicated 
to the Pope with this extravagant Inicrip- 
tion, PAULO V. VICE-DEO Chrijii- 
an£ Rei^ublic£ Monarcha inrJtBiJfimOy ^ ^of^ 
tificifi QmnipotentiiC confervatori acerrimo. 

n Paul tfjc ^. tfjc ^xu-^&vitty t^t mod jittin^ 



Bijbop BEDELL- p 

ciMt ' d^onarc]^ of tf^t Cit^tlitatt Comnunu 
\ntali^y anb tl^ mofi $ealouj9( aflemc of t|^ 
^ajpal 4^mnipotcnep. 

AH people were aipazed.at the Impudence 
of this Title, but whep Mr, Bedell oblervc4 
that the numeral Letters of the firft WordSj^ 
TJULO V. FlCE-DEObcingputtogc- 
ther, made exadly 666. the number of the 
J^eall in the Revelation^ he copimunicated this 
to y. Vaulo and the Seven Divines, . and they 
carried it to the Duke ar^d Seqate : It w?is cftr 
tertained almoft a; if it had come from Hea- 
ven, an4 iV V^as publickly preached oyer all 
their Territories, that h^re was a certain evi- 
tJeqce that the Pope was Antichrift: And it is 
like thi$ was ^lomoted by them more, becaufe 
they found it took with the Italians^ tbaq 
that they could build much upon it ; though 
it was as ftrong as the like computation from 
the Greek Word ^^v^t upon which lome of 
the Ancients laid fome weight. This flew 1q 
over italy^ that left \% fhould tajce too much 
ampng the people, the Pope caufed his Emifla-r 
lies to giyp it out every where. That Anti- 
chrift was now bom in BabyloUy and was dc- 
fcended of the Tribe of Dan \ and th^t hp 
was gathering a vaft Army, with which he 
intended to come and deftroy Chriftendoqi: 
and therefore all Chriftian Priqces were exhorts- 
ed to prepare all their Forces for refifting fo 
great an Invafipn. And with this piece of 
f^lfe news that was given but very confident- 
ly, the other conceit was choaked. But tho* 
Mr. Bedell mzk^s ufe of it in his Book againft 
WaddeCworthy yet he was too modeft a man to 

claim 



ddm thc>dilcovcry of it tx) htmieif, but Sir 
Henry ff^tton^ffntcd King Jamesy That he 
firft obferved it. 

Here I muft add a paffage, concerning 
which I am in doubt whether it refleded more 
on the fincerity^ or on the underftanding of 
the Englip Ambaffador. The breach between 
the Pope and the Republicfc was brought very 
near a Grills; fo that it was expeded a total 
ftparation/ not only from the Court, but the 
Church of Romey was like to follow upon it. 
It was fet on by IP. Taulo and the feven Di* 
viftes with much zeal, and was very prudently 
condufted by them. In order to the advancing 
of it, Yiin^ James ordered his AmbaCador to 
offer all poffible afSftance to them, and to ac- 
cufe the Pope and the Papacy as the chief au- 
thors of all the mifchicfsof Chriftendom. The 
Prince and Senate anlwcred thfc in words full 
of re%ed to King JameSj and faid. That they 
knew things were not fo bad as fome endea- 
voured to make the World believe, on defign 
to fbw difcord between Chriftian Princes: And 
when the Pope's Nuncio objefted. That King 
Jamh was not a Catholick, and fo was not 
to be relyed on : The Duke anfwered. The 
King of England }x\k\cA in Jcfus Chrift, but 
he did not know in whom fome others believ- 
ed. Upon which P. ^auh and the Seven HU 
vines prcffcd Mr. Bedell to move the Ambaffa-r 
dor to prefent King J^mes^s Premonition to all 
Chriftian Princes and States, then put in La^ 
thty to the Senate, and they were confident 
it would produce a great cffca. But the Aw 

baffadoj 



Bijhtf BEDELL. ti 

KaSadof could not be pFeYailed on to do it at 
that timtj and pretended that fincc iJ. Janie/% 
day was not far o£^ it would be more proper 
to do it on that. day. If this was only for 
the Sake of a Speech that he had made on 
the contcit of S. Jameses Day and King 
Jamefs^^ooky. with which he had intended to 
prcient it, that was a weaknels never to be 
excufed. But if this way only a pretence, and 
that there was a defigo under ity it was a crime 
not to be forgiveni All that Bedell could lay 
or do to perfwade him not to put off a thii^ 
of fuch importance was in vain^ and indeed I 
can hardly think that ff^tM was ib weak a 
Man as to have a&ed fincexely in this mattea 
Before S. yames^sdzycamc^ which I iuppoic 
was the firft of May^ and not the Twenty 
fifth of Jufyj the diffi:rence was made up, and 
th^t happy opportunity was 1<^ j (b that when 
he had his audience on that Day, in which he 
prefented the Book, all the anfwer he got, was^ 
That they thanked the King of England for 
his good will, but they were now reconciled to 
the Pope, and that therefore they were reiblv^ 
ed not to admit of any change in their Reli^i« 
on, according to their agreement with the 
Court of Rowe. 

It may be eafily imagined what a Wound 
this was to his Ghaplain, but much more to 
thofe who were more iinmediately concerned 
in that matter; 1 mean T. Tauh with the fen 
Ven Divines, and many others, who were wea* 
ry of the Cormptions of their Worihip, and 
were groaning for a Reformation. But now 

the 



the reconciliation \Yith Rome was concluded r 
the Senate carried the matter with all the Dig« 
nity and Majefty that became that moft ierene. 
Rcpublick, as to all civil things : For they 
woald not ask Absolution ; but the Nuncio,^ ' 
to fave the Pope's credit, came into the Senate- 
Houfe, before the.Duke w^ come, aijd crpfled 
his Cufhion, and ahTblved hini, ^ Yet upon 
this they:w.ould not fuffer any publick figns of 
joy to be made; npr would they r^afl t^e Jcn 
fcites.: . JBut in all thefe things gteater regard 
was, had to the dignity of their otate, than to., 
the iotereft of Religion; fo that T. ^aulo was^ 
out^of aU hopes of bringing- things ever back 
to fa promifing a conjunfture ; upon which h? 
wifli'd he cQuld have left Venice and come over 
to England with Mr. Bedell: But he was la 
much efteemcdby the Senate for his great Wif- 
doro, that.be was cpQfulte4 by them as an 
Oracle, and triifted with their moft important 
Secrets: So that he faw it was impoffible fox 
him to obtain his Congf ; ^^d therefore he 
made a Ihift to comply as far as he could \yith 
the eftabliftied way of their Worftip; but he 
had in many. things particular methods, by 
which he in a great n?eafui;e rather quieted 
than fatisfied his Confcience. In faying oif 
Mais, he pafs'4 over many parts of the Canon, 
and in particular thofe Prayers, in which that 
Sacrifice was offered up to the.hpnour of Saints ; 
He never prayed to Saints, npr joined in thofe 
parts of the Offices that went againft his Con- 
llience; and in private Confeilions . and Dif^. 
couf fcsj^ he took pepplc off from thofe abufes, 

*q4 



Bifbof BEDEtL. 13 

ahd gave them right Notions of thfe purity of 

theChriftian Religion; fo he hoped he was 

ibwifig Seeds liiat might be fruitfiil in anothet 

Age: Arid thus he believed he might live in-^ 

nocent in a Church that he thought fo defiled 

And when one prefs'd him hard in this matter^ 

and obje^ed tl^t he ftili held communion with 

an Idolatrous Chilrch, and gave it credit by 

tidhericig outwardly to it, by which means o*. 

thers that depended much on his example 

would be likewlfe encouraged to continue in 

\X.\ AU the anfwer he made to this was, That 

God had not given him the Spirit of Luther. 

He expreffed great tendemefs and concern for 

Bedelly when he parted with him; and fed, 

that both he and many others would have gone 

over with him, if it had been in their power: 

but that he might never be forgot by him, he 

gave him his PiAurc, with an Hebrew Bible 

widiOut Points, and a little Hebrew Plahcr, in 

which he writ fome Sentences exprefling his 

^fleem and friendfiiip for him ; and with thefc 

he gave him the invaluable Manufcript of the 

Hiftory of the Council of 7re»«f, together with 

•the Hiftory of the Interdid and of the Inqui- 

fitiorti the firft of thefe will ever be reckoned 

the chief pattern after w^hich all; that intend 

.tofucceed well in writing Hiftory, muftcopy. 

• But among other Papers that ?. Tmh gave 

him, fome that were of great importance arc 

loft : For in a Letter of Mv.BedelFs to Dn 

Ward^ he mentions a G^Uedion oi Letters 

that were fcnt him Weekly from Rotnedxuxin^ 

the contefts between the Jefitk^s h\d Domini^ 



cansy 



14 7^^LJFE< 

cans^ concerning the eflSicacy of Grace j of 
which y* y^/^ave him the Originals ; and 
in his Letter to Dr-^ ff^ardhe mentions his hav-* 
ing lent them to him* Thefc, very probably, . 
contained ^ more particular relation of that 
matter than the World has yet feen, firtce they 
were writ to {o curious and fo inquifitive 9 
Man; but it feems he did not allow BeMl to 
print them> and ip I am afraid they are iio\y 
irrecoverably ioft. 

When BeJtU came over, he brought along 
with him the Archbiihop of ^ <^^/^ir^, and one 
f Dijj^otine a Phyfici^n, who could no longer 
bear with the corruptions of the Roman Wor- 
flrip; and fo chofe a free'r ain The latter liv- 
ed near him in S. Edn$mdsbury^ and ^as by his 
mean& introduced into much Praftice, which 
he maintained ib well^ that he became eminent 
in his Frofeffion, and continued to his death 
to keep up a conftant correfpondence with him. 
As for the Arghbiihop oi Sfalata his Story, it 
is too well known to need to be much enlarg- 
ed on* He was an ambitious Man, and iet 
too great a value on himielf, and cxprefTed it 
io indecently, that it funk much in the efii- 
mation of the Englijh Clergy, by whom he 
was at firil received with all poffible reiped : 
but after he had ftayed fome Years itt England^ 
upon the proipotion of Pope Gregory the XIV. 
that had been his School-fellow, and old ac- 
wiaintance^ he was 'made believe that the 
xope intended to give him a Cardifiars Hat, 

and 



Bijhi^p BEDELL. 15 

and to make great Ufe of him ia all A&iis; 
£0 that he fancied that he ftoold be the mfira^ 
tneot of a great Reformatiofi in the Church : 
His pride made him too eafy to flatter himietf 
with theie vain Hopes, and thediftafte ibmeof 
the Englijb Clergy had taken at him for lib 
ambition and covetoulhers, %ixvcGundam9r^bc 
S^amfio Ambalikdor great adrantages ia the 
condud of that matter : For his mind thaet 
was blown up with vanity, and (harpened with 
relentment, waseafily wrou^t on, fo that he, 
believing that the Promiies made him would 
not only be performed, but that he might be 
the inftrument of bringing about agreat change 
even at Rmne^ went thither* He was at firft 
well received by the Pope himielf : But he 
Happened to fay of Cardinal BeUarmine^ that 
had writ againft him, That he had not aiip* 
fwered his Arguments* Upon which a coow 
plaint was carried to the Pope, as if he had 
been fkiU of the fame mind, in which he was 
when he publiftied his Books. He eccufid 
himielf, and (aid. That though Bellarmme 
had not anfwered his Arguments, yet he did 
not iay they were unanfwerable : And he oiP- 
fcred to ^iwer them himielf, if they would 
allow hmi time for it* But this excufe was not 
jiccepted, io he was caft iota the Inquifidoo, 
but Was never brought to any Tryal : He was 
poyfonekt not long after, and his ooAj waacaft 
out at a Wkidow, and all his Goods were coop- 
fiicated Co the Popc« This was the tragical - 
end of that great btit inconftant Man : If ht 
had had as good a Soul as he had agreat un^ 

derfianding^ 



€6 rneLIFEof 

;derftanding, togctficr with vaft Learning} con- 
fidering his education and other di£idvantagesy 
rhe had delcrved to have been reckoned among 
the greateft Men of his Age, In his Fate it 
appeared, how foolifhly credulous. Vanity 
makes a Man; fince he that was zxi Italian 

, bom, and knew the Court of Rome fo wcll^ 
xcmld be wrought on fo far, as to believe that 
rthey were capable of pardoning and promoting 
liiin after the miichief he had done their Caufq. 
T!\m account of that matter, my Author had 
from Mafier Bedell's own Mouth. 
• But now Mr. Bedeil ^ad finiflied one of the 
Scenes of his life with great honour* Thempft 
confiderahle addition he made to his learniqg 
at Venice^ was in the improvements in the He- 
:lirew, in which he made a great progrefs by the 
alfiftance of i?* LeOy that was the chief Cha* 
^cbam of the Jewilh Synagogue there: From 
him he learned their way of pi^onunciati- 
;QD, and feme other parts of Rabbinical learn* 
iog; but in exchange of it, be communicated 
«to him, that which was much more valuable> 
:thetrue underfianding of many pafTages in the 
Old Teftament, with which that Rabbi «c- 
.prefled himielf often to be highly iatisfied : 
tAnd once in a iblemn diipute, he preft his Rabr 
jbi with fo clear proofs of Jefus Chrift being 
:thc trae Mellias, that he, and &veral othpr$^ 
of his Brethren, had no other w^y to efcap^ 
hat to &y that their Rabbins .ev^ry where did 

» expound thoie Prophecies otherwiie, according 
to the Tradition of their Fathers. ^^.R.Ud^ 
•meam^ he purchafed that jlair Manuicri^t of 

the 



BiJbap^B DEtt. ly 

'Old Tdlament, which he gave to Emmamifl 
College; and, as I am credibly informed, \% 
coft him iXA weight in Silven 

After Eight Years ftay in Venice^ he 
returned tp England^ and without pre- 
tending to Pifefermcnt, or afpiring to it, he 
went iqimediately to his charge at S. Ed-- 
mondsburyj and ther& wient on in his minifteri-* 
al labours 9 with which he mixt the tranflat^* 
ing y. Paulo's immortal Writings into tatin. 
Sir yidam Newton tranflated the two firft 
Books of the Hiftory of the Council 6f Trenty 
but was not mafter enough of the two Lan- 
guages ; fb that the Afchbifliop of Sfa/ata 
-iaid it was not the fiune Work j but he high* 
ly approved of the two Igft, that were trani^ 
lated by Mr^ Bedell^ who likewise tranflated 
the Hiftory of the Interdi^^ aind of the In- 
quifition, and, dedicated diem to die King- 
But no notice was taken of hioi, and he lived 
ftill private and unknown in that obfeure cor- 
ner. He had a Soul of {:oo generous a com-* 
pofition to ftoop to thoie (ervile compliances, 
that are often expeifted by thpfe that have t^e 
diftribution of Prefciroents in their power* He 
thought that was an abje^eis of Spirit that 
became not a Chriftian Philo(bpher, mijich leis 
a Chuichman, who c^ght to exprds a con* 
tempt of the World, a cpntentednefs with 9- 
low condition, and a refignatiooof one's out- 
ward circumftanccs wholly to the conduft of 
Divine Providence; and not to give that ad- 
vantage which Atheifts and Libertines take 
from the coyetoufnefs aiid aipirings of fome 

C Church- 



18 TheLivn^f 

Chufchmetl to feoff at Religion^ and to clU 
Triejfhooda Trade. He was content to de- 
ferve Preferment, and did not envy others, who 
Upon lefs merit, but more indajftry arrived at 
it. . But though ht was forgot at Court, yet 
an eminent Gentleman in SuffolJky Sir Thomas 
Jermyfty who was a prfvy CounfeUor, and 
• Vice-Chamberlain to King Charles the Firft, 
and a great Patfon of Virtue and Piety, toofc 
fuch a liking to him, that ats he continued his 
whole life to pay him a very particular eftecra; 
(o a confiderable Living that was in his Gift, 
falling void, he prefented him to it in the Year 
161^, When he came to the Bifhop of Nor^ 
wkh to take out his Title to it, * he demand- 
ed large Fees for his Inftitution and Induftion : 
But Bedell would give no more than what was 
Sufficient gratification for the Writing, the 
Wax, and the Parchment; and refufcd to pay 
the reft. lAt 166WA on itas Simony in the Bi- 
fliop, to demand more, /and as contrary to the 
command of Chrift,* wno laid to his Apoftles, 
Freely ye ha^e recei'Vedy and freely give. And 
thought it was a branch of the fin of Simony 
to fell Spiritual things to Spiritual perfons; 
and fince whatfoevcr was asfct, that was more 
than a decent gratification to the Servant for 
his pains, was asked by reafon of the thing 
•that was granted, he thought this was unbe^ 
coming the Gofpel, and that it was. a fin both 
^in the Giver and in the Taker. He had ob^ 
-ftrved that nothing was more exprefly contrar- 



BEDELL. jp 

Ty to all the primitive Rules. Chryfoftome ex- 
;amined a complaint made againft * ^tonine 
JBifhop of Efhefus^ for exading Fees at Ordi- 
nation. Jntonine dyed before the Proceis was 
^nifhed ; but £)me JBifhops that had paid thofe 
JFees, were upon that degraded and made inca- 
,pablc to officiate any more^ though they prc^ 
tended, that they paid that Money as a Fee 
for obtaining a Releafe from fiich Obligations 
as lay on them by Law, to ferve the Court. 
Afterwards not only all Ordinations for Mo- 
ney, but the taking Money for any Ihiploy- 
mcnt that depended upon the Biftiops Gift, 
was moft feverely condemned .by the Council 
of Chakedm. The JBuyer was to lole his Dc- 
,gree, and the Seller was to be in danger of it : 
And after that, fcvere Cenlures were every 
where decreed againft all Preients that might 
be made to Bifhops, either before or after Or- 
dinations, or upon the account of Writing?, 
or of Feafts, or any other expence that was 
brought in ufe to be made upon that occafion; 
and even in the Council of Trent ^ it was de- 
creed, That nothing ihould be taken for Let- 
ters dimiffory, the Certificates^ the Seals, or 
Upon any fuch like ground, either by Bifliops 
or their Servants, even though it was freely of- 
fer'di Upon thefe accounts Mr. Bedell refolv- 
ed gather to lofe his Prefentation to the Parlb- 
nage of Hmngjheathy than to purchafe his 
Title to it by doing that which he thought 4S!f- 
mmy. And he left the Bilhop and went home: 

C a Bat 

* Antmme* 



id f%e tttE of 

, But fomc few days after^ the BHhop lent fot 

him, and gave him his Tides w'ithout evading 

Tees of him; and fo he^ removed to that 

place, where he ftayed Twelve Years, during 

"which time he was a great hdrtdur to the 

*Church, as well as a pattern to all Churchnien* 

His habit and way of living was very plains 

arid booming the fifhidicity of his Profeflion* 

*He was very terlder of thofe that were truly 

•poor, but wasfo ftrift in examining all Vaga* 

bonds, and fb dextrous in difcdveting counter-* 

'feit Paffes, and took fuch^cafe of puniChing 

'thole that went about with them, that they 

came no more to him, nor to his Town. In 

all that time no notice was ever taken of him, 

though he gavea very lingular evidence gf his 

'great capacity- For beii^ (provoked by his 

old acquaintance Pf^aJdefworth's Letters, he 

'writ upon the points in controverfie with the 

'Church of RdPifj with fo much learning and 

judgment, and in fo mild a 4lrain^ that no 

wonder if his Book had a good effifA on him, 

for whoni it was intended : It is tmt he nerer 

Returned and changed his Religion himfelf, but 

his Son came from Spain into Irelandj when 

* Bedell was promoted td the BifhopricJk of Kil^ 

more there, and told him, That his Father 

commanded him to thank him for the pains he 

was at in writing it: he faid, It was almoft 

always lying open before him, and that he 

''had heard him lay, He was relblved tafa've 

one. i\nd it feems he inftruded his Son in the 

true Religion, for he declared hihilelf a Pro* 

tcftant on his coming over. This Book was 

printed. 



BEDELL. ai 

printed^ and dedicated to the late King, whila 
he was Prince of IVdleSj in the Year i6i4^ 
The true Reaibns that obftruded BedelTs prc^ 
fermait feem to be thefe; He was a Gi^lvinjjt 
in the matter pf Decrees and Grace; andPren 
ferments went generally at that time to thofe 
thitt held the other Opinions. He had alio 
another Principle, which was not very accept 
table to fbme in power; he thought, Confor^ 
mity was an exaft adhering to the RubriGk \ 
and that the adding any new Rite or Geremo- 
ny, was as much Nonconformity, as the paC* 
(ing over: thofe that^were prefcribed: So that 
fee would not ufe thoie Bowings or Gefticula^ 
tions that grew fo much in falhion, that Men9 
aflre£l:ions were njealured by them. He had 
too good an uncjerftandmgi not to conclude^ 
That thefe things wpre nPt unlawful in them-i? 
felves ; but be had Qbferved that when once 
the humpUr of adding new Rites and Cercmo^* 
pies got into the Church, it went oij by a fatal 
incrcafe, till it had grown up to that Bulk, to 
which we find it fwelled i^ the Church of 
Rome. And this began lb early, and grew fo 
faft, that S, jiujiin complained c^ it in his time, 
layii^, That the condition of Chriftians was 
then more uneafi? by that Yoke of Obieryan- 
CCS, than that of the Jews had been. And 
therrfore^f/afe^ thought the acjiiering to cfta^ 
blifhed Laws jjind Rules was a certain and fiic^ 
cd thin^; whereas Superft^tion was infinite^ 
So he was agaictft all Iwiovatipns, or arbitrary 
and aCumed Practices ; and fo much the mw^ 
>yhca Mtti were d^ftitjguiflaed audi^W^^i^kt out 

C 3^ fcx^ 




la The LI VZ of 

for preferment, by that which in ftri^lnefe of 
I.aw was a thing that deferVed punifliment For 
in the Aft of Uniformity^ made in the firft 
Year of Queen Elizabeth's Reign, it was 
made highly penal, to ufe any other Rite *r 
Ceremony^ Order or Form^ either in the Sacra^ 
mentSy or in Alornin^ or EoeningTrayerSy thaH 
what was mentioned and fet forth in that Booh 
And this was particularly intended to reftrain 
fomc that were leavened with the former Su- 
pcrftiti6n^ and yet for faving their Benefices^ 
might conform to the NeW^Service, but retairt 
ftiU with it many of the old Rites in facred 
Offices. And it feems our Legiflators were of the 
fame mind, when the laft Aft of Uniformity 
was paft ; for there is a Ipecial Trovffo in it, 
That no Rites or Ceremonies fbmld be openly 
nfed in any Churchy other than what was fre-- 
fcribed and af pointed to be a fed in and by the 
faid Book. Therefore he continued to make 
the Rubrick the meafure of his Conformity, 
as well before his promotion as after ir. 

But he was well fatisfied with that which 
the Providence of God laid in his way, and 
went on in the duties of his paftoral care, and 
in his own private Studies^ and was as great 
ii Pattern in Sufolk^ of the paftoral care, in the 
Ign^^egi ce, as he proved afterwards in Ireland 
ligher Order, He laboured not as an 
: that only raifed a Revenue out of his 
ind abandoned hi^ Flock, trufting them 
Aeapeft Mercenary that he could find ; 
^hc fatisfie himfelf with a flight pcrfor* 
> of his duty only for faftiion's fake j but 

he 



mjhef B E I> E £ L. cs 

he watched over his Flock like one that knew 
he wils to anfwer to God for thofe Souls com-^ 
mitX!^ to his charge; So he preached to the 
Uflderftan^ings and coniciences of his Parifli^ 
and catecbifcd conftantly. And, as the whole 
courfe of his own moft exemplary behaviour 
was a continued Sermon; fo he was very ex-» 
a6l in the mpre private parts of his Fundion^ 
vifiting the Sick, and dealing, in fecrct with 
his people, to excite or prefcrve in them a 
deep fenfe of Religion. \\i\% he made hi$ 
'Work, and he followed it lb clofe, and lived 
lb much at home, that he was fo little known, 
pr io much forgot, that when* Diodati came 
over to E^gland^ many years after , iHia^^ he 
could hear of him from no P^rfon that he 
pict with ; though he was acquainted with 
many of the Clergy^ He was much amazed 
at this, to find that fo extraordinary a Man, 
that was fo muoh admired at Venice^ by fo 
good Judges, was not £> Hhueh as known in 
his own Country \ and ib he was out of all 
hope of finding him out, but by a m«er ac- 
cident he met him on the Streets of Loudon^ 
at which there was % great deal of joy on 
bpth iide& And upon that jpuodi^fi prefentcd 
him to f Mortm the learned and ancicjit Bi- 
fliop of JO^urefmey and told how great a value 
y. Taulo let on him i npoq whicl) that Bi- 
ftiop treated him in a very particular m^^oen 
It is true, § Sir Henry fFotton was a^vays hisi 
firm and fi^ithful Friend; but his Credit at 
Court l^ad funk ; For he fell under ncceffities, 

C 4 having, 



i4 fheJ.l¥E$f 

having lived at yenice in an Ejtpence above hts 
appointments. And as neccflitous Cohrtiters 
muft grow to forget all coiicetris but their own % 
fo their intercft abates, and the ft^vour thtf 
are in leiTtns, \Vhen they come to need it too 
much. * Sir Thomas J^rmyn was in miDre ere* 
dit, though he was itways fufpeded of being 
too favburable td the Turitans ; fo that his 
inclihatlonis beiftjg known, *the character he 
could give df him, did notferveto raife him 
in England. « 

While he was thus neglefted at homc,hisfanit 
was ipread into IrelMnd-^ ind thouigh he was 
not knowri either to t&e Famous Bilhop Uft^er;^ 
or to any of the Ftll»^vs of Trinity College 
in Dublin^ yet he was chofen by their utiaHiw 
mous confcnt, to be the Head of their College, 
in the Year 1627. and as that worthy Primate 
of Irelandy together widi thft Fellow* of the 
College, WTit to hirt, ii^viting hiih to come 
and accept of thftit Mafterlhip, 1q an Addrds* 
was made to the King, praying that he woul(i 
command him ttt go over. And that this 
might be the more fiiocefsful, Sir Henry WM'^ 
pn was moved to give his Majefty a true Ac- 
count of him, which he did in the following 
Letter. 

May it pleafe your mpft Gn^lou$ Majefty, 

^ X^Jningbettt inf^rmed^T hat certain Ter^ 
\^ \ fons have^ by the good Wipes of the 
'Arcbbijhoj^ of Ardmagh, been direSied hither j 
with amoji bumble Petition unto your Majejiyj 
Tb^tyou will be pkafed fo make Mr. Williawi 
• ^ * BedeU 

♦ Sir Tkomds ^rw^n, + An Account of B^deU, 



Bijbo^ B fi B £ L L. i^ 

Bedell fnov! r^iimt nfw afmaU Befi^ m 
SaffolkJ Gwemor tf yeitrddlege .atlyvAAkky 
fir tkeG4t9d^ that Stciety: Md my felf heii^ ' 
nfuirfd U render unto y»ur Majefty f(me Tef- 
fimony vfthefaid William Bedell, who was 
iong my Chaplain at Venice, in the time of mpf 
ii^kymenhthere ;. lam Itmnd in all Qmfcieme 
and Truth {fit far asywr Majefiy wiit accept 
of my poor Jv^mmtJ to affrmof bim^ that 
i think, hardly a. fitter Man epuld ha^oe been 
fr^omdedtoytwr Majefiy^ in your whole Km^ 
dom, for fivgHlar JSruditton and TietVj Con^ 
formity to the Rites of the Church, and^ealto 
advance the Caufe cf'G6d\ wherein his Travels 
abroad were-mtobjcitrei in nbe time if the jSp*- 
commutation of the Venetians For, may it 
fleafe your Majefiy to know. That this is the 
MttUwhom^iitirtpAvAo took (^ way fay) into 
his njefy ^oid, with whom ite ^ xommmticate 
the imoardeft Thoughts ef his Heart', from 
whom hefroft^dto haw receroedmore knoW' 
ledge in iAl Di'oinity, both fchoU^cal and top- 
five, than from any that he had froBtfed in 
his Days : of which all the ^affagei were weU 
known unto the Kin^your Father, ef^ie^d 
memory. And fo wtth your' Ufajefiyt good fa- 
vour, I will end thUs need^s Office : for the 
general fame of his teaming, his jLffe, and 
Chriftian Temper, and thofe religious 'Labours 
whicb-hhnfe^hath'^dicatedtoyourMajeffj, dn 
better defcribehim fhitn I am able. 
Yoor'Majefty's 

Vx6j^ {lumble and 

faithful Servant, 

Buf 



'ii6 neLll?Eof 

But when this matter was propofed to Mr, 
Bedeliy he cxprcffcd fo much both of true 
Philofbphy, and real Chriftianity in the An* 
Iwcr that he made to fo honourable an oflfer> 
that I will not undertake to give it-other- 
wife than in his own Words, taken fisojii a 
[Letter which he writ to one thjft had been 
imployed to deal with him in this matter; 
The Original of this and moft of the other 
Letters that I fet down, were found among 
the Moft Reverend Primate UJher^s Papers^ 
and were communicated to me by his Reve- 
rend and Worthy Friend Dr. Tarre. 



Sir, 

* T )l 7 ITH my hearty commendations re^ 
V V membred: I haw this day received 
loth your Letters^ dated the ^d of this Months 
I thank yo^ for your care and diligence in this 
matter.. For anfwer whereof although I 
could have defir^d fo much rejfite^ as to have 
conferred withfome of my Friends ^fuch asfof-^ 
jtbly do know the condition of that f lace better 
than I do^ andniy infufficiencies better than my 
Lord primate ; yetfince that 1 perceive by both 
your LetterSy the matter requires i^ffeedy and 
frefent anfwer y thus Iftand : J am married^ 
and have three Children ; therefore ifthej^lac^ 
requires a Jingle Man^ the bufinefs is at an end.^ 
Ihofoenowantj 1 thank my Godj of any thing 
necejfary for this life :^ I have a cotnfetent, 
^Jving of above a hundred pound a year^ in a 



Bijh(>p Bed e £ L. 17 

^od Ar and Seaty with a very convenient 

lipufe near to my Friends^ a little Tarijby not 

exceeding the con^ajs of my weak Voice. I have 

cften heard it y That changing feldom brings 

the better \ f [feci ally to thole that are welt: 

And I fee welly That my Wife (though refolv^ 

in^yjtsjheonghty to be contented with whatfo^ 

ever God Jball anoint J had rather continue 

with her Friends in her native Country y than 

fut her felf into tpehasMrd of the SeaSy and A 

foreign Landy with many cafualties in Travel^ 

t^hich (he ferhaj^s out of fear affrehends more 

than there is caufe^ 

M thefe Reajons Ihaoe^ if I confuU with 
Flejb anaBloodj which move me rather to re-: 
jeSt this offer j {'yet with all humble andduti^ 
ful thanks to my Lord Primate for his Mind 
and good Opinio f I of me : J On the other fide i 
1 confider the endy wherefore I came into the 
fForldy and the bufinefs of a Subject to our Lord 
Jefus ChriHy of a Mimfter of the Goffely of a 
good Tatrioty and of an boneit Man. Jff J 
may be of any bet^r ufe to my Country y toGods^ 
Churchy or of any better fervke to our common 
MaHery JmuSiclofe mine eyesagainSi allPri^ 
vate reffeSts y and if God call mcy Imufian-^ 
fwery Here I am. For my fart therefore I 
"jfjill not ftir onefooty or lift uf my finger for 
or againSi this motion j but if it proceed from 
the Lordy that isy If thofe whom it concerns 
there y do procure thofe i^ho may command me 
herey fojendmethithery I Jhall obeyy if it were 
not only to go into Ireland, but into Viiginiaj^ 
yea though i were not only to met with trour- 

blesy 



ties;, dai^trs^ anddi^MttieSy ^ death itfflf 
Mtbefe^mome. Sky I bave,asffainfy^ 
Itauy fieztfedjiofi mji t»ind\ defirin^yw tvitb 
my. humitlejervkr to rtfreCent tt to my Revest 
uttd^oodjMrdy my Lerdf^Trimate. jhdGod^ 
,/lhmgbtv dire^ tms affair to the Qltry of Us 
Jbfy Namey and have im iff his mer^ul Pr^* 
uBioK-yfoIrffi 

Your 

^Tom Btiiy^ Mateh 

, ^> ^^^^- Loving Friend, 

The concIaCon (Jf this matter was, that thp 
Xing being well informed concerning himi 
commanded him to undertake this charge,, 
which he did cheerfully obey ; and let {ibont 
the duties incumbent on him, in fuch a man<« 
per, as Ihcwed how weM he had improved the 
long time of retirement, that he had hitherto 
cnjoyjed, and how ripely he had digefted all 
his dioughts and obfervatidns. He had hi- 
t^ierto lived as if lie had been made for no-^ 
thing but ipectilatioo and ftudy ; and now 
when he cntrcd upon a more piAlick Scene, 
it appeared that he underftood the pradical 
things of Govornnient and humane Life fo. 
well, that no Man feeiiied to be more cutout 
for bufinefs than he was. In the Government 
of the College, and at his firft entry upon a 
new Scene, he reiblvod to ad nothipg tiH he 
both knew the Statutes of the Houfe perfed-' 
U wdl, and uncJlerftood well the tempers of 

tho 



£ljhof % ED B 11. ly 

Jtihe ^eofife ; 4^)»i«fet« whdft he went <]iTer fiift; 
"fee citikd hkhfelf fo jibfbaaiy Irom all al^ 
•^us, tkat ke p«^'4 for a fi>ft and weak Man. 
The £eal that a;^>eai€d aftefwardbdi hinvflicur* 
-ed, lliat this coldtieis was only the eJGfed of 
4iisWilclo6i> iand not of hi$ Tempers But 
when he found l^afficmie^w to think mean^ 
-iy^f hififr, and that cren UJber hiAntelf be^ 
gan to chinge hi§ opinion of him : UpM that 
v^en ht went over to 3i£fi^ndfbtatlXxxtda 
•after, to taring his Fanrily over to Jnlaud^ 
he was linking to have r^nedliis new Pro- 
ferment, -and to have retumod to his Benefice 
in Suffolk \ but the Primate writ ibkinda 
' 3Letter to him, diat as it made him lay down 
tfttoie thought^ fo ft drew from him the fol- 
lowing Words in the kx£¥rtt that he writ to 
"hiin. ' > 

• Tiaithingnr^retumy I do thaukfidfy acct^ 

your Graces exbortationy a^'tfmg we to have 

' Faab in God^ entiiitot to emfkk with JFleJb 

and BiooH, -Mr 'ha'fe frund of thif Country. 

Nfw Iwould to Gody that your Grace could 

look into ifpy liearty and fee bow little I fear 

' lack ofPYoTiifim^ or fop upon any outward 

fhiug itt 'this fTorld': Myphteffemr in truth 

< was, and is^ kB Ijbould be unfit and uufroft- 

table in that f lace ', in which cafe, if Itukht 

haw a la'UJful and honeSt retfeat, I think n§ 

wife Man could blatne me tio retain it: ^le- 

tiaUy hd^lf^ under fiood that your Grace^ 

• whtfe Jit^hority I chiefiy followed at the fir Bj 

■ dklp^iuyour iwu Judgment, and that of other 

wife 



wife Meuy fo truly fromnmce af tiki Thsff 
was a weak Man. Now that 1 have rece'mr 
edjmf Letters Jo full of Life and Encourage^ 
ment, it pas fom more life in me, Forjitre 
it cannot agree with that goodnefs and mger- 
nmty of your Sy fraifed among all God's Graves 
jnyoUi by thcfe that knowyoUy to write one 
thing to me, and tofjf^ak another thing to O" 
thers of me, or to go about to beguile myfimfli^ 
city with fair Words, laying in the meanwhile 
a Net for .my Feet, efpciaUyfith my weaknefs 
Jhall in truth redound to. the blaming of your 
own difcretion in bringing me thither. 

Thus was he prevailed on to refign his Be- 
nefice, and carjry his Family to Ireland, and 
then he applied himfelf with that vigour of 
Mind, that was peculiar to him, to the go- 
vernment of the College. ^ 

He corrcded fuch abufes as hefounfl among 
them \ he fet fuch rules to them, and faw 
thefe fo well executed, that it quickly appear- 
ed how haiq[)y a choice they had made : And 
as he was a great promoter of learning among 
them, fo he thought his' particular Province 
was to inftrud the Houfe aright in the Prin- 
ciples of Religion. In order to thishecat©- 
chifed the Youth in the College once a Week, 
and preached once a Sunday, though he was 
not obliged to it: And that he might ac- 
quaint them with a plain and particular body 
of Divinity, he divided the Church Cat^- 
chifin into Two and Fifty Parts, one for cye- 
ry SundafyVeA did explain it in a way iomxr 



BEDELL* 3t 

«4 with Speculative and Pradical Mattent^ 
that his Sermons were both learned Ledures 
of Divinity, and excellent Exhortations to 
Virtue and Piety : Many took notes of them, 
and Copies of them were much enquired a^ 
ter i for as they were fitted to the capacity of 
his Hearers^ fo they contained much matter 
in them, for entertaining the moft learned. He 
hacd not ftaycd there above two Years, when 
by his Friend Sir Thomas Jermyn^ means, a 
Patent was fent him to be Bilhop of Kihiore 
and Ardaghy two contiguous Sees in the Pro- 
vince of Ulfter. And in the Letters by which 
the King (ignified his pleaiure for his Promo- 
lion, he likewife exprefled his acceptance of 
bis fervice he had done in the College, in ve- 
ry honourable terms as follows : 

j^ as we were f leafed hy our former gra^ 
dous Letters to efiablifh tbefaid William Be- 
dell, by our Royal jhthortty^ in the TrorjoH- 
Jbij/ of tbefaid College of /i&e Blcflcd Trinity 
near Dublm, where we are it^ormed that by 
his Care and good Government j there hath 
been wrought great Reformation^ to our flngu^ 
lar contentment \ fo we furfoje to continue our 
care of that Society j being the frincifal Nur^ 
fery of Religion and Learning in that our 
Realm ^ and to recommend unto the College 
fome fuch "T erf on from whom we may ex^eB the 
like worthy effeas for their goody as we and 
they have found from Mr. Bedelh 

And now' in the 5p/A Year of his Age, he 
entered upoq. a di&rent courfe of Life and 

Em* 






^|1 -^ netti?tt^ 

Employment, ,whcn it might have been 
^thought, that the vigout of his Spirits was 
' much broken and (pent. 'Biit by his adminil^ 
tration of his Dioccfi, it appeared that there 
; remained yet a yaft heat and force pf Spirit to 
'tarry* him through thofc difficult undertak- 
ings, to which he found himfelf obliged by 
' this new Charader; which if it makes a Man 
^but a little lower than the Angels, lb that 
tile term jhgel is applied to that Office in 
' Scripture, he thought it did oblige him to an 
" angelical courle of life, and to di'^ide his time, 
as much as could confift with the frailties and 
; neceffities of a JBody made of Flefh and Blood, 
as thofe glorious Spirits do, between the be- 
*1lolding the Face of their Father which is in 
Heaven, and the miniftring to the Heirs of 
""Saivation : He confidered the Bifhbp's office 
'made him the Shepherd of the inferior Shep- 
herds, if not of the whole Diocefe ; and there- 
fore he refolved to ipare himlelf in nothing, 
l>y which hq might advance the intereft of 
'Religion among them : And he thought it a 
*difingenaous thing to vouch Antiquity for the 
Authority and Dignity of that Funftion, and 
"not at the fame time to exprefi thofe Virtues 
and Pradices that made it to Venerable among 
tiiem. Since the Forms of Churcih Govern- 
ment muft appear amiable and valuable to ^he 
World, not £o mach for the reafonings and 
arguments that learned Men ufe concerning 
them, as for the real advantages that mankind 
find from thenu So that he determinicd with 
the great Nazianzeny To gfot Wings to his 

SoiUy 



£ijB(f BE t>^LL. 33 

Soui^ toyepie it wholly from the Worlds and 
to dedicate it to God : And not to think it 
enough to perform his duty in fuch a mannor, 
as jtp pais throi^h the reft of his life without 
repioach : For according to that Father, 73&w 
was t4f weigh^ out Virtue hy (mail weights j 
but in the Language of that Father he refol- 
ved to. live, ^ J one that hAdgotaiove his fen^ 
fesy and allfenJSbk things^ that was recoiled^ 
id within hitnfelfy and had attained to afa^ 
mlidrity *tfjith dtmne matter s^ thatfo his mind 
mjght be as antmfaUied Mtrrour^ uftm which 
be might receive and refrefmt the tmfreffes of 
God anddhme things^ unallied with the Cha^ 
raiders of lower qhjfBs. He faw he would 
fall under ibtnc cayyy and meet with g^ear 
oppofitiotis, but he confidered that as a ibrt of 
martyrdom for God, and refblved cheerfully 
to undergo whatibever uneafy things he might 
be forced tofuflfer, in the difcharge of his con-» 
icien9e and duty, 

Ip laying ppen his defigns and perfomian-; 
pes in this laft and greateft period of his Life, 
I have fuller materials than in the former 
parts. For my Author was particularly 
Known to him during a large part of it^ and 
(pent leveral Years in his Fahiily j lb thit his 
opportunities of knowing him were as great as 
coul4 be defired, aqd the; ^ilbop was of fQ 
.gentlip a temper, and of fo communics^tive a 
nature, that he e?ifily opened himfelf to one, 
that was taken into his alliance as >veU as in- 
tp Ijis heart, he t>eing indeed a Man of prii^iv 
tive'^fimplicity. H? found his Dioccfe under 
'" - I) fo 



34 2l^I.i?I,^ ' 

fi> many dtfi>rdicr% t^t. t&eie was £cack $.: 
fyaad port fefnaiiiii^. The RkYdiae was waft^ 
ed by exceffive 49ii|HkiatibnSy aod all iacxai 
things had been tx^td to i^ in £> findid n 
raaM)^, that it ^kas g^ovra to a Kovieifa. fiat 
I wHloottiiLuge farther ob the ^thia|^ o^: 
4ieis had dflNde, thaiiasitaiienrury toflftvr 
thegoodt^ikjgstfaatVrttedoact^ hmL One 
of his Catheintdsy JrJU^^ was'^Uea down 
to th(P giocuidy aod tfane yrib fbuhre eftoogfi 
tanainH^ of bpth tbcfe Jbcfaamtt to l&ppciit 
a Bi&opthat was idbhcd doft to ibpply h&ti^ 
lidfbjriadkeaand bafe inctbods: H^hada 
voy imall C&f{;y, hut ievmita' i^|^ in ca<A 
Dk)oe6<^goddiidBicicncf ;' bMetrciy one of 
thde vtzA ffiidlipliediato many Fttiftiei^ they 
having many Vicaxigcs a piio^; feitbddg 
EM^hfry and his whole Bioct6 coaiillipg of 
ihr/&, tfafey wietc Ittdsanans txi tfaem; not 
ooald they pcifinm any ^ait of divine OAces 
amongdiem. fiat the Ibte of li^GId^ Will 
^pear heft from a Iietta that \at «ir^ to 
4n^kfai0iQp £,«««/ cooccmin^ it^ wiidi I Iball 
hcsein&ft^ 



oaa^lcsdaJ Laid, 

1^ a iktie ieftre Mi c haeh i ia a» (tSl ndicm 
time^ theptA^iftieJlate if the C^S^f ^ 

pfrstimj I bfoe mtt Seem nmhufi if^ J^^ 
lutr^^Mfs €§mmmis^ t§ 0dv^ifeym, m ^ 



'j5/>^ BEDELL. sS 

e^fitHtf Jbmld ifform >w, tfthe jtate <^thi 
Cmnhy which I JbaUnow the hitttt da, be" 
£mfi I have 6eeh ahout tM Dioceps^ andean 
fit ^rwn, mtt ofiWjf knovnedge and view f what 
I fiail relate t Jndjbdrt^ to f$eak much iU 
matter ht a few words, it w very miferabte. 
The Cathedral Church cf Ardagh, one of tht 
moH ancient in Ireland, and f aid to he built 
by $. Patrick, tof ether with the Bifhofs Bmfe 
there, down to the ground. The Church here, 
built, but witbottt Bell or Steeple, Font or Cha- 
lice. The 'Parip Chwrches all in a manner 
ruined, and unroofed and unrepaired. The 
Tetipk,Jamng a few Britifc Planters here and 
there (whicb are not the tenth part of the 
remnant J bbftkate Mic^antt. AVo^ifiQer- 
^ more numerous hyfat than we, and in full 
exeric^e tf all Jurifdi^ion EccUfiaftical, by 
their Vicar-Cenerai and Offitiats ', who are fo 
confident as they Excommtmicate thofe that 
tome to mr Omfts^ even, in matrimonial cau- 
J^s : Which ofrmt hath ieen ojered t^felfby 
the Tofijb Trmate's Vicar-General; for 
whicb I have begun a Trocefs againif him. 
The Trimate Brnjelf liyes-in my ^arifh, with" 
in two miles d my houfe -, the Bifbop in another 
Part ofm Diocefs further of. Bvery Tarijb 
%ath asTrieHt and fame two or three apiece ^ 
andfo their Majs-houfis alfo j in fame places 
M^s is faid tn the Churches, Fryers there 
are in divers paces, whogoahmt, though not 
in their Hdbtt, andhy their importunate hgg' 
ing impo^erijh the people; who indeed are gem 
neralh very poor, as from that canfe, fajremt 

J> ^ ^tbe'tr 



S6 TUfeLlfEpf 

their faykg dmbk Tythes to their awn CHergy^ 

and oursy'from the dearth of Corn^ and the 

death of their Cattle thefe late y ear s^ with the 

Contributions to their Soldiers and their A^ 

gmts : And which they forget not to reckon a^ 

mong other caujesy the offrejion of the Court 

lEjccleJiaflicalj which in ^oery truthy my Lordy 

J cannot excufey anddofeek to reform. For 

our owny there are feven or eight Minifiers in 

each Diocejs of good fi^ciency j and (which 

is nofmalicdufe of the continuance of the feo^ 

fie in ToferyjiillJ Englifti, which have not 

the Tongue of the feofUy nor can perform any 

Divine OfficeSy or converfe with them ; and 

which holdrnany of them Two orThreey Foury^ 

or moreVicarages apiece ; ewp the Clerkfhip 

themfehes are in ttke manner conferred upon 

the Englifti; and fome times Two or Three y or 

morey ufof^ one MaUy ^nd ordinarily bought 

and fold or let tqfarm- f^ Majefty is now 

with thegreateB fart of this Country y as to 

their Hearts and ConfcieticeSy Kingy but ai 

theTafe's difcretion. 

Krtroore, Apr, 

Witt-Kilmoreaf Ardagh. 

Here was a melancholy prolpeft to a Maa 
offo good a mind, enough to have difheart- 
ncd him quite, if he . had not had a propor- 
tioned degree of Spirit and Courage to fup- 
port him under fo much weight. After he 
had recovered fomcwhat of the Ipoils made 
by his Predeceffor, and fb put himfelf into a 
# capa- 



Bijhof BEDELL, . yf 

Capacity toiiibfift, he went about the reform- 
ing of abufes : And the firft that he under- 
took was Pluralities, by which one Man Had 
a care of Souls in fo many different places, 
that it was nbt poflible to mfcharge his Duty 
to themj nor to perform thoie Vow^, which 
he made at his Ordination, of feeding and in- 
ftruding the Flock committed to his car^ 
Add though moft of the Pluralifts did mind alT 
their Parifties alike, that is, They neglcfted 
all equally ; yet he thought this was an abiife 
fcontrary both to the nature of EccleGaftical 
Funftions, to the obligations that the care of 
Souls naturally imported, and to thole folemn 
Yosffi that Church-ihen made at thfc Altar 
when they were ordained : Arid he knew well 
that this corruption was no Iboner obferved 
to have crept into the Chriftian Church, thaii 
it was condemned by the fourth general Coun- 
cil at Chakedon. For when fome that had 
removed from one Diocefi to another, tonti- 
iiued td'have their fhafe in the dividend of the 
Church, which they had left, as well as of 
that to which they had gone j the Council 
decreed, That fuch tranfgreffors Ihould reftorfe 
all they had got from the Church, which they 
had left, arid Ihould be degraded, if they re- 
fuiHi to fubmit to this^ regulition. He thought 
it a vam, arid indeed an impudent thing, for 
a Man to pretend that he anfvvered the obli- 
gation of fo facred a triift, and fo hply i vow, 
by hiring fome mercenary Curate to pftrform 
O^ces ; fince the obligationfwa^ perforial^^'anLci 
thel^clcfiaftieal Fundions were not like the 

D 3 ^ L^^ 



^0 neXtVEef 

tJevftkal fervice in the Temple, in wUich tlus 

bbferving their JR^ites, was all that ¥ra$ require 

pd. But the watchiog over SouU hadfo many 

other things invQlved hi it, bcfidcs officiating 

according to the Rubiick^ that it drew thi# 

fevere refieftion from a witty Mao, in which 

though the Wit of it may jccm too pleafaiiiK 

for fb ferioua a iubk^, yet it had too mmrh 

^d truth und^r it ; fhatwbmjwh BetK4ji€rs 

iind Ahandomrs af th^t trm ^hkhCbriSi 

fur^hafed with his awn BUodf found goad and 

faithful Curates that prfoxv^d worthily tht 

{^HigatiQns cf the TaJloralQare^ the Jncimkenf 

fbotUd he Caved hy. Traxy^ but be damned m 

"^(rfon^ Therefore the Biftiop gathered a 

meeting, of jiis Clergv, and in a Sermon with 

which he opened it, ne laid before them, both 

out of Scrij^re, and Anticmity, the Inftitji-- 

Ition, ithe Nature, and the vuties of the Mi* 

nifterial Imployment ; . and after Sermon he 

fefokc tp them largely on th^ fame fubjed in 

jL^?i», ftiling them^ as he always did, Hi^ 

Brethren and fellow Presbyters : Apd eKhQrt«» 

ed them to reform that intolerable abufe, which 

as it brought a heavy fcandal on the CburcJv 

and gave their Adversaries great advantages 

againft them j fo it muft very much endanger 

both thQir own Souls, and the Souls of tbek 

Flock&r And to let them fee that he would 

not lay a heavy burthen on them, in, which 

he would not bear his own fhare, he relblvcd 

' to part with one of his Biflaopricks. For the/ 

Jirda^ was conCdered as a ruined Sec^ and 

.|Md long gone as 9nacce0bry to KUmorty^d 

con- 



£ijk0f BEDELL. $9 

ccAtkaK to be £> ftill ; yet fince tliey were 
itaflytWD different Sees, he thooghthecould 
iKA docenjdy oU^ bis Cleigy to reoouoce 
Act Pluf alttieS) imkis he ftt them an exam- 
pi^ ain4niioim€ed bis own; even after he bad 
ibeoi at a eonfideraUe chaise in recovering the 
Palvtmoily oi Ardagby and though he was 
fiiffieientLjr aUe to c£(diaf ge the duty of both 
theie Sees, they being contiguous^ and finall ; 
and though the Revenue of both did not ex- 
ceed a competency, yet he would not lecm to 
be guilty of that which he io feverely con- 
demned in others : And therefore he refigne^ 
jhdagb to Dr. Ruhardfimy aixl tf> was now* 
Qoly J^iflxop ofKi/fwre. The Authority pf 
this example, and the efficacy of his dilcour^ 
.madp iiich aq imprelfion on his Clergy, tha( 
they all relioquiibed their Fluraliti^* The 
. A]^;uments that ariie out oi iQtereft are gene* f 

.raUy much ftronger than thofe of mere ipecu- I 

latiion^ how well ibever it be ma4p out ^ and 
therefore this concurrence that he met witl^ 
.firom his Clergy in io ibiibl^ a ppint, was a 
gref t encouragement to him to gp on in his 
.other deiigns. There feen^ed to be a Finger 
pf God ill it J for he had no Authority to 
compel them to it, and he had managed the 
miods of his Clergy ib gently in this matter, 
that their compli^iice w^s not extorted, but 
both free and unanimous. For, one only ex-r 
ceptcd, they all fubmitted to it ; and he be? 
ing Dean, exchanged his Deanery with ano-f 
ther ; for he was afliamed to live in the Dio- 
ce% whe^e he would not fubmit to fach terms, 

D 4 after 



40 Thi LIFE */ 

after both ttie Bilhop himfelf and all his Cltff^i 
gy had agreed to them. But the oppofitioil 
that was given him by the Dean, and both 
his fenfe of that matter, and his carriage in if> 
wrll appear from the following Letter, which 
he writ concerning it to the Primate ^ which 
though it be long land particular, yet it feem-' 
ed to me too important to be cither ftiilcd ot 
abridged* 



Moil reverend Father, rty 
honourable good Lord, 

I Cannot eafily exprefs what contentment i 
received at my late being .with your Grace 
at Termonfeckin, There had nothing ha^^ett^ 
ed to fniy I will not fay^ Jince I came into Irc- 
hsi^^buty as- far as I can call to remembrance^ 
in my whole lifey ^Bch did Co much afe£f me 
in this kind^ as the hazjiara of your good oft^ 
nion. For^ loving and honouring you in Truth 
(^for the truth's Jake^ which is in us^ and jh all 
abide with us for ever J without anypivateln^ 
terefiy and receiving fo unkoHd^for a bkwfrom 
your (TiVn Hand^f which I expdted Jhould have 
tenderly afflfdfome remedy to me^ being fmit- 
ten by others) ihad net frefent the defences of 
Reafon and Grace* And although I knew it to 
be a fault in my jelf fince in the ferformance 
nf our Duties^ the Judgment of our Matter^ 
even alone^ ought to fu^e us ; yet 1 could not 
befo much Majierof mme Jtffe^ions^ as to cafl 
eut this weaknefs. But bleffed be Gody who fas 
Ihegan to fay) at my leing withym refrejbed 
- : . my 



hy spirit byymr kind renewing and confrtning 
your /ffve to me : and all humble thanks t&jwii 
that gavemef lace to make n^ Defence^andtMk 
upon you the cognijance of mine innocency. And* 
as. for mine Accuser (whofe hatred I have ifh^ 
curredonly by not gjmng Way to his coroetoui 
defire of heaping Living upon Lming^ to the e^ 
i)ident damage ^ not only of other Souls cornmit" 
ted to bimy but of his own) truly lamgladi 
and do give God Thanks that t^s malignityf 
which a while masked it felf in the pretenct rf 
frtendjhipy hath at laft difcovered it felf by 
publick oppojltion. It hath noty and ihofe a 
fball not be in his power to hurt me at ally he 
hath rather pamed himfelf : Andy although his 
high heart cannot giw his Tifngue leave to ac-* 
knowledge his folly y his Under ^anUng is not fo 
weak and blind as not to fee ft. fVhom I could 
be very weU content t^ leave to tafte the Fruit 
of it alfoy Without being further troublefittte to 
your Gracey fave that 1 do not dejpairy but 
your Graced Authority will pull him out fifthe 
fnare of Satauy whoje Inftrument he hath ieeu 
to crofs the Work of Gody andgpuemeutoreoc-^ 
caflon of joy by his amendment y than I :had 
£riefby hisperverfion and oppofhion* 

limr Grace's Letters of Aug. ^3. were not 
delruered to me till the a 9th. In the meanjpace 
what efeSt thofe that accompanied them had 
With Mr. 'Dt2inyouJh all perceive by the sncloj^ 
ed which were fent me the aSth. the Eoemig 
before our Gommunicn. J anfwered them the 
next Morningy as is here annexed. As I was at 
the Lord's Tabk^ beginning thefervice ef the 



4A «.tir^«/ 

Gtmmni^ hffor^Strmmy h tam* iff) and 4^-, 
tfr the Sifimm vnm imr, tbtjf that aummcattd 
mf kmi 4tfmt«4i, hftmfinb> W ^aie t^ 

. Ti^lwhefaj^ t4i« 3oQk of CcipmoAPfaya* 
iHsq^ire^ Tt*ii Wore the I»ot4'^ 9«pper, if 
iii«f« t)e aqy YSMr»aOG<5 « bre^h of dw^rity^ber? 
(hoi^ b& recoiKiUfttiQQ ; this was much more 
roqju^^ hetw^^ Mimfters : jiu4 hecaupi tb^ 
Mi kmvf tk^t (hnre kadkemfom dij[frea(;e be- 
fw^n m» and himi kf 4*dfr(f^Sy that be bare 
V^ nQ pi»}ic« (liQf hatred, aQ4 it he had o&Qd» 
^{Q« iQ «iiy thii9g, h« was foifiy. laafwet^ 
•di That be M gpot4 teaibo to be ^iry, coo- 
iSfl^ii^ hosv h9 had behaved himf^lf. For my 
fuft \ bMC htp oo malipe, aad if it were iq my 
pPW^, wot^no^majcefoiim^h as his Finger 
nke, GrifVid / W ^m> x^ ib^, ^» W16091 / 
inmn th«T» vffft mifv ^dc<^ T^rts^vunddbeeime 
4mhifirttmm t^9ff^ tbf Wsrk of God) wbklf 
i^at 4tf^idh bad^aUedmfi tq. This i$as all 
ibtt fi^d B ^*red himfelf t» the Im£s 
Bmdt (smd Igatv^ ism th Cotmmmif. Jfter 
J^mur h fffack»d om cf i Joh. 4. la And 
thu Commandioent ha?e wefrop.hjm, that he 
that loveth QQd> ^. H^» w« came ouf tf 
thiXIlmrcby />f. Sheridan delnferid myour 
Or act' 4 JUff^tf j^d tkm Mr. Daw tbitds 
btbath keakd aUy <m ytu manfercwx by his 
mxt l^tten if A^gaft 30. Onij he laUmrs 
idhnf KildTomlartep. fHterealmts Iftirfofed 
t9 haw j^km is»th yoitr Grace at tnjf kni^ 
wkbywy bm I htm n9t how it came net to 
vtyi fmdy vfbether it be that the Soul, as weU 

'tbe Bodfy after fome travel edJi^ftUeth to 



tafft04mKt fit^Mukie tmn. 

intnmsf uffiBs Ivmr wtU vsip that it m^ 
m be ft^Amtdwkbm^i^ oftix^vt) that 
Star Qrmey as it wtfty ietiiend t^ mt wkk 
jmr 0mf Baitdty Mr. Crian, a cnmrteiFr^ 
tr^ Ta v/iitml§ffired mjife/fas largislif a$m^ 
Jlb^^y w§uU extend mta^tMiigb I bad alrtam 
djt at jwtif Grace's cmmendatifa recevoedHf* 
JOitnikrYiUe tikke'tu^wf^ J^^y ^*^ ^^ slUtih 
OKf tf Ti»^e1lt*^ ^otmd per anonm. The Me:tt 
J>ay Iftftre np defartntg^ Mr. Hitexn made a 
mnimtt tne. That where be bad m bis Hmd» 
/t^ent /# nudk the Baeefifie tf Kiidromfiutari 
widf if Jv»Mi^(ma it.ufntMr.Deaahe 
wmdddtijii othermiJleit ftmttdrMiainitiftxteL 
I at^wtrtd'mth prefefioik if wy leve aadgmd 
tPimm tfMr. DeanyWherteflfoewedtbereOi^ 
firn*^ A added, I didmt knuf tbeflacenmr tb^ 
fetfky but' if tbey were mere Iritti, J did 000 
fee btw Mr. Deaafheuld dijcbarge tbe duty ef 
4t Mkufier t9i them. This metim was fee ended 
hyymrQroQe: But ^asIeaftlye^neerddtthM 
hi^folikitedl^ymreid Servant, you ceiUddk 
ma ms thinyoa. did \ and mtwith^anSng tba 
Ltdure be fremifed yeetr Grace finuld he read 
tame. i» tbe ntatteref CMations, weaUnet be 
dt^iea^df ^ I did as became me, accerdil^ /• 
Wjf Cu^uHce, and itt Confermty ttyoarfer* 
mer matim fer Mr. Crian. Mr. Dean ^r 
frejfed me, that, if witbout my eeneutrenea 
yomr Grate weedd confer that LMmg nfon l^ 
I would mt be agOMift it', wbifb 1 frtm^ed^ 

but 



44 !fheLlP1S.if 

ha heard no more of ittiU about Aptil taftl- 
jfo the mean whide the Benefice next unto that 
whkh Mr. Dunfterville was already foffejfed of y 
falimg void: Mr. Crian not coming to mey not 
furfqfing to do Jo till after Ghnftmas, and 
wheufoiver he JbofUd comey wjf Houfe^ as I 
foundy not a^ordsng room for him and Mr. 
Dunfterville bah^ whofe former Benefice was 
unabkyhefaidy to maintain i^m^ chitfiy hefro-^ 
mijmg Refidencey and taking^ of me for thatfur^ 
fofe an Oathy abfoktely without any exception 
of DiffenfatioUy I united it to his former^ and 
mftrnffed him to go to his Cure,, wherein how 
carekjly he hath, behold himfelf I forbear to 
relate. To return to Mr. Deahi Jbout mi^ 
April he brought me a Trefentatian to Kildrom^ 
farten under the broad SeaL I could do nolefs 
butjignife to the Incumbenty who came tome 
and maintained InsTaky requiring me not to 
admit. Whereupon I returned the ^refentatp- 
My indorfing the reafon of my refufal y and being 
then occdjwned to write to the Lords Jufiicesy 
Ifignified what I thought of ihefe TluraUtiesy 
in a time when we are fo far overmatched in 
number by the adverfe fart. This faffed 
on till the Vijltation:, wherein Mr. Dean 
fiewed himfelf in his Cdmrs^ When the Vicar 
^ Kildromfarten wai caUedy hefaidy he was 
yicary but would exhibit no Title. Jjtery the 
Curatey Mr. Smith Jignifed to mey that his Sti^ 
fend was unfaidy and he fear edit would be ftili 
$n the contention of two Incumbents. Upon thefe 
and other ReafonSylfequeJ^redthe ^rofitSyWhic^ 
Ihaw heard by (k 6imoniafal. comfaitbetwiM 

theni 



Bijhi^. BEDELL. 4f 

^m Jbould be ftr this Tear tbt former hcmr 

hetfis. Neither did Mr. Dean write or ffeak 

a fF9rdj0 me hereabout ^ till, the day before, the 

Commttftififi' m theittciofed. That very Momk^I 

was c^rhfiedthat he ^ptrfofed to affeal toyowr 

Grace^ 'which m(sde me tn anfwer to hif mxtr. 

to add^ Quod facias, fac oidus. 

< Here I hefeecb your Groif gvcemekame /H 

ffeak freely touchifig this matter^ fomuch the 

ratjhery becaufe it ts the only Root of aU Mr.. 

Deaths defpfe againfi me. 'Plainly I do thus. 

thinks That of all the.difeafes of the Cbmvb 

i» thffe timesy next to that ef the ctrnftioM 

of our Courts:, this of Tlurauties is the mofl. 

fikad^ andfejfilentf efpecialfy whentbt^»ro 

tnftitutedinto charges Bcchfiaftigai^ wboy wen 

they never fo wUlingy yet for want ef tfie Lam-r 

giu^e of the ^eofUy are m^ble to ^cbarg». 

them.' poncerniug which very Pointy Jibiow 

your Grace remembers the Trofefkims of the 

iedrned .and zealofts J$ifiop of Lincoln before 

tPcfe Innocent . I wifl not add the Qnrfejfiom 

ff our Jdrjerfarief ihemfehes in the Omcil of. 

Trent, nor the^gment of that good Fa/theTy. 

the Author of tkeHifory thereof, touc/nngiumx 

Mejdency. Let the thing itfelfj^afu Whence* 

fow the ignorance d" thefeo^Mty the negleSkof 

Go^s Worfbify anddefraudingthe'Pooroftbe^. 

remains of dedicate thingSy the ruin of the^ 

manfion-Boftfes of the Mimfiersy the defofatio» 

of Churches, thefwaUowingup ofTarifif^sby 

fhe Farmrs ef them, bmfrom this Fountain^ 

Tiber f muty ^e caufe no . doubty why fometimesy in 

fane flacty andtofotne MifPy many Cburcbet^ 



may he mminuli, t»t nnwtbat, as appear r 
kf the kni drtifitaUSy thfte are^ h&fides the- 
mUar iBrmut and Bifitfy rf 'Priep in the 
Di9tefs if KUmore ««(</ Ardagh^ 66 ^ tf Mni^ 
ftfma>nd Caratts hi si^ ^ iJohkb mtmhff 
Af^ ^, whofi ^t^s came nvf t9 Chntch : Iff 
this Jo great Odds as the adverfarhes baite of asf^ 
m nnmfT) (t$ emt the advantage €f the Lan^ 
gaage^ tkeptfifim if fttpks flMrtSi the cwn- 
tenmcing df the iiohilky and Gentry, Is it a 
time n ammt many Chunhes to one Man^ 
'mkml wl// imtdifM, and he faith he hath 
s <vr^ Mkl9 InterfreteTf and I think no lefi 
f^ohich mude me mce t« f^y. That I vmLd 
fvmet fvnfef the Benefice of Kildromfaiten «^ 
an Mm than vfm Umfeif^ ^iH^h tefoUttion 1 4^ 
yet hold, in m» Hi fart foe^r he take it.) 
Mnrwhat hath he dotiie in the Ratifies akeadi 
Hmmitted to him^ f»r the hifir«mm (f th 
irift) that we/hMldammit another nnt^biml 
be tbatnuimm perftrm hisdioy toonewithm 
a heiptry or to that little part efit whofi 
i«^ he bath, is hefi0ciem to do it tit three\ 
Noit istbe Wt^et u fought^ not thef^orL 
jiMyft 'wkh the means he bafh^lreatfy, that 
food Man his *Bfedee($ir ^naimained a fFSfi 
andFomiPf', and ranntt-hein htsfiHtmyflhe 
bad mse niaritU» Mniiajh) Vife defre^ bimfiift 
WtUi if there van he nonefrmdp to Sfcharge 
t^ doty, kt him have thi Wofes to better bis 
maintenansf. But ^»fben your Grace affitreth 
ks wefikoU lafk wo Mm, when there is iefiks 
JMh Crian {nabtm Dr. ^etMen hath beard 
froiuA 4» 4 fryer ^ ibat Vfry phwi wkicbJf 

0.CC9»9t 



Bijhtf 1 £ B £ L L, 4^.^ 

^cma^fiMie mtre t9 Coits Gkrf^ if Mien* 
mmitJkpidifimtlbeTtiais "tuiM^ieftrtht 
fmiOfVUtred t9 rm 0m) bi^ikt kim.^eAaot 
Mr. Nugent^ ioh$ eftreih hmfe^in m»i$mffl 
^ 4Sf;r$tt Ziefter iatdf wtiitm f me, tot 
lunt fimdry ik iht dib^, ttmliumeljfy tw$' 
ffMmd i^ M Ht irifti Lt0»n., tut llthnytf 
buth PrutujUOid mtr Qr»cf^s OtUectifm mi* 
Ici&^ i^l^ M-tDuocaa Md others;, witk 
iuhm €9/¥tr >(nm we Mft i^ tirfti mtkiimfftr 
Mm t$Ui m^lftoid th iUmd i^<*^t fm 
Jfi% ?^r4w ««P) i ln^td^ ymar Grace^ tM&rft 
J^We; lnitiinm9tUfrtftBnhf4ia^iiit^it( 
ytm'^ wjifelfi IUbfe^ fijaU never it ft^ tnm* 
/emu k, ABdfi ungmH^ hiJIfemfpef 
Mr, Demfs tmffkf^MnJt mT) whether Ififiir 
iof Us fe» er Ms Jemgue^ I JbnH rekm, m 
fi0trk$gfer rMaep^fsfAlie, J^^jkhVkm^ 
ftif in m l»fi Letnr exenfis wy intent^ I eh 
fimut ^ j^i0s 4^tr iSidf tajmr (Staa^ 
0ti^ey *eM^ t9 imdst bimfitiiMfuiit^. ef im 
Mp i^kmgtf m tD9rd4fr iket(l bavf ^titiigei 

fartmch^tf tin kefie^ fteher^ itm 
firry tolfefe trwUefitmtoym <Srace} itt ^m 
fierceaf^ tits kisgreetfy andknfeuhni frettmftei 
t^ Bmefic^ M Mf\ Nugem ie admiueil^ 
|i^ «r^«Ciisui, ^ he hemtt ytt frefiiiJkifm'c 
To't^bm I "Mhife wehKgte addMr^ Nik* 

fecemi (e^e^mkfs better) thdn^s htm ai^ 
ffttce im Um\eambistafl Letters be gnesjme 

We fire* Qtd-mMei^ mhumkk andmedeu 



^48 Thel^lFEif 

Man. ' But if Mr. Dean will needs ferfiBy J 
hfeeeb your Grace to view n^ Reply ^ to tht 
which Iwiil add no mort. Js touching his tra-^ 
ducingme in yourTulfit at C^van, I har^ 
fmtyanrGrace the Teftimonies of Mr^ KoHth 
&n and Mr. Teate ; although he had hem with 
them before^ and denied what they former^ 
concei/tied. .And ifyourGrmewiU befkafi^ 
to enquire ofMr.Xjapej by a line or twoy (with 
whom I never ffake a Word about the matter J ^ 
or con^are the Heads of his Sermon (whkh 
. he faith were general) with his former Repots 
Ttu^de ofm^ J doubt not imt you wiUfoonfnd 
thetrutk - 

I have fent al^ his ^rotefiation dgatj^ wy 
Vi/iation^wherein IdeftreyourGraci toooferve, 
the blmdnefs (^ Malice ■: Ik p^tends that I 
fMy not viJJt^but at or after Michaelmas eve^^ 
ifyyear. As if the. Month tf July^ wherein 
J" ii/xtedy "were not after Michaelmas : Fqrbe^ 
fore the laff Michaelmas I vijited not. ' I ^-j 
mitthat he caUs himfelftheHoadofthe 6haf^. 
ter. The Canon Law calls the Btfhoffo : H^, 
^WiU have the Bifbof^ vijk the whaU Biocefs 
together \ dkedlly contrary to that ¥orm\ 
mjich the CaHous frefcribe. But this ^rotef^ 
itdtion having neither Latin, nor LaWy nor 
commm Set^e^ dah deHOre^tl^ skill ofhittK 
that drew it^ and thermit of Mm, that ufes it. 
'fFhich^ if your Grace injoin^ him. nof to revoke 
ity ijball be forced to fut remedy unto othtr\ 
wifeyAn reffeh of the e^il escamfU andprejUr 
^i&ae ft nught inm toPofierity, And How t^ 
leave this unfka^ juhje{t^ :Sinp^ W i^flS 

^ with 



Bip^ i E D E I. L. 4p 

^bjmihire W4S witih we Mr, firad]r> brOfg^ 
im v4ti kivt ttierf^ffWt*^ *f ^^ aewejke tf 
M^\i9^ wbifh I had siofi^fed Mfw J4r» 
X^unittryill^ mdtmMtP bis firmer tfMoy- 
^toVfLi^ : Bt k^bt ^ifb him litters frm pfjii 
l4r4 pfQcfk^ a^d Sir William Paifons, tdi 
c^^MfH hii h aUied* But ePtaiitmhig hm^ Jfmid 
km (k^^ a ^rn raw DnmitJ vmahU ti 
fiad fbe IrUb> 4n4 thmfm excised H^ Jktftt 
tbt jLnrds for 4dmitti$^ bmi J few days af- 
ter^ viz^ thf iQtb if this MiMhi hire was 
^W^b nH Mti DunftcrviUe binfeify andfignii 
f»dtQ m tb0 b^ bad revoktd BsftrtnerRtJ^ 
^(^tiafH Jhts bf flays fa0 and iop/hy andmc^ 
^f^f/tHfv^/^ vtgk&s Ins diay. Oaanes qwe 
fu$ iiM^ ^leniot. Iftdeid I douked bis Ritf 
j^^id/K mas nH g«^ in 4s much as be re^ 
t/tiuidJiiUtbeformtr Bentfi:9i wb&emttt ttif 
t/iufs umt^. JtfifW I Jie clearly there was a 
k^nif^ ketmm km and Mr, Brady, that ^ 
the femd f9uld m k admttidy be Jbwld re^ 
ffttnt bis Min^jice 0g4im* 

J hn'of receiv^dt^rs from M'JDir.V/'aadci 
^ty G,^* «f May a8, in wbkb be mentions 
«ft»i* tkfokft pffb^V^tjkatiin if Infants by 
Baftifnti To whom Ibavg written an anfwfry 
h( ^ M fint iti J Jhd berewkb a Cofy 
thfrtif f(f ^ Gra^ei brnnbh rtqmringyour 
^t^ce apd ttnfiire (if it be net too much to 
yonrQr^^stroititk) beffire I find iti Ihavf 
M itiriffen 4n ainfiner to Dr: Richardfon m 
^befHtfti^Offfbfti the fOfit of Efficacy or ^ 
fittfe^ of Grace y bnt it is low, andconfifts of 
S orCpeets ofPaper, fo as f cannot now [end 

E it J 



so The LITE of 

ft ; I Jball hereafter fiUfmit itj as all oth^ 
my endeavours J to your Grace's cenjure and 
correction. J have received alfa a large an^ 
Jwer from f^ Lord of Deny y touching juftify^ 
ing taith ; whereto t ha'Oenotyet bad time to 
r^ly ; nor do 1 know if it be worth the labour^ 
t»e difference being but in themaetnet ofteach^ 
wg^ As whether jujlifying Faith be an Jffent 
workiftg affiance \ or elfe an affiance foUowing 
jiffent* f wrote frefently i^on my return front 
your Grace to my JLords JujikeSy defirmg- t4 
he excufed from going inferfon to takeft^ejfim 
efthe Majs^Houfe ; ana a Certificate that my 
fitit with Mr^ Cook is defending before them^ 
i have not as yet received anfwer^ by reafon 
(as Sir WihizmUfhcx ^gni^d to mySonJthe 
Lord Chancellor's inAff^ion did not permit 
his hand to be gotten. 

I do fcarce hoPe to receive any Certificate 
from themy for the reJpeSt they wUlhave not to 
feem to infringe your 'Grace's JurifdiEiioni 
Whereupon I Jball be inforced to entertain a. 
^roBorfor me at your Grace's Courty when I 
am next to afPeary itbeint the very time whe^ 
my Court in the Comity ^Leitrim wasfet be^ 
fore I was with you. 

Afbamed I am to be thus tedkOi^ But 1 
Ijofe you will f ar don mey fith youreqmredyond 
Ipromifedy to write often ; and having now 
had offortunity to convey my LetterSy this mujt 
fet^e infiead of many : Concludiftg with mine 
and my Wife's bundle firvice to your Grace 

and 



Mfiif l&EDBLZ. St 

dHdMfs, Uiher, Mtd thanks frr my khtdtntef' 
tatmuent^ I dejeretbe Uejlfig ofyimrTrayeri^ 
and rtmam ahoaysy 

Your Grace's 

JKilmore, Sefttmt, 

i8, 1630. humble Seryant, 

miLKitmertKArdagB* 

The condemrtiilg Hurditi^ Was but die 
half of his Projeft. The hext part 6f it Was 
to oblige his Clergy td refide iii their Par Jlhesj 
but iti this he taet with a great dificulty. 
King 3J/»i»w upon the laft redudion oiUlfier 
after ^r««f^s Rebellion, had Ordered Gkbe* 
Lands to be ai%ied to dli the Clergy ; and 
they were obliged to build Hoafes upon them, 
within^ h'mit^ time, but in alligning thofi; 
Clebe'LandSj the: Commiffioners that were 
appointed to execute the Kin^s Orders, had 
taken nd care of the cohyehiences of the Cler- 
gy : For in many places thcfe Lands were not 
within the Pariffi, and often they lay not all 
tc^ethdr, but were divided in parcels. So he 
found his Clergy .were in ^ ftrait. For if they 
built Houfes upon ^dt Glebe-Landsy they 
would be thereby forced to live out of theit 
Parides, and it was very . inconvenient for 
them to have their Houles remote from thcii 
Lands. In-order to a remedy to this, theBi- 
fliap that had Lands in every Pariih afflgn'd 
him,Tefolvcd to make an exchange with them', 
and to take their Qlehe-Lands into his own 
hands for more convenient portions of equal 

E a - vai- 



-vdu« ^tbttc he v^iiligtial than : And that the' 
^€%^^f^^mi^ibc m»lrupQirajki0:efiiaiat^ 
fo tiiat neither'theBifliop pqc the iofcricrClerr 
gy migte ftt8et hj'- it, he procured a CommiP 
fion from the Lord Lieutenant, for IbmetO'' 
cjtiamifie and iettW that matter, which Was at 
lj%ft bjfpught.to a conclttCion with fo univcrfai 
a iTatisfadidri to his whole Dioceis, that fince 
the thing could not be finally det^mined 
without a Grca^t §eal from the '^Sfkg^ corjfirmf 
ipg all that wasdomc^. there was one fent oyer 
in^all their nafpes t(> obtain it j pvnt this was a 
work ff timcp: jihd to^ cpul4 Wt; be finilhed inr 
leveral years :/ Ap/1 ^he RebcBion broke out 
before it wa«fiJIy:Cp.hcltided^ / . . . 
'.The Lord Ijeutienaot ^t tlijs trfee was Sir 
Thomas fTefff wo fih^. j^ftieywards ^^xl of Strafr^ 
^drdp ^ name topgr^at.'to heed Jan jr enlarge 
fnentpf.explahati<:)n^j for his Chatatter is weU 
itnown. At hiis. txh cojping oyer tq Ireland^ 
heJwas forfeited w^ prejudicq ^^ainft th? 
Bijbop .upon th^^^ccount of a* Petition icat up' 
j^y the County ofCavanrio vvtiiqjj the !BiIhoj 
Had If* hii hand,; in which ,iQm?Jcomplaint$ 
.iyere made, and -fomcregula^ons^ were pro^' 
l^ofedrfor the Army : Which Was thought ao* 
jnfolent attempt;, and a matter of HI example. 
ifp .tji^t Straffordy who was 'fcjrerc ip his ad^ 
minl^ratipn," was h^ly difpleaifd *vith Turn/. 
pVnd wfien any^ Commiilion oi Order wa$ 
prought to Kim^ in which he found hi^ 
taame, he daftied it put with lus; own Pen j 
and expreficd ^reat indignation againft him# 
When the Bifliopundcrftobd this, he was not 

muck 



Bifiif S £ DIE ITL. r^ 

fBBOxkL moved at it, knowing .bis , o^ inno- 
,cence; but he took pradent daethods to tvtt-: 
fome bi«. tU^kafm^r : ^,t did p9t^ .to pm- 
jdm upo|t bfe c^miag ^f % jis'^. t]^ Qtii|ierBi- 
^9ps 4idi ico .i^o^f^nul^ h'is^ ^Ot^iuf^ lo tbc 
<Go9-enimeat :- Aat ^ wjdt jI fhfi account^ o^ 
^hat matter t^ his conlbiiait Fjri^ Sjr T^tfr 
yerrnkty vvfio i^antg^d at with;^ ma<^^e<i^ 
iliat Letters \rere lent to the D^i^jf ^oor 
^e Gottr^ bf vbkli ^ w^s £> inuch molU- 
fied towaidsthe BUhop^ that hewing to eobr 
^atukte, vr4s weU fcpevi^ '^md was cvtf 
f&erwaxd9 treated by* biiki witli s^ verjr pcur^ 
^tdar ktndnefi^ So. this ftenta weiM; om^ 
4^hich Qiany thofQight ifO&14 b^Vt ended in iin- 
pr^oninent^ jf not in d^tr/ittjoo. Yet hov 
Wiock focyet tiiat Pet^tiido was miftaken, b^ 
tmade it appear rexj p^ajn, that he did not 
defign the putting down ii the Anny : For 
he £iw too cTidently the -danger they were i^ 
ifrom Popery, to liiink tiiey touU be long 
lafe without it^ ^iit f. Letter thftt CQOtaii^ 
bis Tiadicadoo ^m that dporfiln, carries in 
ft likewifr Sack % rcpreientation of the ftate 
f£ the Popifli kteidt then in irekmd, and of 
lihek numbers, thdr tempen, and their prinr 
fipksy that I will ^k down. U was wrifir 
4^en to the Anchbiiiop fd Caikerhiry^ and is 
CakcQ fixim the printed ^opy of it that Ms, 
2Vjw«f bw giFcn us. 



B 3' Right 



54 .L7ie}S^irE rf :^ 

lUghV (toiieurable, my , 

' v«rygood Lord, ' ^* '' - ^ 

-£ advert'fedframimhmMra^ 
England, that lam dtlimfid to bis Majefty to 
have of^fid his fifvke ; and that wy hand 
with two other Btjbefs onfyy ivds to a Writ-^ 
ipigiouehing the Money to he levied On the Ta^ 
ftfisfor maintenance of the Men of War. In^ 
deedy ifljhould harOe had fuch an intention^ 
this had been not only to o^ofe the fervice of 
bis Majefiy^ hut to expofi with the fnblick 
feace mine own Neck^ to the Sheans of the Ro- 
milh Cut^throats. I that kneip that in this 
Kingdom of his Majefty Sy the ToPe hath ano^ 
ther Kingdom far greater in nmnberj and as I 
have heretofore ftgntfied to the Lords Jufticet 
^f^ Council { which is alfo Jmce jufttfied iy 
themfehes in^rint J conftantly guided and di^ 
rested by the Order of the new Congregation 
De propaganda Fide, lateh erected at Rome, 
tranfmitted by the means oftheTof^s Nmtio^i 
reftaing at Bmffcls or Paris^ that the Tope 
hath here a Clergyy if I may guefs by my own 
DiocefSj double in number to us^ the heads 
whereof are by corporal Oath bound to him^ to 
maintain him and his Regalities contra onincm 
hominem, and to execme his Mandates to the 
etttermoH of their forces ; which according 
they dOy ftiling themfehes in Trinty Ego rl, 
Dei, K Apoftolics^ Sedis gratia Epilcopus 
Fermien 8C Offorien. / that knew there is in 
the Kingdom for the moulding of the feople to 

the 

"^ This feems to be but \\t l^slf of the Letter by the be* 

ginning. 



Jbe f*9f/s obediencey grabble tfkreffiUlr Re^ 

-gulars, conmmlypm^ Brothers ofgoodHm-r 

Jesy vfhfi aregrt(wit to thatimfoUmjfy as to atU 

vance tbewfehes to bn memkersoftheEcckjMt 

ska I Hterareby m better ramks tbanTriefisy 

mfo nmh that the cenfure tftbe Sorbon tsfafu 

to be imflored to curb them, which yei is folU 

ed m again 4 fi tender is the Tofe of bis own 

Creatures. / that knew thM bis Bolmefs 

hath ereSted a new Univerfity in Du}>lin to 

fonfront Ms Majeftys College thtrfy md to 

^reed the youth of the Ejngdom to Ins De^ 

fiouy of whicbUtttverJky OHeVwXliiutiSy the 

author of that infamous JJ^t, which was 

putfoHh in Trint again^ n^ Ldrd Armzch's 

Wanftcd Sermon, ft^/^th bimfelfm "Print to be 

Dean :' Ithatknfw and have given advertife- 

ment to the Sfaiey that ibefe Regulars dkre «w 

reStnew Frjeries in the Country^ Taife the £f- 

fohing of thefe in the Ciiyy that' they haw 

broum the fe^le fo fuch a fotttjh fenfeleMsy 

as they care not to learn the Cdmmam&ients 

as (fod himfilfjpakey and writ them'y but they 

fiock in great numbers to thejreackng of new 

Ji^erflitious and deteJtablieDpSirineSy juch as 

their own Triefis are dfhamedify and at ait 

tbofetl^ levy ^olleCfiohSy ThreCy FouTy Frjey 

or &x Tounds at a Setmim. Short Ijiy I that 

knei^ tidt thofiUe^ulars and this Ctergy have 

at a general n9eet$t& like io a Synody as them- 

felves ftiie ity decriedy That it is not lawful ^9, 

take an Odth ofjtflendnce ; and if ibey he 

eonjiaki to their fw'n Do^riney do account his. 

Mdjefiy ik th{tr Hearts'to be King but at the 

' "^ ' ■ ' E 4 Tone's 



J9m^ to think the Brktif Wfhe Atffty mny ^ 
takm ^wajfy fixmU be m Mm^ P^^4 
bram-Jlck^ hut of a 4nr^m-kfs Maik 

Jheday of ourclelite* . 
«ncc from the PepiUi , Y OUf LonWlID^ 

Powder Plot, 4nm - " .^ 

in all Daty^ 

By hii putting olfi^ Pluralities there fell to hi 
many )^acancies in his Dibc^ls, fb thfe catc he 
todfc to fill thefe, pdmes to be qonficfcred irt 
the next plac6. lie was very Arift id his exi- 
ftiinatlons before Ke gave Orders to any. H6 
went over the Articles of the Church of Ire'- 
landfo particularly arid cxadly, that one who 
was prefeht at theQrdinatlori of him that wa? 
afterwards his Archrbcacon^ Mn Thdfha^ 
Pricey reported that though h6 was one x)Fth6 
Senlor Fellows of theCoUcge ofDui^rmj wheri 
the Bilhop was Provbft j yet his examihafidii 
held Xvto fun hours : And when he hiad end- 
ed any examination, which was always dbric*^ 
in the prelencc of his tilergy, he defired cvt- 
ry Clergy-man that was prefent to examine 
the perfon further, if they thought that any 
material thing was omitted by him ; by which 
a fuller difcovery of his temper and fufficien-- 
cy might be made. When all was ended, he 
made all his Clergy igive their approbation 
before he would proceed to Ordination : Foy 
he Would never affunie that fingly to himieli^ 
not take ^thc load of it wholly on his pwn 

^^ SouL 



%bx\. Me took sitlb grtlt care t» be W^ iii'- 

tbrmed of the morkl artd religlbitt qaalitict Of 

thoie he ordainafi/as well aslie Cttiified hinj- 

iklf by his ttcMnitioh irf theJf capidty and 

knowledge. Il6 had always a confidentble 

humber of his Clfergy aflSMng him at hisOi^ 

dinations, aiid he ^waytf preached and adtbi- 

nifci^ the Satratnfent on thofe occafions hiok 

■fclf : And he tieter ordained 6ne a ^tesbytcr, 

till he had been at leaft a year a l>catbn,that 

lb hfe, flfiight have a good account of his b6. 

haviont in that lowet degtee, before he raif. 

ted him higher. He looked upon that txyv^ifir 

•pf Ordination as the moft Citred part dr a Bh 

flrop's tm% and that in which the Laws cf 

the jLand had laid no ibrt of imp^tfon oh 

theAi, {o that this was intirely in theitHands^ 

and therefore he thonght they hkd ib ioinch 

the more tb aniwer for to God on that ac- 

tbunt ; and he weighed carefolly in hik 

thbnghis the iriajportance of thofe Words, £<gr 

•ilandifiiddenly on nd Man., and be not afar^^ 

idkir of other Mens Sins. TlierefoTe he ded 

all the preeaution that was pd^le for hiak 

in fb important an af^. He Wat never prcr 

taird oti by any recommendations nor itnpoisa! 

tunities to ofdain any ; as if Ordets had been 

a fort of Ftfeedom in a Company, by which a 

Man Was to be enabled to hold as great a ^r-s 

tion of the Eccfefiaftickl Revenue as hfe could 

compafs, when he was thus qualified: Nor 

would he ever ordain any without a title to a 

particular Rock. For he thought a title td 

a maintenance was not enough; as if the 

Church 



^jChacc^ ftould only takecare th^t nd^e it> Qr** 
jdexs mightt be in want ; but he faw the abufc^ 
..of thpfc emoidicated titles, and of the Vagrant 
Pricfts that went about a$ Journeymen^ pl^yr 
iog for work^ to the great reproaph of jthat 
j&ored Imployment; and in thi$ he alio foir 
Jowed the Rule fet by the fourth general Coun- 
^cilthat carried this matter fo high^ as to an^ 
nul all Orders that were given without a.parr* 
.ticular^^efignation pf the place, where the 
pcrlbn was toiervp. For he made the Primi- 
tive tieijBs his Standard, and refblved to copie 
as near it as he could, confideriog the corrupt 
tion of the Age in which be livpd* He remem^ 
i>red wcU the g^o^nds he went on, when h? 
jqfufedtopay Fpes for the title to his Bene-r 
fice in Suffolky and therefore tpok care that 
thofe .who were ordained by him, or had tir 
ties to Benefices firpm hicp, might \k put to no 
fharge : For he wrote ^11 |he Inftruments. 
Iiimfelf, and delivered them to the terfons tq 
whom they belonged, otjt of his own Hands, 
and adjured them in a v^rv iblemn manner, to 
g^ve nothing to any of nis Servants^ And^^ 
that he might hinder it all that waspoilible, 
he waited on them always on thole occafiona 
to the Gate of hisHouie, that £o he might b^ 
iufe that they fliould not give any gratifica- 
tioa to his Servants. He thought it lay on 
bim to pay them &ch convenient Wages as 
became them^ and not to let .h;s Peigy'bq 
barthened with his Servants. And* i^dee4 
the abuies in that were grown to fucl^ a pitch. 



B B D £ L L. S9 

that it Was neceflkry to corred them ia ia ex- 
emplary a manner. 

His next care was to obCenre the behayiouc 
of his Cleigy ; he knew the lives of Ghurch-» 
men had generally much, more efficacy than 
their iermons, or other labours could have ; 
and fb he fet himl^lf much to watrh over the 
mknuers of his Priefts ; and was very fenlibly 
touched, , when an. Jrijhman (aid once to 
him in open Court, That the Kin^s TrieHs 
^ere asjhad as theV&pe'sTfieBs. Thcfcwerc 
fo grofly ignorant, ai^d fb openly icandalou«| 
both for drunkennefs, and all fort of lewdnefi, 
that this was indeed a very heavy reproach; 
Yet he was no rude nor morofe Reformer, but 
confidered what the tunes could bear. He had 
great tendemeis for the weaknels of his Glci> 
gy, when he faw reaibn to think otherwiie 
well of them ; and he helped them out of their 
troubles, widi the care and compaifion of a 
Pather. One of his Clergy held two Livings^ 
but had been couzened by a Gentleman of 
Quality to £irm them to him for leis than ei« 
ther of diem was worth; and he acquaintecl 
the Bifhop with this : Who upon that writ 
very civilly, and yet as became a Bifliop, to 
the Gentleman, perfuading him to give up the 
bargain: But having received a fuUen and 
haughty aniwer from him; he made the Mi«^ 
nifter refign up both to him; for they belong-* 
cd to hia Gift, and he provided him with an« 
other Benefice, and put two other worthy. 
Men in theie two Churches, and (b he put an ' 
eqd both to the Gentleman's fraudulent bar- 
gain. 



it neLl-BE^ ' 

0ftiti^ aind to the Ghurch-mait'ft Kuntlity. K0 
never gave a Benefice to aoy^thout oblige 
ia^ tSkeitt by Oiith to pe^p^euftl aftd perlbnai 
pcSAsatty und that they ftould never hdld iA 
ty other Bttue^ with that ^f> yrhm one 
Sttebman wa» Mttettmeitded m him, and 
Ibond hf hhn to be wdH qualified, ^ ol^ed 
}uttk aCoIiatidn to a Beoe^c^ but i^hm:fi»4 
khaita» faw that he wa« to foe botuyl ^ to Refi^ 
denee, a»d not to hold anoth^ Biaie&ce ; he 
^at yraii already pofi^fled of one^ with whidh 
fte te^ved not to p^) would not acc^ of 
it On tho& terms, Atid the Btfhop was no^ 
to be fjtev^led with to di%a^ w|th it, tfiot 
lie liked this Man io much the better, becaufi; 
ht found he was akin to the great Bucbafumi 
wk^ Faraphrale of they^/«M he loved be^ 
ytMid all odier Z^i» Poetry. The Ltm iotm 
of his Ck^ations wfll be foutid at the end of 
this Relation, which concluded fAsM-^fOkteft* 
p^yoitni tbt Lord) andei^in^yau, by v«r- 
tMerfthat $btdimct ttakkhyM 9W» U tbexreai 
Sbi^btrdy that you imU dHigemiy feed his 
Pkcki>tmminedt»yoiir ^arey ivhkh hfpwvbaf^ 
edvoitbhii^ttmBifibd'y thai yimmfiruB them 
ikt theQah»lhkfaithy wid mftrm Drvim 
qjS^tif m a titngue mdefjtwi ityt the ptfk^ 
Stdi^e aU things thutym flaw your je^ a 
pmdrn t9 Believers iugcfdffwhy fothat tht, 
adverfaries may be pnt to (bamty when tbey> 
ftid Hothiifg fer 'mkh th^ sam r^nmclk 
ybu. He put all the Inftmmeats in one, 
Wheteas devices had been found out, ^ the 

inn 

, ♦ &e tt the End, Numb. i. 



Mcitafc of Ftt^ to divide thdc joto loFcial 

Wtitiags : Nor wa« be cddieot to write tbii 

,^U with his ovm h^i l?wt fbmetimcs be g«v)e 

IndiiStioa Ukewife to bis Cletgjj for he 

tboaght nonie of fm£e Officcv were below at 

-$it»Qp : And bfs w«s r^ady to eafi: diott of 

.^h^e all b« «ouldf He h«d by bi^ ixatl aM 

tftfttcft «odea¥oa)9 piWRiled witb all hjs Fnei^ 

byters toi ii^fide io tbeir Pariihe^i one oolf 

«tc^ced, yfbofsmmo^gijoimflmi He was 

of » tneAfi J^VOl^otH fet be bad very qpkk 

pftTt^ but ^y Uf mpfe. to tbe Mecb«ucal 

>ib«n to ti(9 $|nrj^Ml ArcbitdSbire; l^of the 

£trl of fSfrajptrJ vkd hufi fot aA Ef^giowr/ 

4o<i g»y0 him t^ iiuuageffl«9t of tone groat 

J^ijtild«09« ^^ ^ ^^ ra^nfiin <he County 4f 

Mnekkvi, 3tit tbe dObop fiodiag tbc Ma« 

jb^ a feigr cacrimflal Wit^ a«d a great (V 

rity, b^ r«£>l:f ed to iGbf lum to work, tbae 
he j^fi^l riot, be wl)oUy,«feld& to tite 
iQwi;db 'i aod ^re£a« he -^qpoibd to \»BfL 
jtbe com^K^qg jM'uaiveriai .€huader» tbi^ 
^gbt.be e<|nally w^tt wderitood by all Na^ 
iliom : Afltd lie fltewed bun, th^t ^lace tbene 
,VfVk akeady i^ n^ier^ !N^(atbeowtical Char< 
r^i^efy f«^fvied both f;;^ Aj^thmetick, G^ok 
#1^31;^ and Aibroaooiyf ^9 other wa^t oot 
«i>poljSble|:obpdoaie. J^^?,^/* undertook J^ 
ffeadily>«nd the Biflu^dcctvifiw himaScbeooe 
of the wbole Work, which he bro<^^ to 
Jjdi pei^^ion, that, as my Author was ia>-' 
ibrsaed, be put it under the Pre^ but theHo^ 
Isellton preyeaced hisfini^S^ it; 

.After 



di 7h LIFE of 

After the Bifiiop had been for many y^aft 
"carrying on the Reformation of his Diocefs^ he 
reiblved to hold a Synod of all his Cler^, 
*:ind to eftablifh fome Rales for the better u<> 
. vernment of the Flock committed to him : 
The Garions then eftabliflied will be found at 
the end of this Work. *Hc appointed that a 
'Synod ihould be held thereafter once a yeaf^ 
on the fecond Week of Se^ember^y and that 
in the Biihop's abfence^ his Vicar Gcnewl, if 
he were a Prieft, or his Arch-^Deacon ihould 
prdGde: That no Vicar ihould be conftituted 
after diat^ unlcis he were in Orders^ and 
Ihould hold his place only during the 
Biihop's pleaftire. He revived the anei^ 
cnt cuftom of Rural Deans^ and appointed. 
That there Ihould be three for the three Divi- 
'^ficftis of his Diocefs ; who (hould be <ho&fi 
by the Clergy, and fliould have an kiipedion 
into their deportment, ani) make ifeport to 
theBifbop of what pafs^d among thcni^ and 
tranfmit the Bifhop's orders to them; and 
*lhat once a Month the Clergy of each Divi- 
lion ihould meet, and preachby turhs, with- 
•Out'long Prayers or Preambles : And that no 
Excommunication ftiouldbe made but by tht 
Bilhop in perfoh, with the affiftance of liidi 
of his Clergy ^ as Ihould be prdcnt. The reft 
related to fome things of left importance, that 
required ameridftient. When the News of thi» 
was canied to DuBlin^ fome laid it was an il*- 
legal Aflcmbly, and that his prefoming to 
make Canons, was againft Law, and:brougfefe 

f him 

* Stc it the end, Numb i* 



Si/h&p BUJi tit L. 63 

lilm t^ithifl the guilt of a Tr£muMife. So that; 
it wajf expeftcd that hefliould be hrou^t up 
as a Belinc^uent, and cenfiired in the Star^ 
ChmheTy or High Commlffion Court: But 
others lopk'd on what he had done, as no- 
thing but the neccflary difcharge of his Epit- 
copal Fundion. And it feemed ftrange if 
Ibme Rules laid down by common conient^for 
the better jgovemment of the Dioceis^ 
fiiould have fumifced matter for an Accula- 
tioii or Ceofure. His Arch-Deacon, that was 
^crwards ArchbHhop of Cajbetj gave luch. 
ati account of this matter to the State, that 
nbthing followed upon it. The Bifliop had, 
2<^eed prepared inch k Jufti£cat!on of him-' 
fel^ as wokilcl have vindicated him fully be- 
fore eqiiitafole Jttdgesy if he iiad been ciueftW 
6hcd for it. Archbilhop l//I&fr, who knew 
well how much he could (ay for himfelf upon 
this Head, ad^fed thofe that moved that he 
ttiight be brought up upon it. To let him a- 
lohe, 1^ he (hoiild be thereby provoked to 
fay more for himfelf, than any of his Accufers 
Could fay againft Mm. 

When he made fa^s Vifitations, he always 
preslched himfelf, and adminifbed the Sacra- 
ment; and the bufinefs of his Vifitations was^ 
what it ought truly to be, to obfcrvc the flatc. 
of his Dioceis, and to give good Inflrudions 
both to Clergy and Laity. The* Vifitations 
in Irelandhzd been matters of. great Pomp artd 
much Luxury, which lay heavy on the infc- 
rior Clergy. Some flight enquiries were made, 
^nd thofe <:hiefly for Fomi's fefce j and indeed 

"V nothing 



iV99 therepfQ^b of th?w, %' Peps, th^t wer^ 
fcxadt^d te (ii^h- an io}x4c|al4c 4<^)cee| that thqy 
i^gifp a.^ejtyy grieyarice^"'^ Ckrgy^ An4 
as trW Biflw^pi VifitatioBt canjc abpi;t every 
Year J rijji qviry tWr4 yjsa^r the Aiphhlfl^cgji 
iiiac}^ hjs,MettCfpoliticai Vifitatior^ ^ ever^^ 
Iffy^^K Yw the Kind's Vifi^ion weait pund ? 
Afl4 ifi fill ih^ca^ they weriq ^Ijien m^m^, no» 
Jilflg f?eni?d ^0 be fi) mupb aimed a]t, ^ bow t^ 
^ij5C55fiafnt4 C^PJMX^s tbeCa£S;|y, Wbp Wpre gla4 
^o ipKliafe ^ir Pe^fie W pgy^all th^t was 
topfei^ Qfi' ti^epu by tbofc fcy^e Ej^a^or^ 
Tofft IFe^ at Vifit^^Qo? wf jrp npt; ktibwi^ jt^ 
flie?riwit;ihre.TJWfS, in wbicb & JBilb<^ haijf 
tl)?; vi^b<4e jStpcfc ttf ^bf Cblwch ip b/sf Haiid$ 
to {i?i5^ay wb?t (ejfPphce r^eot^iily fell '5m hiitp, 
^;f bi5 (?bu/cb._ . ft .te |ir% when ^be Ji^etr/W 
^litaol, wkh' otheir 3iflYops,.^^i; (|n4Qr4ainv' 
^ ibe BUhop at bis See^ b: vi^ put rqafona^l^ 
fbap their ejiroenge ^^puld Jjp difchftjrgei^ j ancj 
thi$ came to.be irateci tQzcsxfffmSx^^ ^pd waf 
'«!ll^ the Injtbrf^ftiefc: J^xi^ yt^ fHpfc 
^rew unreafohabiy higb^ the Eoqipsrpite F^% 
f^(J th)?i» tQ * ccrtam wbportwni .^cocding 
to the Rey^es C^ the Sc^s. jjtl| wherj thf 
BHboj» arid tb» jatferfo* Ckjgy cffoe to b^yf , 
^iftki^t Propert£?s, the;> the l^op exa^M 9/ 
their Cletgf ^at whipfe QWcr Vaffals ow^ 
iSy their Teouris to'tbe Lor4:of.tbB Fec^yfiup^ 
was the bearing thip cxpence of their Progyefij 
but when they b*^^ ^rft to dcflijuifci'tijofc 
Subfidies from th?^ Qcrgy,' tbat Pia^cc wa« 
^ondcipwi j«id pr^yiiipB wfk^ m^ That inj 
- c*fe 



Bijhof BEt)ELL. 6^ 

(kf^ a BiAop was (b poor that he could ooC 
bear th6 charge to which his Vifitationput him, 
tte ftould be fiipplyedby the richer Bifhops a- 
bduthim ; but not prey upon his Clergy. And 
b6th Charles the Great^ and his Soa Lewis 
took care to fee this executed: Yet this abufe 
was ftiil kept up, fb that afterwards, in ftead 
of putting it quite down, it wis only regulat- 
ed, fo that it nught not exceed luch a propor- 
tion ; but that was not obfcrved : So that an 
arbitrary Tax was in many places levied upon 
the Clergy. But our Bifhop reformed ill thefc 
ciceffes, and took nothing but what was by 
Law arid Cuftom eflabliihcd, and that was em- 
plbyed in enteitiiiiirtg the Clergy : And wheii 
ther^ was any overplus, he fentit always to the 
Prifotls, for the relief of thd poon At his Vifita- 
tiori he made his Clergy fit all with him, and bd 
covered, whenever he himfelf was covered. 
For he did riot approve of the State, in which 
otheifs of his Order made their Vifitations ; 
tioT the diftance to which they obliged their 
Clergy. And he had that Canon often in his 
Mouth, That a Tresbyter ought not to be let 
ft and after the Bijhof was fit. He was much 
troubled at another abufe which was, that 
when the M^tropdlitical and Regal Vifitati- 
ons werit round, a Writ wasfervedon the Bi- 
ftiops, fufpending their' Jurifiiiftion for that 
year: Ard when this was firft brought to 
him, he received it with great indignation j 
which Wits encreafcd by two Claufes in the: 
Writ : By the one it was afferted. That in the 
ytdr of the M(tro£olitau*s Vlfitationythe whole 

F oMd 



66 , neX^tFU if 

mdenitre JurifdUiim^ tbt Dioafi belcmgii^ 
to hm\ tUc othqf was. the realiba given for itv 
BiC4mfe of tbegrfat dafiger of the Souls ofthi 
ffo^e ; Whereas the ganger of So^ls rife fk>m 
that fufpenfion of the Bi&op's Fafioraipowery 
iin^e during that Year he eifher could not do 
the duty <rf a Biihop^ pr if he wo«ild exer- 
cife it, he vm^ ^ithcr purv^haiea Dckg^tion to 
a£tas tbeArchbtftK>p'sD€sputyyand that could 
fpt be h^ vvith9a€ payi^ ^ it, or helyable 
%(> a S^itin the Prerogative Court. 
. He koew the . ArchbHhop's power ovet Bin 
fliQps was noj: founded on Divine, or Apofto-^ 
lical right, but on. Ecclefiailical Canons and 
Pr;^/qe, and that it was only a matter of 
Ojrd?!) ai>d that therefore the ArchbiOiop h^ 
^o Authority to come and invade his Paftoral 
Office^ and fufpendhimfof a Year. Thefe vfere 
ioaie of the worft of the s^bufes that theCano-* ^ 
fiifts had introduced in the latter Ages; by 
which they had broken the Epifcopal Autho- 
rityy and had made way foar veiling the wholte 
•power of the Church in the Pope. He laid 
ihofe things often before Archhifljop Upefy 
and prefs'd him earneftly to fet himfelf to the 
reforming them, fince they were aded in hi» 
a?ane, ai^d by vertuc of his Authority deput- 
ed to his Chancellor, and to the other Officers 
^f the Courts called the Sfiritml CourU No 
jylan was more fenfible of thofe Abufes tharf 
Ufoer was; no Man knew the beginning and 
nrogrefs of thcrti better, nor was more touch^ 
with the ill effeas of them ; And together 
h his gfcat and ^aft Learnings no Man bad 

abetter 



BKDEtt. 

% betNJrfiouI and a more ApDftolical mind; Yn 

iiir:aMiytr&tionhe cxprefftd the true fimplici- 

ty of a€hriftkri : For Paffifanj Rridc, Sclf-Wifl, 

*r tie liSivfe df the World, feemcd ribt to be ib 

^udt as itl his Natur^i So timt he had all the 

innocence of the Dove ihhim. He had a way 

t^ gaining peoples Hearts, and of touching their 

-Conibickicis that look'd like fomewhat of the 

ApdflxJlical Age rcvivM ; he Ipcnt much of his 

time in thoie twb bcft E^ercifes, fcctct Prayer, 

axid dealkig with other peoples Confciences^ 

icidier iti his Sermons or private Dil^ourfes; 

and what remained he dedicated to his Studies^ 

•in which thofe many Vdlumes that came from 

'iiim, fhcwed i moft amazing diligence and ex- 

aftnefi, joined with great Judgment* Sd that 

ijc was certainly one of the greateft and bcft 

Men that the A^e, or perhaps the World, has 

produced Bat noMatl is edtirely porfeft; he 

was not made for the governing part of his 

Fundioti. He had to© gchtle a Soul to ttia- 

tiage that rough Work of reforming Abufes ; 

And tJicrefoie he left things as he found them. 

He hoped a time cf Rdfti>rmatioa wouM tome; 

-He few the necelBtjr of cutting off many A^ 

bulesy arid confeflfea that the tolerating thofe 

abomiaafole corrupticynis that the Canonifts had 

broiight itj^ was iuch a ftain upon a Churchy 

that in all othet refpefts was riie beft reforiAed 

in the W<itldj that he apprehended it wdtild 

teing a Ctirie and Rtiihe upon the whole Coii- 

ftitutkm/ But though he prayed for a mof c' 

fevourdtMe Gorfjudaore, and wbuld hate c6i^ 

•^If^iii i jtm SVefdrrndtiott of thefe' things 



6% , The LIVE if 

tery heafttly; yet he did hot beftir hitofetf 
fuitably to the Obligations that lay on hiA 
*for carrying it on: And it is very likely that 
thi^ fat heavy ori his thoughts when he came 
tp dye V for bfe jMriy ed often, and with great hu- 
mility ,:That God would -forgive him his Sins of 
Omiffii^y and his failings in hia Duty; It was 
not; without great uneafineis to me .that I o^ 
vercome my felf fo far, as to fay any thing that 
may feem to diminifh the Charafter of fo ex- 
traordinary a Man, who in other things Svas 
beyond any Man of his time, but in this only 
he fell beneath himfelf: And thofc that upon 
all other accounts loved and admired himy la*- 
. Uiented this defeat in him ; which was the only 
allay that feemed left, and without which he 
would have been held^- perhaps in more Vene- 
ration than was fitting. His Phyfician Dt. 
Bootius^ that was. a Dutthman^ faid truly of 
him, If our Trimate €f Armagh were as exaB 
,a Difiiflinarian as he is eminent in fear chii^ 
^Attiqwty^ defending the Truthy and ^reaching 
the Gofpely he might vbithoMt douhtdefervetobe 
made the chief Churchman of Chriftendom. But 
.this was ncceffary to be told, fince Hiffo- 
ly U to be writ impartially; and I ought to 
{be forgiven for taxing hiB M«aory a littk ; 
for I was never fo tempted in any filing that 
tl ever writ, to di%uile the Truth, as uporr this 
; occalion : Yet though Bifhop Uf^er did not 
. much himielf,. he had a (ingular £fteem for 
.that vigour of Mind,, which oflr Bifliep ex- 
^prefffd in the reforming thefe mattfeis. And 
np>v , I coipcto the nex,t infiaaoe of his-Pafto- 

ral 



ml carr^ which made more ndtfcy attd met with 
more oppofition -than any of the former; 
' He found his Couit, that fat in his Ndme^ 
was an entire abuie: It was managed by a 
Chancdlor, that had bought his |^ce from, 
his Prodeceflbr ; andib thoughji he had a right 
to all the Profits that he could raiie out of it^ 
and the whole bufinefi oSthc Court &emed to 
be nothing but Extortion and Oppreifion. For 
it is an old cb&ryation^ that Men, who buy 
Juftice, wiB alfo feU it. Bribes: went about al- 
moft barefaced, and the exchange they made 
of Penance for Money was the wprft fort of 
Simony ; being in effoSt the very iame abufe 
that gave the World fuch a Icandal when it 
was 1^ indecently pradiied in the Chwch of 
Rome^ and opened the way to the Refeiinatiai; 
For the felling of Indulgences is really bat a 
commutation of Penance. He found the (X^ 
ficers of the Court made it their bufineis to 
draw Pecqple into trouble by vexatious Suits, 
and to hold them lb long in it that for three 
Pence worth of the Ty the of Turf, they would 
be put to five Pounds chargej'i And the iblemn? 
oft and iacredeft of all the Ciuirch Ceniures^ 
which was Excommunication, went about in 
£> fordid and baie a manner, that all re- 
gard to it, as it wis a ^iritual Genlure, was 
loft, and the dScSts it had in Law made it bo 
cryed out on as a moft intolerable piece of Ty r 
ranny. The Officers of the Cojort thought 
they had a Ibrt of right to opprefs the Na- 
tives, and that all was well got that was wrung 
frpm thcrri. . And of all this the. good Primate 

* F 3 was 



iifA$,i^^$ifi^, that he givcft tfada fed acoautit? 
of the Veaality of all fiiered thmgia m a Let-* 
^cr to ths^ ArchbifliQp oC Cimterimfy : jk for 
tbt^ffmr^lftiiAe «/ ^AflBr^x berty thi^ ar^ fa dif^ 
pratey th^t litm afraid to vritfOtfy tbkg 
thereof, S^m of th athftfe purt bamt ashed 
m th^fiim^ where J have Jneardsr read 
M^^y f^t Rstigim MdMm^ ^buts fbmdd im 
fat to Sak, 4^dr thitmamorl Umaii^dseml 
f^ouM reply nothif^ykutthat I hadweadimMm^ 
tti»n> 3%at tierewasanatberflMemfbetMrid^ 

Godoiii eft yetiak^ D^uiqiae. 

Both Heaven and God Mmfafarefof to Sai^. 
^t Qur Bifhop thoiigbt & itc* enough to Ish 
fue&t this; he tt£oU^ to; d0 what iit him la^r 
to correft thcife abufes^ and to go and fit and 
judge in bis own Coixrts hiiBifelE He carried a 
poinpetent ntimber of liis Clergy with bim, 
who fat about him^ and there he heard Gauies^r 
and by their advice he gare Sentence. By this 
means fo many Gaufes werediffolfs'd^ and ftcb 
t change was wrought in the whole Proceedm 
ii^ of the Coiurt, that xnftead of being any 
HLOore a grievance to the Country, none were 
now grieved by it but the Chancellor, and the 
other Officers of the Court; who law their 
Trade was funk, and their Profits were falling ; 
and were already di%lealcd with tlie Biftiop, 
for writing the Titles to Benefices himfclf, 
taking that part of their Gain odt of their 
Hands. Therefore the Lay Chancellor brought 

a Suit 



Br/bif BEBEtL, ^i 

0, 8iiit agaioft the Bilhop into Chancery, for 
myading his Ol^ee. The matter was now a 
common Caufe; the other BHhops were glad 
^t dy^ Step oar Bi&op had made, aad encou- 
jr^ed hiin to go on refbiutely in it, and a0]urr 
<d him they would hznd by him; and they 
jtonfeAcd they were but half Biftiops till they 
conld recoter their authority out of the hands 
of dieir Chancellors. But on the other hand all 
Ae Chancellors and kcgjfters of jr^/^)fi com- 
bined together ; they faw this ftruck at thofc 
iPlaceg which they had bought, vjailuing thera 
according to the rrofits that they could make 
by th^tff : And it cannot be dcnycd but they 
had reafbn to more. That if their places were 
tegulaterf, the Money, by which they had 
purchafifd that right to Iquceze the Country^ 
ought ta have been reftored. The Bifhop de- 
fired that he might be faflfered to plead his 
own Cauie him&lf, but that was dcnyed him, 
which he |:ookill: Put he drew the Argu-^ 
meftt that his Council made for him j for k be- 
ing the firft Suit that ever ^as of that fort, he 
was moire caj^ble of compofing his Defencq^ 
than his Council could be, ' * - 

He; wept upon thcfe Grrouods, That one of 
the mofi efTenti^l parts of a Bifhop's duty was 
to govern hia Flock, and to inflid the Spiri-j 
tual Ceriiiirca on obftinate Offenders: Tliat ^ 
Bt&op could no more delegate this power to a 
Lay-man, than he could delegate a power to 
Baptize or Ordain, fincc Excommunication 
^nd other Ccnforcs were a fufpending the right^ 
of Baptilm and Orders •, and therefore thfe 

F 4 j^^dging 



7a 25&f JjIFE^f 

judging of thcfe things could only belong to 
him that had the power to give them : and 
thiat the delegating that power was a thing null, 
of itfelf. He fhewed, that feeding the Flock; 
was inherent and infeparable from a Bilhop,- 
^nd that no Delegation he could ipake, could, 
take that power from Jiimfelf; finee all the 
cScQL it could have, was to make another his. 
Officer and Deputy in his abfence. From this 
he went to fliew how it had been ever look'd 
pn as aneceflary part of the Bifhop's Duty, tor 
Examine and Cenfiire the Scandals of his Cler^ 
gy and Laity in Ancient and Modern times: 
That the Roman Emperors had by many Laws 
fupportcd the Credit and Authority of thefe 
Courts, that fince the pradices of the Court 
of Rome had brought in fuch a variety of rules, 
ior covering the corruptions which they interidr- 
cd to luppprt J then that which is in it felf a 
plain andfimple thing was made very intricate: 
So that the C^on-Law was become a great 
ftudy ; and upon this account Biftiops had 
t?.kcn Civilians and Canonifts to be their AC- 
(iftants in thole Courts : But this could be 
for no other end but only to inform them in 
points of Law^ or to hear and prepare mat- 
ters for them. For the giving Sentence, as it 
is done in the BiChop's name, fo it is reaUy his 
* Office ; and is that for which he is accountable 
both to God and Man j and fince the Law 
made thoie to be the Bifhops Courts, and fince 
the King had by Patent confirmed that Au- 
ity, which was lodged in him by his Of- 
f governing thofe Courts, he thought all 

Dele- 



JB//i&^ BEDELL- jy 

Delegations that were abiblute andiexclafive^ 
of theBifhop, ought to be declared void. The 
Reader will perhaps judge better of the force 
of fhis Argumrot^ than the Lord Chancellor^' 
Q^ Ireland Bolton did^ who confirmed the 
Chancellor's rights and gave hkn an hundred 
Pounds Coft of the Bilhop. But when the 
Bifhop asked him, how he came to make ib 
unjuft a JDecree? faeaniwered^ that all that 
his Father had left him was a Regifter's place;, 
fi) he thought he was bound to iupport thole 
Cpuits, which he fa\y would be ruined, if the 
way he took hjid not been checkt. This m% 
Author had from the Bifliop's own mouth« 

But as this n^tte; was a leading Cafe, jb 
great pains were taken to polieiif the Primate 
againft the Biihop; but his Letters will beft 
difcover the Grounds on which he went, and 
that noble temper of mind that fupportedhim 
in fo great an undertaking. The one is long^ 
but I will not fliortoi it. 



IVi'feht Reverend Fatter, iny 
honoiir^le good Lord, 

I Have receWd your Grace's Letters coth. 
cerning Mr. Cook, and 1 do acknowledge 
all that your Grace writes to be true concern^ 
ing hisfufficiency and exjperience to the execute- 
m of the Ecclefiafiical Jurifdi5Hon: Neither 
did Iforhear to do him right m giving hm 
that fefiimony^ when before the Chafter I did 
declare andjhew the nullity of his TOtent, I 
han^e heard ^j my Lord of attemft^ 

and 



f 4 Thel^lTE if 

md I dit believey That if this^atfnt had due 
f&rmy I could mt werthrftv it ; how antqual 
fiever it be. Butfailh^ in the effential fartSy 
ktfidet fundry other defeBsy Ido not think any 
reajonable ereature can adjudge it to be good. 
1 pall iH0eat forge fertifie your Qr ace of the 
whbte mattery and the reafons of n^ Council 
herein. Ifhall defire herein to be tryedbyyour 
Grace's own judgment y and not by your Chcm^ 
eeUor^t^y or fds I think in fuch a Cafe I ought 
to Be J by the Synod of tpe ^ovince. Ibavf 
refolmdio fee the end ef this matter .- And d& 
diefhre your Grocers favour herein no farther 
than the equity of the Caufe and the goody asr 
far as I can judgey ^ our Church in a high 
degree do require. So- with my humble Servtct 
to ythir Graeey and reJpeSiful commendatimsr 
ioMrs.VfhtVy Irefi ' ' 

28. KS29. youjr Grace's i 

in all dutyj^ 

WilL^ Kflmore^ 



Moft Reverend Father, my 
honourable good Lor^, 

^T^HE report of your Graces indiAoJftionybom 
-*- forrmful it was to «r, the iMrdknowu 
Albeit the fame was fomewbat mitigated by 0^ 
ther News of your better efiate. In that fiuc* 
tuation of my mind f^rljap like thai sf four 

health J 



Bfjhif B E D £ I. X- is 

keahbj tie facing of the Ajmjil&fetnkd mtfi^, 

neither doth any dye to llMtofel£ For n^liether 
we live, .w« hiire ti> tlie Loid; or vrbetber 
wedy^ v^edye to the I^ofd. Whether we 
li^e therefore or die v^ arc the Lord's; T^t^ 
Pfmfr9mthe bmomtf my Heart iMvmnAt^ 
ymr efiatf^ and that ^ the Cbarcb ber&i 
fwimh A^ i^»Mh if needs you^ Hehmvsbefi) 
t^ mt ctmnm Majiety thtn^h I had written 
iofge Letters i^ youy whkb have lam by me 
fmklfy Weeks y pari^ inytmr fahteff t^ he 
pr^^pme^i I theught n$tt0 findtheMy biate 
jatmdfom other &ff^rtmity afiirymrp^nt 
ri^enmyio^fendy or ferhafi bring them, frheib 
{underftMdbyMr.Deanof hisjaumeyy er at 
teaSi fending an exfrefs Me§dnger toym wkh 
lahirLetters) fmttmQ me alfr m mindj That 
fe^hafs it wmUdnta he unwelcome to yon to keaf 
from me/ though you forhear to anfwer. i 
yielded to the examfk and condition: fo much 
the rather^ because I remembered my Jelf a 
i)eHor to your Grofe by my fromife ofwrk-^ 
tng to you more fulfy touching the reafons ef my 
d^erence with Afr. Cooke j and now afiuter 
pi your Court at Ms inftance^ 
' j^dy Fkrffy Ihfeech your Grace^ let it Be 
a matter meerly of merriment y that Istirnnfi 
a little withyour Court touching the Inhibition 
and Citation which thence poceeded againff 
mey as you pall per ceiw by the inclofed Becufa^ 
tion. For the thing it fe^y as I have written^ 
I do fubmit it wholfy to your Grace's decifkn. 
Atd to enlarge my felj ^ little y not as to a 



f6 nei^lFEfff . 

Jv^ej hut a Father^ to whom^ tefides thk 

/fi by anOath of God \ 1 ivillfour out n^ heart 
mtoyou^ itven without f raring far dan of my 
ipldnefs^ It fwiU he ferbafsfomi little ^votrfi^ 
OM of your thoughts from your own InfirPHty^ 
t0pndfrftand thatyou^fii0r not afone^hut you 
hBodyy others otherwiff 'y ea^chmuft bear bis 
Crofsj and follow theftefspf om i^g^Mafltr^^ 
I4y Lordy fince it f leafed (jod to call me ta 
this f lace in th^s. Churchy what myiHtentioms, 
have been to the^ifcharge of my dutyy he befi 
J^ows. But ihan)e met with many impediments 
and difcouragements'y and cBefiy frojn them of, 
ifune own ^rofeJiM^ in Religum. Concerning 
j^r. Hoik, / acquainted ypur Grace : Sir Ed- 
ward BagjObaw, Sir Francis Hamilton, Mr^ 
William Flemoiing, and diverfe more have 
heeny and yet arey fulling from /he rights of my 
Church., But all thefe have been light in reffeSt 
of the dealing of fome othersy. frofeffim me 
l^ndnefsy by whom I have been blazed a ^Pafiji% 
an jArminiany a Neuter y a Toliticiapy 4in £- 
quivocatOTy a niggardly Hifufekieffry Of^ Uff^. 
%er : that I bow, at the name of JefuSy fray to, 
the Eafty would [full down the Sfot of my 
Tredecepr to fit^uf a4t Altar y ^denying buri^ 
4fl in the Chancfl to one of his Daughters : and 
to make up ally That I comfarea your Gra-- 
ce's freaching to one Mr. Whiikins^ Mr. 
CrcightoD, and M^* Baxter V; ai^d f referred 
them: That you found your filf deceived in m. 
■^^ '^f things have been reforted at Dublin? ^d 
of the beji a felted of miw own Diocefs 

(as 



Bijh^ BEDELL, ^y 

fashMh been taU me J induced htrehy H hewM 

^oiih teats the mifery tf the CMrch; fimer^f 

The Clergy aljby as it wasfaidy leaking ahaut 

how they might remUnie themfehes out afthii 

Country. Of ^U this 1 heard hut Iktle, HH 

Mr. Price, coming front Dublin before Ghrifti 

mas to he ordered Deacon^ having for hisme^ 

mofy fet downTwehe Articles^ amon^anum^ 

her of Tmnts more^ requiredfatisfaitum ofmit 

cmcerning them. Whkh 1 endeavoured to gwim ' 

both to himj andto them of the Minijfryy that, 

met at our Chaperfor the Examination of Mr. 

CoofceV latent .Omitting all the ref\yHbe^ 

€^ufe thifVenome hathfpreaditfetjp^ far^ t 

cannot hut touch the lofty touching ttfefrefrr^ 

rin^ others toytntr Grace's ptachin^. To which 

Mr. Price V anfutfer wasy as hetolamey I will 

be quartered if this be true. Thus it waiy Mn 

DunftetviUe acquainted me with Ins fwf^etl^ 

f reach out ofVioy. 20. 6. But a faithful Mart 

who can find; where hefaidy the D(0rine he 

meant to raifewas thiSy That Faith is a rare 

.gift of God. I told him I though he mijhok 

the meaning of the Texty and wijhed htm fo 

choofe longer TextSy and not bring Bis Difcourf' 

es to a fVord or two of Sorifture j but rather 

to declare tbofe of the IMyGhoft. Hefaidyour 

Gnace did fo fometimes. lanfweredtheremigf^ 

'he fufi CaHfey but I thought you did not fo ordi^ 

narily. As for thofe Meny Mn Whisfcins, 

and the reft y 1 ne<oer heard any of them freMh 

to this day. Teradventurey their Manner is to 

take longer Texts \ wheret^n the comfarifoHis 

made t^y 4s if I Referred them before yMk 

This 



yfitsr Grace mU- ntt think m^. fuch <^ Fopl {if 
llui4 n0 fear tf Gtd) tfi frefer beftre ymt 
t^eeeikniQifts^ MtntlMft 2 never he^rd. Buf 
h$k as the Freoch 9^o<D9r6 is. He that i» di£> 
po&d tQ kiU hds Dogt teU» Mea 4c 13 mui: 
jh4 whm Me* hofDe unce writtfged, tmkfs th6 
Gra^e ^ G<t4be the imre, they twrbate* Ctmr 
^nmg the Wrm^s which thefi Te^ haw tf^ 
fered nu, IfhaUtake aiutberfit tmeip itif<urm 
jl9l» Qracei Wherje thejf fajfy Tour Grace dstb 
fimiy^i^felfdfcei^dinm, Itbmk^itim^ he 
tkf truest W^d they faid yet. For indeedldff 
tlM htthyou tmd mai^ more are decemd i» 
me, ace$tintfiignietobavefontehoi$^y^ dt/irer 
Sim, and Grotty mwre than you wOl iyfr^ 
fitdi . Bmiff ask feems to me, that form hath 
fiismeamni that tbty/fretendto h»vf tmdecei^ 
odyoUi Ibofe th^ are- deceived', yea I hofe 
theyJbaU kf decetved, if by fmb Cotirjes as 
thefe they think tfi}imJettU 0ie% and the Devil 
Hmfelfatft, if he thtnk to difmay met 
■ i wUgo m iff thejirenffb of the Lard God^ 
4Md rememher his rigbteot^ikfs, even Ins alone^ 
M by that tevei^end and gpodFathor nvf hard 
4f Canteiborjr, vtheis Ifirftcame oyer, I was 
exhorted, and. hme 4btamed heJf of God to da 
totbis di^i 

But had J not vfork enough beforoibuttim^ 
hris^ Mr. Cooke i^on mytofl One thsrt for 
his £xferience, Turfe, Friondss in a cafe akea^ 
djf adjudged, wherein he is ti^agedy not onJjf 
fir bis prefit, bta refutation aifo^ wiU N^ily 
no dd^iSt overbear me. How much better td 



&}59^ BEDEXLw f9 

^t^ tfi k\fiiMtj 49ti t^ iiqmhee tftxm iitjmeft; 
V) as I thinks Si:«iupittu». uifos wtnf u md 
Jjesbgt > g9 Jmtfi my Study 0»Jfr^. Mjf 
lAfdi aU theft things etmi td my min4i ^ 
itt the jirft I (amt with * rtfohalm ./« toM. 
heed t9 Wf frify andy if 1 amldy to ttsfh 
i$bers imderatm smd fokhatoHct by mm 
cum Eseamfki Btst t iouU tm ie qukt^ 
mr ^Hhm fity hear the ctmflaints «f tbejk 
that ref»rtedto me, fume of tSem iff mtte mm 
Neighkmrs and Tenant Sy caUedinta tbeCtmrtf 
iifmnmniy by iwfofmstum 9fJffark0rs,boldeif 
there toithomtptji xatifey amd mt /UJmijpfd vntim 
ma e^^cejive tees^^i they e§cdaimed. Lafilyy em 
Mr, Mayoc, a Miniier cf the Diecefs « Atf 
6af^ made « ctrnfUmt to me. That he toas 
excommunicated ky Mr. Cooke, mtwithftandif^ 
ingy as 1 heard aJfo iyothtrs^ the eofreaion of 
Jdinifiers was exce^ed pest ^ his ^atentk 
Whereufon I dejired to fee the Tatenty ami. to 
4)0^ a C<0 of ky- that J$n^ Jmow bow to 
govern myfilf I^faid Mr. Ask, heingthoit 
from homey fitaitld br'mg a to mo at Bs return, 
thmje^ went to Dublin to the Term* Jt the 
frfi view Ifaw it was aformlefs Chaos of Alt' 
tborityy conferred if on bim agamfi all reafon 
and eauity. I had not kng after y occafion to 
xall the Cbafter together at the time of Ordpr 
nation. I f^wed the Original, being brought 
forth by Mr. A^, defkedtp know if that were 
the Chaffer Seal, ami thefe then" Hands 'y they 
ackmraiUdged their Hands andSealt and fe^ 
they wetekfs carefni infafing ity becaufe the^ 
accottntedit did rather concern, my T^redeeejftr 
■ttantfxm* I Jbewed the faife Latin, Not^ 

fenfei 



$o 71^ L I F E^ 

/hfjey Jn^nfike of it; Trepdice fa thm^ €m^ 
irarkty tpftfi^j and the Kin^s Grant to n$&:^ 
IJbewed there were in one Period above 500 
Words y andy whkh faQed the refty hanging k^^ 
«6f air without any frincifal Verk I defired 
fbem to confider if the Seal hanging to it were 
a&p BWbofs Seal'y they ackmwkd^ed it was^ 
wot. Therefore with frotefiationy IhatTmeamt^ 
no way to call in queftion thefnfficiency of Mr^ 
Ck)oke or his former ABs^ I did judge the Ta^ 
tern to iemidy andfo declared it:, intibitif^ 
Mr. Cooke to do any thing hy vertue thereof 
mnd them to ajffifi him therein. This is the true 
&Jlory of this bujinefs howjbever Mr. Cooke 
^fyiife it^ Ifujpena him not abfenty and ivH 
dida caafa ^ it was hisCommiffiony which was 
frefenty that I viewedy whichy with the Chaf^ 
ter^ I cenfured\ tsihich if he can make goodj 
hejhall have kavey and timey and pace e-^ 



And flow to accof^lijb my fromifey to relate 
toy our Grace my furpofe herein. My Lord J 
Jotbus accounty that to any Work or Enter^ 
frizey to remove impediments is a great fart 
-of the Performance. And amongfi aU the Jm^ 
'fedments to the JVork of God amongfi fSf 
there is not any onegreatery than the Mufe of- 
Eeclejlafiical. Jurifdiition. This is not only the 
4^inion of the moji godly y judicious y andlearn^ 
edMen that I have known \ but the caufe of ft 
isfldn. The people pierce not into the inward 
and true Reajons of things ; they arefenfible in 
' the Turfe. Jnd that Religion that makes Men 
thitfrofefs ity and fhews them to be dffifers 
f ' tk^ Jrorldy and fo far from encroaching uf^ 

on 



i»0hers mmatier^ ba^fg^iMy as t^thnt^ 
fart ^h t^ir &^j tbty m^ifif^ Thi$ 
kr,e4ti».admf^atm ^ the ^rimtvOf Chrlfik, 
a^Sy md ^ffif 4^fthe ,i^(n^ks. dontrfiry c^ei 
ip^ii needs p'o^uce contrary rffe0s. ffherrfurf 
let uffreotchneverfifai^ully^ 0ndfmfiyi I 
fyy pwrey hf nf hve never fo blamflejly mt 
jelvesyjh ImgM the C^ers m our Qn^sfrey 
ii^on tmm^ they efieem us no better than Tubli^ 
cansoMdnarlStt^s: ^ndfo inucb the mare de^ 
fervedlyy because wean called spiritual Meny 
and ^aII ^Mffet'iies reft^iMdChripanSi And if 
the hmefiea and beH of our own ^rotefiants 
tie thus fcandalizedj whatm^ wetmnk of 
^a^iflsy fuch asarje ally in'' a manner y tbftt wif 
live amongl The time was when I hoped the 
C^rch of Ireland was free from this abf^ey at 
kji^St free* r than her Sifter of IBxi^^^ But I 
fitfd J ^tn deceived ;y wifither it be that dififucf 
ef flacey and bein^ further out of the r^ach of 
the Scepter if jufticfy breeds more bpldnefs to 
ofendy or nece^rsly brings m6re delay of Hf^ 
^reJSi J hoTi^been wont aUb m Ireland, to efCr 
<ept me Court y (as he doth Plato) bfiftrisf 
V^emji l^rd^ I have heard that it is faid among 
^reat ferfonages htrey Thai pi^ Lord "Primaiie 
P agoq^ Mflpr\ but his Court is as corru^ as 
Hthehi SMfe f/;^ wqrfey an^whichy I confe0 
^pyowr <jra(ey Jid not a little terrifie me frosp^ 
VtfitingtijilXn^^ it wit;h Fruity 

4h0t ofyiiur late Vijit0ti4in they fee ^ f^ 
^ the t^ing of Money. 

Bsft.to ctmi to Mr. Cookty of ^allth^t han^ 
mtfcrcif^ jmrifdi^ion m this Land tkefe la^e 

d ^ ' Tearsy 



81 The Tul tT^6f 

Te^rSy he is the moSi noted Man^ and 

cryed out upn: Infomuch as he hath fouhd 

from the Irilh, the mckname ofPonc: AUfeit he 

fame off with Credit when he was quefiionedy 

andjufiijiedhimfelf by the Table of Fees^ (at 

by a leadm Rule any Stone may be affroved 

as weU as hewed). By that tittle I met with 

fk€e leame hit her ^ I am induced fo believ&j 

it was not for lack of matter ^ but there war 

fome other Courfe of his efcapngin that Try-^' 

al. By this pretended Commijjion^ and that 

Table of Fees J he hath taken in my Tredec^ 

for^stimfj and fie ks to take in mine for ExhP 

bits at Vijitdtions^ and his Charges there a^' 

bove the Bifhofs^rocurations^for Unions^ Se^ 

quejfrationsy Relaxation^Sy Certificates^ Licen^ 

€es^ Permutations of Tenance^ Sentences (as 

our Court calls them) Interlocutory in Caufes 

of CorreStim^ fitch Fees as I cannot in my 

Confcience think to be juH. And yet he doth it 

in my Natiie^ and tetts fne I cannot call hinf 

into queftion for it. Alas^ my Lordt if this 

be the condition of a Bifhof^ that he ftandetb 

for a Cypher^ and only to uphold the fFrongs of 

ether Men^ What do I in this flace ? Am I 

not bound by my Trofejffion made t^' Godift 

your frefence^ and following ybnr Words ^ Tif 

be gentle and merciful for ChriSf'sfake tojfoor 

and. needy feofle^ and fuch as be defiitute ef 

helf.' Can 1 be excufed another day^ with this^ 

. that thus it was ere I came to thisflace^ and 

that it is not good to be overjufi ? • Or^ fith I 

am ferfwaded Mr. CookeV Tatent is unjuSi 

* and "ooidy am I not bomid to make itfo7 and 

t$f 



Btjhaf B H D £ L L. 8 jj 

to ngulate^ If I may^ this matur of Fee^^ and 
the reH of the diforders of the JurifdiStion^ 
"which his Majefty hath intrufted me withal^ 
Tour Grace faithy Truly it is a difficult thingy 
if not imfojibley to averthri^w a Tatentfo con^ 
firmed \ andlkn^ in deliberations it is one of 
tbemoft important Cmfidfrations^ what we^ 
may ho$e to effe^i But how can I tell tiU I 
ba'we tryed: To be difcduraged ere I begnty is 
it noi to confult with Flejb and Blood'i Veru- 
^ I think fo. Jnd therefore tnuSi put it to the 
Tryaly and learoe the Succefs to God. If I ob^^ 
tain theCaufey the Trofit Jballbe to this foot 
station ; ijnoty IJhall Jhew my conjent ti 
thofemyFteverind Brethren that jbayeendea^ 
mured toredrefs this enormity before me\ t 
fh all have the tefiimonydfmineownConfciencey 
to hai^e fought to difcharge my duty to God and 
his Teofle. Teay which is the maifty the Work 
of my Minijiry and fermce to this Nation^ 
fball receive furtherance howfoever rather than 
any hinder ance^ thereby. Jind if by the conti^ 
nuance ^fuch Offrejffions any thing fall out 
jotherwije than we 11^ ijb all have acquitted niy 
felf towards his Ma^ejtyy andtho^ that have 
engaged themfehes for me: At IdSi I fhall ' 
have the better reafon andjufler cduCe to rejign 
to his Majefty the Jurifdi^on which I am not 
fen^iited to manage: And here I befeechyour 
Gract^ to canfidtr ferioujly whethir it were 
not haffyfor us to be rid pf fhis Charge^ whicij 
not being jrofer to our Callings is not $^ble 
to be exicuted without fuck Defuties^ as pibjeSl 
M t^ the ill cim^Sit of thar unjuft or indifirett 

« i tarri^' 



hfrYtk^, /J*/*b vAy fitfihir Mr ^ t^o'rki 
0r f Hjfb2fllhtmpft^ to iarry this lJt»i 
fliHt "oobtther ^i? ^'^t n^ to procure fdMe 'voaji 
tVUe difchar^U ^ tJje eni^ ^ it^ ^Mreir^js 
the oMe^ with Wi^reateft pt^fi^oe cait 

fr cmrfepterprleh^em, tboHio 1^4't^t 
mts ^p^fy iMp fiffM goad'/frOgr inthm, 
'M to tifts^UrJi^ 1 hiwb ^H ArtTa^ah, «&!»'• 

h'^th We rie0y MiHm kdiibfonie'^f the M* 
jiijtr^ there, 'a fivb ^es tMMg ^ht^e fbu^ 
WB W^to be redi^effeii, thM ifyny halthmh 
^U prffik ¥e tv b^ iihphys ,}refent, ihiy 'rnnyi 
fhrn ^Bbw to 'ft^ceS 'htitty abjetiee, I jdid if 
h be frMe %dt TuMy fait\ fuflJtia- mft«ca 
.qu?86tem>^dsinuttittwWrii; Und €^tti\nfy to our 
'f^'^^if ^idr'k a ^rti^ itdvantage'HHs to vbtaih 
^gobddphiien ofihofewe dreHodeai tftth* 
•Bitt'bejides this th'irefall imtpcca^s-io jpeak 
'tf'God and hi's'frefencey tf'ihe Keligion of a 
Wftt^fs, the danger of ah Oath, the purity of 
tt Marriage, thefrecioufnefs df a gtbd HOme^ 
'repairing of Churches, hndtheUhe, Ttnanci 
'Hpifm^be enjoined, and ^Penitents recmcil^ 
e'd, ibitb fome prop to others befides them^ 
felves. 

'ffher'efore, albeit Mr, Cooke were thejujl;' 
ejt Chancellor 'm this Kit^dom, 1 would thikk 
'^t fit for me, as things now Jtand^tofit in the^ 
Courts'-, and the rather fith I cannot be heard 
'in the^^tts to preach as Imay in then* : Al^ 
fe'ttiHnocency atld jufiiceis aljo a real ihtdof 
preaching. I have JbewedyoUr Grace t/ry h^ 
- V tentions 



A)fi^ B B § E |. L, % 

(rniy^ Mf^bfvt as, h^ ktfm ^^i/^We^ 

%'er bis dufi.. fhU fifi^rfi ^ ^mur tf nfjf 

Vf^s mt d^of^fd tip tkfiC^ri ¥W rifevj f 

TtnmfM qts fitters fi^ntUdka Wif^'^ 7^ /<<^ 
fiMmw4Ufm^ of J-ongfor4,^f««? or tfycff 
of the RwtJs,^J6(/^/ Mr* F*g?r?|i,^ J4; 

^H^df Thrt I wmiiie fiH^ i» mw'm tfyepft 

M^riag^s tkU fplprmixfd^i^ife yijtii f(s^ 
jfffh $hnf' ^6Jm(mkdgfid (kefi tfi jfii^wfit^ 4it4 
true\ \o as it was but leUfulnffs if any /prbf^r, 
jHerf IdeJar^yotM' (ffaee tq liks^. VfS? ?^ to 
givewasf tkaf theyjbfidd m k fo nfi^.k 0f 
follfd iu qtttfiiimi J (ems (A fifrj^ fb^ Schi/ift 
$hy laitour to make* Tfi lay €Wlfif*^*i(fl/ 
muiiii^ thfm, as tkf va^ ^ ^ ^(eficejw 
.Marri^ff thr/et ^^e or fgi^ ^f»ce fir ^ 
0!rifimtgy 1 4»Mtf nfif Ify wfjot Lm> .ft. f^iH 
in dme. . 'Tfi Eai(omn^mf^f tffiPtfyr not ojpj 
fearing or sk^i^ theyk^'tp^ gjfffidff «offf ^ 
tur h&dy^ and a mkit^df > tf k tg no ^rc^tf 
na^ rather makes thfje^sa^fri^ff^off: v^/^. ^ 

..... G 3 Many 



«f TbeZIFE of 

Many things more I have to (onfer withyo^n 
Grace about ^ which J hcfe to do coram ; as Or 
$out the re-edifying of Churches^ or entf toying 
the Mafs'-houfes/which How the State inquires 
lofj about Books ^ Tefiaments^ and the Common^ 
Grayer hooky which being to be reprinted would 
per h dp be in fome things hfttet^d : But e^ed-- 
'ally about Men to ufe them:^ and Means to 
maintain them^ n&w that our Ei^lifh haw en^ 
grojfed the . Livings. Jhout the printing' the 
fP falter y which I have caufed to be diligently 
furveyed by Mr. James Nanglc, who am)ifetb 
-^not to meddk with theVer fey but fet forth only 
the Trofe r Which he hath begun to mrite oui 
fair to the Trefs. Mr. Murtagh King I have 
"mot heard of a longtimoy I hope hegpeih on in 
the fSftorieal Books <if the Old Tejiament. 
Mr. Crian was with me about a Fortnight afi- 
^ef I came to Kilmore j fmce I heard not ofhim^ 
Pf all ihefe things, if by the Will of God, I 
may make a journey over toyoUy we ft>allfpeak. 
at full. • \ / 

" As I was ckfing up thefe, this Morningy 
theYe is a complaint broi^ht mefn^m Ardagh^ 
Thai- where tk a . caufe Matrimonial in the 
(Jourt at Longford, a Woman had proceeded 
thus far^ as after conteflatwny the Husband 
was enjoined to appear the next Courty to rer 
ceive a Libel', vne Shaw-oge, Atr. Ingawry:> 
tkt Topi fib Vicar General of Ardagh, had ex^ 
communicated heTy andjhe was by one Hubart, 
and Mr. Calril dTrieh upon Sunday laStypid 
cut of the Ohurch and denounced excommunirt 
fatf. HereiUy whether it were more fit to pro- 
ceed 



f$ed agawit the Vicar and Trielf iy wrtue 
/gf the laB Letters from the Cauncihy 0r camr 
flainta thetn^ I Jhall attend your Grace' sa^ 
^ice. Jnd now for ifery Jbame eea/mg to bf 
troublefome^ I do recpmmendyqur Grace to the 
frpte^ion of our merciful Fafher^ and reSf^ 
jv'ftb my reffe5^ir^e faltffatiom to Afrs. Uflicr^; 

Ktlmore, Teh. 
*• I J. 1^29. 

your Grace's 

in all Duty, * 
Wm. Kilmorc CJ5 Ardaghch. 

The other Bifliops did not ftand by our Bi- 
€hop in this matter ; but were contented to 
let him fall under Cenlure, without interpos- 
ing in it as in a caufe of common concern : 
Even the excellent Primate told htm, The 
tide went lb high that he could affift him no 
more \ for he ftbod by him longer than any 
other of the Order had done. But the Bifhop 
was not dilheartened by this. And as he 
thanked him for affifting him fo long, fo he 
iaid'he was refolved by the help of God, to 
try" if he could ftand by himfelf. But he went 
home, and refolved to go on in his Courts as 
he had begun, notwithftanding this Cenfure. 
For he thought he was doing that which was 
incumbent ort him, and he had a Spirit fa 
made, that he refolved to fuffer Martyrdom,^ 
i^ather than fail in any thing that lay ori his 
Confcience. But his Chancellor was either^ 

G 4 advilecf 



idyffcd by fbot^ that goverriAi the State^ fe 
pn ftirii hp dtfttirHrifce in th^ti^ttci^j <k 
^^ dterc^cSc By the iuthority fife &w in hiia^ 
thai infpftd iffl i^^t With rcHrcrcnce for fiJA : 
Fof ^ he hcref cjillcd fot the ioo T^tA 
Oofts, h I15 never difftifbed hiift ahy hio^ 
jyit nimed i Sttffc^ior, fo vrhom he giTfc 
order to be in all things obfervant of the Bi^ 
(hop, and obedient to him : So it feema, that 
though it wis thought fit to keep up the au-f 
thority of tl^ L?iy Chancellors over Ireland^ 
and not t<5 lufirer this BMhop's pradice to pais 
into a Precedent i yet order was given under 
hand to let him go on as h^ had begun ; and 
his Chancellor haclfb great a value for kiim,^ 
diat many years after this, he told my Authoi^ 
That he thought there wa^ not iuch a Man on 
the face of the earth as BiChop Beddl was \ 
tha|: he was too hard for all the Civilians in 
)lrelan4y and that if he had not been born 
4own by meer force, he had bv^thrown thp 
Confiftorial Courts, and had reeovcrcd the E^ 
piicopal Jurifdi£(ion out of the Chancellor's 
hands. But now that he went on undiifturb* 
ed in his Epifcopai Court, he madeuie of it 
as became him, and not as an Engine toraiie 
his power and dominion \ but confidering that 
aU Church power was for £difica;tion^ arid not 
for Dcftrudion, he both difpenfed that JuC- 
tice that belonged to his Courts equally and 

teedily, and cut off many Fees and much 
xpcnce, which made them be formerly fp 
odious ; and alio when fcandalous pem)n^ 
were brought before him to be cenfiired, he 

confi- 



1eT[>ELL. fp 

boi^<j8red that Church CJenfores ought liot ft> 
tc lifed the zBs tjf Tyflnts, thit |>aflifk o^t 
"cif teVdige, but Mktf the Discipline (>f ^fuents, 
^it Cbwea in otdef to the amendment 6f thdr 
Children : So he fhidicd chieEy to beget in all 
offttidets a tirtie fenfe of their fins. Many of 
Ithe Ifijb Prieft* wcte brought oft ' into his 
Courts for Aeir lewdncTs ; ^nd UpOn that he 
tOok otcafion with ^eat mildnefi, and with- 
t)ut fco^ng, OT inluftings to make them fenfi- 
blt of that tyrannicsd impofition in their 
tlhUrdh, In denying thdf Priefts leave to mar- 
ry, which Occaftofted fo much impurity among 
them ; and this had a goodeffiift on fomc. 

This leads me to another part of his Cha- 
rter, that muft TCpiclent the care he took 
irfthe Natiyes ; he obfenred With much re 
gtet riiat the EHglifi h«d aB along neglede^ 
the Itijby as a Nation not only conquered 
but uttdlfci^itteabfc; and that the Clcigy 
bad fcatce conftdered them as a paxt ^ 
their Chargt, but bad left them wholly io# 
to the hands of their oWn Pricfts, without 
taking any other care of them, but iht 
feakittg them pay their Tythcs. And in^- 
iteed their Priefts were a ftrange Ibit of pco* 
pie, that knew -generally nothir^ but tiic 
reading their Offices, wnich were not ib 
much as tmderftood by many of them ; and 
they taught the people nothingbut thelaym|j 
their Tatars and A;ei in Latin. So that the 
ttate botii t>f thfe Clergy and Laity was liich, 
that it could not but raife great companion in 
a Man liiat haxi fo tender a ienfe of the value 

of 



^ TieJLITEif 

^fubofe Souls that ChrKL had puichafoi witl^ 
b^s Blood : Therefore he rcfolvcd to fct about 
tbtf Apoftolical Work of converting the Na.- 
tiv€s with the zeal and care that £0 great un«» 
derftanding required. He knew the gaining 
on fomc of the more knowing of their Friefts 
was like to be thequickeft way; lor by their 
ixieans he hoped to ipread the knowlojge of 
the Reformed Religion among the Natives ;. 
or rather of the Chriftian Religion, to ipealc 
piore ftri^lyp For they had no fort of notiorj 
qjFChriftianity, but otjly kt^pw that they were 
jto depend upon theirPriefts, and were to con«* 
ifefs fuch of their adions^ as they call (ins, to 
them i and were to pay then; Ty thes» The 
Biihop prev^jiledoi^ fcveral Priefts to change, 
sind he was {9 well fatisfied with the truth* of 
their converfion, th»t he provided fbme of 
them to Ecclcliaftical Benefices : Which was 
thojLight a ftrange thing, and was cenfiired by 
ma^y, as contrary to the intereft of the Engy 
//jj& Nation^ For it was belieyed tfiat all 
.thofeiri/& Converts were ft ill P^piftis at heart, 
;9Lad might be fo much the niore dangerous^ 
than odierwife, by that diiguifc whicfi they 
had put on. But he on the other hartd con- 
£dered chiefly the duty of a Chriftian Biflkopi 
He alio thought the true ii^tereft of England 
was to gain the Jrtfif to the knowledge of 
Religion, and to bring them bj the means of 
that which only turqs the heart to love the 
Englifo Nation : And fo he judged the Wii^ 
' ^ of that couirfe was apparent, as well aa 
Tety of it* Since fuch as chajo^^ ^^^it. 

' iCcli* 



-»?*<>/ BEDELL. ^^ 

«.eligion would become ;thereby io o<«ous to 
^m own Clergy, that this would provoke 
them to further degrets of zeal in gaining o^ 
«hcrs to come over after them : And he ^k 
^reat care to work in thofe whom he tmfhed 
with the care of Souls, a fUll tonvidion oftte 
truth of ReUgton, and a dc^ fcafc of the im- 
pwtance of it. And in this he was fo happv 
That of aU tkc Converts that he had rabfal 
to ^nefices, there was but one only that feH 
1)aclk, when the Rebellion broke out: And he 
not only apoftatized, but both plundered and 
JciUcd the £:^///2, among the firft. But wi 
wonder if one murderer was among our Bi- 
^fliops Converts, fincc there was a traitor a^ 
i^ong the twelve that followed our Saviour. 
There was a Convent of Fryers very near him. 
on whom he took much pains, with very good 
fuccds 1 That- he might fiirailh his Conv^ 
witi^ the means •finfbuaingothers, he made 
L- "J. ^^T^'^ ^"^ ^ P"°*«» in one Ihcet 
being £«gi,^ on the one Page, and Iri/bm 
the other, which contained the Element^ and 
anoft. neceffaiy thing* of the Chriftian RdS 
gion, toge^tt with fbme fbims of. Prayer 
and fome of the moft inflruaing andedi^JK 
paffages of Scnpture: This hTfcntabo^ 
over his Ihoccfs 9 and it was received with 
gteatjoy, by many of the /rr/&, whofcemed 
to be bungermg and thirfting after Rigfateouf. 

l!t.t "T""^ '^'' hcgitming of^know- 
Icdge fo wcU, that it gave a good encourage- 
ment to hope well upon further endeavourT 



The 



^ f^ LIFE if 

ThcBtfliop did alfo fct bimfelf t^ katft thk 
jh^ Toogue ; and thcmgh it was too kte kt 
a Mail of las years to Icam to %cak it^ yet 
lie came to frnderftsind ft to fuch a degree^ ^ 
tocompoieajOom{^tCibramoiar cf it) (whicJbt 
was the firft that jpver was made^ as I have 
been told) aiid to be a Gritick to it : He Utit 
hadCommoa Prayer read in Irijb c?ery &r% 
dof in bis Cathedral Ibr the ben^nt of theConr 
Verts he had made^ and was always preieni: 
lit k himlei^ aod he engaged all hi^Clcrgf 
to fet up Schools in their Parifhes ] Foe thes^ 
were fc yery few bred to rea^ or write, that 
^is obftru^ed the converfion of the Natioi^ 
»ery much^ The New Teftament and the 
3o€k of Commoa Vxzyer were airetdy pat in 
the Irifi^ Toagptic ; but he reiblired to haw 
Jtbe whole Bibic, the QJJ Tfftammt as wellas 
$ktNeWj pat aUb into the hands cf^elrijbi 
Ittid therefore he laboured much to ^ind oM: 
jsfie that iinderfiood the Language fb well that 
he might be imployed in & facred a Work t 
And by the advice of the PrimaCe, and icre^ 
lal other eminent pesfons, he pitched on one 
JS^gy that had been converted many ywrf 
before^ and was betiercd to be the elc^anteft 
writer of the ^iy!& Tongue then alive, bodi 
jbr Profe aod Poetry. He was then about 
Icveaty , but notwithftand|ng his Age and tb^ 
ntagcs of his Education, yet the Bi* 
oght him not only capable of tMs Im^ 
Lty but quaiiliied tor an higher chvac* 
refore he put him in Orders, andgav^e 
cacBce in his Diocefs, and iet him to 

work. 



I. 



DELL. 93r 

i^(3«k, iti ofdn to the tmnllaiting the BiUe r 
tv^idi iit Wats td 4o from ^e EngHjb Trast' 
latioa ; fiflce there were no^e of the Nxtitm 
t» be focind iSrat 'kfiew any thing of the Oii-' 
giftalSi The Biftop fee him^f £> modi to 
the fevififig thk Wwlc^ that always after 
Difmer -or Sup^r he «ead OT«r a Chapter $ 
ttfld as tie comf>afedtbe Jr^TVaiiflati(»i^piritli 
(he ^M>y ib he ocu^tod the EKgiifo with 
49«B ^^f^e^ atid '4lbe Seventy Interpreters) or 
vrk!k ]^0datVi Baliim TraellatioiH which he 
Valtied Mghly ; imd he 'correftod the h^ 
'wheve^t ifoatid the £figf/j^ TroBEflston had 
f tffled. He thought the u& of the Scriptaiti 
<ivas 'l9ie only way to let the knowle(%eofRew 
Xfgion 'in amimg the Irijb, as it had firft ke 
the Rt^tmatioa.'ifito the^otherpartB of Eu- 
T«fe : And he vi&d to tell a pstiSc^ of a Ser-^ 
moa l9mt iieheaid Fitigenti$ |»each at Vtmci^ 
wifli ix^ch \»^m& much^ea^ : It was oa 
ibefe Words of Cbfift, Ha^ ye mt rtad\ 
ftndfb1ie.l«bk. oceafion to tdl die Auditory^ 
That- if€h»ift were now to ask thitQiieAioiv 
fhrje^ 'H^^read ? afl the aaiwer«they coakl 
Inake foit. Was, Ai, fur th^wert wt y&^ 
ftfedtedo itt Upon which he taxed with great 
keal'the reftraiotpat onithe ufe of theScrip* 
tares, hy fhe See <tf i^^nv^ This was not un- 
like what ^tiMt fame per^ delivered in ano« 
ther S^trmon tpreaching upon TUat^s QaeP* 
tion, What is Trtakl he told them that at 
laft after many fearches he had found it oot^ 
and held oiit a NetvTejfameiKy and fiiid, T^rt 
it was h bis thndy but then he put it in his 

pockety 



pockdr^ aod iaid coldly^ But the Bo&k is^r^ 
i^iitedy which was fo faited to the lialiam 
gcmus/ that it took mightily with the Au-* 
4itory«. TheBilhop^ had obferved that in the 
JPritriitive timcsj as foon Nations^ how barba«^ 
rous Ibever they were, began to receive the 
Chriftian Religion^ they had the Scriptures 
tra^Iated into their vulgar Tongues : And 
Ifttat att people were exhorted to ftudy them j 
l^hcjefore he not only undertook and began 
rfiis; Work, but followed it with fo much in- 
Ajftry, that in a very few years he finiflied 
tfie Tranilation ^ and refolved to fet about the 
pointing of it : For the bargain was made 
with one that engaged to perform it. And as 
be had been at the great trouble of examining 
the Tranflation^ fo he refolved to run th^ 
Tcnture of the Impreflion^ and took that ex«^ 
pence upon liimfeli^ It is fcarce to be imagin«f 
td what could have obftruSted £b great and fa 
good a Work. The Priefts of the Church of 
Mmtti had reafbn to oppole the printing of a 
^ook, that has been always fb fatal to them ; 
liut it was a deep fetch to poflefs reformed Di-^ 
vines with a jeaLoufy of this Work, and with 
hard .thoughts concerning it : Yet that was 
^one ; but by a very well dilguifed method : 
ior it was faid that theTranflator was a weak 
and coptemptible Man, and that it would 
cxpoife fuch a Worky as this was, to the icortf 
«f the Nation, when it was known who wa# 
^hor of it : And this was infufed bothf 
Ezxl oiStrafordy and into the Archy 
Canterbury: And a bold^young Mad 

pre* 



ftttcnded a lapfc of the Benefice that the K-* 
fiiop had given to the Tranflator, and fo ob- 
tained a Broad Seal for it ; though it was in 
the Biihop's Gift. This was an abuie too 
common at that time^ for licentious Clerks to 
pretend eithef that ah Incumbent was dead^ot 
that he had rio good right to his Benefice, or 
that he had forfeited it ; and upon diat to pro-' 
cure a Grant of it from the King, and then to 
turn the Incumbent out of Poflcffioh, and td 
Vex him with a Suit till they forced him to 
^compound for his peace. So upon this occa^ 
lion it was prctetided that the Tranlktor had 
forfeited his Living^ and one Bai/j that had 
infi>nned againft him, came down with a 
Grant of it under the Great Seal, and violent- 
ly thruft him out of it. TheBiftiop was much 
touched with this, and cited Baify to appeaf 
before him. He had ^ven hiih a Vicaragie, 
and had taken an Oath of him never to hdd 
another; fo he objeded to him both his vio- 
le^it and unjuft intrufion into another Man'< 
tight, and his Perjury. Baify^ to cover him-* 
lelf from the laft, procured a Difpenfatiori 
from the Prerogative Court, notwithftanding 
his^ Oath, to hold more Beneficfes. The Bi-* 
ftiop look'd on this as one of the worft and 
moft feandalous parts of Popery, to diffolve 
the moft facred of all Bonds; and it grieved 
tiis Soul to fee fb vifc a thing aded in the 
name of Archbilhop UJberj though it was 
done by his Surrogates : So without any re-* 
gard to this, he fcrvcd this obftinate Clerk 
with- Several Canonical admonitions ; but fin- 
ding. 



ding hi^ flsU h^ikaed in ^s vffekc^pe^ fid 
di^ivedjbimof the ^^t^m k^ had given 
hmi vSMid alio <x$omq}m»icqited ^, aad ^yp 
Queers tii»t th^ .S$nl;ei«« ihp9^4 ^ {t^bAifhed 
tforo^gh the whcAp jdeai^.y : ^p9ti which, 
^iiy'i Qerk araie^tetf to ^e prerogative 
<Qq\x^ wd thc)P»ift)aip was dtedfft ^Wiec 
£^yr^t JK .had done. He wmt and ap»>^ 
piaafied bcifeie tborn, t)Vkt 4e«j^ppd their Au** 
ibpfityy Aod «lQteld ,tiot ^wfit tp tiieiiii lie 
thoilghtithidow l^e 0$Qe.ai^d;Pigdiiy of si 
£iiftiQip ;«> give ^a ;accdw]t: <^n. ^jiiritoal Cen«i^ 
£we, that h/s liad ir^iOod on .opie of {us CW 
gy, hefer^ .two X^ymen tbatfirfSt^ed to be 
the Pi;iiaat^'3!^tu;c(^te^ andrhe >put hi& Ppf 
cUoator io 34 ^itick% aiU wrJittGa with |^ 
ownHatui^ which willibie iofHdd gt the «cmj| 
ofthisJ^aiTxatiTe : *He except^ to the ificom^ 
peteocy of tb^ X^onrt^ bpjtii ^bfcaule 1<he Pri^ 
inatc «ras not t^e in ficfi0s^ »nd becaufe 
they that -iat. ther^ Jb^d given cikar Evidences 
of their putiaUty^ which he h»d oCered tcr 
t^iqe to the Prio^tehimjCpU; rH^iaidthe 
WfSjpeal from his Sentence -lay only to.thePfOr 
vincial %no4} orito.the .4UchhiQ^<g>'^-Con6£'' 
tQi|y ; -mid 0nce.thA gcouiaid of ^^i^'s ^fp^l^ 
wa3 thi&di{ip!^tioci that they.had giv^Jhiin 
from his Oath, they. jCfcmldfiocCrbc, the cpqapisif 
tent Judges of that^ $for;i^ey -were Paiti^ s 
And,the^iq^.fiicfm.abuUve fitoalties.Uy 9P^ 
ly to;a (Court of J>elegates by ^e expreiii 
words of .the ^aw : And by many Indicati^ 
— >^ it appeared, th^it they, had prejvidged the^ 

^mattt^ 

ee tt the End, Nwnb. }. 



UMter iaB^& fdvounu: 9tid had ex{ri»fled ^ 
l^eat r«ieiitments agaihft tM^ J|iihop|.- jbkI : 
hotMritbAaAdiiil ttts d^g^)c .^ his QffitQ 
they had made him, yraiiX. ;m<^. thfi cfoitd aa- ' 
Itoiir and an haUj. s^ h^^iliiavdir^Ctioatiki-- 
tlui ihaiiagemeiit o£. the Ca4if^ ii9 l^artiea af^ : 
pxaSL him^ th^ had aliooUmfeftljr tdHiM' 
ttxeir power ^i granting Pi^)<tiiaticmi^c(»ti»^ 

rytothcLavfsof God:S..4iidiK^ diicf pn^i 
iumdd to idterpoie in the juft arid 1<^ Juii£i 
didlon that a BifliOpexerci&d oirer his Cler* 
gf botit by the Laws of G<5d and by the 
iCidg^sAuihority ; uponihefe grouikbhii ^^^ 
tedtb theiirAuthotity} heti^as ferved with lU- 
yeralCStatidns to aniwcfjandappeared upon ere** 
f^one ofthem/butnotWithftatiding th^hig;h« 
<jS.<idntiempt5they pUt u^ionhini, he fhetired not 
tind&eilt palSoin, btit kept h!s ground ftilL 
In conchlfion he' was declatedCWimMdr, and 
the pcgitt*d"-Iiitn)d(af wa$ abfoilired from the ' 
^ntcnc^f asld confirffied iii i^ poflciSdn ot 
His 111 atdilired B^efici^/ , It may be caGly 
imiigirie^ howi^auc^^ thele|"ft;pceo!ing^ ,were 
certfutciclby all Air'Wequitibi^ Men ; Thd 
fcdnl^cyi ike firmncfi, and' tiie^courage that , 
1^ Bi&pp e^tptFefied being as mtlch commetid-^. 
ed, as the injiiftie^ and Vidtthce. of his •lEae'^ 
illies %vas cried' out upon/ the . hraAgeft giflf 
of this ttanlSfyon vlras^ that which' the Pri- 
vate aiftecJ, . 5Vho though he' loved tjjie Biftlo^ 
bcfyottd all the reft of the Ordejf^ andTalucd 
him hJgtily for the Jealous difcharge (bf fiisOf-, 
hUcj. thatdiftinguiffied \Sam jfo mucli froni o- 
^ir $ ydjj he ^<Jal^ i&. be .picVaaed on to ^ 
• .• ■ ' H" •■ " " - tcf* 



5>9: ' '^'Ltrn if r^ 

tdrpdfelrf'i^tf ifiattcr';^ nor to ftop tjfc rc^^^* 
tto&ctfdoft^ ifaaa'thli^ -^ Mah hacl Mcrt • 
i^idcrf for fo'^good a'^^W'orfc : Indeed^ it werft 
{laxhet; fo» djicli ' the- ^endeavours he ufcd ta 
cmvedli^c Itrpy ahdkfter he had refofed ta 
anfvm in the^AlFchbilhop's' Ck>urt, it appeats 
tiathewias inicStat meaictre alienated from 
hifii, which drew frOih the Bifllojp the foUovi^-^ 
iftg^AnfWer" to^ «,C tetter,^ that he had from' 
him.:>" '- ; ' ^'*"- -■ 'I' • ■ ■ f 



K ■ i 1" 



' hqrioQfiable eood Lord, •...'., 

' t.?H^ Stf^erfcrfftJon of your Grace* s^ Let-, 

'j^. . ters was imM.weUom. imto-^ me, as^ 

BrimingUfuier.yGffr owjihdndthf i^i? evidence. 

(f.tke recorjery ifymr Sea&h, for which It^d, 

and do give hearty thanks unto God. For the, 

Consents of them, as your Grace coneeivedy. 

iheyjmere notfo fle^fdnp^ . But tht Words of. 

af Friend ait .fethfal, faith the ^ Man : 

Surf Jhiy 4refurjefs, gainful than at^ other. 

UnSkdn^fi ciitihearer to tMJ^eiart tbanMa^, 

Ike'caitao. ihavi foine experience iy your^ 

Grocers- faidijetters'^ concirmng which J h^vut. 

heenatfome d^ha^e'taith my j^if whether t 

fhmid^anfwer them pith David'J. demand^ 

What'* have . I now.^i>iic? OrK^the'wreng^^ 

df^a'reikj[, mth.TaijAKe and: ftlevci,. ,But. 

J^:.&eaf^ telling My That^i^^^ he isgo- 

'^drdsjim, I will J^eak. once, come of it 

^fll -[■ ■;*■■;■. .V..; ,'. -_y . '. 

Cuprite f hat the courfe Itepk with^hei 

5fir, .^i lintr^ cry'ed out again^y 

'^ *^ neither 



Bifitf B £ jb E L I- jl^ 

^ neither do you remembir in affjwir IWrtlat 
** attytf^ was Sne here'fy itn^ tf us^ at 
« wbkh the.TrefeJl'ors'.of tht'QefleUid taki 
« fltor^ iiffence^- or hy which, Ihe Ad'oeffii^, 
** mere ..fnore Unarmed in their Si^erjtitioHi. 
*f an4 Idolatry }, wheriin you could wijb tpat 
" / ha J advifn iafith fn} Brethren before I 
^ would adventure to full down thaiwhleB 
<* they haw beenfo Im^ a btiildingi AgatUi 
" What I did, you know^^iJodi ddne ou^ ^a 
** good intentioff ; hta you were aj^redthat 
** myp-e^Si i^oUld be Jb qutfidy r^iaedwitB 
** the frejent fuccefi and events thdt thiH 
*' woiud be no need my friends fiouM^dvifi 
** sue front builSngfuch Vafiks in the ixir, 8Cc; 
J^ Lordy ^l ms is a riddle to me, mnA 
cifurfe I havt taken witB the Ta^fis j what I 
hav^doHli at wkkhyour Trofej^ors if the Gof- 
f el -did take fuch ofente» or the juh&fartes 
'Were fb cbnfirt^d ; w^at it is that! have ad' 
ventured (4 do \ orwhatfiecefo.hng'a bt^ld' 
ing, I bdn)e pulled down 'y what thofe 'ProjeSfs 
were^ and thofe Caftles in the airyfo^tcldy re^ 
futed with p-efent fuecefsy as tbi L^d knows, 
i know noti For trUfy firice I came to this f lace 
I have ndt changed one jot if my Purfofe. or 
fraBitfi . or cQurJe with 'Pafifis front thdt 
wMch I held in England,. ^r h TrimtyiiCo^- 
lege, or found (I tmnkGdd) ahyillfuccefsy 
b^ thejlandirs only offomeferfdns difcontfnt- 
td aga'mSi mi for other occafions» jigainSf 
^hichlcamotbofeto^jujii^nyfeify if your 
Grace will giife ear to frvoaie tnftrmations. 

.Ha Bui 



hf^ myjramfffte^ofijt and bapftj^hce ef 4e» 
fimc^'i ^ind. fi»fi^ AdR)ef{M^'(mttt aBo§k ^-» 

4tf, a^nd md ii,t4 me as a Grw^. 

For tfv^n^ecu^^^ tfymr-Co^ty ^nd a^njer" 

r^m^tjfwbhiheardtherti^y Jfietheyh0'o& 

jitrfi^ ffoti <SK|^. laughter^ ht pmt ctals too>^ 

Xo^K Cb^vce^or dsfi-es mt U acmnt bim toyou^ 

tt^ he, tsnmfi^tho^ Offcers^lmiOKf i Jd» 

^.W1W^^^%^ ' ^"^ ^ nekhtf me^nt h^m 

^ifr;'4ingi'Idan elk. But. thmigh h €emcer%ed 

^i^ Grage^ tplamix xeba^ IcmM^ beard t* 

k^ 0i^n.(imirmNgymf: Cmirti nftthery as 

G^J^ewSf dtdtever think it mas^t^ take 

iiw0the Jmifdi^n, from ChanceUprs.^ and 

pit. it, mto the Bifipfs 4>W' ^^"^ t^fi ^"^^ 
^ in a dream condemn (btfe that ^mk th^ 
bave reafmto da otherwifi^ mr tost your Gra^ 
ee's Vifitation : Nor imt^tneyou worn account 
.^ tofertain to your reproof y and take, it- an 
^wrongfrommer vBch out of my duty to Qo4 
andyetUt. Itbmjjt was not t^be^confeakd from 
y(m* 1 befeefb ye»$ardon m* tbis out error^ 

Si unqiiam poljt hac. For that knifvo 

vhom { as your Grate vtkes) they fay I did 
Mlve J / took bim for Meof my Flock, or ra^ 
therChriffsJor robon^ be Jhedbis Bkod, And 
j would have ahfelved ]nli»n the J^oftate tm- 
ider the fame form, ^me ^her Paffages there 
ke in your Grace's Letters, which I, — — but 
I will lay mine H^dj^m my Mouth, and 

craving 



^avh^ tit &tfj^ if y9tit TrpeirSf tver;. 
jntthSHy , ' ; ' ■■';';'■.•■_'.■'-' •• '^\-. 

poor Brodi^. " ,* 

• ■ ' • ,t 

^T^e oiii^p^ Mr. JCMg^r Enqmes wuao^ 
l^tei} with the ^poiiiiK hi|^ of his Bmefioe^ 
^ot oftea k (Ealls .oaty ■Tl^;ftt ^dSgi who hav« 
j^one aidtt of hj^ Is^uftnc ieek iome excu^ 
fw what tfa^ hfyc wx^ hy pew ^junes, a]i4 
a vexatpDOi jyofecuticn of dbf iiyygwi. perf^Hy 
deling bjr^iie^ IChiUE iSich iuppcfiiBd act 
jcaiadoa^ mij^ xfiicy Co-p90ffii th^ Wofkl 
with ^ Op^ipft of hii gtjil^' wh^ much 
f^antpardoetofttafvodacci ^ ibcniA thi 
pedba £> aitjf ^y tiiat he aii»y fUrer 9gaki hk 
in a Csipacity to rccovor him^^<^^ 4|nd to ph^ 
taiahisiij^ but bcqoiceiuiric bjrthatvafl 
0icrqii(cof vwightthat^lMd^i^Kml^ Ba« 
I will gife the ke«der a (ske^iCf^Tlew of thif 
invidioiu AfEaii from a liCtter which the Bir 
ihop i)r];it coa^enugg it «) tfaif,£^ f»f 4ifr4y\ 



I 



.^_bi 



«ny gooi tort, , , . 

^J^li^hicb I have jimtimes <*»< ^/A* 
H 3 ftnefs 





fwme^ and now yaur Lofdpifs mfirnAiy^.; 
lows^andinafartinforcesit. The oecaJi()n isy 
not n^ love of eQmentim-/^s3i)ich 1 haw torn- 
mttted to GodJ,m my other \inatter of ftitfity 
hut God^s hoimryMidCas he is witnefsjyour's. 
i hdve'iateiy ^(cepiied Letters from «y Lord <f 
CafttttMrf ; "'whereby Ifercevoe htsGrOce ts 
informed that 
a-MJiaie the ' 

fuMckUfe in the^ebUrcBy ^ndiifSes; o^i^^ 
eus^'P »s ihe^€^M> ' caH ' ritceive^ }to B-'edif* 
ffm» my thin^ thM(hhii: ■ Jlnd'htiiGrdee^ 
addsjThathtis'foHsM^ McfkoMted y^'your" 
~ 'hifl'dij^^Mptbat'lk'^^^ hifife^^ 

yo' ■' "" ■ ■""■' '" — --*--"-^ ^• 

jfOU' 

-iffubfime to^'-m'4rm*sd^>ed'ferfvb_ 

fhmyoift^ •l^r^jmy'Wdyk noi cmeefbed'Mr.^ 

KMg iff&efm^h4e' ^uffrife^f- -vMldnot-have^ 

gUhf'dway ■'m'^^Hg? - '■ M (nv^'pitdj ihe^. 

gt^tep, ke^ff^yaiid'^tfi Men do,- Shtd mufi 

taliemanymmgs'it^^fnfermation'ofofh^si ; 

ivho themfehes are Men, and may fomettmes . 

out ofJVeakneJsyprfome other caujey bede-.. 

c'etved. ToucBngMrlKm^sJiUfnefs, (which 

it concerns me the more to clear him'^, that I 

hem accounted filly my felf) 1 befeechyour 

Lfirdjkij^ to- take jfnformntm, m h-^^J^ 

'-khfmer fam4Am4tll Tefterd^y, but by the 

w/ either Ch»riibmen or ^atefmetf of this 

King' 



f^ learsjai arj tjfe f^^-mafif^iSifML 
of Meatb, the lMfdJX^^\S^r^vau» ^^fii^ 
^tke Mke : JJttidtt .^t ii^''JMmd^4ifi^ 
JSbaU imd^and jhat tb^€ isimMk *lm^ 
tbM:(heTrai^tton^^ be- 

fat^f be dUM\\.,be'^»'J^f^.»f that kmm, 
fi^}emj^fpr}l(einO[i ej^ea^Hjfi fitter in "Praf^ 
or Verfe,. ns^fevn^rt pt^^fb^s in (he King^ 

let f^^^^^tm^^gpiq^, ewqpine: Jfttbe 



'm 




o... - , ^^hap^-cia£eu(ed of dota^J 
M a^Jhived ,finr tbefi^eficjiof the JVofk 

^fci^ttd^l^hf-^ 
'the tighGmmj, 

heanaighi^mfitSjand^l^M^nexM^ ^ 

MhHfgf J^tnea a^brndredToi^d^ Deqte^tq 
^e attach^ and inpifoned: 'flSw JiiA'-^fary 
^^r. ■ Baiiy,' h^(^e he'was fentxncedy.f^^ 
[cbafid .a netv pfjpetijfatih^^^^o . hold.J^ 
.Bene^e, and-'isiaf -the very, next day ja^ter 
{as affearsyky^ the, iati of the Jnptiittm) 
•jboth^Kefewteditt ibe Hjngi'Tttle {although the 
.J^^nefUe bYef my CoUationJt andxiftfiitoted ^ 
■ ptyLerdTrimate^s Vicar: Shortly after' ifiduffea 

H4 h 



1^ ^2I&^'3S«IFE jjf' ^ 

h^^am ytihieiKm iff antiher J>iiicefi^dafiv» 
Jkijfs^^fi^ybe himgbt tbwn an Afachfuent., 
M de1iflftf44 M^i4im^ t<h-th(^itff(vant^ 

pmAi^MMoifgpt tf V^^y . where hf hath 
bem l«k^'m4t<^\nuMik^'j^efit^^^ 
»f^MMht\'^4d%aa ^'^kf^ered U 
f^ Usfiim0xmteMrt;}yOa(b:a^ fTa* 
fi^Sf that fy rtaMiff BsJ^btHS^ he ip/fs bin- 
ittedy^ fthe^Hi^iit '''v^as brt^t to\ Deatlfs 
Boor<^'^ and mM npt '- appear andfhtecnie bh 
»ftiffe.: ■ MdFiha'^tht d^nin^ f his Ad^ 
^^^^^H^ t»^/ (hxnhfvented^reatnigthat b0 
, "^b^ftfiifridt^hih^^ andU^caufe htto 
ypfrner^'^atei - ^t if -hatp p»t availed 
'$imMvif- hv)^entt-Ckhiku^r;^the mOh 

■' : Whf^^eas m''Sifi9^s ef 



hh i$mmi'*'3 

tobue^ ti 




firhiaif^6ceei^ 



ii^rm^hnmititcSK^i ahda^m 

j^-^:iiieIfus4o^imiutiri. - ^,iW, if J 
\iideiiptnd'\hat if.Rigbt t>i^ipe or fbmaniy 
fh^Jf hwrenj^r-upmTtfrvngf) whieb '4 ibey 
Y^dshed only to mr. Khg,'} Per/fny were of 
iiTsv9n^rattok:,'but when through Bs Jidey 



fbat-grm PToriythe Tratijtatifin of God^s 
Booty Jo necegaryfof both Ins Majeff/s Kiftg" 
dS^Wy is mortaih'wounded'y farrnntne f Ibe- 
feech yonr Laraf^) if I bejenfible of it. 1 
^t to conjider tohat Feaf our adverfaries 

make 



BEDELL. lOjf 

mal^ tf-mr rewafdmg Um thus firthtt Ayw 
vke^y or what this exatiiflewiU4fvaUu tie «/> 
^h^ of others tp 09i^9rmt% ffhat jbmli 
^wr unrifli'^ havegmmd if behmddjfed f4i 
St vMsalmosia fmrtktehe didrntj wUerAf" 
reify and had bei^ at met defined tff Iromgy 
Jjdterfy and life, (xod hath refriewd bm^ and 
given y^r Jjfrdjbif means uj^rkhf hsfft-^ 
motion, to remedy v>fth one ff^d aU MKMge- 
nienees. For conclujm {good my tardj gH)e 
pte leave a ftttle to af^ the^araUe <f Na- 
than to King DayicI to thisfvtpefe : IftbewM* 
faring man, that is come to a^fforfuch hesSy 
pavmg never yet heen fettled in anefUoeJ Save 
fojbarf a Stomach that he muft ie fromded 
for with IPluralitieSy fkh there are Herds and 
flocks Plenty 'yfifer hm not,I hfeecbyoumdet 
the colour ^ the Kin^s fumetit iake the oof^ 
■^ve (f dj^oor'Many to faiisfe bis raoenont 
a^ettte. So I iefeech the Heavenly Thj^iam 
to gi'oe your Lordfli^ heakb «f ^ul and B^ 
dy./IreSfy 



* • • • I 


My Lord, 

Ifour LardfWp'a 


' t 


-moift humble £inrant 




in Chrift Jcliis, 


\ 


mL KOmrt, 




By 



io<J :n€ LIFE of ^ 

kk irijb .ftopt; at that time, but if the Rebel*? 
!iim hadj;xp^vprevented our Bfftiopi ho Wia£i rc-r 
{oiYcd to hs^Tc had it done in his own Houfe, 
an^ at h^ o^n charge ; and as preparatory to 
t^atjhe mi^:^me of ChryfQftcme'%lriovpXiics^ 
theth|?ee ferft upoq the parable of the rich Man 
and l^zar^s^ together with Sov^t of Letf^ • 
ail: which tep^ed c|iiefly^to commend the Scrip-' 
^uresjn the higheft ftrains of Eloquence that 
were poffible, , to be tranflatcd both into Ef^ 
Uj^ and, tnjb\ and re-printing his CatechiinL 
h? added theie to it in both X^ngua^es */ and 
thefe weye very well TQceiYQ4> ^yw by the 
Frii^ls and.Hrycfs^tfiemf^lves* •'/ ; 

J^eJ lived pot rjEp fipifli this great defign, j yc<r 
i^withftandiQg. ihc: Rebellion and Gonfufio|i' 
^at fpUowc^ ^in ^^ the Manulctipt of 

fbe.Tr^atioaof the Bible efcaped the ftbrni, 
Widfallingjnjtpfiood Hands, \t is^ it this timci 
a»nd6r thp Pj d^ ;jand is carried on chiefly by 
the zeal, and at the charge of that noble Chrit- 
tian Philolbpher Mr./?tfy/f, whoas he reprint- 
ed upon his own charge the liew Teftamcnt, 16 
he very cheerfully went into a Propo(ttioa for 
reprinting the bid. But this i^ only one of ma- 
ny inftancesjby which he has cxprcfled, as wcH 
his great and a^i've zeal for carrying on the 
true intereft of Religion, as by his other pub- 
lick labours he has advanced and improved 
iphilofophy. 

•' But to gaon with the concerns of our Bi- 
Ihop, as he ha^ great zeal for the purity of 
the Chriftian Religion in oppofition to the 

cor- 



j5//!&^ B E p EX:L, foy 

eerrap|:ipns of the Ghurcjbt of .I^Mve; £o he. 
ivas very moderate in &U otiier ictatxcr% that» 
/ were not of £if:h knpQit^^et He was a gceat « 
/ iuppprtj&r of 'Mr, l)urys dd^gn qf recooQliagr 
t})9 liaheriiftS' aD4 the C^hinifis ; . ^nd as h^. 
dii-eded hipi by many leame^l and prudeQp^ 
Lettors^tlmt he wrpteto him pn. that Sabjed,r 
19 ^he allowed him ao /. a year ip order to the- 
difcharging the Expence of that negotiation;^ 
which-bepay^ pundually to hisGorrdponr 
dexkt^tLmio^ hisma-r 

i^^ii^'of ^ h^fii^ that /eU. out vi^Ireland^ 
That if : %ljji% tjjjaJ: ' were . concerned .^ in that 
matter^ : had been bleft .with fuch .an und€^--, 
flainding^ sindiuchja temper as. he had^ ^re, 
had been no reaibn to h#ve d^airioi ofitf 
There came a company of Zi^^r/^^jlx) /)«^/r#,* 
whoweres^aidof jpi^irig in^Qommuqion-with, 
, the Ghtac^ c^Ir^lflndy ^n4 when they werei» 
cit§d to aialwer for it to the Archbifhop's Con-. 
C^pry, theysJefired fome time might be grant^-v 
jPd them for CQnfuUing their Ipi vines in.GVr- 
ffumy:, And at laft ]yette;s>vrerebip.ught from 
thence concerning their Exceptions to Commct-. 
nion with that Church j :^au|e;the Prefence^ 
ol Chrift in the Sacramcnt.was x^t explained 
in fuch a manner, as.agrecil witji their Doc- 
laiine. , TI^erArchbiflipp of ArtJ/w fent theic 
to pur Bi(iop, th?it he might anfwer them; 
•and upon that he writ io learned and fb full 
an Artfwertp all their Objedions,and explained 
the matter £b. clearly, that when this was feen 
by/the Gfr/»4?i.Divjines, it gave them fuch en- 
tire latisfadion,that upon it they advifed their 

Coun- 



i69 net.t¥A^ 

CtKMrjmtn to Joiti in Gotfimuniba ^tlt e6« 
CbiudL For ioth !sdi6 ffiOderatidn of our 
Cboith la thtt matfeef^ that tto ^{itiv« d^ni* 
tibn of the mat^oer of dw Fitictace Ibiing mad^^ 
Men of diJBfeKnt (ehtiMents tti|Ly a^w in th<i( 
fime ads of Woi&ip, Without b^ig obli^ 
to delare theit Opinion, or bek^g umld^6o4 
to do any dikig contrary to fheir ^vend I^^ 
iWafions. • 

Hk moderatioa in tiiis loftbet ^ma a. thia^ 
of tiq dangjot to him, but heexfMnSflied it oti^ 
ther Inftances, in -which it a|qpeared diat hd 
was not afraid tf> own it vipon meat tender oe? 
cafion;. The ^mibks that broke out io tSfetH 
land upon the^count of the £oOJt of Cktmf 
mem Prayer, which encreafed to the height of 
the iWeating the Covenant and Jmtting dowh 
of EpiicQpacy, and the tufiiing <yQt >of all 
^erjgy Men that did not concur withth^^ . 
iLft to well known that I need not itdarge up-> 
aa thefti. It is not to be deni«i but provocati^ 
onsweregivcn by the heats and inracrttioiis-^ 
ibme lAct^ but thefe were carried C^ hlf beyonii 
afi the bounds eithier of order iii the Church, or 
peace in the State, that, to gire thing! die^ 
proper names, it Was a Schiikiatidal rage a<^ 
gainft the Church, back'd with a rebeUioqi 
lory againft the ftate. When the Bilhop 
heard of all ^el^ things, he faid, that which 
I^gyanzettefiid at Confiantm^hy when the' 
IHr was railed in the iecond General GoancH 
npon his account, If this great teiiifi(ft h rifh 
fer §urfakiSy take us uf^ andcafiw in^^'tln 
^'/v, thai f§ there may ke a Catm^htA if all 

others 



iAktfi. load gperorDod dkdr Dtbooftt, as far dkl 
klV one jsay jidweatantoafinaaAaDE. iib<4 
«^<^ 1^ JEf^tfatywugii have Sem hfi 
^i^iXimieli4 Someof iMedBtweiie 
ddrm out of SceiiMd, bf ^ ibfy of that 
ti<r^ came onra- to hiimit aaong tfadtf 
ttoe wa» Mr £'«rAr/y that came to DmUmf 
who being a Maoof qoickFaita^ -nrrk a mo]^ 
finaxt Bo^ ftuewo^ tAe jteisfllel betireea the 
Jefiutesaodthe&MrilGoreriaabers, vrhkfahe 
punted undct the Title of Igfmaelm tGetti* 
mr.^ fher'S^tftc that tra» in this fiook^. and 
the {baiptifi& q£ Ak flik pcocniicdtfae Anthor 
fuch favour^ that a coofideEafale Living fkUing 
io thid Bifhop) of KiUaUis Gift, he was le^ 
coflnmended to it, aod ib he west to that K* 
flipp;. batvasiUnneiircdbyhini. Thefii^ 
fluqpi hai^»gpDcat aJBeSkn to hjs GoaiiCry (for 
he was-a SctiUduikn bom) and diott^ heoon-' 
dcmned.the couiies they had tatken, yethe did 
dot love to ftc them; cxpofixi in a muage Nab«r 
tioiiy and did not Kke thp Manthat haddonr 
it^ ThcBiflu^ -tKas. a Htdc Aarp uptm ham ; 
Ik {dayed oa hk Niaaie:^ C^ri^ in Setub btxc% 
stRavco^ aod£ud.it vaaanill fiisd that de^ 
£ied< its own Nefh And whereas he had iaid 
tUt his Book, That he had hardly efcaped 
iuOK UaowQ life, hatfiad left lua Wife be.* 
hind him. to try the humanky of the &e^; 
he toldihjai^ £ut hod left his Wife to a very 
ba& office Several other things he fald, 
which, in.thenftlves amounted to nothingy^ 
but only ezpreflfed an Inclination to leflen the 
iaoltsodTsbe SfOtSf and to aggxayate feme 

pro- 



16 Tie LlFE.tf/ 

provd^tioos tiiat had been given thefts Cdr^ 
tet came up fiill of wfatfa, md broc^ht widi 
him many . Informations i againft :the Bifliop^ 
whkh at any other time would not.hafre been 
much coniidfered; font ther^ it being thooght* 
nec^fiary to makcf'nauplesof all that i^em-^ 
ed favourable : to di& Covenanters^ it was: re- 
iifdved to turn him oiitor his Bilhoprick^ and 
to give it to JUtaweUy' diat had been Bifhop 
of Rifs in ScttkmdyZxA waslindeed a Man of 
eminent Parts, and an excellent Fmcher; bat 
by .his Ibfwardneis and aipiring he;had been 
th^ onhappy infbumentof that which brought 
on all the ^otdkisin Scatlandi 

A l^ur&vant * was &at to^ bring ixp the Bi«^ 
fiiop of Kitlahfyr und* Jir was acckmd^^efore 
the lugh Gomhuffidn Court; for thoie things 
that Corbet objeded to :him j and: every Man 
hemg ready to pufli a Man down that isfaU-^. 
ing aider di%hice^ many defigned to merit by 
i^gravatmg his faults* But when it came to 
our Bifiibp^s* torn- to give his Sentence in the 
jDcKirt, lie that was afraid of nothing but fin^ 
Oftog againft God, did not.ftick to venture 
againft the: Stream: Hefirftread over 
all that was ol^ded to^ the Biihop at 
the Barr, theri tie fetched his Aigument ftom . 
the qualificatiohs of a Biihop fet down by St; 
SPi^ in his Epiftks to Ttmtfy and Tftm\ 
and aflumed that he ibund nothing in tho6 
Articles contrary tothoie qualificatioiis) <xo^ 
•thing that tduched either his Life or; Doc« 
trine. He fortified this by ihewing in what 
manner they proceeded againft Bifiiops both iit 



^//&^ BEDELL. iii 

liitGrfeei znd Latin Churches, arid fb .cod-^' 
chidcd in the Bilbop's favour. Tills pdt tnany 
out of countenance, who had coilfidcrcd lib- 
thing in his iSentenCe' but the confeqaenc6s 
that were drawn from the Bifhop's expreffi- 
0ns, from which they gathered the ill difpoG-^ 
tiOn of his mind, fo that they had gone high 
in their Cenfures, without examining the Ca- 
nons of the Church in fuch Cafes. But tho'^. 
thofe that give their Votes after our BiiOhOp^ 
were more moderate than thofe that had goner 
before him had been j yet the current ran fo 
flrong that none diirft plainly i&cquit him, as 
Our Biihop had dbiler So he was deprived, fin- 
edy ^nd impriibned^ and his Biihoprick was 

fi ven' to Maxwell^ who crijoyed it not long^ 
*or he was^ ftript naked, wounded, and Icfr 
Mpoiig the dead, by the Irtfi) \ but he was pre- 
ferved by the Earl of Thomond^ who palling 
that way took care of him j io that he got to * 
Dublin. Arid then his Talent of Preaching,' 
that had been too long negle^dd by him, was: 
better imployed j fo that he preached Very ot 
ten, ^indvery much to the edification of Bis 
Hearers, that were then, in fo great a confter-^ 
nation, that they rie^ded/all the comfort that^ 
he could minifter to them y arid all the Spiric 
that he could infufe in them. He went to the 
King to Opcjoriy and he faid in my Author's 
hearing, That the King had never rightly un- 
derftood the innate hatred that the Itijh bore' 
to all that profefled the trae Religion, till 
he had informed him of it. But he «waS fo 
touch affeded with an ill piece of News, that 

h^ 



he lufard Gdncecning ibme mkfortune iii tk< 
Kin^,$ aJDfairs iii En^landi that he was fbme 
hours afier foupd dea^d in his Study^ This 
ihort digrelfioi^ I hopcf^ itia^ be forgivdi me j 
fbf the perfon wm very, extraordinary^ If aa 
tiomeafiired ambitipn had not: much de&ced 
hk othd: great abiHtiesr aild exceUeiit qjiilU 
tics^ 

The old degraded fcfiio^ >^^«^ \i^^ 
ly reSored to another &fhoprick^\xrhic£L came 
to be va<^dt Upon a difinal account, which t 
would gladly pafi over, if I could j for the 
thing £s but too well knowru Oifie Addertm 
BlQiop dJT f^aUrprdi who,^ as was believed^ 
hadb)^ a Symonlacal compaS^ procured iiich 
favour^, that he was recommen(kd to that Bi-^ 
Otoprick ; and had covered his own unworthi-* 
heis,, as all wicked. Meii are apt to do^ by 
&eming very ^ealbus in every thing that is a^ 
cieptablie to tibioie who govern^ and had been in 
particular very ievere on Bilhop Jdair \ Came 
to be kcculed and Gonvi£led bf a crime not to' 
be named, that God punifhed with Fife frftmr 
Heaven J and lufferfd. publickly for it i He 
fcxpreffcd fo great a Repentartcey thaf TXu 
Bernard^ who preached his funeral Sermon, 
iind had waited on him in his Impriibnment^ 
had a very charitable opinion of the Statte in 
which he dyed* Upontbis^ Jdair^^Czfc Was 
fb reprcfcnted to the King, that he .was prO-' 
vided with that Bilhoprick. From which it 
iaay appeaf^ That he was not ceinfurcd fo much 
'^ guilt, as to ftrikc a terrour in. all that 
*xpre& the leail kindneis to the Scotch 



l^dfe^&telt. ISttt otir Biihop thougkt thtt 
degradftig of a Biflidp was too iacred a duhg 
io be dbiie mtferly opbd politick Gonllderati^ 

Bi&ib]^ i5l^&// was exadlir cotifonnable to 
the Fdrms and Rules of the Church ; he went 
eonftatitly to Gommbh Frayer in his Gathe^ 
dial, aiid oftM tead ithiinteU; add allied in 
it always^ With great revarence attd ilifedioiL 
He tbbk care to hate the Jiiblifek Service per- 
Ibrmed ftrldly according to the Rubrick j & 
that a Curate of another Parilh being emplby- 
ed td read Prayers in the Cathedral^ that ada 
dedfomewhat to theGblled:s; thcBiihbp olH 
fferving he did this once or twice, wcht front 
His plice to thd Reader's Pew, arid took thfc 
bciok oiit of his handle aiid in the hearifig ot 
the Congregation iulpended him for his pre^ 
iumption^ atid read the reft of the OUce him<^ 
felf. He preachfcd cpiiftatitly twice a Smd^ 
In his Cathediai oh the Epiftlcs arid Gofpeli 
fot the day ; and catechiied always in the af* 
ternoori before Sermon ; and he preached aU 
ways t^icie d yeat before the Judges^ wheii 
they iftkdt the Citcuit. His Votcc was loW 
and mouriiful, but as his matter was excels 
leht^ k there was a gravity in his looks 
and behaviour that ftruck his Auditors! He 
obferted the Rubrick lb nicely, that he would 
do ribthirig but according to it ; fb that in thfe 
tcadittg the Pfalnis and the Anthems he did 
hot obferve the common cuffom of the Minif. 
ter and the People reading the Verfesby tutas^ 
for be read all himieif^ becaufe the other wis 

I . ' not 



not . en^Qifled , by the ^Kubrick. As fqi th< 
plsLcing. of the Commutii9n Tafcle by the Eaft f 
Wfilly a^nd the bowiag to it, he never wdtild 
depart from tlie Rule of obferving the Corv- 
fOripity prefcribcd by I-aw j for he faid, That 
tney.were as much Non-confprmifts who ad- 
ded of their own, as they that came fliort of 
what was enjoined ; as he that adds an Inch 
to a meafure difowns it for a Rule, as mnch 
as he. that cuts an Inch from it -^ And* ^ he 
y^as fevere to him that added words of his 
own to the Colka, fo be thought it was no 
lels cenfurable to add Rites to thofe that were 
prefcribed. When he came within the Churchy 
i[t jappeared in the compofcdnels of his Beha-^ 
yjlour, that he obfcrved the Rule given by 
•the Preacher, of Keeping bis Feet when he 
went inia the Houfe of God -^ but he was not 
to be wrought on by the greatnels of any Many 
or by the Authority of, any perfbn's example^ 
to go out of his own way j though he could 
rfot biit know that Rich things Were then 
miichobferved, and. meafures were taken of 
Men, by thefe little diftin&ions, in which it 
lyas thought that the zeal of Conformity dif- 
. CO vered it iel£ 

There i$ fo full an Recount of the tcnder- 
hcfs with which he advifed all Men^ but 
Church-men in particular, to treat thofe that 
differed from them, in a Sermon that he 
preached on thofe Words of Chrift, Learn of 
^mey for I am meek and lowly j that I am al^ 
fared the Reader will well bear with the length 
of it. It was preached loon after ibmc heats 

that 



Bijbdf BEDEXL. 115 

ihat had been in the Houie of Commons in 
tfie Parliament of Ireland^ in which there 
were maiiy Papifts ; and in it the fenie he had 
of the way of treating all differences in Reli- 
gion, whether great . or fmall, is fb well laid 
Gown, that I hope it will be looked oil as no 
ordinary, nor ufelefs piece of Inftruftiori* 



IS it not a ihame that our two Bodies, the 
Church and Commoii-wealthj fliould ex*^ 
ercife mortal hatreds^ (or immortal rather) and 
Being fo^ near in place fhould be fo far afundei 
in affeftion; it will be faid by each that other 
are in fault, and perhaps it may truly be iaid^ 
that both are j the one in that they cannot, 
endure with patience ttip lawful fuperiority of 
the worthier Body ; the other in that they 
take n6 care ib to govern^ that thegoverocd- 
may find it to be for their bcft behoof to o- 
bey : Until which time it will never be, but. 
there will be repining and troubles, and bran*^ 
gles between us. This will be done iri my o- 
pinion, . not by bolftering out and maintainii^ 
the errors and unrulinels of the lowdr.Ofl&cers 
or Members of our body, but by feverely pu-^^^ 
niihing thein ; and on both fides muft be a- 
voided liich Men for Magiftrates aftd MinilC- 
ters, as feek todaih us one againft another all 
they mayi , 

And would to Grod this we^e all j but is it 
riot a fhamc of fhamcs, that Mens emulations, 
arid contentions cannot flay themfclves in mat- 
ters ef this iort, but the holy profeifionr of 

1 % Di« 



ttS 7h IIF.E if 

Divinity \i made fuel t6 a pUbllcfc firfif; afid 
that when We had well hoped all had beert 
either quenched or faked up, it Ihould afrcfli 
be Itindled and blown «p With bitter ind bit- 
feg woJrds > God help us I we hid need t(J at^ 
tettd to this Letfbn ofChfift, team of ^(j for 
1 am meek andkivl^ in heart ; or td that of 
the ApoMe, It bdioves the ierrant of God 
not to contend, but to be meek towards all^ 
irtftru£king with lenity thofe that be contrary 
iffedcd, waiting if at any tirtie God will give 
them a better mind to lee the truth, a TimJ 

And here give me leave {R. 1^. and belov-* 

•d Brethren and Sifters) to fbeak freely my 

isAnd ttrrto you : I know right wen that I 

fhaH incur the rc{)tx)of ef divers^ yet I will ne-» 

Vtfr the more for that foare to titter my Coil- 

^ience ; I hope wife Men will affent 6t lhe\r 

me better. For ray part, I have been long. 

of this mind, that many In their Sermdns and 

Writings are to blacne fof their Manner of* 

dealing with the adverlaries of thiir Opinions, 

when they give Rein» to thdr tongues and 

Pen^, to railing and reptoachfol fpeeches, and 

think they have dofac well. When they eit- 

^ecdor equal them in this Trade; wherein to 

Have the better is mdeed to be the worfe : 

And aDedging that Text fox tbemfdves,[|75&^f 

a fool is to be anfuuered according to hisfbUj ; 

rfiey, do riot'cbnfider that other, where fuch 

manner of anfwcr is forbidden^ whereby the 

an- 
il PSOV/ ^, ^. 



Bfjbdf BEDELL. |i^ 

i|afwer«r becomctb like h|m : ^rov. 2($, 4. 15^ 
I. 24, ad. 

Andthi$itycetp,Qretohct)Um<:d| becaufq 
(bmetimes all realms are laid by, and nothing; 
M ibiindly refiite^t hat cnlf ^t Words are 
giyen, yca» and witUi»q#:QQ<;eiving,Qrmii^ 
leporti^ at leaft, of their Optnions, and maki^ 
ing erery thii^ worfe than it isj which inan|: 
tioies arU(^ «poa an^Mf^ity pfWords not. u& 
(P(| in the like fenfe by both fides. What then^ 
P9 I appvove of tolorations and. unions with 
fnofs a^ tiefefies ? Truly I wifli not to liv« 
£0 long. And yet ,af our Sins are^ and ouj; 
^y tpo to £iU together by the ears abpui; 
iinail matters ^ipfx^ft our Sdves^ theie is juft 
fskai^ to ^ar it : JG|uc yet; iucb poiqts, as loay. 
\»e recoEi^U^, faying the t^tb, I iee nof^ 
whatfi|Oui49H>V9u>toho^doffintl^, atul 
^hy V(? may i%Qt fc«k t«^ ^ce vt wojd, at 
-wedoHi9i<4ao^g: For «hf Keft> thei; pi;r<!; 
Tpo^ ^ eiukaTQiirf fluJUdeiatve thaniks, whg 
|>£ingi9g thfA to. tbe fewdl and n^^Qwtit 
tpnna^ fliall. fet down hQW ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^' P"^ 
with cv^r diC^tuig ipiietbrefi, an^l where for 
fv^ fiQ di^iilC ) tl^ fo cootroyerfies bein^ 
handled w'Uf^v^iho vak fiowiiAi o( JCwelUng^ 
Wor<^ and (iiko pcopmrtions) our Opinions 
being ^dcyvyia iof. the I^aft te^QiUk Men may- 
know wbat to bq|4 1^^ Wi^ to,^ ii^d wherc- 
agaiotQpHant thcis AnjHments^ not, as many 
dp, raving aliyays) atr^|JBdo)EB j but may al^ 
ways r^^bor to ^nutat& Chrift^ meekneis^ 
and tod94^itih.4rg^ment8- rather: Let us 
not envy the Papifts and other Hcreticks, the 

l i gVMFy 



ii8 The LIFE 0/ 

gtery and prehcminence in railing, wherein 
the more they excel, the more unlike they arc 
to Chrift, whofe pattern is of meeknefs, Learn 

* Teay but mlifome Mahfayy This courfe 
iujili net ft ay Men from backJliSng to any er-^ 
for or herefyy &c. Who can ktef offhts enemy^ 
without potyVic. ; 

f !•' God'S Truth needs not to be graced, 
nor his Glory fought by my fin. 

^ IT. Again it is fo perhaps in an ignorant 
Auditor, and at the firftj but if inquiring 
himfelf, he fhall find that they or their Opir 
nions are not fo'bad as we make them to be, 
and would have thetn feemj^ it will be a hun- 
dred to one that in other things too, they 
will not feeih to be fo bad as they are ; and, 
unlels I much miftake, it is not the ftorm of 
Words, but the ftrength of Reafonsy that fhall 
ftay a waverkig judgment from errors, ®c, 
Wherl that li*e a tempeft is over-blown, the 
tide of other?? examples will carry other Men 
to do as the it^oft do ; but thefe likfe fo many 
Anchors will IttoEJfed not come again, 

** III, Befides, our GaDing is to deal with* 
errors, not to difgrace the Man with Icolding 
Words. It isfaid oiAki^ander^ I think, 
whcii he overheard one of his Soldiers railing 
luftily on Darius his enemy, he reproved 
him, and 5^dded, Friend (quoth he) I enter- 
tain thee to fight againft i)^3fri«j, hot to re-' 
vile him. Truly it may be well thought that? 
thofe that take this eourie fliall fitid but fiiiall 

thanks. 



BiJBpp'BE D EL L. . > rp 

thanks atChrift's, our Captain's, hands iarfd 
St is riot unlike but he would fay to ' f hem, 
were he here on earth again, Mafters, I would 
you fhould refute Popery, and fet your lelves 
againft Antichrift my enemy, with all thedi^ 
coloured Sefts and JHerefies, that fight undef 
his banner againft me, and not cati him' ana 
his 'l^oops afl to nought. 

And this is my poor Opinion concerning 
our dealing with the Papifts themfelves, per^ 
chance differing from the praftice of Men of 
great note in Chrift's Family, Mr. Luthef and 
Mr. Cahin^ and others ; but yet we ni^ft live 
by Rules, not Examples ; and they were 
Men, who perhaps by comp^lexion, or other-1 ' 
wife, were given over too much to anger and 
lieat : Surc I am, the Rale of the Apoftle is 
plain, even of fiich as are the flaircs of Satarii 
that wc muft with lenity' inflruft them, wait- 
ing that when efcdping out of. his friare, they 
Ihould recover a found mind t« do God's 'wiUj^ 
in the place 1 quoted before. \' 

But now When Meh agreeing with our 
lelves in 4th« main (yea and in profeffion like-? 
wife eileniies to Popery) (hall, varying, ncv'ei' 
fo littk from us in Poinds of lefs confequehcej^ 
be tj^areu'pon cenfured as fevoui-crs of Popery, 
and. other erfors j ' when MoIe-hlUs ftiall be 
made Mountains, and linbrotherlv terms giy ?n ; 
AW! * methmks this courfe lav6urg Hot of 
. meekiiefs,' nay it would hurt even a good' 
caiife, thus to "handle it ; for where ^ch vie-- 
loioe is, 'ever thd:e iis error' to be fuipejEleti'; 
''.'".. ^^ ■ -«. ; ' .I4 ^' ■ "^ ■ 'A^ 

^ * ^ Tim. 2. 25. 



Affeidion and ^eat >rc the gi^»f d| Eiiemji^ 
that can b^ to foundnffi of ji^d^ent, pr eji^ 
;^dqds of comprehenfion ; hoths^t i$ troubtled 
with pai^piu^aot fitly dif^ of ty uth^ 

Befidc^ Is my concept ever po^i^bAaQf wi(|i 
t«uth r And \\ I be fubjc^ %q, opror ipy 
felf^ have I fprgo^en ib i^uch %\\t (otai^ob 
condition of mankind or an^ I fb macb my 
pwn enemy, as to p^ri^ie with a te^ible 
Scourge of Whip-cord^ or Wy^r> t^i.^: whic)i 
was wo^y of fome gqjitlfr l^es : J'pr irt 
deed he that taketh pet^^ an^ conceiyeth in*" 
dign^tion, t^at anpthcr ftiouldj^.t >yi[^ nqt fay, 
differ from himfel^ bv^t ^rr, a|^ be d^eive^^ 
feems tp proclami w^ to all p^apl^^id^ 9wl 
inay well look himielf tp^d ifn^ll favpu^^but 
rather to endure the Layjf tl^^t he ^?d madc^ 
^nd he ^ted with ^is pwn rod^ 

To mMf e an end of this ppint, wl^i^l^ I wpuW 
tp God, X had not |iad an occ^&oq tp ^^tec 
into : If this precept of o^r t-pr^. J^fos Chrift 
be to be heard, thefe things Ihc^id noft be fo i 
if it were heard, they wo^W[ not bp {o j «nd 
undoubtedly, ^f it be not jieard^ th^y that 
^re faulty ibs^ bes^r their judjgn\ent, whpjfi>r 
ever they be. >^ean while they (hall d9ferve 
great praife of all that loveifc^ce, who (hall 
maintain qui^tieis, ^en with fome injury to 
themfelves : And in a good c^ule4o ftiU en-, 
deayour to (hew forth the vertue of Chrjft^ 
that hath called us^ as the Apoftlp ^«/fr cx- 
hortetk us at large from this ex^mipjie of Chrift, 
's firft lEpiftle, %i. aoj ai,aa aj. It k 
^.ory of a Man tq pais by an oflfencc. In- 
juries^ 



Bifiop B ?: P E L L, rui 

jofie^ *if by reg^r^ng them ^ ii|«n lay him- 
felf op«n tp them, woun4 aiM) hu>^ us j if 
they be contemnecl, 9t bora off with the 
Shield of ^eekn«&, they glapce off, or ro- 
|!K)»und wnto the party tfeat oger§th them. 

FinftUy> fee that in ms^ttei* ofcontroyerfy 
4haU bnng meejme^ to his defen^^ undoubt- 
edly he CMl oyercQipe in the manner of haQcl- 
)H)g h atid if hehriog truth aUb^ he^i^U pre- 
Yai| 4t laft iq the matter. 

This is a part of one of hts Setmon* ; of 
vfbi^h I haye feen bat very few ; vA bi^uie 
they ^^ n<^t fu£<HeQ|: to give a |iiU Charac- 
ter of hiim \ hare qot pabliihed them ; Bi;d: 
I will add to th«s two parceiki of another Set- 
moQ ^at is already if\ pria^ and waspubUfiV: 
ed by j>T. JBfir;n4r4> the Text iai that of the 
]^ef0fi4$ipt^ 1 8. 4. Ceofe m^ her (Bi^bjloc^ 
^i*^ ' Aod the de%q d" it ui tp prove 
f hat the See of Rmf \». the Bai>ylm Vfi9»t in 
that Text \ but uv thiU he qixesi ap ApjC^ogy 
£?K fo^^e ttvit were ip th^t Communion ; «v^ 
X doubt not bqt he had his Friepd 9. T^ufn 
m his thq\;^^is v^hea he ifoke it : The pa^ 
iage is remarkable, aod therefore I yrVti £et it 
dowq, 



W Herein obierve firft (he o^Us lus M* 
fk to come, out ofBabyloii) a ^ain 
Argument that thece are many not only good 
Moral and Ctml> botttB Men there, but good 
Cbri^iaiis, not redeemed only, but in the po£- 

felEoa 



-ii2 The Ll¥E if 

fc0ion,ofthe Grace of our Lord Jcfiis Chflft'; 
'wl^ch may be confirmed by thcfc reafbns. 

FiT&y there is amongft thefe that are und«r 
the tyranny of the Romijb Babylon, the Sacra^ 
ment of entrance into the Covenant of Grace, 
Baftijmy by which thofe that are partakers 
•thereof are made Members ofChrifiy the Chitr 
dren ofGod^and Heirs of Eternal Life: And 
thele that have but thisSeal of God's Covenant, 
{wz. Infants) are no finall and contemptible 
part of God's pieople, though as yet, they can- 
not hear this Voice of Chrift calling out of 
Babylon \ befides this there is a publication of 
the tenure of the Cown^nt of Grace to fuch as 
are of years, though not {6 openly and pure^ 
]y as it might and ought, yet ib as the grounds 
if the Gatechifm are preached, Siri is ihewcd, 
Chrift's Redemption * (or theStory of it) is 
known. Faith in him is called for, and this 
Faith is by the Grace of God, wrought in 
Ibme: For the Word of God and his Calling 
is not fruitlefe, but like thef^^i/rreturneth not 
Sn vain ; and where trae Faith is, \ Men are 
trmjlated from death to life-, he that believeth 
in tbeSon^ hath everlafiing lifo. 

Some Men perhaps m^y object, the Faith' 
which they defcribe and call by this name of 
Catholick Faiiby is none other put fuch as the 
i>w//ir -may ha^c. ' : 

I aofwer, Religion is not Logick^ He tl^t 

cannot give a tme definition of the Soul, is not 

lor that, without a Soul ; £> he that defines 

Faith trulyj^ yet may have true Faith : 

Learned 

^ 3- 18. 36. J. 24. t John 3. mU. 



Sijbof BED E^LL. iij 

JLearnedDmnes are not all of accord touching 
the definition of it j but if (as by the whole 
ftream of the Scripture it Ihould feetn) it he a 
tru0 and ckaving unto God ; this Faith ma- 
ny there have, the Love of our J Lord Jefus 
Chrirt is wrought in many there; now he 
that loveth Chrift is loved ofhimi and of the 
Father alfoy and becaufe the proof of trac 
love toChrM: is th^ keeping tf his Sayings^there 
are good fVorks^ and according to the meafure 
of knowledge, great confcience of obedience. 
• Yea, will fome Men lay, But that which 
marrtth all is the Opinion oi merit and fatif^ 
faStion. Indeed that is the School DoBrine^ 
but the Confci^ce enllghtned to know it lelf^ 
will eafily ad: that part of the Publican, who 
fmote his BreaHy and faid^ God be merciful 
to me ajinner. I remember a good advice of 
one of that fide : Let other s{f?L\^ he) that harje 
committed feiv fins^ and done mar^ goad vjorkSy 
fatisfe for their fins : But whatfoeverthou dofty 
refer it to the Honour of God : So as whatfo-^ 
e^r good come from thee^ thou refolve to do it 
to fleafe God^ accounting thy works too little 
iojatisfie for thy fins : tor as fdr thy fins thou 
muff ofer'Chrih'sJTorkSj his Tains and ' 
fPinmdsj and his Death it fe^uhimy together 
with that Loroe of his out aj which he endured 
thefe things for thee. Theje are available for 
the fatrsfaamfor thy fins. But thou what-- 
foe^jer tbouJoffy or Jisjerefly afer it not for 
thy fins to God, bat for his loFoe and good t lea* 
furej mfbing t9 f^d the mare Grace with him; 
: . \ where'-' 

S John 14. 21,25* . • ' 



1^4 nel^lVE^ 

whereby tlmm^ft d^ ume^^revtxirafidmtrt 

0ecmabk W»rksh ham\ iHtht Lvat rfGM 
tbf» be to tbee the foufe rfiveUrUvwgy apd the 
iJefL ef weU-working;, Tfm be^ «qcI I doubt 
not; ^ n^^my there be on tl^it £4e that foU 
law this caui^ \ herewith I fhMl relate thq 
^pecdi of a wife an4 difc^cet Geptlero^, tt^ 
ifeigbbmr m England, who liv«d and 4i«d at, 
^^cufatft\ he demanded one time. What VfOS 
tbe "wmrli Of mm that we (9uU im^if to the 
Chwph edf kme'i It was 6id, There W4s mnf< 

. p(0re thtm this tf^wr merits ,• *jind that Car- 
dinal Bellanniiae n^t. tMbjf doth n^k^ld thmt b«| 
faith, we maytruB inthem^ ^ it be dome fin 
Ijer^y ; and faith, tj^iey defe)^ EternaiJ^ey 
H^t only ki refpeft 0(f Goers Protmiies and Co«c 
ifcBant, b«^t atfoja regard oitbeW'i^^ iffe^c 
'thereupon he anTweredj^ l^V^m^was a 
l^/f^dMapiy andcwH^erha^ defmdwhai* 
i» ivr$tebji Uamim -^ Imtfw kisfort ketmfirs 
led (A beptvedrnk^fhetiuraf tfbitl/trdamb 
Sa^iMX Jefus. Cbriity oftd as jor §»^ ff^prks. 
be W9t^ d» ail that bn tmd .* Et valeai^ 
^pumtvmvaUrep_0tU. 

To proceed : In 04; w»^ the (X>edieape <A 

• ^ome there- is. Perfecajtioq, and thatis a bette? 
vmk. of Cfarift's People, th») BiUartm^ 
Tenaporal> Felicity, iU chat will Kve eodijt 
iff Chriif Jefus (f^th the AlpfMt) ^/kou M^ 
ferfeKfefutim \ ye fi^aU be hotted cf alt jm 
jfir mf Nam'^ fah* (faith, okv SaYimu-) andi 
£> are all they oa tha^ fide tba^ eaetlifi fii^ciH 
^doQs than oti^^% or darc^icak of Kcdsd^ o^ 

abofes » 

^ JitS-f iff**. IS>. f.e^-7' 



Bif^ef B £ D fi 1 !Li ii^ 

&bu&s; yea, there is Martj/r^ fot a iSr^ 
6p|>ofing Mens Traditiot^ Imagt'H^orJbi^. 
pJerS) ^vrgatbry^ atid the like* 

Add, That in dbediedce to this call ofCAr^; 
there do fame cmm daifyfrmn tbenee\ and id 
truth how could our Savhur call bis^e^ 
froin ttmte if he had node there ? H6w coiilct 
the Apofties fay that JbfticlxriHt fiom whoici 
i^ptivity they are csMtiAy JbiM J^ mthe TefKfld 
4f Cody (fince that ierifalm is filially and ato 
tetiy defolated) unlefi the lahle Apoftle other- 
vrhere declarii^ hiniielfi had fhewed us h«. 
meaning, that thcChurcbitthe Bnfe ^Gtit 
And again, ye are the * TWffip/f if the Rving 
God, and the Temple of Cod is Hol^, whicA 
ttre ye* It will be iaid that there are on thai: 
fide many grols errors f maiiyopen Idolatries^ 
and Superftitions, ib a» thole which live diere 
muft needs be either partakers of them, aacl 
like minded, or elfe very BjfocrHes, But, 
Iriany errors and much ignorance, fi) it be not 
afieded,may ftandwith true Faith in Chrift; 
and when there is true Contrition for one fin| ' 
(that \&, hcaufe H dij^afeth God) there is » 
general and implicit repentance for all m* 
known Jins. God's Proyidence in the general . 
rcfvolt of the ten Tribes, when £fi«xmoughc 
himielf left alone, had teCaivedfi-ven thoulandf ' 
f that kad ncft bowed to the Image of Baal: 
And the like inay be conceived here, fince o« 
Ipeckdly, th(i Idolatry palled under the obe- 
dience of Myftkal Babylony is rather in falie 
and wiU'Worihip of the true God, and rather ' 

COBV* 
* I Tim J. ij. + I Kings 19. iS. 



i^6 . ni'LlFE if 

commended^ w profitable, thaii enjoined as 
ablblutely rieceffary, and the corruptions there 
maintained are rather in z fuperftuous addition 
than retraSiim in any thing neceffafy to lal-^ 
tation. 

\ Nf either let that hard tetni of Hyper ijy be 
ufed of the infirmity, and fomctinie, of hum- 
ble and peaceable carriage of fome that op^ 
pofe not comftion errors, nor wreftle with the 
greater part of Men, but do follow the Mul- 
titude, referring a right knowledge to them«a" 
felves : and fbmetimes, (by thefavouf w^ich 
God gives them to firid where they live,) olv 
^in better conditions than othefs Can. We 
call not John the beloved Difciple an hypo-* 
€rite,beciulehe was * known to the HighTrieJf^ 
athd could procure Teter to be Idt to fee the 
arraignment of 6ur Saviout : nor call we ^ef 
ter hfmfelf one that for y?^^/^ dcriied him' ; mucfe 
lefi Daniel ztid his compariiprts ; that by Suit, 
obtained of Metz^ar their keeper that they 
might f fee J upon Tulfe^and not be defiled with 
the King ^ Babel' j meat^ and thefe knew 
themfelVes to be Caftms in. Babel. But iri 
the new Babel how many thoufahds do we 
think there are that think otherwife; that 
they arc iii the true Catholic k Church of Godj \ 
the name whereof this ^^r^r hath ufurped^ 
And although they acknowledge that whercf 
they live there ire many abufes,^ and that the 
Church hath need of reformation'^ yet there 
they were born, and that they may not aban^^ 
dm their Mother in her ftcknefS. Thofe that 

COflK 
* JoW i8. 15, itf. t ^^n- *• ^' ^^ *^ 



Bijbof BEDELL. 117 

tgriiverfc more inwardly with Men of Confci- 
cnce^ on thiat fide, do know that thefe arc 
ipecches in fecrei j which how they will be 
jiiiftified againft thextommand? oiC\\tiSiy("come 
out of her^ my people J belongs to another place 
to confiden For the purpofe we have now in- 
hand, I dare riot but account thefe the people 
of God, though liiey live very dangerouJly 
under the captivity of Baiylon^ as did Da^ 
nsely Mordecaiy Ibftery Nehemiah and Ezra^ 
and many Jews more, notwithftanding both 
<7vr«/s Commiffion, and the Prophets com-^ 
mand to def)art. . 

This point may give ibme light in a ^uef^ 
tlon that is oh foot among learned and good 
Men at this day. Whether the Church ofKomt 
be a true Church or nol wher^ I.tiiinfc furely 
if the matter be rightly declared, for the 
terms there will remain no queftion. As thus^ 
\ihethei: Babylon pretending to be the Churchi 
of 'Romcy yea the Catholick Churchy be fo oc 
not? otthxs^Whetherthefeofle of Christ that, 
are under that Capiwty be a truf Church or, 
hqI cither of both ways if declared in thefe 
terms, the mattdr wjU foon be refojvcd. \ 
* Except fomeMan will .perhaps ftill olyeitl 
Though there be a people of God, ^ yet thcy- 
cari be no true ' Church, for they have nd^ 
Priefthood wfai<^h is neccffary to the Conftitu- 
tiori of a Chureh, as S- Cyfrian defcribes it, f , 
S^lebs Sacerdoti adunata^ people joined tatheii^ 
Prieft : They have no Priefthood, being by thc^ 
very form of their Ordination, Sacrifcers jor 
the quick and the dead. * I aor'- 



nt fit LtVE if 

^ I arii^d-; under eotreftion of betfe^ jodg* 
ihentB, they nave the Miniftry of ReconciU* 
itim by thfe GbintniiaiQti ^bkh k given at 
tiieif Ofditfatidii ; being the &me which out 
Saviour left in his Ghurch, f fh^ fins ^ 
ftmit^ th^ art yieatinn/, wheftjms ye re^ 

A« for the ©ther power to facrifwe, if it bd 

kny otherwlfe th^ the cdebrilting die CIm* 

itfemifnaim of Chrift^s Sacrifice Ohc6 btEircd 

upOii the Gtofs, It i6 no part of the Priefthood 

or Miiiiftty.&f the iiew Teftameiit, but nfit^ 

perfluous additibn thereunto,, which yet ytoiktt 

eth hot tb the dbftn^ftion of that which is 

lawfully coftferftd otherwlfe; This Dodriiict 

1 kndw dot how it cah o^d any^ udlefi it be 

in being too Gbm-itaiUf and that I am £irc is 

A good £iultj and ferves well for a. lure Mar A 

tf ChHfi*s dheep) ani^ fhay havt a very goocl 

operation td h^lfj Chrift's people out of Babel i 

By this, faith he^ §paUMek hmo that ^ 

art ff^DffifpkSj ifj/eha^e Charity ene to auto* 

ther. Bat th^ tdl tis BeretickSf Af^crtantSf 

t>egSy ^. and periecute us ^ith mof e dead* 

h hatred than' Jews and Turks j yea^ this is 

Bahyhnj arid perhaps ibm6 of God's People 

ih it that ard mifinformed of us. I'hus did Sdut 

fbr a while, yet a chofen ^0 to beat Chrift's 

Namd over fhb World. But let Us maintain 

our Charity to them, as we are wont tor bear 

with the Weaknelis of our Frierds of Children^ 

vHien in h&t Fevers or Phrenfies^they mi&kl as< 

1^ us retnember if they be Chriffi ^eopie^ 

Ifow little /^/^y^fbeverthey be to us, diej muf^ 

'^^onr MffuedBrethrenizad this of the Pcrfons^ 

'^' tjoh. 20, ij,- $Joh. 13.35. Tl* 



itpi^ BEDELL. 115 

*Fo liiis I fliall add the conclufioil of that 
excellent Sermon in whieh there is fuchamix^ 
tureboth of ferious Piety ind <jf ah Undiffemb- 
led fincerity, that I hope the Reader wUlnot 
be di^eafed with me for laying it in his way^ 



NOW Ihould I idonie M the Motives from 
the Dangir ttf firi, and ofpaf taking id 
panifliment. But the handling of thefii 
would require a long time^ let m? rather make 
ibme Affile ation of that ^hich hath beeh faid 
already. And Firft arid moft properly to 
thofe that this SCriptiire moft concerns and is 
dircded unto : The Teofle of God holden in the 
Caplvity of the Roman Babylorl: But ala^ 
they are not here, for this hone fart of their 
Captivity, that they are kept, not only froni 
hearing the voice of the Servants of Chrift, oi 
of S. Johnifbc beloved Difciple,b(it of himfetf 
/peaking bete frm Heaven , and fince they are 
fo cohtented, what remedy may there bcf for 
thofe that are thus bewitched, unlefS yod 
(^ My L. Ls and Brethren J Will b^edhtcnted 
to become faithful Feofees ifi triiftj to cdiivey 
this voice and Meffageof Chrift untd them: 
and by my requeft yoil ftiall be pleafed to do 
it, with a grefat deal of Lovd * As this Tre^ 
Jident 6i out L<5rd Kimfelf doth lead you as to' 
Brethren^ and, as you hope, faithful Teople^ 
loth to fin agaiaft hiih, and defirous to plcafe 
him iri all things. Tell them theh, that it is 
acknowledged by theii' own Dodors* That 
Biom h Babylon^ and it is averred, That tins' 

K i/ 



i30 He LtVE of 

4s the frefent Tafal Mtmarcbyj thai out of 
this tiicy muft depart by the Commands of our 
JJrdJefm CbriB'$ own Voice, under pain of 
ieing jacceflkr jr to all her Sins^ ^nd lyaMe to 
all her punift mcnts : wijb them to ufc the Li- 
berty to read the Holy Serif ture^ and to come 
but of the blind Obedience of Mens Precepts 
f^nd Tj^aditionsi be plcafed po tell them for- 
/t^er,. that -Qthj^s may hgve feme ^oioiir of 
^pxciife,; that JiTC in fuch places where they may 
^t ^ifiover tbemfelves without dMtger of the 
io^ of their <5ood^^ Honour or Life; they 
^ay do it here, not only with faffty but with 
Jleput^tioa and Profit: Intre^t them to be- 
ware left they ojakethemfelireg extreatoly nil- 
pafeie, 0ot oqiy of partaking with the former 
Jjol^triefy Exforttons^ Mafoffe^y Towder^ 
yreafonsy nod iTiw^-killings of tbit bloody 
City, butthenewdeteftaWeDoifltrines, Dero^ 
gatory to the hkodof Chriif^ Virhieh moderate 
Men even of her own Subjc^s deleft: Bat 
which (he, for fear it ihouid di^ontent her 
pw/i Creatures^ and devoted Darlings will not 
difavow ; O if they would fear the plagues of 
SaiyloHy and that of ail others the fea^left, 
* BlindneJS of mindy and firong delufams to be-^ 
lieve Lyesy that they may be damped that be^ 
Jievednot the Truthy fmt had fkafure in un^ 
rigbteaufnejl But you hope better things of 
ti^, accompanying Safvatkm \ asd this Me£- 
iage of our Lord Jelus €hrift, if you will be 
pleafed to deliver, accompanying it with thbfc 
general and common goods of Charity and 

Meely 



.ftf/&^ BEDELL. 131 

Miehiefi, Integrity^ gtnod Example^ and the 
fpecial furtherance, which your Callings and 
Places in State, Chutxrb or Family can give 
it, doubtlefs tp Chrift*< people it will not be 
uniteflfeftual. 

Bkffed be God that hath long ago ftirred up 
the * Spirits of our Princes, like O^rus^ to 
give liberty to God's People f to go out of 
Babylon, and to give large Patehts, with Doh 
rius^ ami jirtaxerxeSy for the building of the 
Temple, and eftabliftiing the Service of God. 

And bleffed be God, and his Majefty that 
bath fcrit us another Nehemia^^ to build up the 
Walls of Jerufalem, and to procure that the 
¥$rtwh of the Ltvites Ihould be given them<. 
Give me leave )j (Bight Honourable) to put 
you in mind, That this alfo belongeth to 
your Care, to co-operate with CJirift in bring- 
ing his People Out of the RcmiP' Captivity* 
And if to help away ^ poor Captive out of 
Turkey hath been honourable to (ome publicfc 
Minifters; What ftiall. it bit to help to the 
enUrglng of . fo many thoufaod Souls out 
of the bondage of NJens Traditions, and gain-* 
ing to his Majefty £b many entire iSubjcfts. 
Your wiCiom (my Lord J is fuch as it needeth 
not to be adviled; aridyoiir^if/as it needeth 
not to be ftirred up; Yet pardon me one word, 
for the piirpoJCs of helping Chr ift's People ou;c 
of Babylon. 

They ate called by himfelfofteti ia Scrip* 
ture. His Sheep ; and verily, as in many other, 
fo in this they are like to Sheepj which be- 

K a ing 

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ill neZlFE of. 

ing eoop'd up in a narrow . Pent, though thejr 
find fome preflurc, and the Faflage be fet o-^: 
pen^ are not forward to come out ; unleis they 
be put on, but ftrain Courtelie, which fliould 
begin \ yet when they are once out with a^^-f 
^«/ ftisk they exult in their Freedom, yea, and 
w;heti a few of the fofcmoft lead, the reftfol-^ 
low; Ifhall rtot need to make Application: 
X)o\ according to your wifiiom in your place, 
andChrift wbofe Work it i$ Ihallbe with you^ 
arid fvirth^r your endeavours- 

The like I £ay uqto you the *ciflf of my 
Lords^ Fathers and Brethren^ help your 
ifricnds, FoIIqwcbs, and Tenants out of Ba-^ 
b^hh^ . what ydu may in your places ; you 
have the Examplee^of Jhraham^JoJhua^Cor^ 
mlius\ praifed in Scripture for propagating the 
Knowledge aqdFear of God in their Families 
;md<3omn>ands, with the report of God's accept- 
iog it^ aod rewad:ding it, and this to theufe 
ijf others. .,.''". 

But Ihall you ndt isariy away ifomcthingyJw^ 
yourfehes alf§\ yes verily^ t^k&toyourjehes 
this Voice x>i our Saviour^ Come out of Baby^ 
IpA; you will fay we have done k already^ 
ffod be thanked we are good Chriftians^ good 
Tf^efiantSy fome of us Preachers and that calf 
upon others to come out i^^Babylon: *But if S. 
JW/ prayed tte conrverted Corinthians to be 
reconciled to God j And S. John writing to Bo- 
jUevers, fets down the Record of God touch- 
ing his Son, f That they might believe in 
the' Name of the Son of God:, Why may 
not I exhort in Ghrift's Name and Words, 

^ t Cor. 5^. a. • f I Jdbn j'. 13.. CV^» 



BEDElL. i^^. 

cf^cn diofe that arc 'come out of Baiykn^ to 
come out of her. ^i nimet ut facias^ k'c/ 
He that pcrfwades another^ to that which he 
doth already, ia perfwadfng cncJourageth him, , 
and puts him on in his performance ; but if 
there be any yet unreiblved, and halting pr 
hanging between two, (as the People did in 
EXtaf time) * that prefent their Bodies at fuch 
meetings as this is, when their hearts are per- 
haps it Rcme^ or no where; If any are in 
ibme points rightly informed and cleared, and 
in others doubtfial, to liich Chrift fpeaks, C^/sr^ 
mt of her ^ my ftafle^ prefs on by Prayer, 
Conference, Reading, (if Chrift's Voice be to 
be heard) li Rome be Babylon^ Cki/ae out of 
her. 

And let it be ipoken \yitK as little oflfencc 
as it is delight : We that- fcem to be the for- 
wardeft in Reformation^ are not yet {o como 
out of BalyUmj as that we have not many 
fiiameful badges of her Captivity, witn^fe her 
Impropriations^ being indeed plain Gh»rch^^ob^ 
beries^ devifed to maifitain her Colonies of idle 
and irregular regulars ; idle to the Church 
and State, zealous and pragmatical to fup^. 
port and defend her power, pomp, and pride, 
by whom they fubfifeed : Witnefi her Dif^ ' 
penfatioHSy or difOpations rather, of all Gano^ 
hical Orders ; bearing down all 'with her Non 
obfiantey h^ Symbniacal and Sacrilegious Ve- 
nality of holy things, her manifold Extortions 
in the exercife of Ecclejiaftical Jurijdi6ii€^y 
which we have not wholly baniftied : LctcacI^ 
' ...... .^3 .,- •.. .Pf 

^ I Kings iS.. ai. , ^ 



154 755^ L I F E (jf 

^f us therefore accouat it Mfpoken tohimfelf,; 

In this Journey let us not troabk andcaft 
Jtimhling bheh befoce God's people, that are. 
ready to ,come out ^ or hmder one another with r 
Diffentims in matters eitbec inexpiicabie> or 
tv^ofitabk : <Let it have ibme pardon, if iomc 
be eyen ib forward ki flying from BabyloHy aa 
they U^xtogi^ hacky to tsirke theii own Goods 
for hafle;. and let it not be blamed or uncha- 
ritably cenforedjif fome come in the Rear, * 
and would leave none, of Chrift'p people behind 
them: No man reacheth his hand to another 
wjaom he would lift out of a Ditch, but he 
fiaofst& him. Our ei\ds iminediate are not the 
fame, but yet they meet in one final intenti- 
ovk\ The ene hatesl^jlony and th other hves 
andptks Chris's Te^fe : The one believes the: 
Jfigehh^t c^&theMtlfime intO'the Sea^y in the 
end of this Chapter, with th»t Word {Ji^Jball 
Babylon rife m mere.) The Uher fears the 
threatning of our Saviour 3g.ainft fuch as fcari- 
dalize any of the httk ones beliewf^ in hinty 
that it is better for fuch a one to have a Mil^ 
fione hanged vpn hisneck^ and be cafi into the 
Se'U himjelf. 

. Finally, let us asll befeech our I^ord Jefus 
ChfiSi to give us fVifdom and opportunity to 
further his work, and to giy tjuccefi unto 
the. faxpe himielf,. to hafien the Judgment 
of Babylon, to briiig his people out of this 
bondage, that we with them and all his Saints 
^ ..^ .^ . ^ - in 

* JEf qui fmMus MffAuUnt, mi /unirelhtptefidj. S. Aug. in E* 
^ofc J Joh.Tn€t, 5, 



mjhtf BEDELi, 135 

ye^ the Cfamrh Trnmfhtmty may thereupon 
* fif^ a joyful Halleli^by as is exjprefled in th^ 
«cxt Chapter, 

Sahatitn, and Hmtm", and Glory ^ and 
^QfMt, he unt9 the l,ORD Mr QO />, 

Amen,. 

Hallelujah, 

He jprouiicd Tcry crfccn In hig Epficopal 
habit, but not alx^ray8, and tife4 itfeldom in 
the Afternoon ; nor did he love th^ Pomp of 
^ Qairey ilor kftnimetital Mufick ; which he 
thought filled the Ear with todmuph pleafure^ 
aad earned away the iwnd from the ierk>a» 
attention to the matter, which h indeed the^ 
ftiging with Grade in the Heart, and the m^ 
ward meiddy with which God i$ chiefly pleaiP 
ed. And when another Bifliop juftifled thefe 
things, becawfe th^y lerved mach to raiie tho 
Aff^ions, be anfwere<$, that in order to the 
raifingthe A£fedions^tbofe things that tended 
t6 edification ought only to be ufed: And 
though it would bebafd oth^wife to make 
ftopK J for Upon the laiAc pretence an infinity of 
Rites might be brought in. And the ien& her 
bad of th^ excefies of fuperftition, ifota what ho 
bad obferved during his long ftay in Itaiy^ 
made him judge it neocff^ty to w^tdi carefully- 
ggainft the bteinnings of that dile^fe, which 19 
like a green Sicknefe io Rdigjon. He never 
ufe4 iiie Common Pay^ in his family ; for' 
bcthDii^ |t was intended tb be the folcanri 
Worfliip of Chriftians in thdr-pi^bHck Affem^ 
•^^lilatt. 18. (^. K 4 blics, 



136 The ILllfH of 

Idies, and that it was not fb propcf for pri- 
vate Families. He was fo exa/ft.an obfervcr 
of Ecclefiaftical Rules, that he would per^ 
form no part of his Funftion out of his own 
Pioceis, without obtaining the Ordinary's 
leave for it; ; fo that being in Dphlin^ wherx 
nis Wife's Daughter was to be married to Mr, 
Ciogy^ (that is much mdre the Author of this( 
Book than I am) and they both defired to be 
blefs'd by him, he would not do it till he firft 
took put a Licence for it in the:Archhiihppof 
Dublin's Confiftory. 

So far I have profecutedthe Relation, of his 
moft exemplary diicharge of his Epifcopal 
Funftion; referving what, is more pcrfonal 
and particular to the end where I fhall. give 
his Charafter, I now come, to the conclufion 
of his liffsi, which was indeed fuitable to all that 
had gone before, But here I muft open one of 
the blpodieft Scenes, that the Sun ever ftione 
uppn,aad reprefenta Nation all covered with 
!Blood, that was in foil Peace, under no fears 
nor apprehenfions,. enjoying great plenty^, and 
qnder an eafy Yoke, under no oppreffion in ci- 
vil matters, nor perfecution upon the account 
of Religion: Fpr the Biftiops and Priefts of 
the Raman Communion enjoyed not only an 
impuaity, but were almqft as publick in the 
ufeof their Religion, as others were in that 
\vh ich was eftabliihed by . Law j fo that they 
wanted npthing but Empire, and. ^ power :ta 
-^-ftroy all that dij@rered from them. And yet 
i/uddeq this happy Land was turned to be. 
Mof Blood. Their Bii(hopsrefolvcd,in one 



Eijh^ B E D E L L. i^j 

f^articular to fulfil the Obligation of the Oath 
they took at their Confecration o{ ferfecuting 
all Hereticks to the utmoH of thetr ^awer ; 
and their Priefts, that had their Breeding in 
S^aiUy had brought over from thence the tru« 
Spirit of their Religion, which is ever breath- 
ing cruelty, together with a tinfturc of the 
Sfanijb temper, that had appeared in the con- 
queft of the WeSi^Indies^ and lb they thought 
a Maflacre was the fureft way to work, and 
intended that the Natives of Ireland^ (hould 
vie with the Spaniards for what they had done 
in America. 

The Conjunfture leemed favourable, for 
the whole Ifle of Britain was {o imbroiled, 
that they reckoned they Ihould be able to 
mafter Ire land j before any Forces could be 
fcnt over to check the progrefs of their butche- 
ry. The Earl of Strafford had left Ireland 
fome confidcrable time before this. The Par- 
liament of Englafid^ ^yn,s rifing very high a- 
gainft the King; s|P though the King was 
then gone to Scotland^ j|^was rather for a pre- 
fent quieting of things apt he gave up aU to 
them, than that he gaiii3^them to his Service. 
So they laid hold of tHis xonjundure, to in- 
fufe it into the People, Tb^t this was the pro- 
pier time for them to recover their ancient Li- 
berty, and ftiake off tlJtEngliJh Yoke, and to 
pofleft them^ves of tibofe Jtiltates, that had 
belonged to their Anceftors: And to fuch as 
had fome rcfts of Duty to the King it wks gi- 
ven out. That what they were about was war- 
ranted by his Authority, and fot his Servicer 

A Seal 



138 nel^ITEif 

A Seal wascut ffom another Charter, and put 
to a forged Gommiffiony giving warrant to 
what they were going about. And becaufc 
the King was them in Scotla»dy they made 
»fe of a Scotch St^\. They alfo pretended 
that the Parliaments of both Kingdoms being 
either in Rebellion againft the King, or, very 
near it. That tho Englijh of /rr/(fir5 would be 
generally in the intereftof the EnglifbYzxli^ 
xnent^ fo that it w^s faid, That they could 
not lerve the Kii^ better than by making 
themfelves Maftets in IreloHdy and then de^ 
daring for the King againft his other lefaeUit 
oat Subjeds^ 

Thefc things took unircrfally with the whole 
Nation ; and the Confpiracy was cemented 
by many Oaths aiKi Sacraments, andin con^ 
ckifion all things were found tobcfo ripe that 
ijx day was fct in which they ftiould tycty 
where break out; and the Caftle i£ Dublin 
beiqg then as wdl flared with, a great Maga-^ 
aine, which the Earl o{ Stra^ordhixd laid up 
for the Army^ that, he intended, to have car-* 
lied into ScQtlandy had not the Pacification 
prevented it^ as it was weakly kept by a few 
catekfe Warders?; who mi^lit have been eafi^ 
ly furprized : It was rcfdvcd that they flioald 
&ize on it^ which would have furmfhed thtni 
with Arm!s and Ammunitittn^ and have pcit 
the Metropolis^ and very probably the whole 
Ifland in their hands. But, th6ugh this was 
£> well laid, that die execution conld not have 
^ifs'd> in all human appfeararicc ; add though 

was kept fo fecret^ that there was not the 

leaft 



Biftw^ BEDELL. isp 

leaft fiiipicion of any defign on foot^ till the 
Night before, and then one that was among 
the chief of the managers oS it, out of kipd- 
neis to an Irijbmany that was become a Pro- 
teftant, communicated the Proje^ to him : 
The odier went and difcovered it to the Lords 
Juftices^ and by this means not only the Cat 
tie of Dublin was prelervcd, but in cffed /re- 
land was favcd. For in Dublin there was both 
a ihelter for ^ch as were ftript and turned out 
of all they had, to fly to, and a place of ren- 
dezvous, where they that eicapcd before the 
florm had reached to them, met to confult a- 
bout their prefervatioa But tho' Dublin was 
thus fecural, the reft of the Englijb and Scotch 
in Ireland^ particularly in Ulftefj fell into the 
hands of thoie mercilefs Men, who reckoned 
it no Imall piece of mercy, when they ftript 
people naked, and let them go with theix 
lives. But the vafl: numbers that were butch- 
ered by them, which one of their own Wri- 
ters in a Diicourfe that he printed fome years 
after, in order to the animating them to go oa^ 
boafis to have exceeded two hundred thou- 
land, and the barbarous cruelties they uied in 
murthering them, are things of fo dreadful a 
nature, that I cannot eafily go on with io dif- 
mal a Narrative, but muft leave it to the His- 
torians, I fliail iay no more of it than what 
concerns our Bifliop : It may be eafily imagin- 
ed how much he was ftruck with that fearfol 
ftorm, that was breaking on every hand of 
him, though it did not yet break in upon him 
felC There feemed to be a &cret guard let 

about 



I40 • neLIFtof 

aboat his Houfe : For though there was no- 
thing but Fire, Blood and Defolation round 
about him, yet the Irijb were fo reftrained, as 
by fbme hidden power, that they did him no 
harm for many Weeks : His Houfe was in 
no condition to make any refiftance, fo that 
it was not any apprehcnfion of thcoppofitiod 
that might be made them, that bound them 
up. Great numbers of his Neighbours had 
alfo fled to him for (belter : He received all 
that came, and Ihared every thing he had fo 
with them, that all things were common a-^ 
mong them ^ and now that they had nothipg 
to expeft from M^n, he invited them all to 
turn with him to God, and to prepare for that 
death, which they had reafon to look for eve- 
ry day ; fo that they fpent their time in Pray- 
ers and Fafting, which laft was now like to 
be impofed on them by ncGeffity. The RebeU 
cxprefled their efteem for him in fuch a manner 
that he had reafon to afcribe it wholly to that* 
over-ruling power, that ftills the raging of the 
Seas, and the tumult of the people ^ they 
leemed to be overcome with his exemplary con- 
verlation among them, and with the tender- 
nels and charity that he had upon all occafi- 
ons exprefled for them, and they often faid, 
He (hould be the laft Englipman that fhould 
be put out oi Ireland. He was the only Eng-- 
Ttpman in the whole County oiCavan^ that 
was fuffered to live in his own Houfe without 
difturbance ; not only his Houfe, and all the 

^t-Buildings, but the Church and Church- - 
-d w^re full of people; and many thai a 

few 



Bijh^ BEDELL. 14* 

&w days before liyed m great eaie and much 
plenty, were now glad of a heap of Straw oj 
Hay to lie upon^ apd of fbme boiled Wheat; 
to ftipport Nature ; and were every day ex- 
pefting when thofe Swdrds, that had, accord^, 
ing to the Prophetick Phra^, drunk i^fomwh 
Bktid^ Ihould likewife be fatiated with theirs; 
They did now eat the Bread of Sorrow, and 
mingled their Cups with their Tears. The 
Biihop continued to encourage them to truft 
in God, and in order to that he preached to 
them the firft Lord's Day after this terrible 
calamity had brought them about him, on^the 
Third Pfalm, which was penned by David 
when there was a general infurredion of the 
people againft him under his unnatural Son 
Abfdom ; and he applied it all to their condi- 
tion. He had a doleful Affembly before him, 
aji Auditory aU melting in Tears : It requires 
a Soul of an equal, elevation to his, to ima- 
gine how he raifed up their Spirits, when he 
ipake to thefe Words, But thou^ O Lordj art 
a Shield for me^ my glory y and the lifter u^ 
of my Headi 1 laid me down andjl^t : la^ 
wakedy for the Lord fuflained me. iwill not 
be afraid of ten thoujands ofthefeofle^ that 
han)e fet tbemfehes againSi me^ round about • 
And to theconclufion of the Pfalm, Sahation 
belongeth unto the Lord : Thy Blejfing is upon 
thy feople. The; next Lord's Day, hearing of 
theScoffings, as well as the Cruelty, of the 
Irijhy he preached on thefe Words in Micahy 
Be Joyce not againfi me^ O mine enemy : when 
1 fall J fb all rife \ when I fit in darknefs^ the 

Lord 



Urijhall hi a tight unto me. I will bear the 
tndign^ion dftbe Lordy be^amfe I han^ finned 
againft himy until he {lead my caufty andex^ 
ecute judgment far me : he will bring me fart h 
t$ the light y and I Jhall behold his righteoufaefs* 
Thence that is wine enemy /ball fee ity and 
fiame jhall cigrjer her which fatd unto miy Pf^here 
is the Lord thy God. By thcfe means, and 
riirough the blcffing of God upon them, they 
encouraged themfelves in God, and were pre- 
pared for the worft that their Enemies could 
do to them. 

* Hie Irijh thcmfelves were at a ftand : The 
milcarriagc of the dcfign on Dublin Caftle was 
^ fad di&ppointment : Thef were unarmed, 
they had no Treafore, no Fleet, nor Foreign 
Support J and though there, were ibme good 
Officers among them, yet they found the Sol- 
diers to be as cowardly as the Englijh Inhabi- 
tants felt them to be cruel : For as thofe two 
Charafters are oblerved generally to meet in 
the fame perlbn ; fo it was very vifible upon 
this occafion, fince a very finall Body of good 
Men^ could have gone over thd whole King- 
dom, and have reduced it in fewer Months 
than it coft Years. Their chief hope was, the 
only thing in which they wern: not diiappoint- 
cd, That the Difputes between the King and 
the Parliament 6i Englandy would make Sup- 
plies come over fo flow, that th^ might 
thereby gain much time 5 and in conclufion 
they might hope for a more favourable con- 
jundure. Thole of the County of C^yvan 
feemed to iee their erro^ and apprehend their 

\ danger ^ 



Bijhf BEDELL. 145 

dang«; ib they came to theBifliop, as the 
fitteft Man to interpofe for tbem ; he was ytil^ 
ling to obitge thofe on the one hand, at whofe 
iBercy he was, aiftd on the other hand to brioc 
them to fadi a iufoimflkmy as might at kaft 
procure fome breathing time to the poor £j^* 
lijh^ and to thofe few Houfcs that ftood out^ 
but -were fiiUing within doors under an enemy 
that was ffidre irrefiftifele than the Irtfij : For 
they were much ftrakned, their ProviCons 
failing them. The Petition, that they figned 
and fcnt wp to the Lords Jufttccs and the 
Council, was too well penned to come firom 
thofe dtat iibt their hands to ic It was drawn 
•by the Biihop, who put their matter in his own 
Wo«lsj therefore I ihaliinfertit here, though 
it gires the beft colours to their Rebellion of 
any of all their Papers that I erer faw* 



To the Right Honourable the Lords Juffices 
andCouncUy 

The humble Remonftrance of the Gentry and 
' Commonalty of* the County of Cavan^ of 
their Gdlevances common with other jwjta 
^ of diis Kingdom <^i Ireland. 

WBereas we^ his Maje/ffs loyal Subje^ 
<fhis Highnefs's Kingdom ^Ireland, 
have of long time groaned under many grievous 
fref^fSy occafioned by the rigorous Gor^ern-' 
ment ^fuch f laced truer us^ as reffe^ed more 
the advancement of their own private Fortunes^ 

than 



144 m LIFE of 

than the Henaur of his Majefly^ or the welfarl 

of us his Suifje£fs ; whereof we in humble man^ 

ner declared bur felves to his Highnefs by our 

Agents fent from the Parliaments the refre-' 

fentative Body of this Kingdom i Notw'ah^ 

fianding whifhy we find our felves of late 

thfeatned with far greater ana more grievous 

Vexations s either with eapivitjf of our Con-^ 

ffiences^ our lofing of our lawful Idberties^ or 

utter exfulfion from our Native Seats^ without 

any jufi ground given on ourfarts^ to alter his 

Majejtysgoodnefsfo long continued unto us ; of* 

all which we find great caufe of fears in the Pro^ 

ceeding of our neighbour Nationsy and m fee 

it already attemfted ufon ky certain Tetitio^ 

ner s for the like courfe to be taken in this Kingi^ 

dom, for the ejfe0ing thereof in a con^lfory 

way^ fo as rumours have caufed fears oflnva^ 

fionfrom other farts^ to the dipping the bond 

ef mutual agreement y which hitherto hath been 

held inviolable between the fever al Subje£ls of 

this Kingdom \ and whereby all other his Ma^ 

jefiys Dominions have been link'd in one. For 

the fr eventing therefore offuch Elfils growing 

laon us in this Kingdom ; we. have^ for the fre^ 

fervdtion of his majefiy's Honour ^ and our own 

Libertiesy thought fit to take into our Hands^ 

far his Highneps Ufe and Service^ fuch Forts 

and other paces ofStren^hy as comtng into the 

foffejion pothers might f rove difadoantagiousy 

and tend to the utter, undoing the Kingdof^ 

jSnd we do hereby declare^ that herein we barr 

hour not the leap thought of dijloyaky towards 

his Majefiy^ or $urpje any hurt to any ofhi$ 

ligh^ 



Bijbap S E l!) fe 1 1. 't4s 

tti^hnef/s $ubj€6fs in thtir Tb^ejfion^ Go^ or 
Liberty : Only we defire that ymt Lordjhip 
Will be f leafed to make remimftrance to his Ma^ 
je^y^ far us^ of all our Grienianceij and juSi 
Fearsy that they may bererHwid^ andfuch a 
ctmrfe fettled by the advice of the Parliament of 
Ireland^ whereby the Libirty of our Gonfciences 
may be fecured unib «x, and we eafed of other 
Burthens in Civil Government. Ai for thi 
inifchiefs and inconveniences that ha'tie already 
happened through the diforder of the comtnon 
Jort offeopky againft the Englifh Inhabitants^ 
or any other \ We with the Noblemen^ and 
Gentlemen^ andfuch others of the fever al Coun^ 
ties rfthis Kingdomy are m&0 willing andrea^ 
dytoufe our and their bisi endeavours in cauf^ 
ing refiitutibn and fatisfaStion to be made as 
in part nve have already dime. 

An dnfwer hereunto is moSi humbly deftridi 
"mith fuch prefent expedition as ma^ by your 
Ljordjhips be thought moB convenientfor avoid-^ 
ing the inconvenience of the barbaroufnefs and 
uncivility of the Commonalty ^ who have coin^ 
fnittedma^ outrages without any order^ con^ 
fentingy or privity ^ours. Ail which we kav^ 
tojiour Lordjhips moSi grave fhfdomi 

Arid ive (hall humbly jtrifit^c^ 

iut tiiis e'aiiic to hothihg : While thcfe 
things were in agitation^ the titular Bilhop of 
Kilmore came to Cavan j his name was Swi^^ 
Hiy^ h(i was lifee his name, for he often wal-^ 
iowed in his ovvri ydniit.* He hiid a Brother^ 
I4 whom 



146. ne LIFE of 

\iv horn the Bifliop had converted, and had eiv 
tertained him in his Houfe, till he found out 
a way of fubfiftencc for him. He pretended 
that he canje only to proteft the Bilbop, fo he 
defiled to be admitted to lodge in his Houfcy 
and affurcd hini that he would prefer ve him^ 
But the Biftiop hearing of this, writ the fol- 
lowing Letter in Latin , to him *^ which will 
be found jit the * end of this Book,* and is in** 
deed a ftile fit for one of the moft eloquent of 
the Raman Authors. Here I fhall give a 
Tranflation of it k Englijtt. 



' Reverend Brother, 

I AM fenfible 'tif^d^r cMltt^ in (tiering t& 
friiUB me by ^our fr'ijeuce in the midji of 
this tumult ; anau^on the like occafion I would 
not be wanting to do the like charitable office 
id_^GU ': But thire are many things that hinder 
me from making ufe of the fa'-jour you now of 
fer mt My Houfe is fir ait ^ and there is a 
great number m mferable fecfk of all 
ranks, ages, and of bofh fexes, that havepd 
hither as to a Sanfluary'\ befides that fome of 
them' are Jick, amifUg whom my mtm Son is mtfi 
But that which is beyond all the reft, is the 
difference of our way bfwor/bip : I do not fay 
f^four Religion J for I have ever thought y ^nd 
ha'a'e fubUJhed it in my Pf^ritings, that we have 
one common Chrifiian Religion. Under' our fre*- 
tent miferies we comfort our felvfs with the 
^ding of the Hoty Scripures, vitb daily 
" fray erf, 

Sie at the tfnd, Numb. 4" ""^ , 



^ruythj which we offer vf toQedin our'^ul^ 
gar Tongue^ and with the fining af.Tfalms\ 
nndjince we find fo littk truth i$nmng MWj we 
rely m the truth ofGod^ and m his affifiance. 
Thefie things would offekdyimr cof^dny^ if not 
yourfelf:^ nor cmdd others l^ hmdered^ who 
would fretendtkat they came fojeiyoui if y<^ 
were among us:, and under that colour thofe 
murtherers would breakinufon uSj who after 
they have robbed ns of all that belongs to us\ 
would in cmchjm think they didGodgoodJer-^ 
"oice by ourjlawhten For my owmfart Jam 
fefolvedtotruntothe DirjmeTrotiSiwn^ Ta 
a ChrifiiaUj andaBiJhef^ that is nowdima/i 
feventyy no death for the caufe if ChriSt can 
be bitter : On the tmtraryj nothing is, morJ 
dejirabki Jnd though I ask notbmgfor my 
felf alone J yet if you will require the feofk m\ 
der an Anathema, not to do any othr aBs of 
violence to thofe whom^they have fo often bedA 
ten^ ff Oiled and ftri^ty it will, be both acceftd^. 
bk to Gody honourable to your felf and haff^ 
to the people:, if they obey yoU: mt ifnotiCOf^ 
fider that God will rfrntmber^Oll that isMvi^: 
done. Td whbnti Reverend BrQlher^ I do hear^ 
tily commend ysui • 

^Jovcmbcr, ^ 

'.miltKihMre* 

7. ' ■ ■ ' ■ i ••'.'.• 

• : , Endorfed'thus, -- 

1^ M} Rkverend and I^im Brother ^ 
' B;Swihep., ..... ' . .. • 

;. la Tla» 



^4<J ^ LIFE */ 

*. ThfejLcttef commends kfeiffb touch, that 
I need iay nodijng but wifh my Rjeader to ice 
ivhere he can find fuch another, writ on inch 
an occafion^ with fb much Spirit, as well as 
Piety grid Difcfetion: It was the laft he evef 
Writ, and was indeed a conclufion well be^ 
coming fuch ^a Fen. It had at .that time ibme 
efied, for the Bifbop gave him no further di& 
turbance till . about fire Weeks after this, fa 
that from the a3d of Q^ahrj which was the 
diimail day in wntch the Rebellion broke out^ 
till the 1 8th of Deember following, he, to^ 
gether with ait that wq: e within hia Walls, en« 
joyed iixch quie^ that if it was not in all 
points a miracle, it > was not far from one; and 
it*ieemed:eovi>e sin accomplifliment of tho& 
Words, JtUufmdybaUfaU an tbyfide^ and 
ten ihwfand^^ at ih^^ right hand\ but it Jhall 
nM^rame ni^ thee^\ there JhaUko evil befal 
thet^ 'fwheJhaUffw ^his Angels charge eroer 
thee\ ] But to the former Letter I Ihall add 
tibre laft Paper of Spiritual Advice and Direfti- 
on that ever the Bifliiop i^rit x wluch he did. 
tft thfc defire of one Mrs. DiUafii that was a 
zealous and devout Proteftant^ but h^ been 
fatally deluded in her widowhood hfMr^Dil-' 
laUy Son to the Earl of Rofceimnm^ taking 
him to be a Proteftant, and had married him^ 
but enjoyed her felf very little after that j fot 
though he juifid no violence to her, or her 
Children by her former Husband, in the point 
-^ Religion J yet he j bred up his Childroi by 
*oO^ .own Superfiition,. and he was now 
;ed in ttie Rebellion^ So that ihe had 

at 



Eipi^ 3 E D £ I^ L. 149 

at this time a vaft additioQ to her former £>r% 
rows upon her; andtherd^edefired that the 
Bifliop) whoia Neighbour and conftant Hea^ 
rcr ihe had been, would fend heriuch Inilrue- 
t^m^ in this (ad calamity^ as might both di- 
red an4 fupport.ber. Upon which he writ 
the following Paper. 



^ T/OU de&e, as I am kiformed^ (dpat 
^ J^ Sifter in Chrift Jcfus) that 1 would 
^ fend yoQ fon^c ihortMemdrisi), to put you 
*^ in mind how to carry -yooir felf in this for* 
^^ roWful time. I Will do it wittingly ; the 
^ more^bec^ttfewithonef^nd the fame labour) 
^^ Ilhaliboth fat£$fy you, and recoiled my own 
^ thoughts alfb to the like* perfiHWinc^ of 
^ mine own duty, and betiimking my felf 
^ how I might beft acpom]difli it, theic cami^ 
^ to my mind that Ihort Rule of our Life, 
^ which the Apoftle mentions in his Ep^le 
** to TStus^ ^d '^vhereof you have been a tir-> 
^^ ligent hearer in the School of Gxace, where 
^ he reduceth the whole Praifticeiof Chriftian 
^ nity unto three He^ds, of iiring Sub^fy^ 
^ J^fiby andGtf^/y: This laft dircfting our 
^ Carriage towards God, the middlemoA tQ^ 
^ wards our Neighbour, and the foremoft 
^ towards our Selves* Nowfince this is il 
^ diredionfor our whole Life, itfeems %o roe 
" that we have no more to do at any timc^ but 
^ to conn this Leflbn more perfedly, with 
^ fbme particular application of fiich parts rf 
^ ity as are molt fuitable to the prefent oa:a^ 

L 3 " lions. 



^. fions. And as if) Sobriety firft, (undei whio& 
^ the Virtues of Humility, Modefty, T^tnr 
*^ perance, Ghaftity, and Cootentednefs are 
« contaia<^d) fihce this is a time, wherein, as 
^ the Brophet faith, the Lard of Hop calleih 
ff to iveeftng and, mourning and fulling o^ 
"■ the Hair, and girding wtth^aek-clothy yon 
** {hall, by my advice, conform your felf to 
« thofe,'~that Sy thcHand of God fuffer fucK 
« tilings, li^ :yout apparel .and drels b« 
f< roourilfui, as I doubt liPt but that your 
f* mind is ; fdutdiet fpar}ng;?ind coarfe, ra- 
*f thcr than foil and lil^tal \ frame your felf 
<« to :tfie indiffer^BiJy, whereof the. Apoftle 
« il^pieaketiiif hmibaifoever fiatM.youJhall he>y 
¥■ therewith! it/h if, mpftf^fyto^-^^y and td 
ff be hoBgily 5; to;abQUQd and ii;© yrant. R©- 
'*} menU>cr how th^ ivhich i^ thq Lpt of o* 
f'.r'djers,, yqii koDW npt hoyr foon ^t ipay be 
" y our. pwau Xcarn to defpifc, atid defy, ^h« 
*^ voiii and falfly- «all«d wealth.of this World* 
** -whereof y»U 09W fee, wc h^iy? fp cafual 
i* and iinccitain a poflfeffio?.. . ' 

."i.This fotiiSobriety, .th? firft |>art ofthflt 
** tfeffonpentaining tP youf felf. 
r « Now for 3f«/?i<-f, which rcfpe;<as others,- 
♦*.^(and containettt the Virtuespf Honor to Su-" 
" periors, difcreet ^nd equal Government of 
« Inferiors, P«accableae6 to all, Mepknels, 
« Mercy, juft dealing in n^^tters of getting 
« and fpcnding. Gratitude, Liberality, juft 
« Speech and Defircs) God'« Judgments be- 
>* inlg in the Earth, the Inhabitants of the 
" World fliQuld learn Rightcouiheis, as the 

« Pro- 



BEDfiLL. tSt 

^^ ProjAet fpeakcth. Call to mind therefor^ 
^< and bethink you, if in any of thefe you 
<< have failed, and turn your Feet to God*s 
<« Tdftinjonies ; certainly thefe times arc fiich, 
f^ wherein you may be afflided, and fay with 
<< the Pfalmift, Horror hath taken hold oftnfj 
<< and Rhers of Tears run down mine Eye^y 
i« becaufe they keef not thy Laws. Rebelling 
>< againft Superiors, Mifleadingy not only by 
<^ Example, but by Compulfiph, Inferiors, lay- 
*< ing their Hand to them, that were at peacp 
^' with jthepi, unj^ftly fpoilhig, and unthatifc- 
« fully, requiting, tfiofe that had ftiewed them 
<< kindnefs^ no !? aith nor Truth in their Pro- 
« mifes} judge by the way, of tlie School 
f« that teacheth Chrift thus; are thefe h(s 
<< doings ? as for thbie that fiifi^r, I am well 
<^ aflured, I fliall pot need to inform you, or 
ftiryoti up to mercy and compaflion. T^hart 
which is done in this kind, is done toChrifl: 
^* himfelf, and fliall be put upon account in 
^ your reckoning, and rewarded accordingly 
" at his glorious appearance. 

. *^ The laft arid principal part of our LefTon 
•^ remains, which teacheth hovv to behavf 
^ our fclves Godly^ or rcligioufly ; (to th^ 
^ belong, Firll, the Duties of God's inward 
" Worftiip, as Fear, Love, * and "Faith m 
" God; then outward, as Invdcatiori, thf 
^^ holy tJfe of his WordanrfScram^ts,Nam9 
^ and Sabbaths). ^ The Apoftle makes it t\ic 
" whole Eh(i and Work for which we wcrcfej 
*^ iii this Wbrld, to feek the Lord ; yet in 
^^ publick afflidion, we arc IpcciaHy 'tevited 
- ^-^*' I. 4 "there. 






JJ2 7he%IFEvf 

^ thereto, a$ it is wnttoi of Jehfrafhatj 
^^ when a great multitude came to invade him, 
^ Hefet his Face to feek the Lord^ and called 
^' thePe^k to afolemnfaH : So the Church 
^ profelieth in the Vioph^tlfaiah^ In the){vay 
^ oftbf Judgmnts Lord we ha'De waited for 
^^ theey the ae^re of our Soul is to tiff Name^ 
*^ ^nd to the remembrance of thee. PTtth my 
^ Sofil have I defired thee iff the fiight^^ jiea 
" with mjf Sprit within me will I feek thee 
^^ early. ^ In this publicit Calamity therefore 
^ it is our duty, tp turn tP him that finiteth. 
^^ us, and to humble our ielves under his migh- 
^^ tyHand, to conceive a reverend and leli-? 
^^ gio^s fear towards hini, that only^j by tum- 
^ inga^ay his countenance, can thus troublp 
^ us, againft thai: pf Man, which ^^ dp no 
•^ more bjit kill thp Body, 

^V Again, to renew our Ipve tp our heavea- 
^ ly Fa.ther, that now pfferctli himfelf to us, 
^ 4S tp Children, and to give a proof of that 
^ Love that we bpar tp our Saviour, in th? 
** keeping of his Sayings, hating in co^npari* 
^ fon. of him, and competition with him. Fa- 
*^ thcr^ Mother, Cliiidren, Gpods, and Lifip 
^ it felf, which is the condition, and proof of 
*^ his Difciples j and above all to receive, and 
*^. to reinforce pur Faith and Affiance, whicb 
^< is now ))rpught unto the .trial of the fiery 
** Furnace, and pf the Lions Den; O that it 
^ might be found to our honour, praiie and 
'' ^^ry, at the appearing of Jefus Chrift. In 
nean ipace, even now, let us b^ par<» 
IS of Chrift's Sufferings^ anid hear him 

^ &OOk 



Bi/ht^ BEDELL, 153 

i^^ fix>m He^v^n encouraging vi^^Be thou faiths 
^ fulunto Deathy and I mil give thee a Crwifn 

^ Touching Pri^ycr, wc have this gracioiis 
<^ invitation, Call ^on me in the day oftrau-^ 
*^ bky and I wiU hear thee ; the example of 
^ all God'9 Saints, and of our Saviour in his 
*^ agony ; to this belong the bumble confeA 
>^ (ion of ourSins, with earneft reqneft of Par-^ 
*' don; th<5 complaint of our Milcrjr,and Dan- 
^^ ger, with requeft of fiiccour and proteftion ; 
^* we have befides the interceffion of our Ad- 
i^ vocate, with the Father, the cry of the in-^ 
^< nocent Blood, that hath been cruelly ftied, 
^^ and the Lord's owi interefting hiis^lf in 
<^ the caufe, (6 as we may lay with the Pial^ 
f^ mill, Ar'ifey O God : Plead ihme own caufe j 
<^ remember how th( joolifhMan^ {y^^y the 
^ Man of Sin J refroacheth thee daily : For^ 
<^ get not the voice of thine JEnemies ; the tu^ 
^ mult ofthofe that rife dgainft thee^ encreaf^ 
<' eth continually. That Pfalm, and many o- 
'^y thers, as the 6, 13, 35, 43, 71, 74, 75^, 80, 
<« 88, p2, 5>4, 102, 115, 123, 130, I40>i4^ 
^^ do give precedents of Prayers in fuch times 
<^ as thcfc J and the Prayer of Daniel^ and 
^^ Ezra p. oijfa and Jehojba^haty 2 Chron. 
*^ 14. and 1^* 12. The Stories of Da^id^s 
^ flight before AhfoUmy and Jehojba^hafs 
^^ behaviour when the Enemies came againft 
" him, of Hezekiah'sy in Sennacherilfs In- 
" vafion, Ifa. 37. and the whole Book ofi^ 
^^ tb^r^ are fit Scriptures now to be read, that 

, ^ through 



€54 5R&^ LTPE 9f 

^ through the paticpcc and comfort of thctti 

^ wc might have hope. 

" Now becaufe we know not how fboir we 
^^ may be called 4:0, fapdify God's Name, by 
ff making profeflion thereof, you may pei^- 
^^ haps diifite to know what to fay in that 
^ day. You may openly profcls your not 
^ doubting of any Article of the Catholick 
f« Faith, Ihortly laid down in the Creed, or 
^ more largely laid down in the Holy Scrip? 
^ tura> hut. that you confent not to certain 
^ Opinions,' which arc no points of Faith, 
> which have been brought into conmjon be*:^ 
" lief, without warrant ^fScripturcSj cntpurfe 
^^ Antiquity, as namely, \ ^' 

. ^ That it is of necefEty to Salvation to bt 

" under the pope, 
, " That the Scriptures ouglu; not to be read 
^ of the common people. 
^^ That the lioftrine^ of Holy Scripture is 

" nptiufilcient to Salvation, 
^f That the Service of God pught tP be in a 
^^ Language not undcrftood of the peo- 
- "pie.. 
^ That the Communion fhould not be ad- 

^' miniftred to them in both kiilds. 
*^ That the Bread in the Lord's Supper, h 

" tranfuhftantiated into his Body. 
" That he is there facrificed for the quick 
*^ and the dead. f ' 

, " That there is any Purgatory befides 
« Chrift's Blood. 
** That our good Works can merit Hea^ 



'' ven. 



*' That 



BEDEf,L. i5j 

: ^ That the Saints h«ar pur Prayers, aqcf 
" fcnpy our Hearts. 
^^ That Images arc to be worfhippcdy 
' ^* That the Pppe is Irjfallible, and* c;in 

^^ cpmmaad i^Pgfls^ 

^^ Th^t we opght to pray to the Dead zxai 
*^ fpr the Dead, : 

5^ In all thele notwithftand^ng, you may 
f^ profefe your teachablencls, i£ by found reaT 
f^ Ions Qut of God's Word, you fllall 6e con-r 
J^ vinced of the truth of them: And becaule 
f ^ we know not how far it will, pleafc God tp 
** call us to make refiftance againft fin, \yhe- 
^^ ther unto Bipod it felf, qr ROt j it fhall be 
*^ Wifiiom for us to pr^a^e qpr felvps ^o th^ 
i^ laft care of a god|y life, which is tp die 
" gpdly. This the ApoftlePii^ti^eth^i^^^^^ 
f^ ing in Jejjis^ in^plying thereby our Faith iq 
*^ him, our being found in his Work, and our 
" con^mitting our Soi^ls intp his Hands with 
" peace ; fuch a fweet and heavenly Sleep 
" \y^s that of St, &gp^^», whofe laft words 
" for himfelf were, Lord J^f^^ receive my, 
" Sprite %nd for his Tormentors', Lord lay 
** not this fin to their charge \ wherewith I 
f^ \vill end this Writings and >yifh to end my 
^ Life, when the will of God ftiall be, tp 
^ whole gracious protection (dear Sifter) I 
^\ do heartily cqmmit you. 

November. 

' Thefe i^dvices ftiew in what temper that 
bply Man was in this his extremity. ^ They 

had 



15^ The Lip E of 

had a very good effed on the Ljady j fof as 
by reading them over very often, ijhe got to 
be able to fay them all without Book, fo flie 
did that which was much more, me lodged 
them in her heart, as well as in her memory* 
While this good Man was now eirery day 
waiting for his Crown, the Rebels fentto him, 
defiring him to difinils the company that was 
about him ; but he refufed to obey their crael 
order, and he refolved to live and die with 
them ; and would much more willingly have 
o£^ed himfelf to have died for them, thaii 
have accepted of any favour for himfelf from 
which they fliould be ftiut out. And, when 
they fent him word. That though they loved 
and honoured him beyond all the j^gtijb that 
ever came into Irefandy becaufe he had nf ver 
done wrong to any, but good to i^any, yet 
they had rccejlYed orders from the Council ot 
State at Kilkenny^ that had aflumed the go^ 
vcrnment of the Rebels, that if he would not 
put away the peQple,th?ithad gathered about 
Jbim, they fhould take bim from them ; he 
iaid no more, but in the Words of David and 
St. Taulj Here I am^ the Lord do unto me as 
feemsgood to hifn^ the will of the Lord be done: 
So on the eighteenth oil>ecember they came 
and feized on him, and on aU that belonged, 
to him, and carried him, and his two Sons, 
and Mr. Clogy prifbners to the Caftt? oiLoch*. 
watery the only place of ftr^gth in the whole 
County. It wa^ ^ little Tower in the midft 
of a Lake, about a Muiquet flio^ from any 
lar : And though there had been a little I& 

land 



land about it: anciently, y^t die watdr hacl fy 
gained on it, that there was not a foot of 
ground ahpVe water, but only the Tower it 
fclf. They differed the. Prifpners tocarry no-* 
thing with them ; for tile titular Bifhop took 
pofleifion of aU that belonged to the fiiihopi 
and faid ^iis the next Lord's Day in the 
Church. They fet the3iftM>p on Horfeburk, 
and made .the other Friioners go on foot by 
him : And thus he was lodged in this Caftl^ 
that was amoft miierable dwelling. The 
Gaftle had been in the hands of one lAiXklUm^ 
who, as he had the keeping of the Fort tr^ft-^ 
ed ta him, fo he had a. good allowance for a 
Magazine to be laid up in it^ for the dpfence 
of the Country : But he had not ,a pomfd of 
Powder, nor one fibct Mufquet in it, and he 
Ibll under the juft puniBi^ient ofthe negledof 
his truft, for he was taken the fiirft day of the 
Rebellion,add was himielf made a Prifoner herein 
All but the BiQiop were at iirft clapt into I- 
tons, for the iriyfc that were perpetually drunk^ 
were afraid left they fhould ieize both on them, 
and on the Caftle, Yet it pkafed God fb far 
to jibatc tiieir ftiry, that they took off thek 
Irons, and gave them no difturbance in the 
Worihtp of God, which was now all the conj- 
fort that was left them. The Houfe was ex- 
treamly open to the weather, and ruinous : 
And as the place was bare and expoied, ^ 
that Winter was very fevcre j which was a 
great addition to the mifcry of thofe that the 
Rebels had ftript naked, leaving to many not. 
fi> much as a garment t<> «over their miktA-^ 
. . neisr 



Tst ^ 7%e Lt1?E of 

hcfe. But it plc^fcd God to bring another 
Plrifbner to the fame Dungeon, tha:t was of 
great ufe to them, one Richard Cajtlediney 
who had come over a poor Carpenter to /r^-s 
tandy with nothing but his tbols oh his back^ 
ftfid was firft ini^loyed by 6ne Shr Richard 
Wakhron in the carpentry work of a Caftley 
that he was bbilding in die VztimoiCavan .* 
Biit^ir Richard wafting his Eftate Before he 
had finifhcd his Houle, and afterwards Icay-i 
kig Ireland^ God had fo bleft the induftry of 
thi8l7^//f^/»^,dul:irig thirty ^^ears labour, that 
he bim^ht this^^e^airfdhkvlhg ohly Daugh-' 
ters, he married one ctf them, out of grati- 
tude, to Sir Richard's yttungfeft Son, to whom 
he intended to have givefi ^t Eftate that 
tras his Fatlier's : He was' a Man of great 
Virtue, aftd abounded ift g«)d Works, as well 
is in exemplary Piety : He was fo good a 
Husband that the Irijh believed he was very 
rich 5 fo they ptrfdrved him, hoping to draw 
a great deal of Morfc^ from him : He being 
brought to lihis miierable Prifon, got fomc 
tbols and did boards^ ailtl fitted dbem up as well 
as was pOfliblA, to keep out the weather* The' 
Keepers of the Prifbn brought their Prilbners^ 
abtindanw of PrcSVifion, but left them to drefi 
it for tbeiirfelves ; which they that knew lit-^ 
tie what belonged to Cookery were glad to' 
do in luch a mannec as might prefetvc theif 
lives ; and were all of them mtich fupported^ 
in their Ipirits. They did not isSct as evil 
doers, and they were not afhamed 6f the Crofr 
rifti butrejoictdiaGodinthemidftof 

a» 



i^f BEDELL. Tj^ 

2^ fhcir AAiftions; arid the old flilhop took 
joyfully the fpoiliqg of his goods, smd the re-* 
liraint of his perfbn, comforting himielf in 
this, That thefc light afflidions would quick-" 
ly work for him a mOrc exceeding and eter-' 
(al weight of Glory. The day after his imf^ 
prifonment, being the Lord's Day, he preach^; 
ed to his little flock on the Epiftlc for the 
jiay, which fct before them the pattern of thcf 
Jiumility aad fufiferings of Chrift j and orf 
Chrtftmas day he preached on Gal. 4^4^ ji 
and adminiftred the Sacramoit to the imail 
Congregation about him j their Keepers hav** 
}(ig been fo charitable as to fiimiih them with 
JBread arid Wine. Arid on the 26th oS De^ 
cumber j\Mu WiUiam Bedell^ the Bifliop's el- 
ideft Son^ preached on St. Stephen's laft Words^^ 
*^ich afforded proper matter foi? their medi-» 
tatipn, who were every day in cxpeftatioo 
when they Ihould be put to give fbch a tofti^t 
j^nony of their Faithy as that firft Martyr had 
done: Andonthe fecond of y^a^irts^ry, which 
was the laft Suniasf . of their imprilbnment, 
Mr. Clogy preached on St. LuAe 1. 3a, 33,34^ 
During all their religious excrciles, their Kee- 
fiers never gave them any difturlwince ^ and 
indeed they carried fo gently towards them, 
that their natures fcemcdtobefo much chang-* 
jody thjit it Ipok'd like a fccKMid flopping the 
jmouths of Lions* They often told the Bi-« 
. jhop, that they bad no peribnal quarrel to him^ 
^pd no other cauife to be fo fovere to him, buif 
itecaufe he wa^s afa Englijhmaiu 

But 



t6o thelLl¥E6f 

But while he was iti this difinal ttiSb% &me 
cS the &:ots o£ that County^ that had retired 
to two Houj(e8^ that were ftrong enough t6 
refift any thing but Cannon, and were ctan-> 
manded by Sir James Craw^ Sir Francis Ha-^ 
imltM^ and. Sir Arthur Fwhtr^ riow Lord 
Gfenardj fiiiding themielves like to {nSct more' 
by hunger, than by the Si^«' that was laid td 
them, made {o relblute a Sally upon the Irijb^ 
that they killed feveral, took ibme Prifbners^ 
and diiperied the reft^ ib that many Months 
parted txfore tihiey ofibred to beiiege them any 
more. Among meir Prifi>ners four were Men 
<if confiderable intereft ; fo they treated an 
exchange of them for the Biihop^ with his two 
Sons and Mr^ Clogy ; which was concluded, 
$nd the Priibners were delivered on both fides 
on the 7th of January : But though the /ri/& 
promifed to ^ffer the Bifliop with the otheif 
three to go fafe to DuUm^ yet they would 
. not let them go out of the Cduntry^ but in^' 
tended to make further advantage by having 
them ftili among them ; audio tihcy wcfeiirf- 
fered to go to the Houie of an Irip Minifter, 
Denis O Shereden, tor whom fome refped was 
ihewedybyreaidnofhisexfiradion, though lie 
had forfaken their Religion, and had married 
an Englifis Woman : He continued firm )A 
his Religioh, and relieved many in their extre^ 
mity. Here the Biflfdp fpent the few remain- 
ing days of his Pilgrimage^ having his latttf 
end fo full in view, that he feemed dead to? 

^e World and evety thing ift it, and to be 
fting for the coming of the Dsfy of Gcd^ 



Bijhifp ^ E D fi L £. t6i 

During the laft Sabbaths of hi^ life, though 
there ^ere three Minifters |)refent9 he read all 
the Prayets arid Leflbns himlel^ and likie-* 
Wife preached oft all thdfe days. Oh the ^tB 
ofjanuarjf he preached on the whole 44th 
Tfalfn^ being the fif ft of the Tfalms appoint- 
ed for that day, and verjr fiiitkble to the mi-^ 
feries the Englijb were then in, who were kilk 
ed all day long, as Sheep appointed foi'Meat; 
Next Sabbath, which was the 16th, hepreach-i 
ed Oil the 75^th Tfalfn^ the Gx&Tfalm fot the 
day,' which rtins much oti the like argurhcflt^ 
when the Temple was defiled, and JerufAkn^ 
was laid orl heap^^ and the dead bodies of 
God's fcnrants were given tb be meat i!o the 
Fowls of Heayeh, and their fldh to ±eBe!afti 
t)f the Earth, and their blood wsts filed like 
water, and there was ndile to bury them. 
Their <Joriditi6ii beitig lb like one another,- it 
was vcf y proper to put up that Prayer, O r^- 
member not againii ffs f&hnef iniquities f Lei 
thy tender mercies Jptediljf fr event usy far wi 
are brought n)ery law. Togethcif with the o^- 
then Ut thejighing ofthi Trifaner cimt be^ 
fori thee^ ^eardmgtathe gNMnifsofthyf&ib:^ 
er^^referve thou thofe that ariaffmtidtoSt. 
On the 23d he preached on the laft ten Veiies 
of the 7 1 ft TJalm^ ohfervitte the great fitiicfi 
that was in them to exprefs his^ prefent ctiddi*^ 
tion, efpecially in thefe Words, O God thak 
haH taught mk from n^jtfufh^ and VtthiriQ 
have I declared tl^ wondefousis/Orks : *awaU 
fa when I amold^ akd g^ay headed^ f^f^^* 
mnfifj Axid oa the 30th, which waijfhii 



1^ Lqrd's day u^ wtuch be bad ftr«ngt^ 0< 
i^ough to preax:h,be {veacbed <pii tbe 144^ 
TM^i! ^^^ firft app««|tcd for that day, and 
ifflieQ ih? eame to the Wqi[4^ in the i^veqtbr 
Yerfe, 'wbi9b aifc ^^o repeated ^tb? eleventh 
Vej^ «Sf|«<^ thine lk^fr^» abvee., rid me ami 
itliiier m^ oaf ^ gr^at Water Sy from tkeb^nd 
^ flrauge Cbimtft^ whofi v^oattkffeahetjb. vo" 
Hftyy Off 4 'wbafe f^f^tand is a. right-'^smd «$ 
'falfeb(fad>. H^ nspea,ted tbetn ^gaiii and^^iq, 
with ib iD^cb ^al a^ affe^ioiv th^titap" 
p?aredbaw much bewasbafteningtotbcday 
pf God, and that tas Heart was crying o»t, 
jCme tord Jefits e^me qaifkJ^y bafm hP^ htm 
i^^X. and he dw^b; ib loqg, upon them, widi 
ift ipany 3igbS) that all the little aflemUy a** 
bout him meltfd into Tearsy and look'd oqc 
this ^ a pre^ge of his approaching 4i0blati^ 
qfi. And it prov^^ too true, for the d^y after, 
be ^okned ^ which on the l]econd <^y aW ap-' 
l^red to be an Ape, and on th^e {cmrtb day 
be. asprehen^ing bis fpeedy cbang<^ called fo( 
^. Sons, and his Sons Wi\re^ a|>d:^^eto 
ibfQi a^t feveral timef, as near in t^fe Words 
a^ t^eir memories could ierye th^i to writ? 
||^q>. down fow' i^er^ 

,^ " t amgoit^ tbe way of a0 jBkfl^y t 2m 
« i\wf- ready to b?^ offered UJ^ and .the time of 
^' f^y 4ep^ure k s|£ hand: KnK^wiog therefore 
<' tl^at piort^ly Imu^ pWAff tWs Tabettwky 
^**."cvcii'as o^r ftrd J^fi^s CbriftbathftKawtf 
i^ J3M,lli^ow^Ifo,tM;;.i^tbi?jny ?atfhjyb»ufe 
5'19^1^|5 .Tj^i^pi^Je wcf^.4yQR?h»^ liwr^ * 
v( ■ ^ ^ ** building 



'£^^ B B 2> £ L Im 1(^5 

^ 1>alldiftg of God, an Hoofe not made with 
^ Hands, eternal in theHearens, a fiurOMbui^ 
" fion in the new Jenfalem, which cometh 
^ down but of Heaven from my God. There- 
^ fore td me to live is Ghrift, and to dye is 
** Gain; which encreaieth my dcfirc,eTcn now 
^ to d^art, and to be with Chrift, whidi h 
<^ far better^ than to Continue here in aU the 
<^ tranfitory, vain, and falfe pleafures of this 
*^ worldi of whidi I have fccn an end Hear- 
*^ ken therefore unto the laft Words of yout 
^ dyic^ Father; I am no more in thisi world, 
^^ but ye are in the world; I aicoid to my 
^ Father arid your Father, to my God and 
^^ your God, through the all-^iufficient merits 
f^ of Jefiis Chrift my Redeemer; who evef 
<^ lives td make Jnterceffion for mc, who is'i 
<^ propitiation for all my Sins, and wafhed mfi 
^ from them all in his own Blo6d,who is wor^ 
*« thy to teceive Glory and Honour, and Pow- 
^ er, who hath created all things^ and for 
" whofo plealiire they ate aiid were created^ 
" My witrieis is in Heaved, and my record 
^^ on high. That I have endeavcmred to glo^ 
<^ rifie <5od on Earth, and in the Miniftry of 
^ tht Goi^l of his deat Son, which wasconi-^ 
^ mitted to my Truft; I have finilhed the 
^ Work, which he gave ine to do, as a &ith^ 
<' ibl Embafladoif of Gfatili, arid Steward of 
^ the itiyfterics of God. I have jw'eached 
^ Rightedttfoeis in the great Congr^ation : Ld 
^^ I have not refraiil'd my Lips, O Lord,thou 
^^ krioweft« I have hot hid thy righteoul?* 
** n^ WtChia iny h«ait, t have declared thy 

M a *^ fiuth- 



^ faithfiilndS, and thy Salvation; I have not 
f^ concealed thy loving kindhefs, and thy 
« truth from the great Congregation of man- 
f' kind. Hcirncar thatjuftifiethme, That 
^ 1 have not conceakd^e Words of the ho- 
^ ly one; but the Words that he gave tome, 
^' I have given to you^ and ye have received 
:<' them. I had a defire arfd refolution td 
^^ walk before God (m every flation of my 
^ pilgrimage, from my youth up to this day) 
^ in truth and w'ith an upright Heart, aftd to 
^ do that which was upright ii* hte Eyes, 
^ to the utmoft of my power; and what 
^ things were gain to me fofrilerly, thefe 
^ things I count now lofi for Chrift; yea 
^ doubtlefs, and I account aH things but lofs 
*^ for the excettracy of the knowledge of Je- 
f^ fus Chtiftmy Lord; for whom I havefuC- 
." fered the lofe of aU things, and I account 
." them but Dung, that I may Win Chrift,and 
^ be found in him, not having my own righ- 
" teoufnels, which is of the Law, but that 
^ which is through the Faith of Chrift, the 
5^ righteoufiieis which is of God by Faith; 
'*^ that I may know him, and the power of 
>* his,Refurre£kion, and the fellowihip of hfe 
,r^ Sufferings, being made conformable unto his 
." Deaths I prcfs therefore towards the mark, 
^' for the prive of the high Calltngof God in 
« Jefus Chrift. 

. ^ Let nothing feparatc you from the love 

" of Chrift, neither tribulation nor diftrcfs, nor 

}^ periecution, nOr famine, nor nakednels, nor 

^ejil, nor Sword; though (as ye hear and 

1' fee) 



Bijbpp I E D E L X. i6i 

^^ fee) for hi? fake we are fcillfid afl the day 
^^ long, we are counted as Sheep for the ilaugh- 
^ ter: Yet in all thele things we are; more 
^ than conquerors, through him thajC loved 
^ us: Fpr I am perfwaded^ That neither 
^ Beatli, nor Life^ nor Aoge^s^ nor Principa- 
^ lities, nor Powers, nor things preient, nor 
^5 things to come, npr heighth, nor depth, nor 
*• any Creature (hall be able to ieparate me 
*f fronj thje Love of God in Chrift Jdu my 
^ Lord. Therefore love not the World j 
^ nor the things of the World ; but pre- 
^ pare d^ily and hourly for death, (that now 
^f befiegeth us on eveiy fide) and be faithful 
^* unto death; that M^e may meet together 
'^ joyfully on the right-hand of Chrift at the 
^ laft day, and follow the Lambwhereibever 
^ he goeth, with all thofc that are cloathed 
*f with white Robes, in fign of innocen-r 
^^ cy, and Palms in their Hands in fign of vie-? 
^^ tory; which came out of great tribulation, 
^ and have wafhed th§ir Robes, and made 
^* them white in the Blood of the Lamb. 
" They Ihall hunger no more nor thirft, nc^- 
*^ ther ftiall the 8un light on them, or any 
^^ heat i for the Lamh, that is in the midft ot 
^^ the Throne, ihall feed them, and fhall lead 
^* them unto living Fountains of Waters, and 
** flhall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes. 
^' Chuie rather with il/^^ to fuffcr afflicv 
^^^ tion with the pepple of God, ^an to enjoy 
*^ the pleafures of fin for a^feafon ; which will 
*^ be bitterncfs in the latter end. Look tiherc-? 
*^ forefor fufFerihgs,and tabe daily made Parta*- 

K 3 '' kers 



m66 Tie I^lVEif 

^ kcrs oftfac iuffihrings of Chrift, to fill up that 
'^ which is behind of the affliaion of Chrift in 
^ your Fldh, for his body's fake, which is 
*^ the Church* What can you look for, but 
^ one woe after another, while the Man of 
^ fin is thosfiifier'd to rstge, and to make ha« 
^ vock of Go4's people at his pleifiire, while 
^ Men are divided about trifles, that ought to 
^^ have been more vigilant over us, and care- 
- ful of thofe, whoie Blood is jMrccious iti 
^ God^s Sight, though now flied every where 
^ like Water, If ye fuffer for rightedufnefe, 
^' happy are ye; be not afraid of thdr ter-» 
^ rour, neither be ye troubled; and be in 
^^ nothing terrified by your adverferies; 
" which is to them an evident token of perdi-?' 
*^ tion, but to you of falvadori, and that of 
^ God. For to you is given in thfe beljalf/ of 
•^ Chrift, not only to believe on him, but al-. 
" fo tafiifib for his fake* Rejoice therefore' 
^^ in as much as ye are partakers of Chrift's 
^ fufierii^s, that when his Glory (hall be re- 
*' vealed, ye may be glad alfo with exceeding 
^ joy. And if ye be reproached for the name 
^ of Chrift, happy are ye ; the Spirit of GIo- 
^ ry, and of Chrift refteth on you. Oh their 
^ part he is evil fpbken of, but on your part 
^ be is glorified. 

^ God will furely vifit you in due time, 
^^ and return your cs4;)dvity as the Rivers of 
^ the South, and bring you back again into 
^ your pofleffion in this Land : Though now 
" for a feafon (if need be) ye arc in heavinefi 
rough manifold temptations; yet yefltall 

<« reap 



Bijbo^ fi E D.E I. L 1^7 

^ reap So joy, though now y^ fow in Teat's* 
**■ att our Ldl&s fiiall be recompoafed with 
"' abiindatit advantages, fdt iny God will iup>- 
" jrfy afl yout need, aceording to bis riches; 

* in glory by Je&s Chrift,. who is able to 6fi- 
^ exceeding ab«it^ntly fot us, above' all that' 
** we ire able to aslb or think. 

After that he blefledhis Children, and thoJe 
that ftood about him, in ah audible Voice, in 
thelc W<>rdSi « God of his infinite mercy 

* bl^ youafl, andprdfent you holy, and uh-.^ 
"" btaniea1>te, and unreptprreaUe in his iight, 

* that we iftay meet together at the right-- 
** lland of our bleffed Saviour Jcfos €hf ift, 
^ With joy unipeakaMc dnd filfl of giory^ 
** J^tuit." Tb which fte. addbith^ Words, 
^ 1 have fobght a good figh^ I hate finidied 
** the cdwrfe vX mf Mii^ftty attd Lift togcs-f 
" ther, Thdt^h griifvoUS Wolves have eh* 
" tered in atnoiig us, hot i^aririg the Flotfk i 
** yet I truft the great Sh^Keild of his FlocK 
** win faVe and ddivqj them out of s^llpaa«* 
** ces^ whcfci they hayebSeia Clatter'd itt this 
**■ cloudy and dark day; that they fliaff be nd 
^* ra^?e a prey 1:6 tiie He^i^ed^ neither IhalJ 
" the Beads of the Land devbur them ; but 
** they Ihiifl'dweir iafcly, and none Ihall makJ; 
** them a^aid; O Lord, I hive waited for 
** thy Sj^ationi" And after a- little intervalj 
liefatdv f* I have kept the Faith once givch 
** to the Sfeittt*; for the which c'aufe I hafe 
** alio fiitffered tbefe things; but I am not a* 
'' 0iamed,- for 1 know whom I have beKevcc^ 
^ and I am perfwaded that he is able to keep 

M 4 "that 



10. ' the LIVE $f 

^ that which I have committed to him againft 
" that da jr.'' After this time he fpoke little j 
fpr as his fickneis encreaied, his Speech failed, 
and he flumbercd out moft of the tijne, only 
betwepn h^nds |t appeared that h^ was chear-« 
fully waiting for his ch^ingej which at laft 
came about Midnight on thp ytb. of pehrua^ 
r^, that h^ fell afleep in ttie Lord^ and eqtred 
ipto his reft, ^ obtained his Grown, whicli* 
in Ibme fprt was ^ Crown of Martyrdom; foF 
00 doubt the fad weight of Ibrrow, that lay 
upon hfs Mind^ and his iU uiage in his Impri^* 
tpnmenty had much haftened his death : And 
he fu£fered more in his pdind by what he had 
lived to hear and fee thefc Jaft fifteen Weeks 
of his Life, than he cbold hay^ done, if he 
Kad fallen by the Syrord, ^mong tfaie fiffl of 
ihofe that felt the rage of ^:he Irijh^ His 
Friends went about his fiurying; and fince 
that could not be obtjiined, but by thp ney^ in- 
truding 3iP^op> leave, Mr, 0ogy and Mn 
Shered(n ^yent to ask it, and Mr. DHhn was 
prevailed witji by his Wife, to go and fecond 
fhcir defire, They fpund dieBiihop lying in 
his own Vomit, and &w a f^d change in that 
Houfe, which ws^s before ^ Houfe of Prayer, 
and of Qpod Works j but was now a Den of 
Xhieycsj and a Neft of unclcanne<s. The 
Bifhop, when he was awakened out of his 
X)rHnkenne{s, excepted a little to it, and faici^ 
The Chiirjch-Yard vvas holy Ground, and was 
jio more to be defiled with [Hereticks Bqdics ; 
yet he confented ^o it at laft. So on the $th 



Bifi)€f -BE I> EL L. 1 69^ 

of February he was budcd according to the 
dircdion himfclf had given, next his Wife's 
Qoflfin. The Irijh did him unufual honours at 
his Burial, for the chief of the Rebels gather- 
ed their Forces together/ and with them ac- 
companied his Body from MuSbereden's houfc 
to the Church-yard of Kilm^e^ in great fo- 
kmnity, and they defired Mr. Ck^ to bury; 
bim according to the Office prefcrib'd by the 
Church J but though the Gentlemen were fo 
civil as to offer it, yet it was not thought ad-» 
yife^ble to provoke th? Rabble & much, as 
perhaps thft might hayefdone; fo it was paft 
Qver^ But |li^ Irijb difcharg'd a Volley of 
Shot at his Int^rmeni^ and cry ed out in Latin, 
Requiefiat in face ultinms Anglorumy May 
the laft pf the Englilh reft infeace : For they 
had often faid. That as they efteemed him 
the beft of the Engliftf Bifliops, fo he fhould 
be the laf^that fhould be left: among thenu 

Thus liveS and dyed this excellent Biihop ; 
in whom fo many of the greateft Charaders of 
a Primitive and Apoftolical Biihop did Ihew 
themfelves fo eminently, th?it it fcemed fit 
$hat be ihould ftill ^ak to the World, tho* 
dead, both for convincing the unjuft enemies 
of that venerable Order, andfor theinftrufti- 
pn'of thoie that fucceed him in it; iince great 
Patterns give the eafieft notions of eminent 
.Virtues, and teach in a way that has much 
fnpre authority with it than all fffeculative 
i>ifcourfes can poffibly h^ve. And as the 
Lives of the Primitive Chriftians were a {peak- 
ing Apology for their Religion^ as well ^s a 

dire^ion 



fjro The Life nf 

diredioa to thdfe tliat gfew up; lb it fi to be 
hoped that the folemfi though filcot language 
cffo bright an example will have the ddifed 
cflfeft both ways; And thin my Author will 
have a noble reward for his Labours^ T?p 
this I fliall add ar little of his Charafter, 

He was a tall »nd graceful peribn j there 
was Ibmething in his looks and carriage that 
difcovercd what was within, * and ereated a 
Fenfefation for him,. He had an nmfk&td 
Gravity in his Deportment, and decent Rm^ 
jJEidty in his Dtefs and Appard; He had n 
long and brixid Beard j for my Authw ntvei? 
i&W a Razor |)afe upoa his Fac6 Mis grey; 
Hairs were aCfrown to hiw, both fbi Beauty 
and Honour. . His ftrcngtft contirtued firm to 
the iaft; fo that the Week before hjslaft ficfc-f 
ncfif^he walked about ;»s vigor^ully and him-^ 
bly as any of the Company, arid leapt over a 
broad Ditch ; fo that his Son* wcje amaxed a* 
it, andcould fcarcc fiftflow ht^. Hii Eyes 
continued fo good, that he never ufed 8pecr4 
taclcs, nor did he fuffer any decay in any of 
his natural Powers, only by a fall in hisChild-i 
hood he had contra£i;.ed a deafnefs in his left 
Ear. He had great Strength and Health d[ 
Body, except that a few years before his death; 
he had fome fevere fits of the StiMie, that hi* 
ledentary courfc of lifcfecmed to hate brought 
on him, which he bore with wortderfol pati^ 
cnce. The beil Remedy that he found for it 
was todig in his Garden till he had very much 
heated himfclf^ by which he found a Ait%a^ 
tioQ of his Pain* He took mnch^pleafore in 

a Gar-- 



Bijbep B E D E L L. «7« 

a Garden, and having brought over Ibmc ca- 
rious Inftrumcnts out of Italy^ for Raccmati- 
on, Engrafting, stnd Inoculating, he was a 
great Mafter in the ufc of them. 

His Judgment and Memory, as they were 

very extraordinary, fb they remained with him 

to the laft, .He always preached without 

Notes, but often writ down his Meditations 

after he had preached thenu He did not af- 

fe^ to ftiew any other learning in his Sermons^ 

but what was proper for opening his Tesrti 

jtfid clear mg the difficulties m it j which he 

did by comparing the Originals with the moll 

ancient Verfions. His Stile Was clear and foil, 

but plain and fimple; for he abhorred all a^ 

feftations of pompous Rhetorrck in Sermons^ 

as contrary to the fimplicity^ of Chrift, His 

Sermons did all drive at the great defign of 

iftfofing in the Hearts of his Hearers iright ap- 

preherdSons and warm thoughts of the great 

things of the Chriftian Religion; which he 

did with io much the more authority, becaufe 

it appeared that he was much moved himfelf 

with thofe things that he delivered to others. 

He was always at work in his Study, when 

the affairs of his Fundion did not lead him 

out of it. In which his chief imployment wa« 

the ftudy of the Text of the Scripture- H« 

read the Hebrew and thd Septuagint fo much, 

that they were as familiar to him as the Eng-- 

M) Tranflation. He read every Morning the 

Tfalms appointed by tht Common Trayer for 

the day in Hebrew ; or if his Son, or any o^ 

ther that was skilled in the Hebrew yy{^ pre- 

fcn^ 



IJF4 The LIFE*/ - 

fcnt, he read one Vcifc out pf the Hebrew f 
taming it into LatWy and the other read the 
next, and io by turns tiU they went through 
tfaem^ He had gathered a vafi heap of criti- 
cal Expofitions of Scripture. All this, with 
his other Manufcripts, of which there was a. 
great Trunk foU^ fell into the Hands of th? 
Irijb. He had writ very learned Paraphraies 
and Sennons on all thofe parts of Scrips 
ture that were prefcribed to be read in the fc^ 
cond Service, but all thelc are loft. His great 
Hebrew Manufcript was happily refcucd out 
of the hands of thofe devourers of all facre4 
Things, and is to this day preferved in the Lir 
brary of EmmamelQollcgc: for an Jrijbman 
whom he had converted, went ;imong his 
Country Men and brou^t out that and a few 
other Books to hinu 

Every day after Dinner and Supper, there 
was a Chapter of the Bible read at his Table, 
wholbcver were prefent, Proteftants or Papills, 
and Bibles were laid down before every one of 
the Company, and before himfelf eitfier the 
Hebrew ,or Greeks and in his laft years th 
IriJb Tranflation was laid, and he ufually ez« 
plained the difficulties that occurred^ He writ 
many Books of Controverfiej which was chief^ 
ly occafioned by the engagements that lay pa 
him^ to labour much in the cpqverfipn of Per- 
Ibns of the Roman Communion j and th^ 
knowledge he had 9f that Churchy and their 
way of Worftiip, by what he had feen and 
obferved while he was at Venice raifed in hin^ 
- great zeal againft ?h?ir Cor^upfipw. He npt 

only 



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Bijbaf B fi D E L L. 175 

t)hly' lookM on that Church as Idolatrous, btit 
as the Antichriftian Babylon \ concerning 
ixrhich S. John faw all thofe Vifions in the 
Ri'oelation : And of this the Sermcn, out of 
Which I have made Ibme extrads, gives evi- 
dence. He writ a large Treatife in anfwer xa 
thofe two Queftions, in which the Miffiotia^ 
lies of that Communion triumph io much^ 
When was our Religion before Luther, and 
what became of our Ancefiors that dyed in^ 
Toj^ery. Archbimop U/bermds^d him to have 
printed it, and he had relolved to do it, but 
thatjWith all his otherWorks,was fwallowed up 
in the Rebellion. He kept a great corf elpon- 
deiice, not only with the Divines of England^ 
but with many others over Europe j for he 
writ both Latin and Latin ycry elegantly. 
He was very free in his Converfation,but talk- 
ed feldom of indifferent matters, he exprefled 
a great modefty of Spirit, and a moderation of 
temper in every thing he Ipoke^ and his DiJP- 
fcourfc ftill turned to fbmewhat that made his 
company ufeful and inftruding. He fpoke 
his own Thoughts very plainly, and as he 
bore wen with the freedom of others, fo.hc 
took all the difcreet liberty that became a Man 
of his Age and Station, and did not ftick to 
tcU even the Learned and Worthy Primate 
UJhery liich things as bethought were blame- 
worthy in him, and with the fame fincerity 
he (hewed him Ibme critical miftakes that he 
met with in fome of his Works. They were ve- 
ry few, and not of any great importance ; but 
they did not agree with the Primate's exad- 
*' nefi 



174 nttti?tif 

tiels in other things, and fo he laid them be^ 

fore hitn j which the other took from him 

Mfith that kindnefs arid humility that was na-* 

tural to him. His Habit was dccerit aiid grave; 

he wore txo Silk, but plain Stuffs j the Fumi* 

ture of bis Houfc "^is not pompous nor iupcr- 

^ fluousybut rieceffary for common uie, and pro* 

per* His Table was well covered, according 

tothc plenty that was in thecountry, but there 

was no luxury iii it. Great f efbrt was made 

to him^ and he obfertcd a true hofoitality in 

houie-keeping;« Many pote Irifii families a^ 

bout him were maintained out of his kitchen: 

And in the Chrifimas time he had the poor al^ 

ways eating wim him at his own table ; and 

he Drought himielf to endure both the fight of 

their rags, and thei* ruderieis: He was not 

forward to ^ak, and he expreffcd himlclf 

in very few Words in pablick cooapanies* 

At publick Tables hcufuaUy iat filetit. Once 

attheEariof iS!fr4«j|?ir/sTablej ontobferved^ 

That while they were all talking, he faid no* 

thing. So the Primate anfwered. Broach hiii, 

and you will find good liquor in him ; upon 

which that perfon propofed a queftitti in Di-f 

vinity to him^ and in aufwcring it the JBilhop 

Qiewed both his own fiifficiency i:> wefl^ and 

mszlcd the other fo much, that all at Tablcji 

c;fc^t the Bifhop himfclf, fcfl a laughing at 

lie other. The grcatnefe of his Mind^ and 

the undaawtednefi of his Spirit on all occafi- 

as has appeared very evidently in many of 

pafiages of his life } but though that 

ighth of mind is pfien accompanied ^6^ ^ 

^ gtca# 



gfCiat mmte of Pride, OQtiifng of that a(H 
pe^od ill the Bi(hQf>« He carried .Kim&lf to-, 
^afdi aU peopk with fiich a gainitig huoiili-' 
ty, that he got iQto their Hcuts, : He live^ 
^^ his Clergy as if they had been his Bie*^ 
thr^s Whm he wept hi$ Vifitation^ h^ 
WOuM iK>t accept of the^Qtritatioos diat were 
madtf h^ hy tib« great M«f) of the Gountryi 
^t W0V(14 {)Ceds eat with his Brethren iniiich ' 
{;oQr IiHi^Y and of f«ch ooarie Fjure, as the pla* 
f^ a^ord^ A Peribn of Quality, that had 
fvepared an ^torta^ment for him durii^ hi* 
VifittjiJon, took hi;B refufin^ it ib ill, diat 
wbeiFf^S the Bi&op proou&d to come and fs^ 
MvK after Viimi&y as ibon as he came near hit 
gate, which yrs^ (landing open, it was pre- 
^tly Qmt, on de%i to sif&ont him^ and h^ 
.was. i^pt half j^ hour knocking at it : The^ 
alSrQQt w^ vifiUe, and when ibme would 
hayc had him go away, he would,f)ot do it^ 
but £U4 Thtyi will hf^r ^tr hmg. Atlaft 
the Mafter -came <wt, and recei¥ed him with 
jBPksny ihews of civility,but hemade a very fliorc 
Tifit^ aQd thoi^h the rudeoids he qiet wit^ 
.prty^iled fiQt on him, either, to reient it, qr 
to go away ap09 it, yet it aj^^esured that he 
.ondcr^Qodit weU enough* J^ avoided all af- 
.fi^^ttons of A^te or greatnefi in his c»rri^^: 
;He wei* ah<mt. always on foot,, when he was 
. at JOnklin, ocbe fervaut oiily att»ding on hiii|, 
. except on pubUck Qccafipns, th^t objured hif|i 
.tOfideinPi9ceiGo9 «uong his Brethren. : i^ 
: never k«^ »: Goaoh ; for his ^reig^th coAtf- 
. xntftd £wi^« tim h^. viM i^vs^s. able to rid^ 



t76 neLii^E a 

60 Hof&back : He avoided the, affe^l^tiooi^ 
of humilitjr as well as of pride ; the former 
often floWittg from the greater pride of the 
two, arid amidft all thole extraordinary Ta^ 
lents, with which God had Weft him, it never 
appeared that he over'-valued himlel^ nor de-< 
Ipiled others; that he aflumed to him&lf a 
Di^torfliip,^ or was ithpatiefht of contradict 
tiori. He took an ingetuous Device to put 
him in mind both of his Obligations to purity 
and humility: It was at flaming Cracible with 
this Motto in HebreWy Take f rem me all mf 
Ttm The Word in Hebrew that fignifies !Zi», 
was BeSL This imported that he thought 
that every thing in himfelf was but bafe al-» 
loy, and therefore he prayed that God would 
cleanie him from it» His great humility m^e 
the fecreter parts of his goodneis, as to his 
private walking with God, lefi known, ex- 
cept as they appeared in that beft and fiixeft 
indication of it, which his life and converfa- 
lion gave ; yet if the Rebels had not deftroy-^ 
cd all his Paper Sj there would have been found 
among them great diCcoveries of this ^ for he 
Icept a daily Journal foir many years j but of 
what Ibrt it was^ how full, and how particu- 
lar, is only known to God ; fince no Man e- 
ver law it, unlefs fome of the Rebels found it. 
Though it is not probable that they would 
•have taken tilie pains to examine his Papers, 
it being more likely that they dcftroyed them 
aU in a heap« He never thought of changing 
*"^ Sec, or of rifing up to a more advantageous 
lioprick, Imt coofider^himielf as uxid^ ^ 



BEHSLX. Iff 

lie td his See^ that could Aot be eMSLy4iShU 
Ted So |:hat whea the tranflatir^ him to 9,. 
Bifhoprie^ in England wa& propo&d to him,. 
lie Jth&d it^ iMid iaid^ he iboul4 be as trout ' 
lileibme 7^ Biihop in England^ as be had been 
iui Inland. 

It appeared he bad » true and generous no^ 
tion of Religion, andthathedid not look up- 
on It ib much ^ a Syftem of Opinions, or a 
let: of Forms, as ^ Divine Diiciple that ro»^ 
fiMrms the Heart and I^ife^ arid therefore 
when fixne Men were valu^ upon their zeai 
for ibme leiOTer matters, he had thoie Words 
af St jtnguftine's often in his mouth. It is n$t 
IJavif ha Frmt th4t I feekf This was the 
true principle of bis great zeal a^nft Pope*- 
nr : It was not the p^viflmeis of a party, the 
ionmefi of Q)eailatiye Man, nor the concern 
of an in^refted perfim, that wrought on him: 
But he confidered the corruptions of that 
Church, as pa effectual courie for enervating 
the trae defign of Chriftianity ; and thip he 
not only gathered from fi)eciilation, but nom 
what he &w and knew during his loing abode! 
in ^aly. Hi3 Devotion in his Cloiet was on? 
ly known to him, who commanded him %o 
pray in Secret. In his Family he j^tf ayed ^ 
ways thrice a day, in a let Form, though he 
did not read it : This he did in the Morning, 
and befoie Dinner, and after Supper : And 
he never turned over , this Duty, orthefliort 
Devotions before and after Meat, on his Chap- 
lain, but was always his own Chajplain. Hq 
looked upon the Ol^ig^uion of obierving the 
. N Sab- 



Sabbad) ^ moral and perpetual, and c6rifidef4* 
ci it as fo great an Engine for carrying on the* 
tfiic ends of Religion, that a$ he would nevei? 
go into the liberties that many piraAifed on 
that day ; fo he was exemplary in his own ex:-? 
aft obfervation of it ; preaching always twice,, 
and cateqlnfing once j and befides that, heuf- 
pd tp'go over the Sermons again in his Fami«: 
iy, and fing Pfalms, and concluded all with* 
Prayer. ' 

\ As for his Domeftick concerns, he married 
pneof the Family of the LEftrang^s^ that 
tad been before married to the Recorder of 
^t. Edmrndsbfiry : She iproved to be iii all re-.« 
lj>e£b a very fit Wife for him ; flic was ex- 
emplary for her life, humble and modcft in her. 
liabit and behaviour, and was lingular in ma-^ 
ny excellent qualities, particularly in a very 
extraordinary reverence that ftie payed him ; 
She bore him four Children, three &)ns and 2^ 
l)aughter, but one of the Sons and the Daugh- 
ter died young, fb none furvived but William^ 
and Athbroje. The juft reputation his Wife. 
"^ks in for her Piety and Virtue, made him 
chufe that for the Text of her Funeral Ser^ 
moHj^ A good name is better than ointments 
She died of a Lethargy three years before t^ie 
Rebellion broke out ; and he himfelf preached 
her Funeral Sermon, with fuch a mixture bpth 
^ tenderncfs and moderation, that it toucl^cd . 
whole Congregation fo much, that there 
^ very few dry eyes in die Church all the 
le. He did hot' like the burying in the 
rch : For, as he obferVed, there was ipttch: 
:. . ^ both 



hbA dfSiipc^itioa and:Pri4«:in ft, 'lb -he ber 
JicTed it was a,.^cat ahuoyiaacc to the I^iyiagj 
when there was £b mqch of the fte^in of dqad 
Ixxiies rifingahoat them; he. was likevviije 
much oflfended at. the rudefteli whigh the 
prowdii^ thie dead bodi^ ia 9 fmall parcel of 
-ground bcpafioned i for the bodies already 
Jaid there, and not yet quite rotten, were ofr 
•ten railed and n^ai^ed^ (o that he mide a 
.Canon in hjs Synod againft burying ii^Chtireh- 
«, and as he often wifh'd that, bufyii^-pl4ftts 
j«rere removed out of all Towqs, ib bt^did 
chufc the moft rcmpte.and l?aft frequented 
place of the Churx:h^y9i;d bi Kilmore for. Jiis 
Wife, and by. his Will he ordered that. he 
ihould be laid ne?ct her with this bare Iqlcriii^ 
tion, 

* Depfitum Gulielmf qmndam Epfcofi KUn 

iDejfofitim cahnot bear an, Englijb Tranflati-f 
on, k&gpiSylxigfg^cwbat gk^en t^ amther int 
truSiy fo heconfidered his burial as a truft left 
in the earth till the time that it Ihall be calle4 
oa to gi¥e up its de4d/ 

: The mbdefty of that Infcription adds to hi^ 
tocarit,. which thole whp knew him well, ,bc-j 
iieve exceeds even all that.this his i^ealous ami 
worthy Friend does through my hands cqq-r 
Vey to the World for his memory, which ^\\\ 
outlive the Marble oi the^. Brals, and vviH 
make him ever, to be. reckoned one of thq 
^jeaking and Ufti^g Glories,, pqt qnl^ 9^ t^ 
t....; ''Na Epif- 



£piieoj)tl Otdttf 4>ttto£ die Ageia-whidilifc 
tivc^ afid cf the two t^axkoBi- EHgUmd ud 
JriUnd, htvUTtiAa yrhom he wasib equdly di* 
vided, duit it is haed to teli v^di of tbeoi 
hat the greateft fluure in hm. Nor ouift his 
Honoat ftop htte, fae was a livii^ Apology 
both for the Reformed Edigioo, and the 
Chriftiab Do^brine: And both he that coUcd^ 
tdi tiiefe Memorials of him, and he that co^ 
pies them out, uuipublijhes them, willdiink 
their labours y«ry hapfuly imployed, if the 
ireadii^ thinn prdduees any of tibofe good c£- 
feds diat are intended by them. 

Asforhis two Son^ he wasiatisfied topny* 
vide for tiiem in fo mbdeft a way, as ibewed 
tiiat he aeil^ier a^ed co h^bthiiigson that 
behalf nor did he confider the Revenue of the 
Church as apr(^rty of hisbwn, out of which 
he might ralTe a gteat Eftate for diem. He 
provided his eldeft Son with a Boiefice of 
Eighty Found a year, in which he laboured 
with that fidelity that became die Son of iacli 
a Father; and his fecmd- Son, not being a 
Man of Letters, had a litde Eftate of ^o /. a year 
given him by theBilhop } which was the on- 
ly nurchafe that I hear he made; and I am 
informed, that he gavt nothing to his eldeft 
Son but that Benefice, which ho ib well do* 
ferved. So little advantage did he give to 
the enemies (^ the Church ; dther tathoie of 
the Church of Rmey agaiiiftthe nuurriage of 
*^^ Clergy, or to the dividers among out 
^ againft the Revenues of the CSinrch : 
one feit objeding that a mar^ fiatff 

made 



made the Clergy covetpus^ in oider to die raif- 
ing thfeif Faouli^^ and the others pretending 
that the Revenues ef die Church beihg coin 
yerted hf Cl^g^men into Temporal Eftatei 
fot their Children^ it was no Sacrilege to in- 
Vkde that which wa^^gcneraOy no Idb abn&d^ 
by Churcbmei^ t&an it could be by Laymea; 
. fince theie Revenues are trufted to the Clergy 
as Depofitarics^ and not given to them as ftom 
prietorSr 

May the great Shepherd and Bilhop of 
Soul$, fo infjpire all that are the Overfecrs of 
that Flock, whieh he purchafed with his own 
Blood) that in imitation of aH thole glorious 
patterns tibat are in Church-Hiftory, and of 
this in the laftAge, that is inferior to very 
few that any former Age produced, they may 
watch over the Flock of Chrfft, and £) feed and 
govern them, that the mouths of aU adverfa- 
ries may be ftopt, that this Apoftolical Order 
recovering its Primitive fpirit and vigour, it 
inay be received and obeyed witV that lame 
iubmiflion and elleem/ that was payed to it in 
former times : and that all differences about 
lefler matters being laid down, Peace ajid 
Truth may again flowrilh, and the true ends 
of Religion and Church-goveromeht may be 
advanced, and that inftead of biting, devour- 
injg> and confumingone another, as we do> we 
may all build up one another in our moft holy 
faith. . 



i>C i Somi 



iSil .J^iLIFE^^ 



• *r«: 



,. ^Somfi Tafers related to in the fwmif 



^ 



• :£$?^Ppus,: diiedo in, Qhrifto^ A;. B# Fratri; 
-y & SynfMre^^ytefo falutem- .;,;;... \ 

^ A^ VicarUmper^etuamEcileJiieTarochir^, 
- -;^. >?i/^r ^/(P .CI noJtfCie Kslmqrenfis JJidecefio^ 
jam iegttifni ^^dcantem^ ^ ad n6firamcollati*. 
onemfleno^ jufe^ediantem^p'^^^^ tefrtus, 

jur amnio de.fignpfienda is defendetida Regime 
Z^^jeJlatisfu^p^^ in otnniius caujls 

tam^BccieJiaJtms qudm Civilibus^ intica Stio^ 
ii^s Juas^]deme Anglicdno crdiney ha^bitu C^ 
ILingudfro yiritus in diEtafn Tarochtam intro^^ 
ducenSsj Juxta formaAi Statutorumhujius Reg-- 
m i mcnon de pr^eiua ^ prjbnali Rejuien-' 
tid iud. in Vicdfia pradiSta^ quqdque nullum 
^alhid Benefichm Ecclejiafiicunt ufuitutnia re- 
finebis:. deque Camntca bbidientta nobis ac 
Succe^otibus nofiris Efifcops Kilthdrenf. ]^r£^ 
fandaj te admittintusy iiijtttuimusy t£ canoni* 
ye in^efiimus : Curamque Anitnarum Taro^ 
Wtonaruni^ tbtdeni cothmorantiUmy iibi cotn^ 
^mittimusy fer^refentes. Obteft antes in Do^ 
\fMinOy tSfro obedimta e[uafimmo Vaftori te^ 
'neris injuHgentes : ut ejus Gregem quent fuo 
\^-im4/m(f acquifiiifty ttbf commijjumy ailigMter 
1 in fide Catholic a infiituaSy ' offic'ra 
ngua a fofulo intelleBa^ feragas*^ 
mte omnia tfi^fum pdbeas fidelibus 



BEDELL. 1 83 

^ bonho^ibusy n$ erubefcant Mtkr-fmi^ nh 
Ml habentes quod m tf refrehendanti Math 
Ja»tej infufer dik^o Fratrij Thorns Archtdi^ 
.acono KUtHorenfij Kt iem realpn S/ ^ffuakm 
feffejfimum. diBa Vi^aHa de C. inducati cum 
efeBuy in quorum omnium fidem^tejiimonium 
^gilimH ii9ftrum Epifco^aleTr£fent'tbus af^o^ 
fuimusi Datum fytimo die Maiii annd Sa4 

GulieL fcimorenfis; 

Decretck p-imte Synodi Kiinwrenjis. 

In nomiae Domini Dei & Salvatoris lioftri J©*' 
• fuCiirifti; • 

• .■••••• ^ 

* DEgnante in ferfetuumj acgubernanti £<?- 
" cbfiaihfuaiHy eodem Domino nbftro Je^ 
Ju Chr0Oy anno0ue im^erii^ fermjfimi Trih^ 
tipis ac Ddmini CaroUj Dei ffratia^ Magnd 
Britamia: ^ Hibernia Regisy decimo^ ^uarto^ 
iu^ M EccUfiam' Caihedrakm Rilmrenfim^ 
ynonitu Gukflfhi Efifcopi cohvenijjet CdptU^ 
%m mm Dtmefios^ dd Symdum Utoet^fid:^ 
S^am fdeiYandfffny fO0 fufas ad Deum Trecei 
yro tuUka ^ace^ Rigtfyuk ^FamiliJi RegU 




taUy necejitate 55 uiiithoritate^ ® cut^ vmj^ 
'^'in CGf^uitationim^ fuiitis ratiohibks\ t§ p-* 
Wfjmceritas;^ mtirUm fan^itas^ S5 decor D(^ 
'imm'^Betls^ Mnift^^^ conferJari 

::.v^:,:'^^^^-f^4- • '• Met, 



i«4 Tie tip t^^ 

ftfety nitnl cottdmi^lks vifum eB^ qmm «t 
ea qiue d'Patrihus bent ac-frndenttr Antqm. 
tus mftitutajtmtt quaftfoHlminHJure revKo- 
rentur^ atque tra^atu memos halnto, adetf 
tremum^ in bdc cafitida unanimter ^Mpn^im 
eSt. 

I. SyiioditmD/eecefa9a»JiveCa^ukmqii&» 
tamisteftia t$ quartafMr'ut ficmuU hebdma^ 
d£ Menfis Seftmbris in EccUfia KilmorenH 
tenendam, eumSembuic conventtiiftatumy ^ 
folennem fore file uUo mandato'y fires meat 
in ceteris or dinatiomim' ton^mbtu Trosbj^ 
rium cmtrabiy B^ifc^ tnandatum expEian/- 
dum. • 

II. In ^fi^f f^fentia ayt mfirbo, ^^r 
yhu ij^ JtTresiyterfuerit^pr^fiiebity aliopii 
ArchiSaconus jjtu de jure Vic arms eSi E^f- 
((^. *> 

in. Vicarius B^jfi»f*. i» fojienm mthu 
conftituatur aut cott^metur qui hicus eH, nee 
quifquam p'orfus n^ durante duntaxat bene* 
flacito* 

ly. Ut Jrcbidiaeonus de triewm m trien^ 
nium JDlceceJm ferfmaliter vifitet, fiigularum 
Ecck/tarum^ JSJiumque manfiofMlium farttf 
ta^atueatuTy libros ^ omamenta in indicuU 
defcriftos habeaty defe^us onmesfi^lendv aif 
ret 'y JE^ifcofalis . frocuratimis dimSum ba^ 
beat, eo conditiene «r JE^fctfus ilk Jimanw 
viJtteU 

V. Ut fecundum frifiinam^ antiquamhi* 

jus Di»cefios Kihnorenjis cenfiitutimem in trir 

'us re^ionibw, tres iMcani fitt, ^^^ 

's ejufdem Decanftm eli^endi, qui vc» 

■ ifltM 



^1^ BEDELL. >i8^ 

tmm f$ times dtrt jugi ciram^Etitm cu^ 
ditmti f^ adEfifca^ referamt, ejjufqtie mam^ 
data 0ceij^amy f$ qmties ofus eritferMpa^ 
riurem t>ecaHatus ad Ckm^uhyterts jkct 
tranfmittaHt, / 

VI. Lt fihws DecoMtu, iff tf^idt ^ 
j^mcifali, cwventui, Jht Cap$ulmmfit Mttih- 
JifWwmfitoUketfakm Menfty-vbi le&is'fUii^ 
fublkisfrecibmyCOHcionenturfer vices fine lm$^ 
gisfreakmf$froeemiis. 

VII. Jdnecatioius Ecclefianm miukmwf- 
"carnkm qua ad c^Uatiaium E^fie^i ^^anf^ 
^i«m»i emiferamur am C9i^rment9r» 

VIU. "PcSeffiims Ecckfia nm aUtumitt 
aitt-kcentwr cmtra Regni jnrd, nemPe terra-- 
mmMenfa^imnuUajh UcattOy mfiqmadB- 
fifmu in Sfde ant wta fia^erfif, cteterarmt 
iafkres amm^ quam leges Jmmtj am Prhfi^ 
btu hcatiMm, trkmikt minm nm&m aiW 
fkth, 

IX. Ut C9rfora defim&tnim demceps h 
Ecfkfu M»n lmmentnr,fed nef intr^f qnimm 
fedeni apart ete extrerjum. ^ 

]^'UtpmikrermSatrafi9fmf«deamyfed 
ii^raQtnet^mqnidemdvinff. /i 

XI. (/t Sacrarinm in cmfifioritm nm c$lh 
iienatmr, amfaera Men/a Mttariis ant Scri' 
HsjStfr^pktefi, 

,J^^ % *^ fi^f^*^ ^''tdkfts kanm am 
mtnlatmnf anient, 

Xni. Ut qgia id^fimihrum in Cameterih 
nwcoacerventur, fedtradanturfe^tnr^. : 

XIV. Vt Matricnia fity in qnom r^e^n* 
prnmttniikftnmfHiadfaeros^ wrdims adm^ 

fimt^ 



jWK^ . . 72^ LIFE bf . 
^y ma inftkutiy out admjft ad BUnefKUii 
•five cur am Aiimarum cpaptati; clericorum 
item Tartclmlium SJ iMd'magiftrorumyneque 
'/kmcefsad Rteras jteftimoniaks in vijetatimi' 
bus exbibendas'adigatur. 
.- XV; He ^is .MntRet OHat'umes ad Fmc' 
.ray BaftifimfUy Eutibanftiatny Ku^ttasy pSf 
ftur^erntm-y asftf^rtwumCoftmicamcuiquam, 
^(ti - , 

XVI. Ne qms ejujmddi oblata acerbe fxij; 
^sfy frafertim a fintferibusi 
^ . Xyil. Utfasjit Mmiftro dfacra Gcena re- 
fellere m qui fe ingerunt ad Synax'm, neque 
■nfmna (uitpidkTarochoJ^mflcarmt. 
► X VIII. tit fuerifakem dfep'mo itatis Jm- 
Jto; denec confirmentur fer numuUm in^ofiiw*^ 
nem^ fient i^ter Catecbumenosi faStoque Cata- 
Jkgi^^Jbi^h d9mmcis certus eorvm Humerus 
^atur iff Ecclefia exanmandus. 

XIX. &quis Minifier quenquam exfratri^ 
Jmsjitis aim accufaverit piufquam J^ifct^'ii 
.dmupciety ah tjm confirtm cater't rnnnes abjftr- 
nebmt. , , j 

\ ; XX. Ckrm cemam ne nutridnt^ tS habiiu 
Clerical* frCMt S^ntdo Dublinmfi iHftitutum 
jffti ffifedant^ 

., . 3CX.I, QEcmem Tdtwlmrim p'wideant 

ne in Ecclejia tempore cultus divmi ^eruti d^ 

fnrjfuty /aq$(fi,^iMfef arcjfotititr,^ mftitutisojti' 

ariisy vel mulBa imfoJita,fi qnis femel afque 

-jterum advmitns caneinficum m mcUfiam in-^ 

tro4uxeriu .. • • ., .. 

. Ut mUa Exemmmkationis fenfetitia fera-^ 

fur ab mojfilo Mmifrvy fed ab^E^tifa, afitf- 



FE D EX L- ^ 

itniUus quotquot inCdptidofMerintpripmtes^^ 

*^ H^c hecreta Synoaalfa^ quoniam ex fdk 
hujus Dmcefies futura credinms^ fS fpj^ 

> bbfern)akimus^ f$ quantum in nobis efi ab 
aliispifervanda curabimus^ adeoque Ma** 
nus fu£ quifque fiibfirij^fme corrob^n^ 

V ' tnus* ^ ; . 

fcptcmb. li* ,^ 



wkmm 



^ecufatiq 0.4. Articulorum Epifcopi Kilmo^ 
rcnfis^ ' 



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Oram /pebis venerabilibus Viris QeorgU 
z^m^ Bill' Legwn DoBore, i&Gulielmo UiU 
ton Arthm Mapftro,^Re'uerendiftmi in Cbrif* 
tQ 'Pdtrisjdcobipre^identia dimna Armacluir 
ni Jfrchiefifcojpi^ totius HibernU 'iPrmatis, nee 
pott Judtcts^ Trafidis Jive Commijfarii CurU 
llegU Tfarogativdfro cdujis Ecclejiaftuis^ 
aa^faciUtates mf$ fertotum regnum Hibeniiie, 
fiesta authoritate legitime cmftitutt^jkbfitt»: 
'tis Jive furrogatis^ ut vutgo credititr. Ego Gii-^ 
[Heinms Kilfftorenjis Epijcofus cum debit a vobis 
fever entia j^rofono^St^d Itc'et ante hoc excej^ti- 
mem -quondam declinatmamjurifdi^iomsvej^ 
tra in quadam fr£ten^ cauj'a au^licis querfr 
la mot a d Guhelmg Bayly clerico Dioecejidt 
Kilmorenjisjufiisde caufis inter fofuerm, acno- 
tntnatim Proper incompetentiam fori, pr ab- 
'feutiamReverendifimi 'Prajidts^ ^ fi^tci/h 
,hem anmi veftri in me iniqui, quasytiam cih 
yameodefn RiverendtftmoTrteJide^aliipoe, V- 

quis 



lift .^I&tlFE^- 

aktm fnparte mea, wiuraBilem vinmEd-' 
ngardKm Tarry fatr£ Thetkgut 'Prof^trem e- 
i^germof nmmaverim : Vos tamm SB^e re- 
tKftttMm mes mm wiMb deftrre reaifaftis, /eJ 
Mnif mfi^ ^ ^UtrUms mdiciis ammim vef- 
tnm nmu mfenfimfroSdiftis ; ea frefttr ego 
]^€efus antedUfus ammo turn frort^an^^pd 
t»frejlus ^ fartmUrm contra ^jatSfimfffi 
^perpmas vefiras excifiendo, mco^ aUe^o, 

peom^ionfstxt^MtneoEffcofali^ t$ jujfit 
iUnfirij^mi 'ProregiSy in quajimodnm exce^e^ • 
rm^ Imtima /fellatio erat ad pnodum ^i^ 
went; vd eoim^orium ArcUefijcofak, \ 

m/^nod &mti Bayly dSententiafrsABa 
jmBciafaer 9 vha voce affeikmh, undeferva- 
l» ordine Jiirif££Komtm ex decreto m^eriSy^ 
9tdi Dnbmenfis cauj^ c^mfio, omfi tnterme- 
fioArcbieffcofaU Confiforuf^ denjohi non /u- 
ttffadbancaariam. 

•■ tlh ^jfodfrmamHitumdefenJionis SStiBaj^ 
Ijfnititnr faadtaie quadam ah hac Curiaxon" 
X^\ emmvero nemo Jit idoneus jiukx infro^ 
fria canfOf fatis in'oerecmde vos hie inqmri' 
tis* 

IV.^nodregia Majefati cogtiitio abu/kd' 
mm facmtatum in i^alege refervatnr tx^effis 
wrb$Sy ut hoc forum vyfrnm, d fno t^mS 
facidtates emanant^ htricrei incoMB>etens JSf, ; 

V. J^dfifi nomine Reverendipmi Trima- 
'*h Armofbani ddHefcentes tenor em ComnufiO' 

vefitfenon mjkritis fifationihif Ufiris^ lit 



B^ BEDELL. tSf 

h^iaHtr nt^m qwdy ant mnatemis vMs <mt^ 
fmj^kmfit-tfedanomnhtoM^oJurrtgdtu 
- VL ^^'^i^BB'vme wpv mmfmdata^ 
ilimdftais fntwr^ boumies vere iMfsm E^ 
afos ex£xeai$me ^ifitfgiUs affkH nnUambO' 

. \V IL ^§uJ Iktm vejframfacitis, dm» m ct^ 
trntiMfoefra^ narratts dmegefia mfrgu^ir 
mm jmyiu^mis Cnris Rtpa ffntrigatwd, ^ 
adfaci^ates cederfy ejufque amten^tttmtex f0t 
00m/ht (faunu aihrt) bmstaifam ad fm^ 
mMum ^bMwrimveftrMmJ^e&are* 
■ VIIL J^ytd Mt qwqno md9 frtajfnm wf; 
$rum difei$datisy fagftis cattfam ffi difpHdr 
qpttrebtf am miua \fit lac m0iia^itio oat 
ff^fcMwiKtU at/t qgereig, mfiJmpkxtaiitMm* 

IX. ^^wmmtfavwem^trmmf^atem 
-mdfdrtm di^ Gidielm Bayly mtindatis^ enm 
pr§lnm vinm ^ dijirtum afpmafis ca^jfamm^ 
4mm difcHfia-y etun aea^trm Epiffififidt, 
Canmes Eeekfiafikty nee laudandim$y ntcfa^ 
^atuBembtmy ^nificat^am^tbaiirifykh' 
famem babm vtbmt* 

X. ^judcaifa wmdMm audita m fa frtaim-t 
€iafiisy ibm tb&mn Benlffy Vkamm de Dyne 
a/peiiatisyqwa famMKteariafedmefifUatim 
ewMerknr. 

Xh J^l^vetm v^Rtkimt eBwitfam 
fuper mfiitiitumkus (quat bac Cmriai^iufa^ 
'Oity} ixqm m admi0Me Nicolat ^reMardad 
FkarmmdeKMroiiSltrtotf^eftatkitemiater'^ 
ftfidy qnamm GuMmBitm kuBffti tiUif' 
tiy eaqut nm oiftaatey ffi iUma^ ^ nmkn a* 
lf9s ii^itmfHf rifltmmtihsE^jff«fk,qifdtu» 



i§9 .^ The XIFE()f \ 

mine erg0y mqui eftisy nm mbi tmtum^ fed 
4tque omnibus. 

* XII. ^ued^umnUper de frima Cttatione 
njeftra canqurftuseffmafmiiUuft$:i^ 

fidemin aua M/^as Ufa ^itkbatWy vas 
ea de cauja^ hand dijimulanter irateis baimi^ . 
XIII. ^od comfarentem ex eaCitattMe^ 
ad Tribunal vefirumy exfeitare SSfer fefquiri, 
horam mambulare^ tanquam ex infanafkbecu-^ 
la€oegijlis. \ , 

• 'XIV. ^od am proximo die juridico dv&^ 
his dimijfus ejfem fub hoc formula^ quod me natOi 
morareminiy quod nihil babuifiis mihi (Ajicien^ 
dumytn tamen Gulielme JJt^ton fojlfaado di< 
'xtfiifuturum ia denuo citarerj ex quoconfUhH 
rum com^ftmcdtionem cum d$£toGulieJmoBay^ 
typrodidifii. 

^ XV. ^^d cumfecmda Citam minus fucce^ 
dtrity fefferam jaMa^ fub nomme Ehfcopi^ 
Lifmorenjisy tu idem Gulielme Hilton ^orem^ 
admonuiftiy ut de integro inciferet. 
" XVh^lj^(;timter4iacitatusRecuf 




fas faratus eram eoram arbitris oftendere^ wxs 
jam non admijftis ut ^fprnrtnit^ jed in pnxi-f^ 
mum diemjuridicum fuper ea deliberaftis. # 
-■ XVIL ^^d q^rto citatum ad audiendum 
mlmt^tem 'oeftrdfnjufer recufatjone fradiSid 
cum cerneretis ad Tribunal wftrum affropin^ 
quantem^ furrexifiis illico^ ^ qfmnqmm, mc^ 
s^u^orio egPejfft eratis^ nee ^r/e£a fofi^um^^^ 
nnffikn ^ec^ty nec^hora ej^uxeraty reni^is^ 
me E^\lUppninmedi&mn (mfj$rpitemanaircy. 



pf J^ahretis aliquem cohrem m coittmacem. 
frontmciattdi. 

XVIII. ^jfiui fttmfroxifw Jiejuridico cvm^. 
faruiffem, @ emtumntciammbifaifo tm^tfitam. 
ptrgaffemy ® iterata fradiSla Recufatione ^ 
arMrum frobationis fro farte tnea reverent 
dum Virum Ed'^ardprn Tarry facra theokhr 
gue Trofefforem mmmajfem, vof bac admittef. 
re recufaftis, fid me adlibeHum accipiendum^, 
V.rocuratorem conftituendum adigertvQluiftit. 

XIX* ^ti(id'm,j0^.Cm£ riferri turaftis^ 
me non comfaruife,^ ^ in iifdem narratis to- 
men, me frafiniem admmitum fuiffe de cgrnr 
farendo de die in diem ufque adfinem litisy m 
nitero imferite^H altera inefte^n laroque {fat* 
'iia reverfntia vobi^ debita ) mjufie, r 

XX. ^wndS^tttum officii curia Regta fr^^ 
rogam^y ^adjacultatesy difpnfaiionibus cir- 
^aJPkratiPatem Benefciorum ^ Refidentiai^ 
tpmerariefrofujis, ^ inter dum iegi diving re-K 
fugnantibus affotiitis. 

XXI. <^odEpficforumjurifdi^ieftem^' 
ordinariam ^ ex^itatam a fupremo Mag^kra-. 
tuimfedircy ipfos ad Tribunal vefirtim frotr a- 
herey vexare gj vilifendere non veremini. 

XXII. ^deorumJHra Ep'tfcoPal^a in i/t- 
fiitutionibus notorie ttfurfaftis, 

. XXIII, ^d refirtpa conceditisy in qui- 
bus mftlf ay quoad fenfum ineptay quoad verba 
mongrua cmtinentury quibus idea de jure nul- 
la fdes adhibendafit'y cujufmodifunt qua fu& 
J^tllo veftro in hac caftfa emanarunt, 

XXIV. ^od wafer in hac eadem caufayji^ 
0unt veftrum Uteris, in quibus Regia Majef- 

tas 



I5r4" : Tie L I^FOf of • 

'An^Jdvertifement CM a'Chara^gU^* 

'1UM Ay Sir Henry Wotton ^ F^ ?aul <>&c 
:sAiA.or ii/ the.Hipry.of, tbt, Qaimeil\ of. 

Since thcrcwaafo jwirticulai amcfition made ,* 
of FathcriP/a^in thefdrrowlafis,! thought i 
it N^nld not be una€cc|«:ablq to the Reader . 
toiep a Charaftcr that was given oMiai by^Sir i 
Hemy 'Wotton^ mr'z, Letter that hc'Mrrit from^ 
Vthke to the Famous^and Learned Jyt: CoUmSy^ «. 
the King-^ Profeflbf of Divinity in €dmiridgey * 
wHiph is ^ not printed in his Remains ;? And 
t|iterefi?re. I hoped it would be received wth 
tbetentertainment thar^fs due to cirery thing.' 
that cdmes from iiich a Hand, and. ir writ on ; 
fudi a Subjed. And vift ntay^bettel' d^MOid^ 
onf GharkdeES tbatvarc given in ^ private vLct-%^ 
ters to Friends, than in more fhidicd Blogics^> 
where the he^t either pf Friendfhip or Elo- 
quence is apt to carry a Man too far ; but Let- 
ters thatpa(s among^. Friends, are cblder and^ 
more cdrelefs tbing^,*and therefore they ought 
to be the Icfs fufpeded. 



n'v^ yr ]^.J, 



SIR, ^^ 

T^Hough my Feet cannot ferform that Counsel 
^,^ which iremembe^ from fome Tranjlatton 
in Siracidfes, Teras limen fenfati viri; yet I 
Jbould at leafi ha^-ce often viftedjiQu with my 

foor 



Biftiif ti^ DtEL I;. i^^ 

ff^.I^s:, Bia<mthe&therji4e,wtnk Jdurfi 
n^trpJtmHe ctfm ctmceit mjbf fattier of my, . 
fr^f^t fu^rputyf and. iberffore b^ve feUom, 
wfitifnjoany^ Ifindjuyfelfin the tfi^a» time, 
^uprxharged wftb droers Letters, frtmjiou ^ 
jmgulathlmdnefi, andane of ahem.accomj^anir 
ed witlta d^Wty f*acefnl.fiece : .winch truly Z 
k^fdnetfieftirfprfy fo asMfidfstbe weight of 
tbeiSiUjeSiy it.waswekemfi e'omftfftbeGracei . 
nt n^i^fsr , tek let. mf teUyou, 1 cqtUd not tut. . 
jomewbat wondpr te>.find pttr S^fritital. Senec^ 
(yo»lam» wbom.Xwfian) flrnv^ thefeMfcon- 
cilerSfhavi^ refd a^fprmer TrenUfe of.bk . 
(JfinyfiifmFyfmimenQtJ ofamtrary f^m-% 
fkf^fum:.. Boneffoever^ lethmnowb^f bis dn^ . 
fratfe Wftb the reSty fotrfltewing kis. Cifrijfiani, 
ftMom\and Cbari^. . $iiit Ifear^ as it was 
(99fienliJy:f^ilf ^, Roman Qeneral, That fielr . 
li)]3i..fc)re ^t, jp it villfrovey tbot^b «r fome^ 
pitat. a, df0rentf^e, likewifeas true ^ tbis[ 
Cktur<b-fwarfarey toot the v^yfleaQirt of con', 
t^ing will foment Qmtentian tUl tbf enid of 
a^jiep,. BfU let me lemx tb^fitcrfdBuJkefi 
t$^our. well-meaning Fathers, • 

Jbid. noWf tSr , having a ff Idejfengery and 
hf'n^ not l^tg after the time when love-tokens 
tile, tofafk between Friends ^ letmfbe bold to fend 
ypufora^NeW'Teaf^S-Gift^ a,certai» Metnori^ 
^l nol aitogetbi/. nfiwortJ^ trf fome entertain^ 
^ntjmder^your Buof, namely a true 'PiGkre 
if. Padbit Paulo tbe ^crf'\i% which wA^. firSf 
Jaken.ky a'PaiiKffr^ whom Ifent unto Imfrom 
•^, ii%i,. tl^nn^bbouritig.tbts UMMery, ^ 
k\ O"* * I have 



Hvstu 4mi«ft'm, ^mdhttdf^m the fr4m with- 
iUifit v&^fw'tdiiti vhkh is iutif fiam 

jkr* Xm have a Uimmus ¥i^lor^ isfhkik I 

e^t^ ¥»y^,, a$d Ffetdm fihtTtiltt^vfDijbes^} 
hit ah&oi /tUjwr man kafntd Bifcourje ; fur^ 
to iHne v»f^y0 is f$ iiim with fMti^gMi ^Hh 
l^s-. /» ihia jftmti lifi^eth yott tv nMo^ 
in a faiw0t^kk ftttie f9r my fai». 
' Andikaitym mcty ha>t»JbmewbatU t^ if 
him m&ri than a hm Ima^^^ anjf ^U asi^ 
ns in rhffahk ^ Oebftis ; fam ikj^mtt* eha* 
raiUrifi a Smit imtiymfia^hfart V* hii No*. 
fare, Cnjtmi and liibitttiety as 1 haM ^g-_ 
Mjkn ^> kna^l^fii^ or t^tfmr^, Ht ^af^ 
nne ^ the hmhiifi tiaags that t^nii Irt Jnn 
mt^nthiimoidsif ihaimity-, th'WtyWau 
tetm ^ that ^meftf C^ipto dt^or, tint* 
IbbkMffiof 4 wmi fn9^ atmi to ihmnfirOtt fha$ 
Knemhi^e ^eli ^ifM tion k£^t', eie^Um 
in iP^iifii > txctUettt in aehQiafiicM ami ^fik* 
fnical Divinity \ ara^t Morhemotipimy nm 
in thefnp^ »hfimfhfam threofy -as- 'm JSgi^ 
Ifra ami the The»mis ; and yet ^iaijfk ieni* 
fertm the Bifiwy af INantSf as ^ he had ne* 
veit feruftdam bwk^hia Naturv : Lafil^ A 
great Canmi^y ivhichmasthe^fitk^ his 01^ 
binary Serines tenth the Stau : jfytdcettmnl^ 
in the timtfif the T4^ htenMythey4tadthetr 
frinc^td ij^ from him./ if^»en he was ej» 
ther rea^g Mr waiting aitm, ifis nfaanerwas 
. - to 



Mjbff B E i3 E 1 1* t0 

Upfiitced mtk^.0aftk. iiTa^f i^km kh 
(^bair, a»4»QtrM44\ fyr he was afatf 
f49ri^4 St. Albaij'f <^w<w|, Tkaf ail j^r i* 
ff^dasotjiy an4 tjp^palfy btft^fid, wkft fit 
^ifits are meft impleyeJt, Td^ wiif^affor 
im kis Fatti that wmfrbm a Roman Jfa^'^ 
nat9 that Viwld, have Mfk^hipit at he wat 
tHrmd to the WaU utar, his Cowkitt^ 0d if. 
tbfre were nof a greater "Providettce^^Mtt /w, 
«/ might pfieft have heeif eafily done^, ej^eda^y 
n^^Jmh a weakly and ^Mrijh hdy. He wai 
^.aqmet undfcttkdfemfer^ wtuchmadie him 
frw^t i» his sfiunfeis and attPwersi and th$. 
fame in ew^a$ieiKswM Xneqiiftoclct fciiu 
in Ji^ioky as wiU^p^ar wito^ im a Taf' 
fyu between him and the prince of QiDd0 ^ 
^faid ^rittfe 4n a 'ifoUmtar^ymmy toward 
'SLomejeatnttfVesdcetWheretogiipefome stent t9' 
bis ownhunmrs, he would often dkm^himfe^ 
ofhisgreaf»^s,andi^otlferkfsi^idabUfn^ 
rif/^etyimhng^ore hi*dtfartme^ sdefiro 
took htm to *oiJ^tbefamfnsobfcmreSifwtefm^ 
whofe Cloi^er eamif^ twke, he was thjt^fi 
timefhmed to bo ^thiif } at tht fecond it p^ 
intiiMte4f Thf^ktffafonef i^s4a^adm\Si'^ 
^ fo their deUfitrati^ in tkfiaHtrhe tpiM 
IfOt recei^lft^ yH^affi iVnfifms a-ftrfoet^^ 
^fnibom^k^vt^onf tb? iSmm, whffh he woft^d 
fiok to frnwf* TUf fit agreat et^ on tk 
^mcit, when, he fatu. he Jhoft/d fonfer 0ith 
mfaxtkiM^f^norefhan MonJtifb SMeHho 
timfti ^nftor^aveg^^ he fftme m third 
tinie^ and /Aw*, kmfs 0her volt^^if^ 4f 
tfonrfiYwhifbitfuire a iyrm^ ^.er^on tf 
O 3 repeat/ 



, Repeat) heajfaikd with a que^ihn,'"i^^ou^H 
ha^e troMed any Man but hifHfelf and hUht 
too', if a f redded accidhit bad not iajkdhimi 
JU fuejiion was this : He dejired to be told hy, 
hhn before his' going atjt/ity, who'^as the trite 

' MMmaskedjibiihor(ffth>eldteTii6tea^c Hiftdryi 
Ton musf ktH^i that^iui niwiy advertifethehf 
koas coPK fromRotacy' TBat the Archbtpof (^ 
Spalato being there arrived from Ehglitod, iti 
an mteriiienf between Mm and thk CdfdiHdh 
IfUdotifio, Nefbettf to Gte^oryXy. the fdid 
Cardinal^ after a con^litnentat 'weicomi^g^of 
him "iffto the Lap. d the Ghurch^toUtBm by order, 
from the Tdpe; 'that bis Holinefs would exfeB 
from hinffonte Bicanfat'ion In IPrint, 'as &n 
Antidote againH certain B6o1u andTamfhletSj 
hBch be bad fUbliJbed whilii "Ad flood in re-* 

" ylolt:^ ndmelyi his f^B ManiteAb rltem," TSl;o 
Sei^eks preached at theltdiksiC^fcb i«^ Lon- 
don; 'y^ain, a little Treafife^ intituled Scx)-i 

" gli. jlndlaft^^msgreatVolMinifs^^Kfutm^N^h 
Regiment and- 0ntr'(^ver/les : Thefe pere hll 
hamd\for astoikbing if Ae Trideritln^ ^^/fo- 
^i^his lUlinefSy fakb the Cardinal; will Hot 
prep ^^ to any ^favowmint thereof; thoi^h 
you b(pik an Ep^k b^e the Ori^OlEMoiti 

"■ ^caUfi we inow wtll enough tbatfr^er PaiMo 
is the' Father of that Brat. Upon this UH 
^'ifoe if the (aorefiM Moertifement tbe^ g^d 
Father came fairly <i§\' for 'oh M fuddeHy lay- 
im/all ti^efheri that'^to diftvoHwtbe'WSirk 
'is^as^an uHtridh, tti affimeit a da^er; isn^o 
fay n^bingy oH inciyilHy i, be tUfOkahiUdlf'E' 

' ^w/ion; tellittg the Ttitke, That he wide^'ffiod 
■ - , • - . be 



Bijhaf B ED EL L. i^p 

£^ was ^piUg so, R<^e, ; wb](re. be m/gpf Jeanf 

at eafe who, was the ^lithdr of thit ff%i^k; as 

thpwerejffepiy^^ Thus 

without any mercy oV your ttme^ Ihan)ebeen 

led along from one thing to another, while I 

'have taken fleafure to remember thaf Man 

wham Go4 ^ointed^af^furnijhed for Afro^ 

fer InRrument to dnatmife that rack etreriim 

rend Cheaters. Among whoky Ij^eaipftlx 

greater ^arty Exccptis fcnioribusi 0lkiom 

was Jbuffled like a fair bftat^dsy and the Dice 

JO many- yeah w^e fet ujroH iis. / ; ' ' 

y^ajo wijbingyou 'eery heartily inany g$od 

yearsy. i wi& letyoU breath, tillyou huhe Mm^ 

edthefeinclojed: * 



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t0S ktfafiurify offviuhMtur mimts il^rite, tut 

§md irawiu Jkanty judex tame» imiferetmt^ 

qHtJrtai^atimem 'mquogqiufaratur.-^ Has 

0^ £ai4asy fuas omrns aut earum fUsrmas ^ 

g9 Bftpftfus anteMha cwam £quis arhitris 

wfi^are faratm fum (adeoqm rewrmditm 

wnm, Edwofdum Varry^ S. Tbeologta Do&9^ \ 

tern, ex f arte mea nmtm) 'oefirum Tr'ibwuU^^ 

aifetHe reveremh 9rsfidty 'oeftrafque ferfmas^ 

taxftkm mibi merifo mhaccaufafu^e^ai, den 

dM0 fS rectify ad fuemcunepu juris epSum* ( 

Dabliik anno | 



Dmh. itfjflw 



Rev«rendo in Chrifto Fratri Eugcnio Gulk 
dmus Ecclefi»Kilmorenfis Minifter S. P. 

pEufgue tu quidem (reaerende Frater)imi 
^ iuafrdfintia te miUefers in hec tumOtii 
fr£M9 fore. Nee ego in rejtmili imfar tiU 
ht hoe charitatis offkio de^thenderer. Bed quo 
umtushwtuo henepcio utar in^jefentia, mul- 
fit itnfedior, ht^rimis loci angufiiis, turn ca- 
lamitoforum omnts ordinisy fextuSy atatiSj ntt- 
Utero'y qui hue tauquam ad ^Jyhim eonfugi^ 
vut. Accedit quorundatn & inter bos hlii 
fnei itraaktudo, ^od eafut eHy non Religi^ 
4ttis intef nos (unica nemfe ea eSt ^ commu" 
ms Chriftiauay quod ego femper ^Jeft/itSfcri^" 
iisfrefifus fum J fed cultus dij^aritas: nos 
nemfe in ejufmodi miferiiSy ketone Saeraruut 
Scr^turai-um, frecibus afjiduis IJngua Ver- 
nacula ad Deum fufiSy nos iffos folamur-, t^ 

quau' 



tu 'J fart of a SemAnifB. B«denV> 
txcuJtHg jinne well meaning ferfitts that 
^jvert in the Chmxb ef Ronift i ai 

X 2. The cmclnfim if that Seniwnf ex" 
horting to a Wtore entire reformattM ofa^ 

13. Hx Memonfirance of the Rebels m 
the County «/* CavaH, fettim forth the 
Grievances that had p'ovohedtbem to the 
Rebellion^, 143 

14. A Letter ofB. BcdcllV to the To- 
^ijb BifooP tfyKUxnore when he vas befet 

by the Retels. 14/S 

.15. yi Letter containing Chriftiandi^ 
reSfions in time of Terfecution, writ iy 
B^ Bedell for a Lady that dejired them, 1 4p 
i5. B, BedellV lafl fiords. 16% 

At the end of the Life there are added fbnie 
Papers in Latin. 

I. B. 'QcAtVi's form of In/litution to 
Benefices, i8a 

3. The Decrees of a Diocefau Synod 
that he held at Kilmore; 1S3 

3. B. BedellV Declinator of ArcJM- 
fiop Uiher'j Lay Chancellor nfon an J^ 
feaL 187 

4. ISs Letter to Bijbd^ Smnej, tp% 



THE 



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THE 

COPIES 

O F 

C^RtAiK Letters 

Which have pafled between 

SPAIN & ENGLAND 

In matter of 

RELIGION. 

Coflceming the 

General Motives 

To the 

ROMAN Obedience, 

Jbefween Mr* James Waddefworth, a latcPen- 
fioner cf the holy Inquifition ki SevUj and 
PK Bedell^ a Minifter of the Gofpcl of Jc- 
£xiiChnStm Suffolk. 




DUBLIN: 

Printed hy M^ R h a m fi s, 

For R. G p N w fe, Bookfeller in Cgpel-ftrM. 

M Dec XXXVI. 



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fp the MdH 

High &ExcELtENi? : 

P R I N G E 

Vnnce CHARLES. 

I Should labour much in my excufe, even 
to my own Judgnient| of the higheft 
boldae^ in daring to prefent thde Pa- 
pers to jtiur Highne^ if there vrere 
act fbme relieving Circumftances^ that gire 
me bope^ it Ihall qot be diiagp:ceable to your 
lligher Goodneik There is nothing can fee 
the lights which hath the name oiSpm in it^ 
vrhich feems not now properly yours, evet 
lince it pkafed you to honour that Country 
with yoiar prefeace* And thoie rery motives 
to the fi.omaM obedimce^ which had been re- 
pireiibnjted unto you there, in cafe you had 
given way to tfic propounding them, are ia 
th^ X^etters cha^ritaUy and calmly examined^ 
between a couple of FriendS| bred m the (zmc 
College (that of the Foundation of Sir fFa^ 
Ur Mikpivay of blelTed Memory, whom with 
Honour and Thankf ulnefs I name) chofen hia 
Spholar^ at the fame Eledion, lodged in the 
f;i^e Ctmiber, aft^r Minifiers in the iame DU 
ocdfs. And that they might be matchable a- 

broad 



2^ E^iflle Dedicatory. 
iJPOacd' as^weft^r^tiwjmc/^ Attendants in 4^ 
ikme Tank arGhap l ai ns^ on ^o honourable 
Ambafladors of tfee Majefty of the King your 
Father in Foreign parts; the one in Italyy 
thcr-otber- in Sfam . Whcrci one of tijmn 
having changed bis FrofefSoii, and received 
a Pfi|fion,oiit pf the Holy Ipquifition Houfc^, 
arid drawp hrt Wife: apd Children thitjier, w^;^ ^ 
l^td^r often-* in the Eyes of ^youf Highnefi i^ 
Very joy fill Iftippwfe to fee you there, not 
morl 1 diri fore, than the othfcr was iblicitous 
to mifs you here. Thefe paflages between us 
I have hitherto forbom: to divulge, out of thi^ 
hope of fiirtfccr anfwcr from Mr. Waddefworthy 
aax)rding t6 his Ptomife; though ^nce the 
fecetf)t of -my kft (being fifent -to my felf )' 
he exctrfcd him in lundry his Letters to other* 
fey his lack of -Health. Nor flioqld I have 
changed my relblation, but that I underftand 
that' prcfcntly after your Highnefs's depar- 
ture'from Spain^ he departed this life. Which 
News, though it grieve m6 as it ought in i*e-' 
^eOr of the fofi of my Friend, yet it' fome-. 
•^hat contcnteth liie, not to hive been lack-r 
irrg-ih*my endeavour, to the undeceiving a 
weH*meaning Man touching tht ftatc of oat. 
differences ih-Religion ; nor as I hope to have 
icandalized htm in the manner of handlings 
them; And fcoriceiving thefe Copiei maybe' 
!^f f(toie publick ufe, the more beihg lifted u{v 
abbve their vownhieannefs by fo high Patro- 
nage; 1 h^^ve ^dVentur'd to prefix your High- 
nefs^s'^Name before them. Htimbly befeech- 



'.iu 



fbeMftk DedUaiory. 
|flg tJie fame/that if thefe Reaions be tOQ 
-nreak to bear up the prdRimption of this De* 
dication, it may be chaiged upon the fbong 
^efire ibme way to expreis the VivSptd^lubls 
joy for your Hlghnefi^s happy Return Intq 
England^ of oi^e among many thoufands, 

Of your ISghftefs's moB huml/le 

tmd deyotfd Servants, 



/ 



W.Beden. 



THE ; 

I 



c:. , r 



■ ■ n il I II I • ■! I Ti i » 

T.H. e' 

CONTENTS. 

>^ taimg his Muhetft the Roman 

^ •»* O^iUem^ Dmtd at Stvil ^ 

SfMin, Apal t . t^ij. frimed as aU tk feS^ 

««r if^ 9vm Himd^^rhkg^ pag. ao^ 

%. Jmthr Lmer finom mmnqmrmg a»f 

fwtr toOefwmer^fim H^iM iii Spaki) A*- 

fKii4,;i6ip s ■ • ... .pi 125 

34 i&i jii$finr 49 4k iaH Lmtt* Ddtid 

i» 2ie .ji^^ pfthe ia^. Lattt, June 15* 
.i6%o* . p» 435 

.Madrid, Juo6 S« x^io< p» 13B 

. ^. aif Lettir if Mr, Dr. Hall*/j ^«f u Mn 

Waddefworth, and returned into Eriglansl- 

ivHh kis Margbtat Nvtei, ^'240 

8. A Letter returning it kthftd to Mr. Dr* 

H?i3l, , p. 143 

p. -rf £f » f r y?«iP /^ iWr* Waddefirorthj f<^» 

|ip^i«r o^ /)&p Examinatm of his Motfois^ 

Odobi 22* 16^0, p. ^45 . 

10. The ExammatioH vftbi Motives in the 

Jkff LeMer^\ ' i>» M^ 

t The 



!fhc Heads of the Motives reduced uiitqf 
twelve Chapters, akiwering unto the like 
Figures at the Foot of the Pages of the 

t- i .V . ' . 

Chap. I. /"^F the Preamble, the titles 
II CathiitickyT/ifiHyTraytef^ 
^T-^ Jdblater^ The Unif^rmty rf 
JF^'ttb'm'Protifiaiit Relignn, • " p:"a4$ 
■', Chjap. II.. Cftbe contrariety 'afSeefs fre^ 
^end?dto be amoi^H Reformers. Tbeir^^ 
setices^ hfiw. mattert ef Faith. ■Qfeachfre- 
iendiifg Sctifture^attdtheHdy GhpH;^. 15^ 
- . Cbap^ III. Cfthe want of a imtgHi extern 
\ml,i»f^i^kfe . Jti^'' ami Jmerprtter, - The 
X^e0io»s anfwered, FtrSi, that Sitffmrw 
■<^e- ofr matt&af^oHtifkjerjIy. Seimdfyy That 
■ fiiey. . af( the Law' and RMie, ' Thirdly th^ 
princes are no J^es^ Fowtbfyy Nor '» 
,vahok€oifmil(^ Refarmrs. thetofe's being 
■.tbq J^^ge and Interpreter overthrown byReA-^ 
fms^ ^mdfy his .piipafLe ^fx-iniiriretin^ //&c 
.Sar^pures in his Decretak. .The Jiilt (4 his 
.dmt.' ' Ws,- Br^es abita t^ Oath ofjUer, 
i^0nce- ., \ .. -K . p. i^s 

t ...;Chap. IV. Of t^fiate. »/ the Church of 
,%n^9.^4i,'4ffd whether it' way be reconciled 
■with ;^omc. '' ifhetker the 'Pope beAntifihrify 
.J^AULO V. yiCE-I>EO, OU« LORD 
^,<56p. jii^E PaPJB : tbtRelatum de mods^ 
^jgji^is titulis," with the iffueofit,' . ' . p. 2^ 
./ •: Gh^p; y, .0/ thef4fenefs tt^ pinto theRor 
y^n^eing confeffed'tq be a true Qbttrehby bef . 

Of. 



•ftre Contents. 

O^ofies.- Mr, P. ^tx.xxxisfef<wrjim,fti$iu 

ed at VeakcThe Badge ofCbriSVs <Sft«^, jpi.3 1 1. 

' Chap. VI. Of fraud and ijorr^im in. al^^ 

iedght^ Councils i Fathers akd Burners, ThefiU^ 

fifwat'tons im^utedto Momey,- Bijbof Jewd; 

idr. Fox, 'Vja.dsXsl'efiamnit-: Paribns^itr 

"faljboods infeven lines, A tafte iftlkforgtriex 

nftheTa^acy. In the ancient ^»fes E^Jik^ 

ConftantineV Donation^ Gra:tiati ; the School-' 

'pten and Breviaries hy the complaint of the Vc* 

oetian Divines. The Fathers mt umouch% 

\nor the Hebrew fext^ p. 31J 

Cbap. VII. 0/ the Amies of evident^ fTa- 
'pejjfes for the'Remanifis'. • - Wbencejtfeems fo 
Vo the unexfert Soldier, The Cet^ure .fif the 
Ceuturiits touching the DoStrine of the Aui" 
fnts^ Danacus of S, Auguftine' ^ opinion touch* 
$f^ Purgatory, j^ inSance or two ofhnfof* 
ture 'mwrefiingXttXxi^'iXiy Cyprian, Augui^ 
tine, p. 347 

Chap. VIII. Ofthelnmfibilify oftheChurcb 
f^idtp he an evafim ofTrotefiants, TheTro- 
fPuffsmade to the Chinch, and her glorious ti- 
ties, how they are verified out of& Auguftine; 
faljly ajflied to the whole Vtpble Churchy or 
r Befrtfentative, or the Tope, p. is^ 

Chkp, IX, Of lack of Uniformity in matters 
of Faith inaU Ages and Places, tVhat mat-' 
ters of faith the Church holds uniformly ; and 
Jo the Trotejants, 0/ WickUff and Hus,Qfe-, 
whether they were Martyrs, '" p. sf% 

. Chap, X. Of the Original of Beformattots 
pt luthe^, Calvin, Seotland, England. FFht" 
0fr King henry the Eighth wer^ agoodfJ^ad 



the CoAtdHttt 

^^ CBmvk. Of the Refrrmerfm l^iance 
andJtoiUad, the wigfttai girovth and Jut^ 
fwt'mg tffbd^^*^ Monarchy ct^derei^^.^t$ 

Chap. XI. Of Uik tif Smceffim^ ^HboPh 
prm OrSnoNoHfy Orofrsy TrieBhood. The 
felmkus OrdtMotim at the Nage^Head ex^-^ 
wmed, the Statute 8 Elizabeth. Bonber'j 
/*S^*^ *^ f^ 'P^^vienty and ii^.BaiH 
cxS^xjiafijatr t» Mr. Aiahl^er. Ithe Ferm 
ef TrieHlmd lenqukedy V- ^^9 

Cb^XII. OftbeCenchfm, Mr. Wad" 
dc&rorth's pontes and ^retefiatun. Tie 
Tr9tefiatm And Refpkttian efthe Jutharund 
tencet^ sf Mr* Wfuidcfwortfa, and his ac- 
%emp^ p.4ijr 



Ml^a«*HteM^ 



f HE 



■*Aif n i 



iC5p 

" t . • ' " 

T HE 

GO P I E S 

OF 

Certain Letters ' 

Which have pdffcdbetwden ^P^/iVand 
ENG LAND inrnmet of KELU 
GION. 



f •' • ■ 

Salutem in Grucifixa 

fd ihi Worfbipfulj my good Friend Mr, "VtiU 
liam BedeU^ ^cr. * 

■ kr". BeM, ' ' ' ' 

MY very lovingi^jieiid : ' Aftei the old 
plain hShiotiy. I ikliite yourheartily^ 
without any n^i fine xdtmgiiments 
orafie£bed PhrafeSi , And by my inquiry, un- 
dcrftanding of this Beartr^ that after your 
being at Venicey you ha4 pafled to CtmfiaMi'- 
fw^ley arid were retu«i€d*to St. Ednmndskurjf 
in lafety, and with health, I wa« exceeding- 
.glad th(£rcof J lot I wifli ypu well as to/my 
:^klf: And he tellinj^me further^ that, to mcar- 

Q^ TOW, 



iro The Copes of certain L £ t t e it s- 
row, God willing, he was to depart from 
•hence to imbz^-iot^En^and^ atKlTrfferii^ 
tnc to deliver my Letters, if I would write 
unto you, I could not omit by thefc hafty 
fcribled lines to fignify unto you the continu-^ 
%ce of qiy firifterc love, never to be blotted 
mt of my breaff (if you kill it not with un- 
kindnels, like Mr. Jofefh Hall J neither by 
diftance of Place, nor faccefs of time, nor dif- 
ference of Religiaiii For ^(fontrary to the 
flandcrs raifed againil all, becaufe of the of- 
/enqes committed _by feme) we are not taught 
'by our Catholick Religion^ either to diminifll 
""oiir natural obligation to our native Country, 
or to alter our moral affedion to our fofmei? 
4?mnd^' - ... 

And although for my change becoming Ca^ 
tholick^ I did expeci of fbme Revilers to be 
termed rather than proved an j^ofiata^ yet I 
i^eJij^r looked fpr. fuch terms from Mr. Hall^ 
"wBdnil eft^eiaokid either my Friend, or a mo- 
defter Man j Vhofe flanting Ejttftle I have 
not infwered, becau^ I would not foil my 
Hands with a poetical tailer, more full with 
Xrothofwbtds than fabftance bf matter, and 
^'Wiioni:^accardifl^ to. his bejginniag, t could 
aiot »cQC9ft.aiiy fotmd Arguments, but vaui 
Aou^es, and fo inuch, I pray, let him know 
ibom me^ if yot pleaie. 
• ;-Unja your: {m^ my good Fricftd, who do 
TOMkrftaod better than Mr< Hallj what die 
Dolors in &hoQls do account Apo^afyj and 
' ^wcit .is *more and worfc than Hertjy^ I do 
t both him and miy felf, whether I might 

not 



iiotmojte probably call himttereticfc, than he 
term me at the firft dafti Jj^ojiata : But I 
would abftain from liich* biting Satyrs. And 
if he^ or afiy other, will deeds fafteri upon mcf 
iiich bitter terms, let them firjft prove ttot. In 
all faints of Faith 1 have fallen totally from 
Chrifitan Religion^ as did Julian the jipfta^ 
ta : For fo is Apoftafy defcribed and diffe- 
renced from Herefy^ jipoflajia e0 err or y ho^ 
minis baftiiiMi^ cmtrarius Fidei Catholic £ eH 
toto : and Harejis eSi error fertinaXy hominis 
baftizati^ coHtrarius Pidei Catholics ex far^ 
*r. So that he ftiould have ftiewed^ firft, my 
errors in matters <5f Faith; not iny error inl 
other Queftionsj but ih decreed matters csf 
Faith (as Proteftants iiie to £ay ) mece^ar^ ta 
Salvationi Secondly, That fuch Errors were 
maintained with obftinate pertinaty : aftd/dT- 
tinacy is^ where fuch errors ate defended a^ 
gainH the confent and determikation iftheCa^ 
tholick Church \ and aUb knowing that the 
whole Church teacheth the coikrary to fuch^ 
opinions^ yet will perfift in them : And yet 
further, if there be any doubt, he muft mani- 
feft unto me which is the Catholick Ghurck 
Thirdly^ to make it fuH Afoftajyy he fhbtild 
'iiave convinced me to have fwcrved ihd back-f 
fliddeii (as you know the Greek Wdrd figni-* 
fies) like Julian renouncing his Baptifin,! and 
£orfiken totally allChriftidn Religion : a hor- 
tible imputation, though falle, nor lb cafil)^ 
•proved as declaimed : But I thank God daily 
that I am become Catholicky as ill Our An^ 
tttftcfrS were till of late years, and as the ifedft 

Q^% of 



j^i^ The Copes (ffmtain L E.t r\ K'i: 
of Chriftendom ftill be at this prefent day, with 
whom I had rather be mifcalled a Tapi0y a 
Iraitor^ an jifoftatA^ or Idolater^ or what he 
will, than to remain a Proteftant with him 
ftilL For in Proteftant Religion I could nerer 
£nd Uniformity of a fettled Faith, and fb no 
quietnefs of Confcience, efpecially for three or 
four years before my coming away, although 
by reading, ftudying, praying, and conferring, 
i did moft carefully and diligently labour to 
iind it.an^ong them. 
. * Bijt your contrariety of Sefts and Opini- 
pns Q^ Luther ans^Zw'mglianSyCalvimHs J ^rth 
t eft ant s^ Turitans^ CartwrightiHs^ zvA Brwu*- 
n't^s^ feme of theni damning each other j ma*- 
xiy pf them avouching their Pofitions to be 
matters of Faith (for if they made them but 
School Queftions of Opinion only, they fhould 
not have fo much difquieted me) and aU thefc 
being fo contrary, yet every one pretending 
Scriptures, and arrogating the Holy Ghoft in 
hi^ favouir. f And above all (which did moft 
of ail trouble me) about the deciding of thefe 
.and all other Controverfies which might arifc, 
I could not find among all thefe Seds any cer-^ 
tain human external Judge^ £> tnfaUihly to 
interpret ScripureSy and by them and by the 
.affiftance of the Holy Ghoft fo undoubtedly 
to define queftions of Faith, that I eould afTure 
my felf and my Soul, This Judge is infaUibU-^ 
and to him thou oughteSi in Confidence to obey 
and yield thy underfianding in all his deter^^ 
piinations of Faithy for he cannot err in thofe 
Points. And note that I ipcafcnowofaa 
? n. tut extern 



Tl^e C&fies of certain Letters, ii 3 

external^ human^ infallible Judge. For I 
know the Holy Ghoft is the Divine in- 
ternal and frinci^al Judge \ and the Scrip- 
tures be the Law or Rule^ by which that 
humaD, cjcternal Judge muft proceed. But 
tiicHoly ScH^pures being often the. AT^ff^r of 
Gontroverfy, and fometime queftioned which 
be Scriptures, and which be not, they alone 
of themfelyes cannot be Judges : And for the 
Holy Ghoft likewife every one pretending 
him to be His Patron, how ftiould I certainly 
know by whom he Ipeaketh, or not ? For to 
Men we muft go to learn, a^d n(X to Angelsy 
nor to God bmfe^ immediate^. The HeatJ 
of your Church was the ^yeen (an excellent 
notable Trincefs) but a Woman^ not to fpeafc, 
much lefs to be ^i^^ in the Church ; and 
fincc a learned Kingi like Ktng Henry the- 
Eighth^ who w»s th^ firfi temporal Prince that 
ever mad? himfelf J5a: 1?^^/^ jure Head of the 
Church in Spiritual ^matter s^ a- new ftrange 
Dofkrine, and therefore juftly condlemned by 
Qalmh for monftrous. But fuppofe he were 
fuch a Head, yet you all confefs that he may 
err in matters of Faith. Andfo you acknow- 
ledge may your Jfchbifiops z^ndBiJhops^ and 
your whole Clergy in their Convocation Honfe^ 
even making Articles and Decrees ; yea tho* 
a Council of al! joixt Lutherans^ CahiniBfy 
Trattjfants^ &c. of Germany^ France^ Eng-^ 
landyi^Q. were all joined together, and (hould 
agree all (which they never will do) to com- 
pound and detern\inc the differences among 
t;|^gqjfelves, yet by the ordinary Doftrin? of 
pioft Proteftants they might in fuch a Council 

Q.3 em 



^14 The Caffts of cert^h L e y t i ks;: 

j5rr, and it were poffible in their Decrees to be> 
4ecei vedf But if they may err, how ftiould I 
J;»Qw and be fare when and wherein they did, 
or did not err ? For though on the one fide, 
J ^ojfe (ide^ noH 'oalet fepfer cfmfiquentia^ 
yet aliqmndovaUt :^zna on the other fide,^ 
frufira dmtur pUnt'm^ q»fi mpq^amduckur 
in aififm. So that if ^either in general nor in 
particular, in publick nor private, in Head' 
nor Members, jointly nor feverally, you have 
no vijii^ky externaly humc^Hy infallibk Judge^, 
whQ cann^^erfy aqd to whom I might have 
recourfe for deeifion of doubts in matters of 
Faith) I pray let Mr, HaM teU me. Where 
fliould I have fixed my Foot? For Gq^ i$ 
my Witnels, my Soiil was like JN&/?/&*sDovey 
a long time t^overing and defirous to difcov^ 
Land, but ieeing nothing but moveable an4 
troublefome de9eivable Water, I could fin4 
no quiet Center for my Conlcience, nof any 
firm Foundation for my Faith in Protcftant^ 
Religioa Wherefore hearing a found of Har^ 
fnmy and Confent^ That the Catholick Charch 
could nof: err, and that miy in the Catholick 
Churchy as in NoahV Afky nlvas infallilfilityy 
and fojibility of fahation: I was fo occafi^p 
oned, and t think had important redfon^j like 
Koaks Dove, to jfeek out, and to enter into 
thi^ j^rk of Noah. * Hereupon I was occafi- 
oned to doubt, ff^ther the Church of ^t^^ 
. land were the true Churchy or not ? For by 
cpnfent of all, the true Church cannot err ; 
but the Church of England, Head and Mem- 

bexs« 



The Copies of certain IL e t r e r s* aji^ 
bers. King, Clergy, and People, as be^i;eis 
iaid, yea ^ whole .Council 6i Proteftsints, Ijy^ 
dieir pisna grant may err, ergo^tio tjrue pl^ufch* 
If no true Church, no l^lvation is itj thercT 
^re come ouf of it : But that I was Ipth to. 
do. Rather I laboured mightily; to defend it, 
both againft th^Tiiritans^ and againft tbe C4-i^ 
thoiicks: But the beft Arguments I could ufe. 
againft th6 ^uritan^ from the Authority ofth$ 
Church J ^d of the ancicnj: Dolfors interpret^ 
mg Scriptures agsuntt them, when they coul^ 
not anfwer jbem, they would rejeft them for 
Popiftu and fly to their qWu arrogant fpirit^ 
by which forlbbth t^ey muft; coritroul ptherst 
This I found on the onefide moft abfii^i, jin^ 
tp 'breed ap jharchy of confiifiori: And yet 
when I came to anf^y6r tjie (ffi5??i&^/i^^ 
nients on the other fide dgainft ym^^i^^ 
urging the like Jtutbqrtty and Uniformity (^ 
the Churchy I perceived the Woft Trpt^iants. 
did frame evafions, in effedt like thofe of thi? 
Putitahs, inclining to their private Ipiri^^^ ap<^ 
other uncertainties. 

Next therefore 1 applied my felf to foUpw 
^he^r Opinion, \vhQ would rnakc the Church 
ijf England apdth^ Church (jfKomc fill to ie 
all one in ejfential ^oints^ and t^^ aij^erences 
io b^ accident al\ cpnfe^ng the. Church tliRqm^ 
Xp be a true Churchy though fick, or corrupts 
€d, and the Proteiftants to be derived ftoni it 
and reformed: And to this end \ laboured 
much to reconcile moft of oqr partici;ijlar con- 
troverfies: But in truth, I found fuch gpntrar 
rieties, not only betwixt C^thpUcJiLs ai*d Pro- 
0^4 teftants. 



r ' 



%i6^ the Cortes ef certain Le t r e^r s* 

teftants but even among Prot^ft^nts thepifelycs, 
that I could nerer fettle"^ my felf faHj in t|ii« 
O^nfori of fomefecpnciliation, which, 1 know 
inariy great Scholars in England did fa vour# 
For Gonfideriijg fQ?n?^^ny opppfite grc^jt Points, 
fbri wiiich they iflid excppmiunicate ^nd put 
t6 deat^ each other, ^nd piaking the ^afe ta 
Be JintichriHy prpper oi improper, it could ne- 
ver (ink into my bram hp\v thefc two could 
|)e defqertdent or Members found nor unfound 
participant each of other. * Rather I cpn?» 
eluded, that feeing many of the beft learned 
JProteft?ihts did grant The Church of Rome f0 
ire a tfue Chwchj though femdventure ' fmhy 
infome things : And contrarily, not only the 
CathplickSy but alfo the ^uritans^ Atahapifis^ 
jBrovjHiftSyilc. di4 ail denythf Church of Engi^ 
land to be a true Church j ^erefore itwoiild 
.be more j^fe and fecufe to becorxie a ^oman^ 
Catholic ky who have a true Church by confent 
of both parties, than to remain a Trf/tejlant^ 
who do alone plead -their own caufe^ having* 
all the other againft them : For the teftimo- 
py of our fclyes,- and our contraries' alfo, is 
much mor? liifficient, ahd more certain than 
to jliftify our felves alone, + Yet I refifted and 
ftbod out ftill i and betoolc niy felf again to 
read over and examine the chiefeft Contrch- 
verfies, efpecjally thofe about the Churchy 
which is cardo negotii^ (and herein becaufe 
Ithe Bearer ftays now adjty or two longer, I 
>yill inlarge my felf more than I purpofed) and 
fo I would needs perufe the Original quotas - 
ftom and Texts of the Councils^ rathersj and 
?v. t VI. Doc-- 



The Copes ef certain Letter $• an? 

DoBorSj ia the Authors themfclves, which 
were alledged on both parts, to fee if they 
were truly cited, and according to the .mean- 
ing of the Authors: a labour of much labour, 
and of travel fomctime to find the Books, 
wherein I found much fraud committed by 
the Proteftants J and that the Catholicks * had 
far greater and better armies cf evident fVit^ 
nejfes oii their fides, miich moi;e than the Pror 
teitantsj info much that the Centuriifs zxe 
fain often to ceqfure and rejed the plain tefti- 
monies of thofe Ancients, as if their new cen- 
fiire were liifficient to difauthorize the others, 
^ncieqt Sentences. And fo I remember Dor 
n^eus in Comment ariis fufer D. At^ujlin^ iSi- 
cbirid. ad Laurentium. Where S. jingujlim 
plainly avoucheth Turgc^ory : He r^ds S. 
jitiguftine's Opinions, faying, hie eftn^vus 
Auguftini : But I had rather follow S. Auguf-- 
iine'$ Opinion, than his Cenfure ; for who are 
they to controul the Fathers ? 

There are indeed ibmc few places iaKA^ti-^ 
thors, which ^rima facie feem to favour Pro- 
teftants, as many Hereticks alledge fomc 
Texts of Scriptures, whofe found of Words 
feem to make for their Opinions : But beitig 
well examined and interpreted, according to 
the Analogy of Faith, and according to ma-? 
ny other places of the f^me Authors, where 
they do more fully explain their Opinions j 
fo they appear to be wretted, and from the 
purpple. 

In fine, I found my lelf evidently convii'^ 

eed^ both by many Authorities, and by many 

* VII. Ar^UiPi 



5iS The Caries rf certain Lettirs. 
Arguments, which now I dp not remember 
all, nor can here repeat thofe which I do re- 
member: But only fome few Arguments I will 
relate unto you which prevailed moft with me, 
befides thofe aforementioned. 

♦ Firft, therefore I could never approve the 
Protcftants evafion by Invifitility of their 
Church: For though fomctime it may be di- 
miniftied and obfcured, yet the Catf?olick 
Church tnuft e^oer be vtfible^ fet on a Hiliy and 
not c^ a Light hid under a Bujbel j for how 
fliould it enlighten and teach her Children, if 
invifible, or how ftiould Strangers, ^nd Pa- 
gans, and others, be converted unto her; or 
where fliould any find the Sacraments, if in- 
Tifible? 

f Alfo the true Church in all places and all 
Ages, ever holds one Uniformity and Concord 
in all matters of Faiths though not in all mat- 
ters of Ceremony or Government : But the Pro- 
tcftants Church hath not in all Ages, nor in 
all Places fuch uniform concord, no not in on^ 
Age, as is manifcft to all the World, and as 
Father y^rr/i^j proved againft Fox's Martyr s^ 
fTfckliffe, Huffe, and the reft: Ergo the Pro^; 
^eftants Church, not the true Church. . 
* 11 Again, by that faying, H^refes ad originem 
revocajfe eff refutajje] and fo confidering L«i 
ther's firft rancor againft the Dominicans^ his 
difobediencc and contempt of his former Su- 
periors, his vow-bre^iking, and violent cour- 
fcs, even caufing rebellion againft the j^mfe^t 
ror^ whom he reviles, and oth?r princes mofl; 

ilhame-? 

*, yiii. t IX. II X. 



fhe Cofiisof mtain 1. 1 tt e r s. . %i^ 
jObamcfully; fiirgly fuch arrogant difobedience,* 
iSfhifin, and Rebellions, had no warrant nor 
vocation of God to plant his Church, but of 
rfce Devil to begin a Schifm and a Scd. So^^ 
Jjfcewife for Cahiny to fay nothing of all that • 
D« Bolfecus brings againft him; I do urge on- 
ly-vrhat Mr. Hookefy Dr, Bancr^ft^ and Sa^- 
ranxiot 4o prove againft him, for his unquiet-' 
pefs and ambition, rcvplviiig the Commo&^ 
wealth, and fo unjuftly expeUing and depriv- 
ing the Billlpp of Geneva^ and other temporal 
I^ords of their due obedience, and ancimt in-r 
bcritance. Moreover, I refer you to the ftirs, 
broils, fedition, and murthers which Kmx and 
the (j^«r?z;^-Golpeliers caufcd in Scotland z.^* 
^inft their lawful Governors, againft their' 
^tenj and againft our King^ even in his M(h 
fher's Bel^f Nor will I infift upon the pstf* 
Cons which firft moved Kling Henry violently- 
to divorce himielf from his lawful Wife, to 
fall out with the Pope his Friend, to mjtrry the 
JLady Annt BuUeUj and fbon after to behead 
her, to difinherit Queen Mary^ and enable 
Queen Bli^abeth^ and prefcntly to difinhe- 
rit Queen Eli2u$bethy and to reftore Queen 
^ary.^ to ftang up Catholicks for Tray tors, 
jucid to bum Pi'oteftants foj Hereticks, to de- 
&roY Monafieries J and to pill Churches: Were 
thcfe fit beginnings for the Gofpel of Chrift ? 
I pray wgs this Man a good Head of God's 
Churfk^i for n>y part, I befeecb our Lord blefe 
me from being a Mcinber of fiich a Head, or 
fiich ^ Church, I come to France and Hol^ 
land^ where you know by the Hugonots and 

Guefesj 



Guefes all CahiniBsy what Civil Wars they 
have raiied, how much Blood they have feed, 
iiyhat Rebellion, Rapine, and Defolations they 
have occafioned principally for their new Reli- 
gion, founded in Blood like i)r^^^*s Laws: 
But I would gladly know whether you can 
approve fuch bloody Brotb for Relijgicxi, or no? 
I know Proteftants de fa£i»^ dojuffify the 
Civil Wars of France and Holland for good 
againft their: Kings ; but I could never under- 
ftand of xhtm qua jure : If the HaUanders be 
Rebels (as they are) w^y did we lupport them ? 
if they be no'Rebelsbec^ufethey fight fox the 
pretended liberty of their ancient Privileges, 
and for their new Religion ; we fee it is an ea- 
fie matter to pretend Liberties, and alio why 
oay not others as well revolt for their old Re- 
llgioi) ? Or I beieech you, why is that ac- 
cpunted Trenfin againft (he State inCatholicksy 
vrhich h called Reafon of State in Troteftants ? 
I reduce this Argument to few Words, TT^aP 
Church which is founded and begun in Malice^ 
Difobedience^Taj^ony Blood and Rebellion^ canr. 
not be the true Church : But it is evident to 
the World, That the Troteftant Churches in 
Germany, France, Holland, Geneva, tSc. were 
fo foundedy and in Geneva and Holland arc 
ftill continued in Rebellion : &rgOy * ZZ^jy, are. 
not true Churches. 

P^^thermore, where is not Succeffton both 
of tru? Paftors atid of true Dodrine, there is 
no true Church : But among Proteftants is no 
fiicceffiqi} qif true Paftors, (for. I omit here ta 
treat of po^rine) ergo^ Ro Uue Church, \ 
* ^. *" ' prove 



7%e Coftes of certain X e t t e £ ?• 21 1 

prove the tnitwr : Where is no cdnfhcrntion nor 
ordination of Bijhop and Triefisi according 
to the due Form and right Intention required 
neceflarily by the Church and ancient Coun- 
cils, there is no fucceflion of true Paftors : BuC 
among Proteftants the faid diie form and right 
intciltion dre not obfef ved, ergOy no fucceffiorl 
of true Paftors. The faid due form and right 
intention acre not obfei yed amoflg Proteftants 
in France^ Holland^ nox Gerntanyy where they 
have no Biftiops, and where Lay-men do in-fc 
termeddle in the making of their Minifters* 
And for England^ whereas the Councils requird 
the Or dines minoresoiSubdeacon arid the reftyt(3 
go before Priefthood ; your Minifters are made 
fer faltnm without ever being Sujxieaconsi 
And whereas the Councils require three Bifliopfs 
to affift at the Confecration of a Biihop, it is 
certain th^itattheN^s^HeadinChez^iAc^ 
where confecration of your firft Biftiops was 
attempted, but not cffeded, (whereabout I 
remember the controverfie you had with one) 
there was but one Biftiop, and I am iiire 
thete was fuch a matter: And although I 
know and have feen the Records themfelves^ 
that afterward there was a confecration of Dr. 
Tarker at Lambeth^ and three Bifhops named, 
^i^. Miles Qroerdal of Exeter^ one Hodgeskin 
SiJ&agaa of Bedford, and another whofe 
name I have forgotten, yet it is "Very doubtful 
that Coverdal being made Bilhop of Exeter 
in King Edwards time ( when all Councils 
and Church-Canons were little obferved ) he 
was nevar himfclfcanonically. confecratedj afld 

fo 



iia. the Copies if iertaihlLi^'itttSi 
io if he were no Canonical Bifiiop^ he coul<J 
not make another Canonical: And the third 
unnamed, as I remember (but am not fare) 
was only a B'ijbaf ekSfy and not confecrated^ 
and fo was «ot fuflSicient* . But hereof I am 
fare, that they didconfecrate "Tarker by ver- 
tueof a Bfcvcfrimthe^een^as Head of the 
Churchy who indeed being no true Head, and 
a Woman, I cannot fee. how they could make 
a true Cenfecratim grounded on her Authori-' 
ty. Furthermore, making your Minifters, 
you keep liot the right intention:, for neither 
do the Ordcrer nor the Ordered give nor re- 
ceive the Orders as a Sacrament :, nor with 
any intention oi facri^ing. Allp they want 
the Matter and Form with wiiich according 
to the Councils and Canons of the Church 
holy Orders ftiould be given; namely for 
thd Matter^ Priefthood is gi»eti by the de^ 
livery of the Tatina with Breads and of the 
Chalice with ffine : Dcaconfhip by ^hc dcli«-' 
very of the Book of the Goffels*^ and Subdeji- 
conftiip by the delivery of the Tatina alone^ 
aind of the Chalice empty* And in the liib-f 
ftantial form of Priefthood you do fail moft of 
all, which Formconfifts inthefe Words, ^- 
cife foteftatem offerendi Saerijkium in Eeelejia 
fro vms ® mortuisy which are neither laid 
not done by you, and therefore well may you 
be called Minifters, as alio Laymen are, but 
you are no > TrieSts. Wherefore I conclude, 
waoting Subdeaconfoify wafltiog undoubted 
Canonical BiJbopSy wanting right Intention^ 
^s^tin^ Matter 9Xid diK F^ and deriving 

f ycfl 



the Co^es of certain lL%rrt %,ti ^^3 
tven that you feem to have from a iVoman 
,the Head of your Churchy therefore you have 
no true ^afors^ and confequently no true 
Church * And fo to conclude, and not to 
weary my felf and you too much, being re- 
folved in my undcrftanding, by thefe and ma- 
ijy other Arguments, That the Church of En- 
!^zxAtoasnot the true Churchy but that r^^". 
Church of Rome was and is the only true 
Churchy becaufe it alone is Ancient y Catholick^ 
and APoftolicky having Succefion^ Unity^ and 
Vijibittty^ in all Ages^ and T laces \ yet what 
Agonies t palTed with my Will, here I will 
over-palk Only I cannot pretermit to tell 
you. That at laft having alio mattered and 
fiibducd my will to relent unto my underftand- 
jngjf by J^ean3 of Prayer, and by God Al- 
mighty's Grace principally, I came to break 
thirough many tentations ^nd impediments^ 
and from a troubled unquiet Heart, to a fix- 
ed and peaceable tranquillity of Mind, for 
which I do moft humbly thank our fweet Lord 
and Saviour Jifusy before Whom with all re- 
verence I do avouch and fwear unto you,, as 
I ftiall anfwcr it in the dreadful Day of Judg- 
ment, when all Hearts fhall be difcovered. 
That IforfookTrotefiant Religion for very fear 
of Damnation:^ and became a Catholick with 
good hofe of Salvation j and that in this hope 
I do continue and increafe daily: And that I 
yrpuld not for all the World become a Trotef* 
tant again. And for this which here I have 
written unto you in great hafte, I know there 
be many Replies and Rejoynders wherewith I 
* xiL could 



4^4 T^^ Cafiis ofckrtaik Lett e k s: 
could never be fadsficdj nor do I defirc i\xf 
further Diiputation about them, but rather to 
Ipehd the reft of my life irt Devotion ^ yet in 
jpart to give you, my dear good Friend, Ibme 
account of my felf, having now £b good an 
occafion, and fit a Mcffenger, and by you if 
you' pleafe to render a reafon of my Faith .to 
Mr. Hall^ who in his laid frinted Epjlle^ in 
one place defires to know the Motives thereof^ 
i have thus plainly made relation of fom6 
'Points among many. Whereunto if Mr. HaU 
ivill make any Rej^lj/y I do defire it may be di^ 
reHlyy Viud fully to the Points, and m friend'^ 
iy TermSy upon which condition I do pardoh 
what ispaft: and of you I know I needndi: 
require any fuch circumftance^. And io molt 
ferioufly entreating and praying to 6ujf graci* 
ous Lord to direft and fcecto u» all and ever in 
his holy Truth, I commend you unto his hea- 
venly Grace, and my felf unto your fi:icndly 
love. 

Tour very affectionate 
Afrit 1.1^15. and true loving Friend^ 

James Waddclworth^ 



. T^e Chftes of certain L e r x e R s. ^3? 

-y . ,:• < 

-% the tVerJhi^ful^ his. reffeBed Friend^Mr. 
WiUiam ^dcW,- a^ his Ihufe in S. Ed- 
mundsbuty^ or ^r Horringcr, ie there deli-^ 
veredtn^f&Ak^ ' • 

Mlpe. old ^qipfM^ and Fri^nd^ ^a-*- 
ving hcaid of yoor |iealth and worldi- 
^ .Y^^lfj^jfe, by . this Bwrpr. Mx. Jtiften your 
Neighbour, ^ . by ^i4:f»Y*^g. pppqrtaonity 
to £alute you with thefe few Lines, I could 
not omit; thoi^h Iqw^^ few Years ^fityjie 1 
wrote you by one wlio fince told me certainly 
he delivered liify Lettcfs^and that you pwnpfifcd 
apfwer, .and ^o, you are in my debt, whidi I 
xio not claim nor urge to much, as t do that 
in truth and before our Lord I l^eak it,you do 
owe me love in all mutual amity, for the hear- 
.ty a^fi^^onat&iave which I have and ever did 
bear unto you with all fincerity. . For thouglj 
I love hot your Religion, (^herein I could rie^ 
w' find ioiid truth, ^ noir firm hope of Salvati- 
on, as now I do being 2^ Catholic k^ and our 
Lord is my Witnefs, who Ihall be my Judge) 
yet indeed I dq love your pcrfon, and your in- 
genuous, honeft, good, poral condition,^ wh^ctj 
^vei'l dfefervefl in ybu % oar do I de^firc to 
have alt^jn^tibns \Yith ^ix. yofe^h tiuH{^^^ 
cially if heftiouTd proceed as Datyricaliy as h^ 
liatb begun with me) nof^ith any other Mad^, 
and iftueh-I^ wpuldl ^ve* ahy debase wxta 



ii26 fhf Ci^s vfcmm L e tt i r i, 
youf fclf, whom I do cftccm and aflFeft as))c-? 
fore I have written : . Nor would I fpcnd the 
reft of my life (which- 1 take to be fliort, foir 
nijr Lung? are decaying) in any Qi^eftions, but 
j^therin Devotion^ wherejn I do m^ch more 
defire to4>e hot and fervorous^ than in Pifpu-r 
tations, hefeeching our Ldrd to fofgive my 
coldnefij^ yea my neglcft therein, and to par-? 
don and free me frpm s^U (in> and to guide 
aodkecp yoU in all hiif^Qe&, etefi as t wiJh 
ibt my own ScKili dttough the tedcifiptidn 6f 
, our iwm SawuTj and ^ tbt intmej^^n ^f 
Us kakf MothfTj and all §aimsy jittKn. 

Wfitufihi Tmagurtd 

hs/fefrm ' '. y . 

Madrid, - - ' tt ^ j 

; James Waddefworthw 

Received, Ivm At- i^i%\ 

•" ' • /vf • I : 

X0 the WtrOoifftd v^ji v^ry goU.PrifMd, Mr, 
, James Waddefttrorth <?r Madridj^W^«yl^ 
this, , 

,' , . Salutem in Chriftp }c&l 

I He laterece^^ of your Letters fgiodJS^ 
(ler Waddefworthyii diver jly offeB m 
jqy andfbame \andl know not wkb vobe- 
ther moH. Iwasglad^hear of ym,^mdyout 
' 'rous^4te, nmch more^o receive ^ land 
'y ' Letter, 



\ 



Tibe Copies $f certain 1 1 T T e r s. 127 

Lettetfrmyim: Ajhamed therth to be called 

fiPM iot'dc}^':, who have ever endeanwured tt 

five by that Btde tff the j^ftky Owe nothing 

to any Man, Tet notfo much for that which 

you mofi urge thi debtff LovOy Jitb by that 

Text it affearsy that it can never be Jo difr 

f^rgedy as there Jb&uld not he more behind 

to fay. Jhd your felf who challenge this. of mf^ 

do owe me as much or fvcUmore. For let mg 

feUyoUy I have the advantage of you hfreiuiy 

myTr^eJItMy for where your JLave i^ ^^'^^ ^^ 

to: a Man^ ^r to an hontfi MaUy nor can by 

your frefeta ferfwajhn go any further y I can 

and do love you as my dear Brother y and f el- 

low Mender in the n^ftical body of our Lord 

^efus Cbriifn And from tkis ground if to bill 

knowledge I dp aj^ealj I dp heartily Pray for 

yony and bear withyouy and as the j^offle en^ 

joinsy Rom. 15* 7, receive you with a true bro^ 

'theriy afeSion. lam nqt therefore ajhamed 

^ this debty but do rejoice as much in theow^. 

if^ of fty as m the fayment. But myfiamo 

grows from the being behind with you m the Of^ 

Sec of writing;, herein yet hear my honeff 

andtrueexcufi. Neither vpiH I go about tofet 

^ff Mi debt with anotlier. l^orytn may re-- 

psembery how at our Jfarttngyou frprmfedto 

"iwit^ to me touching the uate of kelig^on 

therey whicbif wefoall make out aferfeHrecr 

kaningy I account to be a good debt ftill. Bui 

this Tfa^y rvbenyour Letters of thefirfi of k^ 

pril, 1015. came to^myHandSy IpirPofedtP 

return anfiver by the fame Bear fry who, as h^ 

toldmey was to return ak^a the Midforrimer 

K a follow^ 



aaS The Cppe4 (if certm^ 

fothwingp^ ^ut 1 had a fudden and extraor^ 
^inary journey whkh came between^ and kef $ 
mfrowhoKfie tU{ after ^ the Commencement ^ fa 
as, that off or f unity was lofi. . ^ Bejides ufm th( 
re^dipg of your Letters^ I ferceived yow in'' 
tent{pn vpastohai^ethmimfartedp :£>?*^Hall, 
\exfeBivg in a fortjgme, ^efhf(om hjm^ To 
htm therefore did Xfi^^. t^^^ ^fter fome 
'j^onfhS;! merged .t^is ^nfw^r^. which tho\ 
). had, mcefurpofed io: fo^c^^ly - 4/, not wUlmg 
Xo beJhe.tnean ojany ep^^er^tioi^^ betweenyfiu,y 
yet now hoping pfyot^r wifdom^ ^^dfatienfe^ / 
fend you ^ncloje4j that it may b^ ffme^evide^ce 
of .my true fxcufe. Ufqnth^ receift, o]f tty I 
peganMfram^ an anjwer to th% points Qfymt 
.Jjeiier according to your dejlrey full j^d ;in 
.jfriea^ly. terms, jh^d wel^nig$ finU^^^ it^ 
, ]iphm I was frejented to this JBenefice^ a^nd 
thereby entered into [a J^orld ^ J)ifira5tlififs. 
'TJj(fey together mth the labour pf wrjting 4t 
$ije)\\and uncertainty- of faf^ conveying my 
jLetters toyou^ didtnake me, frocraftinatf my 
foment ^ till nom to my Jharaeyou Jhguld nged 
to demand it. And that Imay byjhe m^^e 
[fhaming myjelfobt^ain a moreeajy fen^mc^f/Qm 
ydu\ Txgnfefs to ym^ I was fometime h^(f in 
. mind^/ having effec tally deferredjtSo long J to 
fufff'efs it altogether^ ' Firfi qta of min^ fwu 
^ natural^ pijjpojitionj . who h^^'Je ever abhqrred 
contention ; and whereas in matters of Religi- 
on there ought to be the fair eH Wars^ 1 could 
fifver yet meet with any of that fide of foPati^ 
pnt a mindj but by offofition he would pe uf^ 
fettled. For your felfy though I knew your for^ 



mety 



755^ Gopm of ciertaJn L e V % e r ?; ^aap 

imr m^derMe ' temfer^ aiid (as I remenihi^ T 

"wrote to Dr. Hill JMieved you in that which 

you froteiiy that but ofConfci^nce younbef^ 

fuch as you frofefs:, yet methdught Ifercerjed 

hy your quick manner to hm\ And fome^affit'- 

ges 'm the conclufiitn of your Lettir^ you were 

rather deJir(fl$ito fnjoythe qulH fdjfejfion of your 

own opinion^ ' thaH Come to any further dif^ 

futatton who^e is the right. And in truth the 

time of that tryal had begnfroj^er^ before your 

departure: Nor had you too far engaged your 

felf and were to juftife by your conftancj^ 

the wifdom of your change i Bejides\ Jtnce the 

fum of the err of of that Jidey as I have e^ 

ver conceived it^ is believing rather too much^ 

than failing in any pint necejfary to fahafion^ 

that notable place of the j4pofle\ Rom. 14^ li 

came to tm mind^ iffecially after that I had 

once oecajwn to f reach of it^ ^hire he forbids 

controvcifies of dilputatioria ^ith thbfe that 

are infirm iti F«ith. Who art tH^/7yi/?l& 

he) that judgeft aflothcr Mah'i Servant ?» he 

ftandeth or falleth to hl^ o^ri ^lafter; W1^ 

pould I grieve you^ andferhafs itiitcfe' mf 

Friend 'mine Enemy ^'as Saint ^aiihUt^hi^ 

'latidfisj by faying thetruth: fhi^l^MJ lifuH 

enough (f contensiotts fFrityjgs\ which' as b^ ' 

your Letiter appears you had^feen Yfeyerefoh'^ 

ed. If thofe hadnotfatiifUy^i whM could 

I hope to add to them vTh\(^ things mov^d «f^^ 

ha as foa ikfi^ they did 4i»t^ yet fatlsfie mi^ 

For all: Men are inter eft fd in the defence df 

truths how much more he that ii called to be a 

'Treacher of it ? jM "Chfiftiansare adjMnifi^ 



edl^ Si Judc, To fight for the faith once gi* 
. ven to the Saints \ haw Hiuch mare thofe that 
are leaders in this fVarfare : Ihw cmld I fay 
Ilovedour Lordjefus Chriffy if his honour be^ 
jng quepened I jhould btfiknt : How could t 
4iffroveto mine awn Saul^ that I hved you^ if 
I fufferedycu to enjoy your own error ^ ffffpofe 
mot damnable ? Be^es thaty you and ferbafs 
others alfo might be confirmed in i$j ferbafs tn^ 
terfreting myJUence for a canfeffion that your 
Motives were unanfiperabk. But therein I 
was not pnly refohea my felf to the contrary^ 
Jwt thought it Jo eafy to r/folve any indifferent 
windy as fnetbought it was nmefbame not to 
have done it at thefrfty than fraife to do it at 
^the laff. As for the fuccejs of my endean)onry 
1 was to leave it to God. Many and Cecret 
\arethe ways of his Troniidencey which fervetb 
it fe^Jbmetims evm of error Sy to the fafer 
condudofus toourfmdlhaffinefs. Some I had 
inowUy and heard of morty who beit^ at frif 
carried awai with the Jhews of Unity, Order^ 
.Succellion, InfaUitnlity, when they foundthem 
tmftyt^f Ttxithyand the Cloaks ^y Pride, Am- 
^bitipn^ Govetoufiicis, joined with an Obftina- 
cfto defend all Corruptions how falfabkfoe^ 
s^ry. i^ finding the difereme of thefe HtUkfram 
jtheir Father^ Tabk^ hadmtb the "Prodigal San 
returned home a^ain. To conelndey I account-^ 
id my felf fiillin d^ty and wasl confefs to 
you unwilling to dye in it }^ an^fomeAmis mw^ 
edtoGody in the midfi of m)i troUbleSy if I 
fn^ht once fee an en4^f them^ to endeavour to 
j^/charg€ it^ Jkdnow having by tns mercy not 

mly 



i^> Gdfii^df certain 1* e t t e it s; 131 

M/k aitdinbd thitt^ k(t a Wttiu pccafimffifent^ 
9d fMe frifimUy thertufwfy y^ymr calling fdr 
fatirfa0ion to fay it^ and means ^ind me 
th fend^t fafel^ : JtaJketMs nwtim toppoceed 
from God'j and do humbly d^fire his Mdjefty t9 
turn it toGoodi It remains therefore, good 
Mr. Waddefworth, that Id» i^rhityour^ar^ 
don ^f that Jlacknefs that is pait^ andgentk-^ 
nefs to take ft as I pall be am to fay it. JM^ 
hnplaymentsbath or dinar jf and ixtfaordmary 
are many: The bulb of it is tio^reat to convey 
inoneLettfry conning of ftrndry Sheets (fTa^ 
fer ; and at this frefeitt there /i*j an e»traor^ 
dinary task ufonmt^ fo as I cannot frefintl^ 
write it intt. Ida there fori no more now but 
ackriowlcdge the debt, and Promife ^eedyfay^ 
went. Unlefs IJballadd tbisalfby that I do 
^dirtaketo pay intereftjSfr the forbe^ranci ; 
and according as I ftiaU undtrfiand by Mr. 
An^cci Jball befttteSt andJfafbSfj to find it in 
^artSy or all at once. Jo. the condition of 
your laft Letttri xifhUreinyoufrifefsyour d^JirH 
tt) fpcnd.thereft of ypur life rather in the heat 
bf Dcvotiori, than of Difptttatiorty defifingpar* 
don of coldneis that way, atnd of ail othfcr your 
fins, and that it would pleafc Gdd to gtiide 
and keep ffie in all happinefs as yout ^If, 
through the redemptiotl oi otjr fweet SavXQur, 
and by the irtterctmon of hi^.holy mother and 
all Saints. IddinbB thfinHful^ andwiUin^ 
ly fuhfcrtbe Am^n. Returning unto you from 
my heart your own befi wifhesi Neither is 
it my^urfofe to call Into ^ftion the folidity 
if truth j or firmnefs of the hop of Salvation^ 

R 4 ^ whi^h 



i3 a TbeC&fespf certain L e r t i r «; • 

which y&H find in y^nr frefent way. This Gttly 
I fay : * J£t pronoWs Ghriftus mortuus eft,^ 
& pro noftra Kedcmptionc Sanguinem fuum 
fadit. Seecatores quidem, fed de. ipfius grc-*. 
gp fumiis, & inter ejus oviculas numeramur : 
Thts is my Tenet. And if the Dottrint of the 
Holy Bible do contain folid truths Ondbeliev-- 
ingin the Name of the Soii of God do give 
firm hofeoffahationf according to Godls own 
Mjefordj i John 5. 10, 11, 12. we are fer^ 
fuaded we have both. I wiU udd this more ^ . 
..We know that we are tranflgted konf Death 
ta Xife, tecaufe we love our Boethrtn. With 
this Oyi in OQT 'L^mipsf which we dej^re may he 
.akways in ftore in our Vcffels dlfo our hearts^ 
we attend the comiHg of the Bridegroom ; and 
fay.chearfuUy f Rtmsx veni Domine Jelii. To 
^j^hofe gracious frote&im I do mofi heartiijt 
commit you^ anddohif 

> .Your affured Friend, 

. ' and loving Brother, 

'' : mSedelL 



♦ Even fcr us alfo hath Clhrift died, and "for out kcdempti-i 
on hath he ihed his Btood. Sinners Indeed we are, bat of his 
. JFlock, and ambn^ his poor Sheep are we numbered. 

t £ven fo comei Lord Jefus. 



ta 



fheCffiet ef ftttam lu n ■% 1 1 r u A33 

^q the Worihipfui Mr. ff^tUiam bedell at 
liorningfbearik^^t St. Edmund'sbUrji in Si^^ 
folky thefe. 

Salutein m Crncijixo4 

I Was exceeding glad to .perceive by your 
Icind, ihodeflv and difcrcet Letters of the 
iitth oiAigf^ laft, jthat y6u ate ftill peraia«<- 
ncnt in your own good nature, and conftant 
in your love to mc ; Not like Mn Jofeph 
Molly neither bitterly revili^, not flouriihiog 
impertinently. Unto whom I pray you re^ 
tarn his fcoffing railing Letter, with thefe f^w 
marginal Notes. I pray God foiigive him^ 
-and make him a more humble and meeker 
Man. And I for my part do freely pardon att 
his foul terms againft me< Aod though in 
.gratitude and juilice I am bound, and {o dp 
, love and refped^yoa more than him, for yoar 
.'greater courtdy. ft> me, »nd. for your be$te!i: 
.value in your . felf ; yet c^en him I caa and 
do and am bound to love not oAly as an Bqe- 
, toy, or a Grcature of God^ asl do you^^ifor 
can honeft^ moral, good, difcreet Man, bitf 
. even further and beyond that which: yoa feem 
to undecftahd that we cannot by our jyo&iu^ 
; proceed in love : ^/;c As Men having S^ok, 
for whom our Saviour hath died ; and* fo as 
r pcifibk. members^ tbpugh indeed not adn$^ 

branches 



i^4 7i^ diffUs^/4;mMi^tt tt^^ 
branches of his myftical Body : Yea for fucfi 
as may come to ht ihgnrfted and bear Fruit iri 
him,' when we may he withered, cut off, or 
fejlen away. As for your ferious ^do^y and 
excufe for riot anfwcritig my firft Xcttcrs. all 
this while^ I do eafily admit it, and aflure 
my fclf that all the circumiftartccs, impedi-^ 
ments, and dceafions were! fiich as you affirm : 
Nor did I exped^ nor tirge, iri my firft nor 
iecond Letters^ any anijwer about CaMrover^ 
fies in Religion (for I eVer faid we could £iy 
nothing 'of iubftance which before had not 
been iaid) but only gave you by MxiHaU's 
occafion fome few rcaforis <tf my Faith, whcrc^ 
in ftill I procdl I had rather be devout than 
be troubled to dispute, not for fear or doubt, 
bat becattfe I am fo fuUy refolved in my icli^ 
and do think it a v^ry fuperflaous labotfr, ta^ 
ms ^melius ab aliis a&im agem So diat I 
deiired rather anfwer of courtcfy than of con- 
trovorfy, which now by Mn AijM^ means I 
received, and do imich efte^ai it, and hearts 
ly thank you icft it. NeVertheldSy when yont 
Re{{ly unto my plain and few Reaforis come^ 
I ^fi for your fakd both read them over^ an^ 
HdK^ording to my little health. Ids leiiiire, and 
•*iy poor ability (which is leaft of ail) return 
fjfim p^fne fueh jhwt Rejmnider as :it {hall pleafo 
^ikiighty Gkxl to enable me, being glad to 
^pescdre by your kft tfiat you do fiibia:ibe to 
our intircejfm if our kM^d Z^^ and ether 
IM^ Saints i w^ich dfo I hope and wifh y ou 
^wouki folly extend to oar invotaPf&n cfSamts 
*asImer€$Sarsj iMtviRfdeemtrs^ for toacwere 
-'• Blaf^ 



^iafphtppf imbed and hklatry\ frotn which 
i)ur 1 wcet Saviour delivci? us^ ^ttid crcr keep 
you, my good dear Friend^ as I defire. 

MaJfidf in hafie^ 

Jams1Vaddefti:mh4 



Td the tMbif^^^ my "very goodFriendy Mr 4 
Jamds W addcfwarth, at Madrid, Mvi^i"^ 



this. 



Salutcm in Chrifto Jcftr* 



YOUR Utters of the 26th ofOetober (be- 
loved Mr :Wzd^dL\^orth) werelon^u^ 
jOn the wa^f and came not to my hands till the 
%^d ofM^y. In them I received y our cour^ 
teous acceptation of my excufe for my former 
fiknce^ andcenfare ofMr.HzWs Letter y with 
thefroffj^onofyour love to fne andhim^ fur-^ 
ther than J accounted you could hy your jDoc^ 
trine froceedy yiz/ as redeemed hjQin%and 
^ffible Members of his myftical Body. Tru^ 
4y Siry 1 will not change words with you here^ 
about Sy hut I account pU to be an honeflMan, 
rdtraineth from thaU to be redeemed by our 
m'Oioury Jmcethat is as large as human Na^ 
tare, this isgi^en to fewery of whom a Mah 
may fay as our Lord doth of one in the Gojpel^ 
that they z^c not far from the Kingdom of God*' 
JIowfoen)ery I have fill my intention that we 
xmt of our Profeffion inay love you better thiatt 
you can us j finc4 it is more to be an zBiwdX^ 

than 



*3^ The (jt^i ^ €/ttam LETTERi. 
dm ^ poffible Member 'efGbrift ; ondtBt 
iponuBunk>n of Saints is a Jf raker Bond^ than 
Redemption by Cbrift^ and pujjikility of being 
ingrafted and bearing Fruit in his myfiical Bo-- 
dy. And I would to Chrifty that of all othe/' 
Cwtreroerfies this were the vehement efi between 
#x, which ffliould love each other moft. fVhere^ 
in ahbough 1 would firi'oe and do my beft to 
baw the better ^ yet fee, how equally I would 
fdnieiid. For both I would acknowledge free'- 
kfj mpfclffarfhortofthat which I may by my 
Trofeffion do in this kindy and ferfuade my 
felf better ofyourjecret affection to usy than 
jfou inay l^your ^rofejfion exfrefs. I will not 
§afdy beliroe that you can find m your Heart 
to count that Man a Jbogy and out of the 
Churchy andinafldte of Damnationythat fted- 
feftly believcth in our Lord Jefus Chrift, and 
by him in the BlefTed Trinity ^.Jhat confefetb 
all the Dodrkie of Holy Scriptut.es, the fum 
whereof is in the Creed; that lajtfyy with a 
charitable d^eBionjmhraceth all that hold 
this Faith^ throughout the fForldy yea even 
thoje that hate amferfecute him to the deaths 
Wherein I forbear for the.^refint.to enlarg^'^ 
becaufe I fpeak more of it in myanfwer to your 
j^H Letters *y which Mr^ Kw^cn gives me bo£e 
that himfelf eWe long wtU canfign into your 
Ibandsn Now by his dtreHidny 1 fend you only 
ikkke (fthe receipt of your hBy withhiarty 
. thanks for them^ defirous not to run further in 
arrearages with you in thls.cfffce of writing. 
This one thing I add, that where you write you 
"^ glad I do fubfcicibe to your interceflion by 
thte 



' ^e Chf'm vf certain L r f t i r i. as/ 
iJie SaintSj w^tMgme fdUy to extend it. trfii- 
Votation o£ Saints as Infcrceffors^ thwgb nai 
as Redeemers ; I fiiould be 'Dery^glad ifl ceuld 
as well content ^jou in all other fomPs as tkaf. 
me : Coming 'thus, prepared in all cantro^^Jka 
^zntbyon-, and allMeh^ to yieldwhatfocvcrl 
may, faving the truth. But as I conceive k^ 
iheire is great odds between theje two. To de-r 
lire God to grant us this or that good thing 
by the interoeffion of the* Saints ; and^ To ufe 
invocation 6i themielves, The one fu^fofeth 
^nly that the Saints in glory generally know- 
ing the warferc of thofe on Earth, arecarefol 
for them, and omit not this a£i of n^YtX'^id\hx% 
charity ^o prqy for them. Thefe frayers it 
hofes^ and dejires of Gad may be helpful to us^ 
by the only merit of our Lordjefus C^efrjj} ; in 
thejofneforfas tmfeofthe Saints wherejoever 
on Earth \ as 2 Gor.i. 10, 1 1, EpheL 6. i. 
Philem. v. a 2. The other ^ that the Saints de- 
parted know our wants, ^nd ftates in particu- 
lar^ and hear our Prayers^ and by confequence 
know our Hearts ; which is flatly contrary to 
the Serif turesy 2 ChFon^ 6. 30. Efai. (J3. 16. 
^0 ftniit^ n^w that, you dq^ not^ only defire them 
to pray for yoa, buti,^ at their hands Grace 
and Glory, truft m them, vow to them, fwear 
by them, offer and receive the Sacrifice of the 
New Teftament to their honour and glory, 
and defire it may be accepted By their Patro- 
nage. Wherefore as I aim. gtad^ to fercevoe 
that you da revfrfe thofe bUiffhemies indeed^ . 
Salva me, Salvatrix; Redime me, Redemp* 
trix ; an4 W^^^ nqt ftibfcribe to thofe Words of 

Bel-, 



«j8 tbe&fies(f certain 'L%trtti%^ 

Bdlumin^ Noa ei-it abiiudam fi £mfti vM 
JLedanptoresnaQriaHqaomcKjo, ideftfecun-< 
doitt aliquid^ noa fimpiicitery K la^o moda 
fion in rigore yerboram effe (Ucantur : j6td 
Mgafik, Gui inepte dicaatur S^ndi yiri aliquo 
modo paffionibus fois delida noftra pofle re» 
c&nere } So I hope and wijb you would do tboi 
tike for cz&mg upon them, andfrtfeuting their 
Merits unto God ; and as ye may morejfafefy 
and fweetfy {peak mto oar Jefos, who is our 
Advocate with the Father, entoed into the 
Holy of Holies, to appear faefiu-e God for uaT 
To bis gracmsfrote€im 1 cmmmtym^ and dot 



/• 



' JjuK 15. l6X9l 



Your affined Friend, 
and loving Brother, 

jr.Bedelh. 



To the worfit^fd his much rej^e&ed Friend 
. Mr, WiUiam BedeU, 4? HomingOicartb ^ 
■ S. Edmundsbury in S^£fo^^ tb^. 

Hfy very good Friend^ 

MR. BedeHj my laft unto you was by a 
Gentleman who went from hence a-i 
N>ut fix Months fince j but I have underftpod 
^ fell fick at Taris, by the way, and To ^** 

firft 



firft bindred there in his Journey, and after-? 
Wards again at Br^ufeli fell to ^ relapfev which 
Retained l^inii fo long^ th^t ,althou^ now ve- 
ry lately I hear he is recovered and gone ft)r-r 
ward into EnglanJy yet in fq long delays and 
to often lickneffes, I kno\y not whether he 
have loft or forgotten my fwrner Letters: 
Wherefore out of this coniideratjon, aqid by 
tbc opportunity of this Jftrihger, and by tha 
true hearty affe^ion which I bear you, being 
defirou? to fignify unto you the continuance 
of my fincere love, I could not pretermit this* 
ib^good an occafion^ though hereby I have 
nothing elie to fay nop intrcat,,but if we have 
Pf^ars^ yet bur dilfentipn .mJ^y be rather in the 
fmatUr zr^d/caffSy than betwixt our perfons^ 
' ^s difcreet Lawyers ufe to ple^ vehemently 
each fox his Cheat's ^uftite, and yet remain 
betwixt theinielve$ without. breach of amity,^ 
and al)ftaining from opprobrious injury ; wherer 
ia t have great coofidence ths^t you will pro-, 
ceedboth more moderately in all the circum- 
^^ncc9^ and tp better purpofe in the fiibftancc 
than Mr. Jop^b Hall^ nnto whbfc Letter di- 
ydSled to yqu^ ^nd by you fent unto me^ I 
wrote cert^AnMargmai j^otes onlyj ahd fd 
jTfjturned the lame b^ the above named Gen- 
tlemaq^ whereof alio, (if it return to your, 
hands) , I would intreat you to fend me a Co- 
py both of hi« Texf and my, GUfSy for then be- 
ing in h^ftc I imained with neither. Our> 
Lord keep you, and guide us all to his truth, 
a»d to Heaven. 

i6iQ^ James Waddefworth. 



l4o The Copies ^ certain I- e r t t\ i. 

The Letter of Mr:, Dr. Hall, mentione^ih the 
former With Mr. Waddefworth'j Marginal 
- Notes. ; ; 

WH AT a forry crabb hath Mr. Wad-^ 
defworth at laft lent us from Sevill 
I pity the '^ Impotent malice of the Man *^ 
fare that horRegiotr, and ^ fulfhurous Reli^ 

fion are guilty of this his choler. For ought" 
fee he is not .only turned Papift bat «Sjp4»fv 
^rd too. U'r vfiMur am^imfaj^upertate.^ 
iThe' great "Wti would not foil his Finger^ 
(for that is his Word) with fuqh an Adverfary 
As my feifj^ be liiould have- found this cbnfli^ 
j^is foiling indeed; biit heftorqs tije niatch ♦"' 
and what wonder;^ if he that hath aB this| 
whil^ 'I; fat on Father CrelWelV St air ^^ ftorn' 
fhennworthinefs of him whom an ^ngttfh 0-^ 
niveifity feoriied notto fet intheChai^ of JDk 
vinity ? But whence is this my contempt ? I' 
fee but two y ices to clfear my fejf qf ; Toetry 
and -J Railing :,^ oi t\iK: latter you fliall a^cquit 
me if*ydu wiS btit read that my poor JEpiftle 
//'■' '. ' "\ '' ''-■"• whictf 

♦ I pray fee Within how fliprE a compaft he proves himfelr 
a Poetical Railer by liis £^/li&ej^if norbniy againit ' xn^ bvt re<J 
^iii^g a whole NaUony ai^ the f^eligion ol cb9 be^ pi^rc of;alji^ 
Chrinendom. ' ' ' , ^ . t ; , . 

* -f This Mock if'it were true, yet would I rejoice in it; not 
c$i\y to fit pn his S^irs, init to miike clc^n hi^moes. 

S I termed him a Poejcical Railer, not accuCyig nor honourj^ 
ibg him for a Poet; bur taxing him for railing Poetically, nw 
ing the word as ibmetimes it is in the wosit fenfe, when il^lt* 
ahufcd ; neither condemning Poetry, nor appj$>V]ng him'fiaur, 
*Poet> but a Poetical Railer : As he deth himfelf by that ir- 
"^iHUe, and by this bitter Letter. 



. thrd^fs of certam'LjE, rriKf: i4i 
.Whidpme flights thus : ^iict yoiir E yes Judgd 
ivh^er ever any thing could be. written more 
iniWly, more modeftly, moire lovingly. Of 
the former I muft acquit ftiy felf ; Cujus uniif^ 
iBfed magnum vltium ^oejis : What were I 
the wbrfe if I Wereilifl a Ibver of thofe ftudics* 
If he could have had ieifttte to tend upon any 
thmjg bejtda that Fatkr'$ ^acqUets^ he.might 
have feen mbft of the rendwricd and hbly^ Fa- 
thers of the Church emiiierit iti that ProfeJOSoii 
for which 1 am fcofried; ambngft mariy Oh- 
ther^ TerttilliaHj La6fantiUSy Nazianzeit^ 
IPriideritiuSy Fulgentiuiy ApoUiHariuSy Nonnui^ 
tlilariusy Trofpety ind now in the UfjftiOt * 
^evout BernardyZnA why ftibuld their hbnotii: 
be my diigrace ? But the tfulh is, thefe Were 
the fecteatibns of niy Miflotity ; iiunc bbtita 
plhl And if P6qtfy were of the deadly liiti 
6f their Cafuiflfs, I cbuld fiiiatt . f6r it in ftijf 
iiLiLi : Is this , a fif icahdal to rake uji'^btti fp 
iar ? What fiiy proficietidy hath been in ftri^ 
6us ftodics' if the Uiiiverfity kiid Church Hath 
pleafed to tefti^ ; what need I ftaftd at the 
ihercjc of f a fugitive. Biit if any if 1| hii 
Mapfrihdiild tifldertiikrd the' ifi the caufe of 
6dd, he Ihould find I had ftudied Profe. . As 
for thefe rain flourifties of mine, if he had not 
takert at fcny^iA them; and found it fhiart, he 
had not ftruck again lb § churliply. Was iC 

- S my 

* I willingly pardon all his pcfetfcal railing *od falfe JEpC-^ 
f hets, for that one true word acRnoivlcfdging St Btrnatd to h# 
devour. 

t Parddn fof Sr. JfepwWsfake. 

n A braffc Man at Arms, &»#. 

- S Pardon fcr St. Bmwri% fak#. 



i4i ^tibe H^hsif c^amtiEftiM^i^ 
i6fy Xettcr that i$ sw^ufed pf Poetry: ? There 
is Datbcr Nuipber nbr Rhyine, *J| norfiBim 
initiVtoiM the grestt Schoolman have had 
W? to.hi^^ piickt up i Letter of SyHojgiCns ? 
IVliich of tlafc F^ther8(whofe hi^h fteps I have 
(idirecl ttf tread in) have given that example? 
What were ^o* be ejapefied of a Mmtiry jE- 
^ifile which intcndea only titrc occafion if he 
had pXeaiedof a fotiire Pi&pijtle ? We Iflan-* 
^ea j^ iftwt Uurn tp write JLetteriBlrom be-' 
yood ibe Tjreneis,' Hovrfcteyergl am ncx; 
$)X3ry: thWc his fcorn; hirth caft him cipon aa 
jAsdverl^ry more able to cohvmce him j I am! 
^lowe^ Only . * jfookcr orf ; ther^ltore I will 
j^eithei; ward noif ftrike j hfe hjtnds^ are tocf 
liiU of you : My.ohly wiOi i^That voii could 
J)eat him. faind fk^vi i yihutoi I tear . there 
»s little hope. *Di^re ^Was ribver Advcrlary 
that gave more advantage t He might hav^ 
^ ved in thefe Coleworta nearer home. I pro-^^ 
fefi 1 do hearfily ^ ^tjfHm ; and fo if it pleafe 
you letlSiim know from ra6. , What A^^fiajy 
1^ which is the only haifd Word I can be charge 
i^ wiit^ \ f impu^ Co the Roman Churchy 1 
lia Ve' profeSBd tp ^ Wdfld iir the fiift Chap^ 

tor 

B I would thpre wer^ not 
• $ Sath fr^ i)9^i0. 

. * l^appears by jMr ftltCiig oH ft£hi; tii k lh« jiiftifiecF 
Simfelf fiom fw«arffi|;, by loiid fwearing, Bj God he did not 

iw«ir; •• * . 

' f This were to prove one abfodify by s-greiter, and to nn- 
4emke tbac ibme one TeXf of ScriptUK is fiUe or fiuged, be- 
gmi^, all the whole Bible is lb : Or hayitjg called one a Jew of 
Baftardy 8^(r. to malce him amends by teOing him all his kin- 
dred were foch. Bur that Book and Chi^er is indeedpidfol- 
If profefled •• And by it and 1^ infinuating here a( oflence of 
-•o much Charity, may be ^iy perceiyed lljie fiiUlaiioe of 
tr proficiency In Divinity. 



fie ^rt-^^^Wr^^X 1 T Tf ^$. .i4^ 
^et of my Smna irrtcumtiaiiiis : UlaSex^ 
hoc in /»» imfebCbarityf dier« i» no ftar : Say 
ivfaat ydu n^n ibr iia^ t have done, aod wiU 
-bolf pray fin likn that ibfiirecs ioieilrith eon** 
tea^:. Ii^«ewel,^tid tooKntind tofe ti^ Mr; 

Society •} and fcnow me mr^ 

] andfiUowhahoureri 

K- Hali 

ISood Mf: B^^//, tHis X^tter Jiath lainthijs 
* looj^ by ine for waiit of carriage; 1 rio-vt 
hear yda are "fettJcd at I^nii^fartBi 
iirhereof 1 iyiffi yoa mufch^y. tam ap-^ 
pprnted to attetid the Amba$(ddr intd 
franc^^ whither* t pray yod Icdlelvr n«j 
MrkhyoafPraycrti 

To aiy Reverend aiiii worthy Friend^ Mfi Dr* 
£^^ ^fF4tUamf delitcrtUii 

Saltttwi ia Chrifio; 

Good iir. Dr. ' 

THIS Letier ^fyoufi^ J^i my rici^i if 
ify hath ^etn a Traveller j further thaii 
yim 9r Z3 wbkb bemg fom Mmtbs Jince re^ 
^ " * 8 a " twrnei 



3^44 3^ Cf^s iff iettmitl^ e;t t6e At. 
iurm/lMMff En^^mdj I return Uya$i; that H 
may relate what efaertmnment it hath found in 
fmign, farts.: It if [ntm a Tear and mare 
that Jxemveda Letter, from Mr. WadddP- 
.wortb} (balkfiging afl MJeht of me^ ap^n- 
fwer tA hh:J^iteriy ^ ^wUcb occaftmed^ this ^f 
ycurs. 1 wrote kofh^ mdatno^g other things 
endofed thisyaur Letter^ which he hath cenfur^- 
ed asyotLfee: His mf^r by, neafim of theftck^ 
nefs of the Gentleman that brought ity frft df 
Vztis^ and ^fter at Bruffels, came not to' me 
till the iatte fend of Ma/, and now lately a^ 
ftDther.I received from him^ wherein he defires 
'aCSfyb&th of your Text and bis Gloik^ as he 
fall^it^\afbaroi(ngrf^^ ^ 

h/ii^e fiot.jyet fent hfm my Jnjwer4^ Ins Mo- 
tives v^tch hath long lain by me for lack oflet-^ 
fure tocofy it outy and.mems jafely to convey 
^ity beufg voiUtOTpar^s ^i quire of ^^^^* My 
miient faulty iedtmfnefi^ But the Gentleman 
thai brought mi his former Letter^ hath under- 
taken e'er long to confign it into his Itandu 
Therein I endeavour to ufe him with the beff 
Xf^tX caj^. devifiy only mugning the Tafa^ 
cy and Court of Rome J\oiev^ Sir^ that which 
^imiuU^m^eat(f ym^Hsllhis: ToukfUfwtbe 
Treceft of tbt^ J^ofile- tifuckhig themshat are 
fallen^ lend me your hand tofet him injoynt a^ 
gain. And be^f leafed nit-mly^ noi to reflet upon 
the weaknefs of his Glofsj but ^otfo much as 
upn the ftrength of bis Stomach :' fhofigh that 
-:be^ alfo weaknefi. as Si Aagaftinc well caUs 
.ity * infirmitas animofitatis. Write a Letter to 

him 

*ThcwcakiieIsof"aftoutH«irt. 1 Cor. 4. z^. 



?^rf Q^itfof eerialn Xe t t i k s. a4j; 
hiH^ -in thi Charatief ^KduptiyAfjitJoi m^dtS^et^S/tSf/l 
Whkh pall either go with mine^ orbe fent 
portly after. WUo can tell what God may 
^oribi Surely^ at Itaji xvepall heaf Coals of 
Fke 4^fon his Head. Although if all be true 
that thear^ it is not to he defpatredbuthemay 
he delivered out of the Snare of Err or ^ the ra^ 
ther^ hecat^ he hath not that reward or con^ 
tentment which he exPeUed^ He lives now 
at Madrid with the Perfi«in Amha^ador Sir 
Robert Shirley, and hath good maintenance 
from himy being as his Steward, or Agent. 
'The kindufa^e of his ancient Friends^ maypr-^ 
^ap hring him in hve with his Country again^ 
&c TTbisfir that bufinefs. Nowy &c. 

f Oaober z. , ' 

To the Worjhifful my very goad Friend^ Mr. 
James Waddelworth at lyjjidricj, deliver 

3alutcm in phrifto Jefu.. . 
Sir, 

IRece'rve^iy Idr, Fiftoi^jy^wr I^tteirsof^he 
eighth of j"une, an4 asl iw^e e'er this tif^e 
you underjtiind, the former whtch ImenttoniH 
them: ^ which twroteah Jlnfwer, and deli- 
' vered the fame to M*. Auftcn the fifteenth of 
the fame Month, Do^or UAX's Utterwifh 
■ S,j your 



^4^ fl^ CtfHS fffmtlh^ "Litt%'i:% 

jf0ur Marginal Notes v^M^ m y^ iaft y0$ 

reqitirf, I feud y op berem fmkfiiU tlm^b ^ 

Iwajfprfwa^ pr fttfrf4f jm ittby nettim 

AmUd tbf Texttyr Glp6 fitahiym mul^fp. 

ati^f V*^^ w^ds thereabout, Iffm tbeneeeiff 

iff your litter l^ahftmib M". Auften, wbt 

fold m* th^ bf held his rgjchtmf^f Spai% 

V/beret^ Irffiivfd alfo t^ {end by him I9W«< 

an/we f to yourfirft : as i^ Wm^ it btift to d^ 

it morefajeiy^ ^bftisb a littlf la^^ fbapfitmer^ 

with hfs fmty, jiindbere, Sir^ at h^bym 

bofue it^ U^hfrein as to fvy moderation for 

the maimer^ Ibt^eyeufij^ffrse^ thifjef', 

ting a^de our difir^Uff in Opinimt I am tb^ 

fame to you that J was vwft ^fWfre eitbeir 

Scholars together ip Emmanuel Coll^ge^ or 

Miniftcrsi^Saffolkf Fpr the fvbttauHx, I do^ 

endeamurfill to writf to the frnfoje^ omitting 

mtbmg pMteri(U myour Letters, ffi^times I 

feem overkugy andperbafs toSgr^sfomewbat 

jfrom tbfPrinc'^al^oUft more than was itecefi 

far^y 1 Hop f you wiU pardon it^Jkbyou re% 

^iredzfnll iUifwerj and the deky itfelfhad 

need to bringyoufome inter^ fir the forheary 

ance. Andbecaufe yop mention the v^bemewy. 

of di&reet Lawyers (althongh methinis wf 

frf ratbfr the Clifotstben^ehes, tbatfout^^ 

jMce our Faith is our own and our befi Free-' 

hold) let nte entreat ef you this mgenuiiy 

{'which Jfrotffi in the Jight of God I brm^ 

myfelfj l^t ^s pot m^ke bead a^mfi evH 

dent keajony for our own Credit y or fafinon^ 

and faSf ton's fahy as lawyers y^f/if«fj <ire 

vontf Neither let u^ think we kiie the Vic-f 

tPiy, 



JU Ctjfits if egrt^m LET4rBiLs, 247 

jtory, wheoTmthovezcomes;. jfFe fiiaUbavt 
fart of. it rather, and tbf kftterPatt, Jme er^ 
ror^ thf cpmHW fnep^ to us 6pt%, is to itsntore 
dangerous, FarTrphisfefureand'^tpregnor 
Ue\ wft ff Pftr Btrtrbe not cimpieredf muff 
remain Serrants to Corruptionr Jf i» th? firft 
Praifey««r£ & AQgaftine, to hold the trq^; o4 
pinion, the next to foi&kt the £ihe; jhJ 
Jurely tluftis no bardmafierjf to do, when kth 
are fit b^ftrf usi^if nve wtU not he either retcb^ 
jkfs or fmftmateo Frffm. hoth which 9ur Lord 
of his meny evermore helf us, an^ hffng uf 
fo his everhfiing S^dm* Ame% 






Yput very laying Brother, 



jr.Bedelk 



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COP I E S 

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• Certain Letters, ^c. 
Salutem in Cbrifio Jefur 



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C H A P. I. 



Cf the ^eambk. The Taiei Catbo^k, Ta^ 
. ^ fifty Tr^oTy Uohur^ 



• Sir, 

• , >. . . •• 

I, Do &[ft f etum yoti heatty thanks, for 
the. truth and coqftangy' of your Lorc^' 
, aod diofe beft efife^ of it, yourwi/^Mg 
meas.itfeUas.joywrfilff.mdrejtfyeiigi 
in Wj^fafe rettfm '^ rf, Italy.. For iodced fior- 
ther I was.not : Though reported to havebeea 
i)oth atC<M;/2«^ifl^/f and Jen^aiemthy teafoa. 
9f tjic q^arne^ pr piy nmnip.to one Mr. ^P^A- 



•5* TieCtfpiei^cfftfmLiT'miL^. 

Ami Bidn^by the^Miaifter of our Mecchaatt 
9tJk^y who yifitejl both ^ofc places^ 

I^thank yoif alio/ that your ancient love 
towards me, hath ( to ofi that Word of the 
Ajoftle) no^ir flourifhed agajo, ,ip that after ^ 
many Years you have ibund ' ppponunity t^ 
accompliih your promift of ^iting to met 
iThongb not as ye undqrtoofL pf the ftateof 
Religion there yet, which I confefi I no leis 
defired, the Motives of the fori^king th^ you 
had prpfefled here« Wheripcf fippe it hath 
plealra you, as ye write, mw tpifoe me 4m 
4K€9tmty and hy n$f to Mr. Dr. HaQ,, witl^ 
feme exj^^atioii aljib as it appears of xeplyr 
from one of us, I Willufe the Liberty which 
you give me, and as dirc^y as t can fbx the 
matter, and in GhrifEian terms for the man-^ 
oer, ihew you mine opinipn of thf |iu whereit) 
I (hall endeavour tooMewie that rreceptof 
the Apoftle; ik^Ad^f Im iyJLm^, whether it be to 

lovingly, li3|i^her.lootl4ng untruth fo^ the 
d^mds of your Peribn, qor breaking chari- 
ty for diverfity of Opimom With this en- 
trance, my loving Friend, and if you refule. 
not tkarold Gatbujck name^my deur Brother^ 
Imme io your Letter. W'htireiil, tho^ I might 
wdl let pafs, that part w6idi concents your 
qoanrei with Mr. Dr. Hjfil^ witib^ itftatem ba-- 
^€^ 5^.tiios much out of the commoir {nre^^ 
£iBpti0ivbiF dbarity, whieh thmKs hot evil^ 
givfe me Ime m iAf for JMm, I am veriiy 
peri^aded he never meianr ta diaige yoo wiifat 
Apofiafie in fb horrible a ^ie as yoa county 



^tx. Jmal falUwgfram Cbrifiiam Rel^mtf. 

)ike that d Julijm, m fiifiinate ffftinacy m 

dei^i^ the Trmiflesof the Faith ntaffofy ttt 

fakiatm, or a rtmmftMgyour B^ftifm, The 

^iata. Jbgfiajfe, ^ you know» doth npt always 

fbuBil fo heinonfly^ A Monk foriakjng his 

Order, or a Qerk }us Habit, is in the .decietal^ 

filled an Jp»ftat^ Cr^aten/k iakh not un^ 

truly. That every dctdly fin is a kind <^ A-> 

poftafie^ The Apoftle S. faid fpeakbg ofi 

Aatichrift's time, J&itb, there muft come vx 

Jp^ttfif t)efore Chrift's &cond corovig : And 

bow this OuU \i^. be (hews cU^^rherCf Mm 

pallfffuthwd to f^rits if Error y ^ Dott 

tritus of Dewky andfuch as ^eakfalftfood 

ftt h^Qcrifiet Whereby it ieeniis that Anti-» 

ichnft bimieif fliiiU not ptofefledly jrenqimcse 

Chrift 3|id ius B^ptifin, Hi» Kingdom is a^ 

m3rfiery of iaic^ity ; a. revolt the^fore, aoc 

£rom the ottt^yasd profeffion,but inward finc»« 

^ty and power of the Qp^h This kind c^ 

Apoft^e ought be that which Mr, BaUvr^t, 

iorry to find iq. you, whom he thought fiiUeO' 

from the truth, though ,not in th^ Principles^ 

of Chrifiiaa ]>oi^rine, yet in £iadry CQnctu<* 

fions which tl^e reformed Churches truly o«( 

of them maint^n. He r^memkred our com* 

inon Educffion in the fame College^ out com^ 

Son Qi^tl) sg^inft F(^pcry, our common Cal-^' 
y^ to the famf iacrcd Fundion of the Minir 
i^ry ; he could not i(iKrg(ine upon what reafoos 
yoii ihould reverie theie beginnii^s. And 
certainly how wc%hty and lufficicnt Ibever 
|hey be;, we ^renot t?iught by our C^tholick 

ReK- 



5J4 Tie GfiSF 'kf certain £1 Y <r e rs,- 

Religion tb revenge ourT^ves, and raider k^ 
ptoach for reproach with per fenal terms ; much^ 
lefi to debaie and avile the excellent Gifts of* 
God, as is Poefie, the honour of Davrdznd . 
Solmmj by theTeftimoriy of the Holy Ghoft 
himfelf. Thefe couries are forbidden us when 
we are railed upon, and calumniated; how 
much more when as S. yrfe»r (peaks, fFe are 
beatenfar our faults ; as it fklls out m y6ur cafe, 
if thete Motives of yours be weak and infut? 
ficient; which we Ihall anon confider. - 

YomUj^ yeu are become Catholick. Were 
you not then fo before; The Cree4 whcrein- 
to you were baptized, is it not the Catholick , 
Faith? The conclufion certes of Jthanajiuf^ 
Creed, which is but a Declaration thereof 
fiiith, * HJtc eft Fides Catholica. Or is not 
be a Catholicfk that holds the Catholick' 
Faith ? That which was , once anfwered,^ 
touching the pref«it Church of England^ to 
one in a Stationer's Shop in Venice^ that would* 
needs know what was the difference betwixt 
us and the Catholicks. It was told him none; 
for we accounted our lelves good Catholicks. 
When he unwilling to be put off in his anfwer, 
for lack of due form in his Queftion, preflca * 
to know what was the difference betwixt us 
and them there. He was anlwered, This; 
That we believed the Catholick Fiith, con-* 
tained in the Creed, but did not believe the 
Thirteenth Article which the Pope had pit 
to it. When he knew not of any liich Ar- 
0cle; the Extravagance oiTo^e Boniface vrzs' 
' , ... . , ^ brought,* 

^ This is the catholick Faith- 



The Ci^ksiof- Ciftaift Le t x e H si ^55 
brought, where he dejkes it to h altogether of 
neeeffttyto falfuatumy to eviry human creature 
^0 he under the JSiJhcf ifRomc. This thirteenth 
Article, o£ the thirteenth Apoftle, good Mr; 
fTaddefworthj itfeemsyou hav6 learned; and 
ib are.becomef asfomc.now fpeak and write 
CatholkkRoman^ Th^t is in -true interpreta-^ 
tlonUnpuerJal^f articular ; which becaufe they 
caonot be equalled; tlie one reftraming and 
cutting off from tte other, take heed that by 
ftiaitning your Faith to Romej you hare not 
altes^ed it, and by becoming Roman left off to 
Ix GafholicL 

Thus^ ifyou^iay, our Ancefiorswere alltiU 
of late Tears. Excufe me, Sir, whether you 
\iall .our Anceftors the firft Chriftian Inhabi- 
tants: pf this Ifle,. or the ancient Chriftians of 
tbe/Primitive Church ; either thole, nor thefe 
were Roman Catholicks \ Namely, the Fa* 
Ithers of the African Council, and amongft 
thefc S4 Jugufiine: And therefore by Pope 
Boniface his Sentence,b€ undoubtedly damned, 
for taking upon them^ by the Deoil's Inft'm^ 
{if we believe another * Pope Boniface J td 
«vax proud againlt the Church of Rome. Such 
Catholicks, if ye meanU^^ moii. i/Chriften* 
:dom . be at this JOay\ beware of putting your 
felf npon that Ififue. Beliere tne, either yoa 
TOuft frame a new Cofinography, yea, a new 
'World, .or dfe you are. gone if it come td 
poft Voices in Chriftendom, Touching the 
jnames oiT.^ifi^Traytory Idolater. The firft 
J5. no.miirQalling you, as coipprizing the very 
:, . ^ Cha- 

* Bomfac. 2. Vfi^. ad EuJaHnm. .^ 



OwJUder tb^t diflEbenceth ytm fiom all other 
tiatholicks. Neither by obr Rhemifts advice 
^K>a2d you be afliain^ of it^ fithto be a Papift^ 
jiy thfik interprt^stioh* ismtUt^ «^, hut tif 
it a Chrifiiau Mm^ a CHlUd ofthtCburvhi 
^dMjeB to Cbr'tft's Vicar. The wife State 
hf Verne have a little dffierent notioii of tbx^ 
^afaiinesi exdlidbg from foadry their conJ 
(Plications w^er that itttne; fiich d die No- 
bility as tre obliged to tht Pope by EcdefiaP 
^1 p^otmotioh^ Tnie i^ isihat 0iey a^y 
k lilfi) to Ti^allinks infamotty fuch as axe iu4 
perftitioufly devoted to the maintainiti^ <^ aU 
!^ Po^'s iifafped Autfabrity^ ini vrfaidi fenie 
Jhope you arefto Papift.' 
. A TrakoTi I am aflhrM,- lAx:T)riBtU 
jtwiU tiirex call yOu^ va&dh he ktiovt that yod 
have drunk £6 detp of tiiie Cup of error, aM 
to believe Hoi the Pope may depdfe ytmr 
jPrince; thiit y(m are hot bdrn^ to obey hmi| 
being Qi dep(>&d ; that in that ca& kis lawfii^' 
^ea, meritorious to kill him^ that they are 
Martyn that are executed ^r plotting ta^ 
hiovr him up with Gunponifder, diougb unde* 
toofed; hoplri^ it would be no le& slgreeabkt^ 
i^Hdm^, than (chat which iie defiied) to 
have kept him fixwi comtcg to die Crown at 
ifu&i If yov be thus peifedly a Papift, not on« 
iy we. here in Em^andy but I bdieve his Ga-^ 
l^olick Majefty^ under who& dxdtence now 
|re.ltv<iy iKrlinnfbeva he fiiould be that PrincQ 
^ocild aaxwHit you a Traitor, and puniih yosf 
iK)^rdio^y . I hope you are fiir from tfaefe&nes.' 

For 



For Lb/afryy if to ghre divine honour td 
Creatures, ddferve that nam^ confiderhow 
you can defend ;or excde tboie Prayers to thb 
Blefled Virgin, lu Hlfs Ab hofie frottge^ ^ h^ 
rd Mtfitis. fufiife. . And to the Cioft, Jifgf 
"fiis juftitiamf reifype dona ikniam: I omit to 

^k of the Pope** 0«w^?»CK» I h^I* ^ 
fo you keep youiiplf from this Idolatry^ 
~ it 'Prbtepn^, Reli^io», you lay, you cotdd 
neser jmdVniforinUj of afeuUd Faitb. How 
ib ? when you had that fame ♦ Odf otily mi 
fnoieabk and mtreformabU RmU of Faithy as 
Tertullian calls it, every Lord's Day recital 
In your hearing if not by your mpul}i ; ( 
mean the Cfetd, of which Irendus f faidi,that 
'he which is ahlefo fay mmh of the Faith ^x^^ 
ceedsit n^t^ nor he that lefsy diminijbe/bi 
Which 9^ S/JuZUftine calls the Rjdf commod 
to great andJhaU', which might wdl enough 
hxvc fettled and qioetedyomr Cmfiience, whilft 
you laboured to find the trdth in alldoul^ 
lul Quefiions^ Whereto hoiz> carefuUy and 
dit^ently you ufed the means of readh%ftih' 
A>ing, and fraying for Three or Four lears^ 
God and yi>ur Conicience beft know< For con*, 
ferringy 1 cannot yield you any teftitnony^ 
notwithftanding our familiarity, and that we 
tvere not many miles afunder, and you wer^ 
ifdfo privyj,. that I had to do in tfaeie CootrO'. 
Verfies, with.ibme of that fide, and £iwJ(bme 
iample of thc> Work* I come now to y<Miif 
Motives. 

- « Detelanl. Firg. t. i. f Uh. I e. 3. *t tfif' siTtatdammt. 

CHAP* 



>v. 



-^if^ 7%^ Caries ^ ceriak t e !r ti ii ^ 



CH A]?. It 

t)/ thi contrariety of SeBs fretendtd to be a^ 
\ " mongSi Reformers^ 

IN the Front whereof is the common cxcejJ- 
tion, to (iiit contrariety of SeHs and Opi^ 
hionSy acc! Flrft,.what are all thefc? to ti»p 
Church di England^ which fofloweth none 
but Chrift? iThen, if it be a fault of the Re** 
fornned Churches, that there is ftrife and divf* 
fioh d^nongft them, as who wiU juftifie it ; yei: 
let it fitid pardon, if not for * Cormth's fake, 
aqd the Prihiitive CJiurches what time Themif-^ 
iiui was faiti lb exctile it with an Oration to 
Valens the Etnperor, yet even for Rome's t 
Whete allb you .cannot but know^that in very 
inany.arld ttioft important Points,Di^/«ej hold 
one thin^, iihdCanohiJis another j The Frenchj 
and lately alfo the ]P^e';^d'^/^» Divines, relift to 
his Face, him, that others lay, no Man may 
be fo hardy as to ask, Dofnine cur ita facisf 
though he Jhould draw with him innumerable 
Souls to U^ll. Tour Spanip Prelates and Hi^ 
vines would lieyer acknowledge in Xh^ Council 
of Yrent (the Myfteries whereof are come out 
at laft) That Epifcopal Authority was deriv- 
ed from him, nor confent to that circumventi- 
ng Claufe, ^ropnentibus Legatisy^c. And 
wcreftrong that Rejidence is, de jure Diwnoi 
, . haw- 

• I Cor 3. I.' Socrat. I 4, c. 27^ 

• f ? ♦ •- I 



howfocsrer they were- cypr-tar^ ty dxt^all^ 
km Fadioh:: Whether they iiavc yet changed 
their mirids, you can better tefl thaa I. . The 
old FaSiop of t\ic Thmifts and ^atifis i^i yet 
^ foot, as I.percciT^by iJ^^^hisCbritrpvccfics. 
In the beginning whereof the Cerifdr of *hc 
Book hath« this Sentence; . ^afrx^rmdh- 
kndi ftiiUate)m Junt^ ^qni has ThelDlogicas cm^- 
tenttmes e me^io omninae^^hdmdas arbkram^ 
tw. Therd is another lattely irilcn betweeti 
the Dominicans and the Jtfuits ; both in ii 
^reat riiatters^. and ^udked with as great ve*- 
hemtfncy^ as thofe of the Reformed Churches; 
excepting onlj: a few fiery Spirits 6f Sdxdiiy^ 
But in the Church of England^ as Reformat 
tiort was not brought in by any one Man,: but 
by the joint cbnfent of the wholey fo it feyet 
continued. Luther ans] Zuingliansi Cahimfts:; 
arc not knowm. among us, fayc by heariay: 
Whereof it .is fome (ign, ,Th^ your, felf do 
not krio^ thecifi well, as itfeems,^ wlien you . 
diftinguifh them from ^rbteftantSi . A nam^i 
firft given to the Princes and free Qitxt^ of 
^ermMPy^y that fbught Rcforriiatiori iri the 
Dyerat S^ire; A»no is^^i ^^^ firbiji then! 
faffed to us and other Gountriifis whcr^ it was 
^ffcded. Who are then TfotefiMnts; if the 
Lutherans and Zuinglians be not ? For of bothS 
thefc there were in that Dyetf the Helvetians 
and parts adjoining pfff^m^^^^, .haying been 
reformed at h'omc^rfl by the preachingof ^«/i^- 
glius\ the Saxonsj arid the rcmnaiit O^ Lu^^ 
theKy who. much about one time, and with-' 
but any correfpondence, begin td oppo^ the 
.. . 'r P6]pe'^ 



Foil's inddgences^ and di&rod dot for o^u^xt 
jthat.dter ^I couHi .jct tradraftand, &ve iii the 
Ai^ner; of Chaft'fi Erdfeiioc in theiEucharift. 
Yea^ rtt that alfo taXight timforiidy, That the 
3criy;attd BkKkl bi diif Saviouriaire p^fcfent j 
jidt ito the Eldndntsvbut to *the- Rccdver, 
id the ia&^ and .withoQt iVah&bfbantiattocu 
*As\ for thofc whofti you catt QnfiinniBs^ and 
44k tk&.^uraahs^ Cartpr^ijhy afid Br&Gih 
mifiSyXdl mt in'^od foothyMn tradlefwarthj 
iaw datheydiferfrom'thte Reformed Church- 
<»/ inHhetid^.oi theXhi&ch of. Mn^andj 
ia*e:inthe matter bf Governmi^tiOfiiy ? ,8ce 
jthca^ this contrariety of Sedsrmectly weft 
-roGoncirdd/ For *PnritaHsi Cartwrigb:i^^znd, 
TdStawmfisj are in fabftahce of Dbdrine all onb 
.with :CdhffARsy arid thefe -with Zmf^lianSy- 
vtho Avele dt the fiirft Tffftefianty^znd differ 
Jittlc-ot ndthiffig from thofc whom yfe call ij»-' 
<thefaiis^ Whcteof . this may be' a fenlible 
.proof; that commonly .their Advferfarics^ and 
your felf after, call them by riwf lame name, 
IheTrdteftaht Glmn^ France^ 

ISjoVbxid^ and Geneva. And Pope Z>^the 
xTenth, inr his Gondenmatory Bull j and like- 
wife Charles the Fifth in his Imperial Edid^ 
do tefleft wholly, upon Luther and his Fol- 
ibwers, without any mention of the other at 
^il To conclude this matter j as it is un- 
doubtedly a figa of a good mind to diflike 
contention, and xliyerfities of opinions, audit 
miy ibave pardon to. apprehend ibmetimc more' 
tha»*there is indeed ; like to the melancholick 
old Matt in the Comedy,, whole fulpicion 

makes 



7h Copes of certain IL i r r i k ?• ij^ 
lnakt$ him to multiply on this manner; ^i 
Inibi mtrotrnfifti in iedes qulngentos coqnosy lb 
to rtofter up empty nimcs^ without any real 
diflferenoc!, z&TuritansifCartwrightifis^ Brjm-^ 
Hijisj to taake differerice^ in a few ppiriioris a- 
bout Government or . SacramritSy. SeBs and 
ContrarktieSy hath not the charader of inge-^ 
huotta and fiacere dealings which from you^ 
Mr. ff^addefworthy 1 did and do expeft; 

But fame ofthefe damn each other j avouch^ 
ing their fojitkns to be matters of Faiths nof 
School ^ejhons of Opnion only^ Here in- 
deed these is fault on aH fides in this Age^ 
that we cannot be c6ntcrit with the boundsJ 
Svhifihthe ancient Ghurch hath fet, but every 
private Opinion muft be ftraightways an Ar- 
ticle of Faiths Every decifioil of a Fppe^ e^ 
very decree of aGouilcil. And then as Meri 
arc calily enamoured of their own conceits^ 
and zsGerfon wifely applies that of the Poet^ 
^ii amant^fibi [omnia jingunf\ as if the very 
marrow of Religion codfifted iri ihofe Points, 
thofe that think otherwife ate Heteticks,- and 
in a ftate of Damnation* The Roman Fadion 
goes f ijrther, to Fire and Faggot, 'and all ex- 
q^ifitfe Torments, as ifthofe things that miake 
againft tbe Papacy,/ were more fev^cly to b« 
punifhed than th^ Blafphemies of the Jews^ 
or Mabonletifm it felf* I do not excufe the 
Rjeformers of this bitterneils, wherein after yotjr 
dbcparture out USEiiglaHdf my riamelefs Ad- 
rerlary that undertook Mr, Jiajblafter^s quar*^ 
tel^ giving me over in three of his^demaiid^ 

To. rail 



i6o fhe Copies of certain Lit rl.\it ' 
ran riot in thefirft, about this point cS opfo* 
Jam among ourfehis^ and raked together all- 
the vehement fpeeches of LMther, andibmc of 
his followers, againft tteofe whom they call 
the Sacrameataries, Why, who will under- 
take to drfend Luther'& Speeches,- or all that 
fells from contentious Pens? But even out or 
thofe Tcftimonieg, which himfelf bring* 'for 
the worft that he couH oii the contrary part j 
it appears riiis eagerne^ is not mutual. And 
intrqdi, both vicai EnglanJy and t^tHelfue- 
tiaitsy and French^ do mainteiin jf Brotherly 
affcAion towards them of 5'^Ar««3',' h«w Ipite-" 
fully fo'evir fome of them write of us. And 
even of rfiofe vyhom he calls iMheranSyAS I 
percei^ while I wksat Norimbergy the mo-' 
der^er fortate alike afFeiQied towards us. Bat 
^touching thfe avouching our Opinions to be- 
matters of Faith (which Exception is com-' 
mon to you with him) that whieh Ilhould- 
have anfw^red him, if I had found in him any 
thiag but fpfte and fcom, I wiU iay now to- 
yon^ Vea-ily in fome fort even the leaft conclu- 
fjons in Divinity are matters of Faith: For 
both Faith hath to do with them, and they 
are fetdied by Difcourfe, from the firftPrin-' 
c^les holden by Fastby whence our whole 
Religion is called by St. Jude, The Faith once 
delivered t» the Saints.. And the leaft error 
in them, by confequence overtfirows the lame 
Principles whence ^hey are deduced. That 
makes fome, to move attention in their Rea* 
ders^to fay, The ^eftiotisare »ot akptU fmalt 
mattersy bvf of the frinct^al Armeies t^ BiH- 

giouf 



the <to$ies bf^nam £. t t t i ii s. atfj[ 
.^, fvenabmt the Fotmdation. As €iir£us^ 
,9vhom he cites, faith, the queftion is of two 
Jrtkks ofFaithy Firft, ^rA^/ U'/jifA teach- 
fth tba$ in Cbr'tH twonatures are umted. Se^ 
-condly, of the Jrticle, Bn afcendeiitnto Hea- 
■ rjeg. Why do not both fides agree, to thcfe ? 
• Yei. But one fide fetches Argumeats againft 
•ubiquity »ftom tbefe places, and thereupon 
^aith, .the. queftion is about thcfc Articles j 
perhaps aifochargeth the other to deny them. 
He cites TapPusVfiitm^ th\is,Jgiiur mter 
ms de Qmni$»temia Dei, &c. The cpntr^erfy 
Jretwixt us,- is akout the Ommpotgncy cf God. 
. glheferfiitmlUnion af the two natures mChrift. 
.neOrnmnicationfffTroferties. The glort- 
•^us b»dy of our Sawm, gCc Lo again, every 
.Bkcc of Argument or Defence is made'thp 
•Jmtuwpf Controvcify. Qutofthefe afldfuch 
•lifce€onf€jEons on either fide, my namelefs 
•. Adverfary will needs inforce, with great pomp 
. and triumph ; . What think ye ? That (uch 

fait^ified Men (this is his fcoffipg Language) 
. e» pot together by theE^rs firMoon-Jbmm 
. the ff^aur. Again, That ail thofe Mji^mtdo- 
^■mau Fights and bloody Encounters bemtde 

. landCaPrind aut de itmbf4 Afi^^i.- Why, 

• v^ho fcidthey'were? I wiU fetdown here my 
. Words, that you may judge of the Gpafcience 

of this Man, knd have withal the fubftance 

of jny Aiifwcr to this Objcaion. M what 
■ h'fofAe mrmuius Spirits m each fide, trau\- 
. fwtedwUh tafflouin their o^ofittons, have 

M Mofi Bher and imbefeeming ffmhes 
. ' T 3 '* 



^^a The Ccpej of certain L ex t e « s. 

. to their Adverfaries^ and fd$0etimes havefbe^tiff^ 

edeach other fmaUJnmaniiy ; are you jo fim^ 

fleas not to dtfcerw between the choler offome 

few oftmmate Men^ and the confequence of 

their Opinions ? Have you forgotten &. Hie-! 

tome and Rufiinus deadly foehoody which "was 

rung over the World ? or Epiphanius an4 

Chrylofbme'x, orWQiox's ondtheGteck Bp- 

fhofs/i which proceeded fo far ab0iaa trifk^ 

.that he excommunicated them*^ which is little 

lefs. I think than to condemnto the Tit^HeU^ 

And yet if IJhouldput it to your judgMenij 

.Lorn perfnadtd yoa ^oidd grant they bHdaU 

. trutkneceffary. to Salvation. FoKyou mnft re- 

fnm^er Tofe Boniface had not yet coined the 

new Article of the Eaithj that I mentioned ho^ 

fore. What fball Iffeak of St. Paul and JBkr- 

nabas^ wUchgrewtofuch bitternefs^ and that 

about a "oery little aueftion ofconveniencyy ^bat 

thongh they were fent out together by the Holy 

GhoHy thet brake off company. : Thofe be bu-' 

man fafwrn^ winch wsfdom would we Jbnld 

fttyy when ihey grow tofuch extremities^ ufr 

onfojkoill caufe ; raiker than from their out^ 

rage to gather there ispfi catfe to encreafo. Do 

, we not fee that e^jenmaturahBrethren dl^fonu^ 

times- defy, one another y and nfe inch other 

withlep- reff^eSi than ftrjingersl Jtimvfrom 

hence would you conclude they be not Brethren:, 

and hearten them ony> and fay to the one^ ibat 

fitb his. half Brother is not fo mar to hm^ as 

he with whom be is thus at odds^ he mu^ fail 

out.worfe with him. Tau Jkould weU jo de^ 

ferve 



B¥ethrm. Thcfe vtere all iny Wordi fct 4dim 
in anfWcr to Jlis objcding w/- t^v^ camehtkn^^ 
va^c(tnd0HniM» each^tm^^m prove ttmt^thtib-' 

diffetittd Wachmbre, f hdii,a?ypirmiy-pert 
ceive, ':tb'«- ieil^car '^cjftf^ blir <rlyes^^ nor 
from our ^^ecteil^ri we dMaj^ree ip any trfai^ 
nectary to Salvation. Hit inakesflie toifeyy 
pur ^^A^oii/v^^ ^^f M^flsiney md^fsxxu^ 
bri aGni) fetdekn^ ca^ritia^ 411^ fir^^^, M^ 
matters (f n& confequenc^, T« return to 700^ 
good yLt. Waddejwortky < let Men avoudhnas^ 
confii^ndy^ th«y wiil vc^ithing their aAva> 
Bwfitions^ M dt Fu^:N%Heemuii^ 
tholk&s^ and of their cottti'arie^ ery oat^ *28r^. 
iir^ fferetkks^renei^ msie^r Mer^^^^aXe^' 
Mom^tim^ dffi^ the -Articles of the Greedy 
God^iiJmH^oienay^ 8Cc.. afll becauieihem^ves; 
by Difcpiirfe, can (as-tliey'^ think) faftetifiich 
thifsgs 4i^on thchi : A fobfer Chrifti^vbjwft. 
not give heed to atl ' that ia faid in rfjfe kirtd. 
^Thefe things muft be examined with right 
jndgment, and ever with much charity and 
patience, remembring that our felves know in 
partj^x and propheiy in part ' In a'^w&rd, . tWa 
ftiouid not have fo much dilquieted you. 

Nor yet that which you adc}, That every 

cne fret ends Scripture. 'Be ft of ally faith * S. 

Chryfbftonie^ for if we fhould fay ^vbe believe 

human reafms^ thou might eft with good reafon^ 

T4 H 



itfndkdy but v^ijeuds fife rec^ tix'Scr'^, 
'tmr£, atuitheyBe. rfunfle a^ttuey it will he, 
4» ea£f. fbi0g fir tbee fdjm^y &q. And to 
. vtbat ptiT|K^ind<ied.ii«ii(4s the facul^.o£rear. 
im pcf£e£^ed and 4K>lHhecl with i^coing 2 
Whctefba the fqpcraatuiral li^t pf Eaith ?, 
WhcKfoce the. Gift- of God in us Miniftem 
cof^stxed^^X ^^ impol^oa of Hands ? Bi^ . 
to try wbkh fide handles the Word- W" God: 
dcQcitfiiUy, which finccrely. But h^re again, 
Edtdt Juk ofr^atfs the B»h^ Ghfifi i» bis far 
tUKT. What, diep ? If we . put felv^ ha:ec 
the anm^ittfy we IhaU be able M we a^e.bidr 
dmto:tfy.tbe S^i^i Vfbetbetr they if t^Qod^ 
V'ifo\J\ For \Kewilluot believe them, be- 
cauie diey&y they hatye the Spirit, or qandot. 
be deceived, but beeau^ their Do6b-iqe is coo^ 
fbtJaot tp the,Pjrin^t{de8 of Heayeiily, Troth, 
which by -the Writing infpir«5d by hiifefelf,' 
the H<Hy Gh<# \^^. gray en ia ^.our Hearts. . 
WJiich WritiE^s -^x^ well a^ikoqwledged by 
Y'oo^to.he tbe Law and Rule accttrdif^wberfj; 
iiMt0y iftjtk^fOtMt oiReligim we mufi fraceed. 



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r4-.ijohtti.ao, a^. & 4.1, j 



CHAP. 



CH AP. IIL 




ipf the ^ant cf m Hfitn^y External^ Infah 
^bh Judgf and Interpreter^ 

S to that you fay^ did aborjf^ all trouble 
^ _^ J^Wy the want ^fa certain^ hwma^y ex-? 
%ernaly infallible Judge to internet Scrt^twre^ 
and define J^fjfions of Fakh without Errer^ . 
,What if you found not an external humari 
Judgf, \i yew h^d ^n internal divine one ?< 
And haying f n infallible Rule l>y which year 
hitman Judg^ Ihould proceed, why fliqttld yoi^ 
|ruft another Dylan's applying ft, ratlierth^ 
your own, jn ssj. ^natter fohcerninig your own 
fiilvation ? But iif Gp4 have left us no luch 
fxterpal Jifd^ft if Antiquity knew none, if 
j^eligion*noed nonf, it wa^ no juft motive to 
iea-ye us, that you could J&nd none, ainiongft 
all thofe Sed& .which y oi^ mention, and hoyr 
much lefs if you have not; a whit amended 
ycxur fclf vfheye yoi^ arg j which we flull <;qq-; 
fidei by and by* 

I fay |:hc9 firft. That to mal^c this your 
motive of ^ny moment, it mi^ft be JDhcwed, 
l^at Qcd hath apppinted fuch a Judge in his 
fChnrch. Let that appear out of tome paflage 
of Holy Scripture. For your conceit or de- 
fire that fuch ^ Judge tfiere flioul^ be, to 
whomyqu xp^ght inConfciei^ce obey, and yield 
your felj^ bei^aufe he could not err, ' cloth not 
j*rove ft Ifou would know the truth, only 



!i66 The Copies $f certain 3L e r r e us, 

by the Authority,, and fblc pronouncing of 

the Judge's Mourfi. * A fhort and ealy way, 

which to moft Men is plaufible, becaufe it 

(pares the pains of Sfudy and Dilcourie. To 

fuch efpccially, as cither out of weaknels dare 

not truft their own Judgment, or account it 

fhail have the merit of humility, to be led by 

their Teachers. But what now if God wijQi 

have you call no Manyour father ftpon earth^ 

If he will fend you to jiis Word ? and aftep 

you have received the Faith by the Church*^ 

Teftimony out of the cafy and plain, places 

thereof^ hid you fearch the Scriptures^ to find 

the Truth in the remnant, and pick it out by 

your own induftry. * The rich Manbdogirir 

Hell-Torments (in yvhofe words ', t tloubt fiot 

but our Saviour doth ipipcrlbnate and repj^ 

lent the conceits of many Men Ifvfcg in thii* 

tWorld) prefumes that if one Hvcte^fcnt from 

the Dead, his Kirifmen wpqld hearken to hifH, 

but he is remitted f^ Moles and the^rophets. 

The jfewsy as I perceived by. Speech with 

fame of them zt V^nfce^ make it b'ne of their 

Motive, ^that our 3Lord Jefiis is hot the Ghrift,- 

He jbom'dMotj fay. They, have come in fuch a 

fapion^ : to' leave his own Nation' in doubf^ 

and JUJ^ence 5 ' dnd' flandd^ze^ ' fo ; inany 

thoufandi ; Buijo as all Men rni^ht^ kn&w himf 

to be what he ^^f* ' Miferable Men t^ tfeatf 

will give Xaws'^W God fitift be; 

you aWare alio '(^i^ocyA^^^ 

content to take,' not to pVefcnb^ the toeans 



The Coftes of certain L e t t « r s^ i^7 
by which ydu will be brought unto the know- 
ledge of the Truth : To ufc what he hath gi- 
ten, not to conjefture and divine what he 
muft give. 

But God fails not his Church infuch means 
as be nec^ffary. X.et us therefore confider the 
heceffity of this Judge. Where I befeech . 
you confider (for I am liire you cannot but 
know it) thit all things neceffary to Sahation 
are evidently fet down in Holy Scripurel This 
both the Scriptures themfelves do teach, and 
the Fathers avouch, namely S. Juguftm ancj 
S. Chryfofiomey and others, I forbear to fet 
down their Words, or further to confirm this 
Jjemmay which I proved at large againft ano^ 
fher Adverlary, and (hall at all times make 
^ood if it be queftioned. Befides thcfe Pointy 
there are a great many other though not of 
fiich nqceffity, yet evidently laid down alio 
in the fame Scriptures, by occafion of them. 
Many bjr juft Difcourle may be cleared from 
thefe, and the former. If any thing yet re- 
main in lulpence,^and unknown, yea or if 
you will, erred in,fbit be not wilfully andob- 
ftinately, yet ftiall it be ever without peril of 
damnation to him that receiveth what the 
Holy Ghoft hath plainly delivered. What 
neceflitythen of your imaginary Judge? Yes; 
For Unity is a goodly thing, not only in mat^ 
ters neceflary, but ilniverfaliy in all. Con- 
troverfies muft not be cndlels. But how comes 
it to pals then that your Judge wholbever he 
l)e,.doth not all this while decide the QucC 

tioo 



^$ 7hf Co^s of certaiH Lit ruiu 
tion touching the Conception of theBIeflfc^ 
Virpn^ that is between the Dominicans and 
franc'ifcansj nor that between the Domini^ 
cans and Jefuits touching Grace and Free-^^ 
fFilly and all other the Points that are contro-^ 
verted in the Schools*; to ipare contentioqt 
and time (» precious Commodity among wife 
Men) and give this honour to Di'^inity alone, 
that in i^ alldpubts (hould be reduccjd tQ cer- 
tainties ? Or if it feem nq Wildom to be hafty 
in ciegiditjgfuch Queftions, wherein witty anq 
learned Men are iqgaged^ left inft^ad qf chan^ 
jDg their Opinipns, they ftipurd fall to chair 
ienge not oijly tlje mf^llibiHt% but which 
were more dangerous, the ji$i{hority of tjieir 
Judge; If it be thought better to leave fcope 
to Opinions, oppofition it felf profitably Irv- 
ing to the boulting out of the Trqth. Jf Unity 
^n all things be as it ieems ^lefpaired qf, by 
this your (jf/Zi^j Ijimfelfi'^why ve we not 
content with Unity in thi^f necefarji ip Sal-^ 
'^aticin^ expreflylet down in Hply Scripture: 
'•And knpiently thought to fuifice, refer ving 
infallibility as an honour proper to God fpeak- 
ing there ? Why fhould it not be thought to 
Suffice, that every Man having imbraccd that 
neceflary Truth, \yhich is the Rule of our 
JPaith^ tlierebjr trjr the Spirits whet^jer thejt 
1^ of (3od pr qoT If he me^t. with! any that 
hati) riot that Dodrine, receive him not tq 
Houfe,' nor falute him* If confenting to that^ 
)>ut othcrwif^^infirm or erring, yet charitabl)^ 



I Gc. r. di teijius. 



bear with him. This for every private Man: 
As for the publick order, and peace of the 
Church, God hath given Paftors and Teach-i 
ers, that we ftiould not be carried about with 
^ every wind of Dodrine, whithwas th^e&ci 
oi Timothy his living it Efhtfus^ i Ttm. 1.3: 
Theny f the Apdftles themfelves by their ex- 
ample, havF commended to the Church the 
wholefbmte' ufo of Synods, to determine of 
fbch controverGcSi sts cannbt by the form« 
means be compofed j but ftill fey the Hcdy 
Scripturca, the LaDo or Ruky^i you fey wefl^ 
iy^vuhkh all tbefe judges muftfroceed.^ Which 
tf they- do not, then may they be deceived 
themfelves, and deceive oth^s, as experienced 
hath ihewed, yet never be able to extinguifir 
the truth. 

- To come to Antiquity. There is not any 
one thing belonging to Chriftian Religion, if 
we confider wdi, of more importance, than 
how the purity of the whole may be maiti^* 
tained« The Ancients that write of the reft 
of Chriftian- Doftrine, is it not- a miracle, hacf 
rfiey known any fuch infallible Judge,in whofe 
Orackthe fccurity of ally with the perpetual 
ti-anquillity of the Church is contained, they 
fliould fay nothing of him ? There was never 
any Age < wherein there hav6 not been Here*-' 
fies, and Sefts : To which of them was it ever 
objeaed that they had no infallible Judge ? 
How.fbqn would they have fought to amend 
liiatdefea, if it had been a currant Dodrine 

kk 



T7fl' 



Thi Gobies ifcerhm t- 1 r.t i k s. iSp 
bear With hira. This for every private Man; 
As for the publick order, and peace of the 
Church, God hath given Paftors iind Teach- 
ers, that we Ihould not be carrkd about with 
^ e^efy wind of Dddrine, whithwas th^eftd 
of 7i«5W% his living it Ephffus^ i Tm. 1.3: 
Theny \ the ApdfUes themfelves by their ex-^ 
ample, hav^ commended to the Church the 
whole{bm)e ufo of Synods, to dettrmine of 
filch controverfi* is canrtbt by the former 
mcMS be compofed; but ftillfey the Holy 
Scripturca, the La'io qt Rute^zi you lay well, 
by which all^thefe judges mufi froceedi Which 
if they- do not, then may they be deiiceived 
themfelves, and deceive oth^s, as eifpericncef 
hatbftiewed, yet never be able to extinguifb 
the trarfi. 

- To come to Antiquity. Tliere is not any 
one thing belonging to Chriftian Religion, if 
we confider wdl, of more importance, than 
bow the purity of the whole may be mairi^* 
tained/ The Ancients that vVike «f the reft 
of Chriftiatf Doftrine^ is it not- a miracle, hadP 
tfaey known any fuch infallible Judge,in whofe 
Oracle the fccurity of ally with the perpetual 
tranquillity of the Church is( contained, they 
fhould fay nothing of him ? There was nfver 
afly Age 'Wherein there havtf rtot been Here^' 
fies, and Seds ; To which of them was it ever 
cbjeded that they had no idfaflible Judge ? 
How ;fboa would they have fought to amend' 
chafcdefed, ifit had been a currant Dodrine 

TO 



f^o The copies of 4^rtakf LEtr^isi 
ia thofe tioie^ that die true Church cannot he 
withoat fiich aa Officer ? The Fathers that 
dealt with theoiy^ why did they act lay afide 
^ diiputmg^ and appeal them only to thia 
Bar ? UjEilj^ perhaps that Were the let which 
Ordinal Bellarmne teils the Venetians^ kin*- 
drcd S*y«rfi&om appealing to S^jP^r^r, LfSf 
* thyjbmdd haw made their JKherJartes t& 
ia^gb at tbein far tbeif labour. Well : ho*-» 
iGgeeyer the Cardinal hath found out a m^ryi: 
teafon fw Si TauT^ appealing to Cafaf^ 
Judgment, not Ttter% 1^ he fliouki espoie 
hinifelf to the lau^ter of Pagalia : What &aU 
we £kj whep tfeeFatber* f write profeffedlyttf 
k^ru^ C»tiiglick Men, oi^Oxefpre-^fkadings 
and advantages U be ^ed agawH Here^ 
ticksj even witliout defcending to Tryal by" 
Saiptures ? or of {omc certaiH^inerai and dr-^ 
dinary waj t9 difiern the Truth ^fthe Cath^ 
lick Faith fr^mthe fro^hank NtiFvekies efUg'^ 
rsfies ? H Had they knowii of this infallible 
Judge/ ihould we not hayc heard 6f him in 
^isfb proper a place, and as it W6re in ^ 
caufe belonging to his own Cpu^ti Nay doth; 
not the writing it felf of fuch Books ftcw, 
that this matter was wholly unktiown to Ao" 
tiqoity ? For had the Church beeu i h podfeP 
fion of £> eafy aiud fure a cour& to dw^oyei! 
and dilcard Herefied^ they i)aould hot have 
joeeded to tajdc.thenifelves t0 find out. any o^ 
ther. But the: truth is, ht&Uibility 1$, and 

* mj^pt aJHmi!afera,&:c» 
^ lirtmL depNcfcrif, 9lc. 



cy^f hath been accounted proper to Chrift's 
jadgmcnt , And as hath becnfaid, all necef- 
iar^ tri^th to Salvation he hath delivered us. 
in his Word. ; that Word, himfelf tells us,' 
ibaJB judge at the laft day. Yea, in aU true 
decifions of Faith, that Word even nowjUdg- 
etk ^ Chrt^ jfuketb, the jhafiU Jits Judge,. 
CbriSf ffeakt m the J^ofile. / Thus Anti- 
quity. ' . >> 
.;Ndthes^e they Proved a whit with that 
Qbje^ion w That the Sci^iures are often tbe^ 
matter ofCmtro^rfies. For in that cafe the: 
remedy was eafy which*St.;.^i(/?mf fhews to 
ha!&e recimrfe to thefla^n places ^ and manifefi 
f^k ^ JhouUneed no interpreter : For fuch 
there hty by which the other may be cleared- 
Th^ fame may be lai^d, if iometimes it be 
queftibned, ^Phich he Scripures^ which not^^ 
I think it was never heard of^ in the Church, 
that there was an external infallible Judge^ 
who could determine that queftion. Argu- 
ments may be brought from the conient or di£^ 
l^t with other Scriptures, from the attefta-r 
xioa of Antiquity, and inherent figns of Di«« 
vine Authority, or human Infirmity : But if 
the Auditor or Adversary yield not to tl^dc, 
fuch parts of neceffity muft needs be laid a- 
6de. If all Scripture be denied (which is as 
it were, exceftio mjndtcem ante litis contefta^ 
tfonemj Faith hath no place, only reafon re- 
mains. . To which I think it will fcarce feem 
rcafonable, iyrouftiould £ay, Though all Men 

are 

^ lihdifniHat$ Bcchf. c. 5. ft rp. 



syiThit^es if certain Ju^rii^ii 

are fyarsy yet this Judge is infallitle^ andil 
Him thou ougbtefi in conjbienet to obey and yield 
tfy underjtam&ng in all his Det^rminatumsi 
for hi cannta err^ ^ No riot if all3V4cnin the? 
Wc^j^d fhoald lay it; Unlds ^bu firft fet 
dowh there is a God> atid ftablifh tHe au* 
thority of the Books of Holy Scripture, as 
liis Vbice, and then ftiew if y(>u Can,»tihLe^ar-* 
rant of this Privilege* 

Where you affirm, Thh Scriptures to be thi^ 

haw cddyh Rule^ but alpne bfthen^ePutscan^ 

not bi Judges:, If youmean, without beis^ 

produced, applied, and heard; you lay truth. 

Yet Nicodemus fpake Qot amifs, ^hen he de-^ 

mandcd, * Doth our Law judge any Mauy im^ 

hfs it hear hmfirfil he meant thelkn^ which 

S.Tduty whcrihc feid of the High Phcfl, fbou 

fitteSi tojUiige me acfordin^ to tbe Ldw : And 

fo do we when we iky the fame. Neither do 

we fend f6xitd JtBtgek^ dr GMhinifelf immedu- 

ately^ but fpeal^ing by his Spirit in the ScHp-'' 

fures^ and (as I haVfcrijghtnowfaid) allcdged,' 

ind by difcoiirfe' applidi to the matters in 

<|ueftidn. As for Triniei; firice it pleafed you 

toinaike an excurfion to thdn, if we fhould 

make them infallible Judges, dr give them' 

Authority to decree in Relfgioh aTs they lift, 

hs Gardiner did to King Heriry the Eighth^ it' 

inight well be coiideftmed for mbnlhrouS, as it 

Was by Oahifi. As for die Purpofe, Licere 

Regi interdicere pofiilo njum caticis in cana: 

^arel fotefias n. funma eit^pents R^em^ 

quorfa Gardiner. This was to make the Ring 

as ablblute a Tyrant in the Church; as the 

* joh. r. 51- Pope 



U%eC0fies (f certain Xb t ter5. \^7^ . 

IPopc claimed fio be^ But /)Sw^ Princes whkb 
obey the truths have Commandment frw% Gody 
to command pod thingf^nd forbid eviij not only^ 
in matters fer taking to humane fociety^ but ak 
Co the Retigion of God^ f This is no new ftrangc 
Dodrine, but Calvin' Sy and ours, * ?ind S. jit^ 
gufiifie'sy iQ fo many word$. And this is all the 
Headfliip of the Church* we giye to Kings. 
Whereof a Queen is as .well capable as aKing.^ 
lince it is an ABi of ^uthority^ not EcclefialRr 
tical Miniftery\ procecjding ftom emjnency of 
power, nqt of knowledge, or holim^jS* Wherp-p 
in not only a learned Kingy as. ours.isj bat ^ 
good old Woman (as Queen Elij^iabethj bet 
fides her Princely Dignity, was) may jcxccI, a$ 
your fclvcs confefs,- your infallible Judge himr 
fclf. But in Tower he laith, he is *bove all ; 
which not to e?:^mmc -for the prefent, in this 
Power Princes are abpvfe afl thpir Subjejfts \ 
trow ; and S. Aiguftine faith plainly, to com- 
fnand and foriifdy evtn in the Reltgion of G^df 
ftill according to God-s Word, which is thu 
touchftone of Gqod and JEviL ,, Neithcr/wa? 
King Henry the Eifgfith^ the firft Prince that 
^xercifed this Ppvyei;,. vfitejcis Damid and <&/<?r 
tnon^ and f*g reft of the Kings of Judah bcr 
^Qre Chrift^ And finpe that Kings^ wpre Ch rif^ 
tians, II The a^airs of th Chwcb ba'pf dfpendr 
ed ufqn thern^ and the great eft ^ods have bee^ 
by their iXecree^as Socjafe^ exprefly laith. Nor 
did King Henry claim amy new thing in. ,^js 
!Land, but re%)red to the Grown th^ .aftcienp 
Right thereof^ which f^ndry hi5/?rf<ieccffar? 

f hifiit. /. 4. c, 2Q. *AutMR. contr. Crefcon, I i c. ku v 



vjiad«crcifcd, as our Hiftoriaiis ^ndLawyen 
.with ooe confent affirm. 

The reft of your induftion #f j$yffybiflnffy 
Sifbopy and wbde Clergy in their Convoca^ 
tim-H&ufiy snd ^ Comcil aj Ml trntheransy 
^ahiniJtSy TrotefiantSy &c. is but a necdicfs 

S>inp of words, ftrivihg to wip by a form qf 
ilcourfe, that which gladly lhain)e yield- 
ed at the firft dc|nand. fhcy might all crr^ 
if they were as many as the Sand op the Sea 
JShoar, if they did v^t righdy apply the Rule 
of Holy Scriptures, by which as you acfcnow- 
k<^ the external y^^^, which you^ feck, 
fftuft prpccjcd. As tp yomr demand therefore, 
l^w you fimdd he furf wbfn^ anid vherein 
they didy and Sd nM erf ; wherfyou fba^li 
iave fi^fd y^ur fMf ; to forbear to ^ixjpai^ 
witih yQUX confiimation (That tbm^hy a pjfe 
»d fjfemn valet frnffr-cdnfequenttay yet ali^^ 
fuamd$ vakt : fi^, fruftra mcitur fotentiaqu£ 
0mfuam ducitnr in aauin.J 'to the former 
whereof i might tell you, that without quei^ 
fion, Hf^i^fuam vaiet : Atid to the fecond, that 
I pin y^fery well all0w, tiaftt ^randi ptentia. 
'smoti^ Proteftants ht cfvpx fruftra. This I fay 
freely, ^at if you tome with ^is refolutipn 
to learn ricthing by dilbqurfe, or evidence of 
Scriptuife, but only by the meer pronouncing 
<tf aiwiman eictemal Judge's Mouth, tpwhon^ 
yott would yield your underftanding in all his 
deeetfninati^^i If, as the Je&its teach thein 
Scholars, * you wiU nsifhotlff ikny ymr wm 
ju^mmr^ and ^ efolve, that ^ this ^^eJbaU 
fayy that is blatk^ which a^ears to your Eyes 



^it^y ym wiUJay k is tfl/^k to$ ; ^pa feavc 
j)o&d ^ ifee Proteftants^ .tliey cannot tdl 
how to teach yon infallibly. Wichat I *maft 
tefl you thiw mucli, «hat\tli|s prepMatte^ of 
mind 19 a Spholar^ as j^oh -itre^ in a Mimfter^ 
yea jn > ObrJftian, thait liad bat learMd hi? 
JCfced, math more that had from a ChiH 
Renown tjie H<:fly Scriptapc^/ tliat^f^r^ ii^Afe 
t^ ^^ Us wifitefofhatk^ t-he fdifh 

^hat is in OkMf^'MjeJksiVftvt tpo grekt weakr 
ti«fs, and, to u^;tbc Apoftlc'S Phrafc, f t:^/- 
Spnefi of underftanding, . 

But 1^ iengthyou 'heard afmnd ef Uarmih 
yi^ and CcHfenty that in theCatholkkOhurchy 
Wi^^NoaHV jirky was mfaUibilityj ^ndfoffi'- 
'biUty^Eahati(m\whf(fh i^ccafimidyou tofeek 
ipia^ andn etfttr into this Jbrk ^ Noih. The 
3found of Corifent and Infaliibaity is moift jflea^ 
^fingand l^armoojous, and undoubtedly ever 
and only to be found in theCathoKck Church, 
*o Wit, m the Rijl!? of Faith, and in the Holy 
Scriptures, and fuch neceflary Dpftrinc^sptr- 
^^<9tlycOiicordeth with the lame. Buta'sin Song 
inany diifcprds do ^fi in fmaller Notes, with- 
piit ofFenipe qlf the -Ears, ix^ flioiild they in ^al- 
Jer matters of Opinion inthc -Church, wilJhout 
*tfeke o^ace of judicious and charitable minds. 
Which yet I fpeak notto juftlfy them ; iray, 
i am verily of the mind, That this is the 
idling that hath marred the Church. Mufidk 
ift both kinds, that too much liberty is taken 
'^n d^fcant to depart from the<3rbund, <and as 
<pne ikithjnfft^ifimium demgrantur. The fault 
^•thb Italians': though t*tey think themfeiyes 
ttie-only Songfters in the World. Butt^^ffCT 

S I •fim, f • X J- 1 1 Cor. 14. 20. U ^ %\Xtf\ 



i|:um to you, tell m^, . I bpfeech you (good 

't^Trf^i^^f'^^^^t^ J y^?^^ this the Harmony 

thj^t tjaoipqrted yofl. The Pope bimfelf faith, 

Ifompterrj and tp'me thou ou^htfB fa haw 

^ recourfe fof decijion ^f, 4oubts tn mitten ^ 

' fmth. And yrhere^s . this is pot ^Qply cjeny ed 

byprptfftants, but.hath been ever by the 

.Frfmky ancj ancigndy I nm iiirp by the Sfar 

. nifiy^ Jat^iy hyfomcJiakanDiyincs alfo, un- 

,lefs he ufe duf me^ns to finfi th^ tfuth.; ye^ 

..whpreas it is the iffue of all »the Gont:r9T€ir 

fics of this age ; in this fiiare, ydu, fafiened 

..your Foat^ This mas the Center that fettled 

^qwf Confciency^ tins thefoUdandjirmfounda^ 

Jiati if jour Faith ' What ? and did it not 

moye you, /that Ibme limit this Inf^Uibili-: 

-ty of th|e Pope thu^,* ^M .^Pfr CanpfifcaU^y 

.if he proceed a^hiptUy^ and maturely ^ "Hfing 

^that ailigemei that is ft to find out the tfufh ; 

that is, (as you faid before) proceeding by the 

Rde, J:l^ Scriptures ? Albeit tp theF^thpis 

• ^ ^h9 African Council it fceme4 incredible (as 

they write in their Synodal Bpiftle to P.*.C^ 

[lefiffe ftanding for Appeals tp himfelf)that God 

can inipire the right in tryal to one, denying 

it to i>iiany Bifhops in a pouncjl. Tell us then, 

who made you fecure of thcle tljtings y, c>r di^ 

you in truth^ never fi>much as make queftion 

.of them, but liearing this[ harmonious found, 

The Tope is the InfalLibk Judge^ ' you trufte4 

th(p.new Matters of th^t fide, \GregoxydeYar 

Jentiaj znd BeUarpmexthzt whether the Tape 

in denning do ufi diligence or #9, if^edo d^f^j 

Jhe Jhq^ll define 'i^^ \ if4hi^ 



'VA . \ 



and rPuddlej or- ratter liJlc to aiiotn&r Dove 
flics^ioned in Sctiptiif6y Columba fediMa ha^ 
hhs (kty^^ by tiic -irioft chaffy ferip that 
•cmi^riik fet wfore the'fiyfes of wftiged JFowl,; 
\vcre brought to the dobr-feli Excule my 
€rk^»mk^ I feofifefe wllii, fome indijgnatiqn^ 
;|mi^rat3*e:iove. toybu, though I thiis write. 
JMkny things there be in y^d'ry incbrireiiicnt) 
and to my conceit weakly a^ iirigrbundedly 
.affirmed, to fay tio More ; hut this it lb ab^ 
iurd, ittid palpablfc i flattei^y^v. as to omit t6 
ipeak of you, for my part I cfarinat be pfer- 
fwaded that TaulusXM Fifth^belftHrts it him^ 
felf. For eon^der, I prasy^ >^hat needed an-' 
,tiently theChriftian Enipdfors, arid fbmetlmesS 
•at the r«queft of rfi^ iRifhops of jR«?/^f t*iem-^ 
-felves; to Iwtve gathered tbgetHef Ib^ nianyfii-i 
ihops^frdtii fo divers j^tts of the Woiid toce^ 
lebrate Gqiincils: If it; had been ktiov<^h arid 
*-be\ievcd theft,' thit one Mari'a Soitenge riii^ht 
have cfeared all ^orttfpVc*fi&, and puf ali 
Herefics to filence ? Hdv*^ dufft ftinciiy rfoly^ 
and learned; Men hatfer<5jeftdd his ddcifibttsj 
wheiber right e^r * wroAg Js m>t now tHe qtifeC* 
,tipn, liflchriftiaaly out of doubt on their partsi 
-if lie had been theft holdfti. the irifi^itte O* 
iracle bf our Religioh ; AsVhdn ^i^cratti^ 
wlthtiife BUhopS ^Vjifih^ and trinkns alfo 
yielded riot to Vilithr^ es^cbmmuhicatirig thci 
Eaftern Churches^ abbiit the celebration of 
E^/er, whcniS; OypridHj with the fitift Coun^ 
. :cil of Carthage of eighty fix Biftiops hid I>c^ 



^recd^ Tl^at foch ask^iE^rebuptized by Her€# 
ticks, jhouljd be i^baj|^0^ ad(i certified St^ 
fbams of thks Decsee, afk4 be oppd&d ^ andf 
would^ave nx>tfaii% ipabyated, wcmld C^#t 
4^^ after t1xat bȴe r^^^ ac^ con&ted Siefha4 
imi' his Letfiei?, ha4* be known him for iofklr 
lible ? And boTv^dptb he eonfiite him ? as * 
/rm^ writing imfffmtnflyy emtrmyto^him^ 
fe^. -r Yea^ Jet ic bf ob&f W> Hbat he dodi 
aot only tK>t accduilt Stefhanu^ i&faUible, hvd 
fitocfo mocb as a Judge pyei' anj; BiAiibp; Sec 
the Yotje of Cjifria^y wd note thpfc Words^ 

0fytfro^im €dnfii$fikyfiiatyr0nmc»t€rrare 

quand^ bahtaP mnis Epifi^usfr^ Hctntia ii^ 
bifttUis^ {Me^atis fu4% firbttrtum pi^mmy 
tanqua^j^kari 46 alhMnfoffit €fim nic i^' 
fe faffii akerutippdicarej Sed tx^e^ienms te^ 
niverjpju^dumj>$mmi wfiri Jefit Chrijiiy qm 
MMUs ^ fiius habet foteft^Hm ^pf^pMenS 
ht JElccleJj^ fua ffibernatkney ^ ^ a£in mfirb 
w£canai. A pa^ge worthy to ]a« xtotedal-^ 
£)^ iot the clearis% c^ the indepeiidence of £r 
^licopal Authority £ro» the rope^ vflmh 1 
ppvf letjpaikr Neitbf r wm S. Cyfriav hanm a-^ 
lone : [Firf^ilian^^ and the liafiim JBiibops^ 
iA^^A BtBf banns so le% as Spears by hi^ &* 
pidle^ which in the Rooian !^itioa of Ma^^ 
nutiusy let forth by the command 6f Tius the 
Foarth^ with the £irvey of , four Cardinab^ 
liidhereof one is npw a Saint ^mthexquifite Mi^ 
%e\ is wholly kft ouu And ?4iffr/^ iaitfr 



he thitiJcs p^rp^Iy, (ojn hbn&lfis of the mind 
tb«t k had been better it bad ne^^r come fotth: 
But to f eturn to our purpofei The FsLtherai 
^f the Coum:iI ot jifrkk^ and S. J^ufiini 
amoi^ft. them^ iefift ^ three Popes fiicceedmg 
<Uch bthef^ ZB&ikmSy Bonifact^ ind Coslefii^ 
iM$y about appeals to RfffOi'^ ihali we think: 
they wotild ever have doHe k, if they ha<J 
kiiown mimi%i^^ theoitobethe fiipfeani 
and iH&Uible Jiidgea in the Church ? I let 
j^ ^e Schifm betvB'een the Greik aifd the 
LdiamC^xmhy which had not happened^ li 
ihis I>o^jne had bera snciently received; 
Najf, k iji vtfry plain i£( Story, that the Bi(hop( 
6f iS^^s lifting up himielf to be univerfai 
Bijb^ Qhk&Y caui^d iti To conclnde^ vicU 
ther Lihirimy nor I^mriuSf to cxntt many o«- 
ih^r Si(hops of i2c^^, bad ever been taxed o£ 
ikcrefie^ if this had aqcioitly, been cqrranty' 
that the :Pope is iftfailible. I will not ftand 
ut2Ni to exAtoine the &ameful defence that BeU 
ImmiH^ il^kes for th^ lailter of thefe, bearing 
4Q^n^ fathers^ CaumUsi Stmesj To^sthetn-- 
JHiiisii vafl^ aU £klfified or deceived herein^ 
Wherdo lieeacrfe he is learnedly refuted by 
Dr. R^i^ldSi I infift not upon it This^ t 
prefs, thsat all thofe Writers atid Councils^ 
aiodamOfigft thtmVd^^ Leo the< Second ac^. 
curfif^. Honbr'fUSi did not then hold that 
\vhictif % IPighhi a«d the Jefuks is nnderta- 
ken, that the Pope is infellible. Even the 
Couftcft qf Bafiiy depof^g EtigSmus (for ob^ 
§:inately refitting this Truth of the Catholick 
f aitby 'Ihat the Council is abovt tht To^eJ as 

U 4 %d 



i$6 The G&fiis of certain Letter s.' 
^n Heretick, doth fhew the fcnfe of Ghriftei!-^ 
dom ercn in thele later times, h6w corrupt fc-' 
every both in Rule and PraAice. 
* Andbecaulc you make this infallible Judge? 
to be alfo ^ infdUiUe Int&p^eter oi Rol^ 
Scripture, how happens it that Dg^fajus Bi--' 
(hop of Rome cdn&ilts With Hierome about 
the meaning of fundry Teits of Scripture,- 
when it feems himftlf might har* taken his^ 
Pen, and let him down quickly,- that which? 
fliould have taught both him and the whole 
Church,- not only without danger but event 
poffibility of errot ? Sure we are littk bdiold- 
irig to tht diligence of our AnceftOrs that 
have not more carefully regiftred the Comment 
tartes (or beeaule they have-had for fundry 
Ages fmall time to write juft Commentkrics)^ 
the Expofrtioris Which irt their Sermons, or 
otherwile the Bifbofs of Romi have made of 
ttoly Scripture.' A work, which if this Doc-^ 
trine were true, ^«re mors worth than all the 
Fathers J' and would juftifie that bhQ>hemy 
of the Canon Law, where b^ a &amefui 
corruption of S. Augufiine^ ^the Decretals of 
Td^es areinr^Uedafftangjtthe Canonical Scrips 
tures. 1 am already too long in fo plain a- 
matter: Yet one proof ihore which is of all 
niott fcnfible. Being admoniihed by this you« 
conceit of an infalliMe Interpreter, I chanced 
I'o tum 6ver the Pope's Decretals, and obfer-* 

the Interpretarion of Scriptures. Wchat 
I iay ? I find them fo lewd, and clean 

r the Purpoie, yea, ofrentimes {o cbildiih 

. and 



T^e Cortes (f eeria'm L e't t e r Sv iSi 
aftd ridiciilous, both in giving the fenfr, and 
fh the application, thati proteft to you in the 
jfl-efence of GttI, nothing doth m<M»loath m6 
.olVo^rfi tiiin thehaodlii% ofHolyScrip- 
turerbjr your iilfellible Interpreter ilone. Con- 
^der a few of the partiictilars, andeQ)eciafiy 
fuch as ooncem the Pope** own Authority. 
To juftify his exafting an Oath of Fealty of 
art Archbilhopi f to whwn he grants the PaD; 
is brought <>df L»rd J^fits Chri§fi who cttm^ 
^mttingtht care of his Shee^tdWitt^ Sifut 
t«4 a emdit'm^ ;^faying> ^ Migis me, fafie 
■^ves'tmasi Chrift faid, if thou loveft me^ 
feed my Sheep : Why may not the Pope lay,» 
if you Vill (wear me fealty^ you fhall have 
the Pall. But firft he corrupt* the Text i 
-Chriflfaidnot/y^/)&o» loiiefime: Then^ Chrift 
puts not ^'W^r^s love as a c6nditioti of FeedJ 
■ing, blit Feeding as a proof dnd'cfifefifc of his 
love; And.ftf the feeding'bfChrift's Sheep 
wcirefijught, love to him and -them might fuC» 
■fice to be pr(^effed) or if hfe wouW needs have 
moce than Chrift required, tobefworn ; what 
is this to the Oath of Fealty ? Straight aftet 
€6 ■ the'Ol^eaion, that aU Oath's are frebibi" 
'ted ^. ChriH, mr any fuch thifig eatp be found 
pointed by the Afofiles a^^fke Lord, or m 
the Councils, he urges: the ^otds following- in 
the Text, • *■ Swear not at aU'^ fttod atnfliui 
tfi, a mala eB, that is, faith- b^ Euil (om^. 
J^els us by Clfr4H'sPermf0ontoeSca6f more, • It 
it not evil to go from the dope's okdience ? to 

t Significajli diikSiont.. John 21. rj, 
♦ Mare. 5. 34.' • ' * • ' 



isi Tbl^Cc^ iff cir$aM Lbtter?^ 

Mw/rMW Bpfhe^ n/ffkonfihh ffi'wijf t io triimfi 
lateBif^bytheKii^fonmandmism'i Seci 
tfatf flaee^ a^ tell oh: qC ymis IxAergmtt^afi 
Infjkmbility; Tsei^ of the Ttanflitien of 
Biflivps, oif ii|eb. a» are elftde^ unto other Sees,;' 
bciikUh, t^4^ JUct tht ffkitkalB^nd is, 
jltPMg<H' thimttbe garfuilj kc^tmm be doited 
kut JUm^hty G»d:hath refer^dtbt ^^tMiim 
gfthe^titiu^ Marfiage that if betmxt uMir 
ftu^ atd his^ Citii'fky t»iasdvmpk^^iteta\at^ 
iM6'^ ch^f^g thai vhomCad hath jmtedi 
Ma^n femir fut. F«r it is iuff t^ bumOtiha 
rath^ iimnef9wt!r that Jpiriatal Carriage it 
e^hedi vdxn as by^ tfaujlatiotf^ ^t^^ h 
the attthar'i^ff the Bijh^ ifM/xaft, fwhmM 
is f lain t&^k the Vicar ojjefm Chrlf) aBi^ 
Pt^fs rimevedfrdmhisCmrtb. ^ iln adqova,-' 
\A& latf^etatioa of the TesGt^ ^m D9iis:cm^ 
jtmxii i by vphliph tiftePope not tmly chalkn.- 
gesdwt^hKh jb propel to GoBli jtid^mentoo^^ 
Ifj as hjf. &.ith)' vija. to (UiSolve the Bond o£ 
fp^itud Wedlock ;/ but be^o& that is die 
&H>b^«r4 Gixixta^ii^sttoati^'y irhmkftaXL 
pleafe him. , , 

* The aMAting of & tftoce fi^e Cbrift'f 
toaoing is troHfiafed frsm the Head t^ tHi 
$b(wfder^ i^wM Trinc^alky isp^ d^fm^ 
fdy accormng t* that wheb is riady Faooar 
eft principatus %>ev humertuki das ; ftfj^ni* 
^lit^ alfa whereby Samlet tat^ thtfomldtf 
ta befet bifiri SsmiL Who HoaiM «vet ha?< 



iHia^ood tbefe Texts,, if fmt ix^aliible loK 
tcrpKetef Hiadk mit 4cdi»r«d the&a i But thi» is 
iiQti^Mi!^ )FeiL u> the> e)q[)9£itioa: of thofe Textir, 
whi4k Che Pfi|K^ i«een|irets ia bta addCwei ta the 

imma»dCnatitr^frtfiefJOeia»yi^e.f He 

tdk luA tlMfr S^ lP«f^ knvre lA^ ta bhtmM 
$gigfQiSi to fUtvokt themtAtie.'Oirk tffhtmi^ 
Mftyi . Fear if he kali meant tb&tj^ u lay fbi 
y0k& ^JuijeMmiifm Tifiejti, H wetddfo^ 
kw^ t^at ivefyferwnt were Un fth eeuer them^ 
Jme^rt jl^fmiy CfinnihainaiMKGreatnri6( M* 
tet^ J^ is,'iuitiiar^fit dM% Re8ft|^ccfia>» 
ti» t9t tyreufnt betwtei^ fwb^ ma tititb- 
ita ۤi^ey %90tipimi : Ai^ that mikA fsHows^ 
zA yin^iftani nutkfei^tiiiiv kadom -verb txK 
tonva/ is n9tM he mdet^Mthat tbt King an 
Bmpirfr hanif received the power eftht Sword 
i^m go^ aitd evii Mefk, fanx- emy theff wb0 
«f^^ tht ^u/erdare cmamited M lAs'^Kr^dick 
p9n-,aefor6&ngt0 that wluch the Trtttb faitb^ 
They wHichcUke the Sword fcaH perifh witU 
the &wocd^ II JF«r m Man em^t «r can pt^ 
another Strmif^y finte the Servant aee<nrdh% 
t<^th9J^efi.k fimdeth erjalkth ta his ewi^ 
Lard, Wqs tlMs I.e>yc of Gbd o(xAdet this iti* 
tetpseuthOi and oonqpne k xrkh S. Cbiyfii^ 
fi^me upon Rom* 13. Nay do hut read the 
Text attentijrefy,. iodjadegfioi the infaUihiUr 
ty of your interpreter/ Straight after he tells 
the Emperor, Thas he migbi have mderfiood 

the 

I Matt. ai6. $z. 



i84 The Copas of certain Letter si ■, 
the Trerogaim ofPriefthoed om of thai wl^h 
w^sjnid, not of e^ery^ Man but of God^ ■ not flf 
ticking buttbthe*PrieH^n&t to me deftending 
tfthe Royal Stocky hut ej the "Ptieftly Ukeagt 
of the ^riefts., to wit'y whkh were mjhatJbotl 
^:JBehdld Ibavefkt thee otter Nations andKing^ 
dows; to pdlt^, anddeflreyy to. build andtd 
fiant: See the Prerogative of the Priefthooii 
oiit of yererH/a (falling to be a Prophet O 
if he hstd been High Ptieft. ! This had been < 
Text for the noflce.' But he goes on. fit i» 
laid in God's Law alio, f} Diis non detrahes, 
^'Princifm fofuli tui noH maUdkes. Which 
fetting^riejis Mfore Kitigs^ calls themGodi; 
and thi 6ther:y Trincesi Gomptfre this expo^ 
fitiori. Aisith 'Dd'-M^ and '^aul^ Tfal: %il 
imA*2^s 23; 5;' and y^ fliatt fee hDW theln- 
tei||(8tef hath hit die toark/ Aga^,yd(loughe 
to have known;^ qUod fScit Deus dui mAgnS 
hminarm, &c. See the expofitiorij and. thd 
diffpreiice betweeh the Pope tod KJt%s,' both 
irf the Text and Glols. Now-afchough the 
CfJols^Writer were no excellent Galculafor,' 
yet out of' C/«w«fer the 'account may be ddar- 
td » Who tells us the Sum extiSeeds thk Moori 
•6^35) times and a. fifth* I let -pals the col^ 
leftion out oF^ T.^ee ovestaeas, that he be^ 
imgs not to Chrijfs Fold^ that ^th not ac-^' 
hmvledge Peter and his Succej^fbrs his Mdfters 
••"W" '• - and 

* Jer. 1, 10^ t Exod. 22. 28. 
* n Thou ihalt not rail on the Gods, nor curft the Prince of 
y People Gen l, 16. 
i John* 21.- 15. •' ' ! ♦ • ' 



]^ndTaftors : Out of ||^ ^mdmnque ligaveris^ 

jChat nothing is excepted. Indeed the Pope 

excepts pothing,; but loofeth Vows, Contra<is, 

<)4ths, the Bon4 of Allegiance md Fealty 

betvvqen Subjefts and their Princes : TheCom- 

inandment A Chrift, Drfnk yf all ofthis^Uc^ 

Bat our .Lord expounds himfcli^ John 20, 

Whpfe Jms ye remity they are retrntf^d^^^ x 

- * Ex ore fedent'ts. in %hrma^roi:edehat ^or 

dtu$ bis ai:ptfts. • Jihis isy .f^ith the Pope; /A? 

^wprd of Solomony which cuts an hthJideSy 

giving c^ry }^an his own.^ We then^whoal^ 

^ek un^^rthy hold the f lace of the fr^^Solor 

mon, by the favour nfQodj do unfil^ exercife 

this ^wprdy ^ mljen fucht capfes as in our audi^ 

tnce are lawfully can^^apdy we do ^ithjujlke 

idetermine. This interpretation iirft porrupts 

the Text, for it h^h not, out ojf the Mouth 

i^ him that fate on the Throne^ but th^t fatit 

on the Horfe-y next, it pervert* it, for it is not; 

thp Sword of Ji^fticeyliMt of Chn&' s fFord^ 

which is. more piercing than any t^^edffd 

Sword that iffiieth out y his Mouth. § ' As for 

that Qfjufiice^ he never arfume4 it, but re-r 

nounced it rather, wheq he f^id,; Man^ wbet 

ipMdf tne a divider to you J Lijfce 12. 14, 

5 To prove ^hat in ^tker R^ieins befides the 

fatrinwny of the Churchy the To$e dothcafu- 

^Uy exercifetef^p^raljur^^^ itisfajdin 

' •. ! : •' \: , i>ftH 

IS Mat. ^^. tSi. ' ' /. '^' 

• * 3 Bx ere. Dehis tpis fimi^ W..!!. t^^Mj.-.-" \ 

% |feb. 4. I a. 4 f er vemraktlenu Sj^ifliifS UgHimi 
Jpcut. 17.?. 



«:.: 



Andbecaaic Deuterommy k bf hjterprdtatSoa 

P^iMrd it is fr9veiy that w%a$ is there aeerreei 
fnmldie wfirvesim the New tefiamem. JFbt 
l^flace vmch ^e Lx^ri did ^fmfe is km^^ to 
he the Apft^^liok See. For ti^en 4s Peter jf^ee^ 
tng wem mfi efthe City^ the Lor4 mnSi^ fa 
rait him htck tp the f lace he hadsffhofepy teing 
paied tf him^' herd whithj^r geeff mm ? a^^ 
Jweredy Igpto Rome /^^^ cruc^d again. Th^ 
friers ef the Tribe ^f L^evi are the^^fi's ctH 
p^mrs. the fSgh Trieft w- fudge^ he tf 
"o^om tbe Lord Ja^ m Peter, Qaoifcudque 
ligai^ris, ^. Us ViVfir iwh9 is a^rieB for 
rver j^fter kh( €>rder ^ MckhHedecfc, i:?^-» 
foim-ediyGod thp Judgf of-epikk imd ^ead. 
ik that eofftepms the Tif^'s Ventfnce is to ^e 
Jtxnmmmincatedy fir that is the pteamng of he^ 
iffg c&mmanded tif he fat todeMtb. ©oth not 
Ais weilfoUcMRr outof the vrmd DfUterommyl 
Aod Rmeis thefhce th^typhriSt did chufiy 
becaufe ht went, he daid^ to ^f cruc^pdtherf. 
piAy there is aJcruple 6f the High Bxieft, foi . 
Wfnuch as fee that is Higb Pri^ft lifter MeU 
Mfrdectt^ Ofderj ^^ime^op ?jc** ^ i«r«ww, iia^ 
ft Frieffihobd thatpa^«ot infto amrfhor, ffeb, 
7v M'e adSsthere, tbatfVjtt/, that Jie might 
declare the fcflnefs df power, writing to the 
iSormtbianSy faith : Know ye not thatyejbalt 
judge thejhgelsl f How much more the things 
of the World ? Is ihis thpn .th^ Tope's Plcui^ 

t 1 Cor. ^. 3. 



f^ of Power, t» judge feoilar thangj ? <>» 
ifiras CfirifOi the J^fflolui Sct^ and & Aanf 
]^iqpe8tbcrccven ofi^emeiHif^tfti/fCim^f 
What flii^ ^ % to that £xp06tioii of tite 
famous Text, || Tu es TetritSy ^fitpefhoM ff^ 
tram ad^fkaim 'BcckjiaM meam : the L§rd{hc 
faith) tal^ Peter iMt» the fOiov^ vf the 
Undivided XMity, wwldimvehm t»ie cafieM 
thaty wi»ch he was bin^y tbat the imfdittg 
^theetertMlTetifk mgk 4y tke rmi^lma 
gift of God £mfi^ m Petia^s firnmefs. Wliat 
is tills mditfided Unity ? Not of the Trinity, 
t trow, or natafes inCbr-^ Wbsfti&en ? im 
Office? Gf^vs4iidh:helaidAlittSebe6»e43atoF 
^ Jbpc^k^ that no.Ma»am kiy my Mher 
fdttndatim but JefusChriSf^ Yes, iiketfrom 
Peter as a -fertafa head he fimdd ms k were 
fpuraif>9adUs'gffu into his v^k hody.ThAt 
the ChcBdi vaaij^fiandi^ Pater'ir firtmuft^ 
TVik |biiiidflti<xi St. ^aut knew not, \K^tei| 
be teamed I«w» efCefbaSy Veter^t itifirmitf 
cannot bear up the wdght <^&di a^ildu^, 
ikvu^ Hs .]( which we iBuft KmaBber t^e Rom 
mamSs undcil^pdbythisj^iiirf**) .the$^^ 
tmSmctfors. 

^ Such ^nodier iM^rpretation is tbat of 
f>ope Bmiface, that makes Umm ^Ovik ^ ih 
M^^afioTy/^t Church and AePp^. Bttt 
jtis pl^jn <xa Saviour atlodes to the Piofiiie- 
cjes, £aieik 34* 13, and 37. 14. where lite 
%.otd calls tiJMtt .one Paftor hkfervant Dawd, 
What Blafphemy is this, thus to ufiupGhdft'i 

II Mat. I (S. I S: C^fsmJameiiUikBltB.iiiSk 



tMS The Chpm of certain Li t teh g. 

Royalties ? What Father, what Gouncili 
what Gatholick Maa ever tntei{H:eted thi$ 
^cxt on this manner? By which the Pope^ 
9^hile he fe^fcs the n?ime of the Shepherd, ftiuts 
iiimfelf out of Chrift^s Fold ? 

II Yea the fame Pope calls the Church bis 
Spo^i alfi), and fo ptljer Popes fince. S. Johff 
the Baptift tells jthcip, th^t he that hath th^ 
\Brid€ is the Bridegr$m^ S^ ^^apl prepared 
jjer to one t}usbi:fnd ChriH. If.fte be the 
Pope's Spoufe with her will, fhe is a flariot ; 
if againft her will, he; is a Ra^vilher, and our 
Xoid Jefus Chjrift will deliver her out of hit 
lewd Embracements, crying ouj: of the vio-j 
- Jence which ihg fufl^rs, &s \% is ^p l^e hppec} 
Ihortly. 

. . T%at in the GhureBsfmmr a^e twfi Sv^ord^,^ 
theffiritml and tenforaly we are tMfght ^ 
the ff^ords rfthe (fo/pely iaith tfeg fjupe ^oni-j 
face.: For when the Apoftles Ikid, Behold^ 
there be tiMfo (words here (to wit in thfc Church) 
when the Jfoftles fpake thus^, * the Lordaur, 
fwered not that it was too tffuchy btft f«W^4 
Certainly^ he that' denies the tfmforal Sword 
to ^ be in Peter's Tower ^ doth ill obfirve the, 
iSpeecb which our Lord utters, Tut uf thy 
Sw^rd into thy Jheath^ t^o doubt an infalli- 
ble Interpretation j by which itftiould app^r 
that both the Swords, that were in pur S%yi- 
Ottr's company, hung by . Sr ^^ter[s fide, or 
elfc that fome other had the Ipiritu^, leaving 

^nojgi? 

t. 4. 9. c. juamMm. De imnmnitaU, 



Tie Cis^s of certaiv TLi irii s. i^^ 
tlone td S. Tetety but t^'at which he might 
hot ufe* *Thc Expofitioii is S. Bernard's^ yoti 
V^ill Iky. But in an Epiltle parsegetfcal to 
the Pbpp hiafelf; S. pernard migi^thzvc 
leave to uie allufions^ and ^er liisf manner 
ip be liberal of allthlt theSee of jR^i^^e chal- 
lenged, that he Alight haye the inbre Autho-- 
rity to reform the abiiies of it; As to grant 
5P^/^r the tcmpor4Swoir43, but fo, as hemjift 
hot ufe it; J^i4 tu gladiuin dtnulf ufurfdre 
tfnfiSy quern femel jujf^s esfonttre In vaginaint 
%nd he Ihewi how thefe two Swords be the 
Church's; , The one to bk drawn Mt ftit thi 
thurchj the other difa by the Churcbi This bjf 
the Triepj that by the Sbldiet's h»ndj but at 
the beck of the Triefiy and biddhgif the Em^ 
feror^ But the Pope iri a Decretal JEpiftl6j 
pretendiiig to teach the World, ifl a Point as 
he proniounces, neceffary to Saivationy witll 
£ich an Interpretation as this, argues little re-^' 
vercnce to the Woi;d of Ood, anld ar Tcry 
mean C^piniob pf the Judgments atid Conici-i^' 
^cesof Chriftian Men, if they could not diCr 
iiern this t6 be a Stranger's Voice, not Uhrift's^ 
Jkfides that^ he cltanges Si Bernard*^ Word^- 
and dean perverts his toeaning. For exe^ 
rendusi he puts in txerctndus. For illefacer^ 
dgtisy is militis manuy fed jani adnutumfoH 
terdpiis ^juj^ Imperat^^^ Voipc BonifdcS 
thit^ing jjfr^^ too ab£]^te in the Emperory 
inakes hia;i to be the executioner, and joins 
him with the Soldiery on this m^ner; JMif 
80^rdotumy is manuRegum ^ Militumfedad 

X nutmt 



; p6 TJjf Cofies of certdfft t et lr \ ii i: 
nuttim ^ ^atientiam Sacerdotis. S^ Berndri - 
ftiakes the executive power to be ih the Sol-* 
dier; thedircaive itiith^ Prieft^ the cbmman- 
ding'iti the Emperor. ^^Pope Boniface makes 
thcKitigs dnH Soldiers to have only the exe- 
Cutive^ the tJircftive and pfermifflve to be irf 
the Prieft, 'Yea Iwdrd,- he faitfi; ftiuft be un- 
der fword;'- For where the Apottle* faith, 

* There is no fo'ber but of God^ qua^ autem 
funtyU Deo Grdmatt fmt ; more ftilly in the' 
original Text, the' piversthat are^ are or-^ 
dained^ that is, appointed of God : The In-t 
ferpfeter here dream's of order Tind fubordma" 
Hon J and cites a fayirig of D/ony/mSy that the^ 
hive ft things ate reduced tithe highest by the 
imddlemofi ; ar conceit that makes nothing to 
the purpofe of the Apoftlr in that place. 

, , He prpceeds and tells us, that of the Church 
dnd-^bV)er Ecclejidfiicaly is verified th(! Tro^ 
fhecy of Jeremy. ^Behold I have fet thee this 
day o^c& 'Kings and Kingdoms^ t^c: Tell 
ftie, ^(yodrW^^. Waddefmorthy what is to per-' 
f ert the Scriptures^- it this be hot, ' to* apply to?" 
the power ^Ecclefiaflricali that which is fpofceiy 
of the Word and Calling Prophetical ? Yet 
tmity The Earthly T^otoer^ if it fwerve out of 
the way fh all be judged of the Tower Sfmtu^ 
aly but // the Spiritual^ that is lejf&j of that 
<vhich is fuPerior to it. But if the higheft, it 
may be judged of God only, not of Man, the 
Apoftle witneffing the § Spritnal Manjudg-^ 
ith all things^ but hinffelf is judged of none. 

We 

* Rom rs. r. H Jet. I. 10. S iCor.^. ly 



The Qrphs of ceftain L e i x'l r si api 
We; arc come kt lengthy as it were ]to the 
JFountains ofMluSy to the Original gf the In- 
fallibility of your y.uJgi j and if he have here 
rightly- interpreted S. ^ttuly we learn that no 
fearthly power, no Magiftratc is a j^ritual 
Man, unlcfe he be one pf the Pope's -j(^/ri^6- 
alty. Vox thc^ be S. ^aut% Ipiritual Men, 
|:)iat juc^e all things. Yet this mul^ receive 
limitation. For no Man may judge thcJPopd, 
the Supreme S^ritual Mm^ for of him i|> l^enis 
^.^aul xtitzxxt it, his authority,' he faith, i$ 
liot humaq,;but diviniey by the.divineMputk 
given to ^ttWi and his Succeffors, when this 
Lor^ faid to him, ^^dcmque liganseirisi , 

For coaclufion, Whofpevp' rej^is this fewer 
thus ordered of God^ J| refifis. tht Ordinance <^ 
Gady tmkfSfdsM2kfmi^\iSy he feign two begins, 
nings: /i^/rib (faith he) we judge to be falfe {mi 
heretical^ fahby^oi^ record^ not ^ the be-^ 
gmnings^ but in the begj^nntngGodcrMtidHta^ 
ven and Earths § Who 'would noi: atknow- 
ledge theVdivine Aufehority and Infallibility 
. of your Interpreter, both in' confirming hijs 
piirpofe, and /convincing hef^efies from fo high 
a )>eg^n«angv as this firft fcntepce of Holy 
Writ ? What rfefts npw, ^but after fo ^tfttariy 
tcftimonies he itikvy pfirthermorey to be Under 
the Bijbfi2[of Rome we deel^ife^fayi define^ 
ondfronomGe th(ft to everj human creature it 
is altoge{bex of ne(e0 jThuf 

ikith your infallible Judge and Interpreter of* 
Scri^turj^, the center of your Conlcience,^ and 



i^% The Ccfiis of certain i 1 1 i iJls* 

fduildation of your Faith^ not as a priir^fe 
-Dodof, but as Voptj in his own^aw, itH 
tending t6 infottii arki biild the Ohidrch, and 
that in mirttci'A with htm of the gfeateft im-' 
fKirtance that rtfay be^tonchiifg his own Autho- 
fity, and^ as he pretends^ abfolutdy neceffa-^ 
ty to SatvatiMy to M the Smfs ^Adam« 

I tili£ht heap up ftiamr more, but thefe may 
fuffice ror a fdmple^ You may (and lo do by 
your iWff I beieeeh you) oWerve thefe kind 
of Iiltcrpretations in other points dfo, aiMi in 
other the Decretals «id Breves iff Popes ; 
which, *5 I hear, arc lately^ come forth: in- 
great Vrfuthes. You (hall feid many Myfte- 
'iit% m your Faith,- that perhaps you know 
ftotof^ as * That ym cmhO; fUafeGiM be^ 
cauJ^yoH 4^e mJ^ fried: for fo is that place of 
the Apoftfe inte^teted, qui ifi came ^ivuffty 
'De» jflacere ncm f&gknt. That not ordy the 
f^he in the Ghaliee, but the 0^ater alfo is 
tranfuhjlantiated firff int^ Wine^ then ht& 
ChrtSi^s BI^J. Thtit it was f mt watry 
i^mfiure^ but the ttue elenient ^f ff^ater which 
iffuedout rfChrUfsJule. You liall fihd $ eon- 
pfi^ ^ fits to the TrieBf jf^roVed by the 
Text, Corde ^redkur ad jufiitiamj ore autem 
fa coHJij^o ad faham^ \\ That the gdod 
,€rcmdy that received th^ Seed in the GoJ^ty is 
the Religion of the Fryers Mnors. M That 
thb is that fnre and immaculate Religion 

with 

*■ '- * John 19. 34. €. Mn 0tn&M. 
5 Rom. 10. lo, 

(IM«r.i3. 8. Itll Jam,r.2> . 



m*th G4>d and the Pathfr^ wkick 4^cm.difig 

frpm the father jsf l^^s, deU^xr^dt efeeti^ia^ 

riter ^ vieriafitfir^ by tkf, San^ to UsJ^ofiles, 

an4th0» mj^red ky the fffifs/GhoSf^ inta §, 

fPrAtKis and ins foUoweny amtains in itfeif 

f^e Tieft'm(tuff4^ty%iii4ty, This is th»t vvhick 

pi S« ^M/d >yitne0cth, nfi Mm m0 j^( frmblsr 

fame uttttfy ^hkh Chri^ h^ coijfiraj^d vAxh 

the Friau of bis P^ffioO/ The Test js, ^ de 

fatero nemnmhimk^m fit^ ^o nfii^at^ 

f^fimm jkitin c^porf.wso $^to. U. h mar? 

y«l, if S. Tatti w<^e pot of n^ 6cder of S, 

^ranf^s, Tha? when Citn^, 4id> f Ecfe egt 

fUo^ffMm ffm.^tf^hfts difilm* he iHe40 it ^ ^ 

remamng and^k^ Wfth thm pvfnby Usf^ 

^Hy frmnce. S,.J[^uftm yapm itue (ti^aa 

^ext jdeaks thl% md ikif^^. that a^f^iti^ t§ 

f^frefincf if Us Body he h, afcfudfdmto Heov 

W0f and is i$fit hfref That * thiifafher tf 

the, CMUQJ^iBn^dt and his Godfather's JFt^e 

^may nef ptarryy bec^uijb acc9r4iG;g to di« 

JiCrd-a Word, the Husbarad ^fldthe Wife, arf 

foade i(pf flejk by marri^e,r That \\ tbemmr 

f,er off^ftd^ih weU 4^ree t^ thf d^rfesfro' 

kihited.kf eorfm)al marriagey of wtiiph tbe Ar 

poftlc i^\th,'TheM4Phauii^Hst thefower^his 

fwnbody^\fX:fhc '^oa\^',n»ri{hiWoman^4>w^ 

fr efher ba^ but^h^ jWil»,beGaufc,there are four 

xmBgpKasi» the body^ -whioh cpt^ft of the foi^c 

P?in«its, *Fpr pobcliifioB, yo^iihaJ4 fiqd it 

"" ^ ^al. i. 17. f Matt. 28. sio. to I- am with van, &V, 

ehm.i.diKtUq.TrMB.iny»b.^Q. 



II t. (»w ^to <fe f»»»/«»5. 6 Cor. 7^4. ' 



■J.:jf 



^f6 fhf Gafiifs of ceriain L e x tb us* 

\k a Lord over the Faith of bis Followers, 

to make his Will a ReaT&n. What would 

you hare him do? fp alledge a better he could 

potj a w^cak and unfofficient one he was a- 

fliamed, bethought it befttordblvcthemat-; 

tcr into his ible Authbfity. Whcfeby he 

hath provfed himfclf a fatt^e both judg(( and 

Interfreter^ yea a falfe ff^ttnefs againft Go4 

and the Tmth^ commanding by the Apoftle 

Chriftian Men to hfiibjeSiy and to gtv^ evefy. 

Man their dues^ fear to whoptffar^ honor tot^ 

^homhomfr\ and much mojc (if there be a- 

(jy diffcrcnpc) Allegiance |9 whom Allegi-j 
ance» • -^ - ^. ^^ * ^ •.. 



'TX 



C H A t. 



Jh €D^fs of certain L t * t e r s," iyf 
P If A P, IV. 

pf the fate «/ iht Church f?f England, ani 
whether it may be reciintikdwith Rome. - 

BUT of yout Intcrprettt's InMMity e^ 
nough. Your next doabt:, Whether thi 
(Tttircf) ofEn^znd were of Phi true Church 9f 
ffOy was refolred with a V^aldgifm, pMly 
by reifon of ccjuivocation, ^nd diverfe accep* 
tioA of the terms, The Churchy oU t9 err^ 
pkirdy hy caiHpofkim and dpoifipn in the con-^ 
fiexfon of tbefe by thofe Verbs {cofi or miy.'l 
JLet us examine the feveral partB ofyoar^A 
(ogijm. 

The Propofiticfti. the true Church camot 

fTTy U cdnfitmtd by the conlent of aH. Ex-! 

cCrfe rne, Sir, ift tvifhhbld my confoit, witii*- 

out ibirie Declariatiijn arid Limitation, I fiy 

fiift, itititrft be decliared whether you mean^Ae 

' patholick Churchy or a true fart of the Catho^ 

lick Church. For there is not the like Teafoft 

pf thefe to error, Againft the Catholick 

CJhurdh * Eill Gates Jball nfft Prevail^ a* 

jgainft particular, '^henChri^ dathrfmo^ the 

Cdnmfti)i^k tmt of his fldcey they do. Witnels 

theVCJhUrchcs dL jifrKky ibmetimesfnoftOa*^ 

tiiolick* And thus it feems you muft take 

this' term, finceyotir doubt was, Whether the 

'Church p/ Efigland be of the true Church 4r Ho* 

Befides I muft defire to knoijy, ix)hat manner 

i 



of Errors you mean; whether even the leaSiy 
or only deadly y »nd fuch as baf from falvati- 
on^ which the Apoftle calls JUfiffei^ iTFuhAts, he-^ 
re/kslnf fefditkni a Pet. a. i^ . Tdke' now, 
your own choice ; for if yoii Ip^afc of every 
"err or y the Propofition is falfe, even of the Cij- 
tholick Cimrchy much more of any particular 
Church. Yea, I add further, not only of thp 
Catholick Church by denominatim from* the 
grcateft part,, or by refrefifaationy as the 
Paftors or Prelates thereof n>^ in a Coun-^ 
iilj which is ftill the mwt Church, but 
even that which is ChriS^strue bodyy wherf-- 
^beis the Sawofiry andwhich fi^U bfwit^ 
mm :for ewr. ^ As for deadly and damnable 
errors, this true and properly called Churchy 
ix>th in the Whole and every part pf the.mixt 
Church, is yet privileged from them finally ; 
JPiw * it is keft^ the power of God to fal^n^ 
timiy it is not pffible the EleEi jhould thus be 
fedmed. Truth it is. That by inch errors par-, 
ticular Vifible aflemblies, univerlally and obr 
ifttnately defending them, become falily called 
Ghurcl^, from which we ar^ to ^paratepur- 
j(elve& Example in the 3ynagpguc,,'^p4 *^ 
CburicdiespCti^v^i7/3^xri. . . / / . 
, No^v l?t us ies your . Affumpdon. • But the 
Chmrth <?f England, Head md members^ '^%» 
Ckrgyy and ^eoj^^ yeay [a wbok domcil pf 
^xoteftants may; err by your 07J!/h^ ^rdnt'% 
aniwer^ The Church: of ^jE^^^af/^ that is the 
thfe Church of ^^andy >vhicii <)ftljf 

are 

f. Mat. 24. £4. , , , -►..?• 



. 7!he €(fm ofeertam L-i^ t e k s . a^j 
^e truly calkd theChuriby can, never deadly 
fcrr. This no Protcftant will grant ye. The 
mixt ChmcYi 6i Englamdy Head, Members, 
King, Clergy/ and the refidue of the People, 
and a vvhok Council of Proteftants, may ^ err 
^damnably, and therefore much more faU into 
leffer errors. , This they grant. And if they 
ihall lb err obftinately, they fhall deferyedly 
lofe the name of a true Church. But they do^ 
xiy they do thus err \ yea, they deny that 
they err de fa^io^ at all. . 

What follows in Conelufion ? ErgOy No 
true .Churcfy. This (hortnels in (iippreffing the 
Verb, would make a Man think you meant 
to cover th^ fault ofyour Diicoaric« And.ia- 
deed you mi^t by that means eafily b^uile 
anotherj^ but I cannot be pcrfuadedyou wpuld 
willingly .beguile your :^lf. Sure you were 
beguiled, if you m/eant it thus. ErgOy it JS 
no true Church. See your Argumept in the 
like : A faithful Witneis cannot lie \ hoitSo^ 
urates or Arifiides may lie.by his own granL 
ErgOy no faithful Witnefi. He that ftanffe 
upright cannot fall : But you, Mr. Waddef- 
worthy ^j your own grant^ m^y fall: j&x^, 
ftand not ufuright Perh^s your ns^aning 
was, Ekg({y it may become no true Churchy to 
yrit, when it ftiall fo err damnably. But theii 
it fellows not, There is now noJSalvation in ity 
and therefore come out of it now. When yoto 
fliewthat, I fhall account you have done wife- 
ly to go out of it. Sljew that in any one pointy 
and take me with you, . Ir the ni?ftn wbili?^ 

for 



9#9 The Copies $f €ertm* L e t t i r s^ 
for my part, I Hull £>ofier truft that Chapf 
»an that fliaJl fay to me, Lo here is a perfet^ 
Yajrd, I will mea&ir as truly as I can, andf 
.^hen I have done, take the Yard aqd mea- 
ibre it your felf ^ dhan him th^ (hall £iy, here 
is thus much, ye fliall nof: need to mea£ire it^ 
|?ut take it on my Word : Yea, thqugh <»c 
of his Apprentices fhould ftvid by ami fay, he 
ccmld not deceive me thcaigh he would ^ as 
BenediSim d Benf^is tells ^t ^^t^&mt 7ope^ 
Volens nolens err are non fetes y 

Where you relate, yaur enthavowr t$ defend 
the Church tf/ England, and tell oj the ywi-t 
tarns rejeifing skije Jrgummfs youcmld ufi 
from the Jtttborky of the Chmzb^ andi^fthe 
fmtmn DoBors mterpretit^ Scrifiures ^ainfi 
them^ ftykg to their own amg»ftt Spira .* t 
cannot esccufe them for the fonftcr, nor&b^ 
&ribe .to your acculktipn in the latter. Pert 
tops yoQ haye met with ibme more fanatical 
Broivnifts or Jnai^aftifis^ whom here yea 
caU Titmans. But thefe that ^e commonly 
£>icalled, which 4i&>r from itflic Gfaqrch df 
ajB^iJss^ abc»it Church Govetmnexit andGe^ 
remooies only, give mdeed too £|ttl6 to ites 
AutAiwityof Men, how hoiy,lcanrntd,oraxH 
cieat {ocvcic. Which is ^eur fan^ and tten: 
gatultfmlty eipecially in matters of this nature.^ 
y^t they % riot to their own <S|arit as you 
c^rge them, 

- Tl^at which you add. That you fercemd the, 
f$o0 Trotefta^as 4id f rathe -the like evajion^ 
^hen ymcame to anfm&r tht^ Arguments a^ 



A Co^its if ciriain L « t T e i s.' " 56 *• 

gainSf them a» the other fide ; When you fiia.ll 
flicw this in particulars^ I fiiatll believe it In 
the mean while, I believe ydt} thought ib i 
fer commonly mediocrities aire aggravated wttbr 
the hatred, and fl^ndered with the names of 
both extremes. But in the qucftion betvteca 
the PdpiCh £idion and us^ you might cafily 
have diftenied why the Atgumctit frcto batt 
Authority^ is not of foch validity. For Gerof 
monies and matters df order may be c^dcreol 
by wife Men^ and are not the worie but th$ 
better if they be ancient, yea if they be eom^ 
tnon to us with ^me^ which Puritafis will bf 
iio means alloWi In Dodrifte, if holy Me<l^ 
yea if an Angel from Heawn fhall innotatp 
any thing, we are not to admit it I^ow lii« 
tontfoveriies betweeft thcRomattifis and ua^ 
are moft about Do&rine, and they exceed w 
much in ett^Uing the Authority of the An* 
cients in their private Opinions atkd inccxnmfH 
dious and ftradned Speeches, ias the Putttao» 
. in depreiiing fhem^ We hold the mean, jcikI 
give as much to the Authority and Teftimo-f 
Hies of the Fathers, as may ftafid with t!|B' 
truth of Holy Scriptures, iM as thftnfelvi^ 
defer to the writing of others, or ttqpkt tf>hfi 
given to their own^ 

Next you tell, of yotfr folhfvUtg their O^ 
4mH who would make the Church of Englaody 
4^ndthe Church ofRomcftillto he aUonem iff 
fential TointSy and the sS^erences to be 4((i^ 
Rental. Cmtfeffing the Church igfRome t% be 
4$ true Churchy though Jicky or corruftedy md 
fhe Trotepmtsto be deriued f/jom a^ andrt- 



^6T TUCofies0fi^tainl.zrrtKii 
firmed. This Opinion is not only as you 
write, favoured isf many great Scholars i» 
Englildd; but :is the common Opinion of all 
the beft Divines of the Reformed Churched 
that are or hare been in tibe World, as I fhew-^ 
ed in part of another Work, which as I re- 
member yodhad a fight o£ Wherein yet Ifeatr 
yoiimiftake the term, /^r^^nf^/, which /ioth 
not import tfaait our cfijBferences are bu^ flight 
ft6d of iinall cdnfideration, bat that all thofc 
Opinions atid'Abo&s which we reform and 
cot oiFy are not of the Faith, but fuperfluous 
and f(ire%n, yea hurtful and noifome* to it, as 
the Weeds are to the Com, .which OTerjgrow 
«id cfaoak It. And to follow this fimilitude^ 
the ftate of the Church under the Romanoht^ 
dieiki^ and that part which is refermed, h 
like k Field oVergro wn all With Weeds, ThiP 
ties, Tares, Cockle: Some part whjbreof is 
weeded and clean&d, ibme part ^mains as it 
was before ; which makes iiich ^di£ference to 
i;|ie Ticw, as if it Were not the £ime com. But 
being better confidered, it will be found all 
rife difl^ehce is, from the Wecds^ \^hfch re^ 
main there, and here are taken atway/ Yet 
neidier here perfbftly, nor all where alike,* 
but according to the induflxy of our Weeders, 
or eonveniency of theWork, with care of the 
lafety of the good com. By this Parable you 
may lee what is to be hoped of jf^r laboAr to 
nn0tileinSi of our f articular Gantroverjks. 
f(dF aMaoKigh I doubt not but in ibme it may 
lie peifeimed, where the difierence & radier 
^'ohd tbait fcal \ aad in^lie maooer of teaf;hy 

• fag/ 



iiig, rather than iii the- fubftahce of Doc-* 
trine. And if moderate M^n had the matter m 
handling, the flame of contention; in a great 
ftiany more might be trodden down a^nd Ikck^ 
ed; iuppofe the fparfcs nop all CKtind j yit iii 
fome other, it is aspoffible to make the Weed 
arid Corn Frithds,- as your and o«ir Opmions 5 
where there is noneothej? renl^Jy-but that of 
Our Saviour, £^^ flant tifSf my hemefdy 
Father hath mt planted^ jball U rmidvut^. 
Neither doth this impoffibililf irtfe more oat 
bf . the nature of the things^ thaw the afiedicm 
of the pierlbhs;' For the ?^e aftd theiCoarC 
cf Romey which are' thole that domineer on 
that fidfe, do no lefs out of : th^ fear of . theif 
own ruinejdeadlj^deteft all- ftefbrmatior^ than •- 
the Reformed^ out of th^ir pr^ient view ami 
former feelingy the tyranny of ^e Pipacy, 
which they fee doth excommiiriicade, ^nd put 
to cruel Death aH that are off his Way...Aftd -. 
whith is a prodigious thing, where they: teMf 
lerate the bla(phemoife and profeflfed^enemiet - 
of Ghrift, even with allowance i»f tbepublic0 
exerdfe of their Religion, th^fe do they bunt 
Men profcffingChrift's Religion, according t6 
the ancient and' coinmon Rule thereof^ with 
that uprighthefs of Gonfcience,- that :if they 
had as many Lives as there be Articles, th^re^ 
ofy they would give them all father than K-* 
houfice any of them. 

As for thcTroteftants making the T^&feJb^ - 
tkhrisfy I know it is a point, that inrageth 
miich Sit Rome. But if the Apoftle St.Taitl^ 
if St. J^^ iath^ {^evelatioiiy defcribe Anti-, 
^ ' " " chrift 



j64 fbed^iefferiam LitTiisi 
Chiilt ib, 89 they that do but look upba tk^ 
Pope wel^ muft be forced to fay as the people 
t)id of tbe bltfid Maa in the Go{pel,^£>ine, this ii 
hy olbher$, be if very tike km.-^ if himielfanct 
his flatterers do, wd fpeak iuch things, as if 
lU) others ik<i\M hold their peace, do in a ibrt 
)>ipclaiiii{ Itfmhe 'y what can the Froteftants 
do with the matter ? I will take the Uberty 
hereto relate to yoo, what, I iaw while I was 
In Vettife, the rather becauie it is not zmper* 
iinei^ to our f^e^t purpoie.' And though 
perhaps yoii oiay havt^heard ^ckae what of it,yet 
the particulars are I fuppofe unknown in ttuife 
futa* And yet it doth more import they were 
known thop^than otherwherqbeingocedionol 
.by a Ibbjet^ of the Crown, t^oug^ of a nam^ 
tod Family whereto it is not much beholding; 
Ito the Ye«r, ido8, F. T^omaf Maria Ca^ 
rafdi of the. Order of the Friers PreaebaK,' 
Reader of FhUofoph y in JSafiesl^tiisitsasi 
thoufatf d Tlbefes to be di!i|M)Ced thnce ^ bnce 
^tRMUy ia the Church of SI* MaryfuperMi^ 
neroamy tvrice id S* D^mmck's at Na^s. Of 
thefe, fire huod^ed w^e ift L<^ick,- Natural 
Pbilo£^y^ M^taphyGcky tnd Mathema- 
ticks \ five btipdrcd more in Diviii^y, amoi^;ft 
irfaieh that was one. ^Im 'P^rus ^ f^^f 
j^es in taam Ecdejiam iUifUft/^iuitjuripiiffi^ 
0iiiM lucent* Xbe^ were all included m the 
form of a Tower, and dedicated With an £- 
■t to thepr^eot Pope SP^uA>f the Fifth, to 
; Arms allydipgy he {ai(.b. Idem Drace 
qui mrmnque fUttm amfkxus tn^rui 
■Uju fmjafritm t09i^pi^ ad amttniffi'^ 



V 



%h{ f^i $f certain X e t t e k-6. >5^dj 
mBs^€(f9ridum hatti^s ^vigU excnbaty ntdr 
Jim HercfUis ;«w» meiuens^ turris etiam meof 
^.€ufifis/ On ttxe^pp of this Tower, vrasthis 
Jiepf^fentation curipufly aqd largely <;ut/ An 
.Altajr .with two Columns, and their Orna- 
ments^ -according xq the Rules of. Architect 
jtore, la tl|c .mdiSi\ for the Altar-p{ecc was 
.tbe*P<?pe's. K^ure, very live^^y pc^ to 

:theiBrea;ft. . Ovqr l^s Hotd was the Word, 
J^uku Pwtendishat m^erium. Afcovemthe 
-Cop. oi'ti^ Front, ija tho^^ico^p^ttimei^ 
Aro3^ .tb3i^ On tloe one fide the %read-Ea- 
^e alone, the Wor^, J^fe mihi ferS %da j^or 
ti^r^ On the other k Dr^on, and by it,' M;- 
^lifiraferoa. In the roidft bpth together jnone 
.Scutcheon with the Crois Kqys a»d itriple 
Crown in . the Crefl^ On either fick of thefc 
. CokimQ^ were depqudi^g Crowns and Seep- 
. tfflj^- whereof fix wqre on the right hand aftet^ 
.tnP^Chriftian fiilbipn. The Imperial .above, 
, Ql^ber underneath, and lowcft the C^mo. af the 
^E^uhaf^triXQt^^ acertaia/Cap the 

Prifiqe uibtfa to >year,bping of Gold EoriDroi- 
^ der^;, ^and fomewhat xeiemhUng. a Horn. 
Tfe^re were alibfTi^r/J^ Turbans, , and Dia- 
4iafn§ rqf divers &ihioas, as many on the left 
Gdsi. , jBy thefe .qn*eithcrfidc of the-Goluimi«, 
i y*^^^^ of the/fpur parts of the World. Eur 
^w^ejs*!^ Jlfia lin^Jme'^ 

.^^qmrthe jothcr, uq the Habit of Ladies, fit- 
\ U% up9n ^eir p£Qper Beaifcs i^ouphant, ^ach 
offering unto him that was above, the Altar 
.of dieir-CoouDodities, Com, Fruit?, locenfe, 
.£^^. . On ;the baifc.o^ the Columo on th? ChriC- 
' . . ' Y tian 



ic^ '77je Cofies if eertain L e t x s n s^ 

tian and EuroJ^ean fide/was the Word, B( ermt 

Reges nutritit tui. ' On the other, F#/fii^i»f fr- 

rant demjfo fuherem pdum imrum lingtnt^ 

'Efdi 4p. Agreeable whereto there was made 

flying over their Heads two Angels, oh each 

fide one with thefc Seritchces in their Kaiids. 

That over Euraj^ and jifrick : Gens ^ Reg^ 

num quod Han Jeroierlt iUi^ in Gladio ^ift Fa-- 

' TWy 8J in Tejte vi/RatoJkper gentemillamy aif 

DominuSy Hier. 27. That over Jffid and :^- 

'merica : Et deitt ei Damnus foteftatem SJ 

^regnum^ S? tmnesfapidi i^/ifervient : fatefias 

ejus foteflas aterna quamn auferetur\ ^ It^- 

^num fjus quod nan carrumpetur. Dan. 7. Nbw 

' juft iindetneath the Piftiire of the Pope, on 

the fprefide of the' Altar, was this Infcription, 

Paui.6 V. Vice-Deo, CHUisTiANiE Retp. 

MoNAiicH^ Invictissimo Et Pontifi- 

ciJt Omnipotencije Conservatori A- 

CERRiMo. The Copies of thefe Thefes were 

fent as Novels from Rame^ and did the more 

' amufe Men at Venieey becaufe of the Contro- 

verly that State had with the Pope a h'ttic 

•before, and their feeing their Duke's Cama 

hanged up among his Trophies, under all other 

Princes Crowns. But ihoft of all. The new 

•Title, Vtce-Deoy and the' addition ofOmni^ 

fatencyy gave matter of wonder. The next 

day it was noifed about the City, that this 

was the Pifture dijntidhrifti, for that the 

• Infcription ? i* v L<i v. v i c i-d « o, contained 

<r 5 50 s 5 f 100 soo 

exaftly in the numeralXetters the number of 

Beaft in the Revelation 666. What an- 

td Ihame this was to the Popifii Faction^ 

I leave 



The Copies of ceirtaln L e t t h r s. 307 

^ i leave it to you to efteem. But whom could 
they blame, but themfelves^ who had fuflfcr- 
^ ed ib prefumptuOus and fhamelefs a flatteiiy to 
come forth, with publick approbation, annex- 
ing alio fo blaiphemous ail Ifilcription, as un- 
awares to them by the pravidence of God, 
ihould fo plainly charaderi^e Antichrift ? But 
to heal up this matter again, not long after 
we had frefh news went about, That And- 
' <:hrift^^ was hm in Babylon, had dme many 
tmracles^ifMs mming towardsChrifiendmnwith 
. an Army. We had an Epiftle ftampt at Ve^ 
'niftj p'etmded to be written ap Romc^ An* 
t5^i, iy the Rever: D. Valentinus Granaren- 
'^Sj fomhing the birth of Khtichti^i his Stocky 
^r€geny^ Country y Habitation, ^ower^ Mar^ 
' velsy Lifti and Deaths out oftht Holy Serif-- 
turesy and Father^i pointed Cum Privilegio. 
And as for the Title Vice^Ikus^ as if they 
would have it in delpite of all Men: One^- 
mediSiuia BenediStis^ a Subjcd of the Venetian 
State, fctting out a Book againft Doftor M^if- 
^ker*9 Pofition, de Anttchrifto^ at Bologna^ 
' {for at Venice it was not fuffcred to be printed) 
revives it with advantage. He dedicates it 
thus, ^aulo ^into "Pontifici UnpoerfaUs ~Ec^ 
ckfi£ OtcumenicOyfummo'^totius Orbis Efifco-- 
f0 atque Mmarch^ fS fufrenw Vice-^Dea. 

• Thefe Titles he heaps upon the Pope again, 

• ^nd agaih, and that you may Judge of his 
Wit? by one place in the concluuon, exhort- 
ing Dc. Whitaher to r^pntance ; he tells him. 
That by bis example, his King, and with the 

fame King James the Firft^ many Engliflimen 

Y % ■ .' \. " ,' con'- 



3o8 The Cafies if certain L b *r T e 1 s 

camertentur ad Dominfm Deum^ ^ ijfiusk'^ 
C0 ad Vice-^Dewn cmfugtent. And p. 1 35. he 
laith of Gregory the Great. Totum mmdum 
quaji Mtmarcha.ae VicerDeus ^fptiim S? irre- 
pehenjihi&temxie J &ic. He might have Icanl- 
. cd of hiiH, that his other Title Cecumenicns 
Tofkifexy is theVcrj^ name ef JntichriH,^ the 
nime cf Biaffhemf^ bj which he doutits not 
to -prelage ,that AnkbriB was near^ and an 
Army ofTrieJis ready to attend him. In this, 
if cvw rn any thing, it feeihs your Judge was 
infallible. • ^ ' 

It will.be faid, here, it is not in the Pc^'s 

power what his followers will fay.of h;ra^ he 

itilte ' himfctf the Servant of God's Servanfe-r 

* If the Canonifis. wiUcaU hitky Our Lord 

God the Pope, firfty if maybe denied^. Second-- 

y^ a fAky be tkidto'the mef-J^ht rfthe fVrt-' 

ters or ^r'tnttrs. Thirdly^ ^ it be foe^ed to 

« he ieftjlamdihg jfiU in the Glofs of the Canon 

'"Lawy iyihem that <vtr£ appointed to 'V'oerfee 

' and corf iU it^ what'mstrfvelifone wihrdefcap' 

, ed ibeiny through negligensey or wearinefsy or 

much bujinefsl And yet if they thought the 

fenfeof the word, not fo Hifudl mdied in the 

- m-dinary talk of Chrifiiansy but nofdifferk^ 

from the ciiftom of Scripture was t& be aU&Wed 

. to an ancient Writer^ the matter deferuesmt 

fuch outcries. But the ?*? ^, fi^h is his mo^ 

deftyy never t^urpedthis Tal^ full of arrogant- 

'cy^ nevjer heard tt nmhpatiint ears. To this 

let it firft be confidered, that the Cenibrs of 

fiich things as come to the Prefii, are not to be 

. imagined 

* Apologia pro Q$xti^to^ r. 5. 



The C&pies (f certain L ]§ t t e r s. 30P 
iniagiped iiich Babes^^^s not tc) Icnow what 
will ple^ ordilplcaie \^s Holipeiai. £lpe- 
cially in writings dedicated to. himfelif^ a Man 
may be fare thiey will allow pothiqg the fe- , 
cond time^ and after fome exception and fcao- 
dal taken at it, but what Ihali bejufti^ed* 
How: much more in the Pope's own Tpwn of 
Bohgnify a^d v^rhen his ChapUin could not be 
^ aUpwe4 to print it at home. But to let alt 
theie go J we may have a more fcnfible proof 
how the Pope taftes thefe Titles. That which 
he rewards he approves: Benedi£ius\yz,s{bo;tt-' 
ly after made for his pai^s JBlfiQp of CaorlL 
3How worthily he cieferved it you ftiall judge 
hy his Book j which at my requeft voiichfafe 
to read oyer, and if. there be any merits you, 
fliail fure get great meed af patience in (q do- . 
jog. That you may not doubt of the Pope's 
judgment concerning thefe Titles, you lhall 
fqrthei: know, tl^t the matter being come to 
the knowledge of the Proteftants in France^, 
^odjE^gland^ m^de th^m talk and write of it 
broadly, natpely, the Lprdof^leJ^s^ in his 
Myftmum imquifatth ^^nd the Bijho^ of Cbt- 
cbefter in his Tortura lotti. This gave pcca- 
fion to the Cardinal Gieuriy to relate in the 
Q^'w Santo at Rome of thefcandal taken here^ 
4t, and . to make a motion, De mpderandis ti^ 
tfilk^ It was on foot fundry mopths. AtJaft 
the Pope revoking it tohimfelf blamed thole 
that had fppken ^gainft thefe Titles, and faid, 
Tbejf Wire no whit^*greater4han the authority 
afS. Peter'j Siucce^qr didbear^ To return thi- 
ther whcnc? J have. a little digrefled. In the 



310 The Cdfies nf certain l.trrii.i. 
qucftion whether the V^e be the AntichriH 
or no, for my part, I delpair of all reeoncili- 
atioiL For neither doth there appear any 
inclination at all in the Pope to reform any 
thing in Do&rine or Government, nay, he • 
cncroacheth daily more and more upon all de- 
grees even among his own fubjeds, and rcfol- 
veth to carry all before him at the breaft with 
bis Monarchy and infallibility. On the other 
fide, the Reformers partly emboldned with 
fuccefsy partly enforced by necejjlty^ chiefly 
tied with band oi ctmfcience^ ^nd^rfuajion of 
truth J are not like to retra£t what they have 
affirmed in this behalf, and whatlbever their 
differences be in other things, in this point they 
have a marvellous unity amongft them.Thofe 
in France having beim mole fled for calling the 
^ofe AnticWm^ have been ^caficmed (as I 
have heard) fome few years fince to take it 
into their Confejfionj thereby tojuftify them- 
felves according to the EdiBs of Pacification 
giving them liberty to frofefs their Religion. In 
England zs you know it is no part of the Doc- 
trine of our Church, yet a commonly received 
opinion. Howbeit this is fo far from hinder- 
ing, that the reformed Churches and thoic 
which heretofore were, or at this prelent are 
under the Pope's obedience be one Church, 
that is, ail Members of the Catbolick ^ that 
theProteftants without this cannot make good 
the other. Vox Antichrist muB Jit in theTem^ 
fie ofGod^ and that is in the Churchy 2^Chry^ 
fojiome and TbeofhylaB interpret it, and God's 
people could not be commanded to go out of 
* if he had non,c there. CHAP. 



c H A P. V. :. 

Ofthefafenefs to join to the Roman, being con-'^ 
pjfeda true Church by her offoj^es. 

BU T you concluded hence, that/?e»k^ ma>-- 
ny;^f the beSi learned Trotefiants did 
grant the Church of Rome to be a true Churchy 
though faulty infome things ; and cMtrarily 
not only the Romanics, but TuritanSy Ana^. 
hafti^Sy and Brownifis deny the Church of 

England to be Jby therefore it would be more 
fafe andfecure t& becoPie a Roman Catholicky 
&c. This Diicourfe hath a pretty Ihew at the 
firft blufh, and perhaps was uied to you fince 
your coming into Sfarn^M it was to Ibme 
there before. At my coming to Vemce I fell 
upoii certain Letters ajid Reports, iet forth as 
it was told me by F.Topvinej zndnot unlike^ 
by his mmdfuinedl^, to take all occafions to ad- 
vance the credit of his Society. Amongft 
them there is one faid tp be a true Relation of 
the mamer how M. Pickering Wottoh was 
cmvertedto the Catholick Roman Faithy in^\ 
dited as it is faid, and iubfofibed by himfelf 
before his death. In which by a certain Fa- 
ther of the Ck)mpany of Jefus, znEnglifbman 
by Nation, the like Di&oarfo was uied, as it 
is faid, to him : That hefiould confer welly 
that he and other Vrmfiantsdid not deny that 
the Catholkcks might 4iie failed in their faithy 
whereas all the Catho^ks thM either Ihedaf- 
the^efenty fireverwerey'^h&lditdsamojficer'^' 
taiH-/t4ktfaf Fakhy 71iaithe9m^fimts^and- 

■'^' y 4 other 



311 Ti^erC^ksfffrntt^^if^ 

0her Hererkks cannot kefansed out of the Ca^ 

tholick Cimrch) therefote if he pould become a 

Catholickj he Jhofdd enter into that way which 

wasjafe^ by the confent of both j^arts. This 

confederation he faith movdhim not much then. 

But after fraying to God^ as he was, a0b adr 

vifed by thai Father^ to^ SreB him into the 

fight way if he inhere out of it^ fuddenly he faw 

a certain jQght wry clearly before Bs Eyes in 

fprmofaCrofs. Whereupon incontinently tfjere, 

was (S^/red unto him fuch aheap oflUaJimsand 

jdrgurmntSj, iy wbifh was fl^ewea that the Ca-^ 

tholick Faith is tbe^ only^w^y tfffahatUm^ and 

that of the Trotefimts on the ctmtrary mo^ 

abfura and abomimbjfy that m0 evidently he 

was comfmcejy with^ . any. the leaSi doubt. 

•And ^thefe teaf^ns whi^k then offered thef^jelvfsi 

tfi himy were for the mo0fartjuch as he did not. 

remember that he hjod e^et )jiear4 them maU 

his lifq. Thereupon withunfpeakabk'joyhe caU^ 

edback the Father^ tol4 Mm what bad haf!^ 

fenedyfra'v^d him to hear. his Gomf^ffion^ and 

he examining: him ufmallthe Heads Ifth^ Ca-^ 

tholick Religwn^ which he mp^ firmly andeu^ 

tirely believedj heard tm Ct^efion^bJ:,. JBot 

tjiis IJ^arr^tion d?ferv«^;liftie cr^^ Firft cre- 

atii^ Mr* Wotton for tfe^ gifeatar gjipry of tbcir 

triiroph a^ Baron^ \ R^kfe ^the Fathers mSfaisHy 

or ^opvine vfiliafy have a faculty «p cxcate 

Barons* , . N^xt it i§^ a .v^0 iij^jprob^hl^ thing 

th^t Mr. Wmon 4xkig ;f>f ^ Calenture^ (hould 

have J^, good a memory^ x^^tofti^t^ ib exad 

^ arid ar|cifiai^l,^,l^aifj;atic!0» \^ith fijich jfo^mali-^, 

ty, and cnf<y?€mc]^t$in fijc jpfece^^ jl? J .^.c*- 

> . ^ dcr 



d« of undefftarKiiD|; muft rtecds pcFC^ ve, came 
out of a diligent Forge, and needed more barn^ 
miering and fiJ.ing than fo. But that of all o^ 
thersis moft I^geud-likfy that howfoever tbi» 
motive of yours is:ul€d,. yet k is not mad^ 
the effedua^ inducement, but a hea^ ofrea^ 
jms in the twinkling d/^»ey^,andciwfing him 
not only to believe in thegyofs, but to be abk 
to give apcount oi all the Heads of the C?r 
thoiick Religion (that is all the points of 
coiHrpverfy at. this day, between thcRoma^ 
nifts and the reformed Churches) in ap of an 
Ague, inthc twinkling of an eye^ Excufemc; 
This, is beyond the Mind beggar that recoroerej^ 
his fight at & Albans, that could teU the name^ 
of ail colours as foon as he faw them. Wha^ 
then ? Was not Mr. tVottm reconciled ? ancl 
few he not a light; in form of a crofs ? Yes: 
And this your ii\otive was uied to him alic\ 
and perhaps tQoved him more than all (h^ heap 
of ll^Ai^s bc(ide^ But fliall \ tell you hero 
V^hat X have heard &om the mouth of one tba.1; 
was^hiuilclf then in Sfain^ that both coujcj 
knoy/ the truth of this matter, and had BiOj 
rcafo© to tell m^ a lie, fith what he faid, cafl^Of 
£fcely from bimfelf, without fejr, i?r hope, ^\ 
almoft enquiry. The Gentleman being &kj 
and weafc hi hi^ brain, the Father that Tof 
fmn^tcUs oS^ brought under hi$ Gewn aPfei 
t^p , and qpon a fiidden prefcnted it; \^C(t^ 
him : This .might be the light in form of ^ 
Crols (perhaps a very Image of Chrift cruci- 
fied) which together with the.ligh^nftfs.0f feij 
&ncy, occalioned that your motive, though* 

itfelf 



5 14 ^ C&pies fff certain Let t e r ?•* 
itfelf alio very light, might carry him ; as a 
little weight is able to fway much, where the 
-beam itfelf is falie. If this be true (a» I take 
the living God to record, I feign nothing, but 
do relate what hath bera told me) as on the 
one fide I doubt not, but God in his mercy 
did interpret of the Gentleman's Religion, ac-» 
cording to his right judgment and perfuafioo 
in his health, and not according to the errone- 
ous apprehenfions of his fancy in his fickneii 
(which ever! in his beft health Was ever very 
ftrong in his fleep) as Ibme that have convert- 
ed with him have toid me : So on the other 
fide, they fcall bear their Judgment whatfo- 
ever they were, that would with io cruel a 
craftinds take advantage of his infirmity, and' 
make his ftory after a ftale to draw on others. 
As for the hea]/ of Arguments to convince the 
Troteftants Faith to be abfurd (that muft be 
by the way the Articles or the Creed) Vo^e^ 
vine*s Catholick Hyperboles are well enough* 
known in Venice j2ind he hath been there told 
to his Head, * That if in things ftafij whereof 
be might have been informed^ he proves amoii 
tying Hiftoriany it might more eajify fallout^ 
that hejbouldfrove a mdjifalfe and ridicuJous 
Prophet in things to come. 

And in truth he hkth proved lb hitherto. 
Wherefore, I reckon thefe garnilhments of 
Mr. fTotton's per veifion, to be like the reft of 
his News touching thc€onf$iejlof Mofcovia 
by Demetrius that Inipoftor, whom he boaft- 
eth -in a manner to have been die Scholair of 

. ^ • ' -.*---. • ^. - ./itisr • 

''jtmwnimiito a! p. Ant. Pcjitw^, ;.-.©» 14. 



Im Society. Whcte he tdlsthc World, that 
thcArtiiy cried out often : God and theTray-- 
ers oftmr Fathers (the Jetuitcs) have fubdued: 
the Hearts nf our EnemieSy and inclined them 
Under our noble Prince Demetrius. That De- 
metrius turning to the T.riefts of the Company 
^fjefusj was heard to jay^ \JL^ that which 
you foretold me y O Father s^ in the time of that 
forrowfut flight of oursj is now come tofafiy 
to wit J that as the Lord God had affliSted me 
muchj fo on the contrary he would much com- 
fort me J and that therefore Jfhould not doubt 
ff a full Vi^ory.'] Thefe Words Tojfe^ine 
Itamps in his former Relation in Capital Let-^ 
ters. But when this bold enterprife was pverr 
thrown, and this iuborned fugitive flain, and. 
fiuHnefuUy dragged up and down the ftreets 
of MofcOythen lo the reports v^QtCyThatalight 
wasjeen over his body in the night time^ &c. 
XiCt them that walk in darknefs follow fuch 
lights as thefe be. We arc no Children of the 
Night, nor of Darknefs. , Leaving therefore 
thofe unhaird of Arguments, which Tojfevine 
hathno( only cunningly drawn ^ a veil over, 
that we may not fe« them, but exempted by 
privilege of a miraplc th^t we may not try 
them, this w)iich he hath fhewed us, let us 
bring it a little to the cle^r day-light. 
' And even at the iirft view it is apparent, 
that this Argument is meerly foreign ; not 
drawn from any thing, a parte reij as what 
the true Church is, what it teapheth, or 
ittch like, but from opinion and teftimony. 
What Men fay of that of. Rome^ and of the 

re* 



^i4 Tie Copies of certam L e x x e r s* 

formed Churches J t^. Now Opinions are no 
certain grounds of Truth, no not in natural 
znd civil matters, much Ids in Religion. So 
this Argument at the moll is but toficalzxA 
probable. Let us fee the parts of it* And firfk 
that ground : T^ teftimony ofourfehes and 
of our contraries is much more fuffictent and 
certain than tojuftify our felves ahne. Surely 
neither the one nor the other is fofficrent, or 
Certain. It is true, that if other proof feil, 
and we will fbflow conjeftures, he is in proba« 
bility an honefter Man, that others befide him 
felf fey well of, than he that alone teftifieth 
of himfelf. And yet according to truth, this 
latter may be a fight honeft Man, and dwell, 
as we fey, by ill neighbours, or where he is 
not known, or irequires not MJe tidkmony ot 
other Men : Whereas the other bcrag indeec} 
a knave, is either cunning to conceal iti or 
hath iuborned otiier like, himfelf to fay ibf 
him, or dwells by honeft ^en that judge an^ 
fey the bcft. And in this very kind, our Sa- 
vibur attributes fo little to teftimony, as ho 
pronounces a woe ta them ^-phat allMef$ 
fieak well of.- -So in our cafe it is mere pfo^ 
pable, I grant, if rfiere were no- other Airgu-j 
ment to clear it, but O^inionj^ and moft Voi-^ 
c^, that you have the true Church, and are 
in the way of fetvation, than we, becaufe we 
give you a better teftimony than you do us, 
But it is poffible we are both deceived in our 
Opinions, each of other ; we through top 
much charity^ and you zxA others through 

' mo^ 



3^ 6i?/>w tff certain X-e ti? e ki. 317 
ign9rance ^ malice^ Herein undoubtedly. wc 
have the aclv^itage of you and the reft, and 
do take that courfe which is more lafe and 
Hire to avpid fin^tbat if we, do fail of the 
truth, yet we be deceived witli the error af 
•Luyoe^ which^.as the Apoiftle iaith, hapeth all 
ithingSy and is mtfu^ed iff. ; VV^e^ avoid at the 
^aft/that.gulph of ralh judgment, which,:mer 
.thinks, if the cafe be not ^ooclea^ wefhoiild 
sXi fear, * With what.. judgment^ y^ 
JhtoLl be judged, fhou that judge ff another.y 
.^wden^^ thfjelf, • \. .;.', 

But that you ma,y a little better cohHdcr 
jthe weakhefi of dhis Difcourip, iif the tet 
.tirftoay of QXyr. ifdlvesrand om-contrarie^ were 
iutfcient and certain to cnafcc truth, and ever 
more lafe. and iecure to follow tliat fide which 
hath that teftimony, itl^ad been better to have 
JDecpme a j[ewi& Profelyt^ in the ^Apoftles 
•times than a Chriftiaa: For the Ghriftians ae- 
Iknowiedged the Jews to*^e \h^,f^i^Ie oftxo^y 
[heirs ofthefrom^fSy an^iof^'Chn^, . and feiled 
them Brethren^ notwithft^i^og their 2eal to 
.^ thetleremonies,and Traditions, ojTtheir Fathers, 
, exculcd their'ignoranee, bare with theaa,lab6u- 
.red to .give them cdntent in a^ things. Where- 
as they to the contrary caUed tl;iofe jJiat.jMfo- 
[fQ&dChii%'Heretifh an^ S!e&^ accurfed 
ithem, ^few them out of their Synagogues, 
icourgccL them, caft thetU' in Prifbn, compel- 
led them to blaiphemc : A^ you do now rKH 
.teftants to abjure, though in other cruelties I 
^ conifeis,you,go far beyond them* By lijce rea- 

i ' * fob 

y Maa j.tf. Rom. a. x. 



3i8 The Copies of certain Le t lr e R s. 

Ion a Vagan in St Aiguftine's time, Ihould 
jather have made himielf a Chriftiatl among 
the Donatiftsy than with the Cathoiicks. Fot 
the Cathoiicks granted the Danatifts Bap«- 
, tifm to be true, accounted them oretbren. 
The Donatifts to the contrary renounced their 
Brotherhood and Baptifin bothy re-baptitcd 
iuch as fel) to their fide, uiM theie forms to 
their Fricrtds, Save thy Soul^ become a Chrif- 
tian : * like to thofe ufcd by your Reconci-^ 
lets at this day* 

, Laftly confider, if this ground of the tefti- 
inony of our contraries for pur part, and their 
lack of ours for theirs, be fure ; you have jus- 
tified the cauie of the Proteftants in the main 
queftion. Which is the better Religion ? For 
whatfpever a Proteftant hold^ as of Faith, 
you cannot deny to be good and Catholick, 
nor any Ghriftiaii Man die. For he binds 
"^him to his Creed, to the Holy Scriptures; and 
goes no fiirther : And in theie he hath your 
teftimony for him. But he denies many things 
which you believe, and accounts them foreign, 
yea repugnant to Faith, as the Tof^s InfaUi^ 
^itityy TranRibfiantiatioH^ Purgatory ^ IVw^ 
fiiffW of images^ Invocatiom of Saints. In 
all thcle you ipeak only for your felve% in 
fome of thefe you have not us only, but all 
other Chriftians your oppofites, to lay nothing 
of the Jews and Turks, whom I might as well 
chock you withal, as you do the Proteftants 
\nabaptift& So by this teafon out Pro- 
is more fiife and ifecure, and queftion- 

leis 

i^. 4$ d!«> P&L 31 Ik B^f/m /. ft. r, 7. 



The Coj^'mcf certain Letters* 31^ 

lefi is more Catholick than yours. Neither 
have we in this difcourfe the Argument only 
as you lee very appliable and favourable to 
us, but (which I would entreat you by the 
ivay to oWcrve) the tonekifion it felf dkxsti 
granted by moderate and Ibber Men of your 
own fide, ^mz. * That our oourle is iniundry 
things more fafe than yours. As in making 
tio Image of God. In trufting only in the me- 
rits of Ghrift. In worftiipping none but th^ 
Trinity. In direding our Prayers- to our Lord 
Jefus Chrift alone. In allowing Minifters to 
marry. In divers other Points alfo many of 
your fide fay the fame with the Protcftants', 
atid defend us from the imputatloiis which o-» 
thers of you lay upon us, a^ is iheweid in the 
Cathalick Jplqgy^ hj the reverend Bijh(f ^ 
Chefter. 

. This .to Hit Propofition. Let us feome to 
•the Afltimption, where you mince too much 
the Proteftants Opinion touching the Church 
of Ramey when you make them lay, // is fer^ 
adventure faulty in fame things > Nay with^ 
out peradventure, they iay, It is corrupt in 
Dodrine, fuperftitious and idolatrous in RelJ- 
jgion^ tyrannical in Government, defiled in 
Manners, from the crown of the head to the 
ibal of the foot no ibundnefi in it, as the Pro- 
phet faith of another like it ; \ yet the vital 
5>arts not periftxed, ready to die, yet not dead. 
J true Church though neither the CatheUok 
Churchy nor yet a found Memier of the fame. 

That 

. * Jbulenfis^ Btliamhtef Faber, ErafmHSy Cajfantkr^ mfmeiftir, 
JEneos Syhius, 
t Ifii. If 6. V.Rayfiofilsthefjf., 



Sio Tie Cifies of certam Le t t e rs. 

That alfb is falfe in the Aflhmption, that the 
9^mritans ^eny the Church of Eckg^znd to be a 
true Cbmrd). Unlcfs the Turitans and Braw^ 
mifis be with you all one, wtiidi you have 
sude diverie Seds above, and then are you. to 
blame as tb multiply names (whereof I have 
«^dyou) before,. £> now again, to confound 
them. . s 

. What is now tihe Conclufion ? It would h 
mtore fafe aud fecure to become Roman Ca^ 
tholkL . Bttt the PropoikioB will not infet 
xhus much fimply, but only in this rdped. 
for topical arguments (as you know) hold 
^y ceteris fsribus. We mull th^ inquire 
if there be a> other intrinficai arguments by 
which it may be diiberned, whether caufe be 
the better, whethoa: pretence to the Church and 
Truth, morejuft, more evident. Whether it 
^ay be warranted to retxin\ to B»bely becaufe 
God hath ibme people there, when asliecom'^ 
4DEiands thofe that are thG^ to come out of it. 
How fitfe it may be willingly to j<^ with 
that part of the Church, which is oiore cor- 
rupt ia Dodrine and Manners, when we may 
contiaae with that which k reformed. The& 
points were to have been icanned, c^re yo« 
concluded and eicecoted as you did. . 

And iiich Afgumenis tho^e wont not. Chrilt 

our Lwd bath given us amon^ others, two 

inMiUe Notes to Jaiowbis Ghocch. Afy Sheef 

(Ikith he) hear x^ Vokt:* And again, Hy 

* /b»// sU Men know tbntyou are my I}if- 

^ ify^» ^^ ^' another. What flxall wc 

ftaod 

oh. lo. aj. c 15.55. 



7%e Copes cfrertaiMLirr^ KB. Jix 

ftaod uipon conjedural Ailments from that 
which Men lay ? We are partial to our lelycs, 
malignant to our oppofites. Let Ghrift be 
hear4 who be his, who not. And for the 
hearing of his Voke^ O that it might be the 
ifliie I But I fee you decline it* Therefore I 
leave it alio for the prcfent* That other is . 
that which now I ftand upon : the Badge of 
ChriH^s Sbee^. Not a likely hood, but a cer- 
tain tpien^ whereby every Man may know 
them. , By thisj faith he^ Jhall all Men know 
that ye are my Difci^ieSy if ye have Charity 
me tofwards anoth^r^ Thanks be to God : 
This m^^lt of our Saviour is in us, which you 
with qm: Schifmaticks, anid other enemies 
vr^nL ^^ ^olpmm found the true Mother by 
hern^tmraiaffedion, that chofe rather to yield 
tp h^f ajiyprfary ^$ plca,claiming her Child,than 
endure it fliould be cut in pieces; fb may it 
iponbe found at thi^day, whether is the right 
lyljather. Qpr§ that faith, gvoe her the living 
Cbildy and kill him pof ^y or yours, tha|:ifihe 
may not hgve ijt, is content it be killed, ra- 
ther th^n w^nt of her will. Jlas^ faith ours, 
eypR pfxho^P that leave her, th^fe be py fhil^ 
kren^ 1 ha^e born them to Chrif} in Bapifm^ 
Ihavenourifhed them as l could with mine own 
Breafts his Te [laments. I would have brf^ht 
them igp_ to Man^s efiate^ as their free Birth 
and Tarentage deferves. Whether it be their 
lightnefs or difcontent^ or her enticing words 
andgayjhews they leave me^ they have found a 
detfef Jmiher. Let them live yet^ though in 
Bondage. 1 fiall have patience ; Iprmit the 

Z care 



3 4i The Copes of cirtaln i^ttiiikii 

care of them to their Father ; I befeech him to ' 
keep them th^t they do none evil ; tfthey maksf 
their feac^ with him^ I amfatisfied^ they have 
not hurt me at all: Nay but; f^ith yours, / 
* fit alone as ^een ahd Mtftrefs ofChrtj^s 
J^amily ; he that hath not me far his Mother y 
cannot have Qod for his Father. Mine there^ 
fore are thefe^ either born or ad&Pted : And if 
they laillnot be mine^ they fb all be none. Sa 
without expefting Ghtift's Sentence^ flie cute 
irt pieces vrich the Temporal Sword, hangs, 
burns, draws thofe that me perceives inclined 
to leaVe her, or have left her already.* So Ihe 
kills with the' Spiritual Sword, thofe thatfub^ 
jett not to her, yeSa thoufands of Souls that ' 
not only have nor mearfs fa to dtf, bat many ' 
which never fb muc'h as have heard whether 
there be a Pope di Rameot no* Ijtt our So^ 
lomon be Judge between them : Yea, judge 
you (Mn Waddefworth) morcf ferioufly and 
maturely, not by gueffes, but by the very 
mark of Chrift, which wanting your felves; 
you have Unawares dilcovcfred in us, judge I 
fay without paffion^ and partiality, accord-' 
ing to Chrift's Word j which is ht^ Flock^^ 
which is his Church. 

♦ Rev. I8. 7- 



CttAP. 



!t%e Cities of certain 'L^trtK Si 3^i 

GHAP. VI; 

Of Fraud and Cornet im in alledgtng Coun» 
cUsy Fathers and Do£iors* 

YOUR next tnotivewas,7J&^/ in examine 
ing the ^ueftions^ effecialty about thi 
Churchy where you laboured toferufe the Ori^ 
ginal^otations and Texts of the Councils j Fa^ 
thers and Do6iorSy you founds as you fay^ 
much fraud committed by the'Trotefiants. This 
imputation of Fraud is very ufual and com-* 
mon to both fides ; ^nd verily 1 believe fome 
on both fideis are fiiultyi JFor whether put oi^ 
human infirmity,, miftaking the meaning of 
Authors, or flips of inemory, truft of other 
JMens Quotations, who Ue pot themlelvcs to 
the words, but give the fenfe they conceive j 
how eafily may teftimonies be alledged clean 
befides the Authors minds ? He that hath 
ftrongly conceited any thing, firideth it in all 
that ever he readeth, or falleth upon. Too 
much heat in contention, and defire of ViQ;o-* 
ry, blindeth the Judgment, arid mateth a 
Man heedlefly lay hold upbn any thing, that 
he thinks may ferve his turli. As we fee 
fometimes in the Writings of the Fathers, 
which had to deal with ancient Hereticks al- 
ledging the Scriptures themlelves befides 
the pufpofe. Sometimes hafte and defire of 
contracting makes one cut dff foriie words, 
and explain and prfefs thofe that make fdr him j 
and perhaps leave out fomething materials 
Prefently the other fide cries out cMj^fmgj for^ 



514 theCof'm gfciftaiff Lb fr e ts.-^^- 
gtry^ falj^atimy and what not? But af- 
though all this may be c^iSieA fraud \n refpeft 
«ff th« R«adef^ t<^ is bf this nseans deceived 
in his Blvidence'^ asid thefdbre if bd be not a-* 
wave may pronounce aoiri^ yet is it nothing to 
fhat fckld, when te>/?A <*» fM Confciettce and 
iffetptrpofi FaiJh^odUfet fmffy andtrntb 
eut-facedj Wherein 1 carnioi tett what ^oii 
have found IcotildhavecJefired, anddayet 
if your leiftifeniay fi;r\re, you would fhew the 
Ijarticulafs. I do pto^ here to you, that 1 
have feen and even felt with my Pk^eis fed* 
dealing In the Romiflt ^tdekstiy ^ I caiH 
not rdolvtf whether I fttould a<rcoant tfiem 
more (ham^ul Slanderers, and hUSt Aceufers 
ftfotheft-i, offi^audulenthandlidg; orbdldacd 
filamelefs in the pradSSng of it thcml&lvesr^ 
When the 3Lofd oi'Plefis his book of die Sa- 
<;rament caflae out, how was it calumniated in 
thb kind, with faljificatim'i Du'Bvf in a 
fcublick Chartel offered, that of 306 paflage* 
• HI the Preface, he would ftew as clear as the 
Siin at iioOn day, 4*3 Were falfified, corrup- 
ted, and mangled, and the reft ef no impor- 
tance. TheBifhopof^BfrtW, after Cardinal, 
undertook to fl^ew ifl the Book k felf five 
hundred en§rm'»Us fatfities by t ate, atdmtboia 
fyperhle* The mattet was brought to a try al, 
before tiie King rf/r^atc^, andniftc places ex- 
amined of this nuaber: And, as was before- 
hand promised the *Pt^ts Nmihy the bif/mefi 
poiildlefo carried that the ad'-oantage fieuld 
, remain ^» the fart of the Church i^fTkosxiC, and 
tbe^ofe rtceilie contentmenty aMdin:thc{t very 

Word^ 



Words, the lye fiwld refi with the JJeretkks^ 

Morn^ w^s bqyn do>v8u The King's Lejtsrj 

%o the jDufceof^€rf/e?»pf this Vi^rjr, were 

bloiwn over France^ fent tp Z^wv, printed 

with a DilcQuiie therfibpjit, fctfoftb^ -^«/* 

"5;ev;^^ and tranflatgd iaxo M»^itj[h^ with fpine 

alteration »od Turfeefing by /*. Tarfms, 

Whcuein he J^ith, A Fxeoch Jeliiit;, Frtmtp 

'Dmc^uSj difcpyer^d ia itiit laft aihoufand 

faljboihis jar his fart. He .^cx^ufcd JBiihop 

J^wd, and Mr. i^9Af, of the like crime ; he 

f^ith. that in two only leaves of his Book, ^ 

certain, learned SchoUr^diddifcoyerif^ir/Nv wil^ 

f»l .andwlmtary cerrju^jtians andfalfificAtms 

^hat cannot he eKcaied> and himfi^lf befiifes 

thefe thirty, .noted fo many other pl^in falfr 

hoods , and • manifeft wilfol Jies, as mjg;ht well 

doubly the former number. And by Arithme* 

tick he multiplies tfaisNumber with the Numr- 

feer of the leaves, the number helaith will 

jifc to thirty thouiand, by which ^e?^ Ffi^p 

bis -Book will as much, exceed J:ohn S^kidatfs 

Story in number qf lies (in which were found 

only eleven thoufand) as it doth in b^lk an4 

1>ignels» This manner of writing of thelib Meq, 

brings to m^ mind that which Sir Thomas 

jMore writes of TtndaPs New Te^amentyVfhcxc^ 

4n he faith, * JFerefounden ^ndmtedwrmig 

mdfalfely tranjlatedabo^e athifufat^d Texts 

by tale. The Language is like, and the paufe 

is the fame. Men were loth thefe Books 

!ibould be read. The fubftance of them was 

fuch as could: not be controlle4 i Tl^iC next re- 

?: .3 medy 



3^^ The Copies of certain L' e t t i us. 

mcdy was to foreftal the Readers minds with 
a prejudice of falfification^ that fo they might 
not regard them, but caft them out of their 
Hands of their own accord^ The Vulgar fort 
would be brought out of conceit at the firft 
hearing, with vehement accufation. Even 
wife Men would fuppofe,. though there Ihouldt 
pot be any thing neai! lo many wilful faults, 
yet furely there muft needs be a very great num-? 
ber, and that could not happeabut with a ve-t 
ry bad meaning ; this admitted, who would 
youchfafe them the reading? And in trath a- 
mong thofe that favour the reformed part, | 
have metwithfbmethatoutofthisbu? of fal-^ 
iification in the Lord oiTleJfis Bookj^ ' cared 
not for reading \X\ whereby may te thought 
in what account it- (hould be with all thofe 
who efteemail F. TarfonsUihthtohc Oracles. 
Jlut fhbrtly : Sith neither the Cardinal Tefoney 
nor F. Tarfons have had the means,, or willy 
to decypher thofe hundreds and thoufands of 
falfifications in Skidan^ Biftiop je^wel^ Mr. 
FoXy or TkfffSy in thefe fo many years, as 
h^erun fince they wrote; and^isfor thelaft, 
he hath fet forth the Book again, with alj 
the Authorities at large in the Margent, in 
"the Authors 'own Words, and hath anfsvered 
^11 thole that; bayed at it, till they are filent: 
What remains but that we count this fmltifly^ 
in^ of F. TarfmSy may be joined with j^qui^ 
vocation^ to make up the art of Falpood\ 
wherein he and his Fadion may juftly claim 
to be the worthieft Profeffors in the World. 
But without any multifile at tfm or otlier ./^ 

'■ rithmeticky 



7^ C^fs if certam L e t t £ n s. 527 
; rhhmtick^ in the fifth Page of that Relation 
of his io tlje feven firft Lines are four notori- 
ous, I will npt i^y, lies^ ox falfificafwnSy but 
falfhoods by t^le. The Firft: 'Chat the trial 
Jbelng begun ufwthe firjijlace^ that was found 
falfe. The French Difcourle printed at ji^ttr 
^werf^ Cumfriwlegioj and s^pprobation of the 
y ifitor of Eooks, laith : [And as to the f aid fir fi 
, Article^ nothing was judged thereabout by the 
faid Commffioners^ nor fronpunced by my [aid 
Zjordthe Chancellor^ and the King faid th^t 
' it Jhouldbe rer^tttpdlQ another time to deltbe-- 
rate thereabout. The Second : He ( that is . 
\plejis ) wpuldhave faffed to thef?cond^ but the 
JBiJhop refufedfo to doy except the Minifiers and 
^rotefiants there present would firjtfubfcribe 
and tefiifie that this firH place was falfified. 
ile faid in the Page before, that Tlejfis af^ 
feared at lali with [Qmf four qr five MiniHers 
. on his fide. There were pp Minjftprs appear^ 
ied with him on his fide. Np Proteftants, na 
creature did fjibfcribe^ pt was required fo to 
. do. The third : Which at length they didy vix}. 
|ubfcribe^ this pUce was falfified. An utt?r 
' fintruth. Whereof there is not a Wprd in the 
faid printpd Narration. The fourth : As well 
in this as i^ all the reif, Tl^ere was no fut^- 
Icription, as I faid, at all. The Coii^miflioners 
were ^U of the Rpman prafeffion, faring 6^^^ 
faubon-j ^qd bcupMinifter^ . They never pro- 
nounced, much Iclsj iiiblcribed that any of 
thofe places examined vfcrcfalfified. Of the. 
' f rft place ol Scotus they pronounced nothing. 
Qf the fecond, of Durand. That the obpofitim 

^4 «/ 



3i8 The Copies of certamljtrr^^i. 
oflkiTznd was alkdgedfbr the rejohtion. Arid 
this they would have remitted alfo as the 
former to another time, favc that the -Bifho^ 
infifted, faying, ft was in vain to dijpute if 
they would not judge :^. Addreffing hisSjpeech 
divers times to the King, to the intent he 
ihould fignffie his pleafare to the Cofnmiflio^ 
ners; and then his M^efty drawing near to 
them, they gave their Opinions upon that Ar^ 
tide as before. This was? that which F. Tar^ 
fons ftumbled at when he wrote. The Miniflers 
and ^roteftants there ^refent fnbfcrtbed and 
tefiified^ thatitwasfaln^ea^ dndfo all the reft^ 
For being overjoyed with this News which he 
did not well underitand (to think the chari-- 
tabled of him) he thought the Commiffioners 
had been part at Icaft Proteftants, and Mf-» 
nifters: And had fubfcribed, whereas thcj 

Sronounced their Sentence vivd voce^ fay the 
iouth of the Chancicllor, never ufing the 
XtxmfalJifcation\ yea in feme of the reft'th^y 
acquitted the Lord ti^leffis^ as in the^affa^e 
of jP. Crinitnsy though they faid Crimtus 
was deceived. In that oiBemhrdy that it 
had been good to difinguijh the twoj^affages^ 
S. Bernard out of the fame Bofok with dno^. 
csetera. Not to ftand now upon that, that m . 
the reft of thephces he hath a reafonablcand 
Juft defence with indifferent Men, for the o* 
miffions he was charged with in Chryfojtomej, 
Hierome^ Bernard^ and theodoret : And in 
that oiCyril^ the King himfelf faid aloud, 
thzt both Jides had reafon. But K Tarfons 
not having, as it appears, received perfcd 'in- 
formation 



. The Caries ^fc^rtmn L e t t i R il $%^ 

formation of the paiticularities of this aflTai];^ 
ivas fb hiifty to write iqeoitiing to the partial 
intelligence he rdceived at Rbmej that fee fault$ 
hknfelf in theiariiekind, that he imputes toa- 
nother. And if he fliould meet with Ibme fe*- 
vere Adverfary, that w6uld mult^y his fajf* 
hoods by 'his leaves and lines, as hedeaktk 
with Mr. FoXy aiw^ then extend by proportioa 
his Pamphlet to the bigiliefs erf Mr. Fox his 
Sook of Martyrs^ he would find, that be pro- 
vides very ill for hinrfelf that is too rigorous 
and ccnforious to other Men. 

Bat I leave hhn, and ccmie to the €delity 
of the Popifh Faftion, wherebf I ftiall defire 
you to take a tafte in one of the 4^eftion» 
which you name about the dhtfrcb, even that 
which is mdecd cdrdo negotii, as you lay, the 
c^troverfie of the T^e's authority • For the 
eftabliflritig whereof: Fiifft, 'the E$ifiksoftbe 
ancient Btjbo^s of Rome, for the ^'ace 6f a^ 
hout three hundred Tebrs after Chrijiare c^wh 
terfeited. The Barbarous not J^^i^w^ but^lead 
of theftile,und the lifcenels of them all one to 
another, the deep filence of Antiquity con- 
cerning them ; the Scriptures alledged a(ter Hi^ 
eronfs tranflation, do convince theto of Falf^ 
hood, )and by whofe pradice and procurement 
We cannot doubt, if we aSk but as Caffius was 
wont, cui bono) For at every bout the Authoi^t 
rity of the Pope, and thfe privileges of the 
^(man See are eictolled and magnified. 

Next, the DoHation of Cmftantine is zfcnfc'm 
Jefi forgery ; * and fo blazed by fome of the 
Jcarnedeft of thei?diw^«'Gharch. Read it ad- 

♦ f>lfi. ^(f. f, GmfanfmHs. viftdly. 



33b TheCopies&feirtamluirri^X. 
rifedly, either in Gratian^ or in the Decrees 
oi Sylvefitr^ with the Confeffioo, and Legend 
f>i Conftantine'^ Baptifin; and fay out of jrour 
t)wn judgment if ever iny thing can be more 
fraudulent, morefotttfh. And becaufe I have 
mentioned Grdtianj his wholp ccwnpilation is 
full of faUificatioa, and corruption of Antit 
quity : Take an Example or t^yo in the mat- 
ter We have ift hand, jj The MilevitanCy and 
after the jifrkan Councils under pain of ex- 
communication prohibit Jiff mis hymd the 
Seas, f Which Canons were made purpiolely 
to meet with the tifurpatiotjs of the Biihops. of 
R^nie^ of which I have ipoken fbmewhat be^ 
lore. ^ Now in the citing thi$ Canon, Gratian 
iadds this goodly explication ; niji forte Rema^ 
mamjedem affellavertnt \ thus excepting that 
abufe which thefe Councils direftly fought to, 
prohibit. Again, S. Augufiine |||| to inforat 
a Chriftian Man what Scriptures he {hould. . 
hold for Canonical, bids him ftrllow the Au-\ 
thority of the greater fart of th Catbolick 
dmrch^ amongji which are thofe^ quos Afo^o^ 
•licAsfedes habere^ ® Efiftolas accifere tnerue^. 
runty which bad the honour to have the Afof^ 
tlesfit inthemy and tif receive Epifiks from 
them.' Gratian fits it thus, inter quas ( &:rip- 
turas )fahe ilU funt quas Apoftoltca Jedes hor 
herey ® ab ea aki meruerunt accifere Efiflolas : 
And accordingly, the title c^f that Canon is j 
Inter CdnonicaSy The Decretal Efiftles ar^ 
0fumiredamonit the Canonical Scriptures. True 

in 

. II Coumih Milev. r, yz. f Council. Afric, c, 11. 5 A f^- 
€uH. ^y. 5>. '6/ '"lUf D, DpBrma: Chr. /. 2. 



The Co^es of certain Letters. Si^ 
It IS, that in the end of the next Canon, Gror 
iian adds a good limitation, and worth the 
remembring, that this muft be underftood of 
fuch Decrees J in which there is nothing found 
contrary to the Decrees of the Fathers forego^, 
ingy nor the Treceps of the Goffel. Belike 
even in Gratian's time it was not holdeli im- 
poffible^ That in the Sandions and Decretals 
of Popes, fomething might be decreed contra- 
ry to the Gofpel, which ms^y be added to your 
Judge's InfallibUityy. ^'hxch h^th been touch- 
ed before. 

But thefebe old tricks of the Champions of 
the Papacy. At this day perhaps it is better: 
Yes, and that Ihall ye undcrftand by the words 
of the Children of the Church of Rome them-*- 
^Ives, the Venetians. But firft ye are to know, 
that among certain Propol^tions let forth irt 
'defence of that State, there was one, the fourth 
in number of eight. That the jifithority fro^ 
mtfed by our Saviour ChriSi to S. Peter, under 
the metaphor of the Keys^ is merely Sftrituak 
For confirmation whereof after other proof 
was faid^j That the Authority of the highek Bi^ 
(hop is CFDer Sin and over Souls only ; accord'^ 
ing to the words of that Grayer of the Church 

about St. Peter— ^^ qui B. Tetro animas li^ 

gandi at^uefohendi Tontificiumtradidijii. Car* 
yinal Bellarmine undertook to anfwer thefe 
. Propofitions, and coming to this place he faith^ 
Tloat fer adventure Gois providence to take a* 
'way fuch deceits^ whereby the Author of thefe 
Tropftions would deceive thefimfky with the 
words oj the holy Church mifunderHood^ infpr^ 

ed 



53* The Copies of certain L e t t^ r i» 

(dinto the Reformers of the Breviary that th^ 
/bouldtake out of that Trayer the word (anw 
mas) as anciently it was not tbere^ nor ought 
to he ; becaufe that Trayer was formed out of 
the Words of the Goffelj ^j/iodcunque leaver is j 
55 quodcunque foheris. Now m^rk the Re-^ 
joinder that is made to him by Johannes Mar^ 
JUiiiSy who numbering up his errors in the dc-r 
fcnce of every Propofition, roundly t^lls him, 
Err a XIV. ferche dicey &c. He errs in the 
fourteenth place, for that he faith, That t^fe 
which have taken out of the Breviary the word 
•(animas) were injfired by the Holy QhoH, I 
know not whether the Holy GhoSi be the Ju^ 
thor of Difcord. This 7 know welly that one 
of his Gifts and of his Fruits is Teace. Thofe 
which made that Trayer had-t his intention j to 
explain the words Quodcunque Ijgaveris, with 
the word (animas) by that Text which ex^ 
flaineth themyC^oxwm remiieritis.peccata.j.y&ij 
teii^ in the Soul and mt in thehody^ lefi any 
Jbould believe that the Tiffe were Dominus iq 
•temporalibus&fpiritualibus, ofGoodsy ofBor 
diesy andofSoulfy and that he mght lo^eand 
iind every thingy as it Jeems the L. Cardinal 
telieveth. And they eijplained them with the 
Word animaSy by which explication a reme^ 
dy is put unto aU thofe difcords which may 
arife between the Pope and Princcs^(? mto % 
tMO. Whereas thofe which have lately taken it 
away out of the Breviaryy have anerp fiirred 
up occafion of difcords and contentions. Be^ 
Jides that it is a thinx known of all Men^ that 
in the Books of the Councilsy ofihiCanms; of 

oth(r 



7%e (3o^es afcertam Let r t r s. 33 j' 
€tBer DoEtorSy m a wordy even m the very 
Breviaries and I^f ah there haw been and^are 
taken away thojk thin^r wbkh are mfanjour ef 
IPrinces cfthe Laity^ to fee if at length there 
fmght be efiablifhedthe ofinion de illknitata Po- 
teftate Pontificis in tcmporalibirs. So as he 
that compares together the Books frinteJ in the 
year 30, in 50, andthofi at this dayy as weli 
of the Councils as othersy evidently ferceives the 
mntagey that marvel it isy that we poft vin- 
demiam, buve found fome few Chftersfor the 
defenceof our gracious Trince. This is a means 
if if go oh further y to make all writings to lofe . 
their credit y and to mine the Church of God. 
Be itfpoken by the occajion that the Lord Car^ 
dinal hath given me thereof y and for Charity's 
fakey andpr the dejke that thefe writings be 
no more touched:, which be alfo f aid with aU 
humility and re'^erence. 

He errs in the fifteenth flace^ for that he 
faith that in the ancient Breviaries there was 
not the word animas. And I havefeen Brevi^ 
aries written with fen above aoo years agOj 
and printed above an hundred^ in them is the 
word animas, and if it were noty yet ought if 
to be put iny to take away the occafions ofdif^ 
cords. 

Thus he there : As* for the Prayer correH-^ 
edy or corrupted rather ; if you look the old 
Breviaries, yea even that fet forth by Tius 
the Fifth, printed hyTlantiney with the Pri- 
vilege of the Pope, and his Catholick'Majefty, 
Anno yy. * upon the^nine and twentieth of 

Jmey 

* £jr ikcttt. 9. C(mll ^fdi 



5^4 ^ C^fies of certain X e T T e r S; , 
June^ ye fhall find \t to run thus. Deus quj 
B. Tetro Afojtolo tuo coUatis clavibus regnt 
Gelejlis animas ligandi at que folvendi Tonti^ 
fcium tradidijiiy concede ut inter ceffionis ejus 
auxUio Peccatorura nofirorum nextbus liber e^ 

mur. Ter Dominum.' Now in the late 

corrections Jnimas v& left out^ and we under-^ 
ftand the Rcafon. 

. In the end of the iameBook there is anAd-« 
Vprtifement to the Reader, the beginning 
whereof I will not ftick to fet down verbatim ; 
it is this* Becaufe in this defence I have often 
faidy thai Juthors are made to recanty and / 
that out of their Books many things are taken 
nway Jlncerely faid in favour of the fower of 
Temporal ^rinceSy to efiablijb by thefe means 
the OftnioHy De fuprema authoritate Vz^a^in 
temporalibds ; / have thought good to adroife 
the Reader^ that the quotations by me broughty 
aretakeny ad verbum, out of tho/e Books which 
are incorrupt^ aund contain the opinion of the 
Juthors fmcerely^ And that the more ancient 
the Copes bey and further from thefe ourtimeSy 
fo much the better they be. And in particular 
I defire that he be advertifedy that the Cap. 
Novit de judiciis, printed in R6me the yeat\ 
iS7Sy h Joftph de Angelis,' viith licince of 
Superior Sy is the text which was followed b^ 
the Author of the eight TofitionSy and by me j 
which contains fincerely the opinion e^/'Navar- 
rus, and of the Parifians. ^>E^i^)& in the Books 
printed fincey is changed in fuch manner as it is ' 
no more the famey but is become the contraryi 
towitthatofCsikunCySiic.' / 



7%t Coftes of certain !L e tt Tr ^; 535. 
^ TcU mc, good Mr. Waiddefworth^ in the 
fight of God, what is frauds if this be not? 
And thus not only the Authors of this Age 
any way inclining to reformation, as Eraf^ 
musj RhenanuSy Caffander^ Ferus ; but Vives^. 
Faberi Cajetaney 'Pol. Virgily Guicctardiney 
^etrarchy DanUy yea Autlwrs of fix or feven 
hunjired years old, are let to fchool to Icara 
the Roman Language, and agree with the 
2r£»;^/ Faith. For it is not the Authority and 
Monarchy of the Pope alone that is fought,, 
though that ht fumma fummarumy whereun- 
to all comes at laft,but no voice maft be heard 
diilbnting from that which he teaches. There-^ 
fore it is, that BertratnusTresbyter is appoint- 
ed hy your Sfanijb Index printed at Madrid^ 
to be wholly abolifliedv The former had ca- 
techized him to lay inftead of ^\fibUitery invi* 
fibilitery with many other pretty explications^ 
as where he faith, the Elements in the Lord's 
Supper, Secundum creaturarum jubftantiamy 
quod friusfueranty ante confecrationem hoc 5S 
poSi confiftunty the explication \Sy feciindunt 
externas jpecies Sacramenti. But the lureft 
way was to take him clean away ; And Ibin- 
decd in the Bibliotheca Tatrum he is, and that 
p^rfofefyy as Marguerinus de la Eigne confet 
fcth in bis Preface- 

The Ancient Fathers are perhaps free. For 
•the Council of Trent appointed, that in the 
^writings of the ancient Catholic h nothing Jbould 
be changed, fave whereby the fraud of Her eticks^ 
a manifefv error is crept tn. But who ihall 
. be* the Judge of that? the Inq^uifitors and 

Ccn- 



Ccnfors themfelves. For my part, I pannotfiy 
that I have Ipent many hours ir> the tryal of 
this point, nor have I h^d ancient Copies 
thereto requifite* Bat t \yifl intreat you to 
coniider with me one example, or rather two 
or three in one Father^ and in the matter that 
I named, whereby you may guefs at the left^ 
In St. Cyprian's Works imp? iitted at Rome^ by 
y. ManutiUSy feht for to Venice by Pius the 
Feurtby U fet forth the Fathers^ as hlmfeif 
faitby moH^erfeSify cUanfedfrom allffotSy the 
Epiftle oitirmilianuSyBiJht^ of Casfarea, be-i 
ginning, jkcepmusfer Rogatianumy is wholly 
left out ; and ^amelius thinks purpolHy, and 
i^dds, ferbafs it had been more wifdom it bad 
been never jet out at alL S. Cyprian was not 
of that mind, who tranflated it ii|to Latiny as 
the ftile it ielf witnefles^ and T^awelius alfb 
is enforced to confefe. The matter is, it i$ 
too quick and vehement againft Stepbanus 
Bifhop of Rome. He faith he is mowdwitb 
^Sf indignatimy (^i the manifest folly of Ste- 
phanus, that boafiing fo mutb^ the f lace of 
bis Bifbofricky and that he hathth^ Jiiccejlon 
efVtttVy ufonwhom the foundations of th^ 
Church werefety brings in many other Rocksy 
&c. He faith he hath fiirred uf contentions 
and difcords throughout the Churches of the 
wholf World. Bids him not deceive htmfelf 
he hath made himfelf a Schifmaticky by fepa^ 
rating himfelf from the Communion of the Ec^- 
cle^^ical Unity y for while he thinks he canfe^ 
far ate all from his Communiony he hathfi^Or 
rdted'himfelf only from alL He faxes hmff^ • 

calling 



%e Ce^iesrf certain Isirrivi^. 337 

t4dling S. Cyprian a falfe ChriHy a falfe A^ 
$oftle^ and a deceitful workman^ which being 
frivy to himfelf that thefe were his awn due^ 
freventingly he objeBed to another ! No mar- 
vel if this gear could not pafs the Prels at 
Romek 

In S. Cyprian's Epiftle, De unitate Eccle^ 
Jia^ thefe Words, ?§ TrimatusTetro datur^ &C4 
and after, Unam Cathedram conftituit : and 
again, ^ Cathedra una^ are foifled into the^ 
Text in that Raman Edition* In that ofT/i^ 
tnelms alfo befides thefe, another claufe is ad-* 
ded, forlboth, out of Grattan^ and a Copy 
of the Cambron Abby {^i Cathedram ^e^ 
tri fufer quam fundata eH EccUfia deferitJ} 
Thefe patches being all left out, the fcnfe is ne-* 
verthelefi compleat and perfed : And for the? 
laft, which fpeaks moft for the Pope*s Chair, 
the Supervifors themfelves of the Canon Law, 
by the Commandment .of Gregory the Thir- 
teenth, sM^knowledge^ that in eight Copies of 
Cyfrian entire, in the Vatican Library this 
S?ntenc^ is not found : But befides thefe there 
is one whereic^ his (^fcula alone are contained, 
and another at & Saviours in Bolognaym which 
it is fpund* But what account they make of 
it appears by this, that fupplying the whole 
fentcnpein another place of Gratiany, they 
leave it out. Wherein as their Confcience i^po 
be commended, and Manutius his n^odefty, or 
^theirs who furveyed that Editionj that would 
not follow one Copy againft eight j fo. is !P^- 
melius^s boldnels to be cprreded, that out of 
one, and that ijot fully agreeing with Gratis 

A a ^ ' an^ 



OHy neittier (hames not (as himielf iays^ t^; 
riti nm fumus) ta farce in this reading into 
tlicTcxt, againfk all the reft Printed and Ma- 
nufeript, which he«&d above twenty in mim- 
hcty as- he 1^ them down in a Catalogue 
in the beginning of his Edition. It is now 
Kttk more than two hundred years ago, that 
Frier Thmas ^fValden wrote againft Witcleff. 
He in the fecond Book ofhis^Tcxne^ the 
firft Article, and ieoond Chapter, eites this 
Very place cSQfrian^ and cites it to fortify 
/iPir/c/(p^s affertion of his own mind. For hay- 
ing recited ffitckf[^s words, he concludes tbem 
thus \ Hac ilny and then proceeds: Aidanms 
(S ii(n auod Cyfrianns dkitj amies Afafiohs 
fares ful^ 8? fapeftate^h&nare. Addamus 
quodtSertmymus dicity fiifer (mines A^fiohs 
ex ^qmfortitudd falidatitr EcckfitSy &a Yet 
neither in that Chapter, nor in that whole dit 
Courfe doth he onee mention thefe words^ noyr 
conveyed into Cypriatky nor any where eUc 
that I can find in all his Work, though hecite 
this Traftate often under the name of Laier 
€(tntra TJareticos ^Schij^atkos. How fit bad 
it been to anfwer the ot^edion out oiCyfrian 
by X{Jfrianj if he had riot found that Graikm 
after his manner had been too* held or negli- 
gent in this paflkge. The fame Author in his 
third Tome £)e SaeramentalibuSy Dod. lo. 
cites a long place out of this fame Trcatife be- 
ginning at thofe words, An effejibi cum Chrifio 
videtur qui adverjum Sacerdotem Chriftifacity 
'^Q. Again Cap. 8i. ,two places; oneimmc- 
ttely before theScntcnces ehar^ed with thofe 

former 



fijfffle? \vor4sj another after. The one begin- 
*niog^ Lofmtur Dw^nnfs adTetrufi^ Ego tibk 
(tticn iffua tff es Tttrusy &;c« The other, Un'tta^ 
tern tmere firmiter ^ vendicare deknmsy Scc. 
Certainly unlefs ft^aUfnJk meant by faint-* 
pleading to betray the caufe he undertook, het 
would »€¥« h2^ye omitted fo pr^nant paffagca 
as the&be, fot5Prt^r*sPriinaty, and thePopc'^ 
Chair, hfjd they bpcnextflint in Cjfprian'swoTk: 
when he wrote* But we cannot doubt of higj 
pood a^e^ion to the See of RomCy either for 
bis order^s feJke, car his dedicating that work 
to Pope Martin the Fifth, or his, appro- 
bation of the two firlt Tomes, which he 
iaith, be catffed to be fem and ex amine dy ferfih^^ 
hnnes virof^ and teftifieth of to be commend*^ 
9d of all, encouraging him to write the thirds 
It reinaips therefore that Cyfrian hath recei-^ 
Yisd this gamiihnient fince Walden's time. An4 
here with this occafion of his filence about thole 
things which arp thruft into Cyfrian^ I will, 
tiiough bie&ies my purpoip, ufe his Teftimony 
ftbout. a certdin fentence of the, Juthor of tha 
in^erff& wckk upon Matthew, afcribed to Su 
Pbryjoftcmj which the Romijb fadion wil) 
needs r.we out. It is io the ekventh HomHy, 
$ibout the middle. The words are thefe, ^ e^ 
^im vafa fanSfificata ad frivatos ufus trapf 
ferre^ecca^meff ^fericuluphfautdocet B^lr 
thafar qui bibens in aalicibus facrisy de regno 
depofitus eB @ de vita. Si ergo b4c vafa ad 
jprivatos ufus transfer re Jic pricidnm eH [in 
quibusmn eSi verum corfujs Chrifiiyjed myfief 
pun corporis ejus continetur^ quanto magis 

A^ % mfa,. 



S46 ?^ Ci^/Vj of certain L e* T Y e n^ 
vafa corporis mjfriy quajibi Deus ad habrtd^, 
tulum frafaravit^ non debemus locum darf 
Diab&lo agendi in tis qu£ unit. In this Sen-*^ 
tence the words that 1 have enclofed from the* 
reft are inferted, faith Bellarmine^ by fomd 
Scholar o{ Berengarius^^ for they arc not in 
all Copies. No matveL That is more mar-*' 
velthat they airem ariy, fince the Canonizing 
of TranfubJiantiatiM* Btt in fValden*s time/ 
ind before, the words were thus reid ; for irf 
his third TOmc, Cap. -30. they ate thus cited;- 
fave that by the error of the print minifteri'^ 
nm is put for niyfteriumj and he adds there, 
Hanc tanti viri Jennntiam cAm Magiftrumfu^ 
umWitclefvldent libra defermone Domini hf 
monie Ca^.^j. ajfumere tanquamfaeraMy qua-^ 
titer fradones Ldlardi audent^ &c. Butfaitfr 
Bellarmtne^ Thefe words fnake not to the mat^ 
ter in band^ for the Author of the Homily ffok& 
of the holy'vejfels of Solomon' sTemfk^ which 
Sakhajar frofhaned'^ and in thofe veffels^nep* 
tber was the Lords true Body^ nor yet the 
fnyjiery thereof Well, if they be not to the 
pnrpole, if they fpeak of the veffels of Solo^ 
wew^'s Temple, let them ftatfd in the TextftilL 
What need yc purge therh out of the newer edi- 
tions at Antwer$y and Tarisl Belike Father 
John Matthews law further into this matter 
than Bellarminey for he cafts out this fentcncc 
with the dregs of the Jriansj although there 
be no Arianiftn in it that I can perceive. The 
truth is, the Author fpeaks of the veffels uf*. 
cd in the Lord's Supper in his own time. For 
^ ^ .. . , , thofe 

. 7 l>€ S^cram. Bitch. I. z^ c.jz^ .. 



The C^^ies^, of certain L e t ¥ e. r 5. .341 
tJiofe words, ^^f ^fl^f / Balthafafy &c. ,arc 
brought in by the way, for ?l confirmation 
from a like example, the fenfe hapging in thp 
mean while, which is f efumed again w/ien he 
^ocs pn, Si ergo h£C vafa^ as any indifFeijent 
Reader m^y perceive, Ye^, t»ke away theie 
words, and the fine ws of the fentence are cu^, 
for the force of th^ argument lies in the corn- 
par ifon of the prophaning of the holy veflel?, 
^nd qf pijr bodies : That is a fin, yet thrift's 
.l>ody is not contained in them, but themyfte^ 
.jy thereof : but God himfelf dwells in thefe. 

Thefe Examples, to omit fome other, dp 
make mc think, that howlbever the corrupt-^ 
* ing of the tex^s of th? Fathers, is not now 
pprha^ps fo ufua|, ^ of pthpr Writers,, and 
•goodrealbn >yhy, they knp^y thaf m^ny loo^ 
uarrowly tp their fiingers, neither is there any 
.place ^In^oft, thj^t is of fpecial pith, that hath 
-not b?en obfervqi and urged iji the handling 
' pf the controverfi^s of thjs age, ))y fome or p- 
ther ; yet y^hpre there is any colour of (fifferff 
. ingCppies, pr any advantage to be taken that 
W^y.^ it is pot flipped. And who knows not, 
- that Ipmptifpes the change of a letter, yea, pf 
^ point pt accent, maketh the vyhole fentence 
pf anpther meaning ? As for example, that qf 
,* S. ^^uftiney ^i fecit tejtmt^y nan juftifi-^ 
fatte^/me t(. Re^d it interrogatively, and 1% 
!« a^ ftrong for Spto ^nd die Dominicans^ as 
4fit he Kad aiTertivejy, ibr G^thofinemd the 
Jefuits, ^ ; ' - 

i And in yery dee4 when I confider the ea-n 
.gern^fi pf thefe men, to >^^in their purpofes, an^ 



34 ^ ^^ Cofies «f ttriatn Lett e *. s • 
their fearfiil boldntfs with the holy Wdrd (tf 
God, i know not howi ManKhoald look f« 
conlcicncc or rcfpcft at their hands in the wrh- 
tings of Men, For to omit that the Trtnt Fa- 
thers havcpnonize^ the Vulgar Lati/» Editi^ 
en^ which lb many times departeth.from the 
original infpired by the Holy Ghdft, adding, 
detrading, changing, often to a diverfe, fomc> 
times to a contrkry fchfe. To let pafs olfo 
how, SixtusV* ?fn4 Clemens Vllt do tyran* 
hize om and delude the Faith of theit fol- 
lowers, about th^t Edition, binding them uxt* 
tb two div:eife Copies, and fometinies flat con- 
tradii^ciry ; and fp, as the form of each mufi 6e 
inviolahly obferwd^ without the leafl f article 
of the text addedy chlmged^ or i^raBed. The 
former derogating all faith and hnthority frmi 
whatfoever Bims hand^vritteny irfrimed^^f 
the Vulgar Edition^ %vhich did not ap^ee with 
that which he fet forth ad verbum& ad Hte- 
yath, The latter, telling, that when thefam 
"SPo^e endeavoured to fit it out^ heferciiDedntt 
a few things to have crept into the holy BUky 
through the fault of the ^refsy and that it need- 
ed ajecond care ; whereupon hf decreed to tring 
the whole work again to the An^fily h^d he n$t 
been frriwnted py death > fo derc^ating all 
Faith from the former. Whereas tht truth i^, 
SiUVUs did not only endeavour to fet cat his 
Bible, but prefixed his BuH before it adfer^, 
Jet nam ret fnempriamy and fent one of thetJor 
pies tp the State. of Venice (as I heard at my 
being there) howfaevet fince it tvas cutaningly 
recovered again, ict it to lale pubiicklv) att^ 



TyCoftes tfciftdn Letter ?.^ 54JP 

£jtitbL ia his Bull, that heroneded the faults of 
the Preis with his owa hftnd, and (which mofl: 
of all convinoeth Pc^pe Clemens' % Preface of 
&lfixood)the (lifferehce of thefe Editions is not 
|c| &ak of the Prints, but in that the one fol- 
lows the oidt erroneous reading, the latter the 
reading of other njanufcripts according with 
the Hebrew^ Chaldeey Greeks or the Latm e- 
dition of the Catholick King's Bible, oblervod 
by the induftry of the Divines of LGisaine. But 
to forbear to uige this contradi^ion iii the ve<- 
tj foundation of belief, which fome Man per- 
adventqre would pre^s £b far, ad to infer, that 
the RdmanifisliKy^ no faith (for he that belie- 
ves contradidcMries, bdieves nothing). What 
ftall ^c (ay of diat impiety, to corrupt the ori- 
jginal text according to the vulgar Latin ? See 
an example hereof in the fitft promife of the 
isof^y Gen.$. where the Serpent is threat-^ 
tied, that the Jeed of the fVoman Jhall crujb his 
ioead. The vulgar edition leaving here the He^ 
4n'ewy the Se^entyy and S. Hterome himfelf, as 
appears by his queftions upon Genejis^ tranflates 
Jffr^ fie ft) all brmjt thy head. So it (lands now 
in the authentical Scripture of the Church of 
Ramey and herein Sixtus and Clemens are of 
accord' TheDiyinesof Zw^i»obferve, thit 
two Manu(cript Copies have hfe. That the 
HehreWj Chaldeey and Greeky nave it fo like- 
wi(e; WThy then did not either Sixtus or C^- 
menSyW they them(elves havingCopies fot it,cor. 
reft it, and make it (b in the authentical text? 
I will tell you by colour of this corruption, 
the DcYii envying Chrift's glory, like an t^b^ 
• A a 4 ftirtatc 



344 1itQffaifi:ertamlM^rriKs.: 
ffioate cnon/ rather yidlding himfelf to any 
than his true Conqueror^ hath given this ho« 
nonr to the Virgm Mary^ To her it is attri-*' 
bated in that work which I think to be the 
moft oi^odly and blaiphemous that ever law 
the Sun, The Ladfs TfalteTy wheiein that 
which b fpok^ of God by the Spirit of God,, 
is wreathed to her. In the s ^ P^Im, ^idgUh- 
riaris im malaioy d maUgne firpens^ SCc ffby. 
Aeajesi tbn im malice^ 6 thou malignant fer^^ 
fent and haemal Dn^on ? Submit tkjf bead ta 
the ffoman^ by wboje valour tbw fofilt be 
4rcrsmtd m the deef. Crufi him SLadjfy with 
the foot efthjvifiouryarije andfiatter bisma^ 
lice J &c. Ami in the j2„ fpeaking to the fame 
fcrpent. Noli extoUi^iXx. Be not lifted uf for 
the fall of the fVoman^for a fVomanfbaUcrifJki 
tby beady &c. So that in that Anthem ; hdf 
esT mulier virtutis qu4t contrrvit caput ferfen-^ 
tis. Yea whidi I write with grief and ihame 
to her doth good Bernard apply it, Hom* 2« 
fuJerAftffas esfy and which is more ftr^g^ 
expounds it, not of her bearing our Saviour, 
hxxtlpfafrocuUubWjiUc. She ^ubtlefs crufbed 
tbat £oijqnful beady ^j^hich^ brought to naught 
all nunr.cr offi^eftion of that ^:Hcke4oneybotb 
•^ftemptatiMofthefeJbyandofpride ofmind^ 
.To her doth the learned and devout Chanced 
^lor ciTaris apply it. * Ha$ fefles univ^r^s 
dicimus membra jerpentis antiquiy cujus capift 
ipjh ^irgo fontrrvitn And what marvel in 
thole times, when the plain text of the Scrip- 
ture ran fb in the feminine gender, of a Womaa, 
land few or none had any skill cf the Greeb ^r 



The Copies of certmn Letts rs, 345 
flebrewl Who Ihould that She be, but Jhe 
that is bleffed among Women ? Now although 
that thanks be to God, it is known that this ^s 
a corrupit place, out of the Fountains, yea oute 
of the Rivers alio, the teftimonies of the Fa^ 
jth CIS, referring this to Chrift, 21s Irenaus^ Ju^ 
fiif^e^ Cyprian^ Clemens AlexandrinuSy Hieromej 
yea Pope Le^ himfelf, yet becaufe np error of 
the Church of Rome may be acknowledged^ 
how palpable foever ; they have call how tq 
jfhadow this corruption, and fet Ibme colour 
upon it, that howfoever this r^adipg cannot 
be true, yet it may be made like to truth* Lo, 
in the Interlinear Bible fet forth by the autho- 
rity ofKingThilipy the Father of his Majefty 
that now reigns with you, * the Hebrew Text 
is reformed according to the Latin Ipsa, Th^re 
was fbme opportunity hereunto, by reafpn that 
;the letters of the text without pricks would 
.bear both readings. For H)n may be read Kin 
huy or Kin hiu. And this fclf fame word iot 
tbe letters the bale of reading, is fo pointed 
in this Chapter, verl^ i^. and applied to 3tie 
She is the Mother of all living, AncJ lb el^ 
where, as Gen. 18. i. and ai, Hereunto per- 
haps was added, that the pricks are a late in,- 
. vention of the RabbineSj as many think, ^d 
no part of the Hebrew text. And that not on^ 
\y LegCaftrOy and luch as accufe the prefect 
M^b/etv Copies as falfified, but thofe that dch 
fen4 them alfo, do many of them confels. Here- 
upon it was refolved, as it feems, to point this 
place K»fl hiiu For it was not. by miftaking, 
but purpofely done, Francifcus Lucas in his 

r ?. S««.ft R^ol4s. C«nf, with Hart. c. 6. § 2, At)r 



Annotatk)ns upon the place doth aiTure us | 
and faith it wasG»i^<^ FaMciushis deed. Atul 
indeed other things there be in tfiat work,which 
fevour not of the learning and integrity of ^-s^ 
rius MtmtanuSj as for example, the Etymo- 
logy of Mijfa from the word fiDO Bnt a* 
Boldnefs is not always as provident, asIgno«^ 
ranee or Malice ts bold, thde Cprreftors mark^ 
cd not, that the gender of the Verb, and th^f 
affix of the Noun following, are both Mafcu- 
line. So although the Orthography would 
be framed to confent, yet the Syntax dotbt 
cry out againft this Sacrilege. And yet out 
Rhemiftsy as I am informed, in their lately 
fet-forth Bible, with a long note upon this 
^ace, defend the applying of this text to the 
BMfed Virgin, and the old reading J^. What 
Ihoulda Man iky ? NeccflSity makes Men d6- 
^6rate, and as the Apbftle laith, * Ewi m^n 
nnM deceivers fhaii ^ax werfe and *w&rfey de^ 
^vmgr and ieing decei^Hd. 
; Theie be frauds indeed, in the ftri^eft fenie, 
fitfully corrupting i3^ texts of good Authors, 
•wilfully maintaining them fo xjorrupted ; not 
•abftaining from the holy Scriptures them* 
ieires. For as to that odier kind, depraving 
-ldte fenfe, retaining the words ; it were end* 
iefe to cite examples. BfUarfmne alone, as I 
lielieve, paffeth any two Proteftants that ever 
fct pen to paper, perhaps ail of them put tCK 
^^er. 

' ♦ X. Tiin. J, 15. 

C H A P. 



G H A P. Vtt. 

Cfthe Jrmm ^ evident ^itHefespr the * 
Romanifts. 

WHerc you «dd, ThKt you fhuftdth^CO" 
fholicki had far p-eaUr And better 
"^Armes (f e^Mettt fFittfefis than the Trdtef* 
tantSy k tnight perhaps feeiA fo to you, as 
yoilr mind was prepared, when you had met 
Hvith foch Ctiotimg Miifter-Mafters as the Ro*- 
moifMs are : Who fometimes Itfitig into thi 
Fkid to make tfedir number feem more, aftet 
the old ftratagem <X War, A fott of Pages and 
t-Acfcies> UttWorthy to hold Any tank in thfc 
HoftofGod, under the names of the Fal;hers. 
Sontietinies to conilmi theit paif, give out i. 
Voice confidently, that all the Forces which 
they f6« alo<rf in the Field ate on thfeir fide, 
whereas when it comes to the Battle, they fcall 
find that they wltt turn their Arms agairift 
them. Sometimes they change the Quarrel it 
fetf ; in whidi cafe how eafy is it to bring Ar* 
hiies, as you %> into the Fidid, to fight k* 
gakift No4>ody andcvident Witneffes,toprove 
that Which no Man defiifes ? For the purpofe, 
that the BiHhop QiRmi hath h^ad a primacy of 
Honour and Ailthoirhy ; when is the queftioit 
fs about a Moiiarchy, andirtfalliMe Judgment^ 
ah uricohttoulable JuriiHi^on. Herein if yoa 
pleafe, fee how Bellaririipe alledges the Fa« 
thers, ^reek and Latiity in the 15 and ilf 
Chapters of his Firft Book, defitmmd Tonti* 
j^fj Spfor|>roofofi^9 TWty of Ghrift'sBoi 

dy 



I^ft t^Gafks of ctrtmn Le t'VIrsI^ 

dy and Blood in the Lord's Supper, he Ipend? 
a whole Book- only in citing the Teftimoniesj 
of ^tl>e Fathers.. To what piirpoie ? When 
the queftion is not of the truth of the Prefence, 
but of the manner \ whether it be to the Teeth 
and Belly, or Soul and Faith of the Receiver. 
Sometimes they will bear down the unexpert 
Soldier their Reader, that he fees the, Fathers 
iight for them 5 a? Tighm ^nd Belhrmine 
come in often with their Vides in the end ^nd 
;applicati<Hi of a Teftimgpy. Whereby it comes 
to pals that the Scholar, if he be of a pliably 
difpofition, or loth to be counted dimTfigbted, 
yields himfclf tp hi? Teacher, and fcfs in th^ 
Fathers that yvhich they never dreamed of; 
But furely, Sir, had you given,. that honour 
to the holy Scriptures, which of the Jews vf^B 
given to tnem, and pur Lofd Jefus Chrift al* 
lows it in them ; and then emplpyed as much 
travel ip the fearching and loo|ting into them^ 
as you profefs to have done in thej^eru/mgthei 
Councils and Fathers^ perhaps God had open-r 
jcd your Eyes, as thofc oi Elifoa his Servant, 
to have leen, that th^re are more on our fide 
than againft us^ Horfcs indeed ^nd Chanots 
of Fire, able to put to flight and fcatter never 
ib great, Armies of human Authorities and O-r 
pinions., But this pjiaca of the Sc?iptuf cs |iatl^ 
noplace amongft all your Motives. . 
\ As touching diat y^hichyou fay of the Cen-^ 
turijis ojtfn cenpirmg and rejeB'mg the fl^m 
^efimon'ies oftl^e Ancients, It is true, that in 
the title De D0ri»ay they note apart. The 
M^gulanand jkiiC(^nm¥^9Hi Q^m:^x thStffJ^^ 



Th CQpes of ciriatn L e ? ^itili 341 
ikkdnd Errors of the Do0ors. -. Whcreiii r0 
tdll you my fancy, if they commit any faulty 
St is, That they arc too rigid arjd ftri^ 
Tcferring irito this Catalogue, e¥ery impropejr 
and exccfiive Speech, A^hich being fevered frowi 
the reft of the difcourfe, may often feem abr 
iiird : As it may '^Hb feem ftrange thjit our Sa- 
.viour Ihould teach a Man to b^te his Father 
and Mother^ otfuU out his Myes^ oigme him 
his Cloak that hath bereaved him of his Coai^ 
Whereas theie ^nd the like have in the place 
,wbere they ftand, admirable force and grace^ 
l>eing taken with an equal and commodious 
interpretation. But jt is a$. clear as the Nooq 
flay, that lUndry fuch errors and Angular Opi^ 
nions there be in. the Fathers, as canpQt be ju£- 
4:iiied. They fpeak not always to your own 
tnind^, not only p-ima facicj and in found of 
Wbrdsy but being never ^ well examined and 
ialved, Witnefs Sixtus Senenjls in the fifth 
and fixth Books of hi$ Bibliotheca. Witnefs 
'^amelius Medina (though blamed for confel^ 
iing fo. mu9h by £ellarmine'j)yc2iyfitnc{s£eU 
larmine himfelf. Wherefore if the bare Aur 
thority of the Father3 muft bind us, undergo 
the iame Law ye give; if ^s,yo\xx Belgii^i^ 
Index confeffeth, you bear in them with many 
errors^ extenuate them^ ex(uJethm^ by devtj^ 
tKgfome, fbift^ often deny therHy and give thent 
a commodious jenfe^ when they are (^ofedi^ 
DiJputationSy give the liberty ye take. Or if 
(as we think) thefc be baf^ cpurfes and upbe- 
feeming the ingenuity of true Chriftian mind?, 
acknowledge., this honour a?, proper to the 
. ..* Scrip- 



$50 fbiCtfk^i^ eiirtahi t^ttiViLj: 

Scriptures^ to be Without cotitroTcrfyrocety^ 
examine by the tmetotichftptiecif Diirine. Au* 
thority aM human Writii^s^ how holy lAcyer 
dieir Author have been< Tiry all things, aa 
«he Apoftk commands, hold faft that which 
is good. 

* Your inftance inD/MMis his Commentaries^ 
fufer Di Aig. Ekchiridim adLauremhitnj waa 
not all the beft choien. For neither ^th St* 
Auguftine in that Book treating profefledly of 
Purgatory, avouch it plainly, or yet obfirure--^ 
ly. Nor doth Z>/Mirirjrejed his Opmioa with 
tlioie Words, E&c eff navus Angajtim^ or the 
like. The Heads of S. JugiiJiine'&T>ifco\u& 
arethefe. I. l%a$ whereas fame thw^ that 
fuch as are baptized and Mid the Faith ef 
ChriBy th&u^ they Hwanddk never fo wick^ 
edlyy JbaU befuved^ and^ijhed with a kf^ 
hut not eternal frey he thinks them to he decet^ 
^jedy out efa certain human ftty ; Jor this O^ 
fimon is flatly contrary to other Scriptures. II. 
He interprets the place ofS. Paul, touching the 
frying of every Man's Work byfirey of the fre 
ef tribulationy through which as well he that 
builds Gold and Sihery that isy minds the things 
vfGody as he that builds Hay and Stubbloy that 
iSy too much Pfinds the things of this lifey muFf 
fafs. Ill- Hefdfithy that it is not incredible^ 
thatjbme fuch thing is done aften this kfe alfo j 
amd whether itbefi or not y may be enquired of 
IV. But whether it be found qr noy thatfome 
fakhfulfeofky according as they ha^e more or 
lefs^ loved thefe ferifh'mg things y are later ot 
Jooner farmed )y^ not fuch as ef whim it isfaidy 

that 



JJ&> C^kt uf eirtam % t t.x e us. 55! 
that theyjtati n§i fofefs the Kingim ofGod^ 
mlefs refenfmgas they mighty they obtain for^ 
givenefs:, as far the Puffofey be fruaful in 
.jUms ; which yet will wt ferve to furcbafi 
^ licence to commit ^n. V. 'Hiat the daily and 
lighter Jinsy without which woare never in this 
lifey are blotted out by theLori sprayer. And fo 
the greater aUo^ if a Man leaw them^ and for-- 
give others his enemies ; which is a worthy 
kind of Alms : But the beH of alt is afinner's 
^menSng of his life. Lo how plainly 8. Aii^ 
gufline avouchcth Purgatoiy, erf which he 
doubts whether any Ikch thing can be iomA 
or no : Expounds that Scripture that feems 
tnoft ftrcKig ibr k, all otherwife, and fi> as it 
cannot- agree thereunto. If it he found, is fore 
it will not ferve for greater fins. And for lef- 
ierdefefts, yea the greateft, fiiews another a 
lurer Remedy, which in truth makes Pur- 
gatory fiiperfluous. In this Dodrine, Dana^ 
us is fo fer from oontroling 8. Augujiiney that 
he applauds him ; and faith, That declaring 
his own Opipion ofTurgatory^ he proHouncetb 
plainly y that the whole defining -^ this matter 
is uncertaiuy doubtful and rap j which fince 
that Augu^ne wrote being now an old MaUy 
certainly it cann&t be doubted but that he did 
altogether reje^Turgatory : Tea and he foews 
this fire it felf to be unfr^ahle. Thus Z)^ 
Udms there. But the cenfure that was in your 
mind, I believe, is that upon another paflage 
of S. Auguftine in the fame Book, where he 
treats, whether the Souls of the Dead are eafed 
by the Tiety of their Friends that an Vmng. 

And 



And thus he determines it. That when the Sa^ 
orifices either of the jUtar^ or of whatfoever 
Mms are offered for all fuch as are deceafed 
after Baftifm^ for fuch as are very good fo^ky 
they are thankfgivings ; for fuch as are not 
n)ery evily they are Propitiations: For thofe 
that are very evily though they be no helps to thf 
Jbeady yet they are ConfolationSy fuch as they 
hty to the Living. And to fuch as they are ^rofi- 
tdkeuntOy it is either that they may havefuU 
ffmifftony or that their very damnati^ may 
he more tolerable. Upon this Chapter thus 
faith Danausi Hoc totum capa continet Mtu- 
efiKcy'utv 'Auguftiniy^ixA after he adds, Itaquehic 
fcenuWi ^ ^ifulam adifUat vir pus ^ magnus. 
BntyoUy ye fay, had rather follow S. AuguC- 
tine'j Opnion than his Cenfurei Perhaps, as 
one faith, rather err with Plato, than hold 
the truth with others. If that be your relb- 
.lution, what ftiould we ufe any more words ? 
Bclierc then if you pleafe, that the Comme- 
moration of ChrilFs Sacrifice in the Lord's Sup- 
pqr, or the oblations of the faithful, arc to be 
made for all that deceafe after Bapifmy in 
the attempting of whatfoever (in they die, yea 
fuppoie in final impenitence of any deadly 
crime. ThdX. fuch as be damned may tberefy 
have their damnation made more tolerable. Be- 
lieve that without any impropriety of Speech, 
the fame form of Words may be a thankfgiv- 
ing for one, and an appeafing of God's wrath 
for another. Believe alfo (if you can believe 
what you will) that S. Tecla delivered the Soul 
o{ FaUonilla out of Hell, and S. Gregory the 
^ * * iSoul 



m Capief of certdm £ t t t e r^^: 35^ 

Soul of Trajan^ and that a$ may feeni feymg? 
Maf$ for him, fithl he was Ibrbidded thence^ 
forth to offer atty HoStfalr any micke'd \Mani> 
Belie vp thuiMacarius continualty prayiiig for 
the I>ead^ and very defirous to know whto- 
thw his Prayers did'them any good, had anJ. 
JWer by^ miracle from the fdill of a dead Maw 
an iitolatcri that by chancte was tumWed in^ 
the way. .Macarias, 'ui/hen thou ofereB^^ 
Prayers for the Dead; wefeelfome eafefw the 
time^ Believe that onEaJferEyca all the danfn^^ 
ediSfifits in Bell keef^ Holy^day^ and are free^ 
from their toirments. St. Augi^flinej ftffch is his 
mbdefty, will give you leave to belrere this,* 
as well asf Piirgatory^if y6u pleafe, as he is^ 
not unwilling to give as large fcope to other 
Mfcns Opinions as may be, {o they reverfe hot' 
the plain and certain grounds of Holy Scrip- 1 
ture. In all: theft you may if you pleafe fdl- 
lew Authors alfo; as S. Damafieney^aladi-^ 
usy TrudentiuSj Stgehrty arid others. But give 
the fame liberty to others tliat ye take. Gtom- 
pel no Man to follow your Opinion, if he had • 
rather follow Z)^«/^iir/s reafons^ For my felf, ' 
I'Wtmldfoqner with S.Jt^ufiinehimfelfyVfhok^ 
words touching S. CyfriaHy Danaus here bor- 
rowed, confefs this to be, novum canSdij^^ 
mi f efforts coofer'tum ubere Charitatis^ than be 
bound to juftify his conceit touching the com- 
memoration of the Dead in the Lord'sSuppen 
And as he faith bfS. CVfr/^«, lb would I add, • 
Ego hti^ lihri Juthorttate nm teneor , quia 
liter as Jugu^tni nan ut Canonic as habeo^ fed 
eas ex Canonicis con/idero j ^ quod in its drvt- 

B b . namm 



J.54 rV 0/::ftf §f€ertjim L i T t iH si* • 

UTHV Scrrfrxrarmm mtthnitati cmtgrmt cum 
UstOL ^\ •u'c\^:^^ f M^ 9#3i casgrmit cm» face 
riL:^ rfj^A- VVhi^ words 1 do the rather 
]kc cc^rw that ibcT may be LKtber*s juftifi- 
G£i^::a alio a^2c;& ^ F. ^arfomsy who thinks 
-Le rarh Ibd f:>r« to hischaige, wl»i he cites 

0» L'jmcis 15^1. wheieheiaithy /nr t£?^j (y-* 
« #^ rse Jxrti^tr tfm^ Father y though never 
^ i/y', r iv s^Tcfre «5?r a^efy:ed by the Juilg^ 
MOSi' c^^ S^fT^.Mre. Surdy this is not /^. ^^ 
sn xx^ $Ljs::e9rt^ as he calls it» or as you, to 
•Mz^iz^ the Fiihcis^ to account them fulled 
r:> h-3:ia inirroitics^ which thcmlelyes ac- 
kro«kv%c B^t the contiary is to i0a^ 
^l^iims^ tse T'iiSCy to krek to fore^aclge it 
vni thdr niiicikings^ which needs not £> 
s^ch is iccuire their tciiimoniesL 

- I v^iil !Cf bear to multiply words about that, 
««rr«r /Of fr^ ::mM:es ef jfmiqmty 'ivhiib fa^ 
%yfxr rfe 'Frtre.i.r^s ie many or few : whe- 
ther thor do kuWii ji^ or OBlyJeem^frhmafa^. 
€ie\ \klMhcttl\yi^'s,refed^ortotbtfwf^^y 
whether ail this maynot by jufter reaibn be af^ 
£nsed of the p90ages cited by the Romanics 
out of Antiquity, letting afide matters of cc- 
remocy and gOTemment (which your £lf con-- 
£d^ by and by may be divers, without im- 
•peachls^ unity in Faith) and cf'miomsy ever to 
be liibjcdcd to the trial of Scriptures, by thcit 
ouTi ^ee content and deGre. Judge by an in* 
llance or two, diat this matter may not be a 
mccr skimiilh of gqaeralities. TertuUioM in 

his 



The Copies of certain Letters. 355' 

his latter times, whether as S. Hierome writes 
through the ehvjr and reproach of the Roman 
Clergy^, or out of the too much admiring 
chaftity and fafting, became a Mont ant fl^ and 
wrote a Book Vie Tudicitia:, blaming the r^- 
conciling of Adulterers and Fornicators. In' 
the very entrance almoft thereof, he hath 
thefe words. Audio etiam edi^um ejfe frop^ 
f turn J ^quidem feremporium. Tontifex fed. 
Maxtmus Epfco^us Efifco^orum dicit^ Ego^ 
tncechia SJ fornicattonis deliBa fosnitentia 
funBis dimitto. Tamelius in his note lipon 
this place, writes thus, Bene hahety ^ anno- 
tatu dignum quod etiam jam in hareji conftitu^ 
tusy t£ adwrfus Ecclejiam fcribensy Tontifaem 
Ronianum Epfcopm Eftfcoprum nuncupt j 
GJ ifj^fra Cap i^. ionum pjioremy S5 benedic- 
tumTafamy fS Cdf.Q,i. Jpoftolicum. Thus ' 
fPamelius'j and prdently lanches forth into 
the privileges of the Sec o^Romey and brings 
a number of teftimonies for that forgery of 
Conftantine's donation. The like note he hath 
in the life oi TertuUiany where he maketh the 
Pope thus let forth the former Edid to have 
bfccn Zefhyrinufs j qnemy faith he, Tontifi-- 
cem ^Maximum etiam- jam. hareticus Epfcopm 
Eftfcoprurn apellat. Baronius alfo makes 
nt> Imall account of this place, and faith, Thi 
title of the Top is here to be noted. And in- 
deed, ^niw^^ facie (as you lay) they have 
reafon. But he that ftiall well examine the 
whole web oi H^rtuUidn's difcourfe,' fhall find 
that he Ipcaks by a moft bitter and fcornful 
Irony y as Elias doth ofBaaly when he faith, 

Bb a he 



35<J The Copes of certain L e t x £ i s^ 

he faith, he is a God. The word fcilicet might 
have taught them thus much. Yea, the title 
Tontifes Maxtmus^ which in thof? days, and 
ahnoft two Ages after, was a Pagan term, ne- 
ver attributed to a Chriftian Bilhcp, firft laid 
down by Gratidn the Emperor, as Baronius 
alfo notes, in the year of our Lor4 383. bc- 
caufe it favoured of Heathenifli fuperftition, 
though it had been, as a title of Royalty uled 
by the former. Chriftian Emperors, till that 
time. This title, I lay, might have made them 
perceive Tertullian's meaning ; unlcfi the im- 
moderate defire of exalting the Papacy did fo 
blind tlieir eyes, that feeing, they faw^ and yet 
perceived not. In the fame cljarafter, though . 
with more, mildnefs and moderation, is the 
fame title for the othqr part of it, uied by S* 
Cyfrian^ in his Vote in the Council oi Car^ 
thagel Neque n. qmfyuam noftrum fe ej[e^^ 
fifcoj^um Epifcojporum confiituit^ ant tyrannico 
t err ore ad bbfequendi necejffitatem Collegasfms 
adigit. Beltarmine faith, he ffe^aks here of\ 
t^ofe Bijhops that were in the Coutifil ^Car- 
thage ; and that the Bijhof of Rome is not 
included in that fentencey who is indeed Bijbop 
of Bipojps.'Wh^it I znd dothhetyrannoully in- 
force his Colleagues to obedience alio ? For 
itisplain that Q^m^ joins thefe together,the 
one as the preliimptuous. title, the other as the 
injurious aft anfwering thereto, which he calls 
plain tyranny. And as plain it is out of jRriwi- 
lianus's Epiftle, which I vouched before, that 
StephanusBiiho^ of Rofne^ heard ill for his ar- 
rogancy and prefuming upon the place of his 

J5i- 



fhe Copes if certain Letters- 357 
,Bi(hoprick, Teter's Chair, to fever himfelf 
fiom {o many Chur<ihes, and break the bond of 
peace,now with the Churches of the Eafi in A^ 
Jtaj now of the South in AfricL And he was in 
as ill conceit with Cyfrian for his breaking 
good order, and communicating with Bafdt-- 
des and Martialis juftly deprived in Sj^ain ; 
as S^ Cyprian was with him, when he ftiled 
him, afalfe ChrOij and afalfe Jpjlle^ But 
that holy Martyr was of a more patient and 
calm fpirit, than to be moved with fuch re- 
proaches ; nay, he took occafion, as it fliould 
ieem, thereby to write ofj^atience. From this 
inildnels it was, that he fo plofely taxed the 
prefumption of him, that made himfelf Bifhop 
of Bifliops, and by terror (which what it was, . 
WirmiLianus^ Epiftle (hews, threatning Ex- 
communication) would compel his Colleagues 
to his own opinion. None ofus^ faith he, doth 
thus. As the K^M^:^we f reach not ourfelves \ 
we commend not our jfelves ; we are not as ma-- 
nyy that adulterate the Word of God, &c, Eel^ 
larmtne takes the firil kindly. No marvel^ * 
r iaith he, for this is the ^iihoi^oi Rome's due. 
But they go together, he muft be content to 
take both, or leave both. 

Such another place there is in S. Augufiiney 
lEpft^ 86, the words are, Tetrus etiam inquit. 
jifofiolorum Cafut, coeli janitor, ^ Ecctejl^ 
fundamentum. Where in the margin the Di- 
vines of Lov^ine, the overfeers of Tlantine's 
edition, fet this note, Tetrus Eccleji^ funda^ 
tnmtum. . Why might they not ? The words 
ye Will fay of the Text. Biit thcfc words of 

- '. ' Bb 3 ' thq 



jjS The Coftes &f certain L E;r t e »rs. 
the Text be not S. Auguftine's^ whofe Opini- 
on is well enough known, That it is ChriH 
confeffed by Peter, that is the foundation of the 
Church i but they are the words of an indif- 
creet railer,* of the City of Rome, againft 
\vhom S.Augufltne in all ttiatEpiftle moft ve- 
liemcntly enveighs. This arrogant Author 
endeavours fo to defend the Roman cuftcpi of 
fading on the Saturday, as he reproaches all 
other Churches that ufed otherwife. And that 
we may fee with what fpirit he was led, he 
brings the lame Text that is brought in Pope 
SiriciuSy and Innocentius's Ej)iftles, againft the 
marriage of Clergymen, quiincarne funt Deo 
flacere non fojftmt^ and many other Scriptures 
wrefted, and far from the purpofe; at laft 
comes the Authority of Teter^ and his tradi- 
tion very Pope-like alledged, Teterj he laith, 
the head of the A^ofiles^ forter of H^an:en^an4 
foundation of the Churchy having overcome Si- 
mon the forcer er^ v:ho was a figure of the De^ 
vil, not to he overcome but by faffing^ thus 
taught the Romans, whofe faith is famous in 
the whole world. I remit you to S. Augufiine'^ 
anfwer to this tradition. This I note, that 
where your Cenfors do ri^ze out of the mar- 
gins of former editions, fuch jiotes as do ex- 
press the very opinions of the Ancients, and in 
their own words, here they can allow anjl au- 
thorize fuch marginal Notes, as are dire£Uy 
contrary to their meaning, yea which are 
earneftly oppugned by them , when they 
feem to make for the Authority of the Pope. 
Good Sir, examine well thi« dealing, and. 



The Copes of certain L e me r s. 359' 
joidge if this be not. wrfcfting^the Fathers, and 
japplyir^ them clean from their purpole 
t In fine, ydu found your felf you fay j m- 
dently convinced. Perfwaded, 1 believe, ra- 
ther than convinced. Elfe if the force and c- 
vidence of the Arguments, and not the plia- 
, blenefs of your mind were the caufe of your 
yielding, methinks^ they Ihould work like et- 
fed in others,no lefs ferioufly feeking for truth, 
,and fctting all worldly refpeds afide, eameft- 
ly minding their own lalvation, than your 
fcJf Which 1 well know they do not, nei^ 
ther thole which hitherto have been examined, 
.nor thole which yet remain to be confidered 
in the reward. 



CHAP. VIIL 

Of the Invtfibility of the Churchy faidto be an 
evajion ofTroteJlants, 

THE firft whereof is, the dijlikf of thd 
Totejiants evaJion^ as you call it^ by the 
invtfibility of their Church. Give me leave 
here to tell you plainly, you fcem to me not 
to undetftand the Proteft^nts dodrine in this 
point. Elfe ye would have Ipared all that, 
7he Catholick Church muft ever be vifible^ as a 
City fet on a hilly otherwifehow Jhouldpe teach 
her children^ cowvert ^aganSy diffettfe Sacra- 
fnents^ All this is yielded with both hands. 
The Congregations of which the Catholick 
Church doth confift are vifible. But the pro^ 
<fti\k made to this Church, ofviEiory againfl 

B b 4 the 



^6o The Copies of certahla e t t t us. 

the gates ofHell^ihttiiics^ oftheboufetffGoJj 
the hafe and f Man ofTrufhy (an aUufion, asl 
.take it^ to the baies and pillars that held up 
^the veil or cortaim in the Tabernacle) tbe Bar 
dy ofCbrifiy his Dave^ his undefiledj are not vo- 
lifted of this Church in the whole vifihle bulk 
of it, but in thqfe that are caUed acoording to 
.God's purpolp, giveotoChrift, and kept by 
him to be railed up to life at jthe laft day. This 
.dodrine is Saint Augufi'm^'s in many places^ 
\vhich it would be too. tedious to fet down at 
large. In his third book, De doBrina Cbrif- 
tianay among the Ruks of TychMUis^ there is 
one which he cQrreds a little for the terms, 
De Domni cor fore hifartito\ which he faith 
ought not to have been called fo, for in truth 
that is not the Lord^s body\ which Jball not be 
with him for ever^ hift be fjpould baroe faid of 
the Lord's true body and mixt^ or true an4 
Jeignedy or fome fuch thif^. Becaufe not onUf 
for ever^ but even now^ hypocrites are not to be 
faidto4(e with himy though they feem to be in 
his Church. Confider thoie re^mblances tak- 
en out of the holy Scripture, wherein that 
godly Father is frequents ofchafi and wheat in 
the Ijfrd^s floor y of good and bad fifbes in the 
nety of ffots and light^ in^ the Moon. Of the 
Church carnal and Jpir if uOify ofthf wickeim^l- 
fitudes of the Churchy yet not to be (fccounted ip 
the Church. Of the LH^, and th(. Thorns }, 
ihofe that are marked which mourn for the fins 
of God*s po^le^ and the reft whkhf,er,%fh^ which 
'^et bear his Sacraments. Confider. the lafl 
Ster of the book, De Unitate BffWkf^ 

and 



2l&e Coftes of e^ftam Letters* 3^1 

and that lar^c Treafife which be hath of diat 

.mAXX&r^ Epift. 48. The place is long, which 

^t^rves to be read, for the objedion of the 

Univerlality of Arianifm (like to that of Pa- 

pifm in thefe laft ages) which Saint Jt^up' 

tinejatfCwexs in the fifth book, De BapttffHo 

cjomtra Donatifias cap. 2 7. That nmnber of the 

jnft^'vuho are caUed according to Gods pirpofe^ 

of whom it is faidy The Lord J^noweth who are 

kisj is the indofed Garden^ the fealed fountain 

the well of Irving watersy the orchard with 

•JpfhSy ^. The like be hath. /. 5. €. 3. Q^ 

5,3. he concludes, that becaufe fuch are buHt 

i^w the Rocky as hear the xtyord of God and do 

fty and the reft upon the fand: now the Church 

is built upon the Rocky all therefore that hear 

the wordofGodanddo it noty are out offuef- 

tion without theChurch. In the feventh bobfc, 

faf. 51. ^ibus omnibus confideratis. 

R€ad and mark the whole Chapter. Out of 
thefe and many more like places, which I for- 
bear to mention^ it appears, that albeit the 
true Catholick Church is foch as cannot be 
hid, yet coniidering that it confifts of twoicM^ 
of people, the one, which is the greater part; 
who do not indeed properly belong to it : the 
ether, the fewer j truly and properly fo caB^ 
cd, to whom all the glorious things fpokeh df 
the Church do agree. * The face therefore 
of the niixt Church may be over-run with 
fcandals, as in all times almoft. The greateft 
number may ibmetime be Idolaters, as in the 
Kingdom of Jfrael under AchaL The prin-r 

cipalcft 

f D€Ufii$a$eEccLc,24.Everratf.inPfal. lo^.Conc.i, 



^!x The Copies ofi^rtam Le t te r s. 

etpaleft m authority may be falfe teachers, as 
the Priefts and Prophets in Jeremys time: 
tiie fons of peftilence may fit in Mofis thair^ 
as they did in Chrift's time. Yet ftill the 
CUurch is the ground and pUar of truth in 
the BkB .• Iffa eit fr^deftinatyn columna & 
prmamentum veritatts. The Sheep hear not 
Seducers^ Joh. lo, 8. to vntj finally and m 
any damnable foint. Thus was it before 
Chrift, thusfince, thus in the Church o{ E»g^ 
landy before, yea, ^nd fince it was reformed. 
Thus in that of /?p«/^it felf at this day. There 
i3 a diftiniSlion oiTbotnaSy of thofo that be. in 
the Church, which rightly interpreted agi^ees 
fully herewith. There are fome, De Ecclejuf 
numero tantum. Some, nutnera ^ merito, Tlie 
former arc fiich as have onjy Jidem inf^rmemy 
the \zxxtt format am. No,w though the per- 
ions of fuich, as be in the Church be.vifiblc, 
yet the Faith and Charity of Men we fee 
not, and to argue from the PniWleg^ of the 
Church, numero ^ merito^ to the Church,#i»* 
mero tantum^ is a perpetual, but a palpable 
faralogifm of the Romifi Faction : which ia 
grofler yet, when they argue to the Church 
refrefentatroe \ and groffeft of all, \vhen one 
Man is made the Churchy and he (as theiON 
fel?es grant may fall out) a- Devil incarnate*. 



CHAP- 



TheCoftes of certain Letters. 3^3 

, C H A P. IX. 

(Of lack of Uniformity in mattters ofFaithyin 
all Jges and T laces. 

AN D this {elF (ame Taralogifm you were 
beguiled with, in the next point of Unp- 
' prmity and Concord in matters of Faith. 
.The true^ Churchy ye fay^ ever holds fuch Uni-^ 
fprmity. It is utterly falfe in the vi/ible and 
Mtxt Churchy both before Chrift and fince. It 
.is falfe in the Church of Rome \t£€iS*y whofe 
new^coined Faithy patched to the Greed, by 
'^tus the Fourth, came in piece^meal out of 
^ivate Opinions and corrupt ufages, nor ever 
was in any Age uniformly holden, or taught 
as matter of Faith, even in it, as it is at this 
.day. So by your own Difcourfe it fliould be 
no tme Church. And tsikmgmatters of Faith^ 
fo largely as it feems you do, in oppofition to 
fuch things as be Ceremonies or of Government ; 
it is untrue alfo of the Church of the Eie£ty or 
j^ro^rfy fo called. For though the Faith in 
the Trincifles thereof be ever the iame, yet 
many Conclujions of Faith have fbmetimes 
lain unle&rched out, and like fome parts of 
the World unknown, till by the induftry of 
God's Servants, occafioned alfo by the impor- 
tunity and oppc^tion of Hereticks, they were 
difoovered. Sundry common errors alfo thdrc 
have been, which in fucceeding Ages have 
been cleared and reformed : As, the Chilidfis : 
That Jb^g^ls ha^f; Bodies : That Children af^ 

ter 



3^4 T^ Caries cf certain Letters. 

ter they be bapized are to be communicated : 
T\izt heretic ks are to be r'ebafti zed. 

To the Aflkroption. Firil, The Protef- 
tarits challenge not to themfelves any Church 
as their own \ which I miift advertife you of 
here, becaufc fonnerly alio yoii do ufe this 
Phrafc ; The Church is Chrift'^s both the vi- 
fible and invifible. Next, taking matters of 
-Faith for foundations^ or Articles of Faith ne^ 
€effary to Salvation^ the Church of Chrift hath 
in aU Ages had Uniform Concord with the 
Proteftahts at this day infuch matters^ as ap^ 
pearedi by die Common Rule of Faith the 
Greed ; and ib hath alfo the Church under 
the Pope's tyranny, As to the Trent Additi^ 
pns they are foreign to the Faitli, as neither 
Principles nor Conclufions thereof: Neither 
can your felves (hew uniform confent and con^ 
pord in them (znd namely, in the ii of them) 
io any one. Age, efpeciaDy as matters ofSal^ 
i^ationy as now they are canonized. How much 
1^ can ye fliew it in all bther conclufions of 
Faith y whereabout there bare betri among 
yon, as are now among us, and ever will be 
diti^enc^ of Opinions, without any prejudice 
for all that unto the unity of the Faith of the 
Chureb, and title to the name of it« As fer 
W^^i^y f^nSy arid the reft, if they have any 
<^liieai bom^^ record to the iVuth, and relift^ 
cd any innovation of corrupt Teachejfs in their 
times, even to Bk>pd, they are jxiftly t6 be? 
termed Martyrs^ yea albeit they faw not all 
€x>iTapt]Qns,bQt infome were then^felKescanied 
away with the ftroam of error, Elfe,if becaufc 

they 



The C0fies of cerfainJ^ir riKs. 3^5 
the y erred in. Ibmc things^ Acy be no ALuf'^^ 
tyrs^ or bccaufe we diflcnt from then) in Ibme; 
things, we are not of the; fem? Church,, both 
yoQ and we muft quit all, claim to 6. Cyfrian^ 
jfuftin Martyr^ and many more whom we. 
count J our Anei^nts^ and Eredeceffors, and be- 
reave them *Ub of ; the honour of Martyrdom^, 
which fb long they have enjoyed ; You fee, I 
hope, <>y this time, the weaknefi of ypur 
Arg^iment* : 



C HAP. X. 

' » '■■*■.. , ^ 

Of the Original of Reformatim in Luther, 
Calvin; Scotland, England, ^c. 

IN your next Motive taken /rtf«^ the Origin 
nal of RtformatiaHi before I cpme to an-, 
Iwer your. Argument ftiortly couch'd in form,^ 
I muft endeavour to reform your judgment in 
iundry points of ^tory, wherein partly you,, 
are mifled and at)uled by "Parfof^ znd others 
of that Spirit, partly you have nufkiaken Ibme- 
particulars, and out of a falfe imaginatioQ 
framed a like difcourfe. Firft for Luther^ it 
was not his rancor againfi the Dominicans ^ 
that ilirred him up againft the Pope, but the 
ihameful merchandize of Indulgences, let to, 
iak in Germany y to the advantage of Mag^ 
Jakn^ fifter to Pope 7>^ the Tenth. Believe 
herein if not^ Skiiiany y€tGuicciar£ne I. i^. 
And of all that mention thole Affairs, it is 
acknowledged, that at the firft, and for a good 

time 



^66 The Gofifi of certain Letter s. 

time he (hewed all obedience, and reverence to' 
the Pope. The new Hijioryof the CauncU of 
Trent, written by an Jr^/r^ir, a Subjed and* 
part of the Church of Rome ^ as fhoiild appear 
by the Epiftle Dedicatory of the ^e'oerendand 
Learned Archbijhof ^Spalato, prefixed to his 
Majefty , fpeakcth thus of the matter, ^ejfo 
Jiede occafioney &c. This gave occajwn to Mar- 
tin, toPafsfrom Indulgences to the j^uthortty 
,ofthe ^ofe^ which being by others proclaimed 
for the highest in the Churchy by him was made 
jiibjeSf to a General Council lawfully celebrat- 
ed. Whereof he faid that there was need in 
that inftantj and urgent necejfity. And as the 
l^atofdifputation continued^ ^ how much the 
more the Safe's power was by others exalted^ 
fo much the more was it by him abafedy yet fo. 
as Martin corttained fnmfelf within the terms 
(^ fpeakingmodeflly of the f erf on of J^tOy and 
faving fometimes bis judgment. * Again, af-- 
ter his departure from the pre fence of Cardinal 
Cajetan, . at Augufta, he faith, he wrote a 
Letter to the Cardinal^ ^^^feff^^g that he had 
been too(Whementy andexcujfing himfelf by the 
importunity of the Tar doners^ and ofthofe that 
had written aga'mfi himy fromifing to uje more 
modefly in time to comey to fatisfy the T^pe-y and 
not tofjpeak any more of IndulgenceSy provided 
that his adverfaries would do the like.- This 
was Luther's manner at the firft, till the Bull 
of Pope Leo came out, dated the ninth of i\&- 
Vember 151 8. IVhereinhe declared the validi^ 
ty oflndulgencesy and that he as Peter'j Suc^ 



The C(^es ofceriain L e t t :e ,i s. 367 
ceffor and ChrtSfs^ Vicdr had j^ower U grant 
them for the quick and dead\ that this is the 
Do5irine of the Church of Komc^ the Mother 
and Miftrefs of all CbriJfianSy and ought to 6e^ 
received of all that would be in the Communion 
of the church. . From this time *farward Uh^ 
ther began to change his ftile, f And (faith' 
he) as before he had for the moSi fart refern)^. 
edtheTerfon, and Judgment of the ^ofe^ f<^ ^f" 
ter this Bull herefohedto refufe itj and there'- 
i^on put forth anJiffeal to the Council^ &c/ 
You fee then how fubmiffively Luther at firfl 
carried hiihfelf. But extream tyranny oyer-* 
comes often a well prepared patience. 
- Touching his caujing Rebellion alfo o^ainB 
theEmferory ye are niif-informed: His advice- 
was asked about the Affociation of the Peo- 
teftants of Smakaldy he laid plainly, * He- 
qould not fee how it could be lawful, further 
than for their pwn defence. Joh. Bodin^ in 
l)is fecond Book de Refub. cap. 5. bath thefe 
Wotds. IVe read alfo that the Troteftant Trin^ 
ces of Almain before they took Arms.againfi the 
Emperor y demanded 1?/ Martin Luther, i/^i/ . 
were lawful. He anjwered freely that it was . 
not lawful^ whatfoever tyranny^ or impiety 
were pretended. He was not belie^jed *jjd the 
end thereof was miferabley and drew after it 
the ruin of great and illuftrious Houfes ofGtx^. 
many. As for the war in Germany, it bqgan . 
not till after Luther' % Death, neither was it a 
Rebellion of the Pro.teftants j. the truth ij, 
they flood for their Lives. The Emperor, 

with 

t Pages. . ^ Skidan.l%. 



^^8 theCofdes if certain TLirttkii 
With the hdp of the Pop€?s both Money, and 
Arms, intended to root them out ; andaltho' 
at the^firft the Emperor did hot avow his raifr 
ing Atmsv againft them to be for Religion^ yet 
theEopoiQ' his Jubilee publiiUed upon this 
occafioo, didnotileit to declare to the W6rld> 
that bimfilfandCsXzx had cokehdeda League 
U. reduce the Hereticks iy forte efAmts to the 
obedience of the Churchy and therefore all Jbould 
fray for the Qoodfuccefs of the War. 
. That Xitfler ever reviled the Emperor jl did 
never till now hear or read,and th«efcMre would 
defire to know what Authors you have for it^ 
Touching odier, Princes, namely, ILiti^ Henry 
the. B^th, I will not defend hkn, who con- 
demned himielf thbreof. It is true' that he 
was a Man of a bold and high flomacfa, and 
fpecially fitted thereby through the Provi- 
dence of God, to work upon the heavy and 
dull'difpo(iti(xiofthe ^i^^/nj, and in foge-^ 
ncral a Lethargy y as the World then was in^ 
he carried himfelf (as fell out fometimes) very 
boifteroufly. But Jrrogancy^ Schifm^ RebeU 
lioHy 1 was as far from^ him^^ as the mtentioa it 
felf to flant a Church. 

As to his Vow^breaking laftly, if that Vow 
were fooliflily made and finfolly kept, it was 
juftly broken : Perhaps alfo charitably, if he 
would by his own example reform fuch, as 
lived in Whoredom, and other Uncleannels, 
and induce them to ufe the Remedy that God 
hath appointed- for tlie avoiding of them, to 
wit, honourable Marriage. All this .matter 
touching Luthery unlefs I be deceived, you 

hayc 



p)e Cities of cer/a^. L i T, ti Kff i6^ 

i}«7c taken from Mr. H^4ing^ th»t jit l^aft 

I touching his rancor againSt the J)om^\)k^n^ 

^ for it is his very Phrafe* But Mr. Harding 

jboth in. this^ and many things elfe difeoveretl> 

hispaffion^ and lack of twe information if\ 

^ tiis affair; When with qnt). Breath he affir-i 

^ meth, that> firft, it yrki,aj^,ardanof'a Cfoi^ 

^ JadjS againii the Turks, which wfis pfre^chefi : 

^' Whereas it. was^/m Indulgence to thofi that 

^ Jbotdd^t their helping hands for the building of 

& P^ter'/ phurf^ at Rome, ^s the Articles pf 

f this pardon printed iq En^lijbi one of the Co- 

^ .pies whereof J have my f^lf, dplhcw, iSe^ 

5 cpndly* next he Ciith, the preaching hereof 

* was granted F^^T^ohn^ T^t^t. It yrai 

\' Fryer johnTheceij or lucel. Thirdly, h(| faith^ 

it; The ElcAor of MentJ&y -Jlbert^ granted jhis td 

^ thecel^M tiic DommicanSy whereby iMtffejr 

^ , was bereit of the gain W expeded. The truth 

ii .15, It vi2LS AremboUuSy a j^iihop living at th<5 

f Court of i^^^f^ whom (having beifpre been » 

s \ Merchant oi Genoa) Magdakn the Pope's Silr 

; .ter,put in trufl; with this Merchandize^ that 

i' , appointed the Dominicans to be the Retailens 

i . of thefe Pardonsi Thc; Archbi&op ofjifentji; 

. had nothing to dp with it, otherwife^ than tp 

allow, and fuffer it, which, occafioqe^ Luthef 

^ . to write to^him, as to the Biftiop oiBranden^ ' 

, burghy and to Leo himfelf, to r^pteis the impn-i 

dencc of the Pardoners. And lather faith for- 

i ther in one place, that the Archbiftiop uddpt-^ 

\ took to give countenance to this bufinefijj witjhi 

r that condition^ that the half of the prey mould 

go to the Pope, ^d himfelf might have tho 

tie . ot^ 



1^0 fhfC&ftesiif dtrtaiH'L^^l^\ti 
other hatf id pay fair his i?aE B jr thdfe Eii« 
fofs heaped tbgether it may dppfear what etc* 
dit it is like Mr. Hardm^s Tile be WoMiy of ^ 
touching the remhant^ that oirdnctr dnd «fc** 
lice again ff the Efoihinicans, dnd^ hecau^ hK 
was fertOved i^fhaa ^fwieet M&Helj whkh hk 
hope he had alfnoH^fiffWewid £rwn^ Ldther 
made this JfHh A haf^ thing ihcthinks k fe^ 
ht any that lived. at thai?- d^y td &t dbwn 
What was in lAtthet^s heir^, A^hat were his 
libpes, his dfcfire§, rancor,^ arid Ipleehr 5 fbUc(t 
ihore for Mr. Hardihg^ ihoft of aD for you attd 
liie. -Whert the Adlotis of ^en hare an ap- 
J^fearance of good, Charity would hope tht 
Ifcft, ftety would refervfc th6 Jtiid^tnent 6f the 
intention, to GocL • 

' Lfet us come to Cakimy totttihtiig wfcdm t 
Tft&tir^ Toot muchv'l&at you iky nothing of aft 
*hal'\vhiehj&^i§^i^ btm^s igkiitft hiih, who 
dicing by hi« hicans chafed but of (Jrtiro^, dif- 
tdvereth as t i^eMertiW in the very ehtranc^, 
that fte was requeft^d ^ fme dfhisgd^dMap 
Iters to write again ff him. ' I ortcfe Ikw ihte 
^o;k whfle I lived in Udmbridge:^ it hath no 
fhew of probability that Cakiin would go a-' 
Ixmt to work a Miracle ^6 cbilfirrt hisI>oc- 
ftirie, who teachdth that miracles ixc nd fore 
and lufficient proof of Ddfltiine^ I marvel ta- 
ther that even ih reading Dr^ Bancmfiy Mr* 
^Jktiker^ zhdSdmviay all Oppdites to Calvin 
"in the iQueftion of Ghurch-DiAripIine, and 
therefore not all thcfitteft to teftify of him or 
" -^ aftions, all late Writers, and Strangers to 
Eiftatc and Affirirs oiGenevh : of whom 

there- 



-the C^T if certain 'Lit ii%.i. ^jt 

therefore, befides their bare Word, iuiBcicnC 

proof were to be required of what they lay^ 

you not only receive whatlbcver they bring, 

but more thaii they brit^ Yod fay, they prove 

what never came in^ their minds \ and which 

15 not only utterly untrue, but even iitipoffi« 

Ue. As tha( Cahin by .his unqmetnejs and 

anUntien revolted the State ^Geneva, fo mm 

jnfily expelling and defriwng the Bijb(f of Ge* 

neva, and other Temporal Lords^ ^ their due 

obedience and antient inheritance. When as the 

Bifliop and Clergy dGene^ayivpon the throw* 

ing doKvn Images thereby popular tuhiult,de« 

parted in an anger, &ven years e're ever CaU 

^in fet foot within the Gates of that City. A 

Aing not only clear in Story, by the Wfitera 

of that time, and fince, Sletdan^ Bidine^ CaU 

i;in^6 E^nftles, and Life, bttt fet down by thoie 

whom ye cite; Mr* Hooker in hi? rr^facQ 

fpeaking cSCahin. He fell at kf^thufOH 

Geneva, "which City the £i/bop and Clergy 

thereof^ had a little before^ asfme d^ affirmy 

forfaken^ being of likelwoqd frighted with the. 

peoples fndden atten^t for the MfUfoment of 

^^ijh Religion. And a little |^er, J^ the 

coming #/Calvin thitber^ the form fif their Re^ 

giment was popmlar^ as it continueth at this 

day^ acc» Dn Bancrofts The fame year that 

Geneva v^as ajfauliedy (vv^ by the Duke of 

Savoyy and the fiifhop, as he had faid before^ 

pag. 13.) which was jhmo 153^, Mr. Calvixj 

came thither* \iCahin at his coming found 

the Form of the Government Popular j If he 

came thither the £ime year that the 3i(hop 

Qq % made 



. 3:f 1 736^ Co^es gf certain L e r t ? S u 
made War upon Geneva to recorcr hte Au-^^ 
thotity, being indeed either affrighted, or ha-^ 
ving forfaken the Town before,* how could ^ 
Cahin exptl hitn ? And in truth Bpdine mYm 
fecond Book, De Rejmid Chap/ 6. affirmeth/ 
Tljat the fame Tear Genoa was efiablipedin a 
^tdte jir'fftocraticalj whkhwaSybeJaitbyAn* 
no 1518^ Geneva was cbimged frmn aM^ 
narchy Tontificalj into anEftateTt^fUarygih 
<)erned Anfiocraticallyy akbaHgb that kngie-* 
fore theTonm fretended to he free^ agflmft the , 
Earl and againft the Bipopy 8Cc What Sa-^ 
ravia hath written touching this point I can- 
not tell^ as not having his Book. But in^e- 
jtui his anfwer to him, there is t}» tcmCh upon, 
any iuch thing: He joins with his complaint^ 
ofthejacrilegum ufurfing Ecckjia^kalgoods^ 
in anlwer to his Proemc. He diflenti in that 
Sararjia accounts the Seniors of the reformed 
Churches like to that kind which S. Ambrofc 
^eaks of hrought in out ofwifdont only^ to rule, 
the diforderly. Be^ laith, they were not in^ 
tfadu&iy hut reMfiy Caf. ia« For the reft 
kk all that anfwer there is nothing of Caiviny 
Or any futh fevokving of the State as you ac-^ 
cufehlmof. Which makes me think, that 
hereiil your memory deceived you. It may 
be that in your younger time, £dling upon 
thefc Authors, by occafion of the queftion of 
Diicipiine, which was then much tofled, e'er 
ever your judgmoit were ripened, you form- 
^n your mind a falie impreffion of that 
h they fay of Cahin. You conceited 
out of yoiur 2seal in the cauie, to fay 

more 



^e Copes if certain IL^irr^^^* 371 
jmtc than they do, and thus poflibly uoa* 
vfzxes received the feeds of dillifce of the iioc^ 
trine of Calvm^ as well as his dijcifliney vfhich 
have fince taken root in you. But you Ihall 
do well to remember, the difference you put 
a little before of thefe two. Chriftian doSirm 
IS uniform and ever the fame ; government is 
chargeable in many circumftances, according 
to the exigence of times and perlbns. And 
even the fame Men that write fbmewhat ea-? 
gerly a^inft fbAx. Cahin^ y^t give him the 
praife oiwifdom^ to fee what for that tin^e and 
ftate was neceflary. Matter Hooker faith of 
him, That he thinks him incomparably the wi-* 
feH Man that ever the French Church did en* 
joy fince the hour tt enjoyed him : and bf'hi« 
platform of difcipline, after he hath laiddowA 
the fum of it ; This device i fee not how the 
wifeff at that time living could haroe bettered^ 
if we duly confider what the prefent Jlate ofGQ^ 
•ncva didtheH require. But be it (and for my 
part' 1 think nd lels) that herein he was miC- 
tateri, to account this to be the true form of 
Ghurch-poliey, by which all other Churches, 
and at all times ought to be governed j let his 
♦error reft with him, yea ^ let him anfwer it 
unto his Judge ; but to accufe him of ambir 
tioh, and fedition, and that falfly, and from 
thence to fet that brand upon the Refonna- 
tion, whereof he was a worthy Inftrument, 
(though not the firft either there, or any wheise 
eife) as if it could not be from God, being fi> 
'^ founded ; for my part I am afraid you can, 
nqv^r be able to anfwer it, "af the lamp Barijj 

Cc 3 no, 



374 the Copies of certain L e T t i k s* 

nO| nor even that of your own Conicience, os 
(rf^re^ibnable and equal Men. 

For the tfir/, broils^ JeditionSy andnrnrthtn 
}» Scotland, which you tmfute to Knox and the 
Cency^^Go^eflers^ they might be oceafioned 
perhaps by the Reformers there, as the broils 
which our Lord Jefus Chrift faith he came to 
fet in the. World by the GofpeL Poffible al* 
jb, that good Men out of inconfiderate zeal, 
ihould dofbme things raihly : And like enough 
the multitude which followed them, as being 
fore-prep?ired with juft hatred of the tyranny 
of t;heir Prelates^ and provoked by the oppo«« 
iition qf the s^dverfb Fa^ion, a^nd emboldened 
by iuccefs, fan a great deal further than either 
wtfe Men could forefee, or tell bow to reftrain 
them. Which was applauded and fomented 
by £bme politick Men^ who took advantage 
of thofe motions to their own ends* And as 
it happens in natural Bodies, that aH ill hu-^ 
mours run to the part affedcd, fo in civil^ all 
difcontented people whcfi there is any Sorance 
jrun to one or other fide ; and under the (hew 
,of common Griefs, purfue their own. Of all 
which diftempers, there is no reaibn to lay 
the blame upon the jfeekers of Reformation, 
more than upon the Phyficians, of fuch acci^ 
dents as happen to t;he corrupted Bodies 
which they have in cure. The particulars of 
thok affairs are as I believe alike unknown to 
us both, and fince you name none, I can an- 
fwer to none. For as for the furjiiing our 
King even before bis births that which hisMa- 
jcfty ^aks oi fome TurUans^ is pver-boldly 

by 



l?y Jp\x x^r(^i to M?ifte^ JSCpox ^nd the ^If^, 
nijfj^rs^ that were Authors of Rcformatipn ia 
Scotland. Briefly, confideran^ fturvey yoifir 
owo thoughts, s^nd fee if you have ROt cdmc 
by thefe degrees : JFirft, from th^ inconfidcr 
yate courfes of fome to plant the pretended 
JDifctPline in ScQtlan4y ' to ceneeive amifs of 
the t^oSirine alfo. llien tp d!faw to the eh-? 
creafinjg of your ill concejt thereof, what you 
lind reported of any of thtTtmtaitSy a Fac?? 
tion VKO lefi oppofed by his M^efty in Scat-' 
f and t\\^r} with us in England. Sq when wc 
^eak of Religion ||though that indeed be all 
one) you divide m ptoJsptheranSy Zwingli^ 
finsy Cah'tnifisy ^rpteJiantSy Brawnifts^ Tu^ 
ritans and Cariwrtghtifts^ wHenfoever any 
diforder of all this piipibcf pan be accuipd, 
theo lo are we allpney and |:he fault of any, 
jFaftion is theflander of all, yea of the Gojpel 
it felf, and pf R^farmatian. Judge now up:? 
fightly if this be indifferent dealing, 

FroiCL Scotland you pom^ to Englaftdy where 
becaufe you could find nothing done by po- 
pular tumult, nothing but by the whole State 
in Tarliamenty arid Clergy in Convocation^ 
you fall upon King Henrys Tajlonsyy o\i 
will not injfii u^on themy you fay, apd yet you 
dp, as long as upon any .one member of your 
jnduftion ; though it matter? littl^ whether 
you do or no, fince Father Tarfons will needsj 
^aver that he lived and died of your Religioru 
Here firft you. mention, his violent divorcing 
bimfelffr^m his lawful IVife. Wc will not 
^qow debate the (Jueftion^ How his Brother^ 
' • Cc 4 ■ Wife 



37<f T^f Cofies (f certain J:.^ f t e r s.^ 
^ife could be his lawful Wif^? You muft 
ijow fay ^o, Whaopever the Scriptures, Coun-? 
cils, aioioft allUnivcrfities of Chriftcndoni de- 
termined : Ifet methinks it fliotijd ?nove yoq. 
that Pope Clement himfelf ha4 corifigncd to 
tardinal CamJ^egius 4 jBr^w formed to feritence 
for the Ki(ig, in as ample manner as could bel' 
iiowfbever upon the liicccfs of the Emperor's 
Affairs in Italy ^ and Jiis own occafipns, he fent 
a fpecial Nfeflcnger to him to burii it. But 
yrhat violence was this that you Ipeafc of? 'th0 
matter was orderly and judicioufty by the 
ArcWtJhof , (A Canterbury .y^\^ the^ltiftance 
of the learhedeft of the "Clergy accor^injg to 
the ancient Canons of the Church, and L'^^s 
of the Realm, hearcj and determined. That 
indeed is more to be marvelled at, What mav-: 
ed him to fall out with the Toff his Friend, ia 
whojfe quarrel lie had lb far engaged himfeli^ 
as to write againft Zf^/^Z^^'r, of whom alfo he 
yras fo rudely handled as you mention before ; 
having received alfq for fome part of recomr 
pence, the title of Jhe Defender rfthe Faith^ 
having beie^ lb chargeably thankful to the 
Pope for it. All thefc things confidcred, it 
muft be faid, this unkindnefe and flippery 
dealing of CVlfw^^f with him was from the 
Lord, that he might have an occafion againft 
the Pope, arid that it might appear that it was 
not human counfel, but Divine Providence, 
^'that broi^ght abotit the baniftiment of the 
Pope'? Tyr^^nny from among us. His mar- 
riage w^th the t^dy Jnne Bullen^ her deaths 
and the reijt which you mention of ±e abling 

or 



\ 



Tie doftes of certain 1^1 mvLS. ^yjs^ 

pr dilabling her Iffue to inherit the Crown, I ' * 
lee not what it makes to ourpurpofe. T&e - 
fu^rejjion of the MmafterieSy was not his Iblc 
Ad, but of the whole State, with theconf^nt 
flcllb of the Clergy, and taken out of Cardi- 
nal Wolfey his example, yea, founded upon' 
tlie Pope's Authprity granted to him. To dif-\ 
fohe thefmaller tloufes of Religion^ on pretence 
to' defray the charges of his fumptuous Build-? 
ings at Oxford znalpfwlchy wherein if it pity' 
you (as 1 confefs it hath fometimes me) that 
fuch goodly Buildings are defaced and ruined, 
we niuft remenibcr what God did to Shiloh, 
* j^^ /^ Jerufalem it felf and his Temfle 
there. And that Oracle, Every tree that bear^ 
eth not good Fruity Jhali be cut d&^n^ andcaii' 
into the fire. 

You demand. If this Man^ King Henry, 
nsuere a ^ofid Head ofQo^s Church ? What if 
1 ftiould demand thef^me X(yKx^\xi'^ Alexander 
the Sixth, Julius the Second, Leo the Tenth, 
ir twenty more of the Catalogue of Popes, iit 
refped of whom King Uenry might be cano- 
nized for a Saint ? But there is a Story in Tul^ 
Jy\ Offices of one L)uat\us^ that laid a Wager 
that he >y*s {bonus vir) ^ a good Man ; and 
would be judged by one Ftmbria^ a Man of 
Cohfular Dignity, He, when he underftood 
the cafe, faid, He would never judge thatmat^ 
terj left either he Jbould diminip the refutation 
of a Man well efteemed (fi or fet down that 
any Man was a good Man ; which he accoun-* 
tea to cdtftfiSi in aii innumerable fort of Exceh 

' ^" ' " * ^ leth 

• J«f- 7 ^- Matt, j.io. 



378 The Chpkspf certain. 1^1 rx\^'9.^^ 

Imciis andTraifes. That which he laid oC %. 
good Maftj with much more reafon ipay I fay 
oizgoodKi%y one of whofe highcft excel- 
lencies is to be a good Head of the Church. An4 
ijicrcfore it is a queftipn which I will never 
take upon me to anfwer, ffhethfr Kiifg Hen-, 
ry were fucb or w? unlefi you will befbre--^. 
hand interpret this Word as favourably, as 
♦ Guicciardine doth tdl us Men arc wont to 
do in the ccnfuring your he^ds of the Church. 
For ^o$eSy he laith^ mw-a^days art fraijed 
for their goodmfsy when they exceed not the. 
wickednejs of other Men. . After this defcrip- 
tionoi z goodhead of the Churchy or if ye will 
that of Cominaus^ which foith he, is to be 
counted a^oodKing^ whofe virtufs exceed his 
vices. I will not doubt to fay King Henry 
may be enrolled among the number of good 
King$. in special, for his escecutipg that; 
higheft duty of a good King, the emfloymg bis 
jiutbority in his Kingdom j to command good 
tBn^Sy and forbid evilj not only concerning tb^ 
firjtl EJiate of Men^ but the Religion alfo of 
Cod. Witnefs his. author ij?iing She Scriptures ta^ 
ie had and read in Churches in our Vnkar 
Xonguey enjoining the Lord's Trayer^ t.heCreed 
'end Ten Commandments t$ he taught the feo-^ 
fie in Engliih, abolifhing fi^erfiufus Holy'^ 
daysy pulling down thofi juggling Idols j wherc-^ 
by the people were feducedi namely, the Rood 
of Grace J whole Eyes ^nd Lips were moved 
yith Wires, openly foevyed at Taul's Crofs^ 
md pulled afunder b^ the people^ Above all^ 

* Lib It 



7hf Cfks of certain 'LiT%:^Ks^ 379 

the abolijhing of the Tofe*$ Tyramiyj and 
^mhandlfe of Indulgences^ and ftch like 
chaifer out Q^ England. Which A^s of his 
whofoever Ihall unpartiaDy confidcr of, may* 
\yell efleem him a better Head to the Church 
gf Enghndy than any Pope thefe thoulandi 

years* » 

In the Jaft place you come /^ f^^ Hugenots 
and Guefes ^France and Holland, You lay 
to their charge the raifing ofChil iVarSy fhed^ 
iftng , of Bloody occajioning RekelHon^ Ra^lne^ 
Pefolationsyfrincif ally for their new Relmon. 
tn the latter part you write, I confefi, lome- 
what refervedly, when ^ou fay, occafioning^ 
not caujingy and frimipally^ not onkf and 
wholly for Religion,* Hut the Words going 
before, and the exigence of your Arjguoicnt 
require, that your meaning fliould be, they 
were the caulers of thefe dMorders. You bring 
%o my mind a Story, whether of the fame 
fimbrta that I meption'd before, or another, 
which having caufed ^intus Sc^tvola to be 
ftabbed (as Father ^aulo was, while I was 
»t Venice) after he underftood that he cfcaped 
with his Life, brought his Adion againft him, 
for not having received the Weapn wholly in^ 
to his, Body. Thefe poor people having en- 
dured fuch barbarous cruelties, Maffacres and 
Martyrdoms, as fearce the like can beftiewed 
in all §tories, are now accufed by you as the 
Authors of all they fufFered. No, no, Mr* 

f^^addefworthy they be the Laws of the Roman 
elfgion, that are written in Bloody It is 
the bloody In^uijition^ and the perfidious vio- 
lating 



.380 Tbe Copies of certain Letter si 

latingof the EdtBs of Pacification^ that hav^* 
fctFrance and Flanders in combuftion. Ancvi- 
dent Arg!uncnt whereof may be, for Flanders^ 
fhat thofe Gueffs that you mention, were not 
all Cahinifis (^ you are mifinformed) the 
chief of theni were' Roman Catholipfcs ; as 
namely. Count Egmond^ apd Horne^ who loft 
their heads forftanding, ^nd yet only by Be- 
jition, ajgainft the new Impofitions and ihe 
Inquilition, which was fought to be brought 
in upon thofe Countries. The which wherf 
fcitVice-Fioy qf Naples, * D, ^etrq de Toledq 
would have once brought in there alfo, the 
people would by no meai^s ^ide, but rofe up 
in Arms to the number of fifty thoufand, which 
ibdition could not be ?^ppeafed, ' but by deli-^ 
vering them of that fear. The like Rcfiftance^ 
tho'more qujetly carfied,f was made when the 
fame Inquifitiop fhould hp.ve been put upon 
MillMUfy fixtpen years after. Yet thefe people 
!were neither Guejes npr f^ahinijis. Another 
.great means to alienate' the minds of thp 
people of the Z^w-Comtries from the obedi- 
ence of the Catholick Majefty, hath been the 
Severity of his Deputies there, one of which 
.leaving the Government after he had in a few 
years put to death jj 18000 perfons, it is re- 
^ ported to have been faid, The Country was 
.loft with too much lenity. This Speech Meurr 
y2w concludes his Beigickllijldry withal. And 
^as for France^ the firft broils there, were not 
Jbr Religion, but for preferring the Houle m 
[ ■ " '' ' ' '. - . :t ,• .(-r^/^^ 

-. Il iSooo. 



^t €dfHS of eirtum Lettir^ 5H 
iCmfe^ and difgracing the Princes of the BleodJ 
True it is that feach fide advantaged themfel ves 
by the colour of Religion, and under pretence, 
pf zeal to the Romany the Gui/ianstojaxthcrcd 
the Proteftants (being in the exercife of tKcit 
JReUgion aflembled together) ag^ft the King's 
£di&, againft all Law| and comftion Huma- 
oity, and tell me in. good footh, Mx^Waddep, 
uvorthy do you approve fuch barbarous Cru- 
flty ? do you allow the Butchery at Taris ? 
j . Do you think' Subjefts are bound to give 
<heir Throats to be cut by. their feflow Sul>* 
jc^s, or to their Princes' at their mere Wills 
^ainft. their own Laws and Edids ? Yoti* 
would know,^^!^ jtirej the Proteftants Wars 
kk France and Holland are juflified, Firft, the 
Xaw oiNaturey which not only alloweth, but 
inclineth and enforceth every living things to 
defend it fclf from violence. Secondly, that 
of Nationsj which permitteth thole that are 
injthe protedion of others, to whom they owe 
^o more but an honourable acknowledgment^ 
jn cafe they go about to make themfelves ab-* 
iblute Savereigns, and ufurp their Liberty, to 
refift and ftand for the lame, And if a law* 
fill Prince (which is not yet Lord of his Sub-^ 
jeds Lives and Goods) Ihall attempt to de- 
ipoil them of the fame, under colour of re- 
ducing them to bis own Religion after all hum- 
ble Remonftrances, they may ftand upon their 
own guard, and being aflailed, repel Force 
with Force, as did the Macchabees uhdqr jin^ 
tiochus. In which cale, notvvithftanding the 
pcribn of the Prince himfclf, ought always td 

be 



5^a fie t(f sits ififeffak tt Vtilfs; 

be Ikcfcd and mviolaWe, as yfz,%SauPs to ZJi^ 
w^ Laftly, if the inraged Miiiifter of a law- 
fiil Prince wifl abafe his Authority againft the 
fundamental Laws of the Country, it i^ no 
rebellion to defend thcmfelycis againft Force, 
i'cferving ftill their obedience to their Sove- 
Kigp inViola^te* TbeJU are the Rules of which 
fee Tr&teftants that have born Arms in Franci 
and Flanders^ ^nd the y^^jaMb both there 
and eUcwhetei as in NaPfes^ that hare ftood 
ibr the defence of their Liberties, hare lerved 
themfelves* Bow trukf I efieem it hard far 
jfou and me to determney mlefs we were men 
truly acquainted with the Laws and Cufiams 
ifihofe CountrieSj than I for my fart am. 

For thd Lom-kjountrieSy the World knowsr 
that the Dukes of 5«r^i/«^ were not K^g^or 
iabiblute Lords of thcoi, which are faoldeii 
partly of the Crown of France^ and partly of 
the Empire. And of Holland in particulat 
they were but Earls/ and whether that Ti- 
tle 9arries with it inch a Sovereignty, as to 
be able to give new Laws, without their con- 
fcrits, to impofe Tributes, to bring in Gari- 
lons of Stranger?, to build Forts, to aflubjed 
their Honours and Lives to the dangerous 
tryal of a newCourtj proceeding without form 
or fgure ofjujiicey any reafonable Man may 
well doubt ; themfdves doutterly deny it. 

Yet you lay boldly they are Rebels y and ask 
to^y we did ffifPort them ? It fecms to Ibme, 
that his Cathotick Majefly doth abfblve them 
in the Treaty of the Truce, yin* 1^08. of all 

imfu^ 



fhe tifm ^ dti^ak lE*r«iL?^ $t| 
iff^tatim of UtbHliaHs And if they vret€ 
Rebels, cfpeciallt for Hercfy, why did the 
kadk Chriftian King fapport them ? As foi 
QUeen EHHabHhj if file were alive, iBle would 
anfwer your iqueftiiin with another. Why did 
Spain eonfur in Tmificej and fromife Aid to - 
thatdetefiableCmJ^racy that was fktttda^ 
gaiHff her by Pius^ V* as you may fee at large 
in his Life, written by Girokmd Catena 1 It 
is, you fay, aneajy matter t§ frttend Trhi^ 
leges. But it is W) hard matter to difcern pre- 
tended Privilegfts from true', -and Triafm fronk 
fiSeafin of State, aad old coituptions from old 
Religion. But t6 take Arms to change the 
SLa ws by the whbk Eftate eftabliSied, is Trea^ 
fon, whatfoever'the caufe or colour be : and 
therefore it was Trealbn in the Rebels ofUn*- 
Wln/bire^ axid T&rkjbire in King Henrys days^ 
and in the JEarls of the North in Queen EIp- 
Ttabeth\ though they pretended their old 
Religion : And the fame muft be faid of afl 
AfTailinates attempted againft the Perfbns of 
Yrincei, as TarffSy SomervUle'Sy Squire' s^ ^. 
gainfl Queen EJizahethy and the late Towder^ 
"^loty-the eternal Shame of.To^ry^ ogainH 
nAjw^ James. 

To your Argument therefore in form, ad- 
mitting that it is no true Churchy which is 
founded and begun in Malicey Difobediencty 
Taffiony Bloody and Rebelliony no, nor yet 
^ true Reformation of a Church (for in trtJth 
the Proteftants pretend not to have founded 
any.) The Aflutnjtfioa is denied invcvery 

part 



part of it. And here I muft needs fay yq^. 
have not, done unwifcly to leave oat thci 
Choich oi England^ as againft w^liich you had 
i)opretence> all things having been carried or4 
tlerly^ and.by publickCounfel. But you have 
wronged thole which you name^ and eitheir 
lightly believcdj qr unjuftly furmiled your idf^ 
touching Luther^ Calvin^ Kmx^ the French 
and the HollanderSj when you make theni' 
the raifers of Rebellion and Jbedders ofBloodi 
Whofe Blood hath been Oied like Water in 
all parts of thoie Countries, againft aU Laws 
*of God and Man^ a^inft the Edids, and pub- 
lick Faith, till neceffity enforced than t^ 
itand for their Li ves^ Yet you prefume that all 
this is evident to the World, whereas it is fo 
/alfe and improbable, yea, i^ ibme parts, im'^ 
fojjtble^ as I wixider how your heart cpald a:^ 
ihrc yoiir hand to write it* 
; .Give me hfcie leave to Jc|: liown, by occa^^ 
lion of this your Motive, that which 1 prot 
feis next to the evidence of thoie Corruptions 
which the Court and Fadion of Rome main* 
.tains, hath long moved my fel€ And thus I 
cwould enlarge your Propofition. . That M^ 
fianhy (as now without lilping it calls it felf) 
.which w^ founded, lupported, enlarged, and 
is yet maintained by Pride, Ambition, .Rer 
bellion, Treafon, murthering of Princes, Wars, 
jdifpcnfing with Perjury, anci inceftuous Mar*^ 
riagcs, Spoils and Robbery of Churches and 
Kingdoms, worldly Policy, Force and FalC- 
vbood. Forgery, Lying, and Hypocrify, i% 
: ' not 



fhe Copes tf certain L e t t e r s^, s^i 

not th^ Church of (Jhnftj ^^d his Kiagdoiti, 
but the Tyranny of Antichrift. The Papacy 
falfly calling it felf |:he Church oi Rome is 
fnch. Ergo, The Affumption (hall he provr 
cd in every part of it, and in truth is already 
by the learned and truly noble Lord ofTleJ^ 
fis in his Myfier'mm IniquiiatiSf But his Book 
I (uppofe you cannot view, ^nd it would ^re-^ 
i:iuire a juft volume to Ihew it^ though but 
(hortly. It fliall be therefore^ if you will, the 
task of another time. And yet, becaufe I 
do ndt love to leave things wholly at random, 
confider a few Inftances in (bme of thefe. 
Pope Boniface IIL obtained that proud and 
ambitious title of Oecumnhaly io much de- 
tefted by S. Gregory. Pope Confiantine and 
Gregory II^ revolted //^^ from th^QreekEmr 
pprors Obedience, forbidding to pay Tribute or 
.obey them. Pope Zachary animated Tipne 
High Steward oiFrifncfy to Ac^ic/Chilfertck 
his Lord, and difpenfed with the Oaths of hi^ 
Subjects, pope Stephen II, moft treacberouf- 
ly and unjuftly perluaded the l^me Tipne not 
to reftore the Exarchate of Ravenna to th^ 
Emperor, after he had recovered it from Afi 
fulps King oi Lombards^ but to givo i|: tp 
him. Pope ^ifholaslh s^nd Gregory VII. 
parted the Prey with the Normans in Ca^-^ 
ffrid^ zndJpfilia^ creating them Dukes there« 
of, to hold th^ ^ ^mpror4ifCoffJiantmf^le's 
Country in Vaffalage' of them. This latter 
^Ifo was the iirft, ^s all Hiftoris^ns accord, that 
fjver attempted to d^pofe tlie Ei^p^rpr^ ?it 

Pd gaini^ 

SH^nry^y. 



3^6 The Copies, of certain L,e r :fi r i. 
gainft whom he mod impioufly ftirred up his 
own Children, which moft lamentably brcwght 
him to his end Pope Tafihal, II, would not 
fiiffer (fpr the full accomplilhment of thisTra-^ 
gedy) his Son to bury him^ V^^Jdrum IV. 
demanded Homage of the Emptrot freJ^ricJt.. 
jileotander III. trod on his nccfc. Celeftine 
IIL crowned Henry VI. with his Feet. /«- 
nocentW. ftirred up Frederick II. his .own 
Servants to poifon him, praftifed with the Sul- 
tan oij^gnt to break with him. This is that 
IjiHocenty ofwhofe Extortions Matthew Tarn 
relates fp much in our Story ; whom the lear-» 
ned, zealous, ^nd Holy Bijkop ofLmcokiy on 
his Death^bed, proved to^ be j^tichriffj and 
in a Vifion ftrolce fo with his Crojier-ftaff that 
he died.. Boniface VIII. challenged both 
Swords, pretended to be luperior to the King 
of France in Temporal things alfo. Clement 
V. would in the vacancy of the Etnpirc^ thajE- 
all the Cities and Countries thcr^of^ (hould be 
under his difpofition, made the Duke of Z^^- 
nke^ Dandahs^ couch under his Table with 
a Chain on hisi\cck likca Dog,e'erhewoulcl 
grant peace to the Venetians. This Clement 
V, commanded the Angels to carry their Souls 
to Heaven,, that (hould tafke the Crois tft 
fight for the Holy I^and, 

. What ftiall I fi,y more ? I am weary with 
writing thus much, and yet in ^11 this, I da 
not infift upon private and perfonal Faults^ 
Blalphemies^ Perjuries, Necromancies, Muxr 
thers, barbarous Cruelties,^ ey?n.upoa op^aii^^, 

pther^j 



fhe Ccfteiiof Certain lai m r sV 387 
othcry alive and dead, nor on;W5bredoms, 
lilcefts, Sodomies, open Pillages, bcfides the 
perpetual Abufe of the Cenlures of the Ghurch. 
t infift not upon thefe,' more than< you did 
upon King Henrys P^ffions.^ I tell" you not 
of him that called the Gofpel a fablej or an- 
other that inftituted his Agnuii Dei's^to firan^ 
gle Sin like Chris's Bleqd: Of him that dif- 
'penled with one to riafry his own S{ftef,( for 
the Uncle to marry with the Niece, or a Wo- 
man to marry two* Brothers, a Man t\yo Sif^' 
ters by difpenlation, is rto^tare things at this 
day.)' -The Faculty to ufe Sodomy, tlie Story 
-^fTofeJom^ are* almeft incredible^ and yet 
^hey hatef Authbrs of better credit than B0I-' 
^feckAt^zy^bc Ikid^that John XXIT, failed a 
Devil incarnate^ that Jlexander-Yl^ the Poi*- 
foner of his Cardinals, the Adulterer of his 
6on-in-Law's Bed, inceftuous Diefiler of his 
own Daughter, and Rival in that villany to 
his Son, finned as Men, which empeacheth 
not the Credit of their Office. That Taulus 
4fV. Vke^deus takes too much upon him, when 
he will be Tofe^aln^khty^ bpt the Chair is 
yrithout Error. Wfterein, not to infift for 
the prefent, but admitting it as true, that 
yrickednels of Mens Perfons doth not impeach 
the liolinels of thejr Funf^ions^^ which thf y 
have received of God, nor make Gpd^s Qrdir 
nances, as bis Wqrd and Sacraments, of none 
cffed. But tell me for God's love. Matter 
W^^ddejflvaifthy is it likely th^t this Monarchy 
' |hds iought, ^hus gotten, thus kept^^ thus ex- 

D d * ercifedj 



j^W Tie Cdfies of ccrtam 'L^rx\^i$^ 

aciibdt'is of God ? Are theie Men, that 
Wholly ibriaking the feeding of the Flock of 
God, ckeam of nothing now but Crowns and 
Scepters, ienrc the Church to qo ufe in the 
World^ nnleif it be to break t))e ancient Ca«v 
Qons, and opprefs with their power, all that 
0iall but Utter a fr^ Wof-d ogainft theii Am^i 
bition aqd Tyranny \ are they, I will not fay 
with you, good Heads ,rf Qods Cburcbj Iwt 
Members of it, and not rather Limbs of Sa<i 
tan ? Conlider thoic Texts ; J\fy King^hm is 
tut rf this Worldj Vos autem nmjic^ Confix 
der the Charge which S, 7^/fr gives to his 
fellow Presbyters, 1^^/^5.^,3,4, Now J 
befeeph our Lorddeliyet his Church from this 
Tyranny, and blefs you ^om being ^ yi^cnn 
ber of fuch a Head^ 



mtfrmfm^firvrmmL 



CH a:^. 



C H A R Xt^ 

iOflack ifSucctJion^ Bipofs^ trui Oriiifiath 
MS) Orders^ Triifihmd^ 

I Come now to your Mbtlyt from SucveJSim} 
Whdre I marvel firft, that leaving th6 
oucceflion of Doftrinq tvhich is far there pro^ 
per and ititrinfical to the Churches bding^ you 
ftand upon that of Perfbns and Offices. Yca^ 
and about thehi too^ immediately pafi from 
that which is of Eltence, to the external For- 
malities in Cmfecration and Ordinatim^ ac^ 
jcordingtbth ancient Councils. Have you for-* 
gotten what you laid right now, that matters 
^Ceremony and Government are changeable ? 
Yea, but in France^ Holland^ and Germany 
they have no Bijhofs, Firft^ What if I Ihould 
defend they have ? becauie a Biihop and a 
Presbyter are all oiie^ as S. Jerom maintains^ 
and proves out of holy Scripture, and the ilfif 
bf Antiquity^ t)f which Judgtoent, as Me^ 
i/m/^confeflTeth, are liihdry of the ancient Fa-* 
thers, both Greek and Latin ; S. Anbrofi^ 
jhguftine^ Sedulius^ ^rimafius^ Chryfoftome^ 
TheodoretyOecumeniuijzndTheo/hylaa: which 
point I have largely treated of in anothet placc!^ 
againft him that undertook Mafter Alahlafi 
/^r'sQuarreL Befides, thofe Churches in (rifr-^* 
many have thofe whom they call Superintend 
dentS) arid General Superintendents^ as out of 
f DoGtoT Banertfft by thtteftiniony ofZan^ 
^ Dd 3 fhtns. 



Spo ZieOfies of certain J:i XT T'Ui^> 
doMSj and iundry German Divines, you might 
pocciFc. Yea, and ^hcre thefe arc not, as 
im Geneva, and the French Churches ^ yet there 
are^ faith ZanchmSjufUally Certain chief Men^ 
that do in a man$Mr^he^r all thefway^ as if 
order it ielf and neceflity led tihemtothis 
couiiie. And what are tbde but Bi/hafs iih 
deedv unleis we fhall wrangle about names, 
which^r reafmofftatej thofe Churches were 
to abflain bom. As for that you fay Laymen 
intermeddle th^e with the making of their Mi-- 
mijiersj if you mean the eledfion if them j they 
have rea^ y for anciently the people had al<» 
ways a .right therein, as S. Qffrian writes to 
the Churches of Leon and 2lfiorga there in 
Sfa'mi TUhs iffa maxime habet fotejlatem 
vet el^ndi dignos Sacerdotes vel indignosrecu-* 
fandi i and in. iundry places of Itafy thij^uiage 
doth omtipue to this day.^ If ye< mean it ia 
OrdinatiMy ye jare deceived, and wrong thefe. 
Churches,' as Bellarmine himielf will teach 
yoo, lik..DeJOlericis^Caf. 3. For amongft the 
IjKtberans and Cahmifis -aifor^ faith he, which 
ba^e- taken, away almo0 all Ecclejiaftical 
RiteSy they only lay on hands^ an4 make ^af-- 
tors and Minifiers^ who thongh they be not 
^aftors,and Bijhofs indeedy would be fo ac^ 
conntedandcaUed 

. YnEMglandy yon mifs ^H the Jeffer orders^ 
and lay, we are made Mmifters fer faltum^ 
as if all that are made Priefts among you were 
Tfalmijisy Sextons^ Readers^ Exorcijisy Torch^ 
bearers, CAibdeaconSy ^nd Deacons before. Re- 
mem- 



hifetribei^ I j^ray, what the Ma:flrer of the Sen-* 
tendes feith ofDeacohfliip and Priefthood, Hos 
fatas frimt'ma Ecclefia legitur habuiffey f$de 
hisfiiisfraceptum J^oftoli hahemus^. He means 
in the Epiftles'to Timothy and Titus'* , Again, 
Subdiacoms ^oero Acolyth^s frocMdmte tern-* 
pore Ecchfiajibicmjtituit. What ? and were 
the PrimitiYc and Apoftolick Chutcbes na 
true Churches ? or heed we to be afhamed to 
be like them ? Befides^ thofe. Councils thafi 
you fpeak of, it fcould fecm were of no great 
cither Antiquity or Authority, when not on*» 
ly Presbyters^ without paffing through any 
ordef^^ but BilbopSj without being lb much as 
baptized j were ordained* As NeBarius oi 
ponftantinGfle^ Synejius of Cyrtney Jmbrofe of 
Millaine^ Conftantine II, oiRome it felf* This? 
therefoit is a very flight Exception* 

Yoiir ne3rt: is well worfe, touching the Ordi^ 

nation at the Nags-^heady where theConfecra^ 

tionofour, fir Si Bijbops^ as you fay y was ai^ 

tempedi but not efeSted. It is certain^ yon 

fay^ and you are fure there wasfuch a matter^ 

although you knowy and have feen the Records 

tbemjelvesy that afterward there was a Con^ 

fecration of DoBor Parker at Lambeth* A« 

las, M^^tx Waddeftporthy if you berefolved 

to believe Lies, not only agairtft publick A^s, 

and your own eye-fight, but againft all Pro- 

bability, who can help it ? I had well hoped 

to have found that ingenuity in you, that I 

might have ufed your Teftimony unto others 

of that lide, touching the vanity of this Fa- 

D d 4 ^ ble, 



Jp4 ' 7h C^ftes of ceriamtrfft ks^ 

blc, m' having fliewiad yfeu the Copy of tii« 
Rccofdof Dodof P^ripr's Confecration, which 
I had procured to be tranfcribed but of th0 
. AGtSy which your felf alfo at yotir return from 
JLondoHy told me you faw in a Black Book^ 
Now I perceive . by your perplaced Writing, 
and enterlining in this part of your Letter, you 
would fain diicharge your Cordcience, and 
yet uphold this Lie, perhaps^ as loth to of* 
fend that fide where you now are : and there-^ 
fore you have dcvifed this Temper, that the 
me was attempedy thtatlm: fjfe&eii. But it 
will not be. For firft of all, if that at the 
Nags^head wer^ but attemfted^ what is that 
to the purpofe of our Ordinations, which are 
hot derived from it^ but from the other, which, 
as yoii fay, was effe^ed at Lamheth ? And 
arc you lure there was fuch a matter ? Ho\t 
■irt you fure ? Were you preferit there in Per- 
fon, or have yod heard it of thofe that were 
prefent? Neither of both I fuppofe : but if it 
were fa, that fome. body pretending to havt 
been there prefent, told you fb much, how 
are you fure that he lied not in faying fb ; 
-tniich more when you have it but at the third 
•or fourth hand, perhaps the thirtieth or for- 
tieth ? But confider a little, is it probable 
that Men of that Ibrt, in an adion of that 
-Importance^nd at the beginning of theQueen's 
Reign, when efpccially it concerned both them 
arid her to provide, that all things (hoiild be 
done with Reputation, would be fb hafty And 
•heedlefs, as to take a Tavern for a Church ? 

Why 






7%e Coftes bf mtam 1L fi t t k r $• :5p3 
Why mig&t they not have •gdne to the next 
Church as Well ? They thought to make the 
old Catholick BSihop drunken^ Thtis the 
Wisifich and Fran^ngham Pw/j were wont 
to tell the tale* Is itlikdy that they Would 
not fortthink that poflifote this good old Maa 
' would not drink fi> freely as to be drunken, 
arid if he wetc, yet would not be in the hu- 
mour to tb as they would have him? For 
Ivho can make any Foundation upon what 
^another would do in his Cups ? What a &om 
would this be to them f Men are not always 
io ptovident in ijhdr Adi6tos. True^ but fuch 
'Men are not to be imagined fo fbttifli, as to 
attempt fi> Solemn an A^ion^ arid joined com- 
•monly with fbme great FealV/ and as you ob- 
fefTcd well out of the AA*, with tht C^een'a 
Mandate lor the Adion to be done, and hatsg 
^11 upon a drunken £t of an old Man. Boi- 
fides, how comes k to pais that we could ne^ 
ver underftand die names of the old Bilhop^ 
-or of thofe whom he fliould have confccrated, 
or which canficrated themfehes^ when he re^ 
fi^edto do it. For it^ do your Men give k 
out ; howfbevef you fay, it was not there ef* 
fe£{ed. And in all the ^ace of Queen Elizas 
hiWs Reign, wherein lb many fet themfclveii 
againft the Reformation by her eftabliihed, is 
it poinble we Qiould never have heard word 
oi it, of all the Englifo on that fide the Seas, 
if it had been afly other tfian a flying Tale ? 
A-fter forty fire years, there is feund at laft 

an 



3^4 Ti^eQ^hs of certain IL^rrt kII' 

an ♦ Irifib Jcfuit that dares put it in pnfSSf 
to prove by it as now you do, that the^ar-^ 
iiamentary Taftors lack holy Orders. But he 
celates lundry particulars, and brings his Proofs. 
For the purpde, this ordainer orcortfccrater, 
he faith, was Laudafenfa Efifoofus hamofe-- 
nex SJ Jimflex. His Name ? Nay^ that ye 
muft pardon him. But of what City or Did- 
ccfi was he Bifhop ? For we have none of that 
title. Here 1 thought once, that by error it 
. had been put for Landaffenjis of Landaff'm 
fFaleSy fave, that three times in that Narration 
it is written Laudafenfis\ which notwithftand^ 
ing, I. continued' to be of the fame mind, becauie 
IfoundBifliopi?a*wr's name twioe alike falfe 
.written Bomerus. But lo in the Margin a di- 
redion to the Book, De ScBfrnattfoL i66:j 
where he faith this matter is touched, and it 
Js dire^ly afirmedj that they performed the Of^ 
.fee of Bijbopy without any i^feopal Confed- 
eration. Again, that great lalmr was ufed 
with an li^ Archbipojf inTrifon at Lon- 
don to ordain themy but he could by, no means 
be brought thereto^ So it feems we muft pafs 
out oi Wales into Ireland^ to find" the See ^ 
this Bifhop or Archbifhop^ But I believe we 
may fail from thenee to Virginia to feek him ; 
for in Ireland vit ihall not find him. Let us 
,conie to thofe that he fliould have ordained, 
what were their names ? Candidatiy if that 
will content you, more you get not Why 
they might have been remembred as well as 

the; 

♦ Chrijiophorus a Sacrohfco Vuhlipienpu 



The C^ks of certain Lett e r^. ^^3^^ 
^ Naj^s-head^ as W€ll as Bmner's name, and 
hisSfC) and that he was D^^i!^ oftheBiJbops^ 
he means of the.Archbiflioprick, y^^/i? vacan-f 
/^^; ^d that he fent his Chajdain (his namf 
ajfb is unknown) to fprbid the Ordination. At 
l^aftitheir Sees. To. cut the matter fhort. f^id 
flura ? ScoTifus Monachus foB tiireforaen^s^ 
^feudihefifco^us c Uteris ^ ex Citteris^ qutdam Scor 
^m mornus impmrnt: fiuntque fine patre pity 
fSfater dfiliis frosreatur^ res fecutis omntbus 
inaudita. Here is at length fome certainty j 
.fome truth mingled among, to gjive the bettey 
grace, and to be as it were. the Vehiculumoi 
a lie. .Fox John Scory^ in King Edward hi^ 
tifn^s^ BifhopofChkheJfery and after ofHere^ 
fprdj » was one of ^ thofe that ordained Doftof 
barkery and preached at his Ordination. But 
that was the Ordination effe0ed as you call it : 
We are now in that which was not effeBedy 
but attem^edoaly. And here we feek agaim 
who were thdic quidams that laid Hands pa 
Scory ? We may go look them with Lauda^ 
fenfis the Archbiihop of Ireland. . W ell ; hear 
the proofs. Mafter Thomas Neak, Hebrew 
Reader cf Oxford, whkh was frefenty told,- 
thus much to the. ancient ConMbrSy they to F. 
Haly wood. This proof by Traditiony as ypu 
knowj is of little credit with Proteftants, apd 
no marvel: For experience ftiews that reports 
fufFeif ftrange alterations in the carriage, even 
when the Reporters are interefted. * Iren^eus^ 
relates, from the ancient ConfejforSy which had^ 

feen 

♦ Lib. 2. c. 29. 



^p6 The Copies tf certain 1L t ft Tfe ?• 
feen John the Difcifiey and the other J^oftlesif 
tbeLffrJ^ and heard it from them, Th^t C!hriji 
our Saviour was between forty and fifty years 
of ^e before hisTaJJIon. I do not think yea 
are^c it was fo/ For my part, 1 had ra- 
ther bclicye lren£US and thofe Ancients he 
mentions, and the ApofUes ; than Father JF&m 
'hwood and his ConfeJforSy and Mafter Neale^ 
But polfible it is, Mr. Neale faid, he wasfre^ 
fent /I/ Matthew Parker's Ordination b^ John 
Scory. Thcfe Cimfejfors being before impref^ 
Jfed, as yon are, with the buz of the Ordina-^ 
tion at the Nags-^head made up that Tale; 
and put it upon him for their Author^ Per- 
haps Mr. liate did efteem John Scory to be ni 
Bijbofj and fb was fcandalized though caufe-; 
ielly, at that adion^ Perhaps lAt.Ne'akne^ 
Ver fiiid any fuch Word at all* To help to 
make good this matter, fie faith. It was after 
ena^ed inTarliatnentj Thatthefe^arliamen^ 
taty Bijbop jbould be hdden for la^fuL I 
looked for fomethiiig of the Na^s-headEi^ 
popy and the Legend of their Ordination* 
jBut the lawfulnds that the Parliameitt pro- 
vides for, is (according to the Authority the 
Parliament hath) r/w/, that is, according to 
the Laws of the Land* The Parliament ne^ 
Ver intended to juftify any thing as lawful^ 
jure diyinoy which was not {b^ as by the Pre- 
amble it felf of the Statute may appear. In 
which it is faid, * That divers quejiions had 
grown upon the making and confecratingof 

♦ s miz. €.u 



f! 



Ithe Cities ef certain L « T r i% sV ^97\ 

"Jirchbifiofs andBiJb^fSy withtn tbfs Realm^ 
whether the fame wete^ and he duty andorder-^ 
ly done according to the Law or notj &c. And 
fliortly to cut off Father Hatywaodsfixtmiiks^^ 
the cafe was this, as may be gathered by the, 
body of the Statute* Whcgreas in the five and 
twentieth of Henry the Eighth, an Aft was 
tnadjp for the Ele£fififg and Confecrating ofBi^: 
JbtJ^s within this Realm : And ainpther in the 
third of Edward the Sixth, For the Ordering 
^ and Confecrating of themy and all other Eccle^ 
f Mafiical Mintjfersy according to fuch form as 
^ py fix Prelates^ and fix othejr learned Men in 
\ God's Law, to .be appoint^i by the King^ 
' fliould be devifed, and fet forth, under the 
* Great Seal of England: Which Form in tl^Q 
' fifth of the iame King's Reign, was annexed 
to. thp Book q{ Common^Trayery thenex-^ 
plained znd perfe^ed; and both confiraied 
%y the Authority of Parliament. AU thefe 
Ji&s were I Mari^e^ ® i fig a ThUiffi^ Ma^ 
ri£ repealed j together with another Statutp 
(• of 35 Henry 8, toughing the Style ofSfi$remf 
t Head to be ufed in all Letters Patents and 
f Ommiffims^ &c. . Thefe Ads of Repeal in the 
' 1 Eli:i^heth were again repealed, and the A^ 
! of ai Henry 8 reyired specially. That of 3 
1^ ^ward 6y only concerning the Book of Com^* 
^ inon Ftayer, ^c^ without any particular menif' 
^ tion of the Book or Form of Ordering Miniffi 
tcrs and Bifhops, Hence grew one doubt, whe-*^ 
^ ther Ordinations and Conf<fcrations according 
[ to tj»t FwRnufcw good ia Law Of no. An* 
^ . . 9ther 



35>8 The O^esi^f certain ILTTvivi 4. 

other was, Queen Elizabeth in^ her Ltttcrs 
Patents touchmg fuch Conlecratiohs, Ordi- 
nations had not uied as may feem, befides o- 
riier general Words importing the higheft Au- 
thority in Caufes Ecclefiaftical, the titfe of 
Su^eme Heady as King Henry and King EiJ- 
ward in their like Letters Patents were wont 
to do : And that notwithftanding the Aft of 
SS Henry 8. after the repeal of the former re- 
peal might feem, (though never fpecially) re- 
vived. This as I gueis was another excepti- 
on, to thole that by vertue of thofc Patents 
were confecrated. Whereupon the Parliament 
declares,- Firft, 7})at the Book\€f Cammm 
^ r oyer y and fuch Order and Form for Confed- 
erating of Arcfjbilbops and Bifhofs^ &c as 
was fit fforthitn the time rfKtf^ Edward the 
Sixthy and added thereto^ and author fzeid iy 
(Parliament J fbaU fiand in force and be ob^^ 
ferved. Secondly, That aUjMis done by any 
fPerfon about any CmfecratioHy Qmfirmatmj 
'€r invefiing of any eka to t^fe Office or Dignity 
*€fJr€hbifiop or BipiBfjiywrtue<^fthe ^een's 
Infers Tatents orCfommJion^ fkce the be- 
ginning of her Reign be good. .Thirdly, That 
^11 that have been Ordered or Confecratei 
JrehiifhofSy Bifbofs^ TrieBs^ &c after the 
faid Form and Order j be rigjbtiy madoj order^. 
ed^ and confecrated^ amy Statute^ liOWy Canon^ 
-or other thing to the contrary notwithftanding. 
Thefe were the Reaibns of that ASt ; which 
^s you fee doth not make good. the Nags^-head 
Ordination. aa.jP^ Halv^ismd.^^tn/^^ unlets 



. The Coftes ofceficAn Let t e r %. 3pp 

\ the fame were according to the Form ia Ed^ 

ward the Sixth's days. His next proof is^ 

t That Bonner Bifiof ^London while he livedj 

i . always fit light by the Statutes of the Tarlia^ 

ments of^een Elizabeth,, alledging that there 

[ wanted Bijhofs^ without whofe confent ty the 

I Laws of the Realm there can no. firm Statute 

he made. That Bonnef defpifed and fet not a 

I ftrawby the Afts of Parliament in Queen £* 

lizabeth's time. I hold it not impoffible, and 

i yet there is no other proof thereof, bqt his 

I bare Word, and the ancient Confeffors tradi-^ 

J tionj of. which we heard before. . Admitting 

I this for certain, there might be other reafons 

thereof, beiides the Ordination at the N^S'-> 

head. . The fti^e& of that Man was no leis 

in King Edward^s time than Queen EUza^ 

betb's. And indeed the want alfo of fiifliopa 

might be the caufe, why he little r^arded the 

Ads of her firft Parliament. For both much 

aiboutthe time of Queen Marfs death, died 

J alfo Cardinal Toolt^ and fondry other Bi^ 

J fhops: And of the reft fbme for their con-i 

tcmptuous behaviour in denying to perform 

their duty in the Coronation of the Queen 

were committed to Prilbn, others abfented 

themielves willingly. So as it, is commonly. 

reported ta this day, there was none or very 

few there. For, as.for Doftor Tarker and the 

reft, they were not ordained till December 

^559* the Parliament was diffolvcd in the. 

May before. So not to ftand now to refute 

Conner's conceitj^ that accoKl|Dg to ourXawfii 

therQ 



400 Tie Copies €f eertaln Le r t e r s, 

there could be no Statutes made in Parliament 
without Biihops (wherein our Parliament Men 
will redify his Judgment) F. Halywood was 
in this report twice deceived, or would deceive 
his reader. Firft^ that he would make that 
exception which Bmmr laid againft the FirSi 
Parliament in Queen ELizahetys time, to be 
true of all the reft. Then, that he accounts 
Bifiiop Bonner to have excepted againft this 
Parliament, becauie the Bifliops there were no 
jBiftiops, as not canonically oniained ; Where 
it was, becauie there was no Bifhop true oi 
ialfe there at alL His laft proof is. That 
Dodor Bancrofi being demanded of Mr. Ala-f 
^A^Siei^wbence their jirH Bifbo^srecefoed their 
Orders ? anfwere/^ that be hoped a Bijhop 
might be ordained of a Tresbyterin time ofner 
oejffity. Silently grafiting^ That they were not 
ordained by any Bifbcf : And therefore, faith 
he^ the Parliamentary BifhoPs are witho$t$i 
Order Efifio^aly and their Mmifters alfo Mt 
Vriefis. For Trie ft s are pot made but of Bi^ 
fiops ; whence Hictomc^ Quid facit,®c. FFhat 
^th a Bift)op^ facing Ordination^ which a 
Tresbyter doth not 11 have not the means to 
fjemand of Dr. Jlablaftery whether this be 
true or not Nor yet whether this be all the 
^tiiwer he had of Dr. Bancroft^ That I aff^ 
firm, that if it were, yet it fpUows not that 
Dr. Bancroft fUently granted they bad no Or-- 
ders ofBijbops. Unlefs he that in a falfc DiP? 
courie, where both Propofitions be untrucj^ 
fjenics the Major, doth filently gr^t the Mi-«^ 



7U Copies $f cerfdin L i t t Ik s. 401 

bor. Hither h6 jcfted at the futility of this 
Argumettt,' which adtflitting all this lying Le- 
gfetid 6( the Nags-'heaJj arid oiore too j fop 
pdfe n9 Ordhkitian hy^ any Bipops had been ever 
effethd^ riotvfithftanditig (hews no fufficicnfc 
rfcafori why there might not be a true confe- 
cration, and- true Minifters made^ and confe- 
quetttly a firue Church in England. For in^ 
deed neceffity dilpenles with God's own pofi- 
tive Laws^ as our Saviour ftiews in the Gofr 
pel ; * much mcfre then with Man's : And 
foch by ITterem^s Opinion are the Laws of the 
Church, touching the diflfepettce of Bilhopsand 
Presbytew, aftd cpnfequ^tftly touching their 
Ordination by Biflidps only. Whereof I have 
treated more at large in another place, for the 
juftification of otlier reformed Churches, albeit 
fhe Ghiirch oi England needs it noti l)o cbn-^ 
firm this A^g^iwcnt, it pleafcth F, Hafywo^d 
to add, That King Edward the Sixth took a-- 
way the Catholic k kite of Ordaining^ and in^ 
fiead of ity fnbfiifuted a fevj Ciahinifiical 
Trayersi Whom Queeil Elizabeth followed^ 
^. And' this is in tS^ th^fame thing which 
you fay when you add, That Cbverdale be^ 
I ing made Bijhop of Exttcr in IQng EdwardV 

timey when all Councils akid Church Canons 
were tittle obfervedi it is "lyer^ doubtful he was 
never himfilf c-anonicall^ confecrated^ and fo if 
' he were no canimical Bifh^^ he coadd not make- 
i another canonical.- To KHalywood I would 

\ anfwcr, That King Edward took not away 

» Ec . . the 

) * Mark z. 15, 



4t)y The Co^es of certain L e t x li sV 
the Catholick Rite of Ordaining, but purged; 
it from a number of idle and fupetftitious Rites 
prefcribed by the Popifli Pontifical. And the 
Prayers which be fcofFs at if they were Cal* 
▼iniftical, fure it was byTrophecy^ for Calvin 
never faw them till Queen Mary's time; when 
by certain of our Engii/h Exiles^ the Book of 
Common Prayer wad tranilated and fiiewed 
him ; if he fiiw them then^ Some of them, 
is the Litany i and the Hymn Veni Creatory 
&c; I hope were none of Cahin's devifing^ 
To you, if you name what Councils and 
Church Canons you mean, and make any cer- 
tain exception, either againft Biftiop Co^er^ 
dale^ or any of the reft as not Canonical Bi^ 
fliops, I will endeavour to fatify you.' Meatt 
while remember I befeech you,. That both 
Law, and Reafbn, and Religion ftiould induce 
you in doubtful things to follow the moft fa- 
vourabie fcntence, and not raftily out of light 
furmiies to pronounce againft a publick and 
fblemn Ordination, againft the Orders confer- 
i;ed fiicccflivcly from it, againft a whole 
Church.^ Whereio I cannot but commend 
Do^four Carrier^ s modefty, whofe Words are 
tjieic. * I will not determine againSi the fuc-^ 
cefftm of the Clergy in England, becaufe it is 
to me very douhtfuL And the difcretion of 
J Gudfemius the Jeiiiit, which denies the Eng^ 
lijh rlatian ti^ be Hereticks^ becaufe they re^^ 
inain in a ferfetnal fuccejion of Bipods. And 



* Page 7. ' 

§ De <(</}erata Qdhitnl can/a, <?. ii-. 



ThiCi^fesqfcefialhtsti 4^j 

^6 take away all donbt from you^ thztfame 
Qf thefi Ordainers were tmly^ Bt/hafs eleSl^ and 
unc(mjkrated\. btfidcs MiUs Cavirdak^ in 
King Edwards time Bifhdp of Exeter^ caft 
in Prifoh hf Queeil Mary^ arid felcafed arid 
fent over Sea to thfc Kihg of DinmaYkh know 
that WAlium Biriow was Undtber ; in King 
EdwinT^^ davs Bifhop oiButh arid JVetts^ irt 
Queen Mdryt b6yond the Stas In the compa- 
ny of the Dutchels oiSufotk zM Mr: Bmie 
her Husband ; at the time of i)r: Tdrker^i 
Ordidatioh eleift of Ghkhefteri . A tliird was, 
John Scary yin King Edward's time BiOidp of 
Chkiejfery and at the time ttf the faid Ordi- 
nation Eleii ^Hereford. A fourth iNzsJolm 
Ho^eskln^ Sufiagah oi Bedford. And theie 
feur^ if they Were all ordained accordirig to 
the Form ratified id King Edward's daysj^ 
Were preiented by two Biflidps at leaft to 
the Archbifliopy ^nd of him and thcfm re- 
ceived Impoiition of Hslnds^ as iri the ikid 
Form is appbinted; 

• One Scruple yfet rfeihainS which you haV^ 
in That theft Men did confecrate DoStor Par- 
ker, by vertue of a Breve frotH the ^^en as 
Head of the Churchy who king notrut Heady 
and a fFomany youp? not how thefi could maki 
a true Confecration grounded on /jer Authorir 
ty. But to clear you in this alfo^ you muft 
underftand the ^een's Mandate ferved not to 
|ive power to qrdain (which thofe Bifliops 
had before intrinfically annexed to their Office) 
bat Leave arid Warrant to ^pply thatpowec 

£ e 2 ti 



•BSr-^ 



404 the Caj^tes 9f certam Xettbis. 

to the per£)n named ia tliat Maiviatc^ h, 
thiagi udefs I have beep (^ceived by fepart$, 
uied io o(ber Countries^, yea in theKingdcmia 
©f Ips Catholi^fc M^jefty hifilplf. Sure X am 
$y the ChrUlian Emperors in t;he Primitivq 
Church) as you mfiy fee in th« Ecclefia^ical 
Hiftories, aiuj naoiely in the Ocdinai^tioa oi^ 
j^^^rfi^^that \ (pake of befo][e« Yea, which 
is more, in the (>>ni€cf ation of the iE^fibop^ 
oJC Bjme^ as of Iao the; Eighth, whole Pecrecix 
^ith th^ Syi^od at ^iflm^ touching this mat- 
ter,, ip fet (ipwn by Gpatim^ Difi. 6^. f. aj; 
^ken ffointhQ ex^mpie: oi ffy^fia^j andao^ 
other Cooivpii, ^hich ga^ve ta Charks the. 
^reat. Jus ^ potiejiatem el^efi^ ^nti^^m^ 
^. 9r4'm^n4i ^f^fiaifc/m Siden^ as you ma}C 
l^f in the Chapter 9fc«x,t before. * 3ee the 
^^ofi^Dift.Ci i6y SJ 1^7,;^ i^* afid you fliaU 
find, that when One wa^ choi^ni Biflapp oiR^ 
ai^ fr wi^iA^ thp Pope's own Province, by 
^ Clergy apd Pciopte, apdr fent to hija, b^ 
(juido the Count to be confecr^atoi, the Pope 
(}<;t|fii 01^ do it tlU t^e Es9pe|[;or.'s Licence 
w^T^ obtained* Yea^ that he writea to the 
l^^p^tox for Colonusy || Th^f recewutg his Xh 
ir,en(( he, m^ €onf^c^rat£ him either tk^rey §r 
itf^ tkd Cim^k (^ Tufculum, whicb accpcdingly: 
upon the ^i^n^peroffs bidding be performed. 
: Y.^t; apother Exqeptipn you. tafce, ix) the^ 
toiil^iog out Minifterfi, That we^ kee£ not the 
^ght i^ehtimi ¥ix&^ be4:af^e wf neither give 
. ../ '"" nor 



The Osftes (fi^ftrtamU et t e r s. 495 
iwr take OtJeY^ as ^ Saen^tmnt. By that rca- 
icn we (houldhave no true Marriages amongft 
txs fieither, becaufe we count not Matrimony 
^ Sacrament, This Controverfy clepends up^ 
on tht^Jefimtim vf a Satrament^ which if it 
be put to \>t a^n tf >a h&ly thingy tfacfe be 
both fo, asd a many more than £ren. tta 
Seal^f 4be i\&to Tefijfmentj fo are there but 
thofc'two^ which wcpropwly caU Sacraments, 
Bapiifm ind the Lofffs differ. * In which 
laft> As ^^ the Intentiof$, 4^ f^rijicingy forely, 
if ye allow the Dodrifte of the Matter of t^e 
Sent3ences^ That it is failed a Safrifice and Oh^ 
fatioMs which is Ifffeted and fmfecratfd hy the 
TrieHy iecauff it h a M^mryand Reprefen-^^ 
tation ofthftrne Sacrifice and holy Immolation 
jm0de m the Jttar of the Crofs, And that 
0riB once dyed im the Crofsy and there rj^as 
J^ fired pf in bimfelf^ bat is daily offered uf in 
fi ^Kamenfj becaufe in the Sacrament there 
Us a remembrance of that which was once done^ 
which he there confirms by the Authorities 
pf the Fathers, pited by Gratis in the Ca- 
pon Law. J If this Dodrinc^ I fay, may yet 
|»is £»: good, gnd this be t\ieChwrch's Inten^ 
tioHy f we wafit not this Intention of (acrifii- 
-fcing. Add to this the Gonfeffion oiMelchior 
CamtSy who faith, the Lutherans do nM whoU 
^ dev^ the Sacrifcey but grant a Sacrifice 4f 
Tbankfgmngy which they call the \\ Eucharili ;; 

E e 3 -they 

* Lib,4.dift lu ' v^ 

S Dc Confecrat. dift. 2. 
\ Loc.ThftoU lib. ka- c, tU 
(It f, Eucharil^icam. * v 



' jio6 TheCafies of certain L e t ij e r s, 
they will have tume for ^n which they callprih, 
ptiaiory. * If he had put hereto^ untefs it ht 
a My fiery ^ he had rightly cxpreffi^d the Opir 
hion of file Prot;cftants. 

Thirdly, You objeft, We want the Mat- 
ter and Form witU which Orders feould 6^ 
ghen : Namefy^ for the matter inTriefihood 
the delivery of tli Fating wkh Bread^ and 
the Chalice with Wine / In Deaconfhip the 
delpuery of the Book of the Gof^el^ &c. By 
which realon the feven firft DfeaccJas had no 
true Ordination, for then there was no Goft 
pel written to tc delivered them. Nor thofe 
Prieifts whom the Pope (hall make by his folc 
Word, iaying, Efio Sacerdos. Whom not^ 
withftanding fundry famous Canonifts hold to 
be Veil and lawfully ordained ; zxAlnnoonr 
tins himfelf faith, That if thefe Forms of 6^- 
dination were not found put, any other Or-^ , 
dainer might in like mannet makePriefts,^ 
with thofe*^ Words, or the like : For asm nch 
^s thefe Forms were in procefs of time appoint 
ed by the Church, And If we lift to feek 
for thefe flietaphyiical Notions of Matter and 
J(^r«i,MnjDrdiriatiohi, which at the moft caiji 
he hut hj ^nalogyj hoW much better might 
we afEgn the perfons deputed to faCred Func- 
tions to be the matter (as thofe that cofltraft 
are by your felves made the matter in Ma- 
trimony) and the impofing of Hands, with the 
exprefling the Authority and Office ^ivcn tq^ 
be the Form ? In Dionyjifis though faUly' cal- 
led the jireofagite^ yet an ancient Author^ 

voa 



Iv 



TAe Cd^m ef certain L e ar t e r s. 407 

yoii (hair find nothing clfe ; nor, which I may 
\ tell you by the way, any other Orders, fave 

IJ Bifhops, Priefts and Deacons. 

' And to come to that wherein you fay we 

fail moft of all, thefubftantial Form of9riejir 
f hood^ tell me ingcnuoufly, good Matter fFad-- 

\ defworthy how do you know that our Lord 

^ Jefus Chrift made his Apoftles, or they other 

* Priefts with this Form, which hath no meh- 

;- tion or fbotftep in the Golpds^ or otherwhere 

? in holy Scripture! Nor io much as in the. 

I Council of Carthage ; that from whence the 

^^. manner of giving other Orders is fetched ; nor 

iij GratiaHj nor in any other ancient Author 
that I can find, favje in tht Tqntijicdl only. 
And is the prpfent Pontifical of fuch Authori- 
ty with ;^ou, 2i^thcFprm ofTriejihodd^ the 
fubftantial Form^ canfubfiftin no other Words 
'than thofe that bfe there exprefled ? To omit 
the late tiirkeling whereof, confider what^/^r 
gufiinus Tatritius writes in his Preface before 
^hat which at Pope Innocent the Eighth his 
commandment he patched together i That 
there were fcdrce two or three Books found 
that delivered the fame thing : ^0^ libri tot 
varietates* Vie ' deficit y hie fuferabundaty d^^ 
lius nihil omnino de ed fe hdbet- raro aut nun'- 
quamconvenimt \ 'Me obfctiriy implicatij ^ 
Librariorum 'vitio plerumque mehdofi. Anci 
in truth in 'this your ejjential Form of Trie ff*^ 
hoodjthVold Pontificals before that which he 
fct forth, either had other Words at thegtv-^ 



4o8 "pje Cf^s of ceram I* e T T ? »^ s. 
ipg of the Chalice and Patin as may. fcem ; <« 
waited both that Form and the Matter all^ 
tt^ctber. "The M^er of the Sentences declare, 
iug the manner or the Ordination of Priefts, 
^d the reafon why they have Hs^e Chalice 
vith Wine, and Patin with Hoils givoi unto 
diem, fai)th it is, Utfer fr^fiiantfe accepift 
ffifefi(item pliicabileiPeo bfift'tas effer^ndi. Hit: ■ 
go i» like manner, [/icci^iunt ® Calicem cum 
wm, ^ 9atmm cumfiofim 4e m^if£^ifloT 
^ffy quatentfs foteftdtmje ficceptfe (ognejckint, 
fhcabiief Deo Hofiias t^ere^du ^te^anu^ 
pdftenfis Efifco^usy in the lame Words .• £>a^ 
fur mOttix cum Vina, ® Tatma cum Uofn 
pa, in quotraditur m foteftas ad oferendttnf 
jye^flflcakil^s U9Jl'tas. So Johanpes Ja^u- 
eiff^s in bis Sum, entil:led /7'»'^<'^'<!^«*> verb© 
^re.sf>yter. If you afcend to the higher times 
ofRa^anus^ ^cmufs, Ifidorfts^ you fc^ljlfin^, 
jhat they mention no fqch matter, pf deliverr 
ing Chalice or Patin, or Words ufed at the 
delircry ^ and no marvel, for in the (^anptis 
oit^t fourth Council of Carfhage they ^un^l 
none, jPmyJius fajlly called ^eo^ngita^ 
whom I mentioned before, letting do^vn d^ 
jT|anner of Ordaining in his time. The Trieif 
lOon hoth his knees pefore the JUafyWitb the 
Biped's fight Band f^on his Head is ott thif 
manner fan£iified by hts Confecrafor with hofy- 
Jnvocattons. ^ere is all) Ijiye that he faith, 
after he hath defcribed that aljfo which pe^-! 
tains unto the Deacon, thzt every on^ of them. 

if. 



Tie C^ifis ^f certain !«> x t^ r s. 40^ 
it fignedw'fth the Crofs when the B'tjhaf hkC- 
feih them, and proclaimed^ and Jaluted i^ 
the Confecrator b'mfeljy and every oMe of thai 
facred Order that is frefeut. The Greek 
Scholiaft very lively ffiews the meaninf and 
jpanner of this prodding. He faith, Tbt 
Qrdainer p'tmmncethwf name when heji^eti 

vpta^ifH, ^ j^iMivH. Such a Man is confecrated 
frm being'Presbyter to bea Bijhopintheuame 
'efthe Father, gCc. andfo in the Presbyter and 
Peacon. Clemens Romanm (if i^ Turrian 
and the reft of the Romjb Faaion deceive u$ 
pot, or be not deceived thcmfelves, in attri- 
Iwiting to him the xsight Book« of the Apofto* 
Jiek Cottftitytions that bear his name) cuts 
the matter yet more fliojt, and without eithcf 
frolfing or proclaiming, appoints the Bijlhop t9 
f^ hts Bands if on him, in the frefence of the 
Wresbytery and the Deacons, ufmg a Trayer, 
which you may fee at length in him : fort^ 
increafe of the Chwrch, and of the number of 
them thai by Word and Work may edify it - 
for the party eleBed unto theOf^e if¥riei- 
ho^d,tEat being filled with the' operations of 
^almg and Word of DoUrine, he may inftruk 
Gois ^efU wtth meeknefs, andferve htm Jin. 
cerely wtth a fure mind, and willing heart, 
^d ferform holy Services without fpot for his 
Pfiethr^h hisChrift, to whom,%.c. Tht€t: 
lalt Words which are in the Creek, ^ rii irL 



4IO TJbe Caries of certain L e t t e r s, 

lus Bavius Bifhop of 0/funa interprets, ® Soj 
crificia fra fofuh tuo immaculata ferficiat. 
Marvel that he added not, tarn fro mws 
quamfro defmEiis. Sure if S, Taul^Rom. 15, 
I (J. had not added the Word IvttyyiKlt^f, ht 
hzAfacrificed alfo, l^h was the ancient and 
Apoftolicfc manner of Ordination, if the Au-; 
thor be worthy of credit. But that ye may 
perceive what tampering there hat|i been tQ. 
bring Ordinations to the Form which the prc;^; 
fent Pontifical prefcribes, confidcy wijft me 
phcWqrds of j^malarius Bifhop of Triers in 
his fecond Book de Ecckjlafi. Officiis^ whoMj 
jn the Office of the Subdeacon he thus \yrites, 
^iiror qud^ re fuf9^tus ufus in Ecckjiayhjd 
I marvel whence the nfe was taken in out 
Churchy that very often the Subdeacon poul4 
feadtheLejfon at Ma[s^ fincf this is not found 
committed unto bim^ by th^ M^^J^fy i^"^^^ ^f^ 
tn Confecratiohj nor by the Canonical WrttmgSj^ 
[nor by liis name. And ftreight after, Natn 
frmavo tepifox,e\ for in ancient {tme the Dear, 
fon read not the, Gofpel which was not yet^ 
written \ but af^er {( was enaBed by oyr pa^ 
thersy That t^( t^fOtCons pquld read the Gop 
j^ely they affQinted a,lf(( that the Subdeacon 
fbould read ihelEftJllg or Lejfon. It appears 
then that in Jlmal^riu/s time, who lived with 
Charles the Or^Vt and I^^^is his Son, that; 
jidiculous Form was nof in the Pontifical, 
where, the Book of the Epiftles is given' to 
%hq S^bdeacons. and power to r^ad them in tke 



TheCoj/iesof certaifp h^rx^^Si 4ff 

^oly Church of God as well far the ^ck aik 
'the Dead. The jame Author^ coming to fpcak 
of Deacons, telleth of their cohlecration by 
Prayer, and impofition of Hands, and cor&t^ 
cth that in the prefent Pontifical (which her 
faith he found in a little Book of Holy Or-^ 
ders) made he knows not by what Author, 
Jhat the Bifhap akme fhould lay Hands on the 
Deacon. At laft he adds. There is me Mi^ 
^ry added to the Deacon^ viz. to read the 
0oj^ely which he faith, doth well befit him^ 
auia Minifief eSt. But of the delivery of the 
Book of the Goipels, with Authority to read 
the Gofpel for the Quick and Dead, not one 
Word. In the next Chapter of Presbyters he 
expounds their name, and faith further, bunc 
imorem tenent Efifcofi nofir'u Our Biihops 
bare this faftiion, tb(y anoint the Hands of 
^reslyters with Oily which Ceretaony he de-f 
clares ; touching impofition of Hand upon 
them, he* remits us to that he faid before ia 
the Deacon/' Then he ibewsout oijhnbr^e 
and Merifln'j That thefe are all one Order with 
BiJhofSy and ought to govern the Church' m 
eommouy like Mofes with the feventy Elders r 
As for delivfery of Chalice and Wine, . or. Pa-. 
tin afid Hoft; with power to lacrifice fb well 
for the quick as the Dekd, he makes no ntienn 
tion» Judge you ' whether thefe were thought 
to be the matter and epntial form of PriefU 
hood in his time, ' Yet one Author more will 
i name in this matter^ not ooly beqaufe he ia 



^1% tht Cdfi^s of e^fm^ I, e x T i r s. 

« famous SckoohnlDy and one ofljtther's firft 
Adrerikries, and therefore ought to be of 
more account with that £kie, but becaufe he 
pra^ffeth the end of his writing to be, i;irc4^ 
Sacr amentum ordinis cantos reddtrey ne fertu 
nax fwifquamaut le^sjif.citca mcdum tra^, 
dtndi ant recipiendi urdmts. It is Cardinal 
G^etan^ in the fecond Tome of his Ofufcula^ 
Ta. De mods tradendifeu recff'tendi Ordtnes^ 
Read the whok, where the£e things I ob(erY« 
for our prefent purt)ofe. i . IfdU hf gdtherr> 
ed together w/whtbe pontificals^ itr which Rea^ 
fim or jhtbority bath delivered^ the nature of 
aHtbe reH of the Orders exce^ Triefthood^n* 
fyj will off ear very uncerttm. * a. The lifer 
Orders anaSubdeacanJhip according to theMaJ^ 
tor of the Sentences^ were inftitnted tfy th^ 
Church. 3. Th^ Deacons infiituted by the A* 
fofilesy Ads 6. "Were not Deaems if the Al^ 
tar^ hut of the Tables mdWTidffWs. 4. hk 
Deaconpif there feems to be no certain Form; 
for according to the- old Tonti^calSy the layif^ 
of Hands ufm the Deacon hath no certahk 
Worm of tVordt^ but that Grayer j Emittfe 
qu»fumu8 in eos S. Sandum : Which accord^ 
^ to the new Pontificals is to befaid after 
the imfofition af Hands. For. the giving of the 
Book of the Gofpelsy hath indeed a form of 
Words J but that imfreffeth not the CharaSter^ 
for before any Gcfpl was written^ the A-^, 
poftles ordmHed Deacons by Imfofitim of 
Hands, 5. In the Subdeaconpij^ alfo tber^ 
•' ' • • ii 



tht Ctfies if certam Lb t t e us. 4131 
u-no ^mti^al which baih not the matten 
w'ahtmti Fonm, viz. the deHver^ $f the empty, 
ChaUce^ ^c» Thefe things with more which, 
he there jfets dowi\ HeweuU have toferve t<^ 
the ittfitu^ion of the kamed. tombing the im- 
eertaMity of this whole matter, to teach Met^ 
tfi. ke w'rfe toGihietyy that is, every Man ta he- 
ofiment witb- the ^mfiomed Pontifical tfthe 
Church whfire'm he is. ordained, Jnd if ought 
if omitted of thofe things which he added out. 
tfthe new 'Pofttipals, as for exan^le, That, 
the Book of the EpijUes was not gkien, with 
ibofe fFords [Take Authority toreadtheE^if. 
ties as well fir the ^ick as the Dead] thert 
ju^ n/knieeid «f fii^kpfffg this, omifjim' by anew 
QfdinaSion^fjor fuck new additions make no^ 
new Law, X<eara then of your ovfo-C^etan^ 
t/i^t the new additions of delivery tf thet 
Ghalice with ff^tue^ and tatin. with UoBs^ 
and authority- to offer facrificefor the ^kk 
and the Dead, make no new Law, Xeara 
to be content with the Pontifical of the. 
Church, wher^n you were cordained. Where- 
iji frpft \&.verhatimi!^ that, which your Politi- 
cals had weU taken Out of the holy Words* 
of our Saviour) Jiecipe Spiritum San^m^ 
cpiorum.remiferis peccataremittuntur eis, ^, 
^r4tm retinue^is retentafunt. Which me* 
thvika you fihoukl rather account to contaia, 
the eflentialFooi^ of PrielHiood. than the for-: 
roer, bpth becaufe they are Chrift's own. 
Word?, andj joined with th^t Ceremony oS 



'4t4 22f Copies &f certain 1 1 1 ri kli 
ia^hfg w Hands J whi^h aqciently denominiitx 
tdi this Ivhole AAion, and do cxprds the 
worthicff and frinctfalleH fart of your 
C&mmiJJioi^^ whidi the Apoftle calls the 
Mhifiry of RtcMciliatioM^ a Cofi 5. 18, i;^i 
Then^ becatife thb Office is not odly de-^ 
ptited to confecratc the Lord's Bddy^ hat 
alio to preach and baptize (which in your 
Pontifical is wholly omitted) in a larger 
and more convenient Form is added out 
of St. Tauty I Cbr. 4. i. Aul be thou a 
farthful Diffhfer of the Word of God and 
if bis hdiy Sacraments. In the Name of the 
Father J kc. 

' As to that you idd, That ^e^bger no Sa^ 
crifcefor tht ^kk dndDeadj and therefore 
well may be called MtHifters^ as all Laymen 
arey but are no Triefts: I have met with 
iiindry that pull this Rope ^ ffarongly the 
ether way, and affirm that becaufi h the ve^ 
ty Form oj your Ordination you art affointed 
Sadrificers jorthe^ick andtBi Deady well 
mayyt be Mafs^^rtefis as ye are calledy but , 
MiniBeri of the New Teftamenty after St. 
PaulV Thrafey ye are none. For that Office 
ftands principally in ^reaching the Wurdi 
Whereof in your Ordination there is no Word, 
feid. And- as little there is in Scriptiire of 
your Sacrifice, which makes Ghrift not to be 
a Prieft ifter the Order of Melchifedecky &c. 
with much more to this purpofe. Where iny 
Defence for your Miniftry hath beeri this^ 

That 



fheCb^ies if cktam tBTfER?, 4<jf 
iThat the Fonn, Recewe the HofyGhoHyWbofa 
fins ye remit they are remitted^ &c. doth fum- 
cicntly comprehend the Authoritjr of preach- 
ing the Gofpel. Ufe you the fame equity to- 
wards us, and tdl thofe hot Spirits among 
you, that ftand ib much upon fbrmalities of 
Words, That to be a Dif^enfer of the Word 
of God and his holy SacramentSy is all the du- 
ty of Priefthod. And to you I add further^ 
that if you conGder well the Words of the 
•Mafter of the Sentences which I vouched be- 
fore, how that which is confecratedof tbeTrieJi 
is called a Sacrifice andOblatim^ becaufe it is 
a Memorial ana Refrefentation of the true Sa^ 
crifice and holy Oaring made on the Altar of 
the Crofsy and join thereto that of the Apoftle^ 
* that by that one Offering ChriB hathferfeEi^ 
edfor ever them that arefanSi'^dy and as he 
iaith in another place, through that Blood of 
his Crofs reconciled unto God all things wbe^ 
ther in Earth or in Heaven ; you Ihall per- 
ceive, that we do ofier Sacrifice for the Quick 
and Dead, remembring, fepreienting, and 
myftically offering that Ible Sacrifice for the 
Quick and Dead, by the which all their 
fins are meritorioully expiated, and defiring 
that by the fame, we and all the Church may 
obtain remijfion of fins j and all other Benefits 
ofChrifTs^Paffion. 

' To the Epilogue therefore of this your laft 
Motive, I lay in fliort. Sith we have no need 
oi Subdeaconjbipy more than the Churches in 

the 

• Hcb. lo, 14. 



41^ 2%e difies^sertMtt Lt¥tEA§. 

the Apoftlcs timely and^httradi thofe >»hoBl 
we call Ck/:is saadSitxtoiK perfonn what iis 
neceflary ior ttns bdfalf. Sith we hzycCano*- 
wta^ BifliopB, and U'oifid SUcceffi^. 3idi 
weiKkheitwantibf.^K«»/ia«^ tode^eMen 
to Ecctefiaifticat FuoduDns, nor j^^^«r ^r 
jfffm mgi9itigTrieJiht9d.'y dtiiving &rar no 
Man Of Woman the ./ttf Aerify «f C^-iriMtiMi^ 
but from £ltriJ? the Head of the Ghacch y. you 
hare ailed^ no fufficicnt; Gaufe^ vrhy wc 
fliould not have tmc'Fafiorsy and;caiiCequeat)» 
1 y a troe Chtfrfb in- Eti^and. 



CKAf. 



7h Copies if ^irt^hLtrrsKS^ 4sf 

CH A P, %lh ' ' 

Cftl^e Cimlii/m. Mr. WaddefworthV v^^ 
nies andTroteftation^ 8Cc, 

YET iythefe (you fay) andfHafp Qther' 
Arguments^ yw wen resolved in your 
underfi^ndingT^ t$ thf contrary. It may welf 
be that your Undcrft^nding out of its ov/n 
JieecElcfs hafte, as that of pur fifft Parents, 
while it was at the perfefteft, was inducecl 
into error^ by relolring too foon ont of 
feeming Arguments, »nd granting po forward 
^ent. For lurely, thefe whifh yon have 
mentioned, could not convince it, if it would 
have taken the pains to examine tl^em tho- 
roughly, and had the .patience to giv^ unpar^ 
rial hearing to the Motives on the othe? fide, 
But as if you triujnphed in your owq con- 
queft and captivity, you add that wh^ch pafc 
feth yfit all that hitherto you have fet dowri, 
^Isj. That the Church of Kom^ was a^ndi^ the 
fnly tnie Churchy because if alonf is Ancient^ 
iPatholici and A^cfiolicky having ^ceffiotty 
yniijf andVijibility in a/i Ages and Places. 
Is it only Ancient ? To omit Jervfaiem^ arc 
not that o![ Anfmhy v^txt %hc Difq'plcs vvero 
i^rft called Chriftians^ siod Afesfandria^ Efhe-^ 
JfuSj Corinthy a^ the reft mentioned in the 
Scripturcf, s^ncicnt alio I ^d of A^tioch anW 
^\^rk\t; tixaq S^fnte. Is it Cc^tholkl^ and ApoC- 



4l 8 fhe Copies of certain 1. e t t E r ^'. 
tolick only ? Do.not thefe an4 many more hold 
;thc Catholick iFaith received from the Apoi^ 
tle»^ as well zb the Cburch.of i?^;»^.? For 
that it (hould be the Vfiiterfal Chufch^ v& all 
one a8 ye would lay the J)art is the whole, 
one City the World- Hath it only Succeffum 7 
Where to fetafide the enquiry of Doftritie, fb 
many Sinioniacjcs, irld Intruders haveTruled, 
as about fifty of yoiir Popes tfigethef , were 
by your own Mens coTScfRori jifofidtiealy. ra-^ 
ther than j^fojiolkal ? Or Unity, wherd 
there ha^ve been thirty Schilhis, and dtre of 
them whiph endured fifty years lofig, and at 
laft grew, into three Heads, as if they would 
Ihare among them the triple Cfown ? And a^ 
for diflentions.in Dodrinej^'I r^mit you to 
Mafter Do^or Hall's Teack ofRcinCy where- 
in he fcores above three hundred mentioned irl 
BeUdrmne^ alone; above threefcore in one 
only head of Penance out ofNdi>arrus. As 
to that addition, in all Ages and Places \ I 
know hot what to make of it, nor where to 
refer it . fcoiifider, I befeech you, with your 
'wonted . moderatibhi ' what you fay ; for fur6 
unlefs ydu were bdguifed, I had ahnoft faid 
bewitched, you could never hate relblved t6 
believe and profels, that which all the World 
knows to be asfalfe/ t' had (well high) faid 
as God is true, touching the extent of the Rth 
. mip Churck to all lAges and Places. ' * 
Coiicerning the Agonies you faffed^ t wiH 
fay only' thus much, if being telolvcd though 



Xh^Cofiei of eertMH L i t.t 5 r 5^ ,41^ 

,Crr0!>9OWifly that \v:as truth, you' were, .wither 

. hoidcn ftom proieffipg it with, worldly re- 

.ipe^Sj y45u di4 >veU to break through theqi 

.ail. But if belidcs thefi^ there were douBt 

pf the contrstry. (as, methmks needs mul^ be) 

junleis y43iu > could^l^tisfy ' ypux |clf .fpuching 

,,jt^iofc ma^y arid known Exceptions ^gainft 

.the Court of jR^«^^, (which you fould hot be 

ignorant of) take ^eec), Ijpft the hff infuing 

thefe Agonies, were, i^t like Sampjon^'silcc]^ 

ing on Dalilah*s Jcnecs, while th^ Ixodes of 

his Strengt^i wf re . ihayen, whereupon (th[e 

. Lord deputing from Jiiin) he was taken by 

the ThiHfiinfSj had his Eyes put out, and was 

niade tp. grind in the Priibn. . Bup!! do not 

' defpair but your foriner jelblutipns Ihallgrow 

* again. . And as I do believe your religious 
. afleverf tion, that fpr foery.feifr pf damnation 
.jouforibokus .(^hijch makes me to.havcthp 

better hop^.^nd ppimon oTyoqi,' for that j 
. fee you do fi> ferjoufly mind that wl^ich is the 

* pnd of our whole lifp ^ ) lb I dpfije froqi my 
.heart thfi gifod hopf ofjahation ymj^dve in 

* your p^ef(fnt way m^y be as tjappy, as yoijr 
,fear I am perluaded w^s caufelcfs. 

For n>y part, I call God %q record aggtinfl 
.mjnp .own Spjil^ that both before my! jgpipg 
into Italy^ apd finjcej I jiave ftiU ende^vou^- 
pd to find apdl follow thje. truth, in the pQJn|:s 
controverted bet;\Yeen u§, . witl^puf ^ny.Ci^rthly 
•relped ir> the Worlid! 'Neither wantcH,! fnr 
.pi>f%?1iupi|:j had I feen itoq that fide, cafifj, 



^to The Cefies^f ctrtain t^ fi t if e k i. 

and with hope of good entertainmetit to hard 
adjoined my Iclf to the Chorch of Bime^ af- 
ter your example* But (td uft your words) 
as IjbaU at^wer at the dreadful day of jue^-- 
fnentj Intoer faWy heardy or read any thh^^ 
' which did tamtnce me : najfj whkh didtm 
fnally confirm me daily more andmorey in tie 
Jerfuafioffy that in thefe differenca it refis on 
our fart. Wherein I hare not feUowed hu^ 
man conjeSures from foreign and outward 
things (aaby yout kare mcdiinks you do in 
thcte your motives, whereby I proteft to yon 
in the fight of God, I am atfo much comfort- 
ed and affured in the poffeffion of the truth) 
but the undoubted Voice of God in his Wordj 
wHlch is more to my Contoence than a thou- 
fand Toftical Arguments- 1ft rc^rd whereof 
I am no Ick affured, that if 1 ikould ibdaJbe 
it 1 ftiould be r^ounced by our Sariour, be- 
fore God and his Angels^ than in the holding 
it be Acknowledged and, faved ; which makes 
me relblve, hot only for no hopty if it were of 
ten ihoufandWtyrlhy hut f^nt gracious affif- 
tanceofGody wi^out whom I Imom I am aUe 
to do nothingy for no terror or torment ever to 
kcome a^aftif. ^ 

You fee what a large diftance there h be- 
tween us in Opinion. Yet for my part, I do 
not take upon me to fore-judge you, or any 
other that doth not with an cvxl Mind ami 
ietf-condemning Confcicnce only to maiitfain 
a Faction, differ from that wWch I amper- 

iuaded 



the Copies ^€trtaml.%'tti 9^^^ ^\% 

iuadbd is the right, i aocoant wc hold one 
and the £une Faith in oat Lord and Sayioiir 
Jefus Chrifi, and bjr him in the BleSod Tri^ 
nity. to his Judgment wefisnd of fiiU. Ii|« 
comparably more andof more.im|K)tt:anceafe 
thofe things wherein^ we agree; than thofe 
wherdn Wediflent. Let as ioliovr tiier^oce 

- the things of peace, and of mataai edificatioxu 
If ahy be otherwife minded dian he onght^ 
GodfiiaQ reveal that alfi> to him* If any be 
weak (HT fallen, God is able to raiie him up. 
And of you good Mr. WaJdefwcrtb^ and the 
Mft of my Mafbets and Brethren of that fide, 
one thing I would again d^ic, that aocordr* 
mg to the Apoffie's piofeffion of irim&l^ y oa 

' would forbear ^ t0 be Lords wer maJPakb^ 
nor fbraightway condemn of Heiefy^ our igno- 
rance or lack of periiiafioa concemii^ £ich 

' tilings as we cannot pnceive to be founded 
in holy Scripture. Enjoy your own Opmibiis^ 
but make them ^otArticksdicm Faith : the 
analogy whereof is broken as well by Addi-« 
tion af Subftradion. And this ielf fame eqoi- 
ty we defile to find in pofitive Laws^ Orders 
and Ceremonies^ Wherein as every Church 
hath full right to preicribe that which is. de- 
cent and to edificatim, and to r^micaibtt&r; 

^ th<^ that are Members of each are to fol- 
low what is enjoined, till by the fame ABtho- 
rity it be rercifedi 

And 

♦ a Cor. 1.^4. 



4" Tie O^es^f certain jMim,jii. 

And now to clo&iip tbis Jfc^ffUPt ]df f&ufT^ 
whereof juM wmM ifawJ)rJtlz]lani me to tie 
as it were Examuers ondAtdkprs. Whether 
-jtbcperlbd and allowable or.no^ |oq|: you 
t to it. 1 have here'.told you mini? (^imon of 
Jt, as diiedjy, plainly^ and fteq}y as I can; 
: and as yoa requ iicdJiUlyy . if pot tediouily. I 
.lift not to contend with you abQut it. Satif* 
.fy your own Conicience, and our coipmon 
:I.cmiand Maften^ zod ydu fliall eaGly fatil- 
. fjT me* Once yet by my advice review, it, and 
. caft it over again. And . if in the particulars 
. you £nd you have t»ken many - nullities for 
J^nifying Nmnbers^ jmny.fmaller fignifiers 
.mr greater ; corrcft the tPt^L If you find 
.namely that out of dcfire of C^ii^, and diili^e 

• of contention, you have aj^ehended our Jir 
. ver/^es to be more than they are : conceived 
.anecef&ty ofiw external infaUiile Judged 
, where there was none : att;ributed the ^mtr 
^kge-of the Chwriob friferiy calledy to th^t 

which is mjikk andmtpctf If you find the 

• reformed Churches more charitable, thcpro- 
; per notp of Ghrift's Sheep : The Roman Fac> 
.tion more ^audiflenty and that ky fublick 
'fotatfelj and i^f plitick ^rfofe^ ip tramiqg 
.notcmly all- later Writers, but ioiae ancient:, 

yea the Holy. Scriptures for tlieif advantage: 
If you find you havemiftaken the Prpteftants 
podrine, touching in^tfibility^ your own al^ 
touching uniformty in matters of Faith : If 
' you have been mifinfornicd ^nd too hafty of 



fhe Coftes of certain iL e t t e r s. 443 

credit touching the imputatums laid to the be-* 
gtnners of Reforfnation : For as touching the 
want ofSwceJfion 2ivA the fabuloffs Ordination 
at the Nags-head, I hope you will not be ftifl^ 
and perfift in your error, but confels ^nd con- 
demn it in your felf : If (as I began to fay) 
you find thofe things to be thus ; give Glory 
to God, that hath heard your Prayer, en* 
treating direciion in his hoPy Truth; and with- 
hold not that Truth of his in unrighteoufnefs. 
Unto him that is able to reftore and eftabliih 
you, yea to confiimmate and perfed you ac- 
cording to his almighty power and unQ)eak- 
able goodnefs, towards his eled in Chrift Je- 
fus, I do from my heart commend you : and 
reft you, 

Tout very loving Brother^ 

in ChriSi Jefus, 



W. Bedcn. 



FINIS. 



X . .* 



AN 

ABSTRACT 

OF THE 

NUMB E R 

OF 

Protestant <^//^PopisH 
FAMILIES 

In the Several 

Counties and Provinces 

O F 

IRELAND, 

Titken fifm the 

M.£,fURNS made by the lUarthmomy CoWec* 
tors, to, the Hsartbmouey Office in D U B L t N^ 
in the Year* 173a and 1733. Thofe being 
reckon^} <Prot0am and <Ap/^ Families, where 
theHsABs of Families are cither <Pro^§^^rfio« 

1^^«. W>thO»SE&VATIOM9. 




J^VJLL,lil! Pfin^ei by M. Rhas^ks, for R. Gvnwk. Boak- 



r . 



^ « • 



t 3 } 

PRO F I N C E 

U X ST E R: 



■Pip 



^m 



corartB^-fel^ 




of^ropeftafft to 
^Popijh FamJies^ 



jintrm - «• 
Down - 



•IT - 



Tknegal 
Tyrone ^ 
Derry - .- 
F^rmana^b ^ 

Monagha^r- * 



n • 



4v 4t ro X 
^ 3 f I 

as ii ^tf 8 
^Mf £^//^/ 
above 3 f i 
»€^r 3/02 
»f/ir 3 /(? 5 
i;;^^ I io 3 



^^(?ir4r 3 1^ 4^ 



-^ 



A ^ 



?^a-i 



t 4 3 

P R V 1 N G E 

I 

LEINSTER 



CQUNtlES. 



Proteftant 
Families, 



Kilkenny - - « 

Ksldare - - - 

Ki^'s County - - 

Longford • - - 
Lovtth - ^• 
Afearf* - - 

^wn^s County - 

Carlow * ^ - 
Weftmemk *: 

Wexford . - ^. 

WicUow - - - 



88ag 

1137 
819 

897 

topi 

ICXX) 

II39 

aip3 
ai33 



Families, 



*fBe Proportim 
of Prtna^am to 
Popip Families. 



<53?? 

7614 
6(J77 

3744 

J»36 

14416 

7313 
407^ 

10837 
5260 



7<)fd/- 



45241 94434 



47^« itO I 

««»r I W 5 
as I to ^ ' 
tW^^r I fo is^ 

<»'t fo 4% 
n»af I to 6, 
as tto 8x 

as I to 4 
asit'to^ 
as I ^0 5 
03 tto a 

^lif*3r 



<PRO, 



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P R OFI N <5 E 

M UN ST Br: 



mim<m 



4- 



COUNTIESi 



Prgte/iavt 
Families. 



^^'^ ICpunty - 
TJmtmk r •• '• 



452.0 
ao^o. 

1073' 
1627 



Hits. 



She '^ra^prtiw 
of Proie/tant to 
Popi/b F(milies» 



MOldtJ. 

-1483(0 

-L5A^3 
164(5 f 

■9348 



13337 1 16IS4Q7 



atx tfi 1% 
as It6% 
as. I to%- 
as ijo 7 ■ 
as I fo la 
<M' £ /9 10 
, as.. I to 14.. 



<?j X f 8. 



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■ ' 'I 

Kofccfmmoh - - 
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Proteftant 



5it 

ti66 
•735 



,<•; 



4ap5> 



Familhs. 



T" i^B 



JrfUpOt'tiott 

ofProu/tant to 



735^ 

43- 

4 



44i«jl 

^ 



as I to If 
as t top 
iayliBjL 

as 1 too ' 



mMMU 



af I fd- Id 



^revktcef. 



Pfottftatu 
families. 



<PiOpif> '. 
Families. 



■fhial tfSab^ 



ULSTER - - 
lEJNsTEB, 
MUNSTEK - 
CONN AUG m 

SUa l 



62624 
25241 

^3337 
4^99 



384iP 

P3434 

106407 

44101 



101083 

110744 
48400 



105501 



281401 



38($poa 



A« Three to Eight. 



OBSSR- 



I > 3 

oB^ERVATrroHs 

Oft the Forcgoirig ; 





IHIS Abftraft co&taitis the Nuhiber b{ 
Famili^ Bieported by the Hearthmomy 
<}ollc<5tor8, to be found in their refpec- 
tivc Diftricfti throughout the Kingdom, 
ifi the Year. 1731* And tho' it appears from their 
Return^) that there were 386^02 Families^- yet 
we mail tali^e Notice,' that all the Inhabitants o£ 
the Kingdom are not taken into the Account { 
for neither Soldiers or their Fandiiea^ nor thofe 
Who live in Colleges^ Ih/ptak^ md' I^ocrSfou/h^ 
4ior above aooo CertificatB-JiDofes (as tbpfeare cail«« 
cd wiiich by Reafon of their Poverty are excoied 
from payingHearthmoney) are included m lilat: 
IN umber : The fbrmer Articles not hadngbeen 
-within the .Gourfe; of Enquiry . of faid ColIe6h)rs, 
and the laft^ihitted by fome of them in their Ra» 
^turns. ' i 

From the Number of Families we may find the 
Number of Inhabitants of the Kingdom, by aU 
-lowing fuch a Number of Souls to each Family, 
jn they reafonably may be fiippos'd to contain one 
•wich another at a Medium. 

A 4 In 



If] 

In orAcf to find ont fach Mtdkmi "fcircnil 
6entienieii have bad the Cariolity to ciikean ex-* 
ftS Account of the Number of Men, Women and 
-^Udren in ctery Honfc in feyeral Urge I^iftrids 
-in t;)icJJountrY, and in. gK^at^Towasi god ibuDd 
upon Trial) in fomePartsof tbe Open Country but 
four and a thirdi and four and a half in a Hoa(e ; 
in other Farts^ ' ivhere ManufaStares were carried 
on,, four 4ind three quarters and five in a Fa^ 
miiy, but in large Towns and Citica,. 5, 6., 7, or 
8)%nd^kicu)arly in<Dii^//>r, near' 10 Soida to a 
Houfe one with another. 

This Inequality of Numbers . in Country and 

' City HouTes^ feems. to arife frbhi hence, that tfie 

lower fori of People, .who are generally Very poor 

-and make die Bulk of the Nation, have few or no 

^Servants in their Houfes, but on the .contrary fend 

out their Children to* wealthier Fan^ilies^ and for- 

niih.them with Servants and Appreatices, whcre^ 

by their own Families arc diminilh'd, and thofe of 

; the Rich are increas'd^ 

From what has been faid, we may rcafons^ly 

^lAlow five Id a F^dy throughout the Kingdom, 

.confidering: that the Largends of Families in Ct- 

tiea and great Towns will make up the Deficient 

xies an th^ Country* 

If there be 380901 Families in the :Kin^om, 
,and if we alldw 5 to a Family, then thofe rami- 
Jies will coDtato One Million. Nine. Hundred Thii^ 
ty Four Thoufand Five Hundred and Ten £oula, 
a^riTwe add to them the laocioSordicrsand their 
.Families, and all fuch who live in Colleges, Hof- 
.pitals, Poor-Houfes, and the unreturh'd Certtfip 
cate Houfes above mentioned, none of which are 
included in the aforefaid Number of Families re- 
turnM by the Htartbmotjey Coilcdors, vrc may vc- 



■C 9 1 

jry well conclude that there arc very near Two 
jMillions of Inhabitants in the Kingaotn. 

It appears by the Abftrad that there are 
105501 Proteftam Families, and 281401 Popifi 
f'amilies in the Kingdom, which are in Propor- 
.tionto one another as ^3 to 8, that is, fuppoHng 
the whole to be divided into 1 1 Parts, the ^ro- 
tfftanu make 3 of them, and the ^apt/is 8. 

If wc take into the Account the laooo Soldiers 
and their Families, and all thofc who live in Col- 
leges, Holpitals, and Poor-Houres, and many 
Servants from Great^Brittaw^ who have fettled a- 
mong us, who are all Prote/tat/tSj and not indud«- 
.fd in the Number of Proteftatn Families before 
mentioned, and reckon them equal to 7060 Fa- 
milies, as we may reafonably do, and add them 
tothefaid 10550 1 Families, then the Number of 
5Pr(3^^tf»^ Families being 11256^1, witTbeinPro* 
portion to the Popip Families exadly as One to 
Xwo and a half. 

If the Nomber of Prtaeftaut Families be to thole 
otPapiftsj as One to Two and a ]ialf, or as One 
to Two and Two Thirds,- it .may be asked what 
Proportion do Prctefiants bear to Papifts with rc- 
fpea to their Numbers in general* 

To this 'tis anfwcr'd, that what Proportion 
foever there is between Protejlants and Papifts^ 
.with rcfpeA to the Number of their Families, 
the fame rroportion will hold good alfo with re-> 
fpe6): to the Number of ^roteftants and ^apijl in 
or belonging to thofe Families ; for though the 
'^zmiViesoi^rotej^antSy who .have moftofthe Ef- 
tatC6 and Wealth of the Kingdotti in their Hands, 
are generally much larger, and have more Ser- 
vants than tnofe. of ^apifts^ and though it be al- 
Jowed that there are great Numbers oi Pcpijh Scv-- 
vaats in Ptotejiam Families, and few 6r no Pro^ 

tiftant 



t "o ] 

fijiatit Servants tn ^opijh FamiKcs, yet if* Ve at^^ 
low an equal Number of Souls, c for Inftance^ tx> 
Tvcry Family, as well ^opifi as ^rcteftanty 
throughout the Kingdom, then every ^apift and 
Proteflant will be taken into the Account, whe- 
ther they live in their own or other Families.— 
*A Family properly fpeaking is made up of a Man, 
hi&Wife and Children, and whatever Difference 
there is between Families with fcfped to their 
Xargehcfs, the fame arifcs from the Number of 
Servj^nrs more or left in thofe Families ; the Fa^ 
ipilics of the Rich are increased by taking in Ser- 
vants from the Poor ; and the Families of the 
Poor are leffen'd by that means.— ^rotejtant '^^ 
mi lies are furniih^d with Servants toth from'PfV- 
teftavt and Popifb Families of the lower fort, and 
it tTicy are inlafged by taking in Popifb S,(rvafjtSy of 
Confcquence Popijh Families, from whence ftch 
Servants arc taken, muft be dimini&'d in thefstuvi 
proportion. 

Suppofe Three Families, one Prtfeftant and fwa 
^opijby each originally cohfifting or five Pcrlons; 
and that a Servant is taken itom each oitht Popifi 
Families into the ^rotcftani one, then there wili 
be Seven Perfops in the ^totefiant Family, and 
Four in each of the ^opifi Families. In this 
Cafe, as the Proportion of Families is Two to 
One, fo the Proportion of Indivjidaals, dr of P^- 
pifts to ^rote/fantSy originally belonging to fchofc 
f'amilies, is alfo Two to One.-^—^Froni-. hence 
it follows, that tho* there be many Popijh Servants 
m ^rotejtant Families, yet if wcfuppofe allFa- 
tnilies to contain an equal Nufmbcr of .Souls, they 
villi be all taken into Account as much as if they 
had ftill remained in their own Families, qr haa 
been fcparately reckoned in jthe Families where 
they live. • 

This 



t » 1 

•^^t when iw^c kopw the Number iof FamiUcs m- 
any. Coqntr;^^ w^e nwy fiod the Number of Inha^- 
hnaats, l)y:4^ilQWi«g five SqwIs, vor any ochct^ 
jTueibfiT) A3;.|i..f«CQpci: Medium -to each Family j 
und by knowing of what Perfuafion or Rcligioa 
the Heada ^fh«(c Families arcy. we. may alfoiind 
tiM IjSpmb^r.pf Pwions of jcach Pcrfuaiion aearly J 
for that Number will be in Proportion to4rheHttm* 
bcrof their rcfpedive Families : Provided however 
Mid 'Upiofi ^tbis &«f>pofition, tfadt they arc cc|aal 
'Bisccd^Sy wd that the Members hi t^ch^PamAj 
e^ntbue tp be of :tfac Rcligioo of the Head of the 
Vfmilfj anditbat there be^o Acoeffion of Peopld 
to eitker Sid^'^om other (loontiies'; for infucli 
psies ihe ViQpom(3ii^ m^j vary a ilrttle. It can* 
^t )V0JX be iuppokd: bttt that the • Women of dbs 
fame .Country are 9qQal Briesedors ^ except that chc 
tooojc have geacrally moa^o Children than the ^ifch^ 
Attt as to tb^ oth^ Gaiesy it miift be allowed, that 
4aa»yPrflfts/?*^fiy::cbmc yearly -into Ireland Smia 
'Mnglmd^ S€ottmdi^ .aod Wahs^ and fectle with us^ 
but no Papijts come into Ireland but fuch a& ihe- 
forc went from thence ; and many Servants takeh 
IfiroQi Pii^/b FamUies, andiot;hera; become fmep 
toMs^ and c;Qniriiiuo :fGu 'Tis'tn^e that ma^y iV<^ 
t^ants lig¥e':f)f late Years deft the Kingdom tto 
i^fide in JmmQ(ibi/9is^ ftia noMeisccottain thattmsu- 
alyiP^^!^ dpryeacly fo abroad, neither to entie^io^ 
^lp^;)m^Sef vice^ or to molcethiiirFoirtuiiea, who 
^eror retjiva j9^ain ; this.nuiy make' a Diminutiidh 
<4:drjtheSlQdciQf People in the Nation, or in feme 
oHeaiWe l^flen thek Incceafe^ but wilt roa)&e litde 
:0r noVatiatioomthe Propoetioo between IPro^^ 
^dntsMa ^«^t$dhr^ t^.DGai:m(cLoii.bothSide^ on 
Account thereof, being very near in p4^]gQ£cioa 
to their whole Numbers* 

Thig 



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Thia Abftraft confirms another fort of Cofnpu«« 
titian, made ufe of to fkcw^ that there are not 
Three Papifts to One Pr&tcftam in h$tand^ whidi 
Gompotation was grounded on the foUoHring Sap- 
portions, which are generally allowed to be tr uc^ 

I ft. That the Province of VUier contains more 
than the fourth Fart of the Inhabitants of thcr 
Kix^ooK 

odly, That there are as many Ptf^tftsmita 
IjilnftiT^ Munfttty and Ccnnaugbt^ as there arc 
Papifts in Ulfttr^y and therefore fuppofing all in 
Vlfter to be Pme/tantSj and alt in the other tlu'ce 
Provinces to he Papi/isi the Gonfdqaence muft be^ 
that there are not Three Papifts to One Prateftami 
now it appears by the Abflra£L that Ulfier con^ 
tains more than a fourth Piirt of the Families of 
the whole Kingdom, and that the ^rti$^ants o£ 
theother three rrovinces are more in Number thaa 
the Papifts in Ulfter^ and confequently the Prottfi- 
tants muft be more than a £burth Fart of the 
Whole, 

Sir WUHam Pctty^ in his Political Survey of 
Ireiandy Page 8, puUifli'd in 167a, computed 
that there were then in Ireland Three Prtftiftamt 
•to Eight Papift5\. it does not appear upon what 
-Groumishe made this :Computatioo ^ but this is 
ttrtain, that whatever was the Difproportion in 
J^Tumber between Prat^afns and Papi/is in 1672, 
the prefent Difproportion muft be much lefs, coo^^' 
iideiing the ereac l>rumbers of Praif/iautSj who 
foon after the Kevolution, andewr lince have come 
over from Greaf Brit$aiu into Inland^ and fettled 
among us* 

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. Moft of the CompQtations concerning the Nom^ 
ber oiPrcteftaias ami Pafifts in Irelatid have hl-^ 
therto been made without any good or probable 
Foundation ; the general Notion was, that the 
Difproportion between P^ipj^i and Prot eft ants wa^ 
much greater than what appears by this Abftradt ; 
but thia very probably was owing to this. That 
fuchGentlemen who took particular Notice of the 

freat Number ofPapi/is in fome Parts of the King;^ 
bm, did not make proper Allowances for other 
Parts^ where the Prcte/iatJts are more numc/'ous* 
But now that we have a diftind; Account of il\ 
the <Proteftatit and ^cpijb Families in the King- 
dom^ Returned by the Heartbmofjev ColkStors^ 
who could with Eafe niake a true Return of the 
Heads of Families^ whether they were Proteftants 
or Papi/isj and we prcfume have done it with forac 
tolerable Exadhefs, purfuant to the Diredion^ 
they received from the Commissioners of the 
Revenue for that Furpofe ; we may reafonably be^ 
lievc the fame is near the Truth : And tho' there 
may be Miftakes in fome of the Returns, yet as 
fucn Miftakes may be on both Sides, there may 
be little or no Difference in the whole » ■ ■ And 
if there ihould be ^ Miftake of a loop or aooq 
Families on either Side, this* will make but an in* 
confiderablib Variation in the Proportion whick 
they bear to ouq another, when taken all together.' 
As the Bills of Mmality for the Qty of Dublin^ 
give fome Light to that Part of the Abftrad whic^i 
delates to the faid City, I Ihall hcreobferve, that 
it appears from the Accounts of Burials and'Chrif- 
^cnings of Dab/in^ for 7 Years, ending the ajth 
6£ March 1735, pMiih'dhy m/Ham MiUhal/cn^ 
Regifter, that at a Medium yearly for faid7 Years, 
ajip Perfons were buried in Dublin^ and 157S 
chri^cn'd j fo that the Chriftcnings were near two 

yhirdil 



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Thiidg of the Burials ; but no Accooat being 
fakeo of the Nomber of Chitdren.bom yearly in, 
tiiat Time, we may fupply that Defed by taking 
Kotice, that it is foona by many Obfervacions^ 
that la very large Cities the Burials exceed the 
Btrthst but in the Country the Births exceed the 
^^urials, — We will hpweverfuppofe a^d allow tho 
Births and Burials to be equal inDuhlin^viz. ^519 
fach: 'Now we muft take Notice that the Burials^ 
inention'd in the jB/7/r of Mortality for Dublin cotn-- 
prehend thofe of all Perfuafions who are buried in 
Dublin^ riz. Conformifts^ DiJJhterSy and ^apift^ 
t)ut the Number of thefe chriftenM or baptized^ 
comprehends the Children oi Cenformifts ooly^ 
Vho are reported by the Clerks of the refpedtiv^ 
Pariihes to be chriftenM therein, exclufive pf tht 
Children of Diff enters and ^afifts ; fo that the 
Children of Ovformifts alone, which amount to 
I J78, arc very near two Thirds of all the Birth3 
Wnich are i^ip ; and if we add to tfeem the Chik 
dtcn o[ Dijentersj they \^ill both together mako 
-up confiderably more than tiyo Thirds of all thc^ 
$irths, which agrees very well with the Return, 
of the Hearthmotuy Collccftors, which- maizes thfi 
Proportion o£ ^rotiftafff to ^([p//* FmwUcs inDfk 
l^lin as Nine to Four. 

'Tis true that many who die in Dnilip^ arebu-!! 
tied infomc adjoining Burying«Places in the Gounr*. 
try, and are therefore omitted in the Wk ofMor-^. 
talityy fo that the Number of Peaths are mora 
than the Burials.-^ And it is no Icfs certain, thaO 
jnany Children of Conformifts are omitted in thd 
Kumber of thole chriftcn^d j but as tbcfe OmilB-^ 
ons on both Sides may be nearly in Proportion to. 
4heir rcfpcdftive Numbers, there njay he little o% 
40 Di^erspcc in the Whole,^ 



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From hence we may eafily account fw that gfcW: 
Inequality which conftantly appears between Bq« 
rials and Chriftehings in all the Bills of Mortality 
forLwdeifmADubUpi the CbrifleniAgs in Lo^^ 
4on not being more than three Fourths of the Bu- . 
riatfli aad in Dnllin not quite two Thirds ; when 
at the fame time in ^atis and other Places, the 
Births are commonly more than the Burials, • oi^ 
very near equal to them* But this \^ owing to^ 
the different manndr of keeping their Accounts of 
the Bills of MfMTtality ; for. in ^4m thejr keep at^ 
Account of all Burials and Births, but mLofidm 
and Dublin only of Burials and Chcifteniflgs; and 
in the Article of Chriftenines none are inclofckd 
but the Children of thof« of the Eftabli^'cl 
Qiurch. 

This Abftraa is publifliM for the Satisfaaidn 
of thofe who are curious in Political Jrithmeticky 
which has been often of Service to red^fy Miftakes, 
clear up difficult Points, and furnifh ulefi^l Hints 
ifojr the Advai^tage of the Publick. 



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