t ^1^ ^- K< ' ',h' '' *j ■%i.;. ' .t.T, *4r7 s«^'>ijf AH' Tv f'»V^ i > > .,"1 ^-^/ ^-/ i;o U^lrl- H i %l. (Sur J^:, U ( !, n iw j iy-^ ,f^ ¥. ^ > V ^ u iA/ii / t/t-LO "S^^ i ^ ,Y DA VNGEROVS P O SITIONS AND PROCEE- dings, publiHicd and pvadiiCed within this Hand cf Brytaim^ vnder pretence of Reformation^ Arid for the PreihiteriaH Difci^hne, A«r«t 7a ^ TUfArvav Aw/^f«e TK. Wy Tonne fcare the Loni and the King/ and meddle ndl with them that arefcditioui. Prou,j^,j/, Thcydefpifc goucrncmcnt, andfpeake cuiilof themthatarcinauthori- /-. LONDON Imprinted by lohn Wolfe. « 5 P ^ i^^ An aducrtifcmeni: to the Reader. HE Anthor of thif Treatife Vc4S required hy fame per [efts of honer , who might dtfpofe of him and his labours : to fet do iV«f by Vcay of an hiUoricall narration , )\-hat hee had obferutd touching ccrtaine poJittoNs holden , and fame ett' terpri/cs atchieucdor 'undertaken , forrecom- menci'mg^'ind hmgingthe Prcsbitcriall Difcipline wte this Hand o/Briitaine, vnder pretence of reformation . The performance of Vfhich dutit , when hee had undertaken aud ^'M entred into it : hee found the \\>erke to grow farre greater vpon htm yt hen at thefrft, he did imagine ♦ hfomnch as although in the beginning he verily fup* pofedy tha hee mtght eafUy haiie cer.triusd his matter into ei fe\^ fiteetes of paper : fa that as many coppics , as \Vf rf to hee dtfpofedt might eafty andm very P^ort time haiie bcene \\?rit ten forth i yet £>y the necefary length of the T)ifcourfe^ as it fell ent^ and through his manifold cjuetattons^ hee was confiratnedy {as the time rec^uired) t9 procure for the better difpatch , that Jome feW'e copies might beepnn" ted. zy4nd albeit there is no meaning, that this Treatife (^laboured hut for the priuatefatisfaClten offomefeWe efpeciallperjons) fhould etherWufe continue then as an vnpni^lifiedCopie l yet the writer of it wifhedto haue itfgnifiedythat nothing is alleadoed therein, which is not to be found either in 'Bookes and wrtttnges pubUp^edto the view oft he world, (fuch as he thinkfth will not be difcLtimed,) or in publike records, or elfe is to &c/he\Vedvnder tho/e parties oWn hands that haue beene either the prtncipall procurers, fumrers , or dealers in thofe t hinges, '^hcre&fhce intreatcth , Which ajfeneration of his iht*t madeyheVciUbe ready, (as hefkyth) (jodafsi(iing him^ to iufii" fe at any time for the fattsfadion of fuch , aspjallmake doubt of it^ tyfnd doth further protejl with all finceritie : that he hath not (wil- lingly) detorted any thing in this whole 1)i/co/4rfe, to make cither the caufe it felfe y or the fauerors thereof more odious ^ then t heir o\\>ne Wordes and deeds Jloall necejfartly inferre, and enforce againjt them, with allmdijfer ent and confiderate J^ettders, Farewell in Chi i U. Ac Tlx The Cements ofthefirjl Booke, OF two forts of men that efpccially difturbe the Church of England, and of the drifts of them both,b/ way of a Preface. Chap,!. Fol.l. Of tliecour!cheldatC7<'wr«<*, for reformation of icligion, andofthc Doftrinc which vpon that occaGon hath bccnc broached. Chap. 2. Fol,7. Of the proceeding of fome Scottifli Miniftcrs .♦ according to the GenemaH rules of Reformation. Chap. 3, F0I.9. How the Geneutan Dodtrine, or principle for Reformation, hath becnc am- plified, by certainc pretended Reformers in Scotland. Chap,4. F0I.14 The obicftions againft the dodlrinc, reported ot m the former chapter with the Confiftoriananfwercsvnto them. Chap./, Fol.Kj. The proceedinges f coftainc Scotti fli Minifters , according to the groundes mentioned in the two lafl chapters, for fctting vp of the Confiftorian Difciplinc, and ofthcirvrgingofourEnghfii Difciplinarics, tofoUow their ftcppcs. Chap,(r. Fol.iS. The ConienU of the fecond Booke, The Doftrineof certaine Enghfli Miaiflcrs , which they learned at Ceatutt, and publifhcd of purpofe to hauc procured the like courfc for Reforma- tion in England , to that which was in Scotland. Chap.x. Fol,/4- Our Englifli Difciplioarians , doo imitate the Scottilh , in their dcfire of the Confiftoriall gouerncmcnt, fauing that they are more bewitched with a kindof dotageaftcrit.Chap.i. F0I.4.1, Cur pretended Englifh reformers doo imitate or rather exceedc the Scottifli Miniftcrs inrcuilingand rayling againft all that doo encounter them Chap.^. Fol.4^. The fpeechejofthefaid pretended rcformers,concerningEngland:thcStatcf the prefent reformation, and gouernement of the Church.Cha.^.Fol.^7, Some of their rnduti£ull and confiftorian fpccchci concerning her Maicftic Scc.Chap./. F0I48. Some of their rayling fpeechcs againft thchigh court of Parliament, and all others generally that domaintainc the prcfcntgoucrnmcnt of the Church of England. Chap.6. F0I.50 Some of their Difciplinarian fpcechcs concerning thcLordcs of her Maie- ftics mofthonourable priuy Counccll.Chap.7. Fol./i . Some of their rayling fpecches againft the Magiftracy in EtJgland , the lud- ges,Lawycrs,and lawcs both ciuiU and ccclcfiafticall.Chap.8. rol./4. Some of their confiftoriall fayings, as touching our Religion, Communion booke,S3cramcntsandceremonies.Chap.j?. F0I./5, How they doo charge the ptcfcnt gouerncmcnt wijbpcrfccutton^Chap.io. F0I./6. The Contents. Some of their confiftorian fpecchcs of the Clergy of England, aflcmblcd,*! occaflon hath required, in the Conuocacion houfc.Chap.i i . Foi.58. Some oftheirprcsbiteriaifpecchcsof thcBifliops of England profcffing the Gofpcll.Chap. 1 2. F0I.58, Some of their vncharitablc wordes againftallthc Clergy in England jgcnc^ rally that midikc their defigncments.Chap. 1 3^ Fol. (To* Their cfpcciall drift in their faid rayling fpeechcs, as outragioufly publiflied as if they were mccrc lefuitcs , and pcraduenturc to as dangerous a purs pofe.Chap,i4. Pol. 61 « TheContents of the third B0oke^ Thcpraftifesof ccrtainc Englifh reformers for Difaplinc , from the yearc i56o,vntillthcycare, 1572, chap, I. Fol.cT/ The fccrct meetings for Difcipline , and the matters handled in them hecra in England from I /72. till 1/8/. chap. 2. Fol, ^7 A forme or booke of difcipline is drawnc , and a rcfolution agreed vppon, how far they might proceede for the practile of It , without breaking the peace of cur Church chapj^, Yo\,S^ About the yearc 1/8 j . they fell againc to the praftife of their difcipline , and of a confiftorian queftion,chap.^. F0I.75 Their Booke of DUcipline is reuicwed : it was after fcnt abroad about 1 $87 it was put in praftifc,inNorthamptonniirc and many other places, cha.s Fol .7/. A Synodcis held at Cowfw/r^,! 588, many queftions arc refolucd, the booke of difcipline is fubfcribcdvnto,chap,6. Fol.t/ The booke of the pretended difcipline is made perfcft at Crfw^r/a^*, certain S5nodsarekept,and of their eftimation, chap. r Fol. 88 Vpon fomc dctefting of the prcmifles fome were called into queflion; they rcfufe to be examined .• all they wcrecharged,whichi$in cfletUonfcfTed, chap. 8, Fol.^I CArtvfrtgkt is called for,bv authority; a Synode is held in London :it is there refolued that he fhall rcfule to becxamined rpon his oath.chjp.9, Fol.^ j Further proofe for their pradifc of their difcipline; coUcftcd out of the rules ofthcirfubfcribed booke, chap. 10. fol. 94 Further proofe for their pra£life of their difcipline out of the articles they fubfcribed.cha.i I, fol, 98* Itisconfcffcd that they agreed to putone point of their booke in pradJilc without her MaicfticsaiTcnt: what it i» : aadof Arange namcsgiuento children,cha.i2, fol,io» A fccond point of their booke confciTcd to be agreed vpon , for the praftifc ofitjwithouthcr Maieftiesaflcnt, cha.13. fo),iov Jklo points of their booke put in pra£lile: fafts/ calling of minifters: presbi* tcries; cenfurcs,&c,cha.l^. fol. 1 1 z They haucioyned thcmfclues into an aflociation or brotherhood , and doo appropriate to their mee tings thcnamcof the church, cha.i/, fol. 120 A ridiculous pretence oflawcs : wica a capitulation oi the fuoijne of this third bookc^cba.i^. fol.i2f %A 3 The TheContenUofthefourthBooke* Some of them fcetn to grow defpcratc,& propound to thcmfelucsaftrangc example to follow, forthcaduancingofchcirdifciplinc^Cha.l. Fol.l2^ Of thcirdoftrinc for makinga reformation thf mfclucs , and how the people muftbethruftintothataa-ion,Cha.24 ^°'''3.3 They would hauc the Nobility and the inferior Magiftratcsto fet vp theic Difciplinc • and of their fupplication with a hundred thoufand handcs, Cha.j. " Fol.nS Prcfumingvpponfomcvnlawfullaffiftancc , they vfe very violent wordcs, Cha.^. F0I.158 Y^onCartwri^hts commingto Prifon.- feme ftrangc attempts were looked Cha.5. F0I.14I One Edmond Csftnger took vpon him to work Canwr'tghts &c,deliucrancc.* hcc pretendeth an cxtraordmary calling , and acquaintcth diuers with it: one Gtbfon a Scot, P Wentworth , Cartrvrtght, JViggiffton, Chafke, TrU' uers,Egerton,(^c.ChA.(f. Fol.1^3 How Copnger and ^rthington came acquainted with Racket : of their con- ference with lo^hrog^CtftngersXtwti to/fulltn our religion to he flainethen to fay i" Wecoulde without armes neuer rebelling^ but onely dtuiding our felues from youyhaue done you fiight inough vpith thatfeperation. For iffogreate a multitude as we are,^)ould haue broken from you, intofome corner of the rvorldjthe lojje offo many Ctti'^ns woulde haueboth framed you, anifmijhedyou, Belieuemf, you would haue been afr aide, to fee your felues alone andamaT^das amongjl the dead^ tofieflcnee and deflation euery where ^you would haut had moe enemies J then inhabitantes, where now you haue fewer ennemiesybyreafonofthe multitude of your Citizens, that art almoft all chriflia ns. "tit pi^'uib 'z ^^"^ ^^^ ^^^ innocencie,andyet het hadholynes, not of life , 'cap,48. hutof'vn^ion. chrifoft.de i^fterthePrieJlhadreprouedthe attempt^ and the king verb.Efa.vidi roould not yeeld^ut offredCArmes,]hi€ldes,andfpeares, andv- dominum. J^f^ fji^ power :then the Prief turning htmfelfe to God: I haut done {faith he ) my duty to warne him,l cangoe no further. For it is the Priejlspart onely to reproue, ^ freely to admonifh (with words, )mt to affaile with arms, not to vfe targets ^ not to handle jpeares,nott0bendbowes,nortocajl dartes, but onely ta reproue and freely to warne. Kir lib 1. adu. ^^^^^^ ^"^^ noxiuiii cftjVt poffit coDtcri cum paiuerit. louiniaaum. THE THE FIRST BOOKE OF Disciplinary GrOVndes and Pradifes. Chap. I. Of tm fortes of men that efpeciaBy dtliurbd the Church ofSng- Und,andof the drifts of them bothjbj xpaj of a Preface, . r S it is faid of Caifhas^ when hce toldc his companions the Pharifecs and the reft, that it was expedient for them , that cne man Jhoulddie for the feople , Hoc a fetpfa fjoft dixit ^ fed f/rophetauit , drc. fo in mine opinion it may well be faid of the Pope, whcnhcgauetothe Kings &Queenes of England this Title, to bcc called Defenders of the faith: he fpakc not this of himfelfe, but prophccied . For if any Chriftian King or Quecne might eucr bee truely fo tear- incd,(as in deed it is a ftile that containeih a great and the moft royall part of all their kingly offices,) furcly of all the Princes that fince that timehaucraigned , it is verified moft properly in her moft excellent Maieftie : Whether you refpcd the Reformation of Religion , which her HighnefTc hath madein this Church of England (accor- ding to the noble examples oiMofeSylofuA,Dattid,Salomon, lofiphat^Ezechias/oJidd^Crc.) or whether you rcfpc\ifJi:v '^! • i.^.-i '^t >l...^ For vnder pretence ofnotaccufing them'feHic$,if they finde any thing to be come to light, which may any waics touch them , they will vtterly refufe for the moft part to ^mfwerc it,cither vpon oath or without oath: faying, that neither by the Lawes of God.nor man, they are bound fo to anfwcrc . Vndcr colour whereof they exempt them- felues from the ordinary courfe helde in iuftice,for crirai- nall cau(es,throughout all the world: which is,that before witnefles be produced againft any fuppofed ofFendcr,thc party acaifed fliall firft anfwere to theaccufation , yea , or iiay, &€♦ as wee vfc in England;and that in matters of life Ba and ind death Cbut in thcf a without an oathcj hcc maft firft pleade guilty or not guilty . And as they dcale for themfelues/o doo they for their confcdaatcSjthcir fauourcrSjreHeuerSjabetters^and recci- uerstaffirmingit to beagainft the rules of charity ,10 bring their Chriftian brethren and frends into any daunger,tor doingof thofc things , which both thcforts of thefc fcdi*- ccrs haue drawne them into,and doo themfelucs iudge to be religio us and iuft, From theCe points all the ludges of the land^and diucrs Diuines that haue dcaltc withthem5as yet cannot bringc them .-both the forts arc fo felled in this Icditious do(5h-inc Annotat. o^Rhtmes^ which is as hWosstthyVZJfthmhefut to an onthy Khcmim vps ^q ^^^f^^g Catholtkes/orferu'tng Gedaatbey ought to doo, ^r to vt- \hchetti^oi ^^^ *^1 innocent man jto Gods enemies atkihi^'^thottOHghteJlfirfi the Apottlcs, to re fife fueh vnUxvfnlloathes: but if thou hAtu »ot conflancie, and courage fo to doo^jet know thou thatjuch oathes binde mtaf dllinconfcienceandJaa^ofGod^hut mayMfdmufi bebroienvn' derpaine of damnation. Now in thcfeconfcderacieSjWhat cour fc fllouldbe ts,- .ken for thepreuenting of fuch dangers,, as may thereby cnfue,! rcfcrre it to be throughly confidered by tho?fe that .haue the gouernenient both of the Church and Gom- mon-weaE committed vnto thcm.But beibrcthey can be preuented they muft be vnderftood.Concernrr^ the Se- minary Prieftsand lefuitcs ; their very comming into the land doth declare their traitcroiisintenuons. What allca- geance and loue foeuer they pretcod fvppon their appre- Bcnfion)toher Maieftyandtheir countrey^t is very wel! knowncthcy doo it but for the time^rebusficfantibw^Sc that their commingl^ethcr, is to no other purpofc, but to ma1ce a way for the Popeand the Spaniardcs ; the fwornc and mortail cncraics , both tothis (late > and to all other that thatxloo profeflc the right rcfourmed religion of Chrift. \ But for the other Ibrtof pra(^itioners,thcir procccdrnes and dc(igncmcnts,arcnot io well>asyet difcouacd-Theif pretences doo carry a greater fliew of good meanings : & jnany fthat arc indcedctruely zealous, little rurpe(5Hng what hookes doo lie hiddevnder (uchfairebaites) arc .dayly carried (as we fee) headlong with them. In refpecSt whereof,you ate to be adueriiied^that as it is an ealie mat* ttr by looking to the faid Popilli and Spanifh pradtifes, to knowe in generality , their S eminaries dcalinges here a- mongft vs, be they in particularity neuer (o fecrete: fo arc there ccrtaine men in other countries,of the fame humors •with our pretended refourmcrs , whole courfcs aiid pro- ccedingSjas wel for the matters they dcfirc,asfbr theman- jicr of attaining of them, they {>ropound to themfeUies,as the fitteft patterncs for them to followe ; and namely the Minifters of G^»€tt4 , but more efpecially (brae of the Mi- nifters oiScotUndizs may hereby appeare. As we haue beene antxam^le^ to the Churches rfTrnncc And Scotland (Tayih M. Cariwright) t0 followe vf>fothe Lorde wouldhaue vs alfo to f rope ^ mdhr^rou^okedlrj their example. An other alfo in th\slon.Nohile$,qmdam pnecifm huim reg- ^ ^^^^^ m mecum egerunt^ f/ Author ejfim regi mto Ae tollcndis ommvb of p.a, Mpifcofatihus^vte^emflampojleaffiffet mAnarein vkinam An- giUm . Certajne of the chief e Noble men of England (v/ ho I thinke nowe are gone^) ^ealt wthntee (by the inftigation jno doubt of foni^ofour Minifters,AjinQ,J583 .)'^/''''/*'<^^^ ' the King of S cptland my msifler , t^-otterthrowe all the Btjhop- rickes in his conntrey, that his procetdmges therein might bee an example for England adiofmng^ Vpon a ccrtaine rcpaire of t^nne thoufand in armcs to the King of Scots at Stirling, Annoj ists* whereupon the Bifhoprickcs were indeed fupprcfled, KmwfiMez Con- Kncwflubbc; B/ fiftorian fiftorian Miniftei of SufFolkc , did write thus to Fielde:'l would bee gUi to hedre fomeofhat of tht ^4/^0/Scotland : U dvth Mh trouble me then our oxvne: Forlorn eonfemingfomt hope vfon the change of their farmer freceeitng. Italfoiippcarcththat there is great and ordinary intel- ligence , betwixt their and our elpeciall presbyteric mini- ftetSjfbr the better , and more ready com palling of fuch dcuifes and platformcs,as are fought for ;by our faid mini- ftcrs fo bufily amongft vs. Thebeft of our CMmfterie (fayth Oibfon to Jsmes Gtbfon a minifter of Scotland to a brother in Eng- EdXop. I2P j^ ^yg ^^ carefuUofyour eftatejandhadfintfor that effeify A Preacher of our Church this Ufifummer (ispo.) offur^ofe^t» €onferre mth the befi affe^icd LMinifters of your Church, to laye Jowneaplot , how our Church might heft trauell for your reliefe. And againjT^f Lord knows what care we haue of your Church both in our vubltkt aid pr/uate prater s^drc For as feeling meni' hers of Me bodiepe reckon the affii^lion of your Church to be our ©aoifiina. One2)4#(/5'/;ln1ncemanncf Can'otherminirteVofthat gaioft R3. countrey ) takcth vpon him to i uftifie the proceedings of our malccontenr miniftefs here : (aisfit (hall herafter more plaincly appearej and forthe better incouraging of them ^^ ^ intheirpeeuifhneS)heeteilerhthem,//'4n^^/i//^-p/ Laftiy there is almoft nothing more ordinary in all the , Confiftorian difcouries ahdlibeis of our owne countrey- mcri, whether they bcc printed here or in ScfiHand,then to prcilc prcfTe vs with thcexampjcsof^w^tfrfand ScatUnd^nd to in ucigle the people oiEngUnd^ with (I knowe not what J great commendation of the procecdingsand plaiformcst of fomcof the miniftcrs in both thofc places. Which points confidcrcd , & being required by thofc- that might command me,ihat whereas ccrtaine writings, and letters were come to my handcs , concerning iomc courfcs taken by our faidc more friendly difturbers, then the lefuitesare, but ya very great difturbers 5 1 fliould. make the fame in Ibmc (brtc knowne : I thougju it my bcft way,for the difcharging of my duety thercin,firft- to lay downc before you,the examples, pattcrnes,& pro- cecdings of thofc Minifters and Churches , which thofe* our fasJious crew, propound to thcmfelues to follow: & - fecondly fthai I may not bee enforced to palfc by them, * Refor. n» as^one faith, D.B»wasin hisfermcnatPaulescrofle>ta "^"^"•^•* make it moft apparant vnto you,how artifkially and cflfe- dtually, they haue already by imitation expreflfed them. Whereby you (hall percciuc , that although by. reaCon of their faid combination andiecretneflc vfcd, many things lie hid from thofe in authority , which they haue done al- ready,in thefetting forward of their pretended difciplincr yet there will fallout fo much to bee dirclofcd,as laying ir to their patterncs , you may ca/ily difcerne (notv^ithftan^ ding all their goodly pretences j what to iudge of theip proceedings, and whereat in truth they doo aymc. C H A P, I I- Ofthecourfe hid at Ccncu^y for rfffirmiiti(^ft ofreligiQn^ & of tht doShwervhkhvfonthdt oc(afim^^hbi6n€i?r0Mhed» T feemcrh, that when the Gofpell began firft to be preached by J'4rr//w5 y*^^*^^^ and others ac G^fteua^ they couldc haue bccne well content: witht i GeneuidnHeformathn. TheiiSafike* with the goucrnemcnt of rhc Bifhop there, if hcc wouldi willingly haue rcieded the Pope, and ioyned with them for the reformation of Religion . This appeareth by M. cMm wordcs to Cardinall Sadolete . Talem nobis Hierar- chiamftexhtbcant , inqm fie emtKeant Epifeopf , vtChriJlo fube(fe recufent, vt ab illo tanquam vriico capitepeftdeant^dr ad ipfum referantur.'in qua,Jtc inter fefinternamfocietatem cetant^ *vt non alio modo^quam etus veritau.fint colligAti:tum vero nul" lo non AnAthemaU dignos fatCAr ,Jt qui erunt qui non 9Am rtut^ f enter fummaj^obedientiaobferueni . lftherjdoobringvnt$ vsfuch an Hierarchic or prieftlie gouernement , tvherein the Bi- Jhops fhAllfi rule , as that they refufe not tofubmit themfelues to Chrijl^that theyalfo depend vpon him^ as their onely heade. And can be content to referre themfelues to him :in xvhichpriefllie go^ uernment they doofo keepe brotherlie focietie Amongn themfeluts thAi they bee knit together by no other knot , then by the trueth: thenfitrelie if there fhAllbe Ante^ thAtjhallnotfubmit themfeluet to thAt User Archie orpriefiliegouernementtreuererMie and with thegrcAtefl obedience that mAy be^ 1 confeffe there is no hindeof K^nAthema^orcurfe^orcAjlingtothediuelljivhereoftheyarenot tvorthie. Thus farre thcn,it muft necdes be thought,that the Bi- ftioppc was offered by fuche as foughte to refourme that Church : which offer herefufing (as I geflej to accept of, Cai^toSa* they dealt (as it appeareth by tlie ilfiiej with the infcriour ^olct. magiftrates and people,to make fuch a reformation them- fclues,as ihcy required ofthem. Whereupon the Bifliop beeing Lord of the City, and hauingafwellin hishandes, theSoueraigneciuill lurifdidtion oucr it, or (as M.Calum fpcakcih) lusgladfj^ alias cimlisiurifdiiJioms partes ^drc* as the Ecclefiaft icall j they faide, He was a thiefe And an vfirper- and fo of themfelucS)With fuch afliftanceas was procured, did thrufl him from both thole authorities. £uen like ("in my The I, Booh, Geneuim ^eformatton, 9 niyopimon)as ifa Chriftian Pnnce5b?ing pofTcfled with- in his dominions of the fLipreame lurifdidion , as well in Ecclcfiafticall as in ciuill caufcSjmight vpon the hkc occa- fion be lerucd in the fame mancr/ or, to prcucnt all excep- tion , as \{ lomc Prince of fome perticular ftatc or City in (;frw./»/f jtaking vpon him, together with his principality, \°^^^^^\^^^^' the caUing oi a PreacherjBifliopjSuperinrcndcnt or Ruler phii.Mcia. ol- many perticular Churches, fas Geor^f^ the Prince o^»- 9 *^°/'^' ^^^^^ hatilt did) fliould in fuch a cafe fas the Biihoppc o^Genctta was) hedepriuedofboth. The means which w^s vfed/or fuch their abandoning of their Bifhop, was this. When they perceiucd that the Bidiop fought , by force to encounter their procecdinges, and that (as Slcydan noteth) hce had excited the Duke of Sauoj ^10 that cnde, to afiift him : they ioyncd thcmfclues intoa more ncere amity with ^^r;7e . So as the Duke and the Bidiop comming together to bcfiege the City j they were both repulfc J, Bernattbus tilts auxtlium ferenubtiSj The force of bzrne AfiiHing the Gcneuians.Sincc which time{^as I fuppofe; it hath been a principle,with f()me of the chief JVlinifters oiGeneudy (but contrary to the iudgemcnt of all whittinghara other reformed Churches, for ought I know, which hauc '" "^'^ Preface notaddi(^edthcmfeluestofolIovveC?^;?^«4; ihnifKwges HooiTc!'^"''" and Princes refufed to refourme Religion, the inferior wagifirafes Kaox . or people jyy dtre^iion oftherKtniflerie^ might Uwfullie^d' ought (if need required )etien hy force dr armes^to reform it themfelues^ Chap, I I /, of the proceeding of fome Scott ijh c Mimliers : according to the Geneuian rules of Reformation^ Recording to the rcfourming rule , mentioned in the endc of the former Chapter , (to omit fome other cx- * C amplesj • 10 ScottifliGemuatingfer Reformation, The j.Booke* amples,) ccrtaine Minifters in *S' uKnoxp.300 kept the field'' two momths^ andtooke awaytothemfelues '^ KnS ''*'o8 ^^^ ^coymng Irons, (^becing as the Queenc allcaged , a for- I Knox l'!$l % tion ofthepAtrimonie of the croxcne. ) and ^ iuftifiedthe fame, aKnoxp.3 17- They ^entred into a League , that though the^eenefent for them , they woulde neucr come to her after that time; mthout the confent of their company, bKnoxp.330 After, the ^^^^»^/? 7 * . // is not ^ birthright onc^y, nor propinquity ofbloudythat ma- keth a King, lawfullie to raigne aboue a people ^ profefmg Chrifl ""^^^l^^^^ ^ "^ft" lefm, fo!. -jT. If Princes ^ be tyrants ^a^ain/l God and his truth, their fubie^s ^ '^" °* '^''^• r ir ./ J r 1 J- -^ folio??. are freed from thetr oaths oj obedience, PopulusrecC^cftpra'ftantior&mclior : the people are „ , , . better then the A tng^and oj greater authoritte, ^^^^^ pjac.e 1 . Populo ^ ius eftjVC imperium cui velit deferat: the people d ibid pa-i^. haue right, to bejiow the Crorvne at theirpleafure. Penes ^ populum eft, vtlegesfcrat; funtre^esvcluti ta- "^ ^^^' '^ bulariorum cuftodcs.T/^f making ojlawes'j doth belong to the people: and Kings arc but as the Majiers of the Rolles, The people, ^haue the fame power , ouer the King : that the ^ ■^^., - King hath ouer any oneperjon. It were I goody that rervardes were appointed by the people, for ^ i^id pa^. 40. fuch as jhotild kill tyrants : as commonly there is, for thofe. Qui ^ lupos aut vrfos occiderunt , aut catulos coriim dcprehen- derunt : that haue killed either wo/ues or bcares , or taken their vphelpes. The ^people m.iy arraigm their Prince. '» ''-'"^ p^2 ^'^ The 1 6 Scottish Geneuatingfor Reformation, The i . 'Booke^ ibid pag. 7 o jljg i (j[4.inifieri maj excommunicate him^ V ibid pag 70 Ht^ that ^ by excommumcatiofij is cajl into hell, is not worthy to enJcj any life vpo:J earth. hx\d vvlicras there arc fiifificicntjand found obic6liors, made , by fucli as haue truely reprooued thcfc dangerous affertioiis; Behold I pray you^theiranfwers, worthy to be known and remenibred,to the cuedafting difcredit of the authors, framers^and partakers with them. Chap. V, Theohiecfionsagainllthedo^irine , reported of in the former chapter y with theConfiflorian anjrvers vnto them. Buc.deiur. egni.pag49 ohieciion,(^^omZi ^ is againftfuch dealing with Prin- ces. Anfwere. There is nothir.g more daungerous to hee followed (publica via) thencuflcme. mKnoxappe. ^^' We Diu ft "^ Obey Kings, be they goodor bad. foi.26. Anf, Itisblajphemietofayfo, nBu<:h.dc ^^' Itrcmie^ccmmaunded obedicncc to Nabucho- iurcrcgni. donOZCr, pagfs- Anf. The example is but Jinguliir. o Ibid. pag. ^7 ^^« ^^^ placcth "^ tyrants fometimes for the punifli- mcntofhispeoptc. Anf. So doth he priuate men fometimes to kill them, pibLd-pag.p ^^- The Plewcs dealt not fo with their Kings* AnC Their Kinges were not fir(i ele^edby the people 5 and thereforethey might not : but ours haue nothing but Jrom the people. O^. Shew an q example out of the ScriptureSjthatfubi qi I .pag- 57 jg^s may vfe their gouernours in this fort. Anf The argument is not good: it cannot bee (hewed in thd Scriptures^ therefore it is vMrvfuU, Polfum apud m ultas na- tioneS) Thei»dooh» ScottiJhGeneuatingforDi/cipline. if tioncs , plurimas & faluberrimas rcccnfere Icgcs , quariim in facris littcris nullum eil cxcmplum ♦ ICAnJhewefundrie goodandrvholefome Ums^in diners countries^ of the ix>hicb Utpes there is no example m the Scriptures^ oh. Sai;it Paul ^ doth commaund vs to pray for Prin- r ibid pag. 5.0 ces./.T/w,^. Anf. Wee maj punijh theeues , 4ndyet wee ought to pray for them, oh. Saint Paule 5 doth command VS to be rubie(^ and »il>«clp 5o.?j obedient to Pi inccs. Ti>. 3 . Anf^ Pauie tvriu this in the infancie of the Church. There were hut f ewe Chrtfltans then , mdtiot m^ny of them rich^ or of abilttie^Jo as they r^rc not ripefcrfuch a purpofe. As if ^ a ma njhould vprite tofuch Chrijttans as are vnder the t ibid. pag. 5 « Turkejnfubflanc: poor e An courage feeble An (Irenzth vnarmed^ L r J // ri- rr /// J r- ■ Note this Di. tn number jewe , and gemrallte jubiecl to all kinde of iniuries: uj nit y fpouldhe not write as Paul did? So as the jlffoftle, dtdrejfe^the men he writt vnto: and his vpordcs are not to be extended ^ to the body or people of a common wealth, or whole Citie, For imagine (fay th ^ hec) that P^,ul were now aliue^ where u ibi. p./tf . ff both the King and people doprofe(fe Chrtfttanity , and that there werefuch Kings ^as would haue their becks to ft and for lawes : as cared neither for God nor man : as beft owed the Church reuet, uei fcurris & bahtrombu?,vponief}€rsandrafealls,arjdfuchasgi' bed at thofe that did embrace the more fincere Religion : what would he write offtch to the Church'^ Surely except he would dtf. fentjrom himfelfhe would fay y that he accounted no fuch for Ma- gi(lrates:hee wotMforbidde allmenforjpeaking vnto them,and from keeping them companie : he would leaue them to their fub~ iecis to be punifhed: neither would he blame them, if they accoun- ted no longer fuch for their Kings ^as by the law of God, they could haue mfocietie mthalL And thusfarrc the anfwcarcr^ There arc diuers other obie(5tionsagainft thole rcfor- *D mers: 'jS Scottifh Gmuating for DifcipUne, The' /. Booke^ mers: which recciucalmoft as defperatcanfwcrs. But I will not ar this time trouble you with them , efpccially if you will giue me leaue to aducrtife you,that this new Di- uinity of dealing thus with Princes, is not ur.ely heldc by K^ax and BHchwm,hm generally ffor ought I cnri Icarne) by moft of the Confiftorians of chiefe name beyonde the Seas, who (being ohhtGcmua humor) doo cndeuourby moft vniuft & difloyall meancs, to fubieel to their forged presbyteries, the fceptcrs and fwordcsof Kingsand Prin- ces:as Caiuin^Beza^Hotom^n^ Vrfinus^ (zs he commeth out ixomlSlcwjiadt) VindkUcon'.ratjranms ^ Eufehim FhiUdeU fhrts^drc. For the further fruit of which Confiftorian Di- uinicie , (befides that which is fayd by ioPxIC of the Mini-- iYascCSeoil^'^d)! refcrre you to the confideration of fiich flirrcs,as haue hapncd of late ycarcs , in fomc other coun- tries. And thus farre concerning the iuftification,which is madeoftheScottifli reformation . Nowl willleadeyou backe againe5where I left: vz. to certaincof the Miniilcrs further proceedings there 5 vppon thefe aforefaide mainc grounds and principles. Chap. VI. T^e proceedwges of certaine Scottifh ^J^iinifers , according ta the grounds mentioned in the trvo lajl chapters, for jeitjny vp of the Confiflori^in Difcipline^andoftbar vrgtng ofotirBn^ glifh Dipiplin^ries^tofcllorv thetrjleppes, -tKnoxhif^, ^^^i^?^k He Parliament* of Scotland before men- ,fia g.502. J^ Wm ^^'^"^^ ^^""^P ^^^^^ An. 1560. being difTol- " " ned there was then ^ booke ofBifcipline,ox newekingdomeofChrift (by their fcue- i-allprcsbytcriesjdravvrie and cojiipilcd after the Gmcua fifliicn, by (Jli. Knox and others. Which ijookCpVpon the ofoing ofit to their afTocirvtcs snd'Eiuo-^ jites^, The 1 . 1^0 oke, Smtijjj Gaimuting for Difchline, JT rircs,tobe aUowed,rccciued,and publikely pra6lilcd,vvas by them rciev1cd>.ind teavmed to bee in truth ,but a. deuotit tmaginition. Whereupon now ri(eth,an occalion of a new hiilorie,hovv f after rhey had okained reformation ofre- ligioiij as touching the true preaching ofthewoide, and adminiftration of the Sacraments jthey aUo dealt and pre- iiailed in the cnde, for the eftablidiing of their Difcipline and Confiftoriall goucriicmcnr. It ^ Ap^ctnth, that v:, the forefaidc fpoy ks of A bbayes, "^^T'gf^ Frycries,ai^d CathedrallChurches^&c.cuery manahioil ^ °' did fecke his priuate commoditie . Which beeing cfpied before by the (aide Miniftcr5, they millikcd if (as finding the pray taken out of their tcethrj but yet they were gone fofar belike,as that there was no rciTicdic»They told them of it in their fcrmons in fome fort then,as it Hiould appear* Marry novvc , when they camciotricendcof their tra- uaile,the hope of their glory;tne crCvTting of their goucrn- meo t, and their raigncoucr allj and doo finde themfelues crofied therein; blame them not, though they were not a littlcangry. Then "^ they gaue it out againft their owne fa- * KnoxMft« uourerg afore , thatfd-re were licentious : fome h.\dgreedilk P^S- J03 • griped the pojjef ions of the Church : others thought they would not licke their ^art ofchrijls coate^ yea, and that before that e- tier he was harmed. Of a Noble man,that refufcd to fubfcribe to their Di- ibidem, fcipline, fasthey call itj they writ thus. Hehadaveryeutll womnntohiswife : ifihepoore^thcfchooleSydndthefniniprie cfthe church hadtheir owne^ his Kitchen would Ucke two parts andmorevfthat^whichhevniuftlienowpoffeffeth , And gene- rally to the like cfFe(5t : time were none within this Realme, mere vnmercifullto thepoore Minijlers , thenwers they , which hadgreatefi rents of the Church . But in th^t we haue ^erceiued the oldprouerbc to be true: nothingcanfufjice a wretch. And a • D 2 gaine, 29 ScottipjGeneuatittgfor'DifdpUne. Ther.Baoh, y In the con- gainc^t he belli f.^athm earcs . They y thrcatned thcgreatcft their booke '""^r» ofthelande, with Godsheauy puniOimcHts , if they ©fD.fcipiinc, iliould rcicd that DifciplinCjafcribing it to their MW^^if- cliorfy to their rejpe£i of airnalfitends , to their corrupt tud^e. jnent, and to ihcix former iniquities , and prefent ingratitHde, But "* (notwithftar ""ing, that feme 1 cfuled to f ubfcribc to \z<'^,^o^! ^ thisbookc, vvhichmadetheMiniftersfoangry:) yctby fundry cunning deuifes, raylings, threatnings, &c. many yeeldedthcreunto^and did promile, ihcx^hy to fet the fame Jorrvard^to the vttermofl of their powers. This fubicripiion thus in fort obtained , they began ta b Declaration pi^- thc fame in pradife.They ^ appointed to haae their ajjem- B.I.2. (yiifs both particular andgemrall. They "^ exercifcd iurifdidi- paeTi?. ' ° ^"^ ' 2ind appointed one Saunderfon ti be carted for aduiterie: aib1d.pa.527 buthevvasrefcued. A great ^vprorearifing/»£rf^5«-^g^'=<='*''*"0'> />fr/«/e»:i^/?rj.But that deuifs continued not longrforin the *^' ende it was determined , thatnccdesallMiniftcrsof the word,muft be equall. And then (efpecially) their Presby- teries began to flouriili. They tooke vpon "^thern (with „ DcdaratU their adherents) tovptrpethevphole BccleftaHicall lurifdi^ii- onB.i. en. They altered the larves after their orvne appetite .They af fembled^ the Kings fubie^s , andenioynedEccleJiaWcaHpaines ilamcm d^ll vnto them. They made Decrees y ana put the fame in execution. They vfed° very trayterom^ (editious, and contumelious words ^ ° ' ' *^*P'*' in thepulpitSyfchoolcsjdndotherrvife.to the dtfdatne andreproch of the King , and being called to anfwere the fame , they vtterlis difclaimedthe Kings authoritie : faying, he P vpos an incompe- p dc^, a.j , tent ludge , and that matters of the Pulpit ought to be exempted from the iudgement^ corre^ion of Princes, They q prefcribedq DccI.b.j. iawes to the King 4ffdSt4te,Thcy appointed^ Fap throughout '^<^'=-'^-^h Dj the 22 Sc&ttifh GemuAtingfor Difcifme. The i .Bo&h, the whole Realme , ejpeciallj whea fome of their fa^ion vpereh mo out A;n great entcrt/rife. WitiuUefe manner of proceedings,thc King thcre,and the State , tinding great cauicoHuitdil contentment and danger : after diners confultationsand good deliberation, order was taken about the yearc , i$ 82. for the checking & revheiTing of them. His Maiefly began to take vpon him his kuvfull authoriric, belonging to all Chiiftian Princes, in caufes Eccleliailicall. Whcmpon he caufed the forefaid courfes^held by the Minifters,to be cxaminedand looked into. And they were found to be fuch, as thcit fime of i hem were remoiiedfiom their charges^fomt were imprifcned^^ fomt indighted, Commmndernent w^t^s alfigiuerf.jhat thejpyouldnot proceede^ in the execution of then Eccleftasiica'l cefjfrres^ a^s they had dene . *,^ Prcclamatioit wai made in diners of the chtcfefl flues in the Realme , for dijchargmg the Mini Hers of their] ore - fAidcdnmntidns anda(lembltes , vnderpaine , to beepunijl^ed as Rebels . They were publifli cd in that Proclamation, to be njnnaturaUfuhie^s , feditiottsperfons^ troublefome and v}^ quiet JpiriteSi member s of Sathan^ enemies to the Kmgj and the Com- mon -.wealth of their natine countrey ? an d were charged to defijl f'om preachings infi/ch fort as they did , amongf^othcx mat- teisagainfctheauthoritiein Church caufes , againftthe calling ofBifliops 3 &forthe maintenance of their former proceedings. But the ilfueofthcKingesgood intention to hauc re- fourmed thefc diforders , was this ; In Auguft I582. his Highnelie being drawn vnto a certain Noble mans houfc to be feafted in Rutheuen : there he rvasftirprifed(^ relfrai- Adof Pariia- ped. Which attempt Wvis qualified and rearmed (in ^D^- rcciu, I /S4. cUrationfet out^is S2X0 iuftifie the fame j to be onely a repaire of the Kings faithfuHfubieciSj to his Highnesprefence, aad to re- Occsara,; ; 81 miln^ wiph him ^ for refMng oftheprefcnt dangers appearing to Gods T^i t . Booh, Scottilh GensuAttngfor Difcipline^ 23 Gods true reltgion.&c, and for the remoniyjg from bis Maieftie^ the chiefs authors thereof . After a time , the King deliueredhimfcire out of their hands, that fa had rcftrained him:and by iheaauire of his three eftaresailcmbled in CounccII,Cnotvvithrtanding the faide qnalificuion or pretence of rcpayre) the adion in it felfir^; iudgedand puhlijhcd in Deceml>er,isSs . to he Crimen '^'^ of Pat]. kfx MoiirUatis, the OjfcnceofTrcafcn ; and fome were exc- "**^^P-^' cuted for it^othevs fled , and diners of the Minifters, that had bin dealers in that matter , pretending they were per- £ccured;C[caped into Englmd^ With this his Maieltiescourfe for Reformation , the Difciplinarian tadion was ureatly difpleafedrand did pro- GecdeinrheirConfiftoriannumoiMaccordingly. Inanaf- femblyof Miniftcrs andElders fforlooth) ?ii Edenburgh^ /liorrly after, the State oftheRealmc was ftoutly cncoun- rrcd^For although the King, with the ad-iiifeofhiscftates, had refoluedthe faide fad of furprifinghis Maiefties per- ^^ "-im- fon, to be trcafonable, yet the brethren dtd not onelj authorife Andavcnv the fame jbut alfoyeFieeming their oivne iudgements, to be thefoueraigne iudgerncnt of the Realme , did ordaine all them to be excommumated , that would not fubfirtbe vnto that their iudgement\ Abontthe fame time, or not Ton g after, vz. in April!, A^or/'^ri, I S^ljhere was another tnojl treafonable conjpiracie and rebelli- i534..cap.7, • on attempted 4/ Sterling, and intended to hauebeene further ex- ecuted and profecuted agamfl his Highneffepcrfon : and all vn- der pretence of Religion , and chiefly ('in lncwe)fcr the Confiftorian or Presbyteriall fbueraignctie. With thefeand many more fuchvnductifullinfolen-^ cies, the King and State there, beeing greatly mooucd : a Parliament was called J and held in May, 1/84; wherein order was taken, for a gcnerall Reformation in caufes Ec- cleiiafticali -14- Scotti^ Gtntmtingfor Difcipline, The r . Scekf, clefiafticalljthroughoiu the whole Church oiScotUnd. u Aa oiPixi T he Kings "^ lawfull authority in caufcs Ecclcfiafticall, ^'^■^* (o often before impugned, was approued and confirmed; and It was made treajon , for any man to refufc to anlwere before the King , though it were concerning any matter, which WIS Scciefiafticall. ♦ibid.cap.to The third "^ ell ite of Parliament, fthatis, the Bifhoppes) . ... was reHoredto the auncient difrnity: it was >' made treafon,[Qi any man atter that time to^wcwtcxn^tnnouationoratmt' nation ot the power and authority of any of th^: three c- ftates. z ibid cap. 4. The fotefayd ^ iudgements, Senates j and Presbytcriall iurifdidions were difchargcd ; and it was eraded in thefi words : thai after that time noncjhouldprefitme^ or take vppon them to conuocatey conuene, or ajjemble themfelues together, for ■ holdmg ofCounceUsyConuenttonSi or affemblieSito treaty confub^ or determine in any matter ofeHate^ciuillor Eeclefiaflicdlj (ex^ cepting the ordinary iudgements: ) without the Kinges ef^eciall commandement. a,ibidcap.7. It was ^further then oxd^yntdythatnoneofhisHighneffe fftb/eSh, in time comming^ Jhouidprefume to take vppon them by worde or writing , to iuflifie the mofl treasonable attempt at R u- thiien, or to keepein Regijierorflore, any bookesapproouing the fame many fort ^ b ibid.cap. 8. -An Ade ^ was alfo raade/or the calling in oi Buchanans ChroMicle^diwd his booke de iureregni apadScotos. s ibid.cap.8 . Laftly (fayth the {^6ie "=■ of Parlia^nent it felfc. ) Foraf much as through the wicked, licentious^ pub like ^ andpriuate (pee* ches^and vntrue calumnies ofdiuers his Highnefje fubiecisyto the dtfdaine,contefnpt. and reproach of his CMaiejiie^ his C ounce ll^ dndproceedinges , jlirring vp his Highneffe [ubieties thereby , to miphng^ [edition, vnquietnes, tocafl off their due obedience to his Maieflie . Therefore it is ordaine^^ that none of hisfuhieSis Jhall The I . Booke. Scottifh Geneuathg for Vifcipline, 2$ Jhnll^refume^ or take vpen them^ friuAtdte orfubltkelieyin fer- mons^ declimatiom, and had likewifc vnited to his Crowne,the fupreame authority in all caufes within hisRealmCjafwell Ecclefiafticall as Ciuill.yet (be- caufe their Prcsbytcrial foueraignty wis therby abridged^ diucrs very fpitcfull , difloyall , and flaunderous fpeechcs were caft abroadc,by them and their afifociatcs, againft his HighnefTc. For they « gaue out,as though the King had heenedecli- c Dcclarj^,a. ned to Poperj^mdhaci made K^[is to derogate the free ^affage of the Go[pell:i\\2ii he endeuored ^ to extinguish the light of the Gsf- f jhjnnes pell : that there was left nothing of the whole auncient forme rr- fented themfelues in armes . They pitched their Tents before the towne thefirjl ojNouemher , and there made a Proclamation in their owne names, commanding all the Kings fubieds \ rhc Proda- ^oafTift them . Many prctenfcs ^ arcalleaged of that thek mation i« attempt. And thefc namely rthatwhcreas there had beenc 4owie^° ^' ^^"^ ^^ ^^ockmations a little before pub/i[hedagainjl the M- niBerie and Clergie, inhibiting their Presbyteriesyajfembliesmd other exercifesypriuileges , and immunities : and that the mojl learned and honefi were compelled , for fafetie of their hues and confiiences^ to abandon their Country , &c, Nowc the affliBed church might be comforted , and all the/aid Alls lately made in preiudice of t he fame ^ might beefolemnely cancelled , and for euer adnulled. This Proclamation thus knownc, the King fortr- ficd the towneas he could. -but tanopurpofc . For within twohouresaffaultrtwaswonne . The King thereupon, was enforced to flye vnto theCaBle, The Conqucrours of the towne ^ pUced their enfignes before the bbckehoufe of the Canity The r. Booh, Scottijh Geneuatingfor Dtfciplme. 2 7 CaHiejdndfo ordredthe matter, that there was no way for any in the Caflle to efcape their hands. Wherupon fa parley being concluded j the King dcfi- red by his CommilTioncrs three petitions: The Bri^^That his Ufejjonor^andeflate might bepreferued. The fccond. That the Hues of certain of his friends with him might not he touched. The third, That all things might be tranfaSied peaceably. The other fidejby their Commimoners Iikewife defired other three petitions: The firft. That the King would allow of their intentton^andfiibfiribe their Proclamation iVmillfurther order were eflabhfhedby the ejlates^^c. and that he would deliuer vn- to them, all the ftrfing Holds in the land. The fccond, That the difquieters of the Common-wealth might be deliueredvnto them And abide their due try all by ^4nr.The thitd^That the old guard might be remooued^ and another placed. Vppon mutuall relation from thcCommifTionerson both fides , the parties that were afTcmbled in armes , did yeeldvnto the firft and third ofthe Kings petitions: and the Kinggraunting to all theirs, as there was no remedy, committed himfcif into their hands,and had a new guard immediately appointed to attend him. And thus the Presbyteries ofScotlandby the Kings fub- "^''•^ ^PP'*- fcribingto the forcfaid Proclamation , recouercdagainea c^bfon/c^? great part oftheir ftrength. But not allfas itfcemeth^vpon fcrencewith the fodaine: which was the occafion of a new ftirre . For 'npd^'"f/^-"* prefcntly after the fayde Noble vidory, the Scottijh Mini- fcifc,Ind dcH- ftcrs that were in England/hauingal their form erdifloy- ""cd abroad alties vppon compofition remitted: ) made their rcpayrc p*c«"^*''^ without delay into Scotland : where finding not filch rea- dineflc as they expcified/or a more authcnticall repealing of the flatutes made in the forefaid Parliament, 1 5 84.they began ('notwithftanding the Kings late goodnes towards tlicm,) to cxclairac in their Pulpits, with moft proud and E2 bitter st Scfittjjlo Gemmting fer Difciplim, The i . Booke^ bitteilnuediucs againft him. One lames Gib f on ^ compared his Maieftypublikelyift \\\s^iC3ic\\mgs,V)7toIeroboam^XQdiXmzdhimaperJccutorj'^x\d. threatnedhim^i\\2X if he tooke that courle^he fliould be the Ufl of his race, Gibfon hath And bcing Called fotfuch hisdifloyallj^r^f/A-j , bcforc penned tfiis^ the King & Couiicclljthexxj.ot December,! 585. hcvcry CftonanTj, as boldlyiuftified the fame ; faying to his Highneire,^^//^?;;?^ Gatiiinc him- as jou maintajncthefe curfcd Acies of 1584. the tyranny of Bt^ hale done^ it P^<}fs,(y-c.reare a Perfecutar, And againe,^; leroboamfor tht ' ' leading of the people of ifraellfrom the lawes of the hofife of lu- dah^mdfrom the true xverfnppingofGod^ toferue idolatry, was rooted out^he andallhtspeflerity:fofhouldthe King) tfhe conti- nued in that curfedcoHrfeymaintaining thofe rvickedAi^s againfi God) he rooted out ^and conclude that r ace ^^c^ What eli'e hath fallen out fince that time , by reafon of the rainesjwhich now fas it hath bcene noted j thefe zea- lous brethren haue gotten to themfelues, and how mode- rately andduetifully they doo proceede, in the pra^Stife of their Prcsbyteries,and Confiftorian Kingdomes; theartj^ cles, which the Kingnot long fince offred vnto the Mini- fters, to haue beene liibfcribed vnto by them, doo fuffici- Icfc*a°Hcics° ently declare and make manifeft. Ex malismoribm nafcun- was deiiuercd tur hn^leges.'OutofUlmonersfpringgoodandwholfomelawes, fomc^tf her '^^^ chietc and efDCciall pointes of the fayde articles are Maicftics pri- thefc •' that all Preachers there, fhouldyeelde their obedience t9 aic Counfcil» the Kings Maiejlf. that they jhould not prcpcnd any Priuiledge i» their allegeance: that theyfhoulJi not meddle in matters of St ate: that they flmdd not puhlikely rcuile his Maiejty: that theyfhould not draw the people fiom thetr due obedience to the King: & that when they areaccufed^vpon their f alls orfpeeches-, orforrefufing to do(hthings , &c, they flould not allrdge the infpiration o'fths B0hf^ifii^^j!iorfirne thsmfelues wtih colour of confi fence ybxtcjom. The t . Booke, Scottifh Geneuatingfor Difciplinf, 2§ f'Ife their offences as meniAndto crauepirdon asfubie5}sj&c» It is great pitty ,that (o worthy a Chriftian King,iliould bcdriucn to require fucha fubfcriprion in hisowne kings domCjefpecially of thofe mcn,that (liould be lights to the reft,and the chiefe examples ot all ductifuil obedience: It is more to be pitticd^that Tforoughtl can learne) hisMa- iefty cannot as yet obtainc fo much at their handcs . But mod: of all it is to be lamented ^ that no man can gcffc (for ought I know) how far this Gangrene will fprcad it fclfe» At the iirft^they found butfaults againft the Bilhops y^ut after they oucrthrewc them . The Jnabaftifts in Germany began with the Btjhops and Clergf^ hut they endcdmth the ciuill ^"^^'"S^'* Magiflrate.QonCxdQX of ^w^4/;4«jdea4ng,whethcr he ma- keth not the like adault againft Princes, that his compani- ons did againft Bi/hsps^ as in deridingthcir titles, mifliking their pompe,and in glancing at their reucnues.He tcarm- eth ^ the honorable phrafes oiMaieftj,Highnej[eyand Lord^ ^ ^P'^'c to flupj (ol.tcifmos & barbarifirjos aulicos,//^^/ is^vnlavofull^ Scots bffmc corrupt kinds of fpeechjwhich are vjedin Court^and dooproceede liis bookc ie. {2isht{2iyth) from flattery^ Heegibeth^ at the ftate which b^oc'furc^^ Princes take vpon them, when they fiiewethemfclues to rcgni pa. 17. the people, comparing them to Chtldrens puppets , vehich are garifbly attyred. After •^alfojhe infinuateth that a good Pnncefiou/dap. « itid.pa.54. peare (^ come abroad ^only defended with his tnnocencie jUon f u- pcrbo fpiculatorum Sc f^-^to^'ofc^y cartu/ericatifq- nebulo- nibus ftipatus : not with a proud company ofgmrders , and of fenfioners,andoffUkenknaHes,Hzv^o\x\di haiie Kings to con- tent themfelues with kfTcreuenucs and feruicf, commending the Difctpline ofLaconia , where it wasflrange to haue one man pull off an ether may!sfockes,at his going to bedde: and likevvifc the example of P(r/rf^yw,that firft difcomfited the Saracens in Spainr, in that he had his houfe^not built after the fadiion E ? now ^ Scott ifh Gemuatingfor Vifcipline, The i . Bade, now a day eSjWith many ftatcly roonics of honor^but was contented with one place for himfelfjjis fire Jjts jri:n6ls,arjdhis cafteilj (^after the Iriftifafliion J But to let paiTe thcfc contempts and pointes oiAnabap- tifme: one thing more is likewife to be confidcred in thcfe Scottij}) reforming minifters.which they hauc fucked from their Mother-Ciiy GeneuaJThcy cannot becontent,to hauc ray fed vp fedition and troubles at home,to hauc flandred both far and nere, the moft Godly reformation of Religi- on , which their King had made there , and to ered ('you hauc fecne how j in place thereof a meere counterfeit plot of a new Pop/Jh tyranny,fuch a one as hath already quite o- uerthrown the auncient eftate of that Church,& wroght more mifchiefc in that Country in thirty ycares , then the Pope of Rome had done before fas I thinke) in fine hun- dred .• But they prefume alfo, much further then becom- mcth them,to caft fbmc of their contentious and difloyall fccdes into Efjglmd, ^ Melanfton • Fulpecuia * (Cauda amijja) reliquis vulpihus callide perfiajit 'vtfimiliter (jr ipfi caudas refecarent , nefola turpis ^ defer mis infuogenere videretar. The Fox {haumgbfi her tayle) craftely perfuaded the other Foxes , that they would likewife cut off their taylesjeaftjhe herfelfe alone, jhouldfeeme thefonle and deformed beaftofallthatkmde. Andhenceitcommcthfasltakcit) that to bring the flourifhing eflate of our Church in Eng- landimo the fame milcry,that theirs is brought intOathcy raylcjdeuife, and clap their handcs>to fct vs here together by the earcs. e Dauifon in ^^^^ of them fav, that ^ our Church is/iiUvitder the bon- the name of i r . • i n- i «•/? thcrcrt.ina dage of an Anttchrt\han gouernemetit : thzt our BiJ bops are a booke of hi J fjf(rtfullrelique ofRomifl) confufion : that ^ they thrujl with fide fli^d^.Pa^l'i . andfhoulder to wake hauocke of the Church , by a difguifedperfe. i pag.i9? miofjjznd that they do tyrannize aboue their brethren with vL olencc The I » Boohe. ScoUiJh Geneuatifigfor Difcipline, 3 \ oUnce g andcruettie. 8 P^g. »t. They vfc thefe words of her excellent Maicfty. Alacke good^Princejfe^ the true report of thinges commeth feldorne to '^ P^g«^'» her eares^ And do very groHely infinuate,nay indeed plain- ly affirm c,that there are m Court fame crafty ^mifcreantSjwhich > pag. 1 z. doo abufi her Maiejly ywhom they refemhle to loahje^ahellyHa- man andGehafi, They doo ^ iufttfie the proceedings of our dijlurbers here^Sc animating ^ them togofortvArd^2iS they hauc begun,doo tell P^^*' * lhcm,/^4/ both thttr cAufes (vz. their owne in Scotland, and I pagai. ofourfadionsin£/?^/W) aremoflrKrely^^Unked together: "^P«g-2o. and doo ^promifejthat they will not ceafe to comnten^ their trou- ^ pag.j„ hledjlate vnto Godwin their priuate and publtke prayers . They ° compare our hindring in England ofthc pretended Dif- ciplinc, vnto the hinder once , yvhich Gods enemies made , vnta ^ ^' * the building oflerufakm^ They feeke viider hand P to fteale av^ray the harts of her Maieftiesfubiedsjefpecially ofthofe P P*^**^* that hauc beene,and ftiil are feducedjby our Confiftorian Schifmaiikes; by putting them in hope o[ one Darius ythat sifter A time ^aU glue fuU authority for the fay de building ofle- rufAlem ^ Which manner of dealing , there is no Bartus li- uing,could take in good part,if the like prai^tifcs were vfed by others amongft his people. Q O D of his infinite mercy , graunt vnto her Maiefty,a long, a profperous , and a happy raigne oucr vs ; and fb knit the harts of all trueEnglifh men , vnto their Quecnc of Saba, their Hefer^ and their moft royall Elizabeth^ that without the expedation of any Darius whofocucr , they may euer continue her moft loyall/aithfulljand obedient fubicifiSjrathcr wiihing in their roules,that the world with her Maicfty fliould end their dayes togcther,then once to takeioy, bythclcaft imagination of any future change. Amen. And S 2 Scottijh GmtiiAtlngfor I>ifciplm, The i .Bode. And thus much of the manner and wayes vfed by cer - taine Scotrifli Minifters/or Reformation and Difciplinc . Which pointes or Confiftorian procecdinges, I haue not touched fas God knowcth) with any mmde or intent, to diflionourtheftateofthatCountr)'. Bcfides, much may well be fayd (I afTure my felfc) in excufe of fuch of the la- ityj as ioyned in the prcmiffcs . For I tinde they were led with a very great zeale. They had bccne fo long imprifo- ned in the darkcnef fe of Popery , that when the Gofpell appeared vnto them,it fo dazclcd their ey es,as that for ve- ry gladnefle they confidered not well , what they did, Co they might enioy it.Tbeirgoods,thcir lands, their wiues and their childrenjnay their Hues (^in rcf pe(5t chcrof^ were not greatly deare vnto them. Moreouer it is manifeft,how long they were cxercifed with great fearc and many perplexities , what entcrtaine- ment and continuance theGoipelldiould findeamongft them.In which cafecuery man may eafily coniedure,how eafie a matter it was for them, to be mifcaricd by their tea- chers & Preachers; perAvading them, that by Gods com- mandement they were bound to vndertake that courre>& withall not omitting great threates of excommunication 6c damnationjif they refufed fo to doo. They found their fayd Minifters dodrine very good and foundjin the chiefc points of faluation .• and who would then hauc fufpedcd them in matters of lefTe importance^ So as whatfoeuerwas done amilTeby them,as touching theirprocecdingsmentioned,Idoo(whollyinamanncr^ a(cribe it to their Minifters ofthe<7(f»?^«^ learning . Vnto whom alfbit ought of right to be imputed^that I or any o- therjcitherhauCjOr hereafter (hall haue,any occafion at all fo much as once to make mention of the leaft thing , that might be any waies ofFenfiuc to the meaneft of that natio. For The I . Booh. Scattijh Geneuating for Vifciptine, ^s "For what had I, or any other priuatc man in England, to doo with their matters, otherwifc then to haue prayed for them.-had their fayd MmiftcrSi butonely taken vppon them to hauc iuftificd their faydc proceedinges, by their ownc Lawcs, cuftomes, and priiiilcdges. and could haue contented thchafeliicstohauegoneno further r* Marry ?jfif,fto"i*^ nowe that the chiefeft of them , for the excufing of them- of the church relues,and that they might fhcWjVvhofefchoIlcrs they are, ^ Scotland, haue prefumed to pubhdi (and that in print) fuch ftrange & feditious do(5trinejas doth tend to the Hkc difturbance, and indcedc to the vttcr ouerthrow of thefrecfl: and moft abfoluteMonarchies,thatareorcan be in Chriftcndome, not omitting withalI,to foHcite and incourage our preten- ded reformers in EngIand,to proceed as they hauc begun, in following their fteps , contrary (I am fure j both to the word of God , and to all the lawes and cuftomes of this Rcalme: I am in very good hope^ that there is no man of any found iudgeraent,who will be offended with mee,in that todifclofe,and thereby to prcuent fuch mifchiefes,as might otherwifc cnfuc with vs, I haue beenc boldc to lay downe (but yet out of their printed bookcs) (bmcof the proceedinges of the fayde Minifters of ScotUrtd^ which at this time our owne Preachers in England, of the Difcipli' narian confort, (as nowe it followeth to bee nicwed) doo take vppon them to imitate , and haue already proceeded further in them, then fome of their fauorers will acknow- ledge or (I thinkc) doo as yet fufpecft. Thecndofthefiyjl Booke. mv the 3 4 Sfiglijh Geneudtbigfor Reformat ion. The i ,Baoh» THE SECOND BOOKE OF Disciplinary GroVndeS andPra(5tires, Chap. !♦ 7~/je docJrine ofcertajne Bnglijh CMimHers .which they learned 4/^Gencua , and publijhed of ^urfoje to hdue procured the like courfefor reformation in England, to that which was in Scotland, ^ SyouhauehcardeintheHrftBookC;. howe cJ^'f . Knox bccing at Geneua in ^CMaries time, laboured and af- terward proceeded to reformeReli- glonin J^r^/Z^z/^by force and armes: fo did fundry Enghjh men, that then liued there in hke fort, according to the C^/^f^^rifjkition in that point , endcuourasmuchas lay inihcm , tohaue kindled thelikcftirrcsat that time herein England, To which cfpeciall ende jtheydid write hither (undry letters and bookes,wholy of this argument* vz. that the then Coimcellars • tht Tiobltmen • infer tour Magi. Jl rates • and (rather then fatU) the very people -^ were bound be* fere Godto ouerthrowe the fupersiition and Idolairie thai was then in the Land, and to re forme Religion , whether the ^eene would or no:yex though it were by putting her to death : Out of two of chefe E^glifl) bcokcs, I haue collc(5tcd thefe fediti- ous andconfiftoriall propofitions following. The 2 . Booh, Euglip) Gemmtingfor Reformat m . 3 ^ \^llmen^ councellcrs^ noble men^ inferior magiHrateSy /t;?^ Goodman*. tecpl^ Are bound r,nd charged^ tofceiLelarvesofGodke^t^AndiO ^'■^'^ ^3^ fu2fn[fe andreflt idoUtrts^ hj force. ibid',pn|'i h' If the m. / I r 1 ■ ri r i «bid.p3gc30t or powers , but rat her tofuhmit our] clues topuntjhwcnt is a dan- gerous dochme, taught hjfome, by thcpcrm/fion of God for our fimes. It is not (ufficient for fuhtechjnot to obej wtckcdcommande- ibid, p^g? 63 , men s of their Princes, tut to mthji and them afoy in doow^ //6tf '*■•»' ^9 7 2 ♦ eoutrarie^eucrie man in his vocation and office, shier jjJeSy lajlors^ and other ihfrtor ojjictrs, cught not emh g^'"* ^"-^ '^' not to caft the faintes of God in prtfon (hailing comrnandement thereunto by th^ Frince) for fare of looJJng tTjeir offices : but to , / withfiandeuil/jfoffipport them, and to deliuer thern^to the vtter- ^ mof of their po.ver. If we fee a fhcepe in dattnger to be dcuourcd of a wcfe^ wee are ibid, page 9o« houyide to ddmer tt : cuen fo to our power wee are bound toput to our hands, to deliufr the children ofGod^wben wee fee them piti- cufie in danger, by Gods enemies. It is the office ofConnccllors, to bridle the affections of Princes •^'''' P.^S^ 34' anclgoucrnors: Tioblemm w^refrfl ordained to bridle Princes. ^^^^ *^' Noblemen haue their honour ofthepcople^toreuenge the iniuries of their Kings ^and not for. their luHie hdwking,nimhle dicing cr pJdicrr' cardingyfinging and dauncing^open bragging (jrfweartngfalfe fearing and fettering, fuhtle picking andjlcaling , cruell polling andpilling^d;''^. Theauthoritie y which Princes haue , isgiuen themfom the obcdicncf, people : Kings. princes J andgouernours^ haue their authoritic of ^^* thefeophM [vport occafiQn)the people may take it away again ^ F2 as - ^6 EngltjhGenemtingfeyRfformatioH, The^.Booke^ ibidpag, 10/. tis »*^^ ^^^1 ^^^^^^ their proxies And letters ofAtturnt), Suhiccii dopromife obedience, that the Mugisiratemight helf pa°g°'i'^"' t^J^^ ' ^^^'-^^ (T^^ ^^ ^^^» ^^7 ^^^ df /charged of their obedteme, ifMagifiratesrvithoutfearetra-rifgrelJeCodiUivstl.f'rifelucs^ nt^'^"' ^ ^ ' ' and command others to doo the like • then Lwe they lojt that ho- nour and obedience, which otherxvtje their [ubieties did em vnto them: and ought no more to be taken for Magi fir ates, but be exa- mined,accufcd,conddmned,andp:wiJhedaspriuatetra/fgreJJors, Obedience, ludges ought by the iavoe of God , to fummon Princes before pag, III, them for their crimes :And to proceed again/i thern^ as againft all other of enders. G oo(Jm an, EittU Princcs Ought (by the Urve of God) to bee depofed , and 1 4+- 1 4/. inferior magiBrates ought chieflie to doo it. Examples allowed Obedience, ^f Kings dcpofcd.^i^B^^rrf'^. Richard 2» ChriJliernt^Den- marke^C^c. ^^^.vAv^ It tsUw full td kill wickedkings and tyrant S:Andhoihhy Gods obe :!teacc,9 j> ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Uwc^ Quetne CMary ought to haue beeneput to Goodman, death^as being a tyrant ^a monfler.a cruellbeaf,c!rc,Examp\es» pag.99- Thcfubie5isdid kill the ^eenes highnejfe Athalia: lehu,^//- P2^ii'l7* l^d the Oustnes maielite lefabell : Elias, beeing no magiflrate^ ibSip-ag. 1 14. killed the ^eenes maiefties chaplaines^si^hpriefs . Thefe ex- •bid^pag. 115. ^^P^^^ ^^^ left for our inpuClion Where this iujlice is not execu* tedytheftate is mojl corrupt. Goodman, When Magtftrates do ceafe to do their duties y (In thus depo- pag.isj. fingorkilling of Piinccs) the people are as it were without off- cers'.^then Godgtueth thefocord into their hands j^r he himfelf ibid.pag.i8o is btcowimmediatly their head for to the multitude a portion of ibid.pag. 1 84 thefwordoftuflicc ts committed: from the rvhich no perfbn. King jbid.pag,! s c^ueene^or Emperour (being an idolater) is exempt: he mufl die the death* The people in the 2$ .oflSiumbers^didhang vp certain of thetr he ads and captains: which ought to be for eueraperpetu- all example of their duetie^ in the like defect ion from God to hang v^fuch rftlerfyfsPalldrajv them from him . If neither^ the infe^ '' ' ' rior Thi 2 . BooJ^e* E^g^ij^ Geneu^itingfor Reform a tion, 3 T r'tor magistrates^ nor thegreateft part of people rvilldoo their of- obed fence, fees r (inpumlhing^ depofing^ or killing of Princes) then the mi- I'^S* * ' ^ nifiet muft excommunicate Juch a King:any mintUer may doo it obed'cncr, againfl thegreatefi Prince , God will fend to the rejl oft he people^ ibid, i %. (which are willing to doo their duty^but are not able) feme Mo Goodman, ies^rOthonicll. Ifthej know any lonathan^thcy mu/lgoevn- ''^•*®°' °'' to him to be their C apt aim • and he ought not torefufe them. By the worde of God (m iuch :i dciC^iou) a priuate man (hauing <^^<'^''^"f^* feme fpeciall inward motion )may kill a tyrant: as Mofcs didthe ^ "' Egypttan:as Phinecs d/d the lecherous: and A hud dtdktng E- glon : or otherwtfe^a pr iu.it e man may doofe, if he be commaun . dcd or permitted by the csmmon-veealth. And vnto fome obicdions that be made to the con- trArie,thefe anfweres arefeaped. oh. Be fubicd to higher powers: the powers be ordai- G'^odman, ncdofGod. pag.ioc;. Anf* Wicked Kings are not Gods ordimnce , SaintVix\s. Goodman, Jl>e.:keth of lawfull powers. P'8-'"- oh, Scruants mufl be obedient to their Mafters,thogh they be froward. Anf . Paul JJ>eaketh ofbondmen,not offubie^is obedience, obcd/cncr oh, P^^^^ was commanded to put vp his fvvord. p-^g^r. * Anf. He WiU a mtnifler.andno magistrate. Goodman, Ob, ChriftcouldhauecalledfortwcluclegionsofAn- ge!s for his defence , if it had beenelawfulltohauevfed fj^^™""' forcCjfor the fctting vp of the Gofpcll» * * - AnC Chrifls kingdome wm not of this world: he tooke vpon him no tempordlfwDrd:hut that hirtdreth not thofe that haue it, oh. lercmywdis commanded to obey the king of Babel. Gordiiaw, kn(.ThefecretmnfellofGodw;ps,rei^Al^dt9. himtfithat i2/-iz»- fffefl Jt is no gensrAHKule^^ \ .t\unirjliD ^iu,-a"j\'r;^aN SS EngUp^ GeneuAt'wg for Reform attorj, I'hei.Booke Goodman* q'^, D4«/ilaid,God forbid that 1 fliculd touchthcan- ^^ ^^^* nointcdofthcLord. Anf. // voAS in his orvne ^ritt ite ca 'ffi^ andf) vnlarvfull, Goodman, q^^ Sirr/7^CT4^^K)'j; did ,3s you vvould liauc othcrs to dOj&c.but he had no good (ucccfTc*. A n f. The goodnejje of his catife ts not to be me a %red by his fuccefje. Pa'ic 201. Heewasfiolrajtour, his caufe was Godr.and none j but jiapiBs and [raytonrs^can inftly accuje him oftreafon^ Ths Cotmcellors and all others ^th.it nwuld he accounted nobles ( andtooh not his part) are in very d^ede traytours to God .,nd pagc^o(5. his peoj^le^andto their countrte, i^age 207. ' The author ofthebookeofobedicnccChe fliould haue favd of rcbclHon)cndeth his trearife, with fignihcatio,that the nobilitie of England^ (lice fpeakcth of them that were in * * Queen Manes da\eb)arcnot to be trufied either by their vpords^ cthes^or hmiivritings^furder then a man doth fee ^(^ hear them, ^fcarfelyfafar. hwdGoodmanXkcmiQ^ iox hisconclufion, is mofl earncft with all englilli fubicdes , that they would put his dodiine in pradire^afTuring them that info doing, pjg,2iS. if they be cadinprifonwith lofeph, to wldbeajlswith Dani- 2 ' 5. cWjinto thefea mth lonas j into the dungeon ir///^' f ercrriy, into the fery furfiace with Sidrach, Mifach',^ A bcdnagd,/^/ they fhdihe coyrforted: whereas if they will not: tnfeeking to/aue their i.'ueSjth(y fbdll loofe them, theyfhdl be cafl out ofthefanor ofCod^ their c onfciences fliall be vro'mdedwith hell like torments ^ they fhail dejffaire (jr feeke to hang themft lues with ludiytomurther 'themfelues\vith FrJiuncisSpira^ drowne then^felueswithludgc^^ H^\€^,6relfefallmadmthla(liceM6xgzAM This doctrine faith W^/>//>^^4w (aftcrward.vnworthf- to Goodmtrs ^y I>(^^^ of Durham) was approuedby the bejl learned in thefi booke. parts 5 meaning Caluin and the rejl ij the GcnCuiahs . The '- - Englifli- a20. i2l. The 2, Booke, Ertgltjh Geneudtingfor Reformation. $f Englilliracn of name, there at that time, befides Goodman and Whntwgham^ were ('as I take it) \^nthonj Gtlhy^ Miles CouerdalljDauidwhiuhedd^dind fundi y others. Who hking the fayde dodrine a!fo exceedingly , were very carneft to hauc thzfime primed, for the benejite(AS> they faydej of their brethren m England , Whittingham made a preface to Good- mans booke ! wherein hee greatly comnncndeth this do- drinc, and wriccth thus, inthcrame(asitlcemeth^ of all his fellovves there ♦ JVe def/re that you (mcan'wg^aW in Eng- land and ei(ewhere,that loue to know the truth and follow it) Jhould bee perfvaded in thistraeth . Againe, here thou doefi hearethe Etcinaljpcaking by his minifler,c!rc. quickly giue eare andobajyd'C. And 2LQpiinjfthou wi/hfor chriflidn liberty ^come dndfee how it may eafdy be had^i^c.Yiom Geneua. Here it is very material, furtherto be obrerued,that the reft ofthe learned men , that fled in ^eene CMaries time, zslohn Scary: William Barlow: Richard Cox: Thomas Be.iccm lohn Bale: lohn Parkbur/l: EdmondGrindall: EdwmeSmdes: {Alexander Tioweli: Robert Wifdorr/eilohn lewell: & very ma- ny more , hiuing no great aftedion to Geneua , beftowcd themfelues in Germany , efpecially at Zurich , Bafill^ and Franckeford . Thefe men maintained the reformation of the Church oiEnglandin King Edwards time; they vfed in their holy a(r<^mblics,thc forme of feruicc,and order of ce- remonies, which were then eftablidied : and they vtterly mi{liked,& condemned the forefayd propofitions5as very feditious & rebellious, according to the iudgcmenr of all the reformed Churches , (for ought I can learne) both in Germany and elfc-where,beiides Gemua and her offfpring, Befides they o£Framkeford, (as it appcareth) notwith- ftanding their gricfe ,' that they were conftraincd to Icaue theircountry for their confciencc : yetinthe middeflof 3^H thdr affli($tion3 ipthcy ixrmincd fuch duetifull harts vn- .■ :...: ' to 4 Ertglifh Genemt'wgfor Reformation, The 2 .Boeke, to ^ecm Marjy (imitating therein the Apoftlesand Di- fciplcs of their Maiftcr) as that they couldc not endure to heare her (0 traduced into all hatred and obloquy, as fliec Kttoxhift.pag. was by the other fort. MAtfler Knox^ comming vpon occa- ' ^^'' fion from Geneua, to Framkefordj was by thele graue men, accufed of Tteafoni{hs he himfelfecontelTethj tor matters that he had publiflied in print, agawjl their Soueragne and the Emperor, and was fainethereupon/or the fauing of bis life^to flye thence fecretly backe againe to Gmeua. Laftly,by meanes of their difliking of thcfayd propofi- tions, and their further courfe heldem the defence of the forcfayde reformation in England, againfl the other mens counterfeit presbyteries:thele learned men ati^rjw^^r^, could hauefmall reputation with them oiGeneua, Thus one of thatctew then,hath written fincc of thcm.r^^ En- Kn _ ' Caiuin inihr. two cffcntiall notcs ot thc CnuFch : vz. the true preaching Iib^4.Cap. J. ^j ffjg vtford^and the right admimHratJon of the Sacraments, Bcza'^in coUo. ThcH vpoH GoodmonSyWhittinghams^^ Gilhics returnc, quiorofsiicc ^vvith the rcftof their alTociatcsj {vomGeneuAixwo Bng' ftatueople , andts ordained Jor theioj andhappi- °^i°"' ^* ftes of ail Nations. cT.c hb.z. The want '' of the Elder/hip is the caufe ofalleuiU.Itis not ^ to '^^^ ^^^^ hee hoped for ^ that auy common vpealthrvt II flourtfh without it, p»oc \. Thts Difcipline « is no fmallp.irt of the Gofpell : it is ofthefub. ^ ' • c.I.b. i. fiance of it. It is the ^ right fiuffe ^ gold for building the Church f Mc.rirn 84! of God . This rvoi*ld make the S Church a chafljpoufe , hauing 4 g ibid . ^4, ivonderfull brightnes as the morning , faire as the Moone , pure ^ ^'S'^^*"* as the Sunne , and terrible like an ar^.y with bannirs . Without 1 Epi before ^ this Difciplinejhere can be no true Relmon.This eouernement '"r- a 2. i ■ .1 r J I I I ^1 n , r I t ^i ^ Martin lu- » IS the fcepter, whereby alone Chrtfi I ejus rukth umong men. The nior;Thc(,i4. Churches of God iH^ Denm.:rkejSaxonyXigurin,^c. wanting G 2 this 44 Eftglilh SeotVtangfor Difctplme by dotage. The 2 J^osVe. 1 T. C.lib.i , this gouermmtnt , ah to bee accounted ma^med^ and vnperfeU, pag. J . The eshblt(lnng ^ of the Presbyteries ^u theftdlplr^cmg ofchrifh ITpas'z 20 ' ^^ ^^^ kmgdome. They that "^ reiecith'ts Difctpline/cfufe to Ijaue n T.c . Tabic chrifl raigm oner them:and deny "■ htm in effetJ^tc be their king preficc to the ^^ ^^^^y^ o Lord. It ts the blade P of a ihakenjivordjtn the hmde of o Motion to the Chertmnsp keepe the xvay of the tree oj lije, thcLordes. Ridiculous meoand bcwitchcd . As though Chrifts J?bid."a. 49, foucraignety, kingdom e, and lorddiip were no where ac- knowledged^or to be found, but where halfe a dolen arti- 2ans,Shoon:)akers,Tinkers, and Tailors, with ihcir Prea- cher and Reader, f eight or nine Cherubins forrooth)do rule the whole parirti. ButIhauenotedvntoyou,outof thefe few places, (omitting many other j this their won* derfiilldotagc,tothis end. that it maybe confidcrcd, whe- ther it be likely, that our Englijh Conjiftoriam hauing oucr* runne the Jf^/^//^minifterSjOr at the leaft ouertaken them,, in their opinions of the necefTity of this Dircipline,will be left behind them, in their pradiies according to the Gene- m refolution,for the attayning of it, or no^r Chap, III. Our pretended Englifh reformers doo imitate or rather exceeds the Scottijh Miniftersin rebelling and ray ling ^g^fffft all that doo encounter them. Hen in Scotlandthcy firft had in minde to reforme religion, and after to crcd their Difcipline, (^according to the Geneua re- folution) they (pent their wittcs and all their deuifes ,by railing and flandering, to bring the BiJJwppes and thcreft of the Clergy,with the whole courfc of their goucrncments into 4ctcftation and hatred with the people . They write their mm x^ \v\. \ if A 1 1 IP The 2 . 'Booh, Engli^ScoUi^lngforpifci^Unt hy Raylwg, 4/ cpj ne flea fur es oft hem ^Anho them: and that m the name of the Knox Mft.pag feoj}lc. They fttrredtheHobility by their writings agamft them: ^^j j-'**^^^ ^ they had their fttf plications to their Varltamenl^ : and to the 2^,2 16. 9ueenc Recent ■ they hadthetr appellations from their Bifhops^ '["-^- P^?- ^i^- their exhort.1t ions to the Nohilny , to the Eftates and commmat- trjy and many fiich pradifes they had to that purpofc, yea, after their Bi/hopsrod Clergy had receiued the Gofpe]!.. But in this courfc, our reformers in England, haue not onely imitated them, but (as ready Schollers, and apt for fuchmifchiefe) haue very farre exceeded both thcm,ind as I thinkc j ad others , that hitherto haue dealt that way. They hauerenuedoucragaine5& applied to our Church sa,},^,, ^^-^^^ gouernourSjtwoorthreeofthemoft bitter Treatifes, that ofheii. to the cuer were made againft the Popes, Cardinals, Poptjh Bifhops, „ ^^Vifho^ci.' Menkes and Friers,&c. in King Hertry the eight his daycs. &c/ They hauefoureor fiue very cSuellifliand infamous Dia- ^"j^jj^^**^ hgttes : likewife their complaints and petitions to her Maie- i.Gjibies. fty and Parliamcntjin the name of the comminalty jtheir ap- z / b. pellation, their exhortation , and diuers other moft lewd & ^Vha^t which Icurrilous Epiftles and Letters. came from When they are called before any Magiftrate>and dealt ^hiogmof. withall for their fa(5tious proceedings 5 they vfually after- ward doo take vpon them to write and publifhjvnder the name of a conference , what wordes and arguments haue pafTed : which they perfourme with all reproch, difdainc, vntruthjand vanityrand fo do pefter theRealmeandtheir fauourers clofets, with infinite fuch fhamelelTc and flaun- derous difcourfcsjas is moft intollerable. They haue had fiue or Cixefupplications to feucral! P^rli- dmems, penned altogether according to i(r«(7Ar hisftileand violent ipiritjin many places word for wordrbefides -W^r- //>», and his two fonnes, their holy imitationsof 5^2^ his PalTauantiusj Cthat all things might procecde Geffcuali]ic ) C 3 in mi ^g. Bnglijlj Scolt'iz,ifig^for Dijap'fKe hy Rdylirrg, The 2. Sod:'' Martins Epi, in their iixcbojkesof Ov/^y^^jr/^/? gratiiiy.A lid now,vpoa His Epitome.^ bcttcr carc taken by licr 'viaiefty,that no fiich iibcls Ihoii.d Vanmiuni! be licrcaftc r printed in England, (sLtthclai}. without loine Mann Senior daunger to the pai tics , if it may bee knownej they haue lartin rote. fQyj^jgfu(;.j-, £.thcir poyfoned tongues, and their hypocriticall out- crieSjprocured a generall miflike of her Maiepes rcforma- tion,theprcfentgouernmcntof thcC/;»r '^^^^ ^ "^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ our gates, Anttehrijl " raigneth a- n I Ad m . p. 5 5 . jnong fl vs. The ° eHabhjhedgouermment of the Church , is traj' ljhi^pix\u\ 6 ^^''^^ agahji themaie/lie oflefus Chrijl:it confirmeth the Popes P Hay anf.pa* fttpreraACteitt is accurfed. It is P an vnlawful/^afalfeja bafiardly $,6.8.12. gonermment . In the ^ Ate of the Church there is nothing q buM piaie.T?" ^ [^^^^ ^^^ ^////^rj, yea thegriefeis emn deadly at the heart : They X Hay an7, pa. r ^/^ needes be not enelj tray tors to Godandhts rvordybut alfo /* To this obiecflionrthat/^w*^ Dotanifmeto challenge ofDifcipimc, fuch authoritic oucr PrmceSj (^meaning the authority which P^g 75- chcEIderniipchallengcthjanfwere is madcvz Itisflat- terie to fujfcr Princes to do what they Itfl. To this'pofition; T^^/ princes fJjould bee excepted from it. c.i part Ecclefapfcall D//cipline, and namely from excommunication ^ o^f^'s^ rcplic- they inCwcrethus.That excommunication Jhould not be ex- ^^°' ^* ercifed agai^Jl Princes , Ivttedte mtftke: To affirmc that. It isbut awceremockerie ofthe Lord^and to offer himfelfe (mca.- ibid.pag.^r ning the now L.Arclhiflwp ofCanterburyjasabarodtoalma, ner cffinnts in Princfs, To inftnuate, that others being fubieCi H 10 SO.The 1 1. Bfiffh.E^gltJh Scottizing^for difciflineby rayl'mg^ t$ this correction ^ onche Prf/7cesjl)^u!dhe exemptedj(l fiarej i5 ^""^""^ ^y Bifhops,J»'f//° they might hope for the fauor and- intertainementofW[oks(thitisthecurfeofthe law,) but the fauourandlouing countenance oflefus Chrtfl, they jhould not fit noreuerenioy, Againe of the fame Parliament, itislikewife affirmedr diat (if the reformation dcfired,were not graunted,} they, puld Ci? Thil I.Booke, Englifb Scctiuingjor Difcidlitie hy Rayling.si. fhouldlfttraj<3od,b(tray the truth^/>Kd betray theyfhole kwg" dome. They q jZ otdd declare therKfelues to be an ajlewbly, jvhere- in the Lordes caufe could not be h: ard^an Ajjttnbly^ vpheretn the ^ '^'^'P* felic'Uy of mifcr able men could not be reffctied-^an ajjcmbly^ that tvittingly called j or the iudgements of Godv^on the whole land- anajjembljy wherein trueth,rehgtcn,and pictie could beare no fray: There ^jhalbenot be a man of their jeede thatlhallpcfper , . , be a Parliament-manner beare rule in England any more. "^' * ^**3 FunhcrmorCjaprophellcispalleclf but from thnt fpirit, I truft thattookc vpon him to hcjpjriius mcndaxtn ere fro- ' "^^''^ ;>yf'^/^r«w)thatiftheypfciiailcdnotinthcra!d Parliament * ^*"* accordingto their (upplication: /^ ^i-'^'f ^o wicked^mentionedin lob, cwfdy vnto tht almigfjty depart jr cm ' ^ "^^ ' '^ vs ibecaufe rv€ defire not the knowledge ofthy wjates: yea and in their pra^ifc tlj£yJay,who is the almighty, that n-'efiouldfcrne him? Tins ^flulbe thepmion^ofas many, as (to the end) oppcfc ^ ppjf^ ^^ ^^^^ themfelues Againfl the cmfe of reformation new laboured jor: Swp.A 4, thehcAHenfDAildicUre hiswickednefc^and the earth (lull rife U 2 njf S2 Englfjh ScottizijigforVifcil limhy raylwg.The WSock, 'Uj) againfi him\the encredfe of his hcufe 11)41 goe away : // (haif flow away m the day of his wrath.- hts eyes llalfce h:s dejlruciton^ b R-gincrout ^^^^^ ^^'ill' drink( of the yvrath ofthe K^ imigbty .T hey ^Jre no ot Scotland.^ better :o bee thought of ^then enemies to the Gofpell of Chrifl^ c Epi Iciot'c ^<>^^f^i^'te(ite, and people: th.it feeke to kctpe Chrfles holy ti .c fu p I . Dtfciplmefrom amor.gfi vs . This <" is that caufe, againfl which tlfcBB.B.'^ ^^^»^^rnanyetflriueiand^ro[pered. AlltheNcwgates andold- gates^yea and all the Tihtirns w EngUnd.arc too Uitle forfuch ralh^andprefimptuousheades, th At will not giue Godleauet^o rule: hut will take the [cepter out of his handes, I do ^ feare efcnryin bis ^^'^f f^^''^] rfthe forwardejl ennemies of reformation^ are not Epi. from the backwardeflfrendes.that the king of Spain hath in England Scoti. before at this day . reformat,, no cnncraic «rbid,A 3.5c Chap. VII. Some oftheirDifciplinarianfpeeches concerning the hordes^ her Maie flies mofl honorable priuie CouncelL fEpift. from J^^^^^^^^ Vr^ Councellmdytruelithc [aide ^to delight Scotl. . be fore ^V^^^^^^ ''^ ^^^ iniury efr 'vtolent oppreffion of Gods snncmie. A.3 . J8/ ^^^j^^ M, f^tn^is ^ Mimflers.'thereforethe Lord wit y furely 'uifite our Comcel^ mth an hemic pUgtie. Our CounceH cannot poffibly deafetrttely in matters ofiujitce^ betweene man and man-^nifomuch as they bend all their forces^ t o bereaue lefus Chrifl ofhisgouernment . The which vngodly and wicked courfe as they haueheldon, euer flncethe beginning of her ^-M are/lies raigm :[o at this day they haue taken great boldneffe^ andgrowne more rebellious^ againfl the Lord and his caufe, then euer they were. In fn much as their hiinors^in token of thank sfilneffe to hiyn that ey,alted them r dare isaw charge the caufe ofreformation^^to he an enncmie ^vnto our fldte andf'uch asfauor the f amenta he vnqnkt an ifa^hus men^ , dtjhrbcn The 1 1 .Sccke, £ng!ij}} Scott iung for Difciplim hj ray ling, ; j dijittrhers oft he common feace and quiet ncs^ and fewer s ofjedi - tion among thefuhic^s. They do ^ notablte dek^i their impiety againji Godj and their ^ ^^'^^'^>^ enmitieto the kingdome Oi his Soiirie Chrijl-.they offer iniuryta her Maiefiie.lfher Mmfiygme t.xreio fuch Coumellors^ fiee may haf4e cauje one day to lament. Ajjuredly^thofe that are our ennemiesfor the ^rofffwn of the truth s{^^^v(\x\% theprctcn- dcd Difciplinc( cannot beeher MaieJlusfurefreudes,whatfoe- Htr they pretend, • ibj a " Sathan^vporketh the defacing oft he way of truth : ^fupporteth ' his owne kmgdome,by inflruments of no meane countenance. Be they noble or^ vnnohle^CounceUors or inferior men: I am fofarre from fearing their porrer, that the more I fee them rage^ j^ ^^-^^ g ^ the greater Jlnngth ihaue^tojiand to the truths xvhtch they raue agajnfl, I do vpsrrk^andadmontfh thofe Councelhrs^ with whome and againji rvhomeefpeci ally J I dcale in this Treatife^to repent them lihid^Bi, of their great ififblencie^whereby they bauebcene puffed vp with Senacharib^to magnife and oppofe thewfelues:^ againfi the caufe md people of the Lord of Hofls : as againfi the Religion and peo- ple ^of fame of the Gods of the earth . Othervpife they are to fear e leaflthe Lerdjhamng raifcdvpmany of them ^ out of mean pla- ces into the throne ofiuflice^meaneth to [hew hispovoer and great name^by making them examples of bis fearefull wrath-^as he did Pharaoh, who wrought his owne oner throw. m.I bid,B, c If men will wonder, thaV^^ we being fo contemptible in the fight oft he world^ dare yet be fo be Id. as to controll great Jlates andmightie mcn-^ and to chalcngethem of iniujlicefagainfl the Sonne of God cind his membcrs-^who will not jlicke to brag with PiUte^that they hane power to crucifie Chrtji^i^ to abfolue him-^ they are to vnderfand^thiit wee knew of no power, but fiom a- boue: and therefore of no power, that is able to be are out iniu^ fficeandwrong. The hih ofthe iMerswee grantto bee high, H i and $4- Bnglifh ScoUtz,mgfor Vifci^ line by raylifJg.The IIBooke, andvtjalfayleabUfnthefightofaneygfiffeJl}:ku( wehauetear* md oft he holy maff^to account the habitiUion fifthe vpickedto be dccurfed.eutn when heefeemeth to be befl rooted : for m know that th ejieppes of hts fir.ength.lhdl bte rejlrayned^ and that his CotinfaileflhtUcafl htm downe. Ghap.VIII. S erne f their rajlingfrnchesagunfl the *^Magi(lracyi» Eng^^ iafidythe I/td^es, Lawyers,artd lawes both citiillmd ecdefiA- fiCAlL tvEpift . from ^^^^^ Wc " Magtjlracy and mini fiery hane walked hani Scotl • before ^^tItIi i^^^f^^?if^^^^ f^^^f^V^P^ ^f^^**^ R^l^gi^^'^'^d^un- reformat ^noj^l^jg to both.^theworde of the Lordc ts wade a- re- AmongH'^ thofe rvhodeale inthscaufe ofiaHice^th'cre are * ' ♦ ■'• foundmckedperfcns-.euenvpicked lawyers and iudgjes , (who feetnetoknowofnootherGod^hut their owne game, {that lay ivdite for the blood of Gods faint s^ashee that fetteth /hares -^ and marke whether they can heare pfanj^ that-go further in the caufi of Godfthenth corruption of our [late doth permit. And if they fndeanjfuch^they knorvhowto rvrc/l againft them^ aclaufeof fgme flatute^contrary not onely to the meaning thereof but enen (ontrar'jvntoalliujltceandequit)^^ea common reafonit felfe^ • and the veriegr ounces ofallgoodlawes andflatutes.Sif that it is mivgrowen, and hath bene of a long time, a common fraSfife of thefe Godlejfe.men^to make oftheftatutes,ardainedfor the main- tenance of Religion and common qaietnejp a pit^ whjer£m to catch the peaceable of the land, pibid. A. 3 The common P inditements of the L ords true andfaithftdl MiniHersfor matters of tri fiestas the miffiin of the furplijje , churching of women^ croffein Bapt fr/iCjO^c, doth manifeflly rvitmffetheimquitie of thefe Athcifts^ The The 1 1 . Booh Englijh Scottizjn^/or difcipline ly rajling^ '$$■ The<\Uvi>Ci^tkAt viaintAmthe /irchbijhopj aTid Btfjops are oMaidn lu- nomoreto bee accounted of, thintheUvpcs maintawing the ^^^^' Sterves, nbid.Thef. T he^ huynaine Uwes^that maintaine them, are wicked dttd ii. vngcdly, TheUwes « ^rewade their common fan^uariejo defend all * ^.*^"ft "" cur mckednejje, gcs.p, 5. Impiety is^fufferea to bearejwayagainji the maiejlie of God: ^ Sup.pa.39 and t hilt by law and authority. SuchUwes^areretayned in force,a$ iuflk and ouerthroxc ^ sup,pa,24, the royall prerogatiue ofthefonne of God, kJ4s ^ ^reat mdigntty is offered vn to lefus ChriJ},in commit- ^ Y.v\Mc\>r9 tinghts church vnto thegOHerne77}ent of the common larv, as fore the de- canbe^bymeane hyrelings vritoa ki:g »• in committing his ^^^^-^-^ Belouedfpouje vnto the dtrcciion of the mijlreffe of the St ewes , and enforcing her to Hue after the I awes of a brothel- houfe. C H A P. IX. Some of their confifloriallfajings^ as torching our Religion^ Commmjtonbooke^ Sacraments and Ceremonies, ^E* [Iriue for true religion. As^ cur laches are^ a lAdm'.ia, there can be no right religion^ ^ Many reltgi. b '^id>pag, 2. ons are mixed together, of Chri(l and Anti'^ ' TjP'-^o* chrifl.ofCodandthedeuillA Chrtfes Beli- d.ibid.pag.9<»" gion is fondly patched wiih the Popes ^ ioy- ningfre andwater,heaf{erf and he I together. The ' truth {tn a manner )doth but peepe out from behtnde the c, 2, Adm, p ^ fcreene. Their ^prefcript forme of feruice, is full of corruption. In ^'^'Adni.p.i; talltheordtr of t heir feruice, there is no edtfication, but confu- ^.^.^ fion . The ^ Communion booke is an vn^erfeci baoke, culled and h ibjd.pao,i 6 picked out (f that ^opijh dunghtll,the portuije and majfe- booke: and /(f Englifl) Scottizingyfor Difciplifte hy railing, ThelL Booke, and many of the contents therein befuch^as are againfl the word i M artin fenis »f God. And ' Martin [enior calleth // ourjierue-vs Booke. or.c.2. The^ Sacraments are xvickedlte mangled and prophaned, k 2 Admon. ^^^^1 ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ fipper hut play a pageant of their own^ iGiiby'.pag.i to h/inde the people: and keepe themJlilUn fuperfiition: to make the feelj foules beleeue that they haue an Engltjh maffe* and fo put no difference befspixt trueth and falfehoode^ betwixt Chrijl and An i chrijl jjetvoixt God and the deuilL "^ The publike bap- m ^ Admon. ^^y^^ tsfullofchtldijh an^fupersittious toyes. n Giiby.p,4o- And of ouF ordcrs, garments, and ceremonies. They are^carnall^beggerly: Antichriflianpompes, rites, larves^ and traditions'.popijhfoolerieSjRomifJj reliquesyd' ragsofAntichrijl dregs and remnants oftranfformed Poperie : Pharifaicall out • P2g4i» rvard faces andvizardes: remnants ofRomif}) Antichrijl: offw /»a fimbled^As occafiov hath required^ in the Ciinuoc&tion houfe^ y^cy^ arewolites,It]isa Synagogue. Their onelyendtuouris^ horv to freuent Chrtfly from bearing tide in the Church ^bj his. oven lawes ,T hey are knorvne to bie en^ nemies vnto allftnceritie. The "whole con" uocdtionhcufe^are (in iudgement) con* trarieto ottr SauiourChrift^ they are in,- todenbk oppugners of Gods glory landvtter ennemies vnto the liberties of his Church^Aslongas that houfe ftandeth^ {as at this day it doth) there can be no hope at al^ that either Godi hea'" uenlie trueth^Jlmldhauefreepaffage^cr the Church her Itbertie,. in this kingdom. They hauefeducedanddeceiuedthe ciuil flate^ ..& people jin bearing them in hand^that al is voel in the Churchy jo.Mart,Epift ^j^^^ ^^^ termed/ by bnc of the "^ Captaincs of this crue) right pui(fant^poiJoned^perfecuting.,and terrible Priejls: Clergie matters of the confocation houfe:the holie league offuh^ fcription.-thecrueofmonfrous and vngodtie tvr etches: that mingle heauenandearthtogetljer: homed maiflers oft he corf' fpiration houfe: an Ly^ntichriJlianfivimfJ} rabble: ennemies of a Dialogue '^^ Gojpelhmojlcottetous^ metchedandPopfflj Priefls^ the Con- that came uocation houfiof DiuelsJSelzabub'^of Canterbury, the chief e of ^^^"^^^^l^ theDiucls, tnort.D.d. Chap.XII. Some of the rpresbiterialfpeechesof the Bijhops of England pre.- fejJingtheGofpell^ Fag.5/. «Hay any. p, ^^He °Btfhopsare thegreatefl andmojlpeflilent-ennemm ►^ that mmourflatel}ath^^ arelihto betheruineofher^ The 2. Books. En^lijh Scottidng/or difcipl4rte\hj r/tyii»g, S9 Haisflie^Mi^the whdejiate: Archbijhjps und Bifhofs arc v?:- ^ ^'^^ UrvftdlyVnnaturAll^faljc^ and bajlardlte gouernours of the church ^and the ordmAncei of the Diaei.ftttie Popes ipettte An- P^S*^ * ttchrijies: iike irjcarnit Djuels: they are Bifhopsofthe Dt- /^jjj ^^ tte/i: Btp^Qps? are cogging and coofening kndues, Thij will \>hUxtmt tig like do7S, Our ^Btjhops are proudj po^ifljy prefumptuous^^^l^:]/- prophane,pdltrieypejt(lent,perntctausprelateSiCr vjurpers\ Imc pudent^fhamelefje ^and wajnefcot faced Biflyopsjike heaftes .They P*g- 3 ? ♦ areinapremuntre. They ought mt to bee mamtaynedjby the authority of the cittill Magifiraie J in any common wealth, pag.zi They"^ are,tnre[pe6i of their places, ennemtes of God. The ^yl°{^^^^ ^rvorji Pnritane ts an honejler man^ then the be jl Lord BiJJwp lo^ue.'c.i in Chrtfiendome, « m arti n » Their^ crueltie is without meafure. They are butchers and \^^^^^{^^^ horfeleeches:it is the portion of their inheritance. Their bloud- protcft,pag,4, thirjlie attempts ^ Thefe dragons. Their tiranme and bloudthir- P^|' [ ' fiie proceedings are inexcu fib le . hi efFc(5i, that they confptre to pag.zi fall the Crownefrom her Maiefltes head. pag.z i Bijhops ^callings are wecre Ly^ntichr/flian.The ^ Bijlwpsare u vdals dia* robbers^ Woluesjiwoniacksjperfecutors^fiwers of f edition and lo^u«-D,2 difeon:entednes betireene her Maiejliesfubie^es . They haue in- £.4 . c | cnrredthe (latute ej premunire.'they are (ipjo fa6io) depriua- ble. Though they bee in theChurch:^yetare they none of the Church. The true church of God ought to haue no more to doe roith them:,andi he Synagogue J ( namely their Antichriftian Courts) them with the Synagogue of Sathan.Be^packing Btfljopsi a Epift to the you ftriue inz'aine^youare Idtd open already. Friers and Monkes 'P"om. were not [3 had. Of^ all the Bilhopi that euer were in the See of the Archbi- b The Dialog fbopofCa>jterburie,therewjs neuer any didfo much hurt to the J-r^Jj^Throir church of God as hee hath done. No Btfhep that euer had fuch mou.D.} an afpirin^ and ambitious minde as hce^no not Car din ill Wol- fij ,'j^mfo proud as he: No not Stephen Gardiner ofwimhe- l2 jter Mart/cn.C .i . d Mart Ten. e Epiillc out of Scotl.bcs forcreforma. no cnncmic« fPraftifcof PreUccs.C.6. M9M7' //c7/>//«4m;?;ofthefedayes,haue farrc exceeded xhtScottijh Minifters: fo may it bee truely affirmed of them, that al the popidi Traitors,that hither- to haucwrittcn,and all the faid6v»^«/rf;7/ thatthen liucd, for malicious and fpitefuli tauntcs,for rayling and bitter tearmcs, for difdaineful and contemptuous (peechesi did not come neerc them. Befides, it is efpecially to be obfcrued^that in their own opinions, they hauc by thefe vngodly meanes fo preuay- led with the multitude, as that now they begin to vaunt and braggeof their good fucceffe already therein attay- ned.Oneofthemfendethvs word {vom Scot Undythox laa ^^'^'?' ^"^^ ^^ ^^"^ withftood their pretended Church goucrn- mcnt, are made already in England to bee defpifed and vile be' fire allthe people: that apoore [impls ^-Minifer of their s^c. is harde with more rcmence,andrejortsdvnto with more dili' gence pag^^O.-^s, Thi2,Booke,EjjglijhScoitiz4^g,for difciflirJe hy rajling. 6i gence,thcn one of ours -^though he haue the great bell rong^ and men to helpe him vp into thepulpit:that this was wrought by a contemptibUyandverjbafeand ftraunge meanes^ {^meaning Martin and his fonnes libels5&c.) w/" once dreamed off by a thoufaad f Gods faint cs : and that when their creates j (mc2.' ningthcBifiiopsjw^r^y^/ v/>, and they began to fay all is QurS'^then their prefumption was dajhed, daunted, and taken downe. They might as well hauc {ignificd vnto vs, in what tearmcsand icputation,hcr Maieftic,hcr i^arliamentSjher Lordsjhcr Iudgcs>and her Iawcs,do ftand and hold with the peoplc.ln deahng as they hauc donc^by their particu- lar fupplications and motions vnto her Highnes,and vnto their LL^ their intents to that purpofc, when the rime fliall fcrue(ii"in the raeanc while they be not preucnted) arenotabliedifcIofcd.For othcrwifejit might haue fuffi- cedthenijto hauedeliuercd their dircontentments,in pri- mte manner, by writing, both to her Maicftic,thcir LL^ andothcr inauthority.-therebytohauedifcharged their confcicnccs without their pubJiHiing of them inPrintc to the worldjcxcept their purpofe had likewife beene,by that iewdmeaneSjtohauebrought them all into contcpt, as well as the Biili ops. What priiiatc man, if his friend fhould writca letter vnto him, and lay open in thefame,. (eythertrucly orfaircly)many great crimes to his charge; & afterward iLould by Printing or any other waies pub- lifhit: could otherwifeaccount of his dealing therein , butthathe meant to make him thereby odious to the world, or at the leaft to be of no great account,or eftima- tion» Q'jcene iMarie was of nature dc difpofition , very mild and pitifully and yer,becaufe fhce fuffcred fuch cruehie & fuperftitioato be pradifcd & maintained in her days,you , (. haue \ 64^ EngUfh Scottizing.for Dtfcipline by rdylingXhe i Book, hauc heard by the confiftorian propofitions(before men- tioned) what was refblued by Goodmany WhittmghamjGih 6yy£<^ 3 • f^jj-j jQ defend, faying : that the name of conuenticles^ was too light an^ contemptuous for them. About the twelfth yeare of her highneffe faid gouern- mcnt,thefe malccontcnts, growing weary of the forefaidc diflfentionsjand being of rcftieflTedfpofitionSjbegan to ftic vp new quarrelSjConcerning the Gemua Difcipline; being the matter indeedc which they ftill aymed at, in all their former proceedings . Hercvpon/the i4.of her Maicfty) two admonitions were framed , and exhibited to the high Court of Parliament. The firft contayned their pretended griefes,with a declaration f'forfooth) of the onely way to reforme them: vz.by admitting of that platform c^ which wasthere defcribed. This admonition , finding fmall entertainement, fthe authors or chief preferrcrs thereof being imprifonedj out commeih the fccond admonition y towardcs the end of the fame Parliament : with great lightning and thunder , as though heauen and earth flioulde haue met together, bc- caufe ofthe litderegard which was had before, to the for- mer 4^w^»///^;?.Inthis fccond admonition jihe firft is whoL lyiuftified.- the Parliament Casithathbeencfhewedjis mightily challenged; great wordcs are vfed,andin plainc tcarmes, it is there affirmed : That if they of that alfembly woulde not then ib Howe the aduiic ofthe firft admonition^ they would furely themfelues be their owne caruers. The i. Admoniti- Church (fay xhcy )may and muji keefe God his orders: and fure- «n. pa.6o.6r. jj tbish onl) Godhis ordtr^(sz. the fayd platformcj & ottght ' t» The s ,Booke, Englijh ScottizJngJor Bifcipline hy Prallife, ^ ta bee vfed in his Church , jo that in confcience wee are forced t0 Jpeakefor it^andto vfe i t. Whereupon, prcfently after the fayd Parliament, (vz. ^r, ;.^ the twentieth of Nouember, I572.J there was a Presby- tery created at IVandefworth tn Surrey ('as i t appearcth by a bill cndorfed with CMaflerFieldshmdc, thus ; the order of Wandefworth. ) In which order the Elders names5cleuen of thetHjare (ct downc: the manner of their cledion is decla- red : thcapproucrsofthem, (one Smith of aM/cham^^nd Crane of Rough. import) are mentioned ; their offices and certaine generall rules , (then giuen vnto them to beeob- ferued) were likevvifc agreed vpon,and delcribed. C H A » ♦ II, Thefecrete meetingesfor Difeipline , and the matters hdndled them here in EngUndfiom i^ 72 till j^Ss* m to we they grevv to be (o fine gone at Wandefworth^xhn I find not: they of London j2i\. that time,werc nothing fo . - forward. And yctjas it appeareth by the lawfull dcpofition and otheof rho.Ed.both one, (then ofthatfadion, but now t»cfo'-e»he averyhoneftman, aBatchellerof i^X'^tafr" Diuinity , and an auncient Preacher) they had then their chamber, meetings of Minifters, rearmed brethren, in priuate hou- fes in London: as namely oiFieldy Wilcoxy Sianden, lackfon, Bonham^ SeinMcy Crane, and Edmondesj which mcetingcs were called conferences, according to the plot in the firft and fecond admonitions mentioned. In thefe London-me^rngs , at thefirfl, little ms debated^ but Againflfubfcripion.theattyre^Mdbooke of common frayer. Murry after (laith he) that Charke^rauers, Barbery Gardiner y K 2 Chepn^ 44 Bnglijh Scottlangfor Difcipline by PraBife, The 3 .Booke, CheBon , and UJily Crooke andEgerton , ioynedthemf clues into that brotherhood^ then the handling of the Difciplwe hc^an to be rife: then many motions wire made , *mdconclftJions were jet doivne.As^ior example. That for apnuch^ as diners bookes hn^ heene written y and fun- dry petitions exhibited to her Maiejiy^the Varltcment^their LJJ^ and yet to little purpofe: therefore euery man, fhould labour ^by ak the meanes he could, to bring into the Chureh^thcfaidreforrKatt' on themfelues. That the prefent goutrnement of the Church j by Archbifhops' ^ Bijhops^rvas AnttchrtHian : ^ that the only Dtfcipline (Irgo- uernr/ient ofchrift, {as they termed ityjvz, by PaBors^ BcSiors, Elder Sy and De aeons ^ fhottld be ejlablijhed in place of the other. That for the better bringing in ofthefaidfsrme ofDifcipline^ theyfhould not onely , (afwellpuhlikely as priuately) teach it, hitt by little andlittle^as much 4spoffibly they might ^draw the fame into prai^ife^t hough they concealed the names ^either ofPresbyte- ry^ Elder, or Deacon^ making little account of the name for thi time,fo that their cffces might befecreily eBabUjhed, There was an affembly of three fcore Minifiers , appointed out ofEffeXyCamhridge-fhierCiand T^folkeyto meete the eighth p. ^^ pi^i j^ of May ^ 1^82 .at Cocktfield, (MaiBer KnervHuhs torvne) there to i6»of May, conferre of the common bookCywhat might be toller ated^ (^ what SS*«» necejfarily to be refufedin euery point of it '.apparel /natter forme y dayesyfaftings,intun6iions^^c^ Of this meeting it is thus reported. Our meeting was ap- pointed to be kept veryfecretdy ,. and to be made knowne to nonej ri^f •That this afTcmbly was alfo kept aecordinglyjit appca- reth by thefc words. Concerning the meeting J hope all things rverefo proceededin^as your felf would like of:afweliforreuerence toother brethren^asfor other matters , I fuppofe before this timt^ fome of the company Jjaue told you by word: for that was permit* Am- T^ei^Booh. EngliP)ScoHt^rtgforDifcipUnebjPra5tife. 4; Another meeting was alfo appointed to be hdde , that yearc, 2iii\\cCdmmcrJcememm Cambridge , asisplaineby /'ig .to Field, thefe vvordcs. Concerning the Commcnccwenty I like wellyour »bid, motion : de firing it might fe come to pajje : and that it be procured^ tfi be as gener alias might be:\vhich may eafily be brought topajfe, if you at London flullfo thinke wellofttyandtve here may vndtr-- fiandyour minde:rve wdl(I truji) as we can/urther it. M, Allen liketh well of the matter. Chap. III. i^ forme or booke of Difcipline is drawen , and a refolution is a- greedvpony how far they might proceede for the pral^tfe of it, without breaking the peace of our Church. Hilcft the brethren in the Countrey, were comming thus faft on rorvvard(as you hauc heard in the ende of the for- mer Chapter: ) you muft not thinke that the Robbies in London were in the meanetimeidic . Hitherto it fhould feeme,that in all their former procecdings,ihcy had relied chiefly ,vpon ihcfr/i admonition and Cartwrights booke: as hauing had no particular and fcucrall platforme, that was generally allowedof amongft them , for the Church of £;;^/W. But now at the length, fabout the yeare, 1583.) the forme ofDifciplim (which is lately come to light) was compiled: and thereupon an affembly or CounccU being helde (as I thinke at London , or at Cambridge) certaine dc^ crecs were madcjconccrningthe eftablifliing and thepra- ^ifethereof. In which decrees, mention is made of a col- le(5Hon- concluded vppon for the Scottifh Miniftcrs , fugi- tiucs here in England ^ 1583. (which flieweth the time when they were made: ) & order is like wife taken for the K 3 putting 46 Effgltjh Scottizing^ for Dififplhe by Fra&ife,Tht 3 . Booke. putting in vfc of the SynodicAll Difciplme -^ which alfo proo- ueth the age of that booke. Thcdecrees themfclucs arc extant to bee feene, vnder Maifter^/^^/^hande- a man of that brotherhood. Buti: may not be omitted,that you muft thinkcj how the godly brethren in all thefe and iuch other their zealous courfcsj had neuet any meaning to difturbc theprefentftate efta- bliflied. And thereupon (forfboth) in this confpiracy or counccll mentioned, (like good and quiet fpirited men) they had an efpeciallcare , that the peace o£ the Church might not be broken, by any order or decree of theirs. So as then the queft'ion amongft them was , (feeing the Dis- cipline muft needs vp) how farre they might proceede in the eftablifhing and pradife of it , keeping notwithftand- ingthe peace of the C^wr^/'^eftablifhed already by her Ma- iefty. And it was ouerruled accordingly ,as it followeth in the decrees themfclues, faithfully translated, wordcfor wordjout of their owne Latin coppy. The title thereoj\vz. Thefe he the thittgesy that {doofeeme) mdj -weUfiande with the peace of the Chmch^ The Decrees. Letnoman(thoughhebeanWn\uct{kyntan) offer himfelf • to the LMiniJlery^ nor let any man take vponhim an vncertaine and vagae CMintJlery ^though it he offered vnto him . Butfuch as bee called to the Mtniffery byfomecertaim Chttreh , let them impart it vnto that ClafTis ^conference, {vcherofthemfelues are,) or elfe vnto fome greater Church allcmbly : andiffucb Jhall be found fit hy them^ then let them bee commended^ by their letters vnto the Bifliop , that they may bee ordaynedMtniJiers hyhim, Tbofe ceremonies in the Booke of common prayer , which heingtakenfiom Popery ^are in contromrfitidoofeeme, that they CHght The i, Booh. Englifl) Scottidng^for DifcipUne by Pra^ife. ^y ought to bee emitted and giuenouer , if it may bee done mthof4t danger ycf be mgfutjrom the Mimflery^ But if there he any im- minent danger to he dt^riued) then this matter muft bee commu- nicated tvith the ClafTis ; in which that Church is : that by the iudgement thereof^ it may he determinedj what ought to be done, iffuhfeription to theanklcs of Rcligion,4/?^/^/^^bookc oicommonPr^yeryJhallbeagainevrged*, itisthought, that the booke of articles , may bejubfcribedvnto^ according to the flatutc I ^ . Eliz,. that is^ vntofuch oft hem onely, as containe the fumme ofChriftianfuithyAnd do^rtne of the Sacraments^ But for many waightycaujes, neither the reft of the articles in that booke, ftorthehooVt of common prayer,w4)' be alloxped.-no^though d manjhould be depriuedofhis UViimfteryforit^ Jtfeemeth , that Churchwardens and Colledors for the pooreywight thus be turned into hldcis and into Deacons. M^hcn they are to be chofen , let the Church haue warning fif- teene dayes before y of the timeofelei^ton^ and of the ordinance of the Reaime:but ejpecially ofchrifis ordinance^ouching appoint- ing of watchmen andouerfeers in his Church : who are toforefee, that none offence or fcandalldoo artfe in the Church ; and if any fljallhappenythat by them it may he duely aholifhed. And touching Deacons of both forts (vz,, men and women ) the church /hall be monijhed, what is required by the Apoftle: and that they are not to choofe men , ofcnflome andofcourfe , or for thetr riches yhut for their faithy^eaUiand integrity : and that the church is to pray , (in the meane time) to hefo dire6iedy that they make choife^ofmen that he meete. Let the names offuch as arefocjjofen , bepublijJied, the next Lords day; and after that, their dueties to the Churchy and the churches towards them^ftjall be declared: then let them hereeei- uedvnto the CMiniflery^ to which they are chofen ^ith thegene^ raU, prayer 5 of the whole Churchy The Brethren are to be rec^uefed , to ordaine a diflrihution of 4^ Ettglijh Scottizingfor Difciplm by Pra£fife,rhe ^ . Booke^ all Churches, According to thefe rules , (in that bthdfe) that Are fct dowuein /^^ Sinodicall Difcipline, touching Claflicall, ProuincialI,Comitiall<7rMi,p.i. nulU re terreamini ab ijs quife opponunt^quod tliis quidem e/l ex- itfj indicittm^vobis autem (alutis , idque a Deo Jn nothing feare ymr adte>farieSy which is to them a tcken ofperdtticn^ but to you fiffalitationy and thai iror.*2 Cod. " r- . 1 j In laly the next ycare, vz. 1 5 8 4.. lome of the Scottijh Mi- Fidd. * L nifteis 74 inglilh Scottizmgyfor DifcipUneb^ Pra&ifi. Tk 3 .Boeke, nifters afore Ipokcn of,wcnt to the k^^ in Oxford : where Maiftcr Geltbrandrnth his brethren > gauethcm greater- tertaifjement . At that time , there was a notable qucftiun propounded amongft their fauourcrs there , by the faydc ^ .Miniftcrs,as is manifeftby thtitv^oxdcs.Here hauebecne a good company of godly brethren this \^[i. Maiftcr Fen, Wil- cox, Ax ton i/^/'^ Scott ifl minijlersyand rvee haue had feme mee- ting mdconfcrence^to our greAt comfort that are her e^One pint ('which then was mouedj Iwouldrvijh to be throughly deba - ted among you a?tdthem^ concerning the proceeding of the Mini- Jlerin his duety^ mthout the affijlance or tarrying for the Magi- flratCy^c, What was refolded amongft the brethren oiLondotJ^ about this matter at that time,I know not . Marry this I findc diat prefently thercupon,they grcwe more violent, and prepared themfeluesto proccede more refolutcly , in the c'lallenging of their Difcipline , as it is plaine by the dealing both of them, and of their fauourers,that yeare m Nouember and December after, at the Parliament,27. of her Maicfty* And befideSjlet the {ay d Maifter Gelibrands words, in a Letter to F/VZ-^jdated the 12. o{ January after,v2.i584. bee confidered. For (2% it feemeth to me j they either tend to fedition,or to the admitting,in Oxford,ofthc forefayd De- crees or Difcipline . Sure I am, that they can hardly (for ■ ought I fee j receiueany good conftrudion.Thus he wri-- teth / haue already entredinto the matters ^whereof you write^and' dealt rvith three orfoure of feuerall Colleges , concerning thofe among whom they Hue . Ifinde^. that men are very dangerous in this point , generally fauoring reformation: but when it commeth to the particular point r fome haue not y it confidered of the fa things f for which others in the Church arefo much troubled: 0^ * thers- The s.Boch, BngUjh Scotti'^rjg.for Difciplme by Practtfe, 7$ thers areAJraidto tejiife any thwg rviih their hands Je aft it breed danger before the time. /fWafccr : man^ fauourthe cauje of reform mation, but they are not Minifersput ymingftudents^ cf vchome there is good hofe^ if it he not cut off by violent dealing before the time. As 1 heare by you.fo I meane to goe forward, where therets any hop^^andto learne the number, and to cettifieyou thereof. Furthermore, atthcti!T>cofthe?4r//jw^«/-laft mentio- ned,! fi'ide,that there \v2iS2.nationall Syaode heldehkewife in London by thefe brcrhren.-according to their former de- cifions ^vASynodicall Difciphnc . Thisappearcth by three lettcrs.Thc firfi: was, from eleuen minijlers ofEflex^ to Field: wherin they dQCntxobe certified, whether the brethren meant * ^" ' ^ *• to be exerci[ed,inpraytr and fifing, and vpon what day , The fecondc was ,from nine 0fthefaideMini({crs^ to Fieldeand Chcirkc: wherein they writ thus : Wehaue ele^edtnw Godly ^ ^^^^^ ^ and faithfull brethren, OUaiftcr Wright and OMaiferGjffordy to toyne with you in that bufineffe , T he thi rd was, fro m Cell- ? 9. Noucmb. brandjto /"/V/^.- Wherein he excufeth himfelfe of a great o- ' ^^♦^ uerfightjin thefe words, r^/zf:/'/^^ my departure fom that ho- ly afjembly without leaue^fjrc.lcraucpardon^oth of you ^ them, CJrc. And thus ffay th b^Jcommending this hoh caufe to the Lord htmfelfiyandyourgodlj counfaileto the Prefident thereof^ I take my leaue. Chap. V . Their Booke ofBifcipline ts reuiewed: it was after fen t abroad a- bout, I sSj.itwas put in pracitfe ^ in Northamptonfiire and many other pUces, Dtwithftanding that the booke of Difciplinc was abroad,as it hath beene noted, fin the third ^^ chapter,) and that the brethren had framed themlciucs fas they might) vntothe rules thereof .• yet L z there 7eed as could be ^andt hat Jome (rood I f 8c^^" <^Wt7/ was written in. The ^, Booh. Engfijh Scffitizing^fir Difciplwebj Fracfife. 77 in the name of the brethren in Oxford . At which time there was another Sy node h Jd in Lon:iort : whither ffay th the letter J UMatder I've!} andOMaijkr Brcwnewere fent fiom Ox[ord:to whom they referred the ejlate of their Church^to be re. lited: andhy whom they dc fired to vnderfland, dirtCiwns jrom the Synode , how they might dede afterwardes in thofe tuAt' ters. Within a whilcafter,vz. t;87.^^;3s I fuppofe,) there was , in like fort an affembhe or Synode hclJe of the Cambridgefhre rcthvnlcr'hi. brotherhood : accompanied peraducnture with fomeof o- \v«ghis hand, ther rtiircs.About which timealfojVpon the new edition ofthe forcfay d booke.the further pradife of the Dtfciplme mentioned by Cho/meley, r^Sj, ('as is before (liewedj be- gan to fpread it fdfc more frecIy,inro the moft parts ofthe Realme:hux. cfpecially (for ought I doo yet vnderftand) it was moft friendly intcrtaincd , amongft the miniflers of T^rthamptOft/hire y as it appearcth inrccorde byfomcof their owne dcpofitions, i<5. of iVlay,T^90. in thcfc wordes following: . K^hcut twoyeares and a halfe,fince the whole /h/re was dtuidedtnto three Clajfes, i. The Ciafts of Northampton- f^'J^^^^^- fhirCyCortf fling ofilnfe C^itniflers: Maifter Snape^Maifler Pen- M. Litlctoa rie^CMatfler Stbthorpe, Mai fter Edwards^ UMaifter Littleton, ^^sharpc. ^iaifier BradPmv^Maifler Larke^Maiflcr Flefhware, Maificr Spicer^i^c, 2. The CU/i'ts ofDauentrtefidej confining ofthefe: Maifler Barebon,Maifler Rogers ^Maifler King^Maifler Smart , CMaiflerSharpCy CltaiflerPrcwdloe , CMatJler Elliflon^^c, } . The CU(iis of Kem'mg fideiconfijling ofthefe: Mafler Stone y MaiflerWdUamfony Maijler Fawsbrooke]^ MaiflerPatinfon, Maificr Mafjey ^c. a m. Snape %^ This deuife ((akh Mai/ler lohnfon) is commonly receiued in P^"*^*^ ^' mod ^ parts ofEi^gland', (as ihaue heard in ft4ndrie of our r? ::- ^vard Smuh.' tings:) but efJ^eciallyjinWaiwickilme, Suffolke,Norfolke, ^'- Hawgar L 3 The . 7 S Englifl) Scoltizing^for Difcipline by ?rachfe,The 3 . Booke ^ b M . s^arpe The m.mer ofeuerypertictdar Claflis is this. At ^ their mtc, and M.Lit!e-: xi,g [whichis alwaies mjomc priuate houje ,but y(t intheir Mo* wife h'cre la "1= ^^^^^ ^^^'^^ ifi^fl ^ moderator is choftf/^ tn this fort : One of them gi;cc with M concetmth a praierfor Gods d'trelitoa tn that chojfe, iohafon. j"/;^;? he, that conceiued the prater , fitteth alone infcrutonie: and euery one giueth his voice jccretltevnto htm . He that hath mofi vejces is chosen. The moderator^ thus chofen^ conceiueth another ^raier : that Cod would biejje him tn the cottrfe rfhis office. Then being fct at the tables endyWith his brethren by him- the names of all the bre- thren are called, Jf any "were abfem at thetrfirfl fitting dorvnejhe fitteth after in ordtr^ashe Commeth,for auoiding offuperioritie. The authoritie of the moderator endureth vnttU the next mee* ting of that Clailis, At the breaking vp ofeuery Claffis, there is euerjome certaine time appointed , when they [haUmeete againe: which isfometime rvtthtn a fortnight, but commonly three weeks at thefurthejl'jfany thing do fallout in the me^ne time y fit to be confultedvpon : the moderator may call the ClafUs together foo- ner ^according to an order made among fi themfelues. It is ^ a generall order ^that when arty is admitted into a Qh(' eon dcpofcch^ ^^S : he doth promifevnder his handy that he willfubmit himfilfe^ 3M a^uch. 4fid be obedient to allfuch orders and decrees, as fhall befit down by the fame Claflis to be obfirued. As for example : thefe were fart «fthe particular articles^ ivhereunto euerie one ^^/Northampton ClafTis didfubfiribe, a$ his entring or admittance into tt : we doo promife to (ubmit our felues y vnto fuch orders and decrees , asfijall befit downe by our Clafids : We do promife tofubmit our felues^ to be c^nfiured by our brethren of this CI .ftis , in all matters concerning doctrine and JDifiipline^f^c, In this Claflis it was furthermore concluded and agreed vp^ m,that when 4ny contr otter fie didarifiy touching any matters of doMne^or about the interpretation of any place of Scriptures: e- uerit The I , Booke. EngUp) Scotti:{mgyfor Difcifline by Pracitfe. 7$ uerie one of that C I affis, j})ould aIw lies jc eld therein, into that interpret atim andrefolution,rvhich the brethren of that Ciallis fhotUd determine of . K^ndfo alfo when m-j quef ions did rijea- monge ft them of greater ^i-jficultie, k^s for example, CMaiUer Stone moouedthis \queJlion to the N orthampton Claffis in the behalfe of one: vz, . two are contra^ ed: one oft hem marrieth •with a third : hee orfljeefo married are free agame . The que- fiion is : whether the former contraB , doa nowe againe htnde, (^ndtherefolutionwas : itdidnet : which wasafalfe Rc- folution. The determinations Anda[is concludedvpsn in this Claflis, ^^aft. slurps were regiHredin a booke ^^ Sna pe: chofen Regifter by the com^ pVrpofc of panie,andwho ahvaies kept the fame, Daucnn y BefidesthefeperticuUr Clalfcs , there is another kindofmee. ^l^ffis- fing^whtch ts termed the AiTembly .And it confi/iethffer exam- fle)i» Northamptonfliire; ofthenumher of(ix: that ts two of euery Clalfis, which are fent thither by ele^ion . The ordinarie ^///^^ 0.//^/; 4^ w^/y /;? N orthaptonfliircjiv^/ 4/ Northamp- ton '.where '^wi^t commonly was one, and a chief e Wi«»,Barbon & King, were the men that vfttally came from DdMtiMiy fidei andSioneand Wi\\i2m(onfiom Kcmingfide, o// the meeting ofthefixe^ there is alwaies a moderator fir fl ihofen, in manner and forme , as in the ClaflTis : andfo likcwife for their further order of proceedings The moderator continueth his author it ie , oucr all the three ClaflTes , vn till the like meeting happen again-.which isneuer certain, But yet commifnly withtnfix or eight weeks yVpon occafion fignifedfrom the Q\2.{{csvnto this moderator. For vnto him belongs th the calling ofthisailhmbly. The matters , "which here are handled^ are thofe of great mo^ went^ fuch as corner ne theflate of the Church generally . As for example: the writing of letters to the brethren at Oxford, Cambridgc,^^ London : to certifethem of their proceedings.^ '^^^ ''!-'« ^f n ^' to know what conrfe is hcldamongfl them^ in thofe places Jor ucmry cjaiiti the ^0 Bnglifh Scottizingj fir Difcipline hy Pra^ife. The 3 . B^ftfh, I he Dijctplme dndgouernement , which they it.\rme R cforma- Vo n ; ; to the intent y thd t the particular C Ulles , vpon 1 heir ad- tternjemenls ^m^y direct themfdms^ and their Churches accord- ingly. It is Itkewifd alivaies concluded^ atfuch times ^ which of the fixe afJembled^jhiUpenne the Utters. t^nd in this choife^Snapc was commonly the man. The men/o vphomthey vfialiie did write: were one in Cam- bridge 5 Triuers^V? London, and Gelibranci/« Oxford : When iiny an'weres were returned ftom thofe places : they were commonU directed to SnapCji'r tdhm thci had written to them^ in i he name of the brethren. Two e(j;€C.iall points (J remember) were concluded in this of- 5},ar f. to femblie : the one was, for aftiruay of all the Churches tn N orth- to'theame hampt( ■nOiire : th^ ether for an order to bee obf rued at the lafi pu rpnfc ai ^^cXx'^'cci 6 H ijwhch then drew neere^ cUfu!"" ^^^ ///r«^)' was , to know what euerie benefice in the Jhire was worth ,how mjnjfoules by agenerall conieciure , were in euerie panfly^who were theincumbents^andof what life,paines and qua. It ties they were , To this purpofe,theftteJi rnen^andfuch as were heft acquainted in the jhire were nominated : asLiikioufor Haddon Deanerie.drc Which duetie he performed for his part to the vttermoft : and brought a moft ray ling Dtfcourfi , againfl et^ry Minifier^which was not of our compante. The endpropoundedofthtsfuruej^was: vz,that if vponftg- nific.ition totht brethren abroad^what was done there: they would likewife make the like furucy in other countries', the Parliament (ifneede required and to the better furthering ofthetrpurpofes) might haueagenerallvmve.^ of all the CMimflersin Eiigland, that impugned their de fires. Thefccondpnint before mtnUonedwas this: vz,. a cflrclufon tofcndvp to London , one or two of euerie ClnlTis in North- hamptoufnite , with letters ofcredite , io attend at the Pari la- ment: Thg 3 . Boohe, Bnglijh Scotu%mg,for Difciplim by Pra^tfi^ Si ment : to ioine themfelues with the brethren of other countries: andto fffjer dij^utatton , (ifitflouldbcfo thouz,ht meete) and to undertake any other fuch matter , dsf})ould then and there be de^ ter mined of amongjl them : and that there f})0uld be letters writ- tcn,ofthis resolution , to know how the brethren abroad liked it: er what other courfe they would hold^at that time^for the bring- ing in ofDifcipltne and Church gow.rnernent. Thefitwopoi/fts, were penned by Snape ; andfentto the bre- thren abroad^as it was ordered. what anfwere %va4 returned to Snape , from the brethren in Oxford dr C^mbrldgeJ know not .-but well I remember^ that Tranedc dtd write to SnapCj a very cunning Letter : wherein hefhewedhimfilfenot to mifUke theforefaidfuruay to be general- lie made, butj/gnifedy that the Parliament drawing onjefaft, i$ could not bedonefofoone^Butfor the fecond point: that (he writ) vcKU Itked^and meete to be followed* whereupon the Clafles ^Nortbampton(hire,^/»^ , W^f London 4/ Bartholomew ^*«)"'< time, which did meete together alfo for the farm purpofe: and that ifthefdid great afTembly did like ofthat^which was done by the fmaller Clafles, then was the fame (fo liked of) generally conclu- ded^tobe thatyVchich ought to he^orftandyinthe Church. (As for ^iampM.) That it was concluded and agreed vpon, both in the /4/4(5?4 comentus Ckf^tum Wanvicjie dectmOj quarti, JSSS, The A5is of the affembly of the Warwickejhire Clafes the tenth day of the fourth moneth. And touching the queftions fpecified. ^fiiones afratrtbus ex Sjnodo Cantabrigienfi^ ath nofftpertore deUta/a, qua fequitur formula funt expl/cau., The quefl torts brought the other yeare.yrom the brethren of the Cam- bridge Synode,^^^ refoluedin manner as foliomth A mWnot trouble my paper with the fourme which they vfed , but thefe were fome of their refolutions: vz. Thatfrinate Baptifme isvnlawfull. That it is not lawfuU.to read homilies in the Church, That thefigne of the Crojfejs not to be vfed tn Baptifme, That thefaithfull ought not to communicate with vnlearned mimjiers , although they may beprefent at their feruice , if they come ofpurpofe to hears afermon. The reafon isjfecaufe lay men^ afwell as mini flers, may read pub like feruice. That the calling ofBtfhops ^cjs vnlawfull. That as they dealc in caufes eccUfiaJltcall^there is no duety he* lotaging vnto them, nor an),publ\ktly to begiuen them. That it isnotlawfilyto be ordained by the into theminiflery^ or to demtirits either fujpenfiom orfxcommmicationsfentfrom the. That Thes*Booh, Englifh Scottizmg.for Difiipltne bj Pra^life, // That it is not lawfuU , to refl in the Bijhops dcpriuation of any from the mimfi€rfC^€xcept(vpon confuUation with thef7eighbor- minijiers adtoyning , and hisflocke) it fee me [ogood vnte them: but that he continue in the fame ^ vn till he be compelled to the con- trary bj citiill force. That itisnotUvfifuUy td appeare in a Bijljops Court: but with protejlation ofthetr vnUvojulncs. That Btfhopsarenot to be Acknorvledged/tther for Do(5lors, EIders,^r Deacons,^^^///;?^ no ordinary calling. That touching the refimratwn ofthetr Ecctefiajlicall difci^ fline,it ought to be taught to the people jditaocc^iionCy of occa* Jionjhouldfrue. That nondum (asyet) the people are not to befolicited^pub^ Wch (puhltckly) tothepra^/fiofthedifcipline.-donec^ (tili)they be better inflrucledin the knowledge of it. That men of better vnderflandtngy are to be allured priuatly^ to the prefent imbracing oft he Dtfctpltne andpra^life of it ^as far as they fhallbe rvellable^ with the peace of the Church , And thus £irrc rhtprouinciallSjnode ofthe Wiirrpickejhire Clajjis, Likevvifc at that time, there was in the fame a(rcmb[y,a great approbation obtained ofthe forefaid booke ofDtfci' pline^zs to be a draught ofDifciplineyeffdntiatl(^ necejjanefor dll times : and certaine articles (being deiiifed in approba- tion,and for the maner ofthe vfe ofthatbookej were then brought forth,treated-of,and fubfciibed vntOjf'as Maifter Nutter & Maifter Cleuelfy two that were then prefentjhauc depofedj by Maiftcr Cartwright^ Maifter/'^w^, Maiftcr Nutter .loi Wight^&c. who promfed to guide themfelues by thefiide Difct. cicudcy ia pline , and according to it , as it isfet dovone in the faide articles, chamber' which herafter fliall be likcwifc declared.lt appcareth alfo by the (aid parties depofitions, that diuers others did fub- fcribe at the fame time , Cor at the leaft within a (hort time after,; but they might not (forfootb) by reafoaof their owne fore the Com ivufConcrs. 8 $ Bvglijh Scmzitfg^fr Difcfplm by Pra^iifeXhe s . Bpoke^ owne confciences,name them. Howbcit the mattet is o- therwife plaine iAoiigh, who ihcy were ; by a note taken with CMajJler Litkton : vz., lolm Ox€nbrtdge , Edward Gdli- hrmd^Hcrctiks Cleuely, Ant bony l^UeryLeomrdFethrfiomy OUathew HulmeyEdrv^rd Lordi^c, This bookc , hauing thus at the laft receauedthis great alio vvancc,more authentically .-was carried farre and nere, for a gencrall ratification of all thebrethren. It was offered Waiker^be . ^^ ^^^ Dauentryfide Claflis, as Majler Sharp and Majkr WaU fore the Com- ker hauc depofcd; and likewife at Northampton b) Penry^ asr mirfioners. Maifler Litkton affirmeth. But that, which "bAaiJier lohnfon lohnfoD be- hath fet downe,is worthy the remembrancc.The effed of it,is this : thatwhenthe booke ofDifcipline came to Northamp' ton^o befubfcribed vnto: there was a gemrallcenfuring vfid. 4- mongji the brethren there^as it were to fan^ifie themfelttei ,part - ly by fufiaining a kinde of penance , and reproof e for their former conformity ^to the orders of the Churchy eftablifhed by her Mate- Jlie^and other matters ofconuerfation: and partly to prepare their mindesfor the deuout accepting oftheforefaid booke . I n w hicb courfe of ccnfuring vied at that time , there was fuch rip- ping vpjOne of anothcrs lifc5eucn from their youth;as that they came vnto great bitierncs,with many reuiling Harms amongft themfclues^one growing thereby odious to ano^ ther,and fbme did thereupon vtterly forsake thofe kinde ofaf* femblies. Chap, VII. The booke of the pretended Difcipiine^ismade perfiB at Cam- bridge .'certaine Synodes are kept: and oft heir eftimatton^ T might hauebecne deemed , that after fo many viewes, ^^w^w, and fubfcriptions, this worthy draught of difcipline , would hauc grownc to great The 3 . Booh, Brtglijh Smu%wg,f<)r Difcipline Irf Vrditfi, $^ great perfedioii/ but it falleth out otherwifc* For (as it i$ confelTcd vppon othc) at Siurbridge Fajre-ixmc , the next ycare (afcer tliefayd C/^/J/Vrf/Zcounlcllof the Wanvickejlure brethren) vz. in theyearc, 1 5 89. there was another Spodc or gcnerall meeting, hddc iff Saint Iohf7S ColledgemCam* hidge. Wh(re (faith M. Barber j they didcoryc^A^ter^andA- menddiuers imperfe^ions eonteinedin the booke , called Dilci- phna ecclclia? facta , verbo Dei defcripta : 4W(as maifter Stone ^^xm^ih) dtdmt onely perfect the faide forme ofDifci- fUnejjHt alfo did then and there ^ (as he remembreth , ) voluntas nly agree amongjl themfeUes, that fo many as would jl^ouldfub' fcribe to tk [aide booke of Dtfciplme after that time ^ Theper- rons,that met in this afTcmblyjVvere as thefe two laft depo- nents affirmej matjler Cartrvrightymaifler Snafe^ maijler At- Un^maijier Giffordymaifter Per kins, maijicr Stone, maijler Bar. b^rymaijler HarrifonyWith others j^c, I tindc mention alfo ofanothcr Synode,i5 89. held (as I take it) at Ipfmch , Thus one lohn Warde did write, that yeare, to certaine at Ipfxvtch.-Ithinke not to come ouer, tilltht Synode^ xvhtch is (as I take it) a moneth after Michaelmas, It hath becne obferued before,out of maifter Edmonds ^^tf Jpace of about f our e year es laflpafl^ (faith maifter Barber,^ and fince the Ufl ParUament^( (aith maifter StonCy)there haue bin (euerall meetings in London at the houfes of maifter Gardiner^ maifltr Egertonymaifler Trauers^and maijler Barber. The per- finSy that vfually mette in thefe aJfemhlieSy f faith maifter Bar- ber,) were matjler Cartrvright , maifter Charke^ maijler Tr a- fterSy maijler Egeriont maijler Gardiner > maifler Oxenbridge, * ^ mat' po Bnglifh Scofttizmgjhr Difciplwe by TraBife, The 3 Xooke. maijler Gelibrand^ wa'tjier Culuerwell^ maifter Brorone ofox- ford J miijier Allen^ matjler Gifford, matjler SommerfraUs, and himfelfe, Maijiir Caytwrighty maifter Trauers^ and maifter Egerio?9, vpereatfutta'ry times chofen Moderators or Prefidcnts in the /aid ajjembiies , Andafterwardes generally ofthe office of the Moderators . The refolutions^concluftons^ andditerwinati- ons offuch matters^ as were dijfuted-.ofiandagrced'vpn, by the more number cfthem^hatfodij^utedin the faidafjemblteavpere by thefaide Moderators or Prcfidents , before named ^at the times and places of the /aide feuerall ajfemblies , fummarily and briefly, either written m a booke , or otherwifefctdowne in loofe papers , as to thefaide Moderators , or V icfidcntcs Jhould bee thought meet or conuenient. As the Clafieall afCcmhlics of London v/etc of greater c* ftimation,then thofc in the Country.- fo thefc more genc- rall meetings or Synodes laft mentioned,werc of higheft authoritic.-and indeed the^r^w^f^ofall the reft. It may be faid truely of them both/that they hauc been the kind- ling fparkesofall thofc flames, which are in the Church. What was there ordered, went, as perfedly currant.From thence, the brethren,ofotherplaces,did fetch their light. As doubts did arife,thither they were fent to be refolucd. The Cla/^icatl and Synodicall decrees in other places, were neuer aurhenticall indeede, (as it feemeth,) till there they were ratified . Thcchiefeft dire(5tions/or all the brethren clfc-whcrc , were fent from thence . It is wonderful! to confider , how men fb obftinate and wiJfull in their owne waies againft the Church of fA^f^/rfW, eftablifhed by her Maieflicj fliould be brought to fubmit themfelues in fuch fort^as they did, to be led by thefc afremblics, as elfwhere itdothappcarc* C H A »» The 3 .Booh, Englijh Scotttzing^for DifcifHne bj PraBifi, 0t C H A P. VIII. Fjfon fbme hending of the fr entire sfome were CdlledmtP que. fiion-.thej refuft to he examined: alltbej were chArged^whth istneffeciconfeJled, [N the ycarc , 15 9o . vpon the dcteding (licforc fomc of her Maieliies Commifioncrs in caufes S EccleftaBicall)oh\it moft of thcfe thingSjWher- of I hauc hitherto fpoken : Interrogatories were drawenjContaining in them the effe<5i: of all the prcmiifcsj and diuersfuchMinifters were fent for, as were fay de to . haue bcene the chiefc ringleaders in all thofe anions, Ac- cordingly they appeared : but in the place when they fhuld be examined »thcy refuled to anfwere vpon their o- '" ^^^ P«ftcc thes.Diuers pretences therofwere made5asonc5 that firft they would ke the Interrogatories, whereof they fhould be examined. The generall fumme o£them,was imparted vnto them and it was likewife told them, that they ihould bee charged to anfwere no further, then by the lawes of the Rcalme they were bound to doo . But all this would not ferue. Whervpon the Interrogatories themfelucs were fliewed vnto fome^as namely to MaiHerSn^ipe^who ftood moft at the firft vppon that point, and did pretend, that \£ firft hee might fee them , hce would then aunfwercvnro them . But theiftue was accordingly, asit wasexpcded: For hauing perufed them, he was further-of, then he was before: and writ to his friends, what was the fumme of them : to the intent they might be jortvparnd., and fo fas he fayd j become better armed. Which courfe taken by him : was not without the great prouidence of God. For there- by their whole plot,and all in effcd , that was laid to their charges , was difcouered . His Letters were intercepted, N 2 wherein f2 Englijh Scottiang.for VifcipUne hy VraBije, The 3 Xooh wherein he writcth after this fort. Rcueren iand heloued, this day Apritlthe 7 . ihaue beene a. 1 jj-j*" ^"^' ^^^^^ ^^f^^^ ^^^ Commi^ionm : After much Adoojchtainedt^ Jee anii perufc the Articles again fi mee, (but br'tefly and iff their p)ejenceonely^ } they are many , {id.37. befides thofe i>nder mine owne hand^ )andv{ry large, [erne trvclue fame twenty lines longjConfifting of m Any branches. As far as I could (for the time) conceaut an d remember , they may be referred to the{e two heads: fome concerning myfelfe^ together with others^ and fometouch- ing myfelfe alone.T he former fort are touching ClalTcs WSy- nodes; wherein there are mentioned particular places : (Lon- clon50xford,Cambridge: J times fA(5t,Commcncemcnt^ Sturbridgc fayrcTcarme; j/'fr/^w, (Cartwright,Perkins, Trauers, Chirke, Egcrton, Barbon, Stone , Snapc, YLnQw^uby^Wm^iVcj&dtuers other s^d'C.) and fome things dealt.in and agreed vpon^^c. By all which , befides many other thingcs fpecified , it is moft cuidcnt , that they hauc manifeftand ccrtainc knowledge , not onely of generals, but alfo of fpccials and particulars. Snape to Bar- Beloued,! haue twife appeared before the high Commif toners: bon Apriil 1 1 .thefrft time,theiffue Moasprifonithefecond^clofeprtfon, This is lifo^to Stone* ^y 1^^^^ ^^"'- ^^^ ^^^f" ^f^^^^ : ^^^ the proceedings in bothj you Jlall receaue of MaifierKnlghtlyCjthe former more large in a- Dialogue ^the latter more briefly in a Letter: both vnperfeSfjhoth vnperufed: readethemy andreturne them m'th what fpeedeyou may: for 1 haue now no coppy of them: let them be wifely kept, lefi they breedemort anger, I haueprocured another coppy to befeni to Mafler Stonc^that in bcth places you might hefcrervarned^ ^ forearmed, Xouchingthe conferences tthofe of our Countrey^ are yet mere particularly dtfcouered: perfons {befides i hofe there na- med) Kinge, /i/^^j;; Sharpcs^ecaufe (to my remembr:inct) pcr- finsandthingesof his time beeing menttomdjjee or.ely is not named, IVhofoeuer and howfoeuer^ wee fee the Lordcalleth vs t9 he more refolute. They voillnot^ they cannot be any longer concea- Ud: novo whether it were better and more fafe^that one man with theconfent oft he refl , f})ould boldly ^freely , and wifely , confeffe And lay open^ d-c. or that fame weake (or xvicked) man Jhoulde without confent^andin euillfort acknowledge j^c Judge you :thc thing thtyayme-atyis: o^ conuen title. It muftcome to try all. In the caufe ofmurther, drc it is wont to be enquired^ whether the fatty fled vpon it:confidtr andapply to this mattery and the Lord giue vs wijedome in all things, It were good you fent to 1,Q,with Ifeede, Chap, IX. Cart Wright is called for , by authority : a Synode is held in Lon* don: it is there refoluedthat he/hallrefuje to be examimdvf' ponhisothe, Ftcrwarde the fame ycarc before mentioned, 1590. (in September, as I take it, ) MaifterC4r/- wright vpon occafion was fent foiv,by the fayd CommifTioners. ^ovi, about aweekeor a fort, night before^ Cart Wright was committed^ (fayth Maifter Stone) whereas , the qucftion mentioned hySnapeio Bar- i^'pofin the ^^;?& the brethren; C which, as it fcemeth,troubIed them ^'*^*''^^°^*'' all;) vz. whether it wsrenotfittthat one man voith the confent of the refl ^jhouldbolcily freely yand wifely^ confe(fe and lay open^c, came to be difputed in London. There W44 a Synode fir meetings held at Maifler Gardincrs, by thcfe brethren, Maifler Cartwrighr, Maijler Charkc, Af.«/?, and accord- ing to it. For more ejfeciall declaration of fome points more important and necejfarieyWg prow/fe vniformely^ to follow juch order ^ when rve preach the word ofGod^ jts in the booh by vs is Jet downe , in the Chapters ojthe office ofMiniJlers of the word , of pre aching orfermons^ofSAcrdments^ofBaptifme^andoftheLordijuppcr, Further alfO) wee promt fe to follow e the order fet dcrwnetn the Chapters of the meetings ^xs far re X6 it concerneth theMir,iJlers ^the worde , For which pur pofe, we promt fe to meete eueryfixe -weekes together ^in Clailicall conferences . -with fuch of the bre- thren here affcmbled^ \asfor their neighbourhood may fit vs befl: dftdfuch other ^ as by their aduife we fhall be defiredto toyne wtth vs. The like wee promt fe ,• for Prouinciall meetinges euerj halfi jeare from our conferences^ to fende vnto them , as is fet downe in /;&^ Chapter , concerning the Prouinces , and the conferences belonging vnto them , beeing dtuided according to the order foU lowing, Likewife alfo^that roe will aitend the generall affcmbly eue- rieyeare,andat all Parliaments, and as often as by order itjluU be thought good, to be affembled , Hitherto the Articles. Now by thefe articles , and by their fubfcription vnto them,it is moft cuident,that the pretences made by fome, arebutmeerly fliiftes : as that their purpofconcly was, to haue the booke in readines againft a Parliament , and that they fubfcribed the articles to no other ende, but onely to teftitie their ai»reement in iudgemcnt , for that they were charged to difagrec amongftthemfelues . For ifthathad becne their intent, it had bcencfufficiently perfbrmcd,by fubfcribing to the firft article onely .But they proceede-on further: and entred into a certaine league jor a/fociation^bin- ding thcmfelues by promife; vndcr theii hands,what they O 2 (fo'i Litlcton. Before tk« Commiflio- B«foret?ie Commi^to- acis. 109 BngUfh Sconiz,ing^for Vlfiiplifte hy Tracilfe. The 3 Sooke ffor their ownc partes j will attempt, and as they might perfourmc. In the fecond article, (as it is apparanr J there are other lawful! meanespromilcdiobecvndertakcn, (for the ad- uancingof the Btfdpli/fe,) then prayers to God , zndfap^ flicaiimsto her Maicfty and the Pailiamcnt.Whereupon MaiBer LitUton fa fubfcriber) being examined , what hec vndciiioodtthofe meanestobee : anfwcrcth vpon his oath, that he thinketh their priuate conferences ytvere meant^tobe tkofe hivfu/lmeanes mentioned in the article . Which is according tothercfolution of the brethren of London^ fetdowne before, out oiMaiJier Edmondes examination: vz. thatfie- ing they c ould not preuaile-i hyfute to the State : theMiniBen- themfduisjhoddfet vp the Difcipline , as they jbould bee able ^ And Maifler Iohnfon,is alfo as dired vppon his oath, to the fame efFe(ft,faying.* It was Agenerallconclu(ion amongjlallthe Claflcs, andbre. thrent thatftrafmuch , as the Difcipline required by petitions ^ could not beepublikely ejlahlijhed by lawe , it was thought in con- fcience necejjary^to eJlalUp) it andpra^ife itprtuately: to which furpofe alfo , euery man rvas to vfe his endcuour , to encreafe the number offuch^as rvouldconforme themfelues that way, Againcitispromifcd in the lamct^rticle , that they would proceede with their fayd meanes/or the aduance- ment of their Difcipline, fofar as the peace o/theprefentjlatc of our church would fuffer. Now how farret hat iSjit hath beene before touched in the decrees of one of their Synodesjis^s- for as men moft ftrangely bewitched) they imagined , thatthcy could fb cunningly play their feates , as that they (might in cffcdj fet vp their owne i)//?//>//w,fccretely,vnder liand,and yet BcuerdifturbetheprefentgouernementoftheChurch. Eor as peace is hcere takeain their lenfe , one King or goucrnc- Thes* Booke, Englijh ScotftzJng,for Difiipline by PraSiifciot gouernement may inuadc another , with all kindc of ho- ftility , and fay Cas they doo) that they meane but peace. The ti uth iSjthey may haue peace in their mouths, but in their adions, there is nothing IclTe. ioas this their rc- ftraint (being but a vaine pretence^ doth no way indeed impeach my alTcjtion. Furthermore, whereas alfo it followcdi in the fame ar- ticle, {andnot enforce to the contr arte ^) Mai fterX////if/w be- ing examined vpon his oath xvhAt that JhouU meane: aniwe- cV' *b""* rcth that he himfelfe, Maiftcr Snape, Matfier Vroudloe^ ando- then did agree ^ to put the faid articles arid Difcipline in execu- tion andfra6iife^ fo far as the peace and theprefent ejlate of the Church jvillfujferydndnot enforce tothecontrarieJThat is to Jay: till the Magif rate did entoyne them or enforce them, to Uaue the pra^if/fe of the faidDiiciphnc : and in another place, tillthe Mags/irate didinhibite them to the contrarie , and force them to leaue it . And further , hee alio fay th t that they dtdagree to guide themfelues by the /aid booke ofDtfcipline, and according to it,rviththe fame limitation. Now what if by their fecret pra- <5tifes, (todravvcaway the peoples harts from the prcfent gouernement of the Church) they could haue procured fuch ftrength and number, to haue followed them,as that no reafon.ble rcftraint, or force of the Magiflrate had bin able to haue encountred and fupprcffed them/* I doo but askethequeftion. In the reft of the {Articles ^ there are bur two generall points: the one contained in the third Article, concerning the vniformitic , which they promifc to vie in their Mini- ftery: and the othcris,as touching their agreement, to fol- low the orders fet do wne for their meetinges -• Clafpca/l^ contained in the fourth : ProumiaUia the fi[t: Nafmall in the fixt article. So as where before in the fecond Articlejthey had men- O 5 tioncd 102 EKgUjhscottizingjfor Difdplme by Praciife, The 3 ,Be$ke^ tioncd other meanes , whereby thcyhadpromircdtoad- uance their Difcipime^ beCidcspraurs to Cod ^zvAfupplicati- ons to her CMatefiie : they doo nowc in part explanc them- felues, in the other Article fulIowing,and doo fct dowrc, what meanes they that were Minifkrs would vfcand put in pradife,for the aduaunccment of it,v2, the two points mentioned, that \s;&\c\x uniformity in preachings ^ and their meetmges : according to MaiftcrX////^— ^— — I^M^B^— IM^W— ^,1— — ^^|» C H A P» XII. Jt is confefjed that they agreed to put one point of their booke in praiiife without her Maieflies ajpntiwhat it isidr offirange names giuen to children. O w becaufc it appeareth , in the thirde, fourth, fift and fixt of the fayd L^rticles^ that concern- ing both thefe points , they referre themfelues to certain Chapters oftheir booke of Difciphnei I haue thought it very conuenient, tofetdowne, out of thefaid Chapters, fomcof thoie particulars,whichby their faid fubfcription they bound themfclues to pradlifc,vvith- out any further flaying for the ciuil Magiftratetand with- ail to adioyne fome part of their conftancie , (if fo I may abufc ^bufe a good woide J in the perfourming of their promi- fes,touching thefaid particulars « MaiftcrZr///^/tf;?becing fworne , dealcth (as it fcemethj very diredly to this pur- thc^Co'mmr* pofe.'for(as he faith jconccrning the contents ofthe fourc laft Kyirtieles^ heefor his part, whileft hee was fif that company^ ferfourwed his promijey and(hethmkcth) that the reft that fub. fcnbeddid the like . But to the particulars ; and firft of the firft point. The Miniflery that is to preach, jhall appoint the Pfalme that is to be (ongy cjrc. After the Pfalme, let there be made a ffwrt ad- De ofTlcfo. monition to the congregation : howe they fjjall prepare them/dues '^^'"'ft'&c right ly^to pray. Let a Prayer foUorve^ containing the confefion of JinneSy^'C, and concluded with the Lords Prayer . After the Ser - monjet Prayers be made for grace , that the auditor i may prof te by thedo^rine deliuered-.alfofor the whole Church^and allpdrti' cular callinges: and let them endltkewife with the Lords Prayer. Then a Pfilme, drc. and UJlly let the conclufion bee made , with fame fwrt forme of blef?tngthe congregation ^ taken out of the Scriptures. For the pradifcof this order.- 1 referrc the proofc of it to all thofe, who haue obferued the manner of any of the brcthrensbehauiour,intheirfeuerallChurches.Themoft of them,that are but Dodors, (as they terme themfelues) and readers of Ledures in other mens charges,do feldom or neuer come to the reruice,which is read in the Church according to her Maicfties Lawes : but vnder pretence of ftudying for their fcrmons , doo abfcnt themfelues, vntill reruicebcedone,orattheleaflaImoflfiniflied , and then they come in , (grauely I warrant you , ) and doo goe lo this their owne forme of feruice. The refl ofthe fratcrnity,that hauc cures of their own, fome of them willhaueaP4r/ww^»* Minifler , (as they termc him^ vndcr them, to fay fcruicc- and then he him- felfc Dccoftcioni- to4 "EngUp) Scottidng^ for Difct^tine hi ?ra5it[e.The 3 . 'BooU fclfe dealcth,as it hath beene noted of the Do>5ior : but o- thers,thatarenotabletohaueruchaone,thcyirortheiry2t- ferjlandtHg (as their tearme is) doo vfe fomepieceofour feruice-booke, and peraduenture reade alcflon,(vvhich things they affirme,as it hath becnc touched, may be per- formed as wel by thofejthat arc not minifters,as by them J And then they in like fort , doo begin their owne minifte- riall fundion,and proceede according totheforelaidcfa- fhion^fubfcribed vnto,and promifcd. But to proceede vnco their pradife of other pointcs of *..w..v.v,u.- thatbooke. uVhabindii, The Preachers mufi leant effy by little and little , as they may ^^' conusniemly , to preach at burials , leafl thereby they nourrjh the (uperflition offome men , orgitte ouer themfelues to the prefertta^ tion of vanity ^ Let mt women onely offer infants ffi Baptifmejbut the father^ ap 1 m ♦ ^^.^ ^^^ y^ conueniently^orelsfome others in his name^ Let perjwiifwns be vfedithatfuch names ^ as doofiuour either of ? aganifme or Pepery > bee not giuen to chddren at their Bap- tifmcy but principally thofe, vchereof there are examples in tke Scriptures. Whether thefc pointcs , ('efpecially for two of them) haue beene pradifed by the brethren or not, the nerve churchy ardin London jmd many brables in the country,a- bout vrging of the natural fathers to become Godfathers to their owne children, &c, can more then fufficiently witneflTc , And for the third , it is alio fundry waies appa- jfeaner . rant « For whence clfe doo thefc new names and fancies Barboa. procccdc^ The Lord is nere. More-try all. Reformation. Dtjci. Wiggintoft. plifff!' loy-againe. Sufficient, From-aboue ^ Free-gifts, More* &c. ° fruite. Dufl, and many other fuch 1 ike * But Richard Haxv- Corn'mifio &^^ o{Northampton,did firft vnder his handc, and after vp- «cn . pon his oath,dcliuer an efpcciall hiftory (to this purpofe j of Thes^'Booke. Englijh Scottiang.for Dlfit^lint by Pra6life, xo$ ofgiuingnamcs. Snapc w9uld?70^B4ptffe one Chriftophcr Hodgkinfons €hilde,becas4fc hce would haue the childe called Richard. The order was this. Hodgkiiifon &ha/f2edpromifecf Snz^c : that he wohU chriflen his childc. Bui (fai:h S nape J you mufi then giue it a ChrijVtan name^ allowed in the Scriptures, The partie t old htm, that his rviues fat hi-rywhofe name was Richard , deji^ red the name. Wdl Qaith Sua pe j pu muft doe as I btddeyou: thaty rvhe»jou come^ the congre^atien he not troubled. But neti. withllandirhg, the [aid Hod^uinfon not thtnkingit would hjue beene ?tfade a matter offuch importance , the child was brought, Sinpc proceeded in the action , tiRhee came to the naming cftht child. And when he hcard^th.it they called the child R ichard, c^ that they would giue him no other name 5 heeflaiedthere , and vpouldmt tn any wife Bapttz,ethe child. And fo the child was car- ried away thence y dr was Baptized the weeke following, atA\- hallowe^ bangnamedRichsird. Of Hkelyhoode,the brethren hauc founde this thing to be a matter ofgreat importance.-that they wil rather leauc an infant vnbaptized,then giue him fuch a name. Chap, XIII. Afecondpoint of their Bookeconfefjedto he agreed vpon^ for the praSiifeofitjWithout her (Jliaiejiies ajfent. O vv I wil come to Matter Cartwri?hts fecond point,that is, of rhe meetings: and fet downe the C haptcrs,whcre- vnto in the Articles (ubfcribed , they referred themfclues ; that thereby herafter no man^that wil read them, may doubt of their purpofe, of not flaying for the Magidratc; which arc as follow, fo ncere as * P I could lo^Englijh Scottizing^for Difeiplwe by Praciife.The 3 . Beoh I could by tranflarion of them out of Latin, cxprcfTc their meaning. Of the afTcra. Mutmll conference is to bee proBifed in the Church by com-' iicc< the mon affemhlies: but in thefe , matters Ecclefiafttcall are to bee "'^ • handled ^andfuch ckicflte as concerne thofe Churches, whereof the ajfembite doth confijl. They /halt not determine, (except they berequefted,) ofanie thing touching ether Churches: but j})all only decree , that jitch nsatter is to be referred to the next gre.iter affentblie : Let the matters and order of t hinges to be handled m them be thus. Next after the view or calling ofthofe that bepre(enty ( tcher^ in withall^the nvncs offuch as bee abfent mujl be noted^ that in the next Afjembly^they may either yeeldfufficientreafon of their ab fence, or els bee cenfured^ by the iudgemeat of theaffembliCy} frfllet the A6is of the next afjemblie afore, {that was oftbefame fort) bee read : to the intent y that if any thing of them were left. thenvndone^itmajbedifpAtched^ Then, let thofe matters be done, that are peculiar to the Affembly m hand. And fr ft Jet eue- rie of them dcltuer the inftruciions from their Churches , in the fame order that they (it ^together vcith the Fiduciary or Letters of credence of the Churches: mxtfet there be * cenfures had of ^^ f-$ Yuke ^^^^ churches oft hat ajjcmbty: whereby may bee vnderflood how ii;is me mt. they are framed and vfed : whether the docirins and the Difci- plme haue their courfe in them^ and whether the officers of them doe that which appertaineth^andfuch like. Befides let them decree thofe things ithat (hall concerne eyther the common behoofe of all the Churches of that affcmbltCy or ofa- ny one of them: and this courfe willbefufficient enough , for the view and ouer fight of the Churches^ Laflly, {if it fo feeme good) let there bee inquirie (jr Cenfures had^euen of thofe^vphich be delegated to meete m that Affemblie. Such as are to meete in the Affemhlies Jet them bee chofen^ by the Suffrages ofthofe Churches or AJfmbliesj that haue inter efl or Thes^Booke. Englip) Sc:tUz;^g,for I)tfdj,Hne by FraBi[e. 107 or to doc }f7 it: Aud&ut oftheje./t'tfuch only be chofen^/is hath ex' ercifedfomepttbbke office rn thiit Cbfinfj,eyther of a Mini fiercer of an Elder y ^ndivh'ch hath fubfcribed both to the dcclnne And 'DifcipUne.arjdn^hicb hatie indertdkento lehaue thewjeluestn all hingi according to the word of God. Itjhallbe lawful for other Elders cr Uilinijlers^yea ^forVcA' cons and Students m Diutmtiet by the af ^ointment of the aj fern- blie,(e(i>ecially ifthejheftuh^ as doe exerctjethctr^feliies^intrt' tervrctwT^ the Scrqtnres in the Af[€nMief)to be bothprefentjcj;' to bee asked their lud'^ewei^ts : theje of the latter fort are there- fore to be admitted, that their iu ^'gements to handle the affaires of the church , m^y hereby both be tried an djhurpned. Jet let none be counted to haue a voice fiut thofeonelj^ that were chofen hy the Church ^0- which bring their commtftons configned vtito them, ifan-j matter be to bee confuhed of^that is offpecia/l impof t-ince^ let the Prcfident of the laflfupericr AffemblyiOr the Mi' nifler of that Churchjtn which the next Ajjembly is to be made^ fend it oner m due time vnto the Miniflers of all the churches of that afjemblie: to the intent they may afore treate thereof, with thofe of their charge , and fo may know and report their iudgc- mtnts. In making choife of a place for the Affembltes^refpeU is to be hadofneerenesjand other eportunities : in cafe any party may iufllyfinde himfelfe grieued aboue the reft, • // is expedient it hat in euerie Ecckfiafiicall Affembly , there he a Prefiden t,n?/;/f ^ maygouerne the affembly ^and that he bee from time to time chaunged^tfit may be conueniently i^'he mu/l be thus chofen^viz. , He that wis Prefidcnt of the lafl Ajfemblie of that ktnde a- fore^ or the Minifler of that congregutiort^rvhere the Affemblie is made ^ {cortceiuingfirft apraicr dire^edtoihitpurpojejfiall preferre vnto the Affemblie , the motion for choife of a Prcfi- dent. Pa "Xhe. loS Englijh Scottizing^for Difct^linc by Pra&i[e.The 3 . dookt The Prefident beeing thmchofcn , concerning firjl a Prayer fttwgvntotbeivhole dtion dndAfj>mhl^^) pui/call o:ier the »ar/.cs Ojthofe , which be pre font dnd which bee dhjent , and note them: that theabfints way becailed.vpon at the next ajfemblyy to yee/da reafcn of their ab fence. which if it be not fuffc tent Jet them be cenfired^by the autho- ritie of the /iffemhlie . Then let him read the Acies of the la fi /jf- femblj^that if any thing thereof rernaine^ it may then bee dtjpat- chedj'henjhdl he aske ofeuerie one in order as they fit ^ their let- ters fiduciarie or of credence j and their inflrucHons fgned. Which bei/fg propounded in the (afr^e order, an dfuf/icieKtly deba- ted by all their opinions ^ heejhallaske their judgements ^an d ga- ther the fujfr ages , and pronounce what the greater part adiudg- eth which he fhall procure to be put into A^eSythat the Delegates ofthefeuerall Churches, may procure copies andtranfcripts to bee made 3 which they may impart vnto thofe Churches , to whome it appertaineth. The Prefident^^, by the iudgement and authority of the Afjembly ,isto giue an fwere ^either by word of mouth, or by letter s^ tofuch as require it . if any cenfures be to be inflated, hee is toper- forme them . Hefjallalfo take care , that all things be godly and quietly carriedyby exhorting them vnto quietnes, andmo.ierati' on of minde , one bearing with another , as needeflmll bee^ and by preferring ifpfuchas be voilfu II and contentious. vnto the Afjem- bly: iaftly^he full propound vnto them^tomlnng the time of their next meeting: andthen wtth exhortation vnto them, cheare fully to got forward in their duety^'wdwith thankfgiuing,hef)dlcur' teoufly difmifje them. Before the difmiffion of the Affembly Jet no man depart , but mthleaue. The affemblies according to their feuer all kindes ., if they bet greater ^re ofmore-^ if they he leffe^ they are oflefje authorities Therefore tt is kwfullto af peak from a leffe affemblie to a grea- ter. The ^ Moke. Engltjh Scottizin^^for Difcifline h-j PrA^ife. io§ ter.ifanj mm i\mh ht hue iniurie^exce^t thefaB he rnofleui^ dent andpU'tnevnto eucrj man: but yet none o:hirrvife.butthat the iudititient of the a(fembliejl)all hold^ 'until/ it (lall be other- vpife adiudgcd^tn an ajjemblie of greater authorities ^ -) ClafTcs, Aflemblics arc cyther ^ C or 2 J Synods, Claflfcs are conferences of the fexvejl Minijlers of Churches, Jlandmgneare together, as for ex am fie eftwetue. The chcftn weno fall the feu frail Churches of that affembljy Are to meete in confcre-fKe-^ that is to fay , for euery Church a mi- niflerandan Elder: and they fiall meete euerie fortnight. 7 hey fball chiefly en deuour the ouer fight and cenfure of that ChfCisi Jearching particularly , whether m them eaerj thing be done , ac" cording to the holydocirine and difci^lineof theCoJpell: vz. Whether any quefion bee art fen , touching any pint ef do- Urine. Whether the Ecclefafltcalldifcipline haue his ceurfe. Whether any Minifer be wanting in any oft he Churches, that they may ffeedtlyprouide aft perfon. Whether the refl of the Elders and officers of the Church ^bee appointed in cuery Church, Whether care be had^ouer fchollers^and the poore. In yfhatpotntci the C laOfes doo want aduife , for the further aduiWcing oft he G'^ff) ell among fhem. Before they make An enk , letfome of the Miniflers prefint, make a ferm on ^either in courfe^or being chojen thereto by voyces. Ofwhome theref of the Minijlers (fccludingthe Elders) p^all judge among t hem fe lues : and if in *ny pointy it jh all be retjuifite, they Jhallmonifh him brotherly .-weighing euery thing,according tothecourfe^afonUiddowneinthe chapter, touching thofe P I things JJ6 Englifh Scon'iz^ing/or Difclplitie by Fractife. The 3 .Bscke* things 5 which are tobe performed by hiinthatprcachctli tothecongregacion, Synodes, K^ Synode ts an ajftmbly ofchofin men , f-om v os Chur^ ihes^thtn thofe thxt he m me Cl'-iTis^tf/- conference, Intheje, the Articles of the holy Dtfct^line andSjnodkall, mufl alwiiies be readialjo m them, {after all other t hinges befni- jhedy) cenjures or tnqutfition mAde^ vpon dl that be^refem: and tbefup^er of the Lorde fhall bee celebrated by them , tn and with that congregation^ where the Affemhly is r/iadey tfcon'4sniently it may be, OfSynodei there be two fortes : thefrfl is particular ^andth^s conteinethvrideritheth -) cProuinciall^r and WSynudes. »^,Nstionall j>c ^ Prouincialt Synode , i^ an affemhly oftho^e , which bee delegatedfiom allthe ClafTes or conferences of that Prouiwe, Let euery Prom nee conteine in it 24.Claffes, This may be apte ordtr ^for the affembling together of a Sy- node Pr ;:uincia!l. njz^. Let this care be laid t>pon fome certame churchy by confent of the Synode : lei that Churchy wtth nduife of the Claflis whereof it is yf re fixe the place and time for the Affem- hly : let other Churches , (endcvntofuch Church , thofe matters which feeme vnto them of fame difficultie to determtne : andltke- vptfe thofe matters , that doo appertaine to the vohole Prouince, and tha ' diligently in comenient feafon : to th* intent , that that church may in due tirnegiue aduertifement vnto allthe ClafTes of the Prouince^ both of the time andplace^ and of the matters i9 be handled', fo thitfuchasarefent^ may come better prepared,^ ^ And that they maj judge thereof,^ according to the refolutionof theif The^Booke. Ertghjh Scottidngjor Difiiflmby PraStife, iir their ownefiuerall Clafles or conferences, Leteuery CUfHsfende vnto *^iProuinGiallSynodcifw* UiiiniflerSjAndai many Elders, ItJhMl if ee called eucryhalfeyearCy prmonoften^ vntiUthc Difcipltne be confirmed. But before a^mo'^^[\ Synodc be celebrated, let U be called threemonthsafcre^ that they may prepare , andfurnijhvptbo/e thmgSjthat belong vnto it. Let the Acis of all the Pi ouinciall Synodcs befent vnto the Natiof lall, b) that Church , /;; which the Prouinciall ajjembly was had:a»dUt euery 'JMtmfler befurnijhed^ rvith the copies of the ABsy and with thereajons ifed. The Naiionall, // a Synodc ccnfiftrng of the Delegatsfrom all the Synods Prouincail,/^^/ are withm the domimon of one commort wealth. Let the manner of calling it, be the fame thai is appointed for cu////;^^//?^ Pi ouinciall, except the Synodeit Jelfefljdllt.ike other order herein: vz: ffyfome certaine Church: yetfoyas thffatd Church doe appoint for place andtime (toholdt it in)fuch as the Pro u in ciall Sy no dc ^ that Church , which fhall next enfue,fhalldeterr/;ine^andthjf$ke good, /"(^r^^f NationallSynode, three Aifiniflers and three El- ders mufl be chofen^ottt of euery Synodc Prouinciall, In itythe common affaires of all the Churches of the whole na- tion andkingdome,are to be handled: as ofDoMne^Difcipline, and ceremonies: caufes not decided in infer iour Affemblies^ Ap- pellations^andfuch like. By the decree n a fiance of my callingto the mmijiene\ I affirme^xhat I had it of owacbaad ^* the church ofGod^being approued by the learned^ godly nagh- hour Minillers, and chof en by the people of my charge , to that funciion. Touching that allowance^ that I had of the htf)op^ I take it to he a thing meerely ciuil-' , belonging to d ciutle Magi, fir ate: which author itie he hath by A6i of parliament, (^ which therefore I might lawful lyrcceaue at his hands, (or the peaceable execution of my Mtnifcry, Againe,concerning the Presbyteries^ (which the bookc affirmeth iViuld be in euery paii(h ;) they (^ want in cfFe(5l) nothing ofall their whole platforme : if they could but onccatcaine vnto the pubhke ereding vp of thofe thrones. And how far it is likely they haue already preuailed ther- in,without (tay ing any longer for her Maicftie j let thcfe thingcsfollowing,whereoffomc haue bcene touched al- rcadie;makeitknownevntoyou. Mention hath beenc made of a Presbytery fet vp at l4^andefworth. It was a decree Ma. EdmoaJg of the London brethren, /^j/ the Minifiersfhouldby little^ ^^ little y as much as poffibly they might, draw the Difcipline into pra^tfe^thoughthey concealed the names, eyther of Presbytery^ Elder or Deaco, making little account of the names for the time^ ffi their offices might fecretly be eflabltjhed. There was an or- der fate downe, in an alTembly (i 5 8 3 ♦ as I take it^ for the concerting of Churchwardens and Collectors into El- tx6 Englij!) Scottizitig^for Dtfct^line by Pra^i[e,The 3 . Booke dersandDeAcons : as before in the Adtesthemlducs it ap- pcareih. According to this order the brethren afterward fent their dire^\\\d\ cauied the fiift bresking- out,of all thofe troubleSjthat lincc hauc cnfued. Tlus ap- pcareth by foure letters , written r.'/^ut the yeare i 5 8 5-, three of them kom Field to Wilcox, undone from Wdcox toi-Vf^. Whatthecaufewas, though it beeexprclTediii oncof the faid Letters,! omit to rehearreit,nowaies min- ding to touch any mans priuate behauiour or infirmities. But this I muft tel you,that the brethren, (that is in Thorn-, forts fenfCj/^f body o^ourfauing Godjvjeve lo difpieafed and angrie with him,that they iulpended him from his Mini- ftericjand did vfc their CQuimeoi excommunication againft him. If you aske mec how wUcox tookc this courfc at their handesjanfwerejcucn as Pinfon before named did,when hisfonncftiould hauebeenepuniflied; heediflikedit fo much, as that hee began to call their authoritie ("forfuch kind of their proceedings,) in queftion, he ref ufcd to fub- mit himfelf e to their cenfures,and told /"/W^plainely, that he had bin dealt dtforderly rvithall^bothfor matter and manner: adding that hee had perhaps concealed as great infirmities of Vic\ds,and of fome others, as his were. With thcfcand many fucb like words Field wds great- ly prouoked,and for his ownepart defied him . Whereas ((2i\l\ihtc) for the hidingof your otvne fha^e y you heginne to fcorevpmy faults yVohich you fay are fxe in number^ as great as yours^ tfyoufhould vtter them : J jay it is no help to 'jou^ but te- jlifieth that old pride jhipocrife and malice ^rvhich long time hath lurked J» that cankered hi^rt ofyottrs^ (^c. But I doe defuycuy Thej,Booke. EnglipScotUztHg^foy Difciplinebj FraSiife. up f^c. And for his refufing of their procecdinges; jou ought mt f' faith FteU)[o Ughilj to e (kerne , that holy cenfure oj the brethren^ hut in true repentance to hauc hidden your face , ^c. Againe : if God hath made you an injirumcnt , tofcekefor th* aduancement ofChriflsScepttr: kijjeityourfelfeandhee (ubie^i i/ntoitcrc. AgainQ^tfyou /cue Chnjl and his Church, before your oivne ^loricywd your ownefwnes haue^mt vpyour m outh: thenbe fUentfor eutr. And notwithftmding x.\\2itlVtlcex tookc exception to their authoritic, yet in the Letter wherein /V^/ n f i t t tit r i from Oxford Carttvrtght ^and the reft o( the brethren, T he ^ brethren jalute to Field. yQ^^ Commend^ me to all our brethren. Commend met S to all Field . the brethren with you: the brtthren with vs here are in health. g Knewftub (^ommend ^ me to MMJler Charke andMaijler Trmers,with all h*Wade to ^^^ ^^ft ^f ^^^ brethren. Remember * me to the brethren. Let him Field . ^be accounted among the brethren^ as hte deferueth, I writ 1 1 Bat bon to ^^y Mother ytofpeake to you and our goodhrethren^o prouihe me kL,Thotnfon of fomehonefl brother, to Catecl ife my famly . To * Maijler to Field. Field, with the refi of the Godly Mtnijiers^his brethren, tn Lon- Ficld! *** ^on . To his beloued "^ brother, Maijier Field^andto all other his m wigginton fa.thfullbrethren,nanfely of the Minijlery, at or abofit London. ''^D ^'chaptna ^^'" " ^^^^^^^^ houe determined, 1 truji °you arefo linked toge^ to Field. ther, by the bond of brotherly loue,andthe defire of the pure Dif- ® 'J^^i^j'j""'^ ci^line of the churchy that nothing may funder you . The bre- thren ajjembled: the Godly brethren: our pore brethren here, {at Oxford) do long to hearefromyow, and, in the Articles vvher- vnto they (ubfcribed : vpe the brethren^^c, Vppon the occafion of thefe termes , and many other fuch to Field. The IILB^vkyEiiglifh SatHsJngyfor Difcip/mbypra^fe, in fuch like: it is foundout by examination, that this cUff^ <:4/^ and reforming cn{brr,with their followers; hauedi- uidcdthemielues from all the reftoftheminiftcrie, and Chnjiiansm England : and linked themfelues into a newc crickc to brotherhood, with this lincke, vz. (sLsDoCiorCrickeiQsx-^^^^^- methit) thedefireofthepureDifcipl:ne: thereby flicwing themfclucsto be mofl: notorious i'f^//«»r/k Churches of God in Eng- land, they r/jeanefuch places, congregations^ or ajfemblies, as doe embrace the reformation, andhauefuch a mimjler, 04 is offome Cla/Tis. Sometime alfo by the Church, (as the Church of Godin Lon- don) is meant the Claffis of the brethren^ or their Synods. And fo mzidct Edmondes : when they vfe the fe, or the like Reaches ^ Edmond««. w their xvriting or othenvifi: vz. the Church or Churches of God heere,wijh this or that^or the Church in London hath done this or that: they by they effect all) meane the Miniprs thefelues. But for the further clearing of this matter : becaufe the chiefe i?4^^/>jof this confpiracie^do themfcKics preach in our material Churches,it is to be obferuedjthat the pariih where they preach, being afTembled, is notthcCnurch properly in their fence; but as many thereof onely, as are ioy-ned vnto them with that inuiolable bond mentioned; R2 yzithc J24 £ngltjh SeoHizingyfor DifcipUne hyfrailife.rheULBvoh, \z: the defiH afthegcMy difcipline: and ihofe -further- more, who leaning their owncf^r///; Churches, doc come vntorhem. As for example .* The Church of God(for- footh) in thc^/4f^ i^fji^r^jdoth confift^befides that parilb, ofa number of men and Marchaunres wiucs, difperfed here and there throughout the wh^lc Citie. Be content to hear the dcpofiiions ,ihat arc taken to hke purpofe.3/4//?^r Smft affirmed (zs RichArd Holmes and Richard Harvgarhaut . ^olmcj* dtfofid) : thai here one^^ there one, poked out of the Prophane mwgar. And commcnmulHtude, andputa-farttojeruetheLord: i»4- keth the Church ofGedyAndnot thegenerali multitude, Maijier lohnfon faith, that the brethren of the laitie doefeldome come to - their owneparijh Churches/ior recetuc the communion ihere^ c thermfe then they are compelled f or feare of trouble. For they ac- count thofe their pajlors onely.whom they do fichcofi. And mai- ftcr Edmonds,\pon his experience in London, The people of thU brotherhood^do feldome come to their oxpneparifh Churches ^ . , otherwife then for feare^ to incurrefome daunger of lawes : ney- ther do they accompt the minijier oj their panfhes^ to bee any of their pafl or s properly except he befomc one of the brethren Mi- nifter s, before jpectfedyor very effeBually inclining that way. It is likewife to bee obferued, that if any ofthisfa^un^ bro- therhoodjOr ftfierhoodydo lie dangeroufly ficke:they dofeldome or neuer, fend for their orvnepaflors to vtfitethem : nor mouethem iopray for them, publikely, in their owne parijh asnegle^ipg iheir praters: but do fendtothe Readers abroad^whom theyhaue chofen for their paflorsjjoth to come vntothem, (^ to pray with ihtm^andfor themjn their affemblies, Thisalfoistobeeobferued, that the flriSier fort of this crue^ v>henthey lie at the point of death, will haue no bell tolled for them: and many of them do take order ^before their death : that afterveardes^ they be not buried in any Church : that there bee na fir men: nor any manner ofburidl vfed^ which is prefer ibed. Edmon^es. 1 TheIII,Book.Englifh Scottidng for Dffdplme byfrd^hfi. 12^ Martin lun. Chap. XVT. A riciiculous fretence oJU\9s:mth a recapitulation ojthefumme of this third booke. S they countenance thcfc their c^jiuen- ticlcs,& vnlawful aiferablics before foe- cificd,with the name of //?el/, ^ ^ ^ ' ^^" notwithftanding theinhibitton of the Bifhops ; that ^ a man be- iThcf, S6. ing once made a minijler 3 is not to be kept backe from preaching, m Tb f. 06 h *^^ inhibition of any creature : and "^ that by thefaide do- Mne,^4:.allmimjlersareboundhyfubfiription^^c, to difA' uorvthe Hierarchic (?/Bi(liops. When you (hall readc thefe flrangeaffcrtions, fo farrc pafiingany ordinary bounds of common modcftie: think with your felues, thatitisnomaruaile, to feetheir wri*^ tinges fo full of authorities. For I do afTureyou, that euen in the like fort, and with the fame finceritie & faithfulnes, doe they alledge for their platformes, both Scriptures, Councels, Fathers and Hiftories. Moreouer,what with the pretence of Gods laWjOf mans law,andf I know not)of what law,they hauc been fuflfcred to go fo farre againft all lawes : that now they haue taken fuch heart, as that fome of them are not affraid to affirme (and that iri print bccaufe the people might take notice of it j: tha: there is no authoritie , which may lawfully fup- prelTe their forcfaidprocecdinges.iVtfJ//!^//?r4/tf('y4//^<7/;^ Thti^ijTiZ, of the brotherhood) may lawfully maymeor dejormethebody of i2. Chrifty which it the Church : no lawfuU Church gcucrnment is changeable^atthepleafure of the LMagi^rate: ofnecefitie oB ehrifian Magiflrates an bound ^to receiue thisgouernment^^c. And thus hitherto you haue fcen the proceedings of our Englifh reformers accordingto their ringleaders actionsin Scotland : they haue had their draughts of difcipline/they hauc fubfcribed a particular book for England: they haue put their former platforrae3,& their faid particular bookffcffHmbfpraSfife,7ht Ill.Suk, • hfv i^rMjhflpSj Btjhops, ChauMceti^n, BeaneSy Cannrnt, ArchdcACom^ C ommijfanes , Regiliers, j4pp4ritors drc (All 9." rchich, by thttr [aid pretended reformationy muH he thruftfrom their liumgs .) jhouldhe prou'dedfor^that the common wealth be not thereby pejiredmth beggars. Whereby it appearcth, that (in their ownc conceites) they hauc already attained their fbueraintie. They and their conuenticlcs (forfooth) are the true Chiurch : and all England befides is inafchifmc. So as now it may be dayly expeded,whcn thefe godly brethren, for a full conclufion of their attempts, will take vpon them, (as their maifters did in S^cotUnd) to difchargc Declaration the eftate o^Bifhops^ and to dire(5l their commifiionersj to ^ *• her moft excellent Maieftie, commanding both her and her highneffe moft honourable priuie Councell^ vndcr the painofcxcommunicationjto appoint no ^//Z^^/^i- hereaf- ter, becaufe they haue concluded that ftate to bee vnlaw- fuii.- and that furthermore her Highnes^ vnder the fame penaltie, fliall not prefume from thenceforth, either any longer to maintaine the prefent Amichrijlidn Church-gO' nernment iOx once to attempt the ouerihrowing of theirs^ And thus much of this matter,vz.concerning our Englifli rcformers,and their imitation of the Miniftcrs oiScotland^ in that feeing they could not preuaile, with their fuites & fupplications to her Maieftic and the Parliament, for the fctting vp of their difciplinc: they haue taken vpon them to doc it thcmfelues. The end of the third Booke. THE The ^.Book.EttgL Scottmngyfor Dtfciflint hy thrtatnings 12 f .^___ tm^tik THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF Disciplinary G&ovndis andPracftifes* Chap, I 4 S^me of them feeme togrorve def^eratey and propound to them- Jelues afrjTtge example tofiUovpifor fhf Adauming of their Difiipl/ne» SihcMiniftcrs oi Scotland w'wh. their adhcrcntcSjfinding fondry impede mentes in thcyr forcfaide proccc- dingSjandinthefctting-vp of their difcipline5did grow to be very an- gry ,& ther.vponohen-times before they came to armcs or violence, d\d caft out many greate fpcachcs and threarningsfas it hathbcene before declared); cucn fo al- fo it fareth now rightlyjVvith our Difciflinanans in Eng- land, They threaten and braggcaboue.meafurc, what fliall come to paflc/and I pray God they be fuffercd to go no further. One of the brethren,^ in the name of the reft, j complai- ning,thattheyareoppngned,and(ashe(iithjperfecuted, dctireth/^rf^ thejame may bsfrouided for :2nd addeth ther- *S withal r^o Em,?cdUizAng->for Difchline hy threatnhgs.The 4.Book, ft.admotiif. . * pa.5 9.' withall thcfe words J/ is the cafe already of many a thoufand'm this land:y east is the caf4:0(ds many y AS jeeke the Lorde aright y drc . Greate troubles will come (fity ifithe notfromdtd for. None feeke the Lord arightbut this brotherhood . Great ioyofthciir. Bat what troubles meanethey? That, an other ftcmeth to clearer where he fayetb, that they ean endure no fuch hard dealing, as is vied againft them Suppl pa. 6i , ^^y. ^o"g^''* ^^^^ {imh. hee ) vpee are neuer able to pand * againfi thefouertyfijfes, imfrifonmenty difcountenance^ hy our fupericrsythat our bretheren hauefujiayned ^c^ Neuer able to fwallo w vp the flaurklcrsy and bitter names of puritanes afreet" fians, traitor sfeditious libelUrs ^c. Why ^ what will you doe/*' The befttharcan bee gathered of hisvvordes, istliis » Owf/faith h ee ) let vs make a Captaine , and returne Agaim into Egipt, If they haue not their mindes,the danger may beejwhichindcede will bring fome troubles that they are not V nlike to becom e eith er JtheiBs or Papifes^ ^ Shortlieaftertheftraunge attempt before mentioned that was made againft the king of .y^^'/ZW, Anno I 585, by ten thoufandofhisowne people at Steriing:{v^htiQby theconfiftorian Minifters preuailed, afwcll againft their Souerafgne ,33 againft their BifliopSjfor the acuancing of their prcsbiteries): there cameouta rayling Dialogue^ here in £;?g/4Wpubliflied abroad^ in print and fcattered' by the brotherhoode, throughout the whole Realmc. This "Dialogue is intituled ; the (late of the church ofE ng- land laid open in a conference jjetvpeeneDiotrcphes( reprefen- ting the perfon of a Birhop,)T^r/«//«j 4 Papiji^ (brought in to plcade for the orders of our chuich^) Demetrus, 4 r/«r/r(^fignifying fuch as Hue by vnlawful trades:) Pan* docheus^^an Inkefper/a rccey ucr of al, and a foother of euc- The^'^ook.ErtgLScottizirigjfor Dffdpline bj threatnings, i^ t rymanfbrhisgaine:) and Fau/e a preacher of the wordecf (?(?^:(ruf}ayningtheplaccand pcifonsof the CenfifloriaU brethren.^ Where j(by the vvayjjfecagainc the account they make o/allthatdo maimainetheprefentflateoftlic Church; they are but dmbitms vporldlings : PaptJIcs : liuers by vnlawfuU trades : and men pieajers , But themiclues are ^poflles. In this Dialogue^Paule is fet forth aj a man defirous, (vp- pon the /»;?f^^^/'^rj motion,) to heare fbmegood newes ivomScQtUnd: who meeting with the Btjhgp^ hce vfeth him according to the Confiftorian humor .that is, mod proudly, moft rpitcfully,and mofl: flaunderoufly.He con- demnethboth the calling oi Btjhops a s AntichriJIUn^ and cenfureth al their proceedings,as wicked, Popiili,vnlaw- full,andcruelL Heaifirmeth that all the good, that hath bcene done for the prefentflourifhing eftateofthe Gof- ^cWin England: hath ^beetje brought to paffe, by thofe men, aE,/. whom the Btjhops dtfptfe,aftd by that courfe^whtch they were e- unennemksvmo. Hefaithythat^ very many of all degrees^ '''* '• sre fully perfwaded in the matters of reformation^and that he is ferjwaded^this willcomeofttjVzjhat hefh.dlfee the goueme- ntent of the Church,, (by the rules of their difctpltne )fet vp be- fore it be lonz* The Bidiop is fuppofcd to haue bccnc fent out of Eng- landimo 5'ftf;/^/>7^was:foritis according to their GeneuA Diuinity. y»2,& 5, &c Tertullm the 7'4p//?,he is made the 'Bij\)(ips only Coun - celIour,in the whole courfe of the goucrnment of our Church : by whofe aduife, (^the author of the Dialogue faith) that the Bifhops dobezrc with the PopiA recufants,. and that fo many waies arc fought to fupprefTethc Puri- tanes. This T'^r/tf/Z/zJ, together with the Hofl and ther- furer, do vcbtc tothc Bifhop thofe occurrents mEnglande^ which had fallen out and hapned in his abfencc. And vppontheoccafionofthisqueftion, asked by the Bijhopi VI. haue not the Bi/hcps yet fupprejjed the Puritans^ neither with countenance .^ nor hy authority ? Tertullus maketh this au nfwere. Supprejjed'f no, my Lord : a. friend of mine writte vnto me^ that one oftheir preachers faide tn the Fulpit-Jje was The 4,Baok Ertgl, Scottizhg/or Difctpifw by threatn'mgs,!^^ ferfrvaded thai there rvere a rooooo . of them in EogUnd^ and that the number of them increafeddajly in euerj place^fif all €• fiates^ degrees. Is it not time for the Magiftrates to lookc about them? They do take it in fcorne to bee thought fo weake, as that they could bee fiippreffed. Becit,thcy flatter thcmfelues therein ; yet their defire is apparant, that fif they be fuffercd, and fhall euer be ablcjthey will bring it to that palTe. And if this be not a neceflary con- fequentofthepremiflTes: myiudgementfailcth mc. But to procecde. Chap.it. Of their do^rine {or making a reformation themfelues ,ind hoT» the people muf be thrujl into that allion. Bout foure yearcs fincc, it fliould feeme that Come of the brethren, were of opinion, that they had dealt long inough in the practifc oftheirDircipline,afterfuch a fe- cret manner: and that then they were bound in dutic to procecde to the publike exercife of it, not- withftanding any daunger,that might therby enfue. For thus one of them, writeth.O«r zeale to Godsglorie,oarl0ueto Payn« to f. Jbis church, (^ the due planting of the fame ^in this horheaded age fhouldbefo tvarme (jr andflirring in vs, as not to care what ad~ uenture wegiue^andwhat cenfures voe a^ide^c.The lefuites cjr Seminaries jtheir diaboltcall boldnes y mil couer our faces rvtth yZ;4wifcipline^hy threatmngs.Thc 4.dook, feSjkhofuahfDauidjSdomon^ Ichcfophat, Hezechiah^ lojue^ Tie^hsnuAh, (jrc.8cto take in hai their pretended reforma- tion,in that countne ;pi ouing that he hath authority thcr- unto, becaufe hce is agouermur vnier Gody and that if hee refu f ed fb to do e ; he could haue no commijjton to rule there, jnth.it tljerby Chrijl being reieBedjjt was became but the Lieu* tenant ofSathan, Here you haue Allobrogical , and ConJiHo- riall ilufFe, ableofitfeHe, (if it were receiuedj to fill all Chriftiankingdomes,withall kinde of mutinies, fcditi- Goodman OH, and rebellion . They would make the inferior with the con= ^{agiflrotes, vnder their Soueraigne to be/eeue: that they Gcncuian$ had , (foY their times, andwithin their limittes, Jas abfo- *cp,ii^,2i5 lute authority, asif they thcmfelues were fully Princes, there : and were not manie waics reftrayned, by the fuprcmeMagiftrate. Surely if they (hall bee able, by thefe and fuch like perfwafions, to draw vnto them the lujiices of Peace, the Shtrifes or Lieutenants of cucry Shirey ('and fo make them the executioners of their good plea- fures and platformes, without any further CommilTion or warrant from her Maieftie : ) they fliall not neede to cxpedt ey thcr Prince, or Parliament , but may ihrowe downc andfet vp, as greate builders doe, whatfoeuer fliall be moft agreeable5to the mutabilitie of their ownc affedions. And whereas an obiedion might haue becnemade, that if either the Noblcmen,Gentkmen,or people fhold take vpon them to caft downe the Bijhops^snd to reformc thechurch,accordingto theirraigning fiezy, without her maieftiescommandemcnr,''bar in fo doing they fliold greatly difturbe the ftate of the Realme, and highly offed her moft excellent maicftie.-thefe points arc both of them paffed ouer with a fnufFe3& with great difdaine, [as being nofuchimpediments^as ought to hinder the valiant co- rages The 4..Booke. EngLScottizirtg/ordifciflim'^by thrCAtnmgsj^/ ngcsofCoftfiJiona^iubicds.Iu/lyou true, (faith oncof ^p*[og^ ^""^ their Captainesj//^/»y&tf/> agreate bleffmgofGod^tbat hath rdifedvp MsLrim to hold tackltftg with (he Biihops, that you way hauefomettme ofhreathing^or rather a time to gather cou» rage a»d zea/ifdrcto ftt vppon thefe ennemies.^c. For if, as hitherto you haue you bee Jo loth^ for dijlurbing of our ftate^ for^ footh and the offending of her Maieftie^not onebe to [peak againjl hut euen vtterlie to retell this H ierarchy of our B/Jhops^euen t» haue no more to doe with it^then with the (eate of the bead .7^/^ /hall declare vnto our children, that God can fet vp^but a com' fanyofwhiteliueredfouldiersdrc^ Forfooth if this cxhorta* tion be according to their Difcipline .• it ought no longer tobctearmed Chrifts/asthcy tearmc itj but the Diucls Difcipline. And yet^becaufe they would not haue her MarUn fc*- Maieftic altogether negledcd, an other of their Lieuten^ ;;4»/Jcanbecontent, that (before their fbuldiers men- tioned, fliouldc beginne the skirmilTi) there might bee firft, (as it were) for a parlee, fome litde ouuerturc of duetic fignified ; that, if (as yet j her Highncflfe woulde bee ruled by them , they would dcfift. To this purpofc hee moueth all the Puritanes , (as hee tcar- meth them, ) in England both Lordes, Knightes , Gen- tlemen, Minifters and people, to offer a fupplication to her Maieftie: in effedi for the full obtay ning of all their deli res. To this (faith he )^n hundred thoufand hands would be gotten &c.and then thou( fpeaking to his reader) may well thinke, what a flrokefo many wouldjlrike together, (^cjt fl)ouldapp€4re,that they are notfewtandoffmdlreputattonjyat in a manntr thefirength of our land, and the [mow of her CMa- le flies royalgouernmenty which our Bijhops do faljely note with the names of Puritanes, The cenfideration whereof Hell thee^e- ucnin policicywould make,that this their fuite (hould not beeha- 1/ S Engl.Scmzing.jor Difciplme hj threatn'mgsjhe 4,Bdok, fitly reie^ed,ejpeeiaily infuch a Ume, a^ voherem wenovi^ liue^m daunger of our emmtes abroAdyand therefore had need of no cau- Jes (?i difcottragement at home , I like it well w lien men will deale plaineiie, You fee indeede their hearts. And is it not then cuident>whereai they aymer' In/uch a time ns^^l- /r^'r'Indeede the rctume of the Spant/irdv^dti then expec- ted. No neede then of difcouragement at home/* Why? wanting your defircs^wold you haue taken no parr, if the Spaniard h^id come? orpurpofcd you, to hauc made a morercadiepaflage for him, by rebelling at home^bcforc hefliouldhaue comcf or would you haue ioyned with him,ithehad come? or meant you thereby, (through terror) to haue enforced her Maieffie, to your purpofes > leaft you fllould haue taken fome of thefe comfes? Chofe which of them you lift ; the bcft is feditious. Chap.IIII. Prefuming vponfime 'vnianful ajijlance, they vfe very violent vpordeK Ow true it IS, that ihey haue a hun- dreth thoufand,rcady atdieir dired i- on,I know not/but they hauc furcly too many: if the companion of the brotherhood, that fent his humble motion abroade,may be herein belee- |ag^}^ ued. Thotifands(ht (mhjdoftghfor thif ^fcipline^andten thottfand haue fought it: and afprented and worthy men ofeueryfhtrey haueconfentedvnto it. But certaine it is fuch is their hope,to thruff the people,. with the reft of their confederates, into fome vnlawfull cxccudonxof their diftempercddefignementes.-that they arc- The 4,Book Eft^l, Scottizingfir D/fcip/iw by threatnings.i^f arc come to a wonderfull rcfolution and aflurance, as ha- uing almoft (in their own conceiprsj obteincd alreadie, thevericfccptcrof their kingdome. The Elderlhippe is St hande, ( faith ihthumhle motioner,) And againc .• vfing rcalons, vvhytheftateherein£/;^/4W ihoulde prefcnt- h'e embrace their gouerncmcnt, hee fallcth vpon thele twopointes, ('iumping iuftlic,withthe5'irtf////7jminifteis logiquc, mentioned before by Z^/f'/rf^/^e'/, the pretended Bifwpy )\z, the people areinjiamed rvithzeakyand fas it fee- methj ihefccondrearon dependeth vpon the firft: that is, hecaufe it is harde, dmmgerouSy and iwpofftble to (land a- gainfitt . In effect, the people crie for the Dtfcipline, andtheteforeitmult needcs preuailc. Indccde they hauc {launderounyfctoutfupplications and complaints inthenamc ofthccomminaitic ; thereby ro terrific their vvithdanders . But I truft the people generally arc not fo maddc, although there bee fomc that are ftraunge- ly bewitched ; vnto this conccipt of the peoples readmes it feemeth to mee, that m/. Snape had relation, when hee vfcd thefe wordcs following, as they arc let down by the othcs of fome of them, to whom he (pake them. How fiyyou fquoth bee^ // n^e meaning himfelfe and his fellow Holmes, minifters, withiheir adh^rentcs dcutfe a ivay, whereby to Hawgar.&c. Jhake off all the Antichrijlian yoake,and gottemment of the Bi-^ [hops'.O' vpilliontlj together ereU; the difcipUne andgcuernment all m one day: butperaduenturettwilnot heyet,thtsyeare ^a, hdfe,. An other, (of his more then fupcrabundant'cha- ritie; forefecing the mifchiefes that arc ready to fal by his brcthrens procurcmcnt,vpon the Bifliopsof this rcalme.* giueththem warning to begone in time. Bee packing Bi- ^P,'^j/'°, JJwpj, ( ^2ihhhc)youJIrme in vaine : you are laid open alreadie. tome. Frieri andMonkes were not fo bad, Looke to your fr.lues : for myfonnes mil not fee their father thus perjecutcdat your T 2 hands. i^o.EnglSconlzingfor 'Difci^line^hj threat ffings, The ^Book, ^'■^' handes, Wefrotefi ({ay the authors of a certaine fupplica- . tion^dravvcntoherMaiefty.-and found in one of the bre- threns ftudicsrbut he wil not confefTe^by whofe aduife it was pent\ed:)lVe protefi ((ay they) vntojour Maiejlie: that tve wtil be no longer ^tibicB vnto the Btjhopi vnlarvfrU and v- , furped aftthorftj ^c. Wherefore let them not looke for it at our D'cmonit handes. And another. The trHethwillpreuaile((^ea.king of the difcipHnc) /«i^/^/'/'. vjc thatasthe Biihops do think(as he flaunderoufly dee- medi The ^.Book.Engl, Scouizmg,for Difciplme bj theatninp i4t meth) that there can be no reformation of the Vuritmes difordered proceedings, without the bloud of fome of their brotherhoode/o he is of mindcthat the reformatio which he and his companions do fceke for, cannot be at- tained vnto,without the bloud of fome of thofc,that doe withftand their pldtformcs. It is true that hec there onely prolecutcth the cruel opinion,which heeafcribeth to the Bfflopsifdy'mg that m bloud can hand^omly beffilt^vnkffe they he the butchers, ^\M he pafleth cunningly by his own mind, as very wel knowing his companions capacities.Indeed,ii they do take vpon them to fpil bloud,they cannot(thanks betoGod)asyet,do it hand(bmely«The Lord of his infi- nite mercy graunt that their opportunities ,to fuch a mif- chief,do neuer feruc them bcttcr,thcn hitherto they hauc done. I I ■ ■ i« ■ II I I ■ I ••?i- Chap. V . ypon Cartwrights committing to pnfin:fomeJlrdnge attempts were looked. Efidesjpraycrs to preucnt fuch outrages (as arc mentioned m former chapters) there mufl beo- thermeancs diligently looked into. For out of queflionjit is high time.Euery one is acquainted with the execution of ^^r^.but few do vndcrfland, the fecretes of thofcattempts.They flretch much further then they are fuppofed. ^"<^^* <^e '»«'c You may remember, the Di(ciplf/iarU mens doMnc cfodman. (before mentioned jvz.that when Princes grow to be ty- pag.isy. rantSjCwhereoffeditiousfpiriteswillbetheiudges, (and J""'"* Bru« that the inferiour Magif^rates will not do their duties, the Beza dc* au= people then, ('\f any Jonathan willftepfoorth,to be their thorit.magia. captaine) are bound to ioync themfclucs vnto him,and "^'"""^P''^ T ) way 14-2 EngLSc0tUz4ngyfor 'Di^ci^line by threAtmng.',The4..^ook . /./'.Of obedis may vfe the fword in their own right •• or otherwife fome w" ain<»- P^^uatc man, that is moued with zealc extra ordmem^ may hires prcTacc cxccutevcngeaiice, vppon pfinceor PotencateJdoUter, Goodmna wjckcd pcrfonSj&c.euenas thcfpirit fhalmouc him. The ri'izi! which doctrine('aslfaid)thcy rake vpon them to cotirm, out of the fcripturesrbythcfe exam pies vz.ofP/'/>zf4j,who in zealc killed the adulterers/of /^/'«^, who in zeale killed Vwi^^Eglon, in his priuate chamber; oilrejjedtn due feafon by her Maieflie. But that paOTcth all(to this purpofc,)which falleth out moft apparantlic,by the view taken offuch letters and pa- pers,as were found vpon the apprehen/ion oiHackei and his Prophets. Chap. VI. One EdmondCopingertooke vpon him to vjorke Cartrvrightes ^c^dsliuerance: heprctendeth an extraordinary calling and acqH.iint€th diusrs mth it: one Gib/on a Scot: P. Wentrvotrhy Cartwri^htf^'iggintanyCbarkey TrauerSj Bgerton,&c, Whileft * Coppingcr cxamiacd, 19 ofluly, Arthing.dife courfc, b Coppingcr toT.C. c Coppingcr and Arthing. to LancaRer, the i^.ofluly 1591. d Anhing, difcourfe, Cop.toT.C. J 44 ^ngl Scotti&m^.for Difciplme bj threatningsj-he 4 Beok . Hileftfomewcredeuifingofone way, and fome of an other, for the good of the faidc pri foncrs, &c. ne Edmond C^/»/>/^^r, with his familiarsjcould find no meanes to bee looked for, except it might pleale God, according to the forefaidepofitions,to ftir vp (omezca- lous brethren, by Tome extraordinary calling, to effect theirdefires.This cogitation (as it fcemeth) no foncr grew vpon the^but that by and by they fealt,(as they thought) in themfelues rfoiTiecertaine flenderinftigations5to fuch a heauenly purpofc . Tt appeareth that towards the latter tn^o^'Dtcembfr, j<,(^o,Copnger, K^rthingtm,7X\di lohn Bentk'jy^vim^k^x. KnightUes man,did hold a faft;,at one Tho- mas Lancaflers hoiife,a fcholemaifter in^^^^/^^tf.Itbcgan vponthc^^/^r^^yatnight^and held till Sonday at night. In the time of this faft,vz. thtSaterday ^at mghx.Coppinger (as he faidj found \{\mk\^ very extraordinarily exercifed^c, with a rvonderfullzealejto jet forth Gods glory any waieSjwhich lawfully he might enter into Ml that time alfo, (I mean at that laft faft •• i^rthington had likewije his extraordinary calling . Thus Copinger did write of his matter to Lancafentke let- ter was alfo fubfcribcd vnto, by Arthington, In ^your houfcy inyour pre fence, and partly by your meanes-Jhadmy firjl extra' ordinarie calltngjandofthefamemindeis my brother Arthing. ton^ Copinger the next day after the (aide faft, did ride into Kent\2Xid, vpon his rcturne, (which was with fomefpeed) he fignified vnto his fellow-fafiers, how he had been ex- traordinarily called,both before his going,the faid Satter' day at night; & alfo in his iourney, fince he departed from them : vz. how God had reuealed'^ vnto him,fuch a fecret myftery,as was wonderful. 5)/ //'trvv^;' (faith hc)4i I rid, I fanfi€dtomyfelfe,thattherervaslea'riegiuenmeej tofpeake to Cod The ^.Bcoki, Ertglifh ScottidngyfwDifei flint bj force, 1^5 God^ in a morefamilidr md^ffcr, then At 4^ time hefere ; alfo I ferftvadedmj fdfyhat his/pirite didgiw fnenuwyjirMnge di- reSiionsyXvlurein the Lord xvouldvfe metodoejtrMtae to //// mefl glorious Maiejite^andto his Church , Concemiiig the fub- Ttanceofhisfaidrcuclation, hec alfo toldc, Ar^hington^ Lancafier thusmuch :\z.that heknewa tvay^ how tobrmg the ^«I"ng«>ni Queens to repentance ^ and to caufe all her Coun fell and Noble s^ to do the likcyout 0/ kinJ,or els detecl them^to bee tray tors that re/ajed. After the relation oftl cic things,within a day or two^ Cop.to t,c. this Copingerand Arthtngtorif held another faft by them- {Q\\lzs.Whircu^on[li\l\\Ccpingtr) I was agamefiirred vp^to fuch bufinefj'e offuch importance ^as in the eyes offiejl) and bloudy wasUkdteto bringmttch'^angerto my felfe,andvnlikelyto bring dnygoodfuccejje to the Church of God, •Ofthcfchis inftigations, or reuclations, hee writ/* fame preachers in\ the Realwe .- andtofome without .-as name- Cop to T. c. lie a letter the laft day of December, 15 90. to one (7/^y^»,akindcorpreachcr in Scotland. Wherein hec Copping t« greatly complayneth of the prcfentftateo/our Church.- ^'''''°"- anddefireth ofhim,tobeeinftrudcd from the brethren there, in diuerslpoints, concerning an extraordinarie calling. TheeJlateofourChurch((mhhce)growethworJe and worfe : our zealous Mtnijlerie and Magi fir acte are day lye dijgracedand d/fpliced .the meanes of helpe is taken away ^ ex- cept, that God woulde eyther mouesfjer Maiejlte inwardly, jhee being bereauedof ihofeholy hclpes, which Gods [eruantes tnioy inthepublike'exerciie of religion', or elfejlirre ip, fame jaith- y«//ZorobabcIbriVchemiah, to let her fee how the Lor des houft lyeth wafle , ' and how vfurpers of K^ntichrifltm tiraru njy^oekeepe Chrijl lefusfrom gouemingin his kwgclome.Awd then hee addeth . Mj (elfe am acquainted wtthfo^e, who, to dofermce herein^ "would aducnture the loffe of their hues.fe that *^ 'they r^ Kft^tijh S($tUz4*tgt for Difiipltm hj force, The4,V>ootu they might haue warrant from the xvcr defer their fo Mi*tg, and haueapfrshattoff by the Church, yind id this end they fancy t» themfe/nes tohauereceiued an extract dmary callwg^voherem theyfeareto heabufedhySathan.Then followeth hi^petitio. And therefore I^hogh rnoft vnn>orthy,haue aduenturedto write vntoyoHyto befeechyou in the bo-welsofChrill lefus^tff haue con^ ferencervtthfi4ch,as4re mojl able to adufe you on our behalft, and to returne anjrvtre^how a ma» may exdwtne hitnfelfe tn this matter J and what be the extraordmarie (hinges ^rvhich mu(t bee in him ,that isfo called\rvhat courfe he is to take^ to h lue his eX" tr^ordmarie calling knorvne : firjl tohimfelfe^andthen to the church. -^ - After hce had fent away this letter into Scotland hce began to draw his doubts into (omc Methodc /and did propound them all in eight queftions. The chiefc 'fummc whereof, is this, whether in thefe dayes^ and m this countrey , where there is but preach. ngheere and there, where the Dtfcipltne is not ejiabljfbed, but oppugned^ by the publike C^agiJirateSy whether there bee place for any extraor- dinarie callings immediately from God^ of workers and help' ersto his church ^c, Thefe queftions thus contriued hce fent them to his olde acquaintance Wiggmton: who iuftly according to C^j/'w^^rj humor, aunfwered them all aftirmatiuelyras his aunfwersarc to be (hewed, vnder his ownc handjandasCc^pz/jf^^/* did alfu write vnto maifter Cartwright'^ thcefFc^ of which Letter will follow in courfe. Vpon C#^/wf^r/ receitcof this aiinfwere, that there wa*" high time, for fuch extraordinary callings;/'r^»//)' af- ter ytherwa4 an ether fafi procured bi Copinger^iorst better co- €op.tor. c. formation of fuch his manner of calling,and to fee,if any mo might be drawn thereby i nto the lame conceipt.T/rAf faJlwainel^vpponthcWcdnefday^ ift4 Marchauntes houfe ^ xphete The ^Booke,rnglt(hScctliz4ng, fordifciflint i>y force. 14J whercWiggimort then Uj .indWigginton bmfclfeivith three Cof.exua, ^fmer others wAspre(e/tt at it.Bm before this faft was held, "»•»"»»«• meafies xwtsvfed laith Copinger) to hauefopte notice gtuen tc fomeofthe Vrejchtrs mVnjon^ofthedayofthtr humiUdttcn, Andof their defire to hauethcrr; commtndinto CoamthetrprM- ^^^ ^^^^ ersththol-i phrfcfes^-whtchdnjjearwgCodyihotddm time At- tempt to take w hand, hyfethfig theglorieofCodyAttdihegood oft he church. The cfll'cdt of their prayers in this faft, was this, vz. copin uam, .Theyhumbljhefecch Almighty Cody that if hee bad appointed is.lulic. to vfeany of them, to doe any/pectal/erutce to him and htsiand that to that end x^ouldextr.-.ordtnardy calithevt^thathe would Cop» T,C» feale vp his or their fo calling byfotnefpecia Imanner.And by his holjfpiniCy aridgiuefuch extraordtnarte graces and giftes^as ypere ftte for fo rvaightie an aBton. How the reft of this company fpcd hereby J findc it not; but O/Jz/i^gfrfasheefaythj rvas called againethe fm^e Copia.ext*. mghtinadreame. The manner whereof, hcthus defcfi- bcth. About the midde part of the ntght^ I thought my {elfe in ^^ ^^ ^ ^ mjpepe^to be carried into Heauen» and there hang wonder fullie °P* ** apnfpjed with the LMateHteofGod, and hrightnesofhisgle- rie^I maJe a Urode andmofljlrong noice e^c.ftnce xxhich time^ I ftndeuety day moi e ^ more coprfort: andfuppofd there is fom" wh.itmme^cjo vi>orke(ht meancth fomc ftrangc rcforma- iion.) As before it hath bene partly touched, C^^/>^^ did not only crauc the aduife of fome minifter s in thele his great a<5tions,C as oft he rearmed them): but alfo of fuch of the Laity, as he thought were m oft fitte to ioine with him ,or to aduife him: and I doubt not ,but that he dealt as plain^ ly with thcm^as he had done before with Dauifon a Scottc and others.This doth appeare in (ome fort, by a Letter written vnio Copingerhs PtterWen.worfh^ the fiue and Vi twen- J4S Buglijh Scottiz'mg.for Difei^lins hy fine. The 4. Booke^ I. tw'cntithoflanuaric T59c. inanrwercofone fentvnto f w to Co ^- ^ 'i^cfore, from Cepnger . It ieemcth that Copinger ha- I j.ian! I f 90. "^"§ defircd maiftcr Wemworth to come vnto him to Lon- ^hereby J might endanger my (elf e^ both for my liberty ^ ejlate, and credit ^ ana alfo bee aft hinder ance to the great caufe^whichl would feeme to be moji de- firous to further . But vat hall he concludea^thai he would bee loath y to quench tkefpiriteofGod in mee^orto hinder m-j z^ale. In anothei- letter alfo^to the (aid Lancaflerftom Copinger: concerning other his proceedings with Egerton^hc faith: /> cannot bee dented ^but that the caufe is good, which J defire to he an a^or tn:but tt tsfaide by jOme, that it is impoffible that I Jbould be fit to meddle therein, Hcalfbdcfireth Lancafler,to deal with Egerton, ihat he might hauc a^ght of althe let- ters^rvhich he(thcia.idCopinger) hadwrittenvntohim about the fe matters. About this time it alfo appear eth, that Copinger fell irw to fome dealings with Olt, Cjr/w:'r/^/>/, concerning the premircs.-and that he had fent vnto hiiii,thequeftions be- fore mentioned, fortoknowhisrefolution, whether it would be agreeable to Wtgintons . He writ a letter vnto him, dated the -^. of February 15 90. beginning thus. ZightreuerendSir^'^^our mofl wife and chripan councell^toge- ther with ojfer to take knowledge by writing (rome,offuch rnat^ ters,as might induce me tofuppofemyfelfe^to haue receiuedfome hope of fpeciallfauor from godito fome fpecialvfe idoth mouemt more and more to admire his mercies towardes mee ^c. In this letter^hefignifiethto 3/,C4r/tt?r/g/;/(asbcforeI hauc no- ted,) the number of their faftcsjhis feuerall callings, his writinge to fome preachers within the Realmc, and to fome without.-and his confirmation by WigintonsiiiA. an- fwercs,andmakcththcfe petitions vnto him; vz. that the (hurch (I mejneyCjihh hcyourfelfecr ff*eh asyoufljal namevn* to me: )wouldlook n^rowly into him for the trtdofhis extraor* dtnary calling,lf{{m\\ he)/ bethought to beany wayts miff-led^ t40 Engttjh Scottidngjhrdtfi feline by farce. The, 4. Bo^ke. Jfrauejharpe cenfuring^ Ij I he guided by Codsfpirit to any good endy{a$ heareajterjhallbe adiudged, } Ijlal be ready to acquaint youandthcmjWithgemrAltttcSiindpariieuUritieSjfofar'foorth as you and they be dtfiroHs te looke into them. And his iecond peation y^zSiVZ.to haue {him \\cQ)ycur further an(w/>/^f;'wasinexpe(5^ationofthc faid confe- rencc; how it fel out I know not, but(as it feemeth)coun- ccl was takcn,& the matter oucr-ruled,'that the miniftcrs appointedjfliould vtterly rcfufc to hauc any conference with The^l^cokeEngtilhScottiz.ing^fir'Difcipline hj fcrce, j^t with him. Whcrupon CMXarivoright^ TrducrSt Charke^ and£^<'r/^;j,renthimw()rdcby M. Hockenhull^ thdtthrf would Uauehtmto himftlfc : or tAthtr to Sathan: and that thcf thought himvnworthjy to bte conferrtd wit halt. And this roppingn.M appcareth by Cop^mgers letter to Chayke,Trauers & Egerton ^^^' ^^' '^'*' beginning thus.- Rtght reuere/fd fat her s(jrc. About the ddi- gc"oo.** ^ ucry of this mcfiagCyCopmgtr did after/in (bme fort) cha- kngc MJfocke»hull: and told him aKo, that feeing he had copwHoc* beenerefufedto bee conferred rvith-allj bythofegoilj, mfe^ and kcnh.u.Fcbt z,ealous preachers ywho hadde promised to hatte had conference * > '*• mth him^c. occafiontherby was o^ered vnto him^ toapproHC himfelfe. About this time or a little before, Coppinger receiucda Icttcrinanfwcreofhis, from Gfbjln(the Scoitifh Mini- ftcr aboue mcnnoned .• ) dated from Pentcntland m Scotland the fixt of Fcbruaric 1590. concernirgthc pointcs of O^^/wgrr/faide letter vnto him . Wherein hccwriteth very cunningly, touching Coppingers quc' ftion, andfliiftcthitoucr (like hiscraftcs-mai(fer j with an indirc(f^ and vncertaine aunfwere. But in thefc pointcs hee isvcryplaine; vz. that hec hadJhimdCop- pmgns letter to fundrie : that hee had conferred of it with the befl of their CMmijlcrit \ that their Church wjs not fir- get fid to do al good offices for the rveale of the brethren /jere:that therewasawritingreadytff fend to Germany to Junius, fh^S he would trauailc with [owe of the good (^ ^(i affe^ed profefj'ors there: that { of his knowledge) trauatle waifeiplme^ ly force, The^Booh* arcliketo comainc many flaunder sand vntruthes. But to goc forward. 'J 1^: — , -.-^ . : , Chap. VII. HorvCofpinger and Arthington came acquainted with Hacket: oftheir conference with lo. Throg^ Coppingers letter t9lo, Throg, and his anfwere. Hortly after this time,vz.the 3. of March / 5 5> o . Willi jm Hacket j an olde com- panion oiWfgintds did write vnto him, and doth comfort him then in prifon, with the exaples o^Gidecns empty pitch' rfr/,of the dehuerance ^;' Mofes through theredfea, and oiHaman that xoas hanged vpon the fame gib^ bcty he had prepared for an other, Wctvkih. alio thele words. Mafler Wigginton : I defireto co7nmumcate my fpiriteat large with you: but I know not your keeper (^c. Good M. Wigginton, make my found heart ^knowen to M, Cartwright, ilf.Snape, ■ii/.Vdali,3/.LQrd. Inthe£4/?^^terme,this//4f^(f/camcvpto London, of likelyhood to communicate his fpirite with Ifigginton, & to grow into acquaintnancc with the parties named ; but his pretence was, Z'^^^/)'/^ y^^ whit would become of Toby Throgmcrton, andpartlieto reckon with Wigginton, about the making of malt betweene them together. He had not bccne long in Lor/don, buthcc came to Wtgginton^who famongft other dircourrcs)tolde Hacketth^t there was a Gentlman {meaning CM, Ceppinger) in the Cittie,a very good man (^c, Hedcfcribeth him vnto Hacket ^and the matter alfo bee was entring into : fignifiyng further , how Coppinger had beene wonderfully difcoHraged(\n]\iS^ux^oks) by the Preachers in lando» ex The ^.d9oke.\ Englifh Scdttizwg^orTiifctpliMhy firce.i$f Lo»do»ibutthathcc(fov his pan)haiimtjO£ioKe. c^c. Hce alfo commended Arthington to Hacket, to b:: an lioneft Arthing, man. Then M iggwtorijcm/or Capm^er^ and bj Gods pro 19. Julie uidc/ice hscame foorthwithvnto htm :andOVf,WiggimcnniU ^^^'* UdCopingcrandHacket^ to tjh acquaintance one of the other: afftiring Coppwger, that he knew Hacket to be a rrnn trueltefeA- rtngGod^andjHchdj^e.fon^its God mtghtmimjlerjome comfort ^rtMngt ex to Copmgerby his conjtrencenhat Hacket k^d becne tor^r.entedy ^o,of lui^ and that for the ^credite of Hacketsfuff rings, a hundreth CffulJ '^'i- tifjtnes. About this timcallo, ^.rthmgton by Wtggintom and con{'crence(as it niouldfeen)c)withthc(cthree compani- ons, Coppsngery Arth/ngtonjUnd fiacket. And this is gathe- red by Coifinf^ers letter to lob Throgworton,2if:(!T: his depar- ture from Ljndsn,ihAt tcarme •• and by the an Iwcre, retur- ned trom him vnder his owne hand, and fealcd with his fealcofarmes. Both the letters arc fit to be confidered. Thus Ctf/>/'//?^^^' writ vnto him, asitappearethvnder his owne ha id. (JMyownedearebrother:my felfeaad my two brethren i(vho lately were together with you tn Knight -rider (ireet,do 7nuch de^ j^^^ ^j^^^ ^^f fire conference with yoUywhich ml/aske for/te time. The bufi- by Coppm nests the Lords ow^jand he doth dealetn it himfe/fe,ina/f range ^^cnt!^^°'°*' and extraordtnarte manner^in poore and ftmple creatures Much is done fmceyoufee vSywhich yon wilreioyce to heare of , when we fhalmeetc: and therefore I be feech you ^as joone as you receiue this letter Jjaflen an anfwere in writing, to my fyfier Randolphes houfey atS, Peters htllfoote, by Poulss wharfe.Therin aduerttfe (/ befeechyou) when I may come to fpeake with you : for delay es Are daungerousjandfome of the great enemies begin to bcfoptir" "^ X futd 1^4 £rtglifk Scottt^ngyfor Difciplinc hy force. The 3 ,B$ohe, fuedbj Gcd,as they are 4t their wits end. The Lordt make vs thartkefullfor ity who keefe vs euer to himfelfe, to do his mil and not 9Mrf, Tour very louing brother in the L,fftoft afuredtocomn.'ai7d. This coppic remaineth thus cndorfed. Thecflppie of 4 letter to lM. loh'Thregviorton., from E. C, And now fol- loweth Thrcgmortons letter, bccing an anrwerc(^^ / take ti) vnto Coppmgars, My good brother, ^c,(Jrei(rjce that yen wi/Ivouchfafe fa io account ofmee.) Tourgodlu conference at ante time^vohen o- fort unit ie jhaliferue^ I will not refufe . Andalbcjtour bufmes may hinder vs now to meet ^yet there ii no ttme ouerpafl^ but that it may be performed^ when it pleafe God. The next terme^(y$H heare Imufl appear e here againe vppon my band: at -which ttme youjhallfindythat I will be glad of your chrifltan confcrence^or of any other brothers , by whom I may be enlightened . Lord deli- uer mee^ fro^r, thatpnde of hearty to retect or refufe that vphtle J itue. That courfeyoufpeake of^ mtended byyou^l was neuer(yoH know) in particular acquainted with. ^ nd therefore, for mee to likt or diflike a matter, that I had no knorpkdgeof^had beene ( I take it) without ground or warrant. On lie I confeJJCj I heard Come buzzes abroad^ of a file andfmgular courfe/hat eiiht ryou, orfome other had plotted in his head ^ which was greatly feared^ and condemned of the brethren . What that was^a^ 1 kno w vot.^ fo had I fr/jallreafon tofpeake ofttwithpreiudice.Ondie I would wifhyoa,andall that beare good will to the holie caufe^ in this pe- rilous age of ours, to takebath your eyes inyeur handes, {as they fate) and to befure of your ground andwarrant, before you flriue to put in exeeeution , Tor as lltke not ofcoldms of T^ale^vndir tfikurofdifcretiontfoontht other fide, Ithtnkthai thisfentenct 4 the4*^oohe, Eftgli]hScottz4ngT,forDifciplmelrffcrce^ xs $ ofourfiuiour (be ye wife as reipents)iP<« ttct written in vm» mhher^and had great necde to be fradiifed of feme in this age, Afa*j^ified cAuje^{youknorv) would ahayes haue dfanBified courfe , Our rule andfyuare.mufl be the word of truth y which jo long 04 we lay before us, as our leuelyWejhallnot lightly fvoarue much from the murks. T he Lord therefore direct vs^ in thefe feareful and mifcrable dAks,andkt not our infirmities be a barre to his mercies , I knoiv/my {[ood Brother^ ) that thegreatejl workes oft he L or d: Are rvr ought by the weakeji injlrttmeuts jleajl men (hould boajl in the armc cfRefl), And therefore j (were tt not for my finnss anivnxvorthynes^ I could eajilie perjrvademy felfe,in regarde of my weaknes^ that the Lord might effeflfome- thing by me^who amprinj to mine owne w4ntSjandfarreJhort of thofe good gift esyit pleafethyou ( of your hue) to loAde mee with. But this workey that you fpeake of^ (howfoeuer the inflrumcnt bee compdjpdwithweaknesj) mujlfure be wrought by a more fan- 6iified heart yt hen myfelfe canyet without bypocrijie boajl of. And therefore, though in dffe^ion and good will I icyne, yet Ireftgnt the honor of the workeM thofi^that the Lord hath more enabled^ Themaiyoufpeakeof, {if he-be at Oundhell^) drvellethhardby a Sifter of mine f and thereupon ijhallhatte the better occaftonto fee him^when itpleafe God, Forget we not in your holy praters And meditationsyaiodfalute good Giles with many thankes, whofd debtor lam in the Lord^ BUfsing vpon Syon: confuftoH vpon BO' bell'JjaJl this j 8. of the 5 . Monetb. Euer yours in the lord. X2 Chifi JS(f ErtgltJh.Scoftizing.fordifiipliHe by force. The4,Booke, Chap. VIII. Co finger to Hdcket of an appearance tn the StMre-chamber: his letter to Vdall: why Cartwrigkt,(^c: refufedto conferre mth him'.Carttvright re(oluedfome que [It cm ofCoppingersi o{ eight preachers th.it did fafl and pray for Coppingers fuc- cefle. Fter fome few daycs , that Hacket had tailed in Londen^'dx^ faid Eaftcr tei nie, he returned home againe to Oundle: hailing firft promifcd Copprnger, that he would come vp againe vnto him, whenfoeiicrhefentforhim. Nowc Coppinger^by his faid conferences and acquaintance with Hacket^^zs grov\ n (as he faid) very bold Coplngertor 4«if^«^4^/^«j.Biityctfliordyafter,vz/asI thinkcj thefc- Hacker. uenteenth o^May, he Hked fo well of Hackets company, that he feiit for him againe,to come vp vnto him.-faying,// Godsfpirit dtre^iyou to come^come:tfnotfiay .But write -with' all C i n aer to Ip^^^> ^^^ conuey-jour letter y and tnclofe it m a letter to him, who Hacket. i7.of broughtyou and me acqfiainted:(thziV\2i% Wigginton):put not May. IJ91. too your name ^ for difcouiry^^c ^ And in the lamelcttcr,hec fendeth ^^rZ'^this newes . The zealous Preachers {its it is thought)are to be in the Star-chamber to w^r/'^jn^/I thinkejic meaneththelaftdayofEaftcrteaimelaft.) The L. by his holyfpirit be with them^andjlay alleuill that is intended againjl. them, (J]^yfelfe^ if I can get in^ am mouedto he there: and I fearejffentencewithjeueriitep^allbegiueny ijhall be forced tn the name of the great and fearefuU Godcfheauen and earthy to protefl againjl it^ About this time alfo, he writ a verie cou- ragiousI«tcrto^f^(' ^fJgiijh Scottiangjfir I>ifcif>Unehjfiree,xsp behalje, to the other eight p^eatherr. for vpen notice pucnvn^ t9 tkenty by fome ofGeds chtldrenjhatffmewhat wds intended to be don, wherein Gods Glory might appeare^ andretjttefl made "** that the religious dejires,/ind godly purpcfes ofthefaithful^wight he (Irengthned by their holy praters '.they thereupon^ {as it ii credibly figrifiedvnto me ) humbled themfelues tn fafting and prayer / and jnch an extraordinary blejfwg came to me thereup' pony >u it is rjotfite to be repeated. C H A p» IX. of hl4ck;tsfir(l: comming to Wigginton : of his gadding vp and dewne : and oj the defigmment to hauehecne executed in the Star chamber ^ t^^^^^^^s^Dmond Copinger, bauing thus proccc- *Cs1 F^^^N^J^^^^ ^" ^'^^ courfc you haue heard ■^ '^ ■ of : at the length he did fend againc fur Hackct : the (piritc ( as it fee- meth)mouing ffackct : before, to ftay ^^ at home- Marry now, he ftraitghtly ^^P'^®^"*^* -^ ^=-^ .-.^ ^^vrgcth him to beat London, threor foure dates, before the beginningof Trinity Terme : which hee could not be : btttcame vp thefrfl day of the Terme xohich was the fourth of lune / 5 9 i and lodged a ilpngton. The day courfr wr'tca following, he went to the Counter,and there dined with by Copmgtr. Wigginton : and after dinner, he begannc hi:- Pageant,v2. 4,iune, i jsi- tocrie mitagainft certaine of her Maicfticsmoft honora- ble priuy Councell, and to vtteragainftihcmmofl villa- nous rpcchcs. The next day being Sonday,hc wet to haue heard maifter Phillippes preach : but hee preached not that day there .• as the Sexton informed him. Then hee went fSo EttgUfh Scottiz^ingfor Difci^lm by force. The 4. 'Booh, t$ kiue heard Ulfaijier Cooper •• butfieing a Surples lie there, he departed thenccy andivent to Maiftcr Egertons Sermon. At nighXymtknoroing where to lie ^ hce went toWtggwton: vohere hemettervithCoppmger^ andby Wiggint em appointment , het lodged at Maifier Lawfom. The next morning,viz. thefe- ucnth o^IunCy he proceeded with his (landcious outcries againfl: the faid honorable Councellors : and fo conti- nued two dayes after. In theone of which two dayesj^e-^ •was commaundcd, fas is fette downe) to goe out of Patdes by London gate J and fay: by your leauc London: becaufe hee knew f he wasPwrtlie to remone his dvoell'mg. The fame day al- ro5in the forenoon e,he went to the Fleetc, to haue fpoken withMaifterC4r/n7n^)&/: butmifsing ofhispurpole5hee left his mcflage with the porter, v27^4/ m&ijier Cartwright PwuUdealefatth^ulUe in the Lords bufmes (jrc O f h is after- nooncs worke, thus it is alfo in ihe fame place recorded. Hexvas commaundedtofit that a^termone at maifler LawfonS jho^pe: but the purpofe of the L ans{anotherofa Torke' fhirefnan, that heretofore had v(t'd the like in London, as^/^- gintonrecordcth, Aboutthis tymc.vz. in luyje^ (as I geffe,) one Ti'^/? ^^- Boman td tnan.ci fernant, in OundelU did write thus to maiffcr Wig^ IunJt/S9i« ^inton: I de fire you to fend me a Coppie of a writings whtchyou haafrom CMiiflerCartivright^vppoa the Court matters^ vphen Goodman Hacket mts with you the fir (I time. Airojfliortlie after theafore'aid outcries were finiflied, and The^-.Booke. EngUjh Scottizh^.for DifcipUneby force, iSi and many other things thought vppon amongft them » (youmaybefuretoTuchfeditiouspurpofes -.) the end o^ Trimt) Tcarme drew neare : when it was commonly ex- pedcd, that Cartivnghtcind the other minifters in prifon, Ihould haue come totheiranfwere openly in the iy/^rrf- cfumher. Whereupon a Letter was written, by Cfipwger to hismoft dearc friend Thomas Lanca/lery the Schook- maiftcr, from whom he could keepe nothing,that Lanca- fierm pollicy would fuffer to be tould him. Which Letter Lancajier faith ; hedidtcareinpeeccs,butconfeflcth vn- der his had.that in the fiimcthefe words wcrccontaincd.' vz . If cur Preachers in frtfon do appear e to morrQ w in the Star- ch.irnbiry and our freat mm deale with them fo^ as it is thon^n *4-^"nc-iJ9» they will : tf God doe not throw fame fear{u!i tudgement a- rnongejl thetrt^ fo a^fome of the chiefe ojthemgoe not aIiuc out of the place then ncucr gtue credite to nje,tn any thing, whilejl you //«^.But maifter Cartwright and the reft appeared not this day .• and fo the parties thrcatncd, cfcaped this iudge- mcnt. Chap.X. A preparation towardes the intended dijloialtie: two ofCcpingers Letters to Matflcr char ke .-and to another: Cartwright and Wtggintons commendation ofPenriesking tfjen tn London. Ot 15? after this time, fif not before) maifter Wiginton andCoptng€r,\wcvQ wig^.ex. very buly^for the better preparing of the peoples mindes,to the readi- dicr acceptation of their further purpofes, to publidie in print two pamphltttes of Wiggintons * Y pen- 1 62 Engltjh ScottizJngyfor Dtfcipline^ byfcfce.Jhc^.Bccke, penning, ashchimfelfeconfelTcrh. Theonc wasof Prc- deftination,asthough(by the abulccfthatdodrinc) they meant tQ haue had the blame ofall the vvickedand inten- ded mifchiefcs, both of themfelues and of their pai takers, remouedfromthcmfclucsjand laydevppon thelLordes (boulders/as though he fhould hiue raoiied them to fuch lewd attem ptes .T he oth cr was a kind e of ^4//^^^,direded for aduicc, to a yong courtier,wherein they make wayc ^ (as it (cemeth) for their frend Hackety and that with won- derful! quotation of Scriptures. 1 will trouble you oncly with fowre of the vcrfcs. V ^ Chrifiian trite, ilt bough he he it chwne Ma-j teach a King to weare See; tera»dCrovrfie^ And after For Godmllfure confound fuch y as deuift His ordinance or church to ttrannife^ To thefc rimes,both for manner and matter, I may well rcfemblc thore,made(I doubt not )by the fame fpirit. Enift.to M«;, Either from countrej orCourt, Epitome, Martin iMar-PreUtc wtlldoyou hurt. Now that Copinger was a dealer in thefc thingcs, with WiggintonbdoiQ they were printcd,itappcareth by thefc HKLdccU. vvordes oiHackets in hislaft declaration to malfter Toung: Wtggintons boy can declare all his Maiflers writinges : for the boy and Maijler Copingerfate writing halfe a ' night fy this ex- aminates beddcfidejbut what they mittfy he cannot t til: but one rpordhe heard: thzt the Countrcy Clownc,can;tcachthc king to wcare the Crowne. After -V- The4.Bofih» Engltlh ScottizJngyforDifcipUnchjfirecj^^ Afterward cs (as I takeit)\ z.thcp.of/w^, being fry day M,Chdrke preached at the blacke Fryers, at which Scrmo cop.to cUth Co^tnger was prefcnt .-who mifliking (as it fecmcth) (bmc 9, luij .1591. wordcs then vttcred, did write a letter prcfendytoM. C^4r;&^ . -wherein amongft other pointcs,hc(ayih./f(g^/r^- uerendStr crc I do not denie (geod Sir) but 1 haue nett> a long time taken A ftrange and txtraordtnary courfejhutjuch as hath offered occAfhon of fufpttion^ of my not one ly doing hurt to my J€lfe^hut .!l(o to the hcjlfort of wen now in quejlton, and to the caufe ttfe/fe. But by what warrant I haue done thfSjtha t is all. For if the holy Ghofl hath beene my -warranty and carieth met intofucha^ions,as are differ tng from other memc'C, What flefl) and blood dare fpeake againfl tt^c'(^. Forbeare to cenfure me andfueh ther^ aijhoutd deale extraordtnartly with mee^ in the hordes bufines ^committed to our charge^ and iudge ofvSj by the effeBes which folloxv: which if you he are after fee to bee wonder ' derjullgreatjthen let dlordmary men callthemfelues to an exa^ mmatio^(-;c,(Knd a(zer,The wajleofthe Church cannot be de^ niedto he great e,fi tljat there is a place for extraordinary men<, djTC, Againe, my dcfre heretofore hath becne to haue haddi coufffaik anddtreiiion -.but now by comfortable experience ^ I fnde^ that the affion which the Lorde hath drawn me into is his owne:and hewitl dtrei^ ithtm(elfe[by the holy Ghojl c^r, To conclude, / btfeechyou(\2i\\x\ hc)toJhew thts letter to M.Tra- uers andM Fgerton, M»charke^\^oni\\c receipt of this letter, preaching againe the Sonday after,in the &me place^vttered in his fer- .mon,therc worses, which {Copngcr {zx^) wcrement of himjinrcfpcdofhisforefaide letter: there are fome perfons fo deffer ate, that they would willmgly thrujl themfelues vpon the rockes ofthehnd. This alfb appcareth by an otherleiter, cocerningihisfecondfermon^wntten about the 1301/4 Copin.toa of/«//>3toan other preacher in Loncicn^hxxi hee is not na- ^/"^^^ " *Jf Yr mcd/uiy. l^ Efiglfjh Scottizift^Jer Vifciflwe^ hjforce,7he4.'Bocke. medv it had becncto good purpofejif hce had beenc nn- iiicd.r.oiit ioemcth hce. was. as throughly acquainted . •witiiCgginion.p,->as com- parable vnto himyand that C^LLanca^ler was aboue them bothy m the ejlate ofheautnlie glorie^becaufe he had ktpt himfel/e vn~ defied ft om the common corruptions of thefe times ^and ha^ a mofiftmplehartto God. Likewife alfo they faideto Wtggin- ton,\\. the fame time, ihn Reformation and tin Lordes dtfci- pline (Jjould norv forthwith bee e(lahltflKd:and therefore charged Wiggi?iton in the Lordes name to pit all Chrifians in comfort, that they jhould fee a iojfull altera: ion^ in the (fa'eofchttrch gouernment^jlwrtlf, j4rth/ngton,nitcr being examined faid^that Penry had fent him word by a letter out oi' Scotland, that reformati' on mujijhortlie be erected in England: and that he tooke htm {in- fo writing )to bee a true Prophet. It is not alio vnlikely , but that Penry was a Prouoker of thele men to (uch their out- rages.' hoping, that vpon their outcries <&: proclamations the people would hauerifcn. Vox he rvars then in London lo haue played his part if their attempts had found the good leck. roh.a fuccefle,thcy looked for.Marry when he faw Hacket exe- cuted: he prefentlie ('the fame day)po(led backe againc towards ^<^(?//W, Y J Chap. ■ jffSEn^lifli Scettizingj for Difei^line by force. The i-.'bookt , HAP XI. Arthiogtoni prophcfic. Vdall.&c, of the tuyterous ifitmdments yvhkh were torvArdes the Ccurt, JEforcthis their intended infurredion^ it is to be further remembrd vnto you what was difclofed amongft them- felues in their ownedifcourfcs and prophefies/as (ince itappcareth,)co- cerning the meancs, whereby they thought to haucpreuailed, for their difcipIine,&c.bytho{e their mod Icwdc, fcditious, and tray terousattcmpts. Her Maieftics courfe helde,for the maintenance of the prefcnt goucrnement ofthe Church.- was their chiefcgrief/whichcourfe they rearmed the de^ fence ofahhominAtion-.the hemng of the beajis marke,thethruf Jlir?goflejusChrifioutflfhisownrtde^ gomrnment^ and the ^rraigmment of fame, roiththc imfrtfonmmtofCartmight (jr ethers, IhheSidrre chamber day (before mentioned)had held, fbmcof her Maiefties moft honourable piiuy Counfaile, (whom they fuppofed to (land moft in their lig.ht){hould neuer haue departed thence aUue. After t hat plot fayJing they deuiied how by their imprecations andcurfingof themfelucs they might perfwadc the pcople^that ccrtainc of the Lordes of the faide mod honourable Counjaile^ were traytors. Wherein how they prcu ailed I know not : but this I find^that they had not onely determnedto haueremo. uedthem all from her MMefiie:S^ to haue f laced others in their aic^cu"^" '" r<»^w«,(whom they had alreadynamedparticularly,)buc likwife to haucproccedcd againft theirLL%with veryhard eoiTures Jh^ Lord {or den th(irfoffh,(^ith Copingerjfcrirt their The 4. Sooke. ErtgU(h ScottizJf?^^ for difcipline hyfcrce,i6/ their outward ma fiyt hey mujl be punt jhed, though they repent , N ay in their own conccitsithcy had Ukcwife already de- priued fomeofthechiefe of their LDfrom their greatc places of honor: lo as when they tookeocca(ion,tolpeake fcditioufly of themjtheyvfcd their bare names, without any ofthi^honourab.cfitlcSjbclongingvnto them :a>|fuch a man Utclyfuch an officer ^Chancellor or Treafureryf^c. Befidcs (^when the timecf their faid intended infurre- <5tiongrewriigh,jchcyrenrtohauc her Maicftie moucd for the committing of her faidc Councellor^.-leaftinthc vpro:es,whichthcy meanttoHir.theirLL*. might hauc bccnc violently furprifcd &c.thcy hauing peraducnturc fomc purpofc,to bring them aftciwardes to fomecf their ownmorcpiiblik-c coiirtesofiufticc./^<; ookc, ket mednt to murther thofe noble men, that hindered his pirpofe, oneway or other ^<^c, and after ^ d'C, tobauedomthat^which my heart and hand for i remhltng cannot expre(fe. A}?rceal)le hereunto, areHackets wordes, both before he was condemned, end after. 7/^([aithhe) Copingcr,^'^^ Hack. on t .c (^^^j] jp,^ /ate of Oundd\^& Wigginton were ftraitly exami- Hackctrxam= ncd '.the) coulcl vtter and declare matters of treafen. Pind at an incd . ^^luiy ^^j-j^gf time: if thefe/ellowcsf mczning Coptnger and Wiggin- ton ,crc) wxre welfiftedythey could decUr e d the treafons. An d the morning before his death. It wa^ agratious and an hap. vie turne^that theje treafons mre in time reuealedifor othertvije it muld haue cofl a number of innocent men their bloud\hut now (Itrufl in GoJ,}thatthey will rtuealetheir treafons .And thus you fee the end and drift of the forefaid extraordinary cal- lings,forthefcttingvp andcftabUihingofthe pretended holydifcipline. C H A P, X I I. jhatoflongUme^fomefuchattemptesasHacht nude for Dif cipltne: were ofgreate Ifkelyhoodpurpojed, Hackcito M Yongin pre fence of di' ucife . Confplracy forDilciplinc N^j^^i Y purpofe was not, from the beglnninge, ' "''^vl^'l eythertofetdowne, orto profecute, the fullhyftorie of thefe defperate reformers, fvvhichis moft effedualiy performed al-* "^^ ready by another j, otherwife then they doeconcerne fome other perfons, ande- fpccially thofe, not of the meanefl of our Difci^linarian MiniflcrSjBnd are therby verie pertinent (in my opinion) to (hew the point, I haue in hand,of the breihrens imita- tion of the iy^^/z/^/j miniftcis reformation. ForItrnfl(asI (aid,in the entrance to this part,) it wil not now be denied but thai great & many thrcatning fpeachcs arc publifhcd: One rhe 4.. Booke. Engli[h Scottizing^ for difciflint hj force, 16$ Onetellcthvs,^^^^^^*?^/ troubles will come of it, if the hre^ thren may not befufered to do what they \i^:^noihcr, that they ca» no longer endure to bee vjed as they are : another in cf- iQGi:that our Btjlwps jhalbe vfed^as they were in Scotland: and that there 4r^ moe ofthis con^cdcrsicy, then can be fupfreffed: anotherj/Z^J^ it is more then time^for the hottefi brethren tofet vp theDtfciplme themfelucs, without any further Jiaying for Parliaments: zSynode^that the peopkyheing firji mjlruliedy are thento bee thruft into the publtke praBife of the Difcipltne : another man, that feeing the brethren cannot obtain their rvils, byfute nor difpute,the multitude and people muft worke the feat: another, r/;4^ inferior UMagiflrates of their owne authority^ within their limits ,are to m-ike this new reformation : another, thatit is ajhamefor allthe fauorers ofthfsfa^ion^ in that for feare ofdi/lurbing of ourfl.ite,{forfoothjand offending of her Maiejlie^thq had not before this time cafl out our Bifbops:ano- thct^that there are a hundred thoufand of this brotherhoodein England, wh) if they come wit h a petition for the difcipltne to her MaiefiiCy cannot inpollicie be reie^ed^without danger: another that approoued and worthy men of euer'te fhire haue already con- fentedto this T>tfcipline:that the Elder^ip is at hande: that the people are in fimed with z,eale,Sc that it is impoffibletofland Againflit: another,^^4^ there is a deuife amongfl them,ho'wto cbteine their de fires all in one day : another, that Btfhops are to be packing after the Fryers andMonkes : another,r^4/ they mill haue their Difciplineinfpightofall the aduerfaries of it.' another, thjt it is dangerous to thepate, iftheyhaue not their willesj in regard of the difcontentment, which wilenfue thereby, in theheartes of her Maiefliesfuhie^es : another in cfFe(5t, that the Difcipltne is like to come into ourChurch^byfuchameanes, aswill makeailtheBf(ljoppesheartes to ake : and another, that he is ofthis minde^that reformation mlrtot be had without bloud, *Z Now tj9 T.nglijh Scfittidftg, for Dipipline hy force. The 4.'^oo1t € • Now if any man,to extenuate thtfe things, flial fay. let cucry man beare his own burthen,& be charged with his own particular avlions.whatfomein the hcate of their zeale haucpublifhcd it ought tohauea charitable con- ftrudion,&: cannot vvel be further extended,! otouch any othcr:asif al thefadioners had entred into fuchafcditious conrpiracie,as the faid ihrcatning fpcechcs do import, I anfwere, that feme indeede there be, that do caftthere& fuch Uke colours ouer this matter, toblearc mtiis eyes withalL Some commends their zeale, burnottlieir dif- cretion: fome allow their matter, but not their manner.* and fbme will take vpon them toexcufeboth : but as yet I neuer heard any of that crue, but hee would ey ther in one rcfpcd or oi her^find fbme occafion to commend the worft of them, Bcfides where fo many of any one fed do concurre in their writings, about any new point .• ir is common'y ta- ken to be the iudgement of them all. And who knowcth not, that KCartivr/ght ^nd the reft, had not fccredy clap- • pcd fuch fellowes on the backs for their 2eale,and laugh- ed in their flceues to fee them go Co forward^ but had d\(- liked them : his eameft rcproofe ofthe tirft ( being their jlpoftU and wort hy)\fvou\dh:iucprcucntcd all the others that followed, being his DifdpUs. But if it be true, ( that I haue heard reported) that vpon the comming forth of ^4r///;f Epiftle: Matfier Cartmight fhould fay : feeing the Bip^^t woulduke no warning : it is no mttt^r thai they are thus handled :S\xtQ\y thofe words,from him were enough tofetthcfemenagoggc. 5oas, that which is commonly reported ofgreat robberies: may fitly feruc tofatiffiethc bowlftcrers of fuch lewdneflTc. There arc Cfay they) in fuch attcmptes not oncly exe» cutioners>but alfo fettcr5,rccciuers,and fauourcrs :and in matters The 4. Booh. Ertgli^ ScottisJng^ fordifciplm by force, tjt matters of treafon concealers : who arc all of them within chedaungcr &compa(Icof law. How this may be applied, I leauc it, to any reafonablc mans confidcration, tliat fliall be pleafed to weigh the prcmiiles, alwcU concerning thefaidthrcarning fpeaches & great bragges : as aifo the coiirfe which was helde, by the minifteis in prifbn, and thofe of the London-fratermtie, together with (ome others, touching the attcmptes, which Copptngcr and his fcllowes tooke vpon them to elFedl. Cha.X III. dricfecolUnicns : whereby it mayfummarily appedre: thdt cer- taim^itntjltrs in London did knoWy what Coppiffger in- tended. ^ ^ggirtton (as you hauc heard ) vpon Cart- whghtes commitment, &c. writcih^4 bickerings and then a hat tell to be looked for, Coppinger with his com^^xwosfajlethjdr fo drcamcth of a way, howe toworkc wonders. He fendcth into Scotlandcon- eerning an extraordinary callingtjignifyingjhatfome did fancy to themfeluesfiich a manner of callirg.who would hazard their hues it hat Chrift himfelf: ,by theaboltf-jingofthe Antichrijlian /jfrj»;?;, (which he affirmed d id raigne in our Church J might gouerne in htsorvne kingdome, Wiggtnton afterwardc approueththe larv[ulnefJeo[fuch acallingiin thefe dayes, our churches lying wjfi drcC'Jpinger and Wi7ginton with fbme oihcx%y do thereupon fajl againe, to know which of them flwuld befocalled.Thclot (forfoothj falling vpon Coptngtr chiifly he is not (ilent ; but maiftcr Wentwortb (amongft others ) Z 2 muft 17 iP-ngUPiScottidngy for Difciplinebj force, The4, Booh, muftbeof hispriuy Counccl.Hcalfo dilclofcdhimrelfe, ('afteraforOasyouhauc heard, to certaineoftheMinifters in London before mentioned.-and namely /^Af^z/^frC^r/- wright jimp ar ting vnto him hisfeuerall callings to an extraor- dinary courfe for the difci^lme^i^cHisfatdrvritings into Scot' land,and Wiggintons [aid approbation of An extraordinary cal- ling, Hc{tv\lMAifler Cartwright thefamefropofitjons, that Wtgginton had allowed: whereof mai l^er Cartwright^ after- "war des thought, there might bee goodvfe : hee fignified vnto him, thai by his cailingjoe was to take in handfuch bujines, as in the eyes offlefh andbloud^was likely to bring great danger to himfelfe^andvnltkely to bring any good fucceffe to the Church: he told \\im,that if he had not beene difcouraged,he had before that day procured the releafe of fome^ that Jlo ode then indaum ger of their liues^ meaning (as I fuppofc )/^^/>7^.Ti purpofes. Likewifc, though cJl/. T/^r^^w/yr/c^/^jnotwithlladinghiscofercncejCas it fccmeth) with C^ppinger, Arthington and Hacket^ was not acquain- ted (as he faidc,^ with C<>/>/»^tfrf particular platformesiyct inthathcconfefIcth,^*^4^ heard fome (fu^es abroadeofa file The^Bed'i EngltfhScoithtn^.for'Dtfciflme hj force , \'$ J'oU mi fwgular courfe intended^ & doth not only Adu't^e htm to imitate the ffrpe^tes wi/edome, but [siiih alio, thatin aff'f fiion md good mil he ioyned with htm- ; it could not other- wife be, but thjt Cop'^mger was thereby greatly animated. Vs/\\Q(\Copirjger loUt Vdall that certaine vdearneJ rrenjthenljtngehid;tcouldfhortlie take vpon them the defence oft he caufe, which hee and his brethren in frtfon flcodfor^ and tvoulde thereby dmnt u II their ennemtes ;more then thtj coulde^ willinge both him anlthe reHy ther-vpon to^ cheare vp them* JelueSyi for the day of their redemption was at hand : I doC grcatdy maruaile, what Vdall thought to bee Copingert meaning. It might well haueftoode with A/.cW^^/duetyj(recing C(?/>/?/;;^^ri full refolution to enter into Tome defpcrate at- tempt, byvertuc of his cxtraoidinariecalling^jto haue difcloied the fame to the ftatc. When he preached in the Blacke Friers ^10 the broihcihood thcre,about two days af- ter his faidinielhgence of C<7/>/>jgfr/ refolution, and but fiueor fixdaics before their pioclamation that //;/Wmadeanende ofhimby fbmelong& mi- ''^,3. ferableconfumpti'on,both he himfelfe^and many others , accounted fiich his facrilcge^to be both ioftand law full. And euen ib it fallcth out,for the murthcr I fpeake of.Hc that hath eyes to fee let him fee. After the forefaid Cartel was furprifedjand the Cardi- mll^A^ murthcred,Z^d'//y with ^nscom^^nyjKmx and the reft kept the fame Caftel by force againft the Goucrnor* T^^!**^'®/ But at the lart they were compelled to yecld it vp.' and be- Scotland, ing thereupon fent( as piifonners)into Fraunct, they were (by diredions there) committed fomcofthctothe Gal- lics,and (omc to other prifons . Howbeit in the endc they all efcaped with their liues,by one meanes or other, fauing the faide Umes Melum^vfho dyed in prifon^whcre- vpon commeth in this notable ConftfiorUn dcdrine, bor- rowed of the (aid heathenifli conclufions. 7'^/j«7^rvr//^,vz.(howallbutiV/f/«/»e(caped )to let the fojlerities to come vf7der/iand ,( faith Knox and his fcllowes j how potently God wrought ^ in prefer ft ing and ddtuertn^of thefe that had but A final knowledge of his truth ^^ for the loue of the fame hazarded all. T hat if that^eyther we( noix^ inourdaj(s^ ) hauing greater light .fir our poJ}erittes^{that fhall follow vs )fhal fee afearefull difptrfton offttch us o^pone t hem fe lues to impic ty, or take vpon them to punijl) the fame^otherwife then lawcs of men will permit: if (wee fay) we or they fhall fee fach left of men yeaasitweredefpifeda»dpuml])edofGod,yetlet vs notdamnt theperfom thatpunij) vice^ (and that for tujl caufe:)nor yet de- AA2 fP^^^^i ^ jSo Englijh Scotti^ng, for Life if line hy force, Thej^,'Beoke, f^AtrejJut that the fame Ged^ that deie^s {for caufes vnknomn to vs ) willraife vp againe theferfom deieiled to his glorie^and their comfort, Againe ifourfaid fcditiouspcrfonshadprcuailcd with the multitude, (in their other plot) concerning their pur- pofes of remouing fome of her maiefties moft honorable Vriu-j Comcellj from her feruieein that place .* and in ap- pointing others to fucceede them/whom they fancied to be fauourers of their Difcipline) : you fhould haue heard ( I warrant you ) no cries of the brotherhood, nor com- plaints in your ftreets^ofany of thatfadion.It would haue bcenefaide, as C7W«;4« taught at Geneua, that feeing the faide Cotmcellors rvere enemies to Chrijles kingdome, anddtd feduce her Maiejlie mwjthat God had raifed them vp^m Otho- riidor a\or\2^h7iVito ajjtji them^Vfhy fliouldthey not haue ioyncdthemfeluesvniohim.''Oh(wouldfbmchaueraidj the holy difcipline^the holy difctplinf, the holy difcipline: what prince or Potentate may refijl the holy difcipline andprofper^O^ thers . See the hand of the Lorde :when mendofaikwhat God can doe, Ot heis^thegreatef workes^ that euer were done in the behdfe of the Churchy haue beene brought to paffe by the bafefi meines.OtheiSjthis is theworkeofGod^andit ts admirable in fiur eyes,Othcrs,thus lofuah being extraordinarily frengthned by God^thretv thirty kings out of the land of Canaan, Others , fnfficient warning wasgiuen^^ what would they haue had men to haue donei Then (hould you haue had fuch a declarati- on,orproclamation,asyou haue before heard of; penned (no doubt) by fome of the Confijlorian minijlers m Scotlad: \z.of the iujl and neceffary caufes ymouing them and their afsi- Declaration jiaf^fes her MaiefliesfaithfuUfubielfSy torepaire to her Maiejly: m/mionc°d! forreftftmgoftheprefentdaungers,appearingtoGods true reli- gion andprofejfors thereof d'c mdtofeeke redresandreformati- on ofabufes^remouinifrom her Maiefy,the chief e authors ther- The 4,Bo6ke, Bnglijlj Scottizingfor Difcfp/me by force, iSr of ^c. that with common confent^redreffe and remedy might bee prouided.'Or termed. Therepairmg towards Greenvpttch to the ^iMateJiy^^s clfe where fuch attempts haue been colored, r/stlrim^^'*'** Likcwifcjifyetthingcs had not fquarcd to their likings, 1585.^* and that they had gone further with good fucccflfe in any ^♦'^^*n. violentcourfeagainft hcrmaicfty5(asitisconfefTcd they purpofed to haue done,) then alfo the Gemuadiuirtitj muft haue bornethebrunt,for the iuftification of fuch extraor- dinary iudgemcntcs of God. And thus you fhould haue had thcfe matters fmoothed ouer,as partly it may appeare by the afTault mentioned at5'/fr//>;^,whercin the king was prefentin perfon.-and pa rtly by the Confiflorian propofiti- ons/beforefet down) touching thispointjwith manyo- ther things ,both to be noted in the prcmifes, and alfo in thofc bookeSjOUt of the which the faide propodtions] arc drawen, I will not trouble you any further with //}, although I could adde, that if the faid traitors had proceeded on for- ward, with their confefTed purpofes,to haue touched her maifties eftate; there wanteth no lefTc defence , by Difci- plinarian learning, for fuch a matter ,thcn for thepremifes. You may remember the fedidous & intollera ble propo- rtions before mentioned, as they are trucly colIe(5ted out of our own countrcy mens books,infe(fi:ed 2xGemuaW\xh that peftilentdodrine. Many examples alfo would haue beene brought,for that purpofc, out of Buchanant Beza, iT;?^;^ and the reft of that humor .-cfpcciallie the grauere- folutiongiuenby /-' r^ x^mmtr r ( M ^^yuJi '^•'1f*^«€/ r,r' I J^il ^. > <* '