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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51029	Mr. Sadler, sadled in the vindication of Mr. R. Cranmer of London merchant: and confutation, of the abominable untruths, and falshoods of Anthony Sadler of Mitcham, Clark; contained in a letter and petition directed to the Right Reverend Father in God George, Lord Bishop of Winchester; and afterwards published to the world in print. By a true lover of truth and justice.	True Lover of Truth and Justice.	1665 (1665)	Wing M2274BA; ESTC R217849	7,665	19

Mr. Sadler SADLED IN The Vindication of Mr. R. Cranmer Of London Merchant AND CONFUTATION Of the Abominable Vntruths and Falshoods of ANTHONY SADLER of Mitcham Clark Contained in a Letter and Petition Directed to the Right Reverend Father in God George Lord Bishop of Winchester and afterwards Publshed to the world in Print By a True Lover of Truth and Justice Quos vult perdere Jupiter prius dementat London Printed in the Year 1665. Mr. SADLER Sadled In the Vindication of Mr. Robert Cranmer of London Merch t. c. FOr our more Orderly Proceeding in this business we will take these Steps 1. You shall know how Anthony Sadler came to be Vicar of Mitcham and when 2. You shall know Mr. Cranmers Carriage and Conversation towards him 3. You shall understand Anthony Sadlers Demeanor towards Mr. Cranmer and divers others of the best of his Parishoners 4. And lastly You shall understand the Necessity and Justice of Mr. Cranmers Proceedings against Anthony Sadler for his removal for the Future Settlement of the Peace and Quiet of that Town and Parish of Mitcham For the First You must know that about the Year of our Lord 1660. This Anthony Sadler being very Poor but well stockt with Wife and Children went up and down a Birding for a Spiritual Benefice or Living Some that knew Anthony Sadler requested Mr. Cranmer the rightfull Patron of that Vicarage to let him Preach at Mitcham in order to his settlement in that Place in case his Preaching was approved of Anthony Sadler did accordingly Preach there an Approbation Sermon which well pleased Mr. Cranmer and the Rest of the Parish but it being told him that it was but a small subsistance worth not above 40l. per annum the Vicarage house much out of Repairs and that it had not been Inhabited by divers of his Predecessors before him for many years Anthony Sadler replyed He would willingly accept it withall Faults and blesse God and his Patron for it Whereupon the Patron Mr. Cranmer did freely Present him to the then Lord Bishop of Winton Bishop of the Diocess And Anthony Sadler was Instituted and Inducted accordingly And thus began the name and Relation between them of Patron and Vicar 2. For the Patrons carriage towards him and his after this the Patron thought he had not done enough by this publick provision of maintenance for him and his but Invited him daily to his own house and Table where Anthony Sadler was as it were Commoner and had the freedome to come when he pleased Provided him Wood Coale and other necessaries for him at his own Charge Sends him Cordials and other Physick in times of sickness Commends him and his to the Love and Respects of his Neighbours At their weekly Neighbourly meetings the Vicar was a constant invited Guest among them where he had many times Meat Drink and Money and as a farther Testimony of the Patrons and Parishoners care of him they had consulted to Rebuild the Vicarage house at their own cost and charges for that purpose the one subscribes a Contribution of Bricks another of Timber a third of Money and were putting the same in Execution but then comes next to be considered the said Anthony Sadler his Carriage towards the Patron and Parishoners which diverted these good intentions and so leads you to the third Step. 3. As soon as Anthony Sadler had heard that there was Forty Pounds or some such like Sum of Moneys subscribed towards the Repairing and Rebuilding of the Vicarage house He goes to some Evil Counsel as Anthony Sadler himself hath since Confest who advise him To furnish his House with the Money and to Commence a Suite in the Prerogative Court against his Patron Mr. Cranmer for Dilapidations This advice pleasing his Hot and Heady Temper and Disposition he presently puts in Execution Cites his Patron into the Court of Arches and there Libels against him for Dilapidations contrary to all presidents of former times that a Vicar should Sue his Patron for Dilapidations who had so freely presented him to the Vicarage and did confidently perswade himself of Victory in this cause When this was noys'd abroad the Chief of the Parish advised the said Anthony Sadler to desist from this unjust Prosecution of his Patron who had deserved much better at his hands but as a man Obdurated and Hardned he stops his ear to their Advice Breaks all Correspondency with his Patron Reviles him and Vigourously Prosecutes his Suite in the Arches against him Which the chief of the Parish observing they e-strange themselves from the said Anthony Sadler and do adhear to Mr. Cranmer who by the general Voage was the Suffering Party and had received the Wrong Anthony Sadler hereupon is no more an Invited Guest to their Tables And they have no more to do with him then to hear him in the Pulpit Where Anthony Sadler Acts his Part most Rarely as you will perceive by the ensuing Discourse Preaching up himself in these Words I was and am for the Liturgie of the Church of England You were and are for the Covenant I was and am for the Government of the Church of England Your were and are for Presbytery and so runs on in a very unprofitable discourse Extolling himself and Reproaching his Parishoners But you shall see by his Practise what a Dutiful Son of the Church he is It was observed by some Persons who had been at Mitcham but three Sundays that two of those days Anthony Sadler Read Prayers without a Surplice and frequently Baptizeth Children without it and Preacht in his Cloak both forenoon and after-noon oftentimes neglects the Duty of his Place four or five Sundays together Some Sundays when the Bells have Assembled the People his Maid is sent to the Clark to Dismiss them either because it is Cold Weather and the Vicar loves his Bed well or else he is stragling Abroad where he is not to be found Upon the last Anniversary day the Thirtieth of January Appointed by Act of Parliament for our Solemn Humiliation for the Murther of our late KING of Blessed Memory there is by the Church set Prayers appointed for that Occasion yet there was neither Praying nor Preaching that day at Mitcham by this Dutiful Son of the Church Anthony Sadler When Anthony Sadler is in the Church he more observes the Behaviour and cariage of his Parishoners then his Text and squares his Matter more to his own Jangling humour then to the Edification and Profit of his People And yet they must come to Hear him too else to the Bishops Court he goes Presents them and troubles them with Citations Witness Mr. Cranmer his Patron whom he Prosecuted to an Excommunication for not coming to Mitcham Church when the Gentleman is usually at his house in LONDON upon those days if any chance but once to sit with his Hatt on though he be at that time indisposed in Health yet he shall taste of the same sauce Witness Sr. William Green of