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A71282	Three kingdoms made one by entring Covenant with one God wherein we have these remarkables, worthy all observation : I what it is to Covenant with God, II how hardly his people are drawn into it, III how the Lord has suffered His adversaries from time to time to buffit His people thereinto, IV The height of this covenant above former covenants and reasons why ... / by E.W.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1643 (1643)	Wing W3507; ESTC R21107	47,316	48

vvhich Mr Channell hath cleared to all the vvorld that This and That Persons and things vvere brought in by the meer pleasure of man against the Law vvhereon I could delate very largely too for he is deceived indeed and vvillingly so That vvill not be undeceived now ergo say I These may be cast-out by Law But I vvill not trust my Law I will grant though my indulgency that vvay vvill do the Bishops no good That the Law has appointed Bishops Lords over Dioces has setled them in the Church placed them amidst the House of Peers made them Spirituall too I cannot tell vvhat the Law of the Lord may do but sure I am The Law of the Land never did that But grant all this give them their challenge all the Rope they do deserve all the Law they do desire grant them their sayings That the Law of the Land has made them Arch Bishops and Bishops Lords and Spirituall all this truly I can scarce suffer such a thing to drop from my Pen the Rope vvas more in my thought and that is Law too But be it so for this time yet notwithstanding this large grant If Arch-Bishops and Bishops are all for mounting-up of Altars Edification of Images for maintaining Superstitions Heresies Blaspemies horrible Prophanations even of the Lords Day Then may vve finde out a Law or make a Law and swear unto it vvhen vve have done To thrust-out such abominable Parsons or give them the Rope vvithin so Trussing them up by the Necks A. Stay a little dare you avouch all this B. Yes and swear it too and more I vvill make a challenge If I do not give better Reason and Law both vvhy the Arch-Bishops and Bishops I mean a Bishop rick in the Bishops latitude should have a Rope from Earth than they can give vvhy they should have a Bishoprick from Heaven I mean If I cannot make better proof That they should have a Rope Lege Humana than they can make Proof of Tenure or holding their Bishopricks Iurc Divino Then I vvill hang for them at Tyburn or burne for them in Smithfield A. Durst you or vviser and better than you say as much as this five years ago B. No indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quidem deep silence then for it vvas the Power of Darknesse and the Bishops vvere in their Zenith the verticle point and height of their Reigne I vvill speak a little for my betters It was an Evill time the Prudent man held his peace and so he shewed his own vvisedome by his silence and doing nothing for Beholding The Lords Day Prophaned The Lord of the Day Blasphemed The Honours and Service of the Day defiled all this while he vvisely held his Peace He observed more even grievous Wolves hasting to Christs fold thence removing the Shepheards and there scattering the sheep All this while if they would let him alone he would let them alone such was his wisdom But it was his own he never learnt it of his God He bids this man who ever he is But this man was not alone a thousand with him were as silent as he was but if alone yet God bids him In my Cause and against my Enemies be as bold as a Lyon Then certainly He that so commands would as He did command the Lions mouth he shall not devour this man who is as bold as a Lion for Gods sake Truly we must not flatter our Wisers and our betters It was their fault and they are excedingly humbled for it they were too fearfull too loath to speak too forward to flatter So the Shepheards and their flocks were scattered as we heard indeed the servants of the Lord considering the terrours of the Lord the place appointed for the fearfull are very much humbled for their silence and Complyance and if they be carried down with the stream of mighty waters they can accept of their punishment whereof Augustine discourses very well and usefully in his first Book of the City of God Cap. 9. Now we return to our Law Book which tels us That our Bishops were not made Archbishops nor Lords neither by our law-Law-Book Though an Arch-Bishop said once in the face of a great Assembly That the Holy Ghost made him Bishop Well said for a Bishop but when he had said he had done and no man was so fool-hardy as to reply for it was in the High Commission Court and he was next to the highest there and by the Laws and Constitutions there he was made constituted and established a Bishop and maintained his standing there by the same Statute Law we know no other But grant them all the Law in the world for their being Bishops Archbishops we will not mention yet they are not more Bishops nor by a better Law Than Maacha was Queen yet when she had hoysed-up a filthy thing I know not what to call it but an Idol it was and lifted her eyes and heart unto it then was she by the Covenant and Oath the King and Peoyle had taken Put down from being Queen So it followes here and by as good Law and so I leave it and will hear now what the Man has to say why their Curats may not be extirpated or Rooted out also Truly me thinks they stand together very I mean all the Idol Shepherds in the Land handsomely in their Service-book Bishops and Curats and let them be thrown-out in Gods Name with their Service-Book too So it will be why should they not be together still Bishops and Curats for such Bishops and such Curats and such a Service-Book And out they shall be cast for certainly so contrary the Church has Prayed this long time and now the Church shall reap the fruits of her Prayers and long expectations by help of God and His Law Book the Church will cast out arch-Arch-Bishops Bishops and Curats A. Not Curates sure they are good men standing up for the King and for Religion B. So say the Bishops too explain the termes and you have your Answer For the King What 's that Against God the High God Lord of Lords against His Christ Prince of the Kings of the Earth against Truth and Peace against every thing That has a tendency that way to the good and happynesse of the King and Kingdom For Religion now what is the meaning of that The Curate shall tell you For Religion i. e. for formes of Religion a Liturgy a Service Book for all their Religion is there We have lifted up our hands to the High God That we will throw out all these who are so contrary even as is light and darknesse to That which we have joyned hands and heart to maintain with our Estates and Lives that is Religion and cursed be all those who obstinately stand Neuters in this great Cause so neerly concerning God His King and Kingdoms A. Why are those that stand Neuters cursed men They are innocent They will anger no Party They are for the King for

all The first Supposition for qui supponit non ponit Though I do think what I think and know what I know yet I say only suppose That the King do's persecute the Children of God This supposition granted this will be the Position That all his devotions to God all his protestations to man are null and of none effect as his Proclamations and Commissions have been for he cannot worship before God and persecute His Children 2. Suppose That the King has made a peace the Irish the most kankerd Adversaries That the Church has or ever had in the world do but suppose it so grant that Supposition Then this is the Position I tremble to put it down but it is Truth Then the King what ever shewes are to the contrary hateth God and good men That he do's God Angels and Men are witnesse hereunto That being supposed this must be granted in despight of the Devils in Hell and his servants on Earth That the King doing so and so heartily for the Irish he hates all true English and Scottish all the faithfull in the world He hates them all as heartily as he loves the Irish I must adde he hates God too Take both the Suppositions together now and then the necessity followeth which hath all Law with it and that I will call the use or inference from the premisses If the King persecute the ●…nred of God then he cannot honour God If his heart be towards the Irish those murtherers for good as they call it then his eye is upon David and his helpers all the faithfull in the world for Evill to do them all the mischiefe they can Then I hope all the faithfull in the world will make this use of it and a vertue of necessity To Associate themselves To enter Covenant To knit themselves together all as one man against the haters of the Lord for they see the necessity of so doing and they have the use but all must be done orderly according to Law and equity for our necessity is not like the necessity of the Irish and English Monsters which has neither Law nor Reason ours has both and equity too this fellowes from clear demonstration II. II. A reasonable and most equitable thing it is That we should swear to maintain Religion for the Adversary swears to destroy Religion and if he destroyes that he destroyes all All that the excellent of the world account excellent We swear to maintain Religion then we swear to maintain all for Religion is the Gospel Christ and all It is the very Pillar of this great Fabrick It is like a Ship in a storme indeed but save that and save all A. No man will gainsay you in this Maintain Religion in Gods Name And defend the Church with all your Power in the same Name It is but just and equitable so to do But I pray you where is your Law This Law bids you maintain Arch-bishops and Bishops their Curats too and their service-Service-Book also our Church-men all and our Church Officers all and our Church Services all Organs and the like What! Cast-out these O! I tremble when I think of our holy Service and holy Servants and of your oath which runs thus we swear to root all these arch-Arch-Bishops and Bishops and all c. for there is as was in their oath an c. and so your Oath runs through all B Yes indeed does it and we will run after as fast as we can we will do as we have sworn But first know you what you said It is a wonder indeed that you are so mistaken Church-men said you They are no Church men nor Commonwealths men neither not the later for they so sought their own private wealth that they left the poor subject nothing he could call his own but his misery And such Church-men they are too such Archbishops and Bishops as * Titularis non Tutilaris Rex defuit non praefuit Reipublicae Chilperick was a king of France They were as a golden Head set over the Church but they did not the Office of an Head of a Foot rather for they did to their Power stamp the Church and Common wealth both to Powder We have sworn as they did To Root themselves in so vve To eradicate and Root them out and mark now vvhose Oath shall stand I le say nothing here touching their Messes of Service first Messe and after Messe the Masse indeed I have much to say of it and if it come forth I le curtle it that the Reader may have it for his price three farthings yet that he may rise one farthing higher if need be I vvill assure him this If I do not prove by Argument That the Liturgie or Forme of Worship the peoples Idol now and the Bishops god is as uselesse to say no more as is unsavory salt then I will give the Reader my Tongue and leave to throw it-out after the Liturgy and Salt to the Dung-hill This in passage A. Ay but you ought to sweare in judgement and to do justice then you must not swear to Cast-out Arch-Bishops and Bishops nor their Curates for the Law of man has setled the one in their Throne in the house of Lords too and over their Diocesse and their Curates in their severall places setled men too you cannot swear them out neither by Law B. No why then wee 'll let them alone a little as their fellows have done they vvill throw themselves out anon But I thought verily the man vvould have said That Gods Law set and established Bishops there truely I thought the man vvould have pleaded for their standing Iure Divino by a Right from Heaven as the Bishop did penning his owne Charter but the man is vviser now and the Bishops too The onely refuge now is To the Laws of man vvell To the Law of man let them go but that vvill deceive them too I vvill leave the Reader to Mr. Channell I name him for honour sake because indeed he may Glory in his vvork and Boast in the Lord for he has undeceived all the Christian vvorld touching that Point the vvorld thought and such a fool vvas I amongst the rest I almost thought so too hearing such braggs and boastings as if the Bishops had all from Heaven Their White Sleeves too the garment of the Saints so the vvorld thought That Bishops vvere by Divine Right yes and their Curates and their S●…vice-Book commonly called the Liturgy all this vvas established by Law too and to question that Right was as dangerous in those times as to take a Lyon by the Beard But now we are clear in this point thank our learned men Lawyers and Divines They say These have no Law for their standing nor Reason neither not a vvord not a syllable of either have Bishops for their standing say our learned men and Mr. Channell last of all And truely I beleeve them as verily as I do the Gospell so clear I am at that point