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A37635	A just apologie for the church of Duckenfield in Cheshire against certain slanderous reports received by Mr. Edwards his overmuch credulite of what may tend to the reproach of those that differ from himselfe in judgement (though but concerning matters meerly of externall order, and things of inferior ally to the substantiall doctrines of faith, and manners) rashly and without further examination of the truth of them, (together with an overplus of his own censures, and uncharitable animadversions) divulged by himselfe in a !--- book of his, intituled, The third part of Gangræna / by Samuel Eaton, teacher & Timothy Taylor, pastour of the Church of God at Duckerfeild ; whereunto also is annexed a letter of a godly minister, Mr. Henry Rootes ... in vindication of himselfe against a sinister and dangerous (yet false and groundlesse) insinuation, contained in the copie of a letter out of Yorkshire, sent unto the aforesaid Mr. Edwards, and by him published to the kingdome.	Eaton, Samuel, 1596?-1665.; Taylor, Timothy, 1611 or 12-1681.	1647 (1647)	Wing E122; ESTC R4168	19,141	36

well and if he should have approved of it yet wee could not have avoyded the regreet of our own Consciences when he being nominated for an Elder of Manchester and accusation upon accusation from parts nearer and more remote were brought in against him if wee should have writ up to London that ere long Mr. Smiths knavery would be discovered and such a one as he is a fit man to be an Elder in a Presbyterian Church even then when the Businesse was depending and unproved before the Triars Seventhly Nor can it well be omitted and as little justified that from one Act and that injuriously represented a judgement should be made upon a person a Gentleman of worth must passe under the name of a great Zelot for Independents from the evidence of one false Instance which is given in to prove it Would Mr. Edwards be well pleased to have such measure measured unto himselfe againe and that because there are some slanderous reports published in Mr. Edwards booke therefore the whole booke is a booke of slanders Eightly and lastly The scope and drift of Mr. Edwards is to make the world beleeve that such as those Sectaries so by him called are whose personall failings he divulgeth such are or at least in time are like to be all that are of that Sect respectively Now if the Sectaries so called were baptized into the same uncharitable Spirit and would whet their style against the personall faults of Presbyterians with a desire to charge all upon the professors of that way doubtlesse the volumes that might be written would be far more voluminous then a compleat Decade of Gangraena's As for thee Christian Reader wee hope we shall easily obtaine so much justice at thy hands as not to be measured by Mr. Edwards reed But such as our Doctrine manner of life patience peaceablenesse painfulnesse are be they more or lesse such let us be in the Ballance of thy estimation Wee are abundantly sensible of the growth and increase of Errours and Heresies in the Kingdome wee desire according to the measure of grace received to pray against them fast against them Wee labour in the course of our Ministry by preaching against them And as God gives us opportunitie in disputation we labour to beat them downe And we trust God in his own time will dispel them The premises are sufficient for thy premonition not to take all for truth that Mr. Edwards or any other in this Calumniatory age shall rashly and uncharitably broach against any godly man whether of the Classicall or Congregationall way But first to try and trace reports importing scandall to the fountaines of them their first Broachers By this meanes a great deale of uncharitable misprision will be prevented and thou wilt have no occasion to mourne at the last Wee remaine Thine whilst thou art a Friend to Truth SAMUEL EATON TIMOTHY TAYLOR A JUST APOLOGIE FOR THE CHURCH OF DUCKENFEILD MAster Edwards amongst many other Letters and Relations which have been sent him from all parts of the Kingdome hath received it seemes some from the Northerne parts from Lancashire and Cheshire and in some of them there are passages that reflect upon the Church of Duckenfeild and the Officers thereof with reproach and scorne with falshood and slander and where any truth is it is with an injurious intent manifested We shall direct to the Pages transcribe the substance of the words and make Answer thereto In Pag. ●8 are these words Mr. Eaton of whose activity to promote that way that is th●●ongregationall which is the truely-so called Presbyteriall way I doubt not you have heard hath been the great Apostle to promote their designe in these parts Answ. It may be a great question whether scoffing or irrationalitie be the 〈◊〉 predominant in this invective charge For it is without all bottom unlesse activitie which he onely mentions he the bottom of it And then all the Clergie in Lancashire are great Apostles for he calls them Pag. 167. An Active Clergie that is in promoting the Presbyterian Designe And this is all the reason Mr. Edwards can shew of inserting Mr. Eatons Name among the Principall Independents and Sectaries in his Booke But how comes it about that Mr. Eaton is the great Apostle in this place who Pag. 164. is but a Pastor or Teacher of the Church of Duckenfeild If Mr. Eaton be the grat Apostle who are teh lesser wee had thought among the Apostles there had not been greater and lesser If he be the great Apostle what or who are they that have sent him They must doubtlesse be greater then Apostles for greater is he that doth send then he that is sent If he promote designes as an Apostle then the designes are preaching of the Gospel up and downe and gathering of Churches c. Now Apostolicall preaching of the Gospell in all places up and downe the Countrey is a good designe especially at this time when there is such want of preaching But this designe Mr. Eaton could not heretofore nor can at this day attend upon being a prefixed Officer at Duckenfeild as is acknowledged Pag. 164. And as for the designe of gathering Churches which is an Apostles worke what one Church hath Mr. Eaton gathered True it is that he with many others wearied out with the long want of some of Gods Ordinances and with corruption in other of Gods Ordinances did at length for their better spirituall accommodation joyne together in fellowship that they might injoy all Gods Ordinances Yet herein he no more gathered them with whom he joyned then they him But be it that he promotes these designes yet sithence these designes are of no worser import and contemplation then they are neither they that sent him if any such there be nor he that is sent have cause to be ashamed But his Activitie is great And wherein appeares this his great Activitie unlesse it be in entertaining now and then one call of many to preach a Sermon abroad as occasions will permit Or unlesse it be that in defence of the way he professeth he answereth some of the many challenges Brethren make in opposition against it In which also he is rarely ingaged alone and lesse active then his opponents shew themselves to be In pag. 68. the extract of a Letter written from the Northerne parts speakes thus I shall hereafter give you a particular account of the Church of Duckenfeild Answ. It had been safer for the Author of this Letter to look into his own heart and see what is amisse there that he may be able to give a particular account to God of all his wayes when he shall be called thereto then to spend his time in observing Duckenfeild and medling with account of things that concern him not Is not this to be {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a busi-body in other mens matters and if he suffer as such a one what glory or comfort can he have at the last