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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59709	An ansvver to the scandalous aspersions of committees, by Mr. Walter Powell, in his booke, called, Newes for newters, &c. and in his epistles preceding his booke. By William Sheppard Esquire, one of the members of the committee for Gloucester, Hereford, &c.; Answer to the scandalous aspersions of committees, by Mr. Walter Powell, in his booke, called, Newes for newters, &c. and in his epistles preceding his booke.	Sheppard, William, d. 1675?	1648 (1648)	Wing S3176A; ESTC R203562	25,732	33

AN ANSWER TO THE SCANDALOVS ASPERSIONS OF COMMITTEES By Mr. Walter Powell in his Booke called NEWES for NEWTERS c. and in his Epistles preceding his Booke By William Sheppard Esquire one of the Members of the Committee for Gloucester Hereford c. PSAL. 64. 2 3 7. Hide me from the secret councell of the wicked from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bowes to shoot their arrowes even bitter words But God shall shoot at them with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded Printed in the Year 1648. The Epistle to the READER COurteous Reader one Mr. Walter Powell a Minister who cals himself Vicar of Standish hath of late Printed and published a new Book named News for Newters c. and in his Dedicatory See his Epistles and the Book fol. 28. Epistle first to Major Generall Massie and next to the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament and in some passages of the Book he hath taken upon him the boldness freely to raile upon Country Committees more freely upon the Committee of Gloucester c. but most virulently against one Member thereof for the injustice and hard measure he hath had by a sentence Si accusare sufficiat ecquis erit innocens given by the Committee of Gloucester against him to out him of his Vicarage whereby he pretendeth he hath suffered more injury se ipso judice then ever the Martyres did suffer by their persecutors Wherefore to vindicate the reputation of the Gentlemen of that Committee who joyned in that act some whereof are dead to pull off the vizard from his impudent face and to put a stop to his deceits that he may no longer amuse and abuse other men there with I have been necessitated to take upon me this taske to Examine the proceeding of the Committee against him and his representation thereof and charge therein against the Committee In answer to and for the clearing of both which I shall do no more but present you with the naked truth of the proceedings and give you the whole case faithfully extracted and stated out of the Records of the Committee with some short additionals and brief observations thereupon entreating you that have read the one to read the other also Qui statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera c. that so by comparing the one with the other you may be able to judge of both If you read his Epistles you find him therein affirme these particulars See the Epistles against the Gentlemen of the Committee of Gloucester 1. That their proceedings against him in the matter before them was unjust and in the judgement of some Members of Parliament unparallel 2. That they are ruining unjust Judges 3. That the sentence given by them against him was matchlesse malitious and abhominable such as the stones cry for justice against them for it For answer to these Charges if you will be but pleased to read his Crimes for which he was ejected in the proofs of the witnesses against him or if that be too long † See it fol. 16. in the sentence given against him wherein they are abridged and the manner of the proceeding of the Committee in his ejectment and take this withall that there was something more proved before the Committee viva voce at the hearing of the cause then is Recorded you will easily perceive that this slander of Mr. Powell of the living and dead not the sentence and proceeding of the Committee in his case is matchlesse malitious abhominable and unparallel But he tels you of some particulars wherein this injustice was shewed 1. That he was cast out of his Living See his Epistles being unheard and that his censure was before any witnesse of his could be heard and that the Certificate of some of the Committee herein conteineth manifest untruths c. For the clearing of this Slander if his mouth or penne be a slander if you please to looke into the See in the process of the cause f. 12 8 13 14. Fatetur facinus qui fugit judicium proceedings you shall find he did examine three witnesses refused to answer the Articles exhibited against him appealed from the Committee to the Parliament refused to be tryed by the Committee having as little mind to be tryed by them many of whom were his neighbours had lived more then twenty years by him and knew him very well as he hath to have his cause re-heard according to the order of the Committee of Plundred Ministers made now more then two years since But the truth is he had and might have had as others had in like case leave to examine as many witnesses as he pleased And you shall find in the process of the cause that the witnesses fol. 14. on both sides were to be present at the hearing of the cause And that Warrants were to be sent forth to bring them in which he might have had done if he had had any mind to it 2. He will tell you he waited long I shall say thus much to this that had it been true it had been no cause of complaint for all men that had to do with the Committee in that time did so nor could the Committee having then so much to do dispatch men sooner But how long did he waite If you view the case you shall see the 19 Articles against him were exhibited against him Decemb. 3. 1644. and it was heard the 25 of Febr. following which was no long time to examine above 40 witnesses and if it were long it was made long by his delay 3. He will tell you he had additionall Articles put in against him we do not find remember nor beleeve this to be so but this may be true his crimes deserving it and if so it be is just and no more but what was used before that Committee and is used before other Committees in like case 4. He complaines that he could not have Copies of the depositions and be present at the examination of witnesses For the first of these I have examined the Clerke who doth affirme that he had the offer of the heads of the proofs against him without the names of the witnesses as other men in like case But nothing would satisfie him but the depositions at large with the names of the witnesses a thing in that time not granted to any man in like case But by his favour I thinke he ought not to have had so much granted to him till he had answered the Articles exhibited against him which he alwayes refused to do And that the party accused should be present at the private examination of witnesses against him was a motion against all reason that which the Committee did not thinke fit to grant to any one in the like case but he might have been present at the publique examination 5. He complaines yet further and saith That all that was done