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A25559 An answer to Mr. Collier's Defence of his absolution of Sir William Parkins, at the place of execution which defence is printed at length, and considered paragraph by paragraph. 1696 (1696) Wing A3367; ESTC R16308 7,296 9

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by doing it before a publick repentance Mr. Collier may now likewise perceive that the Fathers of the Church reflect upon the manner of his Absolution as insolent and unpresidented and if he pleases to look into the Commentaors he will find that the far greater part are against his Exposition of that place tho it s not the manner of the Absolution which is so much excepted against as that he should have absolved them without publick Repentance and till he answers that material Objection against it his little Questions whether all people be damned that are cast in a Capital Indictment c. are nothing to the purpose and his judgment that Sir William had a Right to Absolution must be lookt upon as Erroneous And whereas Mr. Collier thinks it a sufficient Apology for his doing it publickly because he could not be admitted to do it otherwise he would do well to observe that the publickness of the performance does only aggravate the fault but does not make it one and considering the spirit of the Party there 's reason to think that the place of Execution was chosen as the most proper to harden the poor Criminals in their obstinacy and to sound a Trumpet to Rebellion and Assassination for certainly to die a Martyr for the Cause of God and Religion and to be recommended to the Tribunal of Heaven as such by by the Churches Absolution is a very persuasive Argument to make any man follow such Courses as will entitle him to those priviledges Mr. Collier's Assertion that he had gone against the Authority both of the Ancient and English Church if he had resus'd Sir William Absolution is spoken without book the very perusal of the Office for Visitation of the Sick is enough to answer the Objection as to the Church of England and let him produce any Canon of the Ancient Church for giving Publick Absolution to a Condemned Criminal or a Publick Offender without Publick Repentance if he can Mr. Collier asks so many little impertinent Questions about his being privy to Sir William's Acknowledgment of his Concern in the Assassination that they argue his Guilt more than his Innocence an Ingenuous Man would have plainly told whether he knew of it or not And as for the 113th Canon of the Church by which he must have been pronounc'd Irregular and by consequence uncapable of the Priesthood ever after if he had reveal'd Sir William 's Confession He may take for Answer That if either That or any other Canon of the Church does encourage him to Absolve condemned Parricides and Assassines without publick Repentance it s the Interest of the State to Nail 'em up But seeing so many of the Bishops to whom the Clergy swear Canonical Obedience have declared him Irregular already it 's all one whether the Canons roar or be silent the Bishops have the chief Power in making the Canons and the best Right to interpret them But without all this quibbling Mr. Collier could not but know that it was proved against Sir William and that those upon whom the same Witnesses ha● proved the same Crime confessed it at the Gallows which might have given Mr. Collier Ground enough to suspect Sir William's Guilt and by consequence to have mov'd him to a special Confession according to the Rubrick and then he had been in no hazard of the 113th Canon nor any other of the Guns which lie in the Magazine at the West-end of Paul's But we hear nothing of any such fair Dealing nor will his faint Declaration against any Methods of Murder be lookt upon by any Man of Common Sense as an Argument to prove that Mr. Collier did not allow of the Assassination for which Sir William Parkins was condemned and seeing he knows himself suspected and charged as an Incourager of it by the Justice of the Nation It is no more than what might have been expected from an honest Man for Mr. Collier to have publisht his Abhorrence of that intended Murder in a more particular manner DEFENCE AND now after all I desire to know in what single Circumstance I have mis-be-have my self or done any thing unbecoming my Profession 'T is very hard a Man must be Persecuted for Performing the Obligations of his Office and the Duties of common Friendship and Humanity As for any Methods of Murder I dislike them no less than those who rail loudest and nothing but a Mercenary Malice could suggest the contrary But if the Functions of the Priesthood and the Assistances of Religion and the Reading the Publick Liturgy are grown a Crime I am not concerned at the Imputation I hope the complying Clergy will take some care to check the Disorders and inform the ignorance of their People a little better If they are unreproved for these slanderous Excesses their Pastors must one Day expect to account for it As for those in Power 't is possible they may have been govern'd by Misreports and suddaein Resentment if so second Thoughts and the Reason of the Case will put a stop to their Severities And that this maybe the issue of the Business I think my self obliged to wish as well for their sakes as my own Apr. 9th 1696. Jer. Collier ANSWER MR. Collier in his Conclusion asks the same Questions over and over again which have been answer'd already and according to his rate of Ingenuity he would insinuate that he is persecuted for performance of the Functions of the Priesthood and reading the publick Liturgy whereas he is not only accused but proved to have transgressed the Orders of both And by this time I suppose he is convinc'd to his Mortification that it is not only the Ignorant People who find fault with his Conduct but also the Learned Bishops whom the Complying Clergy have no power to check if they had never so much mind to it Mr. Collier's Epilogue is very Magisterial and those in Power it seems are concerned to Regard it as well for their own sakes as the Reverend Authors This is indeed one of the most Gentile Applications to those in Power especially from the Pen of a Clergyman that we shall readily meet with and really when I reflect upon the Impudent Behaviour of Cranburne at his Tryal and elsewhere I am apt to think that he is one of the Doctor 's disciples and I assure him if it be so we have good reason to say Like Master like Scholar FINIS Advertisement ☞ A Letter to the Three Absolvers Mr. Cook Mr. Collier and Mr. ●na●t Being Reflections on the Papers delivered by Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkins to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex at Tyburn the place of Execution April 3. 1696. Which said PAPERS are Printed at length and answered Paragraph by Paragraph Price 6d ☞ The Parable of the Three Jackdaws c. both Printed for Ri. Baldwin 1696. London Printed for R. Baldwin near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane 1696. Price 2d