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A50929	Dr. Walker's invisible champion foyl'd, or, An appendix to the late Narrative of the siege of Derry wherein all the arguments offered in a late pamphlet to prove it a false libel, are examin'd and refuted / by John Mackenzie ...	Mackenzie, John, 1648?-1696.	1690 (1690)	Wing M215; ESTC R11818	18,238	14

coming aboard after some small Discourse we were told they had private Business so that we withdrew out of the Cabin and stayed above Deck with Capt. Beverly 'till we were wet with rain what was done in the Cabin in the mean time I know not nor did I hear 'till next day that most People were dissatisfied with Lundy for refusing to take the Oath publickly again thô much pressed to it particularly by Coll. George Philips and thô now the excuse is that the Mayor was a Papist yet they found a Protestant Mayor there who Proclaimed the King c. namely Mr. Campsie There is a Mistake of mine taken notice of too in the Book viz. saying that the Officers Civil and Military c. which was from my not remembring the Instructions which I never heard but once I find in the Printed Book inserted in my Memoirs That the Bishop was by at the Proclaiming the King c. thô I suppose I meant the Mayor but the Mistake is not great and of no consequence I beg your Pardon for this trouble c. Arth. Rawdon I shall only add here that as all that Sir Arthur Rawdon's Memoir saith about the Swearing of Lundy is that if he were Sworn it was very privately so this may very well consist with the Truth of what Captain Mervin and Captain Corry Certifie And yet his refusing to Swear publickly in those Circumstances was a very suspicious sign of his ill intentions and therefore justly taken notice of For the grave Letter at the end I see nothing in it of Argument against any thing in the Narrative For sure 't is but a sorry proof of Dr. Walker's being Governour of the Garrison that some who were at first so Charitable as to believe what he pretended to altered their Sentiments when better informed but that this was owing to any mistake about his perswasion is only an idle fancy of the Writers But sure those have little reason to complain of Dr. Walker's Account being Attributed to the A. B. of T. who with far greater Confidence father the Preface to my Narrative on Mr. B. and thence take occasion to say whatever their Wit and Malice cou'd suggest against him But how little either of 'em cou'd furnish 'em with to his prejudice appears by what this Pamphleteer has said For he is forc't here to renew the same Accusation he had brought in the Remarks on Mr. Osborn's Vindication viz. That when Dr. King and Dean Manby were picqueering he took up a Flail and thresh'd them both and while the Dr. was engag'd in a Duel with a pernicious Apostate from the Protestant Religion he came behind his Back and stab'd him only because he incidentally reflected on that perswasion whereof Mr. B. is ambitious to be the Celebrated Champion And in his Remarks on Mr. Osborn's Vindication he saith he could tell Mr. B. what harm his Book did the Protestants and what use the Papists made of it against the Church at that time Now if this Pamphleteer's passion had not blinded his Wit he wou'd in prudence have conceal'd what casts so unhappy a Reflection on some of his own Coat but can never lessen the Reputation of Mr. Boyse in the Judgment of any but such ignorant Bigotts as himself For since he will bring that matter on the Stage the plain Truth was this Dean Manby printed his Considerations that mov'd him to change his Religion which were nothing else but the old Banter about the Mission of Protestant Bishops and Priests reviv'd Dr. K. in his Answer chose to insist on such principles as were only calculated to defend the Mission of the English Bishops and their Clergy but left the Ministers of other Protestant Churches that had not Bishops for their Reformers in the lurch Nay he laid down such Notions as made Church-Rebels of them as well as the Dissenting Ministers whom with their Flocks he expresly excluded from the Catholick Church Mr. B. wrote Reflections on both these Papers wherein he laid down the true and common Notions of Protestant Writers about Mission and on those endeavour'd to justifie the Reformed Ministry abroad and particularly those at home And now can this Scribbler have the Impudence to pretend that that Book shou'd injure the Protestants and give the Papists advantage which vindicates the Mission of all the Ministers of Protestant Churches those of the Ch. of England included as much as any from the Schismatical Principles of the Papists on the one hand that deny the validity of all Protestant Orders and those of Mr. Dod-well and his Followers on the other that deny the validity of any Orders but what are derived from Diocesan Bishops If Mr. B 's Flail did on this occasion thresh 'em both it was because both deserv'd it Nor did he stab Dr. K. but rather warded off the stab which his unhappy Notions wou'd have given not only to his Brethren in Ireland but those in France Piedmont c. too and all out of a narrow Zeal for the Church of England I shall only add that Mr. B. was so far from opposing any just endeavours then used to stemm the Tide of Popery that he preach'd as many Sermons against it in the late King James's Reign as perhaps any one Clergyman in that Kingdom And on this occasion I can heartily joyn with the Writer of this Epistle in his Prayers that God would rebuke that Spirit of bitterness and evil-speaking that exposes us to the scorn of our common Adversary and contempt of all And I cou'd wish he had given some good Advice of that kind both to this Pamphleteer and to the A. B. of T. who in a Sermon preach'd at Windsor 1684. and since printed vents his Passion in such expressions as these p. 32. But while I am speaking of these things methinks I hear a Voice saying to me as to the Prophet Son of Man seest thou what they do they of the Church of Rome Turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations A People c. And so he goes on to describe the Dissenters And so p. 35 36. In return of all which I hear her speaking of the Church of England crying out in the words and with the tears and compassion of our Blessed Saviour O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets c. O ye of the Forreign Reformation how often would I have gathered you under the wings of my Communion and cover'd or excus'd your defects but ye wou'd not but now these things are bid from your eyes and your house is left to you desolate And O ye of the Domestick separation how often would I have gathered you but so often have I stretcht forth my hands to a gainsaying and disobedient People And the same Person in a Sermon preach'd at Bow-Church Oct. 23. 1689. speaks to the same purpose P. 15. That Church viz. The Church of England would gather all the parts of the Protestant Religion under her wings as a Hen doth her Chickens but they would not But as soon as the Sun shines and the Bird of prey is removed too many begin again to scatter and divide and quarrel as if they would pick out their Mothers Eyes and then one another c. The Reader may observe what a Spirit of meekness healing and moderation is in the Mouth of this great Prophet as well as what a Spirit of Truth Ingenuity and Candor is in the mouth of this ignorant and scurrilous Pamphleteer For my part I am not in the least conscious to my self of having said any thing against any Party of Protestants And if some have the cunning to interest a Party in their Reputation as if whatever is said to expose their Treacheries were levelled against all others that are of their perswasion I cannot help their weaknesses who so grosly misunderstand the Design of my Narrative But what I have said concerning two or three particular Persons is no more than what was not only true but necessary to have been said in giving that plain Account of these Transactions which the misrepresentation of others gave too just occasion for And if the Pamphleteer will needs draw that perverse Inference from my Narrative That all the brave and glorious Actions in the Siege were performed by the Dissenters and Coll. Murray at the Head of 'em All inglorious Actions and treacherous Attempts are to be imputed to the other part of the Garrison and principally to Dr. W. let him look to his Conclusion for the premises are true But I confess I should deny the Inference because several of the Officers that are much commended were of the Church of England thô but very few of the common Souldiers To shew further how little Credit is due to Mr. Squire 's Certificate which the Pamphleteer boasts so much of I shall produce Mr. Squire to confute himself in the following Certificate though not in its due place because it came but late to my hands I Do hereby Certifie that Gervase Squire Esq of the City of Derry did soon after his coming over for England upon my enquiry concerning Mr. Walker inform me that he was not Governour of the said City but Coll. Baker and that he had only the Stores committed to his Trust Given under my hand this 14th Day of June 1690. Gervase Byfeld I should not have taken notice of another small Mistake relating to Derry suggested in Mr. Walker's Narrative if it had not been also inserted in a Letter subscribed H. R. probably Hugh Rowley set down in Mr. Cox's History of Ireland Part 2d that Mr. Philips should have sent to the Citizens of Derry on approach of the Irish Forces to shut their Gates and that they accordingly did so ascribing that to him which was inconsistent with the Citys Declaration Letters subscrib'd by himself in my Narrative mention'd and the Account given by those who were principally concern'd in that Affair Having said so much to clear my Narrative from the Aspersions cast upon it by this idle Pamphlet I think fit to desire the Author if he scribble again to be so honest as to set his Name to it for I shall not think my self concern'd to encounter any longer with Spectres and Hobgoblins Any Person that hath a desire to see the Originals of these Certificates may find them at my Lodging at the Golden Ball and Tobacco-roll in Clements-lane near Lumbard-street FINIS