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A28205	Cabala, or, An impartial account of the non-conformists private designs, actings and wayes from August 24, 1662 to December 25 in the same year.	Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679.	1663 (1663)	Wing B2965; ESTC R233109	25,328	40

interests what their charge is and of what value their livings are out of which they have been ejected 2. That there be an account taken of the well-affected Gentry Nobility and Commonalty whose hearts the Lord may open to lay out themselves in the Cause of God and of the sums they are ready to contribute towards the relief of his faithful servants in the work of the Ministry which account is to be returned to a Grand Committee for that purpose appointed in London 3. That there be Treasurers and Receivers in the respective Counties consisting in each County of two suffering Ministers and three well-affected Gentlemen to dispose of the foresaid charitable Contributions so gathered as they shall judge most necessary and advantagious to the advancement of the Common Cause and that there be Commissioners of Inspection that may look into their Qualifications who may claim the benefit of the said benevolence and contribution The 2● of the sixth moneth It was ordered That Mr. Calamy Mr. Case Mr. Bates Mr. Spurstow Mr. Gough c. do meet to morrow about the twelve thousand pound gathered among the Brethren to gratifie the Right Honourable and the well-affected who own the Cause of God in Court and Parliament and that it should not be called a bribe but the humble acknowledgement that the people of God make to the Honourable personages that stand in the breach at such a time as this and that Mr. Cradocker Mr. Jackson and Mr. Brice do look into Newmans Concordance for three or four opposite Texts of Scripture wherewith this money may be savingly delivered And it is further ordered upon Mr. Spurstows motion that Act. 12. 20. be one of those Texts consulted And Herod was highly displeased with the men of Tyre and Sidon but they came with one accord to him having made Blastus the Kings Chamberlain their friend And upon Master Jenkins his motion Act. 24. 2 3 4. was ordered to be another Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness and that very worthy deeds are done unto this Nation by thy providence we accept always and in all places most Noble Faelix with all thankfulness notwithstanding that we be not further tedious unto thee well may thee accept of this The 23 of the sixth moneth It was agreed upon that a List of those thousands that must now lye down in heart breaking sorrow upon the removal of their faithful Guides be prepared for his Majesties view that he may see the strength of our party and may be convinced that the people of God is his greatest strength The 22 of the same moneth It was agreed upon that would be for the advancement of the Cause if they would take the occasion of some farewell Sermons to promote it provided that those discourses should be very quickning And 1. That Master Lye was to bid them beware of Episcopal Divines of Ceremonies of Popery and to weep a quarter of an hour 2. That Mr. Jenkins perswade the people that any place is as holy as the Church and that two or three met together in a private house might do as well as a thousand in the publick Congregation 3. That Mr. Caryl being to expound that place in the Revelation about them that walked with the Lamb in white should take that occasion to speak against Surplices 4. That Mr. Watson may give twenty Rules which may be his Congregations Directory and among other Rules this may be one That seeing they cannot have their Ministers they may yet read their books so that if they cannot preach they may yet live by writing 5. That Mr. Case do cry two hours together next Lords day for the abominations of service-Service-book Altar-worship Lordly Prelacy c. The same day it was Enacted That some well-affected Stationers do gather all the Farewell Sermons in City and Country to one volum and that they scatter them throughout the Nation for the propagation of the Gospel the Cause will not be a little promoted by the dying words of the faithful Pastors and because the twelve Apostles are painted before the Bible though we otherwise allow of no Images yet it may be very convenient that twelve Reverend persons heads may be set before the Sermons and though Mr. Serman urged that their heads set there would give occasion to the prophane to compare them to the Traytors heads at London-bridge or to that row of heads set before that prophane book called Montelion last year yet it was voted unanimously that they were not so fearful as not to dare shew their heads they were ready to die as well as to be reproached for the Truth But when it was urged that Mr. Loves head might be amongst them Mr. Calamy Mr. Case and Mr. Jenkins stood up and voted it down as ominous The 23 of the sixth moneth heathenishly called August there was an offer made by several well-affected Citizens of Mr. Seamans and other Congregations that were ready to oppose that Mass book commonly called the Service-book but it was over-ruled that those Eminent persons be excused that service and be reserved for more honorable service and that the work of the day be carried on by the Apprentices who with such success helped the Lord against the Mighty in the beginning of the wars that sure the presence of the Lord was still amongst them whereupon Mr. Greenhil held forth upon those words of the eighth Psalm Out of the mouth of Babes and Sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightst still the Enemy and the Avenger Out of Mr. Meads Diatriba three quarters of an hour by Shrewsbury-clock as Sir John Falstaffe speaks in the third of Edward the fourth and the fifteenth It was offered by Mr. Jenkins that the Lord had often forsaken the Prentices as in 48. with Colonel Brown and Massey and in 59. in Hewsons businesse to which Mr. Caryl replied that it might be their strength might fail them when they raised tumults against their brethren and the servants of God but if you mark it said he the text saith the enemy and the avenger The same day in the afternoon was brought in by Mr. Gurnall Mr. Ford c. and other Latitude men the humble Petition of several young men that had not taken the Covenant for leave to conform as their Reverend Fathers had done before the Warrs Whereupon Mr. Case rose up in a great fury and said If Baal be God serve him if God be God serve him But Mr. Owen and Mr. Caryl More moderation becomes you you know conscience is a very large thing and you know not how far it may reach Saith old Mr. Jackson Brethren it is necessary that there be some seed-plots laid for the next Generation Had not the Lord left us a remnant among the old Conformists we had been as Sodome and we had been like unto Gomorrah We know not but that these young men may live under the Government to cast it off as we

CABALA OR AN Impartial Account OF THE NON-CONFORMISTS Private Designs Actings and Wayes From August 24. 1662. to December 25. in the same Year LONDON Printed in the Year MDCLXIII THE CABBULA OR AN HISTORY OF THE NON-CONFORMISTS From Aug. 24. 1662. to this present May 1663. April 6. 1663. At a Close-Committee of the well-affected and ejected Ministers It was Ordered THat whereas Baronius hath written Martirologies for the Christians under the first ten Persecutions and whereas Bonsarchius hath written a Catalogue of such faithful Witnesses as suffered for the Testimony of Jesus as hath Illyricus c. Whereas the persecuted Waldenses Bohemians and other faithful ones have their history And whereas Mr. Fox that good man hath written the sufferings of such as held the Word of God patiently under that great Tryal in Queen Maries daies and worthy Mr. Clark hath added to that a famous Martirology of those such as suffered since in France Ireland and England especially of sundry eminent men that suffered under the late Bishops as we do now and that eminent Patriot Mr. Prynne hath taken great pains to publish his own and his Brethrens sufferings in those elaborate pieces whereof the one is called the Tyranny of Lordly Prelacy and the other is called Canterburies Doom for the promotion of the Holy Cause the advancement of the Gospel the strengthening of the hand of those that are weak the convincing of gain-sayers Mr. Clark Mr. Vicars and Mr. P. be desired to exercise their gift of History in a faithful relation of what hath happened among them that are faithful from the 24 day of August 1662. to this present time G. Griffith Ph. Nie Jo. Goodwyn Ri. Venning in the name of the whole Committee An additional Order April 6. in the afternoon by the same Committee Whereas Josephus hath given several rules for a true Historian as that he should conceal no truth out of fear nor utter no falshood out of favour It is ordered 1. That our Historians be wholly guided by Mr. Poole Mr. Addersley Mr. Brooks and the rest of the Committee for that purpose appointed and that they vary nothing from the sense of the Brethren 2. That an officious Lye may be allowable for the advancement of the Holy Cause 3. That the infirmities of some weak Brethren under this great Tryal may be passed by with that charity that covereth a multitude 4. That the Books of Wonders the antipathy of Lordly Prelacy the holy Martyrs the century of scandalous Ministers Wilsous History bloud crying under the Altar and all those godly books that carried on the cause twenty years ago be consulted by the Historians 5. That when there is an holy Cheat to be expressed let it be told in Scripture phrase let the Cause of God be expressed in the Word of God 6. That Mr. Clark be sent to the Baudy Courts to search Records and see what Brethren and Sisters have done penance this last year of persecution 7. That the heathenish names of moneths days c be reformed throughout the History T. Goodwyn Jo. Brice W. Bridges Ed. North. The twentieth of the sixth moneth commonly called August it was ordered That there should be Letters sent to the Churches and the several Pastors thereof to incourage them to be stedfast and unmoveable that they be not soon shaken in mind or troubled neither by word nor by letter and that Mr. Mantou Mr. Jacomb Mr. Poole and Mr. Lye draw that Letter The 21 of the sixth moneth commonly called August the foresaid Letter was read by Adoniram Bifield to this effect Brethren and Beloved in the Lord IT was much upon our spirit to have setled a Communion between us and the Churches of Christ through out the Land especially against the time of Persecution that is now approaching and as an earnest of that Communion we unanimously agreed upon these Letters whereby you are given to understand that our good L. H. C. our Lord A. R. S. H. M. at Court whom we waited upon with your great sense of their favour to and care of the Holy Cause and the twenty thousand pound you presented them with and our good Brother the E. N. together with our good friends the Catholiques have perswaded us that it was our interest to give way to the Act of Vniformity in Parliament where our opposition did but exasperate our Adversaries to a greater severity then they were inclined to and stand against it every man of us in our places that we and the world may know our strength and power not doubting but that our considerable number and interest which will appear by the publick and general dissent to that Vniformity enjoyned may gain us an indulgence that will vacate and make void all former Laws and being confident of his Majesties promise from Breda for Liberty to tender Consciences and withall of that clemency and mercy which we wrought upon in his Father not forgetting that we can make it appear to his Majesty that there are not Miuisters to supply our places and in the mean time in our Petition for peace and our account of the accommodation endeavoured at the Savoy we shall satisfie the people that offered all that we can for Peace and Liberty to exercise our Ministry for the salvation of their souls and that if we be torn away from our Beloved Flocks its long of unreasonable men By these and other attempts we doubt not but to prevail with his Majesty and his Councel to dispence with the said Act and with the Parliament in the next Session of it by that time we have incensed the Gentry and Commonalty against the Bishops to grant such an Indulgence as may in effect repeal it Therefore Brethren as we pray the God of all Grace to settle strengthen and establish you so we beseech you to stand fast in the Faith and not to be moved from the hope of the Gospel to be faithful to your principles and stedfast in your Covenant Cast not away your confidence which hath great recompence of reward for ye have need of patience for yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry now the just shall live by Faith but if any man draw back our souls shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of them that draw back to Perdition Brethren farewell in the Lord. Copia Vera. Ja. Robotham Adoniram Bifield The 22 of the sixth moneth by the people called August it was ordered That Mr. Lewis Mr. Bifield Mr. Hickman Mr. Evans Mr. Eilis Mr. Conyers be sent with these Letters as Messengers to the several Churches with instructions how to settle that correspondence and communion that may maintain a good understanding during the time of persecution As 1. That there be an account taken in each County of all the faithful Ministers that can suffer rather then sin what their abilities are how useful they may be in the present exigent according to their several capacities and

convenient that there were a Boy ready to read a Chapter that if they be interrupted they may give out a man cannot read a Chapter in his house as the times go now but they are in danger of being called in question about it About this time Mr. Baxter moved that seeing he and others were silenced their soul-saving Works might be immediately reprinted viz. Smectymnuus Lex Rex Holy Commonwealth Antica Valieryme with most of Milton and Mr. Goodwyn's Papers and all the Sermons preached upon publick Fasts and thanksgiving-Thanksgiving-dayes before the long Parliament and other Parliaments from the year 1640. to the year 1658. together with Mr. Cartwrights writings and all the godly Books published in Queen Elizabeth and King James his time and because Doctor Hammond Doctor Taylor Doctor Heylin Bishop Nicholson Bishop Gauden have written so much of late of Episcopacy and Liturgy it were to be wished that Doctor Owen were intreated from this Committee to write a Discourse of Liturgies when they were first composed and when imposed which may be privately conveyed from hand to hand for the strengthening of the Brethren in that point and that Mr. Caryl should write another Treatise of Separation But least Mr. Caryl should state the businesse of Separation so that he should set up Independancy i. e. a separation as well from Presbytery as from Episcopacy Mr. Crofton may be intreated to state the case so as that the Ministry withdraw from their Ministry under Bishops though the people ought not to withdraw from their duty under them that though the Minister do not read the Liturgy yet the people may hear it and that the people ought not to divide from the Church for any corruptions though the Ministers may Mr. Jacomb that this motion was very seasonable because our adversaries observations and our own experience taught us that by the same reasons that we perswaded the people to avoid communion with the Church of England formerly the Sectaries perswaded them to avoid communion with us and therefore we must by all means hold the people to the Church under the Bishops that they may hold to it under us we must leave the Church least Presbytery be swallowed up of Episcopacy the people must not leave the Church least Presbytery be brought to nothing by Independency September 5 It was put to the question by Mr. Seamor Whether the good people should hear those Ministers that were sent them by the Bishop Whereupon Mr. Baxter stood up and said It was dangerous to teach the people to forsake the publick Assemblies Why saith Mr. Brooks why should they hear the Antichristian Clergy Nay replyed Mr. Baxter if we teach the people to leave the Episcopal Ministers because they are Antichristian the Sectaries may easily perswade them to leave us because we are Antichristian Nay said Doctor Manton we need not trouble our selves about that there be many honest and sober men in the City there is confiding Mr. Hibbard sweet Mr. Meriton and his Reader at Islington honest Mr. Buck and his Lecturer at c. Nich. Acon precious Mr. Neast and many more yea all the Lectures and places to be bestowed by the people are to be filled up with hopeful young men The seventh of the seventh moneth There was Addresses from the City Dames to the Reverend the Committe of faithful Ministers congratulating their stedfastnesse in the Cause and Covenant with a Resolution to stand by them with their lives and fortunes and an assurance of their kindnesse for them as formerly provided they held forth to them Liberty of Conscience to do what they list in spight of their Husbands who pretend to be Kings in their Families as they take Liberty of Conscience to do what they will in spight of King and Parliament withall offering whether they have any design to which they may be instrumental in perswading their Husbands which they praise the Lord they have done hitherto very inccessfully as Eve the Mother of all the Living did her Husband Adam and the zealous Women have done in all ages and particularly whether they should perswade their Husbands to pay Baals Priests no Tyths To this Address it was ordered that Mr. Venning should reply out of his Epistle to that Lady to which he dedicates Mr. Stongs Works and Mr. Watson out of his Epistles to the Baronesse of Tilbury and the Countesse of Clare And likewise it was ordered that they should be stiled the honourable Women that were stirred up as it is written in the 19. of the Acts and that this passage should be inserted into the Answer viz. That whereever the Gospel was preached this which they had done should be spoken of throughout the world Which Reply being perused and drawn up with these Greetings Greet Prissilla and Aquila our helpers in Christ Jesus Rom. 6. 13. Greet many who bestoweth much labour on us Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis which laboured much in the Lord ver 6. 12. Salute one another with an holy kisse ver 16. All the Saints salute you Whereupon the holy Sisters deputed Mrs. Winstanley Mrs. Gayre Mrs. Fouke Mrs. Allen Mrs. Vnderwood to invite the Reverend Men to enjoy the Creature at a Banquet at Gains mine Host in Gracious-street as it is written Rom. 16. As to the matter of Tythes Mr. Baxter went over the sheet he writ three or four years ago for the Ministry and the whole Committee pleaded for the divine right of it and concluded it very dangerous to insinuate to the people that they may withdraw their Tyths at their pleasure upon the least dislike of their Minister for as Mr. Glendon Mr. Case Mr. Sheffield Mr. Crofton observed very well it may be our turn next and who knoweth what a day may bring forth it may be our own case Yet it was agreed that the Sisters should send in their Husbands on that day seven-night When they came and by agreement all the old were burned and new agreed upon to be shewed the new Incumbents with which if they rest satisfied they have not half their dues and so cannot live if they will not be satisfied but endeavour to restore the Church to her just rights they shall be wearied out with Suits of Law maintained by common stock for Acts 2. 44. as it is written those that believe are together and have all things in common and withall shall be publickly loaded with the sad aspersions of covetousness and contention Hereupon upon Mr. Neast Mr. Raworth and Meriton's Reader that preacheth now at Islington and many more good mens motion it was agreed by the confiding Citizens and the well-affected Ministers that new tables of duty should be drawn for the use of the respective well-affected Parishes Whereupon the ninth of the seventh moneth this ensuing table was presented and approved 1. For every Funeral-Sermon to the godly and well-affected Ministers shall be gven by the Master or Dame 5 li. with a Gown Mourning if