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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

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

Indulgence was likely to go on Whereupon Mr. Seaman and Dr. Goodwyn offered this viz. That there was no way better to try the Kings pronenesse to indulgence then to make use of their Christian friends aforehand at some holy meeting or if that were not publick enough at one of those many Churches that are at our disposal And immediately Mr. Calamy was ordered to watch an opportunity at Aldermanbury and go up and preach Very fit this agreed upon by the whole company for either the King would wink at it and then we are sure he hath a kindness for us and the world may think that we are considerable in his eyes and that we have over-ruled the Law or it may be he punisheth it however we have honourable Friends that shall bring Mr. Calamy off and it may be five hundred pounds in his way Well said Mr. Brice we have a price put into our hands the Lord give us hearts to use it let us redeem the time that hour Mr. Calamy had need be well spent Mr. Calamy Mr. Caryl Mr. Lye withdrew to consider what subject he should preach upon and they reported that none was more seasonable then this either Ichabod the glory is departed or The Ark is departed Whereupon Mr. Calamy was desired to insist on all the hints of fears jealousies and surmizes which had already possessed the people concerning the departure of the Gospel And it was ordered that since notice should be given of this extraordinary mercy and that Mr. Calamy being thanked by the City for his great paint should be desired to print and publish his Sermon for the common good And in the mean time let us promote a strict Act for regulation of Printing that no Orthodox books as they call them be published but with much difficulty as may be wrought upon by money that as soon as we understand the method of the Law we may understand the method of affronting the Law September 24. It being represented to the Reverend the Committee of ejected Ministers that there are so few honest men left that the people are at a losse is to publick meetings It was ordered that there should be twenty or thirty young men to supply by turns some carelesse Episcopal mens Pulpits to keep the root of the matter in the good people and that there be Messengers to invite the good people to these soul-searching Sermons from Dan to Beersheba that the same course be taken as to Lectures that may be preached upon week-dayes especially at Aldermanbury Allhallows-Breadstreet and Laurence-Jury and likewise as to Fun●ral Sermons which the well-affected must take care that they be preached by none but the honest men About this time notice being sent from honourable friends that the Bishops resolved upon their respective Visitations it was ordered that the platform of Government offered at agreed upon in London Cambridge and Northampton by Mr. Cartwright Mr. Travers Mr. ●●all c. and other discount enarced Ministers in Queen Elizabeths time and petitioned for by the thousands of Israel in King James his time and offered to the Parliament by the Assembly of Di●ines in King Charles his time should be drawn up and agreed to and immediately exercised in opposition to that Antichristian way of Bishop but the brethren of the Congregation alway making some difficulty of submitting to the Pattern in the Mount it was agreed however for the present that two Elders grave and apt to teach should be designed for each County to confirm the brethren and as Barnabas to exhort them to cleave to the Lord with full purpose of heart and to that end it was thought fit that the discourse concerning Liturgies and their Imposition Mr. Case and Mr. Crofton of the Covenant Baines and Ames against Ceremonies together with the Province of Londons discourse about Presbytery be reprinted to be bestowed by them in their respective charges together with the books of Miracles Mr. Brooks's Gods Consolations for Saints in affliction and Mr. Alliband's Nubecula est cit● transibit The Ministers Case for said Mr. Watson when they may not hear us they may read us when they have not us they may have our books At the same time it was resolved among the brethren of the baptized way That Mr. Jessey and Mr. Knowles should go and visit their friends and edifie the respective members of their Congregation all over England with Letters of salutation from the Friends in London thus directed Jer. Ives c. a Servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to the twelve Tribes which are scattered abroad greeting It was reported on the 24th of the seventh moneth to the Provincial Assembly then seeking the Lord by fasting and prayer that the union among them of the Congregational way was now finished and that a great design was going on whereupon Mr. Case pressed that they should be unanimous now Gebul and Ammon and Amaleck the Philistines with them of Tyre were joyned together And not long after there was an overture of accommodation between them upon the terms of the Covenant only some other time was reserved for explaining the words Herefie and Schisme As to the Design on foot it was judged unlikely that so unconsiderable a part of the Nation could do any good and therefore answer was made by the members of the Assembly to the brethren of the Congregational way that they would wait upon providence i. e. see if their undertakings prospered if not they would disown it for as one said very well experience had taught them the method of overturning this Government and that method is this to keep the City and get a major part in Parliament this Government must be insensibly overturned by possessing the major part of the people with such discourses as most accommodates their thoughts and consciences Therefore seeing there was no likelihood of dissolving this Parliament it was offered that the vacancies by death in Parliament should be observed and that the people be prepared upon all these occasions to make a choice according to the Lords mind of men ●earing God and loving and tender towards his people and well affected to the good old Cause for which purpose it was judged expedient to improve the spreading discontent about Chimney-money and other Impositions for which we are much engaged to the discretion and faithfulness of our good Friends who observing the necessities former times have run the Government into promoted these unusual supplies at once to oblige his Majesty to our party for our care of his Revenue and to enrage the people against the Parliament for their profuseness of their money and neglect of their interest suggesting the danger of a French government or a Norman slavery whereby the Nobility and Gentry shall withdraw their necks and leave the poor Commonalty to the charge and slavery of subjection with which a groan or two must be interposed touching the Ark tender Consciences and the Gospel in the purity of it and