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A56866	Quatermayns conquest over Canterburies court, or, A briefe declaration of severall passages between him and the Archbishop of Canterbury with other commissioners of the High Commission Court, at six severall appearances before them, and by them directed to Doctor Featly : with their severall conferences, and the doctors by Roger Quatermayne.	Quatermayne, Roger.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q148; ESTC R9277	38,184	64

the sincere Professors of it calling them factious seditious Cum id genus monstris their foule-mouth'd Chaplaines and their gracelesse Curates in every Sermon almost have not ceased in their Turkish Dialect to powre out their venome on the most judicious and holy Christians Neither was this their malice onely against some malignant Spirits as they cald them but even against the very power of godlinesse in any poore soule that profest it As one of their reverend Champions most wickedly said That if he had had the power that Canterbury had he would not have left one Puritan in England this day Manifold and apparent discoveries wee have had of their cruell tyranny and their Arch-pittie both on the bodies estates and precious Consriences of the deare Saints of God they have not onely undone many families in the Kingdome but have the guilt of the bloud of thousands of soules upon them which are this day in hell for want of the precious meanes of grace which should have fed their soules to life eternall I need not acquaint thee with their cruell tyranny in the persecuting of th●…se Worthyes of God in their High Commission Court that Hellish Inquisition of our Land thou hast here a sufficient light to see their grace in their dealings with this Worthy of God of whom I may say in another cause as the Apostle sayth of himselfe 2 Corinth 11. 5 He is not a whit behind the chiefest of these Worthyes that have sacrificed their lives for the cause of Christ Concerning the Discourse I shall say no more but onely this Reade it and if thou finde any good by it give God the glory and the Authour thankes I know Christian Reader that manifold are the temptations which thou meetest with daily in the flesh And indeed Christ tells before hand what his service will cost If any will live godly in Christ he must suffer persecution But yet be not discouraged though wee sow in teares wee shall reape in joy though wee have a nipping Autumne wee shall have a Ioyfull Spring goe on thou blessed Christian and the Lord goe with thee fight the battailes of the Lord Jesus quit thy selfe like a man be couragious for God and his Cause start not aside for all the malice of the enemies God hath whet his Sword against them and thou shalt ere long see them all dead on the shore before thee Our Fathers beleeved in him and they were delivered David and Ieremiah and Daniel and Paul and all the excellent ones of the Earth have gone this way and are now in Heaven singing Hallelujahs to all eternitie And these were for Examples to us sayth the Apostle 1 Cor. 10. 6. God never set any upon high imployment but he gives him proportionable strength He will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able but will give an issue with the temptation that you may be able to beare The duggs and breasts of the Scripture are even bursting with promises of this kinde Open your mouth wide and he will fill it There are a kinde of people in the world who goe for professours and would thinke it a great matter to deny them the name of Christians who will be content to follow Christ while Christ is advanced in the world and seemes to be a good neighbour but when he comes to be thrust out of the Court and out of the Councell and out of esteeme with the men of the world they are afraid to follow him too close at the heeles least he should dash out their braines they will be religious and wise they must not thrust themselves into danger they say it is good sleeping in a whole skin and indeed it is no marvell to see men fall away as leaves in Autumne and perish everlastingly for they never took Christ upon his owne Conditions they never were really ingraffed into him they hung as the Ivie to the ●…ake they had a kinde of externall being in Christ but they never drew the sap and luice of spirituall life from him In a word they never had the true and genuin bloud of Christ running in their veines Yet Christian Reader let not thy heart faile neither be discouraged at this Be faithfull to the death and thou shalt have the crowne of life I will not Apologise any farther for the Authour or the Worke they both deserve thy Christian acceptation onely my prayer to the throne of grace for thee shall be That a double portion of the Authours Spirit may be powred on thee in the reading of it that thou maist be able more valiantly to stand in the Cause of Christ and fight his battailes against Gog and Magog and all the cursed enemies of Gods Church that so having fought a good fight of faith thou maist in the end receive the end of thy faith the salvation of thy soule so prayeth thine and the Authours friend CUT SIDENHAM ERRATA PAge 2. line 13. for first of Numbers read fift of Numbers page 21. line 33. for Gavaston read Carlton QVATER MAYNES CONQVEST OVER CANTERBVRIES COVRT MY first Apprehension was on Ashwednesday in Hillary Terme the 12th day of February 1639. At which time came two Pursevants unto mee with an Attachment from the High Commission-Court under the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury Sir Nathaniel Brent and Sir John Lambe at which time I unwisely entered into Band of one hundred pounds to appeare in their Court and my first appearance was in Easter Terme the second day of the Terme being Thursday the 23th of Aprill 1640. My appearance being made I was called and presently they called for a Booke which being tendered unto mee I asked what I should doe with it they told me I must take my Oath I answered I would not take any Oath I knew no cause why I should the Officer that attended the Court opened the Booke and I said I could open it my selfe if I would reade in it Then Doctor Reeve said I must take my Oath to answer to such Articles as were in Court against mee I told him I knew of no Articles neither doe I know wherein I have offended The Doctor told me if I would take my Oath I should know I answered I would take no Oath I did not hold it lawfull Thus much betweene the Doctor and my selfe Archbishop Then said the Archbishop Master Quatermayne Master Quatermayne I heare you though you speake but softly you seeme to scruple at the Oath taking you neede not to doe it you thinke it to be an accusing Oath but it is not so it is a purging Oath Quatermayne My Lord I thinke it to bee an accusing Oath indeed Archbishop It is not so but it is a purging Oath Quatermayne My Lord I need no purging for I have not offended yet neverthelesse if you will so administer it I will take it because I find in the first of Numbers an Oath of Purgation so that it agree with other Scriptures that

to the Rules afore-cited Doct. Featly Yea with all my heart said the Doctor God forbid else it is very fit that wee should labour to have our judgements informed in every thing Quater Then Sir in the first place I cannot sweare in truth and therefore if any should aske mee as Pilate did Christ what thing is truth I must answer him in this particular I cannot tell and that because truth is wrapt up and hid from mine eyes either in the administration of the Oath or in the Oath it selfe that I cannot see it Secondly I cannot sweare in judgement because my judgement wanteth information from my understanding by reason of the darknesse and obscuritie of the Oath and yee know what Salomon saith Where there is not judgement the minde is not good Thirdly I cannot sweare in righteousnesse for it is an unrighteous thing for me either to accuse my selfe or my brother and therefore I conceive by vertue of this Scripture this Oath can lay no waight on my conscience and therefore wee will bring it to the Rule as to the touchstone to try it by for I doe conceive the end of this Oath is voyde because neither is God glorified nor my brother edified which ought to be the end of every action And now as concerning the rise from whence it came wee will examine that Doct. Featly I pray doe so I like this very well Quater Then Sir you may remember the Oath was grounded on a Statute in Henry the fourths time and it was a cursed curbe or scourge invented by the Papists and Prelates to punish and put to death the people of God under the name of Lollords who then were true Christians And this Oath was supprest in King Edwards dayes and in Queene Maryes dayes it was set up againe and in the first of Queene Elizabeth it was supprest and the High Commission Court was establisht and hath continued by the Bishops ever since and they have made use of this Oath both to suppresse the people truth of God and therefore the rise of this Oath cannot be good Thirdly This Oath is contrary to all good meanes for by the Law of God every thing should be determined by two or three Witnesses and this Oath causeth a man to be his owne accuser witnes and judge contrary to the Law of God and of the Land and the Law of Nature and therefore this Oath as it is an action neither is nor can be good and therefore to be avoyded Quater Now Sir I pray let me aske you a question or two Doct. Featly What you will Mr Quatermayne and I will indeavour to answer you Quater What benefit shall I have by taking the Oath Doct. Featly A two fold benefit The first is your libertie and that is a great benefit as you know Secondly If you will call for it you may have a Promoter of the cause and he shall give you good securitie to pay the cost of the Suit if you overthrow him and this the Court cannot deny if you will challenge it at their hands Quater I doe acknowledge Sir that both these be good so that I might have them with a good conscience Now Sir I will bring it to the first Rule and that is this Thou mayst not doe evill that good may come thereof thy damnation is just in so doing for me to have my body at libertie and my conscience in prison it is an evill and a bitter thing so to doe and therefore by this Rule to be avoyded Againe secondly for me to have my cost allowed me and goe further in debt with God by reason of sinne that will not hold by this Rule and therefore as our Saviour saith What will it profit a man to winne the whole world and loose his owne soule Againe for the second bring the Oath Ex Officio to the second Rule and see what good report it hath among its neighbours I never heard wise man nor foole good man or bad speake a good word for it surely if it were good there would not yesterday have been at the Parliament House so many hundreds as was to speake against it Thirdly Bring it to the third Rule which is Shun and avoyd all appearance of evill and this is not onely an appearance but evill it selfe and therefore to be avoyded Doct. Featly Truly Mr Quatermayne you have reasoned to the purpose I am sorry that time calleth mee away from you What is it you would have mee to write I will write what you will have me to write Quater No good Sir by no meanes I will not appoint you what to write for then it will be my report and not yours therefore I will leave it to your wisdome and Gods guiding to direct you write what you please Doct. Featly Truly Mr Quatermayne I will write nothing that shall do you any hurt I pray will you fetch it upon thursday morning and my man shall deliver it unto you Quater This is the summe and substance of the Conference betweene Doctor Featly and my selfe being to him directed by the High Commission Court Here followeth a Copie of Doctor Featly's Report to the High Commission Court upon our Conference To the Right Honourable and most Reverend Father in God WILLIAM Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury his Grace Primate of all ENGLAND and Mettopolitan IN obedience to an Order made by your Grace in the Honourable Court of High Commission on Roger Quatermayne Gent. Came to my House the fift of this instant May to conferre with mee whom I found conformable to the Doctrine Discipline and all holy Orders and Constitutions of our Church save onely he maketh some scruple in taking the Oath Ex Officio and in that also he seemeth to mee very desirous to receive satisfaction and if by your gracious favour and goodnesse he may obtaine a longer time of respit more maturely to consider of the point and resolve his Conscience I conceive good hope that he will conforme himselfe to the publike Justice of this Kingdome and submit in all things to the proceedings and Order of this Honourable Court Your gracious humbly devoted DANIEL FEATLY Quater My second appearance in the High Commission Court was the seventh of May 1640. Bishop Wrenne I being called by Bishop Wrenne the Arch-Bishop being absent that day the Bishop of Ely asked me if I would take the Oath Quater To whom I answered as before that I would not take it for I did not hold it lawfull Bish. Wrenne Why said the Bishop you were to goe to Doctor Featly and that he should report hither how he found you Quater To whom I answered I did goe according as I was directed Bish. Wrenne Well said the Bishop and what doe you say of Doctor Featly Quater I answered and said that he was a very wise and judicious Gentleman Bish. Wrenne How said the Bishop a wise and judicious Gentleman and yet not give you satisfaction concerning the lawfulnesse of the Oath Quater I