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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94096	Manifest truth: or An inversion of truth's manifest Containing, a vindication of a Church of Christ in their proceedings on March the 8. 1657, against Mrs Mary Allein, from the false and injurious aspersions of her husband Mr. Toby Allein. By Lewis Stucley, pastor of a congregation in Exeter.	Stuckley, Lewis, 1621 or 2-1687.	1658 (1658)	Wing S6090; ESTC R230380	41,764	60

foot so near her time it seems that p. 35. of his book she was glad to Carrie her midwife with her Will any Reader think that she in such a Condition would take such a Journy for such an end 4. Would she have pitched on such an infamous woman as Dame who had ran to Ireland as her Brother Mongwel confessed after another womans husband Had she no relations that she might trust to convey her in case her husbands Company was not so proper 5. Why did they not proceed in their journey what though her brother could not accompany her must she needs returne being in her journey more then half the way especially when she could goe with more Credit to Taunton then before but 6. If the Mare was sent for to convey her to Taunton what should Dame her Companion or Midwife doe must she ride upon the Muggle of the Mare 7. But is it likely that she would send about fifteen miles for a Mare to expedite this journey 8. Is Honnington in the road way to Taunton 9. There are several persons that then lay in the house that heard the Landlady say that Mr. T.A. could not be admitted for a while into his wifes Chamber and that Mris. A. did confesse to her that she left her husband because of a different way from her Well but he thinks to excuse by a friendly lodging he had that night with her p. 9. it was sure but part of the night I think it was near nine of the Clock before he took horse to find her out for her friendlinesse to him I will not medle with it only it Cost him deare to travel so unseasonably and to ingage as was reported that he would never joyn with us more 10. Her journey was sinful in the opinion of both husband and wife p. 10. he saith she was sensible of her sin in going from him without his privity and desired the Lord to humble her for it and desired him to forgive her Well grant this yet the offence became publick Honnington and Exeter Rang with this scandall and the Church account themselves obliged to take notice of it and they appoint members to admonish her of it but she refuseth to hear them as she was wont Now let the Reader Judg whether this is so slight àn offence and whether a Church of Christ have not power to deale with such an offender although she be forgiven seventy times seven by her husband yet no appearance of sorrow was seene by any of us for her opening the mouths of wicked men against Religion therefore we expecting saisfaction but missing of it we resolved to follow this offendor according to the instruction given us Math. 18.15.16.17 In the same page he adviseth his Reader to take notice that the Church were ignorant of the occasion and end of her journey and yet c. Noe wonder if Ignorant of the occasion of that scandalous motion when her own husband knew it not till he found her in Honnington and as for the end though he pretends it was to Receive satisfaction Concerning some scruple yet I doe not believie it How ever he hath been taught in Peters that it is a most sad thing when a man hath nothing to say for the justifying of himself but this that he hath a good meaning in such an action it is no question a man may have a kind of good meaning in that which is nothing but wickednesse the best intention in the world is not good enough to make an evill action to be good Good is a perfection as evil is a defect and all perfection must come from the concurrence of all the causes to compleat it what think you of Lots Daughters their end was that they might preserve seed on earth yet this would not Justify them in such an abominable act as that was yea he hath been taught that no man can have a good intention in a wicked action how can a man have a good end as long as he walks by a crooked rule and useth indirect meanes for the obtaining of his end it doth imply it is a contradiction The obedience of he Creature to its maker is the end for which it was made honoring of God by obeying him is the end of a Christian now how can he aime at the glory of God that taketh a direct course to disobey him But if his wives end was so good in that swift motion of hers why had it not been made known when the two others were sent to his wife Why did she refuse conference with them She knevv vvell enough that the scandalousness of the action vvas notorious and did it not become her or her husband in her behalf to satisfie us about this glorious end Besides vvhy had she such a ruffe carriage toward those two Bretheren when coming to her in a message from Christ and his Church p. 10.11 We know she is a ruffe piece but that was a strange time so to express her self when she lay under so much guilt as that he confesseth she ask't him forgiveness and said she was sensible of the evil of that journey and desired the Lord to humble and forgive her for it When David had truly repented of his sin though a Shimei accosted him he vvas not rough tovvards him though this pamphleter be overbold in his lying imputations yet the Lord did not Permit him to charge the brethren vvith any uncivil carriage in their conference vvith his vvife only he confesseth that vvhich needed no proofe that his vvife vvas rough yet upon this repentance though questionable enough he forgives her so might vve had she vvith tears profest to us Her self sensible of the evil of her journey desiring the Lord to humble her and forgive her for it To this vvas she bound by the Lavv of the same God that obliged her to ask her husband forgivness her sin being publick her repentance should have been publick she had scandalized the Church and she ought to have sought forgiveness from them as vvell as from her husband There is a tvvofold forgiveness 1. That vvhich is opposed to hatred grudges and unjust desire of revenge thus vve were to forgive her vvhether she repented or no. 2. That vvhich is opposed to the censures of the Lord Jesus in his Churches and so we are bound not to forgive unless there be visible repentance and therefore vve are not ashamed to say that such a scandalous sin is unpardonable to a Church-member vvithout the Churches satisfaction though he as an husband may pardon the scandalousness of it as relating to himself yet not as relating to the Church and had he consulted either for the peace of his ovvn conscience or the safety of her soul he vvould have taken an occasion from her private confessions to prevail vvith her for a publick acknovvledgment but he neglecting his duty and his vvife hers the Journey having opened so many mouths against Religion and the pretended end being

he was dissatisfied I doe not understand nor what he meanes by zeale whether he was disatisfied with his wife or with the Church and what the antecedents are to those relatives p. 17. He gives you an account of a letter from Mris. Par who he saith was a late member of my Church and long since deserted them how a late member and yet long since deserted us and Mris Allein to which I need not say much any judicious Reader may see it robs parricular Churches of that power and Authority which Christ hath intrusted them with of trying and censuring their ovvn delinquent members upon a pretence that the vvhole Church are parties to vvhich vve might retort many things if it vvere needful but he Pamphleter takes it for granted that a particular Church may excommunicate in his Epistle and that vvhich he dislikes in several Pages is our censuring the parties for petty small offences moreover so far are either of them in this paper from confessing any of their scandals that they rather vvould asperse us as if the evil vve vvere censuring them for was their communicating in the Ordinances of Christ with others of Gods people that will admit them to their communion Sure March the seventh was of all the dayes in the week the most improper to blot paper with slanderous reflection By this time I suppose I have almost wearied my Reader with inlarging on the unchristian liberty which this Pamphleter hath taken to make both my person and the Church I walk with odious to the world but I may say as it was told Ezekiel Behold yet greater abominations he is not contented to falsifie and pervert actions but p. 20. he jears at the workings of the blessed Spirit in those mournings and lamentings which God was pleased to bestow upon his people upon that sad day this he blasphemously calls a hideous howling cry and accounts so just a censure to be but like the Popes bull a beast when it roars the loudest p. 33. I should the less wonder at these expressions had not this T.A. been once present when this censure was inflicted on Ganicle hath this poor soul forgotten how they sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in them yea what clearing of themselves yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what zeal yea what revenge The Author of the History of the Councel of Trent though a papist would have taught him more Christianity who saith p. 330. That the excess of charity in correcting speaking of the censure of excommunication did make the corrector feel greater pain then the corrected so that in the Church no punishment was imposed without great lamentation of the multitude and greater of the better sort and this was the cause why to correct was called to lament so St. Paul rebuking the Corinthians for not chastifing the incestuous said you have not lamented to separate such a transgression from you And must this scurilous tongue report that dayes mourning for his vvives misery to be howling and hideous howling and compare it to the Popes roaring Bull hovv can this Ishmael that is grovvn up and become a scoffer of Isaac hope to keep his reputation among them vvho knovv vvhat sighs and groanes in duty means it vvas indeed a sad and black day and this the excommunicates vvill knovv to their everlasting shame and sorrovv vvithout repentance hovvever this adamant heart may flout and jest at our sense of the misery of these contumacious vvretches for a vvhile I knovv and am persvvaded that vve have cause given us to glory in that vvhich he vvould publish for our shame vve bless God that the place of our assembling our selves together vvas turned into a Bochim and that the great holy God vvas pleased to give us frames of mourning becoming the vvork of such a day vve remember vvell vve are not the first that have been so traduced and if this be to be vile vve desire to be more vile if ever such a sad occasion present it self again This Pamphleter having cast such blase aspersions upon the vvorkings of God in the hearts of his people and having mishaped the Congregation his next vvork is to lay me lovv in the eyes of al men by printing somevvhat of my Prayer for the Reader to vievv to make vvay for his ovvn false observations that aftervvards he annexeth I have already in a solemn place vvitnessed against those lyes vvith vvhich I am charged and should have hoped for so much ingenuity from a professing people that they vvould have given credit to me in my disovvning the Blasphemy Lyes Contradictions and incoherences of such papers but this I feel and find by sad experience that vvhen persons are ingaged in spreading lies to defame their brethren they vvill hardly be persvvaded to retract their uncharitable practises against them it had suited vvith a Gospel-spirit in Ministers and others to have knovvn of me vvhether I delivered such passages as the bold man fathers on me before they had believed them or any vvay contributed to the spreading of them this is not to vvalk by that generally applauded rule Mat. 7.12 All things vvhatsoever ye vvould that men should do to you do ye even so to them this is not to love thy neighbour as thy self this is not to uphold the credit of the Minister and the esteem of our brethren in the Ministry this is not to deal faithfully with our brethren and not to suffer sin to lye upon each other and freely and lovingly give to and receive admonitions from each other for any evil that shall be discovered in either of us I do once again profess to my brethren in the Ministry and to all others that I am exceedingly vvronged by these reports and if this do not satisfie thee if thou vvilt credit more on H.R. a person so notorious that I believe fevv vvill certifie for his godly conversation rather then believe a Minister of the Gospel I may say now walkest not thou charitably Religion will teach thee to suspend rather thy determining any thing in this matter I cannot force the credit of any but will commit my cause to God I believe a day of Judgment is hastning upon us and then it will be known how much sin men of all degrees have been guilty of in this matter by saying report and we will report In the mean while I shall give thee a double Certificate from the members of my own and some of other Congregations A Printed Pamphlet under the name of Mr. Toby Allein coming lately to our view and finding therein somewhat stiled a prayer which is by him asserted to be Mr. Stucleys we cannot but judg our selves obliged in duty and conscience to testifie to all that desire to be informed of the truth that several passages therein are to our knowledg forged and invented and several other material passages omitted and several incoherences inserted so that we are verily perswaded it