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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

private Quater My Lord I am sure they are not publike I pray my Lord informe my judgement what a Conventicle is A●…chb Why this is a Conventicle said the Archbishop when t●…n or twelve or more or lesse meet together to pray reade preach expound this is a Conventicle Quater My Lord I doe not so understand it Archb. No saith he my Lord Chiefe Justice I appeale to you whether this be a Conventicle or no Sir Edward Littleton But my Lord Chiefe Justice answered nothing Quater My Lord under your Lordships favour I know it is no Conventicle neither by any Statute nor Cannon Law of this Kingdome if this be a Conventicle then I will be a Conventicler while I live with Gods helpe I kept a Conventicle in my house the last Wednesday if this be a Conventicle My Lord I did never come to your Court but I set apart the day before to 〈◊〉 to God for a blessing to direct me how to carry my selfe before you Archb. I so you may in private so it be onely with your owne family Quater And no body else my Lord truly my whole family consists wholy in my wife and my selfe and therefore I must call in my neighbours to helpe me for this dutie if it be kept as it ought will require more than a man and his wife to keepe it Archb. You were at Watlington and there be many of the Scottish faction there Quater At Watlington my Lord I was borne there will you not give me leave to goe into the Countrey to visit my friends Archb. Yes but not to make Conventicles and Preach Quater My Lord you said I m●…ght in private and when I am there I am as at home and my Lord we alwayes did it in private and not in the publike Congregation Lord N●…wborg Then said the Lord Newborg how doe you pray M●… Quatermayne at such meetings Quater My Lord I will tell you how wee pray wee pray thus that the Lord will be graciously pl●…ased out of all these combustions and confusions to bring forth a sacred Order for the establishment of the Gospell the rooting out of Popery superstition and Idolatry For the uniting of the two Kingdomes together England and Scotland in peace and setling his Majestie and his posteritie Royall in peace that so we may live under our owne Vines and Fig-trees to serve our God and to be loyall and obedient to our King and Soveraigne and loving and charitable one to another Lord Cottington Then said the Lord Cottington the Lord the Lord and why not our Lord or Jesus Christ or God Almightie Quater My Lord I am not willing to mis-phrase the Scriptures neither am I willing to displease your Lordships therefore whether I say our Lord or God or Christ or God Almightie the Scripture will beare me out in what I say Lord Cottington The Lord the Lord what Lord doe you meane doe you meane the Lord Wentworth Quater No my Lord I doe not meane the Lord Wentworth I know him not nor am I acquainted with him but that Lord that I meane is the Lord of Heaven and Earth Lord Privie Seale The Lord said the Lord Privie Seale Doe you finde fault with the man for saying the Lord he speak●…th to the purpose why is not the Lord in Scriptures as well to be spoken as our Lord or Christ or God All-mightie Lord of Dorset My Lord said the Lord of Dorset you loose time the man speaketh punctually to the purpose the Lord it is the principall title that God is denominated in the Scriptures by Archb. You were at Watlington and there be of the Scotish faction Quater My Lord I know not what you meane by the Scotish faction Lord Cottington Yes said the Lord Cottington I thinke you doe and I beleeve if you were well examined you would be found one of the principall Then many of the Lords cryed out of the Scots and called them Rebells and Traytors Archb. I said Canterbury wee have proved them Traytors and Rebels Lord Cottington They must needs be Traytors and Rebells when they shall come in such hostile manner to invade his Majesties Realme and rob and spoyle his Subjects Archb. I said Canterbury and under pretence of Religion to invade the Land Lord Cottington Then said the Lord Cottington what doe you thinke of the Scots Mr Quatermayne Quater My Lord if you examine my conscience I pray doe it by Scriptures Archb. You say right said Canterbury I never did otherwise nor will doe Lord Cottington Then said the Lord Cottington againe Master Quatermayne what doe you thinke of the Scots Quater My Lord I thinke more than I will speake Then said another Lord you heare that they be proved traytors what doe you thinke of them now Quater My Lord I have thought formerly that those things that your Lordship now sayes were not true I know not now what cause I may have to al●…er my thoughts Another Lord But what doe you now thinke of them Master Quatermayne Quater Then said I my Lord if they be Traytors let them suffer as Traytors Lord Master Quatermayne what doe you thinke of them Quater My Lord whatsoever I thinke I will say nothing Lord Goring Then said the Lord Goring Master Quatermayn how doe you judge of the Scots speake your mind freely you need not be so shy here is none that will wrong you Quater My Lord I cannot judge at uncertainty I heare one thing now and another ●…hing anon I hardly heare one thing twice together and therefore I will suspend my judgement Then said two or three Lords together what doe you say of the Scots speake your mind freely you heare they are proved traytors Quater My Lord you say you have already proved the Scots Traytors and I have said if they be Traytors let them suffer as Traytors and my Lord if you have proved them Traytors you doe not want my approbation for if I say they are Traytors or if I say they are not it proves them neither to be nor not to be Traytors and therefore I will say nothing Sir ●…homas Row Then said Sir Thomas Row and the Lord Goring What doe you beleeve concerning the ●…cots i Master Quatermayne Quater To whom I answered my Lord I doe beleeve all the Articles of my Creed Sir Thomas Row and Lord Goring Then said both those I thinke you doe for you seeme to be a man of judgement but doe you beleeve the Scots are Traytors Quater My Lord it was never no Article of my faith for I never found it in my Creed with that they all smiled P. S. and Arch. Then s●…y the Lord privie Seale and the Archbishop Well for all this wee shall prove that you were the chiefe cause of the ryot at Pauls on Thursday last and therefore Sir John Bankes I pray receive information from Master Lathom and Master Lathom goe you to Master Atturney Generall and give him instruction how he shall draw