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A67879	The life and death of VVilliam Lawd, late Archbishop of Canterburie: beheaded on Tower-Hill, Friday the 10. of January. 1644. I. Here is a brief narration of his doings all his life long faithfully given-out, first, that his sayings at his death may not be a snare to the perdition of souls. II. His doings and sayings being compared and weighed together, his sayings are found infinitely too light; yet of weight sufficient to presse every man to make a threefold use from all, of infinite concernment to his eternall soul. By E.W. who was acquainted with his proceedings in Oxford; was an eye and eare witnesse of his doings and sayings in his courts here at London; and other places under his dominion.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687, attributed name.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1645 (1645)	Wing W3496A; ESTC R6515	29,164	53

and discerning unto men to see unto this misgovernment and has made them resolve upon this question That this misgovernment in and over the churches of God shall be no more no more Arch-Bishops and Lord Bishops For God is above them who would hold-up that Misgovernment still Blessed be God for this for ever and ever That this Misgovernment clean opposite to the Government of Christ is taken away Salvation and Glory and Dominion be ascribed to our God for this Amen He has almost done so have I He has one Desire to put up to the Throne of Grace and that is a great one It is That God would forgive him I humbly desire to be forgiven first of God and then of every man a great desire indeed to be for given of God If that Desire be granted then come life come Death nothing comes amisse All that comes whether fire or sword all is welcome Oh this desire must be well thought-on managed and ordered every day early and late there that it may be heard and answered at the last when we are breathing it-forth last of all and with it our soul God knowes who knowes the heart That I joyned with him as I could But to speak the Truth Though my soul went forth affectionably towards him yet my spirit could not go out with one word in his Petition 1 His desire I could not close with that because the Lord has said The Desire of the wicked shall perish 2 To bee forgiven I could not heartily close with that neither for I remembred what we read The great man humbled himself before Wood and Stone therefore forgive him not Oh terrible words Forgive them not Many a man you will say has done so and God has forgiven him for so doing Yes for nothing is so free as Grace And nothing not sin it self can be so multiplied as Gods pardons are to poor humble sinners We must not limit Gods infinite Mercie No we do not But we must take all together Great sinners have been forgiven the very Argument that David useth Forgive my sin for it is great The most 〈◊〉 Idolaters these have been forgiven But they have been indeed poore penitent greatly humbled before the Lord for humbling themselves before the crature the workes of their hands or imaginations of their hearts Wee cannot tell where to read this man a poore penitent indeed We reade him indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 forgivenesse of sin but no where do we read or observe him humbly confessing his sin But the contrary we 〈◊〉 And therefore so 〈◊〉 as God hath communicated His minde to His servants touching this mans 〈◊〉 and his prayer at the foot of his Sermon So farre they may declare it That this mans desire and his prayer both the one and the other was an abhomination to the Lord Secret things belong unto the Lord our God But things revealed unto us and to our children His prayer at the foot of his Sermon takes with a world of people as his sermon did Indeed we are very prone to make an Idoll of our last prayer we hope we may flie unto it when we are slaying as Ioab did unto his Sanctuary God will hear our last words think we though we regarded not to hear His words all our life long This is but a conceit a false hope and will deceive us as it did Ioab and as it has deceived all the wicked in the world Who cried but there was none to help even to the Lord but He answered not And when this great confidence in this last prayer was rejected then will follow as then a treading down and a casting forth for ever This gives fair warnings 1 That we do not dare to turn away our eare from hearing Gods Law For then when we would turn to God as at the point of Death certainly we would then will He turn from us And our prayer then will be as for ought we can know this mans prayer was an abhomination 2 Beware of such a prayer which thine hand has formed and thine eye onely prompts unto thee so teaching thee to pray I dare not censure that which learned men do approve But I am perswaded That the soul shall find as little comfort in the time of need from his prayer so formed and so suggested unto him as his pallate findes relish now in the white of an Egge 3 Beware of having an hand or voice in restraining prayer or binding it to Formes Thou art no more able to do this then thou canst restrain the sweet influences of Pleiades or binde the Sun beames But beware of having a minde or purpose in thy heart to do it as this late Archbishop had and these Lords of the World have at this day Remember how it fared with this man how pent-up and restrained his spirit was at his Death He was putting-up a Prayer then which he hoped would pierce the heavens and reach the bosome of his Father there A miserable Deceit he had no help to forme his prayer but his hand nor to suggest or promp or teach him how to pray but his eye Ah Lord A prayer so formed so taught and suggested can no more reach heaven than you can the highest star with the shortest finger And yet the Adversary and Enemy will have his Service-Book brought into the Churches again God shall be served after their manner with formes the hand has framed and with prayers the eye hath taught Well we shall see whose Word shall prevail Mans or Gods and how the Lord will recompence these proud men I have done with the Sermon and the Prayer 〈◊〉 draw to a conclusion This man is faln and the lower the higher his pinacle was The Lord 〈◊〉 this our Brothers fall unto us that it may be for our 〈◊〉 and looking well to our standing when we are up There is matter of infinite Vse in all that we have read hitherto It shall be threefold For here is matter 1 of great feare 2 Of bitter lamentation And yet 3 of exceeding joy with that we will end sure But in order and very briefly giving but the hints of things three words to these three uses 1 Here is matter of great fear to thee and to me we are lost in generalls is there a lust in us and bearing rule there which is not mortified nor by our will shall it be Here is matter of great feare That this lust whether of the flesh or of the eye or of life will undoe us will put us to open shame here or which is worse seal us under wrath for ever It is the manner for an unmortified lust so to do especially where there is no care at all taken about it to mortifie the same I do abound with terrible examples out of Gods Book and the Churches book of dayes all commanding our speedy care and zeal for the mortifying of every lust But this man we have spoken of is sufficient alone

William Laud Arch-B of Canterbury Prymat of England was beheaded on Tower hill Ian 10th 1644 W. AL Sculp The Life and Death OF VVILLIAM LAWD late Archbishop of CANTERBURIE Beheaded on Tower-Hill Friday the 10. of January 1644. I. Here is a brief Narration of his Doings all his life long faithfully given-out First That his sayings at his Death may not be a snare to the perdition of souls II. His Doings and Sayings being compared and weighed together his Sayings are found infinitely too light Yet of weight sufficient to presse every man to make a Threefold use from All of infinite concernment to his eternall soul By E.W. who was acquainted with his Proceedings in Oxford was an eye and eare witnesse of his Doings and Sayings in his Courts here at London and other places under his dominion REVEL. 9. 20 21. Yet they repented not of the works of their hands neither of their murthers nor of their sorceries nor of their fornication nor of their Thefts PROVERBS 28. 15. As a roaring Lion and a ranging Bear So is a wicked Ruler over the poor people Audacia est stuper quidam sensus cum malitia voluntatis Verul. Non saepius Phebotomiae necessariae sunt in curationibus quam caedes in Civilibus Ibid. LONDON Printed for Iohn Hancock dwelling in Popes-head Ally 1645. To the Reader IT is the manner to adresse a few words to thee at the entrance to a Discourse which are these I was an eye witnesse of this mans Doings in his life an 〈◊〉 ear-witnesse of his sayings at his Death yet had I not a thought for I thought it needlesse to tell the world what his Doings were no not then when I saw his 〈◊〉 boldly published to the world to make gaine of money thereby though with the hazard of souls till the 〈◊〉 fornight after he suffered Death for the 〈◊〉 On that Day a worthy Minister my dear friend came to me told me that they who were thought the fittest men for the worke had no purpose to doe it there was a mistake for the fittest of Many hath done it then moved me about it by such arguments as might have commanded me and so did though not at that time yet some hours after Then I girded my self to the service To give a Breviate of his Doings first The Reader could expect no other in such scantnesse of time and roome different from that is extant as I thought also the time and place did require Of his saying after that his Doings and sayings being laid together the one may interpret and explaine the other And the scriptures of God may warrant the Reader to be judge of both I have made hast here as I was desired to do and as a man hasteneth to take an Anti-dote to expell the poison he hath unadvisedly drunk down Yet this 〈◊〉 is not of that Nature as to cause Repentance But er ours it may have caused not a few which the Author and the Printer may lovingly divide 〈◊〉 them and be at no losse For the Reader must take all in good part for these reasons 1 Because he may make a great gain by this to his 〈◊〉 He may learn by this how to live order all his doings all his life long How As the righteous Gods faithfull servants do and then he may be sure his 〈◊〉 shall bee like theirs and the comfort of his sayings then answerable to his doings I have through 〈◊〉 Grace strengthening me done all Thy wills Lord I have kept Thy word Come Lord Jesus Come quickly I commend my soul unto Thee For thou hast 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 God of Truth 2. The Reader may be informed hereby touching the Religion we without mentall Reservations call 〈◊〉 That it is not like our garments still 〈◊〉 after the fashion of the Times nor like the 〈◊〉 neither now 〈◊〉 and then waining as shee 〈◊〉 to us But Religion is as the Sun a perpetuall and 〈◊〉 Ordinance in heaven 3. Touching the warre about Religion who they are who so venter far and freely in this warre who fight indeed the Battells of the Lamb Truly Reader The old Serpent the Devill speaking through a Dying man as audibly in the eares of a great People as once he spake in the eares of our Grand-mother Eve would have beguiled all the Christian world touching this matter It was my great Care to undeceive thee at this great Point to Discover that Grand 〈◊〉 to thee which I have done but not indeed so fully as I would 〈◊〉 could but yet faithfully not daring for my life to doe otherwise in a matter which did so highly concerne The High God His Christ His Church and His Parliament now fighting the Lords Battells against the 〈◊〉 and His Angells Indeed the Scripture calls the Adversary and enemy row not the Dragon but the Beast And hee would seem the tamest of Beasts a Lamb and make the world beleive he would That 〈◊〉 fights the Lords Battels venters as farre and as freely for the Religion and Faith of Christ as any in all the world Now what see wee For wee may behold now as 〈◊〉 Iohn did in a vision A Beast like a Lamb But how 〈◊〉 he he spake as a Dragon How 〈◊〉 hee As a Dragon wee may be sure And it is as 〈◊〉 before our eyes by his 〈◊〉 and Sayings That though he be a 〈◊〉 in shew he is a Dragon indeed for Dragons 〈◊〉 are never 〈◊〉 then are his words And hence Reader Thou art taught a great Lesson Not To trust the Dragon though in 〈◊〉 like a Lamb and may speak like a Lamb So he 〈◊〉 speak for advantage that hee may Act anon 〈◊〉 a Dragon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as all the faithfull servants in the world 〈◊〉 now They send their Embassadour to heaven their prayers thither through the Mediation of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and only Friend to make peace that is the peace they breath-after Peace and Holinesse Peace and Righteousnesse Truth and Peace They hearken not what the Dragon saith nor what the Beast saith nor what the Lamb saith which is but like a Lamb they hearken what their Lord saith for He speakes Peace A Peace of their Freinds making and their Gods giving Surely their expectation is from God a peace of his speaking giving And in the world they expect trouble and with the Dragon War while he and the Saints are together in the world These things the Lord hath spoken That which makes amends for all the Dragon can doe or say in Mee yee might have Peace In the world ye shall have Tribulation But bee of good cheer I have overcome the world So saith the faithfull and true witnesse The Amen The Life and Death of VVilliam Lawd late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Briefly related I Will begin in order with his Life first and his Death after I le set down faithfully and as narrowly as I can his Doings all his life long and his Sayings at his death And this I

know there are many more Adversaries Archones And great Adversaries there are in the hearts of Gods owne people which only hinder and set back the worke of Reformation mightily But yet in the good of the City we must rejoyce and in the fall of this great Adversary at he was an Adversary to God we may leap for joy We hope we shall see the house of our God prophaned no more with lying vanities Nor the worship of our God defiled any more Nor the worshipers of God thrust into 〈◊〉 any more Nor our Lords day blasphemed any more Nor our priviledges taken from us any more Nor the Royalities of our Lords Kingdome trod under by the food of pride any more for we are confident and have full assurance that we shall have Arch-Bishops and Lord-Bishops no more It goes well with the righteous The City must 〈◊〉 must be exceeding glad For when the wicked perish there is shouting i. e There is a skipping like lambs for joy because Gods enemy and the Churches Adversary is taken away An enemy to all Righteousnesse to the Righteonsnesse of faith by an opinion of a Rightcousnesse by workes An enemy to the pure worship and worshippers and to the Lord and His Day An enemy to the Church and State endeavouring and effecting the subversion of the Lawes and change of Religion When the wicked are taken away there is shouting For it is with them as it was with Judah when Athaliah and Mattan her Priest were flain their House and Altars and Images brake in pieces for then all the people of the Land rejoyced and the Citie was quiet It is so now with the Righteous therefore are their mouthes wide open to sing the high praises of their God For He that did lead into Captivitie was lead into Captivitie and he that has kild with the sword was killed with the sword here is the Patience and the Faith of the Saints They must waite a little while in full assurance that as they have seen so it shall be to all their Adversaries Archbishops and Lord Bishops and to all the enemies of God who seek the ruine of Christs Kingdome they whom they see to day they shall see no more for ever And then seeing the salvations of their God they shall say Great and mervailous are thy workes Lord God Almightie lust and true are thy wayes O King of Saints For thy Judgements are made manifest Amen FINIS Published according to Order Rev. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal. 〈◊〉 16. 〈◊〉 Prov. 23. Zeontes Ezech. 〈◊〉 Cor. 9 5 Rom 2. Psal 3.19 Ioh. 5 〈◊〉 Luk. 23.25 Esay 51. 23. Ad hibendo traditones suas ad praecepta mea Trem. Eze. 43.8 Sed male cum recitas incipit essetuus Mart. Amos. p. 7. l. 7. p. 8. l. 8. Act. 27.23 p. 20. l. 12. line 16. line 18. line 24. p. 8. bottome and top of p 9 2 Chron 23.17 p. 9. l. 9. Page 9. P. 10. l. 1 p 10. l 20 p. 10 l 8. p. 11. l 4.5 2. Sam. 23.2 p. 11. l. 6. p. 11. l. 1. 2. Chro. 22 3. ver 4 Ahab did but hearken to his Queene granted her his seal so she murthered Naboth But saith the Lord to Ahab thou hast killed and where Dogs licked the blood of Naboth the Dogs shall lick thy blood even thine 1. Kings 21.19 〈◊〉 17. 11. Psal. 58. 〈◊〉 41. pa. 12. l. 17. p. 12. or last line 2. Chron. 23.16 〈◊〉 p. 13. l. 14. Pag. 14. pag. 14. Esa. 2.9 Manasseh a great sinner but greatly humbled 〈◊〉 King 2. 28.29 〈◊〉 18.41 Iob. 38. 31. 1. 〈◊〉 2. 16. 〈◊〉 42 25 Prov 11. 10. 2 Chro. 23

unsound protestants they and there is all the reason that I can give or the adversary either 3. They will not venter their lives so far and so freely for Gods Cause as the King and his Counsellours will Now the Lord God of gods be judge here and shew whether of these two parties He hath chosen to fight his Battels Amen But these words shall not passe so Though I may not handle them as I would I will handle them as I may after this manner Sith the Counseller has discharged the King in all the three particulars fore mentioned I will charge the Counsellor with them all three And because the chief among them is gone to his owne place the burden of the Charge shall lie still upon those of the same Conspiracy with him who will say as much for them-selves as he did against the peace of their King and the Lords Kingdomes The first charge is That this late Archbishop sought by all meanes to bring in Popery And brougt it in what was not in before Our Allegations and prooss are upon everlasting record there let them remaine I will alleage onely that which was in every mans eye He has thrust at those and thrustthem-out of their places and out of the Kingdome who set themselves against the bringing in of 〈◊〉 Therefore thrusting-out these 〈◊〉 of the Lord he en-deauoured to bring-Poperie-in Nay he did not onely indeavour but brought in Poperie A strang-worship into the Church Therefore plain poperie in 〈◊〉 Hee brought altars into the church plaine Poperie That also He bended and cringed before Wood and stone The grosest Popery that And yet he said perhaps men have clamoured against me That I would have brought in Popery They do not clamour they will affirm it till they dye And which must needs follow 2. That he was not so sound a Protestant as any man living for some protestants there are who are Sound indeed and understand the word as it is generally understood without any mentall reservations as we thinke he did not And have better evidence for their Religion than that they were borne and baptized in the Church of England which was all the evidence the man brought that he was a Protestant in his sence and so he might be a papist in ours A sound What Truly I cannot tell Not Protestant sure not as the Lutherans understand protestant much lesse as we understand the word but as unsound according to the Religion by Gods Law established as any man in this Kingdom I do not except any now of the Kings Councell now the stinke of whose 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they are engaged in a warre against the Lord 〈◊〉 is come up even to their owne Nostrils and hath 〈◊〉 a filthy savour over all the Churches of God spread over the face of the whole Earth Sound Protestants they No sound Athiests and Papists they enemies and Adversaries to all Righteousnesse It will be manifest thorowoat the next particular of the charge 3. Doubtlesse he would make the world beleeve that he also would venture his Life as farre and as freely for the Protestant Religion as the King would doe We may beleeve him with some Reservation what they were I guess and may in part examine anon who 〈◊〉 the King into a warre against the Kingdomes of Christ that hee might sheath his sword in his Subjects bowels Hee and and his fellow Counsellours venter their lives as far and as freely for Religion It is for the Pagan or Popish Religion then an Abominable Religion for under the heavens of God never were there found such enemies such fighters against God and Religion by Gods Law established as these Counsellours are who have adventured farre and freely indeed their honours their Estates their lives their soules I and the life of their lives their God His favour His protection they venter farre and freely indeed their God and all for a Religion by their own law established And yet sayes he he and his fellowes will venter as farre and as freely for Religion he would make us beleeve by Gods Law established as any men in this Kingdome So he sayes And so they doe And so the Devill and his Angels will say and doe too and so they did just as they doe now the Dragon and his Angels fought with Michael and His Angels Revelation 12. So farre and as freely these Counsellours venter themselves Here is now the third particuliar of the charge charged as indeed it ought to be upon the wicked Counsellors who are at this Day to the King their Master as Athaliah and the house of Ahab were to that unhappy King Ahaziah she his Counsellour to do wickedly They his Counsellours to his destruction And yet let my soul abhor to deal unfaithfully with God and His King against the good word and minde of God and the knowledge He has beene pleased to communicate unto His poor servant therein which is this That the Lord God chargeth all the Bloodshed in a Kingdom that which is openly shed with both hands or with an high Hand before all Israel and before the Sunne all this the Lord chargeth upon the King He has set over that Kingdome So doth he all Abominable Idolatries committed before the eyes of His Holinesse and under the looke of the King all these that Bloodshed and these Idolatries The Lord of lords and God of gods chargeth upon the King though wicked men were his Counsellers to doe wickedly against God and His poore People Now I proceed in the same Page and to Page following where first we read his blessing upon this great and Populous City God blesse it said he Amen And blessed be His name He doth Blesse it in all the Peoples sight And His Blessings are the more conspicuously visible upon the City the more Audible the Adversaries curses are against the Prosperity of the same For indeed all that this Bishop did in the time of his reigne and all his fellow Counsellours do now was and is to bring down a curse upon the City certainly their zeal is so fiery against the prosperity of it that they doe call downe for fire from from Heaven to consume it as Sodom was consumed O how gratious a God is our God! our fins call for a curse our enemies call for a curse Free-grace with holds it it shall not come while the City keeps close to God and to his cause and cannot beare them which are evil and for Christ and His Names-sake and His Churches sake hath laboured and hath not fainted The adversary and Enemy to all Righteousnesse calls for a curse upon the City day and night and had he an Arme like God he would raine-downe fire and Brimstone upon it God will not suffer it so to be He hath blessed it and it must be blessed Blessed be his Name Blesse it still Lord blesse it still even because thy adversaries do curse blesse Thou and let thy Friends see an encrease of thy