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A62146	Peter pursued, or, Dr. Heylin overtaken, arrested, and arraigned upon his three appendixes 1. Respondet Petrus, 2. Answer to the Post-haste reply, 3. Advertisements on three histories of Mary Queen of Scots, King Iames, and King Charls : patch'd together in his Examen historicum, for which the doctor is brought to censure / by William Sanderson, Esq.	Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676.	1658 (1658)	Wing S649; ESTC R5219	22,615	61

assume fresh credit of copeing with the deceased now at rest whom he hath endeavoured to disturbe even the most Reverend name and living fame of that approved learned Prelate the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh Prymate of all Ireland But to be a little serious with him 't is no newes for Doctor Heylin to be a disturber of pious and eminent Men while they were living of which now he is not like to live long himself t is time to think upon repenting I shall upon this occasion only instance in his demeanonr towards Doctor Prideaux at and after the taking of his degree in Oxford Anno 1635. Who catching at some particulars which fell from Doctor Prideaux in the discussing the questions given by Doctor Heylin scandalized him at Court to the late King being then at Woodstock An Ecclesia authoritatem habeat In fidei controversiis d●terminandis Interpretandis sacras scripturas Decernendi ritus et ceremonias Upon which the Doctor was compelled to make his defence with a protestation under his hand against those false Informations given in against him Pretending to have been cross to the Articles and in speciall to the 20th of the Church of England branched into positions viz. 1 That the Church is Mera Chimaera 2 That it teacheth and determines nothing 3 That controversies might better be referred to the Vniversities than to the Church 4 That learned men in the Vniversities might determine of cont●●ve●sies without the Bishops or acquainting them with them To these Doctor Prideaux was fain to make answer which to satisfie the desire of the Reader not being heretofore publisht I shall give him a transcript as followeth viz. The answer of Doctor P●ideaux to the Information given in against him by Doctor Heylin These passages imperfectly catched at by the Informer were not positions of mine for I det●st them as they are layd for impious and ridiculous but oppositions acco●ding to my place proposed for the further clearing of the truth to which the Respondent was to give satisfaction And this generall protestation I hope takes off all that can be laid against me in the particulars Notwithstanding to touch on each of them as they are layd 1 To the First I never said that the Church was Mera Chimaera as it is or hath a being and ought to be beleived but as the Respondent by his answers made it In which I conceived him to swerve from the Article where his questions were taken 2 To the Second my argument was to this purpose Omnis actio est suppositorum vel singularium Ergo Ecclesi● in abstracto nihil docet aut determinat sed per hos aut illos Episcopos Pastores Doctores c. homo non disputat sed Petrus et Johannes 3. 4. The Third and Fourth may be well put together my prosecution was that the Vniversities are eminent parts and Seminaries of the Church and had better opportunity to discuss controversies than diverse other assemblies Not by any meanes to determine them but to prepare them for the determination of Ecclesiasticall assemblies of Synods Councells Bishops that have superiour Authority wherein they might doe service to the Church and those superi●urs not perscribe any thing unto them As the debating of a point by learned Counsell makes the easier passage for the Benches sentence And this was urged only as commended not as necessary The Queenes Almoner was present I am told noe For he departed as they say that were in the same seat with him being tired as it should seem by the tedious preface of the Respondent before the disputations began but be it so or otherwise to what purpose this is interposed I know not Vpon an occasion of mentioning the absolute decree he brake forth into a great and long discourse that his mouth was shut by Authority else he would maintain that truth contra omnes qui sunt in vivis which fetch 't a great hum from the Country Ministers that were there This Argument I confess was unexpectedly cast in by another but bent as I took it against some what I have written in that behalf which the Respondent not endeavouring to clear I was put upon it to shew in what sence I took absolutum decretum which indeed I said I was able to maintain against any as my predecessors in that place had done This was not in a long discourse as it is suggested but in as short a solution as is usually brought in Schooles to a doubt on the by And from this I took off the opponents further proceeding in obedience to Authority whereupon if a hum succeded it was more then I use to take notice of it might be as well of dislike as of Approbation and of other Auditors as soon as Country Minnisters A Hiss I am sure was given before when the Respondent excluded King and Parliament from being parts of the Chu●ch But I remember whose practise it is to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I had rather to bear and forbear and end with this Protestation Protestation THat as I beleive the Catholick Church in my Creed soe I reverence this Church of England wherein I had my Baptisme and whole breeding as a most eminent member of it To the Doctrine and discipline of this Church have I often hitherto subscribed and by Gods grace constantly adhered And resolve by the same assistance according to my abilitie under his Majesties protection faithfully to maintain against the Papists or any other that shall oppose it The prelacie of our Reverend Bishops I have ever defended in my place which I dare say hath been more often and with greater paines taking than most of those have done who have received greater encouragements f●om their Lordships I desire nothing but the continuance of my Vocation in a peaceable cou●se that after all my paines taking in the place of his Majesties P●ofessor almost for this 18 yeares together my sonns especially be not countenanced in my declining age to vilifie me vex me so that I end the remainder of my time which likely must be short and cannot be long in heartie prayer for his Majesty my onely Master and Patron for the Reverend Bishops the State and all his Majesties Subjects and his affaires and continue my utmost endeavour to ●oe all faithfull service to the Church wherein I live to whose Authority I have ever and doe hereby submit my self and Studies to be according to Gods wo●d directed or converted Thus was this learned and eminent Prof●ss●r of divinity traduced and disturbed let the application be the patience and disregard of the Reader when in this book he finds the like attempted by the same person upon the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh And yet what slender accompt is to be made of his language that way may appear by the Ch●racter which a learned person and one of note George Hackwell Arch-Deacon of Surrey and of Exeter