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dum opprimitur proficit dum laeditur vincit dum arguitur intelligit tunc stat quum superari videtur OXFORD Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD Printer to the Vniversity 1645. THE NEW DISTEMPER AS it is in a Principality or in a Republique The further it swerves from the first Constitution and Fundamentall Principles the faster it declines and hastens towards Ruine So is it in the Church The more she deviates and slips from her first Foundations the more she growes into Distempers and the nearer she comes to Desolation It hath been the wisdome of all Princes and Free States of former times to carry a watchfull eye upon the growing Inconvenients of their Kingdomes and Republiques That as evill manners daily breed diseases so the continuall making and execution of good lawes should daily be prescribed as Remedies● lest by too long neglect and sufferance the Body of the Commonwealth should grow so foule with superannuated evils and the humors waxe so prevalent that the desperatenesse of the disease might enforce them to as desperate a Remedy It is no lesse prudence and providence in those that are appointed by the Supreme power as under him chiefe Governours and Overseers of the Church to be very circumspect and not onely faithfully to exercise their Ministeriall Function by due and careful preaching of the Gospel but likewise diligently to discharge their office in governing that is in making wholsome Ordinances and duly executing them That the Inconveniences that grow daily in the Church may be daily rectified lest by too long forbearance they gather head and so become either incureable or else capable of Remedy with too great a losse The naturall Affection I so dearly owe to this my native Country to which my soule alwayes hath doth and will for ever 〈◊〉 as much happinesse as heaven can please to give permits me not to think our Church in so forlorne and desperate a Case but that it may be capable of a wholsome Cure Yet Sense and Reason flying with the naturall wings of Love and Duty bids me feare that those unnaturall Humors Pride Negligence Superstition Schisme and that Harbinger of Destruction Security have so long been gathering and now setled in her that she cannot without long time and much difficulty or else especiall providence and divine mercy be restored For the hastning whereof accu●sed be that unworthy Member that shall not apply the utmost of his endeavour and diligence and not returne the best of those Abilities he suckt from her in health to her advantage in this her great and deplorable extremity of Distemper The wearyed Physitian after his many fruitlesse experiments upon a consuming Body advises his drooping Patient to the place of his birth to draw that Ayre he was first bred in The likelyest way to recover our languishing Church is to reduce her to her first Constitutions that she may draw the breath of her first Principles from whence having made so long a journey her returne must take the longer time The Physitian requires not his crazie Patient to take his Progresse thither in a rumbling Coach or a rude Waggon they are too full of motion for a restlesse body nor to ride Poste the swiftnesse of the passage makes too sudden an alteration of the Climate but in an easie-going Litter the flownesse of whose pace might give him a graduall change of Ayre The safest way to reduce our languishing Church to her first Constitution is to avoid all unnaturall Commotions and violence in her passage and carefully to decline all sudden alterations which cannot be without imminent danger and to use the peace-ablest meanes that may be that nothing in her journy may interrupt her and prove too prejudiciall to her journyes end The disease of our distempered Church Cod be praised hath not as yet taken her principall parts Her doctrine of Faith is sound The Distemper onely lyes in her Discipline and Government which hath these many yeeres 〈◊〉 breeding and now broken forth to the great dishonour of her Mysticall Head Christ Jesus to the unhappy interruption of her owne Peace the Legacie of our blessed Saviour to the great disquiet of our gracious Soveraigne her Faiths Defender to the sharp affliction of his loyall Subjects her faithfull servants and to the utter ruine and destruction of this Kingdome the peacefull Palace of her Glory 1. As for her Discipline In the happy dayes of Edward the sixt when all the Romish Rubbish and Trumpery was seavengerd out of this the new Reformed Church and the wholsome doctrine of undubitable Truth was joyfully received into her gates being for many yeeres clo●'d with Ignorance and Error the piety and providence of her newly chosen Governours whose spirituall Abilities and valour were after characterd in their owne blood thought good in the first place to make Gods Worship the subject of their holy Consideration To which end they met and finding in the Scriptures no expresse forme of Evangelicall Discipline in each particular and therefore concluding it was left as a thing indifferent to be instituted according to the Constitutions of every Kingdome where Religion should be astablisht they advised what Discipline might best conduce to the glory of God and the benefit of his people They first debated and put to the question Whether the old Lyturgie should be corrected and purged or whether a New should be contrived Cranmer then Archbishop of Canterbury a pious moderate and learned Father of the Church and not long after a glorious Martyr finding that the old Lyturgie had some things in it derived from the Primitive Church though in many things corrupted conceived it most fitting for the peace of the Church not to savour so much of the spirit of contradiction as utterly to abolish it because the Papists used it but rather enclined to have the old Garden weeded the Errors expunged thereby to gaine some of the moderater sort of that Religion to a Conformity But Ridly Bishop of London a man though very pious yet of a quicker spirit and more violent and not many yeares after suffering Martyrdome too enclined to a contrary Opinion rather wishing a totall abolition of the old Liturgie and a new to be set up lest the tender Consciences of some should be offended The businesse being thus controverted it was at length voted for the purging of the old to which service were appointed Doctor Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury Martyr Goodrick Skip Thirlby Day Holbeck Ridley C●x King EDWARDS Almoner Taylor Heynes Redman Bishop of Ely Hereford Westminster Chichester Lincoln Rochester Martyr after B. of London   Deane of Lincoln Martyr Exceter Westminster Master Robinson Archdeacon of Leycester Mense Maio 1549. Anno Regni Edwardi sexti tertio Whereof three were famous Martyrs and the rest men of unquestionable sanctity soundnesse and learning which being done was authorized by Act of Parliament in that blessed Kings reigne Edw. 6. and with a full Consent received into the Church of England confirmed by

divers Acts of Parl. in the dayes of Q● Eliz. King Iames and King Charles our now gracious Soveraigne whom Almighty God long preserve But this establisht Discipline had no sooner being but enemies of which sort the devill hath alwayes instruments to nip the Plants of Religion in the Bud whose number daily since encreasing grew hotter and hotter in opposition and stronger and stronger in faction being too long for peace fake conniv'd at and at last too unseasonably and violently opposed insomuch that the disease in these our late dayes grew too powerfull for the Remedy so that the Distemper of our Church in that respect is growne so high that I feare Phlebotomy will rather produce a further languishment being already come to Madnesse then a Cure Nay so far have the Enemies of this establisht Government and Discipline given way to their exorbitant and refractory Opinion that they will neither allow the Matter nor the Forme nor the Authority and testimony of the Composers 1. Not the Matter though they cannot but acknowledge it in the generall to be very good yet because it was unsanctified by superstitious lips 2. Not the Forme because set and composed by Humane Invention 3. Not the Composers because Bishops and so though Martyrs for the Cause of God and his true Religion Members of Antichrist 1. As for their Exceptions against the Matter how ridiculous they are let Reason judge Have not superstitious tongues and eyes viewed and read the Scriptures in their very Originall and purity Shall therefore the Scriptures be disallowed Have not superstitious persons profaned our Churches with their Popish Doctrines Sacraments and Ceremonies and shall our Churches therefore be cryed downe or shut against the Ordinances of God because those Poets were Heathenish was S. Paul afraid to use their sayings Was the Spirit of God too blame to endite them Good things abused work evill effects upon the abusers but lose not their goodnesse by the Abuse 2. As for their Exceptions against the Forme being set and not conceived the Authority of the Scriptures I hope will answer God the Father warrants it God the Son prescribes it God the holy Ghost allowes it 1. God the Father warrants it in the Old Testament at the time of the Law by his command to Moses Numb 6. 21. where he gives him a set forme and words to blesse the people The Lord blesse thee and keep thee the Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee 2. God the Sonne prescribes it in the New Testament in the time of the Gospel Whe● S. Iohn the Baptist had taught his Disciples to pray the Disciples of Jesus Christ whose house was called the house of Prayer humbly requested the fame boone from him who prescribed them that Forme which he had formerly used in the end of his Sermon Mat. 6. 9. which he intended not as a Model as some would have it but a very Prayer it selfe to be used in those very words as they were delivered Luke 11. 2. not After this manner but when ye pray 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 say That he will'd the same words to be used is evident For his Disciples would be taught as Iohn taught his And how were they taught S. Iohn taught them the words onely he could not give them the Spirit to make an extemporary descant upon them So that being a direct Set Forme it warranted Set Formes which were used from the beginning of the Primitive Church from whence this part of our Discipline had her originall 3. God the holy Spirit allowes it Who dare question that the holy Spirit inspired S. Paul in all his Epistles written to the Churches In all which Epistles he concludes with this one Prayer The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ c. 3. As for their exceptions against the Composers of this Lyturgie who were no lesse then holy Martyrs and by Fire-light saw more Revelations then these Objectors did by day-light men of approved learning and true piety though some have impudence and spirituall pide enough to think their owne abilities and inspiratious to flye a higher pitch and Ignorance enough to acknowledge greater knowledge in themselves yet the most humble able and truly sanctified minds have alwaies had Martyrdome in so high reverence that they conclude that God that made their blood the seed of the Church and gave them the courage and honour to dye in the maintenance of the Truth would not permit that seed to bring forth such darnel of superstition or them to die guilty of those Errors they so resolutely cryed down with their dying blood 2. As for her government by Episcopacie the extirpation wherof being a great addition to her Distemper It hath as much or more Ius Divinum to plead then that which endeavours to demolish succeed it Presbyterie Both are but mentioned in the Scripture at large but no particular Rules for the executing the office of either which being left wholly as arbitrary it rests in the power of the Supreme Magistrate whom God hath constituted his Vicegerent to choose and establish which may best be found consistent with the Constitutions of the Kingdome and stand to most advantage with the civil Government But admit the Civil Government will stand with either When the Balances stand eavenly poised the least Grain turns it In things indifferent the smallest circumstance casts it This Island of Bitaine if we look back above 1400 yeares being a long Prescription when she first received the Faith was then governed by King Lucius whom God made a great Instrument for reducing of this Kingdome from Paganisme who sending to Rome and accommodated from thence with two Christian and learned Divines by their labours and Gods assistance upon them planted the Gospel At the beginning of which plantation Arch-Flamins and Flamins were put downe and in their roome Archbishops and Bishops were introduced which Government successively continued and flourisht through the reigns of many wise Princes confirmed by many Acts of Parliament since the Reformation exercised and approved by holy Martyrs and allowed of as most fitting until the yeare of our Lord 1641. At which time multitudes of the lower sort of people throughout this Kingdome petitioned and tumultuously troubled the Parliament so that some of the Members perchance according to their inclination and others for quietnesse sake consented to the abolition and extirpation of Episcopacy the unadviz'd Contents of their clamorous Petitions Now if these Governments Hierarchicall and Presbyteriall be indifferent these Circumstances First of the time when Episcopall Government began Secondly of the unintermissive continuance for so many Ages Thirdly the credit of the persons confirming and approving it me thinks should cast such a kind of necessity upon it that the other being an untry'd Government and having no consent or approbation from the Supreme Magistrate and being onely cryed in by the Ignorant multitude affected to novelties and change should have no wise friend to plead for

O remember that great Reformer Christ Jesus He was against all blood-shed but his own for that blood sake follow his Example Or if the way must needs be made by blood let it light rather a little upon many Generations then all upon one the ruine whereof will deny us another Generation Let not the children of your Mother sterve in the land of bread and let not the foundations of your naturall kingdom be longer dabled in unnaturall blood Turne O turn your eyes upon her breaches and let not strangers Lord it in her Gates For the mercies of that God which hath been mercifull to you be mercifull to millions of Christians whose lives depend upon your Care be mercifull to millions of children that know not their right hands from their left be mercifull to generations unborne to whom when deep Records shall bring the Chronicles of your Actions ages to come may magnifie your Merits For his sake that is the Prince of peace as you desire to meet peace upon your Death beds let this Sea of blood already spilt be thought sufficient For the whole body of Englands sake who have trusted their power into your hands that have cast all their welfares upon your wisdomes for their sakes that venture their lives and fortunes upon your providence for your owne sakes for your tender wives deare childrens sakes for the God of mercies sake as you love mercy for Christ Jesus the God of peace his sake as you prize the peace of a Good Conscience harken to and ensue peace while there is a possibility of peace Darken not that Religion with the black storms of contention you professe to glorifie Lessen not the glory of that Church by partiality which you have promised to beautifie Draggle not that Gospel in the sinks of blood which you have protested to magnifie The sinnes of Nineveh were not too great for Gods compassion and shall the offences of poore England be too great for yours Nineveh cryed mightily to heaven and they were spared and shall the miseries of three Kingdomes be hollowed in your eares and not heard Well If Ruine by a forreigne power come which the God of heaven and earth forbid think not with your selves that you shall scape the Fury more then all the rest But if you altogether stop your eares at such a time as this then shall Enlargement and Deliverance arise to England from another place but you and your houses shall be destroyed And who knowes whether you are sent to this employment for such a time as this O thou that art the great preserver of mankind to thee to thee we turne the voice of our complaint Thou thou art gracious and plentifull in Compassion but in man there is no help nor mercy in the sons of men Thou art my portion O God and I will trust in thee although thou kill me I will not trust in my bow it is not my shield that can save me but it is thou alone O God that canst deliver us Deliver us O God from the evil men preserve us from the cruell men which imagine evill in their hearts and make warre continually Have mercy O Lord have mercy upon us for we have suffered too much contempt Heare the mourning of the Prisoners and deliver the children from death They have consulted together in heart and have made a league against thee We are a reproach to our neighbours even a scorne and derision to them that are round about us O God how long shall the Adversary reproach thee Shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Ierusalem which said Rase it rase it to the foundations thereof Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnesse and let thy Saints rejoyce Lord how long wilt then hide thy selfe for ever Shall thy wrath burne like fire Wilt thou be angry with us for ever Wilt thou prolong thy wrath from generation to generation Behold O God our Shield and look upon the face of thine Anointed Let thine hand be upon the man of thy right hand whom thou hast made so strong for thyself Give thy Iudgements to the King and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne that peace may be in his dayes and let his enemies lick the dust Clothe his enemies with shame but upon his head let his Crowne flourish How long shall the wicked O Lord how long shall the wicked triumph They prate and speak fiercely and the workers of iniquity vaunt themselves They smite downe thy people O Lord and trouble thine Inheritance They slay the widow and the stranger and murther the fatherlesse O house of Aaron trust in the Lord for he is our help and our shield He will blesse the house of Israel and he will blesse the house of Aaron Praise ye the Lord ye house of Israel praise ye the Lord ye house of Aaron praise ye the Lord ye house of Levi Ye that feare the Lord praise the Lord. PSAL. 122. 6 7 8 9. Pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that love thee Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will now say Peace be within thee Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good Hier. sup Epist. ad Rom. Quisquis corpus suum affligit concordiam deserit laudat Deum quidem in Tympano sed non laudat in Choro The End THE VVHIPPER VVHIPT BEING A REPLY Upon a scandalous Pamphlet CALLED THE WHIP Abusing that Excellent Work of CORNELIUS BURGES D r in DIVINITY one of the Assembly of DIVINES ENTITULED The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly discovered Incerti Authoris Qui Mockat Mockabitur Imprinted M. DC XLIV THE WHIPPER VVHIPT THere came by chance to my un-enquiring hand a Pamphlet called The Whip whose Pharisaicall Author pretended a transcendent Zeale to my first eye but after a leafes perusall I found his flame so extreamly hot that his Religion seemed for want of due stirring burnt too and so much tasted of the Brasse that no Orthodox palate could relish it nor a well-grounded Conscience digest it The namelesse Author had an Vtop●an spirit and the Government he best affected was Anarchie He was a Salamander his very dwelling was in Fire His Heart was a sink of Ignorance is Spleen a spring of Gall a Shemei a Rabshekah his mouth ran bitternesse and malice and his Pen flow'd venime and Rebellion The object of this fiery Pamphlet was the orthodox most excellent work of Doctor Cornelius Burges a man of singular parts and at this time a worthy Member of the Synod or Assembly of Divines entituled The Fire of the Sanctuary newly discovered or A Compleat Tract of Zeale and printed by George Miller and Richard Badger anno 1625. which this Pamphleters unlearned Pen hath to poorely answered so impiously