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A17988	The life of Bernard Gilpin a man most holy and renowned among the northerne English. Faithfully written by the Right Reverend Father in God George Carleton Lord Bishop of Chichester, and published for the sake of his common auditors, by whom it was long since earnestly desired.; Vita Bernardi Gilpini. English	Carleton, George, 1559-1628.; Freake, William.	1629 (1629)	STC 4647; ESTC S125899	43,782	70

Councel of Trent And from that time it seemed vnto him a matter of necessitie to come out of the Church of Rome that so that Church which is true called out of from thence might follow the word of God For this calling out seemed to point out vnto vs a peculiar estate of the Church so Abraham was called out from Vr of the Caldees the people of Israel were called out of Egypt the Iewes out of Babylon after the captivity of seventy yeeres and at the last after the selfe same manner the Reformed Church called out of Mysticall Babylon or the Church of Rome These things were seene to haue beene brought to passe by the wonderfull providence and powerfull hand of God Therefore he saw that there was a necessity of commi●g out of her and that that Apostaticall Church was to be forsaken But he did not these things violently but by degrees In the meane while Cuthbert Tonstall Bishop of Durham had a purpose to send Mr. Gilpin to visit the Churches in forrane parts allowing him meanes for his travell This Tonstall was Mr. Gilpins Mothers Vncle. But before he vndertooke his voyage being commanded to Court he preached before King Edward the sixth touching Sacriledge which Sermon is publick in print Then he applied his mind to thinke vpon his travell Now so it was that he had a Parsonage bestowed vpon him by the care of his friends This Parsonage Bishop Tonstall persuaded Mr. Gilpin to keepe still in his hands as meanes to furnish him with allowance for his travell that he might demeane himselfe more honestly and more Gentleman like therein But Gilpin who had reteined this Parsonage but a short while before he would betake himselfe to travell called vnto him a friend whom he knew to be relligious and a scholler and one that would not be idle in the function of the holy Ministry and vnto him he made a resignation of his place but a little while before bestowed vpon himselfe Which thing when Bishop To●stat came to know of he chid with Mr. Gilpin And I saith he haue a care of thee and thou reiectest it as impertinent But I tell thee this before hand that by these courses thou wilt die a begger At the first Gilpin indeavoureth with faire language to appease the mind of the Bishop his especiall good friend Afterwards he added that he had left his Parsonage vpon necessity because he could not keepe it in his hands with any peace of conscience But saith the Bishop thou maist hould it with a dispensation and in this case thou shalt be dispensed withall But answered Gilpin the Divell will not be restrained by any bonds of dispensation from labouring in mine absence the destruction of my people committed to my charge And I feare that when God sha●l call me to an account of my stewardship it will not se●ue my turne to make answer that I was dispensed withall whiles the Divell made havock of my flock At which answer the Bishop seemed offended but having hereby made triall of the sincerity of Gilpins heart he began to vse him with more and more respect Yet he did often threaten him as Mr. Gilpin was wont to say that Fathers soule a familiar word of the Bishops Gilp●n would die a begger In his travell abroad he first visited his brother George at Mechlin who had written vnto him to that purpose then he lived for a while at Lovaine and at Antwerp and at Paris After he was departed out of England he received letters a second time from his brother George whereby he was directed to meet him at Mec●lin because he had something to deliver vnto him by word of mouth that he could not conveniently write After they were met Mr. Gilpin vnderstood the reasons why he had sent for him thither to be nothing else but onely to persuade him to take vpon him a Parsonage which might affoord him maintenance while he should visite forraigne Vniversities Gilpin now seemed to himselfe to be in a strait for he knew that he had lately given the Bishop distast vpon this occasion and he perceived that in this matter his brother was put vpon him by the Bishop At last therefore he writes backe to the Bishop in these words The Letter followeth MY very honourable good Lord and most worthy ever to be honoured by me I thought it not fitting ●o conceale from your Lordship that my brother hath written vnto me of late that setting all excuse aside I should giue him meeting at Mechlin because he had something to say vnto me touching very necessary affaires which could not be dispatched by letters When we were met I vnderstood that ●his businesse with me was nothing else but to try me if I would take vpon me a living whiles my selfe in the meane while should remaine a student in the Vniversity But had I knowne before hand that this was the cause of my iourney I should not haue thought it necessary to haue interrupted my studies with going to Mechli● For now I confesse I haue discussed it with all the learned but especially with the holy Prophets and with the most auncient and most godly writers since the time of our Saviour so that I am fully resolved so long as I liue never to burden my conscience in this case nor to keepe a living in mine owne charge with condition to liue from it He answered that your Lordship had written vnto him that you would gladly conferre a living vpon me and that your Lordship and mine other friends whereof himselfe was one iudged mee too scrupulous in conscience in this case Whereunto I answered if I be somewhat too scrupulous as I thinke I am not yet it is a matter of that nature that I had rather be little too strict then to giue my conscience too much scope herein Forasmuch as I am once perswaded that I shall not offend God in refusing such a living as I cannot be resident vpon so long as I doe not censure evill of other men as I hope I never shall yea I pray daily for all those who haue the care of soules that they may be able so to giue an account vnto God of the charge committed vnto them as may be most for the glory of God and the edification of his Church He tould me also that your Lordship would not confer any charge vpon me but such a one as should be served as well or perhaps better in mine absence then if I were there my selfe Whereunto I answered that I doubted not but that there might be in England a great number of men farre more able then my selfe to take the cure vpon them And therefore I wish aboue all things that they may retaine both the place and the benefit and feede both the bodies and the soules as I suppose all good Pastors bound in conscience to doe But for mine owne part I cannot in conscience reape benefit from that place wherein another man bestoweth his indeavours For

overruleth vs all so that the truth may be propagated and God glorified Gods will be done concerning me After the Sermon they met all together at dinner all men were afraid that the Bishop would haue done Mr. Gilpin some shrewd turn for his Sermon and silently expected what would become of the matter After dinner Mr. Gilpin commeth to the Bishop to see him and to take leaue of him and so to returne homewards It shall not be so said the Bishop for I will bring you to your house And so Mr. Gilpin returned home in the company of the Bishop And when they were now come to Mr. Gilpin●● house and walked within into the parlour the Bishop vpon a sodaine caught Mr. Gilpin by the hand and vsed these words vnto him Father Gilpin I acknowledge you are fitter to be Bishop of Durhams then my selfe to be Parson of this Church of yours I aske forgiuenesse for errours passed forgiue me father I know you haue hatched vp some chickens that now seeke to pick out your eyes but so long as I shall liue Bishop of Durham be secure no man shall injure you Mr. Gilpins friends that is all good men began to rejoyce and to giue God thanks acknowledging the powerfull hand of God in that the Bishop being so offended with him was so prevented by the power of God as that the thing which he had purposed for his disgrace should turne to his greater credit In the meane while Mr. Gilpin reaped the fruit of a pious life in all plentifull manner After that age began to grow vpon him there was in the towne of Newcastle one Genison who had received to home a sonne of his owne brothers lately returned from the parts beyond the seas This Genison was much aggrieved for that his brothers sonne was as hee vnderstood made a Iesuite whereupon hee sent the young man to Mr. Gilpin intreating him to haue a care of him and to disswade him if he could possibly from his wicked and dangerous opinions After that Mr. Gilpin had often conferd with him he found the young fellow most insolently proud and armed with boldnesse and impudence corrupting the holy Scriptures with certaine new and vnheard of expositions Whereupon Mr. Gilpin wrote to his vncle Mr. Genison that he was a most audacious young fellow and c●me not to him to be instructed but to teach him rather The young fell our saith he thinking I know not how a great deale too well of himselfe had an hope to draw me at these 〈◊〉 no acknowledge certaine abrurdities I see that the Iesuites have found out 〈…〉 away all respect and set vpon men with impudency They dare proue the Invocation of Saints from Abraham Isaae and Iacob This fellow doth obstinately affirme that the Church of Rome hath not erred in any one thing Their most horrible errours touching Indulgences falsified Miracles falsified Reliques Pilgrimages worshipping of Images and the rest of the same sort all these this wonderfull man findeth out in the Gospell And hee standeth vpon it stiffely that all these things are good and holy I desire not to haue any more to doe with such a monstrous kinde of men with such fierce natures who open their mouths against heaven for what is it to open their mouthes against heaven if this be not so violenty and disgracefully to handle the holy Scriptures They haue devised and daily doe devise horrible strange expositions such as were never heard of before in the Church of Rom● I therefore desire to rid mine hands of this fellow as of a scabbed sheepe for feare he might infect my whole flocke After that his leane body was quite worne out with diversity of paines-taking at the last even feeling before hand the approach of death he commanded the poore to be called together vnto whom hee made a speech and tooke his leaue of them Afterwards he did the like to others He fell sick about the end of Febr●ary and after many exhortations vsed to the schollers to his servants and to divers others at the last he fell asleep in the Lord in great peace the fourth day of March in the yeare of our Lord 1583. and in the 66. yeare of his age He was tall of stature and slender being hawke-nosed His clothes were ever such as cost not very deare He could never away with gay apparell In things belonging to his owne body he was very frugall and retained the austerity of the auncient In things which might tend to the good of others he was exceeding bountifull especially towards poore people and schoolers He desi●ed still to keep his dores open for the intertainment of any poore 〈◊〉 In his owne house he 〈◊〉 and ●ent at the most foure and twenty scholler● sometimes fewer but seldome The greater 〈…〉 boorders were poore m●ns sonnes vpon whom he bestowed meat drink and cloth and education in learning He was wont to enterteine his Parishioners and 〈◊〉 at his table not only at the Christmas time as the custome is but because he had a large and wide Parish and a great multitude of people he kept a table for them every Sunday from Michaelmas to Easter He ha● the Gentlemen the husband men and the poorer sort set ●●very degree by themselues and as it were ordered in ranks He was wont to commend the marryed estate in the Clergy howbeit himselfe li●ed and dyed a single man He bestowed in the building ordering and e●●●blishing of his schoole and in providing yearly stipende for a Schoole-master and vshe● the 〈…〉 hundred pounds out of which schoole he supplied the Church of England with great store of learned men He was carefull to avoid not onely all evill doing but even the lightest suspicio●s thereof And he was accounted● Saint in the iudgements of his very enemies if he had any such Being full of faith vnfeigned and of good workes he was at the last put 〈◊〉 his grau● as a heap of wheat in due time swept into the 〈◊〉 FINIS