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A93805 A briefe exposition, paraphrase, or interpretation, upon the Lord of Canterburies sermon or speech, upon the last pulpit that ever he preached, which was the scaffold on Tower-hill. Also, upon the prayer which he used at the same time and place before his execution. Written by William Starbucke Gentleman, to give the people a glimmering of the Bishops hypocrisie. Starbuck, William. 1645 (1645) Wing S5266; Wing F2380; Thomason E26_1*; Thomason E26_1; ESTC R4271 7,795 21

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THE FULL VIEW OF Canterburies fall From POP deliver us all Grace and no grace Hath wrought thy disgrace My head that wrought all misery is smitten off as you may see You Prelats be warned by me the reward of evill just you see Laud sought applaud but justice turnd the wheele Hadst thou been good thou hadst been graced still O' Canterbury had you had grace For to beware this preaching place Then had you better provd to be And praises gaind eternally A Briefe EXPOSITION PARAPHRASE OR INTERPRETATION UPON THE Lord of Canterburies Sermon or Speech upon the last Pulpit that ever he preached which was the Scaffold on Tower-hill Also upon the Prayer which he used at the same time and place before his Execution Written by William Starbucke Gentleman to give the people a glimmering of the Bishops hypocrisie MATTH 7.15 Beware of false Prophets which come to you in sheeps cloathing but inwardly they are ravening wolves PROVERB 26.24 He that hateth dissembling with his lips and layeth up deceit within him when he speakes faire believe him not for there are seven abominations in his heart LONDON Printed for William Starbuck 1645. To the Christian READER CHristian Reader I know your expectations or your desires by your Queres Questions Answers and Objections or rather indeed by many of your distractions to wit What do you think of my Lord of Canterbury his Speech or Sermon how did you like it To which Queres Questions Answers Objections and Distractions I will give as briefe an answer as I may for these reasons first in regard of my little time for things in this nature require hast Secondly of my unability for there is such deepe mysteries as Latine and other sentences that I and many more cannot finde out the depth of it in a short time and it may be never in regard of his hypocrisie Thirdly too (a) Eccl. 12. much writing or reading is a wearinesse both to the writer and reader First what doe you thinke of his Sermon or repentance my skill or understanding deceiveth me if Judas his repentance were not as good and Achans if not both rather better for Judas confessed a particular sin not onely I have sinned but I have sinned in betraying the (b) Mat. 27.4 innocent blood Achan likewise not I am a sinner or onely I have sinned against the Lord but thus and thus have I done I saw a Babylonish garment and two wedges of Gold and I coveted them In doing this the Text saith he gave glory unto the (c) Iosh 7.19 20 Lord God But how many of the Saints of God stood and sate looking with their eyes and hearing with their eares and desiring with their prayers that God would if it were his will give him repentance whose innocent blood he had been the arch spiller of some of them or their friends witnesse Master Burton Mr. Prynne Doctor Bastwicke and Mr. Lilburne besides the man that was put to death as a Traytor for him which it may be saw the spilling of his some of them how many were there nay rather how many thousands which some of them he had been the arch imprisoner of laying waite for the (d) Prov. 14.15 righteous and spoiling them of their resting place causing them to flie from one Parish to another one Towne to another one City to another nay from one Land to another many into New-England some to the West-Indies and other places of the World which of any of all these heard this Merchant or great man of the earth which by his policy robd and deceived the Nations waxing rich by his sorceries to confesse any sinne or sinnes to (e) Ezek. 18.17 restore any pledge or pledges either publiquely or privately aske M is S.I. and others which have been with him and then judge of my thoughts and parallel Judases and Achans repentance and then tell me which of them is the worst and now as in a wildernesse not knowing how to get out I end my Epistle and begin to suspend my thoughts upon his Speech or Sermon and where I come too short I refer you to Master Prynnes Deeds of darknesse which I heare say is comming forth if it be not already HEBREVVES 12.1 2. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him indurd the Crosse despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God The VVriters Apology GOod people my Apology is as my Lord saith in a nother case that you would pardon my boldnesse if I follow the Prophets expressions to the priests of Baall whose Sermon I have heer to deale with although as seldom as I may which was ironically spoken cry aloud it may be he is in a journey or asleepe which was the preachers practice to both young and old Rejoyce young man in thy youth and let thy heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth and walke in the wayes of thy heart as he did and in the sight of thine eyes but for all these things God will bring thee unto judgement The Bishops Apology FIrst before my Lord begun his Sermon he des●●ed the good people to pardon his old memory but by right he should have craved pardon when he was younger for his memory was as ill to be trusted then as now but at that time he granted out so many pardons to others and absolutions that he forgot his own or else it slipt out of his memory but it may be he had it from the Pope long since and then it might be in his Study or in some little blacke box and so as safe as his own Licence or the rest of the priests that was made by him or his successors Secondly he told us upon what ocasion he came thither included in these words I am come he came indeed but he must needs come when he could not tell how to helpe it for had not the Sheriffes and their Officers according to an Ordinance of Parliament brought him thither as Elisha said in another case so say I you should not have seene his face that day especially upon or in that pulpit Thirdly he said he must make use of his paper he dare not trust himselfe otherwise but for my part I thin he he never had a stronger motive to stir up his memory so that if he had never preached but upon a paper all hi● life before he might have throwne away his paper then except his Sermon had been longer but he that hath not the Spirit to depend upon to bring things into his memory and hath not a mouth and wisdome given him from God he must needs trust to something let him trust to his paper Fourthly and lastly he saith good people but he leaves out all you know what he meanes that is an uncomfortable place to Preach in I grant it for if no afflictions are