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A33301	A collection of the lives of ten eminent divines famous in their generations for learning, prudence, piety, and painfulness in the work of the ministry : whereunto is added the life of Gustavus Ericson, King of Sueden, who first reformed religion in that kingdome, and of some other eminent Christians / by Sa. Clarke ...	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1662 (1662)	Wing C4506; ESTC R13987	317,746	561

he handsomely fish out the business from the Bishop wherefore he went another way to work and indeed the surest way by seeking counsel from God communicating the matter to Dean Hill a very godly man whom he requested that with some others they would seek unto God for his assistance for he believed that something was in brewing that he might not know of Herein imitating the practise of wise Daniel Chap. 2. 17 18. This done he studied the Rights of the Irish Church some fruits whereof we have in that Learned Piece of his called The Religion professed by the ancient Irish and Britains Yet he heard nothing till the Assembly was summoned and himself the next day was to be present at it then went he to the Lord Deputy to know the occasion of their meeting The Lord Deputy would not believe at first that he could be a stranger to it but afterwards when Mr. Usher had assured him that he had no information from the Bishops about it he was much displeased and told him that without him all the the rest were but Cyphers for that the King had referred the whole business to his judgement whether the power of the Hierarchy should be established there as it was in England The next day the Kings Commission and Letters were read in the Assembly and Speeches were made concerning the excellency of the Kings intention to reduce that Kingdome to one uniformity with England in Ecclesiastical Government they also told him what honour the King had put upon him whose esteem learning and judgement the King so much depended upon for the promoting so great and good a work Mr. Usher replied that he believed that in a business of so great concernment wherein he was so far interested the Kings intentions were that he should have convenient time to consider of it before he delivered his opinion which he also humbly desired The Bishops answered that his judgement was sufficiently known by his practise and that they expected no more from him but his consent and concurrence with them He replied that the matter concerned more than himself For said he if I had all mens consciences in my keeping I could in these disputable cases give Laws unto them as well as unto my self but it s one thing what I can do and another thing what all other men must do Then they asked of him if he had any thing to say why they should not satisfie the Kings desire He after a short pause wherein he lifted up his heart unto God for direction told them that if they would grant him no longer time he would as well as he was able give them his judgement if that Honourable Assembly would grant him three Requests 1. A free hearing without interruption 2. Liberty for him to answer any man that should be unsatisfied 3. That there might be a final determination of the business at that meeting These being all granted Mr. Usher undertook to prove that such a Jurisdiction could not be introduced into that Kingdome neither by the Laws of God nor by the Civil or Ecclesiastical Constitutions of that Kingdome nor yet without the violation of the Kings Prerogative in that Nation All which he performed to admiration But before he descended to particulars he shewed the difference between Conformity as it was set up in England and as it would be if it were set up in Ireland The Kings saith he and Queen of England imposed those Ceremonies that thereby they might decline the charge of Schismaticks wherewith the Church of Rome laboured to brand them seeing it did appear hereby that they left them only in such Doctrinal points wherein they left the truth Again hereby they would testifie how far they would willingly stoop to win and gain them by yeelding to meet them as far as they might in their own way But saith he the experience of many years hath shewed that this condescention hath rather hardened them in their errours than brought them to a liking of our Religion This being their usual saying If our Flesh be not good why doe you drinke of our Broth As for Ireland wherein the English Canons were never yet received and the generality of the Inabitans were Popish Recusants and even in Popish Kings times there was no receptions of the Popes Ecclesiastical Constitutions because he encroached upon their temporals if such Laws now should be set up under so Religious a Protestant King this would be to set the Pope on Horse-back amongst them which needed not The Lord Deputy when he had finished his Speech and answered what was objected against it told him that he was much affected with every part of his learned speech but that he was more especially concerned in that which touched upon the Kings Prerogative part wherein he had discovered such hidden flowers of the Crown as he thought the King himself knew not and therefore he said as he would endeavour to preserve his Majesties right therein whilst he was his Deputy so he would present them to the King and take care that it should be very hard for any that came after him to rob him of them By this we may easily see that he was then so far from a Prelatical spirit that on the contrary he was an Advocate for and Patione of godly and conscientious Non-Conformists Anno Christi 1612 he proceeded Dr. of Divinity being created by Archbishop Hampton his Predecessor one of his Lectures for his Degree was upon the seventy weeks to the slaying of the Messias mentioned Dan. 9. 24. the other out of Rev. 20. 4. concerning the meaning of the Prophesie that the Saints should reign with Crist a thousand years which in these times would be very seasonable but it s lost Dr. Hoyle who died Professor of Divinity in Oxford after he had many years been the like in Dublin said that when he went out Dr. of Divinity he thought Tully himself could not have excelled him in Eloquence had he been alive not only in his composed speeches but in those which occasionally fell from him upon the by Anno Christi 1613 He published his Book De Ecclesiaram Christianarum successione statu magnified so much by Causabon and Scultetus in their Greek and Latine verses before it It was solemnly presented by Archbishop Abbot to King James as the eminent first fruits of that College at Dublin Indeed its imperfect for about three hundred years from Gregory the 11 to Leo the 10 viz. from the year 1371 to 1513 and from thence to this last Century which he intended after the finishing of a Book which he was now about to have compleated But the Lord prevented him Anno Christi 1615 there was a Parliament in Dublin and consequently a Convocation of the Clergy at which time those learned Articles of Ireland were composed and published and Dr. Usher being a member of that Synod was appointed to draw them up they were highly approved of the

answer was that if the matter be made to appear upon enquiry they were of opinon that the Temporalties belonging to the Clergy may and ought to be seized and the Church-maintenance also secured for the right ends and uses to which they were appointed The Ecclesiasticks declaim against this affirming that the Churches priviledges and revenues were granted and confirmed to the Church by Kings and Emperours and therefore ought not to be invaded under pain of damnation To this it was replied that the true Elders were worthy of double honour both of reverence and maintenance but such as are slow bellies neither serving God nor man ought not to have the Churches maintenance and that if some Kings against all equity permitted the same other succeeding Kings may and ought to reform it that there is not one sentence in all the Scriptures that warranteth such power in Church-men or that countenanceth such manner of living especially in an unlawful way of opposing the Civil Magstrate as hath been used in Sueden for these last two hundred years In conclusion the States determined that the Churches Revenues are in the power of the King according to the condition of times to encrease maintain or to diminish as may best conduce to the safety of true Religion in Doctrine and to the establishment of the pure worship of God and holiness of life Hence followed a storm of Imputations and Execrations Forreign Nations are made to believe that the King is an Atheist and that the common people in Sueden obey a Devil in the shape of a man but the King sleighted these Scar-crows as all Princes that fixe their counsels upon good foundations ought to do yet the common people in Sueden were enraged hereby and amongst these the Dallcarles who were the first in vindicating the peoples liberties are now the first that appear to keep themselves and the people in bondage but they knew not who to pitch upon for their leader yet at length one was discovered called Nicholas Stur reputed the son of Steno Stur late Governour of Sueden and he ascends the Stage in West Gothland to act for the old Church Government the people also allured by his great name joyned with him and so the War is now become Bellum Episcopale the Bishops War The King hears and sees all yet the hatred and practices of these men move him not He shewed magnanimity in the Field but never more than in this case He is but newly a King and contrary to all principles of policy he is presently put upon an hard task even to change Ecclesiastical Government and their formerly received Religion wherein he was to sail against wind and tyde and therfore though he was very couragious yet this daring adventure must rather be attributed to his Faith than to his Valour and he met with success accordingly for the Dallcarles not finding that bravery of spirit in their new Captain as might become a son of that famous Steno began to suspect that they might be in danger of a cheat and therefore they secretly sent to the Widow of Steno Stur to enquire the truth She tells the Messengers plainly that they were deceived for that her son Nicholas was long since dead This message caused the Dallcarles presently to withdraw their assistance fearing that the cause of Religion will not bear them out unless patronized by one of the Royal blood of Sueden The Dallcarles now gone the spirit presently disappears and is no where to be found till he makes another apparition at Rostock where at the request of the King of Sueden he was put to death as also some others of his party in Sueden were served in the like manner and so the storm blew away Yet the common people are still like a Sea a Famine comes upon the Land and the Church-men tell the people that this is the fruit of their Innovations in matters of Religion whereupon they are again angry and refuse to pay the Kings Tribute the King tells them that few of them understood Gods words and that fewer of them could make a right judgement of his Works that their stop of his Tributes should not stop his course He soon gathers an Army and marches to Westerass and from thence gives notice of his coming to them of the Dales requring them to meet him at Terna ready either to fight for their cause or to beg pardon for their enterprise The Dalcarles like neither if they could help it Feign they would hold their old way of Religion yet choose rather to submit and to hazard their opinions rather than their lives and the issue was some of them were corporally punished others reproved and sent home giving security for their good behaviour and in the like manner others in other places were so served onely the Archbishop of Upsal being one of the Popes sons was admitted as a male-content to banish himself from his native Country The King being returned to Westerass considered with himself the danger of the Kingdome by reason of the bad lives of the Clergy and their neglect of the peoples souls and their restless endeavour to bring his Government into dislike with the people and his person into contempt by imputations of Heresie and Blasphemy to which some stop must be put speedily or all would come to confusion Hereupon he called a Convention of all the States of Sueden to whom he propounded to take into consideration the State of the Nation saying that they all knew that he neither sought nor willingly undertook the Government of the same that they all promised to assist him therein without whose help it was impossible for him to Govern that he now contrary to his expectation found the people much dissatisfied through the instigation of the Clergy whose Lordship and power amongst them you all said he know to be such as that now it is put into the ballance with the Kings and their luxury pride and idleness all the world knows to be such as is inconsistent with the duty of their places the good of the people and righteous Government that their Castles and temporal Revenues are exempted from the service and safeguard of the Kingdome to maintain Dissentions Mutenies and Rebellions that for his part he must rather cease to be a King than to see all things in confusion under his Government and therefore I require saith he some order to be taken by the Convention of the States for regulating hereof or else I am resolved to lay down my Government and leave it to them that can manage it to better purpose and hereof I desire a speedy and positive answer from you the Bishops and other States of this Kingdome But the Bishops ears were deaf to these things their Authority and Revenues were dearer to them than to part with them for words They thought they had the King at an advantage which they purposed to make use of and the