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A75811	The Christian moderator: the second part; or, Persecution for religion condemned by the light of nature. Law of God. Evidence of our own principles. With an explanation of the Roman Catholick belief, concerning these four points: their church, worship, justification and civill government. Whereunto there are new additions since the octavo was printed.; Christian moderator. Part 2	Birchley, William, 1613-1669.	1652 (1652)	Wing A4246; ESTC R225799	36,103	34

laid on the more it flourisheth I having gotten this advantage by the late coming in of some Papists to our Religion went presently on purpose to my Recusant to put him to the question and as it were a little triumphing demanded what he thought now of his old Latine Proverb in which he had formerly seemed to place so much confidence and whither the Palm tree did not sometimes break a twigg by laying on so many weights To which he replyed with a little suddennesse and Choller That some dead or Canker-eaten Branches as they can bear no weight so they can bear no fruit even whilst united to the Stock and much lesse after their division But soon recovering himself to his usuall temper he calmly yet earnestly undertook that as there have been at least twenty Priests put to death in England since the beginning of this Parliament meerly upon the account of their Religion or function so he could name a farre greater number of persons of quality who have in this same space of time reconciled themselves to the Catholique Union When I urged him to the proof of this assertion he immediately delivered me a list of twenty Priests who during these late revolutions had been hang'd drawn and quartered either for taking orders beyond Seas or exercising them on this side the Seas and with all promised upon the allowance of a little time for recollection to furnish me with a Roll of some names who have lately declared themselves Catholiques undertaking if he was deceived in any name to recompence such Errour with the interest of two for one unlesse he might be dispensed with upon the inconveniency of discovering those who can no longer live unruined for their Religion then they are unknown to professe it The PREISTS executed in severall places since the Year 1641. were these Mr. William Ward Mr. Raynolds Mr. Roe Mr. Edward Morgan Mr. Bullaker Mr. Holland Mr. Heath Mr. Francis Bell. Mr. Ducket Mr. Corbet Mr. Morse Mr. Phillip Powell Mr. Peter Wright Executed at Tyburne Mr. Lockwood Mr. Caterick Executed at York Mr. Green Executed at Dorchester Mr. Barlow Mr. Reading Mr. Whitaker Mr. Thompson Executed at Lancaster Besides Master Tho. Vaughan after very hard usage aboard Capt. Moltons Ship soon after dyed at Cardiffe in South-Wales Mr. John Goodman Mr. Henry Myners Mr. Peter Wilsford Mr. John Hamond Mr. Colman Mr. Rivers c. Dyed Prisoners in the Common-Goale at Newgate since the year 1641. Besides divers who are now continued in prison Now I humbly thank the Lord Christ there was onely one of these Priests whom I mentioned in the first part of this Discourse put to death since this Nation was established in the present Government and I wish from my Soul that his life had also been spared since my obligations to this Common-wealth and the present Governors thereof are such that I am bound every day to offer up my sighs and prayers to the Lord that no bloud of any peaceable Christian be spilt for the only difference of judgement in Religion for certainly whosoever shall practice such cruelty will be called to a strict and rigorous account at the judgment of the great Day But proceeding to require of my Recusant the performance of his word con certain the late Converts he so much gloried in I merrily threatned him that if he observed not his promise I would presently not only suspect some secret evasion in him but cry out against all Papists as juglers and equivocaters or else I being an Heretique no Faith was to be kept with me and though the present matter be of a trivial consequence yet we know the Welshman stole Rushes to keep his hand in ure He first seriously redeemed his word by delivering me this following Catalogue and then merrily answered by jesting with wonder at my hardinesse how I durst stay in London since the last letters from Amsterdam discover so dangerous a plot intended by the Papists and Cavaliers against this Town they have these many Months held a secret intelligence with all Engineers and Mill-makers of Holland and hired them forthwith to prepare a thousand such Engins as we use to quench scare-fires and these Van Trump who has been a long time Popishly affected and a rank Cavalier ever since he was Knighted undertakes to bring up so privately to the very Bridge that in one night they may be planted all along the River and drown even Pauls it self by squirting all the water in the Thames upon the City Now if you ask a Papist whether he know of any such conspiracy he will presently cast about in his thoughts to retrive some mentall reservation and then down right deny that ever he heard any such thing But to return from this feigned Story of the Recusant to the reall History of his new Proselites amongst whom he reckon'd these following But pretended prudentiall reasons to excuse his concealment of many others 1. The Countesse of Denby 2. The Lady Kelimekin 3. The Lord Cottington 4. Thomas Vane Doctor of Divinity 5. Hugh Paulin De Cressy one of the late prebends of Wyndsor 6. Sir Marmaduke Langdale 7. Sir Francis Doddington 8. Sir Theophilus Gilby 9. Mistresse Bridget Feilding 10. Doctor Baily 11. Doctor Cosen onely Sonne 12. Dr. Goff entred into the Religious order of the Oratorians at Paris 13. Master Peter Gule of Balliol Colledge in Oxford 14. Mr. Richard Nicolls Batchelor of Divinity of Peter-house Cambridge 15. Mr. Richard Crashaw Master of Arts of Peter-house Cambridge well known for his excellent Poems 16. Master William Rowlands of Exeter Colledge in Oxford 17. Captain Thomas Cook 18. Master Edward Barker of Caius Colledge Cambridge 19. Master Temple 20. Master Osborne c. I must ingenuously confesse I knew not well what answer to make the Papist in this point but still to expresse my dislike of such persecution even of any sort of Christians And am very confident that were they treated more mercifully and invited to come to our spirituall conferences which my Recusant told me he would not at any time refuse were it onely to discourse in an amicable Christian way the points in difference between us we should gain more of them to us or at least hinder the growth of their Religion more then any tortures of body or Sequestrations of their Estates are like to do Nor is it reasonable to exact from such as dissent from us any other kind of presence at our exercises then to propose their difficulties in a modest and peaceable way and pariently to hear our answers without expecting they should presently joyn with the Congregation for that were to oblige them to professe before they are satisfied and practice before they know what it is they do Whereas the Scripture commands us first to try all things and then hold fast that which is best Some who have not onely the form but the power of Godlinesse in this Nation have of late in order to the advancement of Christs Kingdome

The Christian Moderator The Second Part OR PERSECVTION FOR RELIGION CONDEMNED By the Light of Nature Law of God Evidence of our own Principles WITH An Explanation of the Roman Catholick Belief concerning these four points Their Church Worship Justification and Civill Government JAMES 2. 12. So speak you and so do as they that are judged by the law of liberty for they shall be judged without mercy that have shewed no mercy Mille hominum species rerum discolor usus per me equidem sint omnia protinus alba Whereunto there are new Additions since the Octavo was Printed Printed for H. J. 1652. Persecution for Religion condemned c. IN the precedent part of this discourse I have demonstrated according to that light which the Lord Christ hath infused into my Soul how much Coercency in Religion is repugnant to the Law of Nature and by many evident and unanswerable Texts of Scripture shewed how displeasing it is to God how improper to advance the power of godlinesse and how extremly disaggreeable to the sweet Spirit which guided our Lord Jesus in the propagation of his Gospel And after in the same little Treatise I proceed to prove by the expresse words of the Parliaments and Armies Declarations that the great Principle wherein we glory and which we have so long fought to establish is a perfect Gospel-freedom and absolute deliverance of the Conscience from all Tyranny and oppression Which discourse as I composed in all humbleness of spirit and afterwards offered to the gracious Redeemer of our Souls who gave me strength and power to finish it to his glory So I finde not onely my self for which I humbly thank the bounty of my God confirmed in my former judgement but others in some measure convinced in theirs of the unreasonablenes and sin of Conscience-Persecution Concerning which pious and modest temper of mutuall forbearance I shall only add to what I have mentioned in the former part this plain and familiar Observation That as the surest mark of a tender conscience in our selves is a tender spirit to others so the most infallible sign of a hard and stony heart in our brests is when we slit in pieces and shipwrack the Consciences of all that touch upon us But praised for ever be the Name of our God who still proceeds to guide and illuminate his chosen graciously disposing them neither to presume upon themselves for their knowledge nor be cruell against others for their ignorance but humbly adore and wait upon the Divine Providence in the disposure of all things which fils my soul with exceeding joy when I consider it to be the general sense of all the truly godly and well-affected in this Nation that no quiet and peaceable Christian be deprived of the chief content and comfort of this life which certainly consists in a real impartial yet unoffensive liberty to serve his God according to his conscience Many Petitions I could here cite in affirmance of this Truth from severall Provinces of this Land but I shall trouble the Reader only with these two the first was presented to the Parliament upon the six and twentieth of March 1649. from the county of Leicester wherein though I were none of the Subscribers yet I did both by my self and friends promote it what I could as conceiving the requests of it both just and reasonable it bore this Title The humble Petition of divers well affected of the County of Leicester in behalf of themselves and the Nation ANd the seventh Article or branch of the Petition was this 7. That every one may enjoy the just freedoms to worship God according to his word without any Coercive or restrictive courses to the contrary The Petition being read the Gentlemen that presented it were called in and Master Speaker by Order of the House gave them hearty thanks c. And on the 2 of April following a like Petition was presented entituled The humble Petition and Representation of severall Churches of God in London commonly though falsly called Anabaptists which was also graciously accepted by the House according to the Merit of so conscientious a suit and the justice of so glorious a Parliament At which time we happily began to shake off that intollerable burthen of Isachar the Presbyterian government which has bin since in a good measure effected through the blessing of the Lord Christ and pious care of his instruments the Governours of this Common-wealth In so much as no persons of what society or perswasion soever in this Nation are at present persecuted for their Conscience onely or difference in outward worship but the Papist whom I am therefore according to that Principle of charity which absolutely commands my spirit obliged to make the chief subject of this discourse In order to which performance I have since the writing my former sheets often waited upon God in humility of spirit and endeavour to inform my self as much as I could of the truth and particular manner of their sufferings and to that end have somtimes purposely attended at Haberdashers hall to hear their Cases pleaded where though I suffered some persecution from the croud and noise of that place yet far more was the grief of my minde to behold so many distressed suiters whose countenances were made sad by the fear of a fatall Order for their impoverishment But before I proceed to any of those particulars I must at least in my own judgement clear the Papists obstinacy and non submission to the present government wherewith they were by some accus'd as a sufficient ground of all their punishment from which imputation I shall easily deliver them by transcribing a copy of their Petition which they have with much diligence and humble importunity addressed to very many Members of Parliament professing to wait onely the happines of an opportunity to present it to the House and being a Paper at least 5 or 6 moneths old and delivered to so many persons with whom I have the honour to be acquainted it fell by chance into my hands having I confesse of late entertained a particular delight and recreation to passe some part of my time in such curiosities To the supreme Authority of this Nation the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England The humble Petition of the Roman Catholikes Sheweth THat your Petitioners have long waited some happy leasure when there might be a hearing allowed them of their many sad pressures the weight whereof hath sunk them so ruinously low that they are utterly disabled to discharge their many debts make the least provision for their Children or relieve themselves reduced to extreme necessities That even such of your Petitioners as are sequestred for Delinquency have still comforted their sorrows with this hope that at the last they should certainly be received to mercy since the generall VOTES for Composition of the 17. of March 1648. seem cleerly to imply them capable thereof when the Rules concerning them should be agreed upon

to all conscientious men whether these Papists may not reasonably hope so much mercy as not to be by penalties debard the private exercise of their consciences with their doors shut and such other cautions and circumstances as the State shall be pleased to ordain for regulation of Soul freedome since it is evident that Christian liberty may be lawfully governed though it be also as evident that it cannot lawfully be taken away so that every peaceable spirit have liberty enough and yet the licentious Liver not have too much Such moderate orderly freedom might charitably be allowed to the quiet Papists from persons that afford far more advantages to far more dangerous enemies the Scotch or rigid kirkists who have severall times engaged against us in open field by many plots and secret contrivements endeavoured as much as in them lay to subvert the present government yet after so many victories obtained against them the reducing of the greatest part of their country to the obedience of this State The Ministers as sayes a Letter of the 21 of Febr. 1651. from an officer of our army at Edinborough are violenly bent their own way and preach damnation to all complyers with us in any thing And let any indifferent person read the strange proceedings of the Presbytery of Aberdeen against Sir Alexander Irving Lord of Drum published in the Diurnall 26 Ian. 1651. he will I am confident highly applaud that ingenious letter from an eminent Officer of our Army and dated at Edenborough the 21 of the same moneth and published in the next weeks Politicus which hath these very words You would wonder to observe the strange pride and proceedings of the kirk Clergy the ingredi●nts of whose constitution admit of many more grains of gun-powder then you shall find in any Iesuites in Christendome so that if they be not closely look'd unto they will set all on fire again And in another letter dated 12th of April 1652. from Dalkeith in Scotland and printed in the next weeks Diurnall is this excellent observation Believe it all our other Enemies are tame beasts to the high Presbyter and yet with the winding and turning of a religious pretence and an artificiall zeal against Heresie he will like a tame Snake if not warily avoided get into your bosom c. Continually every week come fresh and loud complaints from our friends and Officers in Scotland of the stubbornesse of a certain froward and resty party in that Nation Yet notwithstanding the pertinacy and malice of these kirkists such of them as have not appeared in actuall arms against us are so far from being sequestred that many of them enjoy great places of honour and benefit under our government And such is the States mercy towards them that the Commissioners for setling the affairs of Scotland by their Declaration of the 21 Feb 1651 grounded upon the Declaration of the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England have exprest a particular regard and indulgence to the whole Nation in these words That such Ministers whose Consciences oblige them to wait upon God in the Administration of spirituall Ordinances according to the order of the Scottish Churches with any that shall voluntarily joyn in the practice thereof shall receive protection and encouragement from all in authority in their peaceable and unoffensive exercise of the same as also others who not being satisfied in Conscience to use that form shall serve and worship God in other Gospel way and behave themselves peaceably and unoffensively therein And we do lastly declare That all Merchants tradesmen and handicrafts men not having in Lands or goods above the value of 500 l. sterling and all other persons not having in Lands and goods above the clear value of 200 l. sterling not being prisoners of war or souldiers of fortune in Commission who shall in pursuance of the said Declaration live peaceably and yield obedience to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England exercised in Scotland shall not onely be freed and discharged from all forfeitures and confiscations of their Estates for any thing formerly done by them in reference to the wars but he received into the protection of the Parliament and enjoy such Liberties and immunities as also such Leases and grants of confiscated and forfeited Lands as upon consideration of their respective qualities and deserts shall be thought fit c. In the first Branch of this Declaration such a Conscience security is held forth as according to my soul ought not by the Lawes of Christ be denyed to any peaceable Christian and I extremely rejoyce in the Spirit of our Governors for so noble and charitable a proceeding yet I plainly see that they to whom this favour is allowed are both different from us in the Principles of their Religion and opposite to us in their Nationall affection whereas a far lesser mercy is denied to our own kindred and allies to our own conntrey men born to the sam freedome with our selves who have in a much lesse measure offended in matters of hostility nay divers of them not at all who yet would be content and thankfull for a small part of that favour which the Parliament so bountifully bestowes upon strangers By the second Branch very many of that Nation who have been in actuall arms against us and perhaps wounded or flain our friends in open battells will receive an immunity for 500 l. Sterling is a great estate in Scotland Whereas many of our own Countrey who never lifted up hand against us have two parts of their estates with rigor sequestred and that without so charitable a distinction as to free the poorer sort whose estates are of lesse value then 500 l. For our mercilesse Sequestrators have tripartited even the day labourers goods and very house-holdstuff and taken away two Cowes where the whole stock was but three Passages observed upon Cases depending at Haberdashers Hall I Must confesse I had not so much time to spare as I could have wish'd yet for some weeks I attended at Haberdashers Hall for better satisfaction but to make a full discovery of all the proceedings there is beyond the level of my discourse I will only promise in what I say not to exceed the bounds of truth and modesty The present Commissioners who are seven in number for ought I could discern are civil persons and most of them apprehensive of others sufferings but seem to say in many hard cases that either their Instructions or Commission binds them up from being able to give relief or the obligation to the Oath they take will not permit them To shew the tendernesse and compassion which otherwise I am perswaded their consciences would carry them forth to practise since most of the Suitors that come before them appear so miserably ruined that the very distressednes of their condition is motive enough to incite the mercy of their Judges especially their crime being only the refusall of an Oath which they solemnly professe is