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A56866	Quatermayns conquest over Canterburies court, or, A briefe declaration of severall passages between him and the Archbishop of Canterbury with other commissioners of the High Commission Court, at six severall appearances before them, and by them directed to Doctor Featly : with their severall conferences, and the doctors by Roger Quatermayne.	Quatermayne, Roger.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q148; ESTC R9277	38,184	64

fat and 〈◊〉 promises of the Gos●…ell and yet remaine a starveling to thy great dishonour and the reproach of Religion But grant 〈◊〉 beseech thee that in the use of all holy meanes I doe so plentifully injoy I may grow up to that age stature fulnesse and 〈◊〉 of thy saints in Jesus Christ that so as thy band hath and still is upon mee for good so my heart may alwayes meditate on thy Statutes and my tongue may speake of all thy wondrous workes Blessed Father I be seech thee to anatomize my heart and spiritualize my soule and see if there be any wickednesse in mee and by thy Word and 〈◊〉 it divide between the Soule and Spirit and joynts and marrow of my corruption and so separate betweene the precious and the vile that all iniquitie may be removed farre away from my person and from my Tabernacle that so O Lord for the time that is to come I may walle evenly with thee in the path that is called holy that so I may have my fruit in holinesse and at the end eternall life that being guided by thy counsell here I may at last be brought to glory Good Lord grant that I may never be of that number that doth so we to the 〈◊〉 to reap●… corruption but of those that doth so we to the Spirit and reape life everlasting that I may never as formerly dig broken 〈◊〉 that will hold no water but that I may drinke deeply of that fountaine of the water of life my fresh springs being found in thee that so 〈◊〉 soule may be filled with the fruits of rightcousnesse which is to the prayse of thy rich grace by faith in Christ ●…esus Deare Father I have three grand enemies to grapple with the world th●…●…lesh and the Devill the least of which is too great for me to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 if my weaknesse be not supported and my wants supplyed But yet I know that thorow Jesus Christ that strengtheneth mee I may by faith make the Devill flye overcome the world and get my owne heart purified 〈◊〉 although holy Father of my selfe being poore weake and contemptible I can doe nothing yet thorow Jesus Christ that strengtheneth me I can doe all things for he is the right hand of thy power and strong arme of thy salvation in and from whom thou hast received full compensation to divir●… just●…ce for the sinnes of all the Elect and in particular for mee thy unworthy servant I beseech thee 〈◊〉 Lord so long as thou hast any imployment for thy unworthy servant in this 〈◊〉 and transito●…y life so long as these few broken ends of mortalitie doth remaine be thou pleased who doth all things according to the counsell of thine owne will so to uphold mee in the way of holinesse that in all th●… actions of my generall and speciall calling I may glorifie thy great Name 〈◊〉 my Brethren propagate the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ stop the mouths and put to silence the tongues of wicked and ungodly men for this is the will of thee my God as touching thy servant I beseech thee O Lord be not angry with poore sinfull dust and ashes and I will speake but this one time and it is in the behalfe of the generation of thy first borne whom thou from eternitie hast set thy love upon and still 〈◊〉 delight in to extend mercy to It is the Vine which thine owne hand hath planted holy holy Lord looke downe from Heavn behold and visit this Vine The straits of thy people are great but deliverance is in thine owne hands thy mercyes are thine owne I beseech thee therefore O Lord consider how deeply thine owne glory is involved in the great cause of thy Church Behold the insolency pride and subtilti●… of thine enemies and looke upon the imbecilitie and weaknesse of thy people and let that auntient motive which from the beginning and 〈◊〉 ages did stirre thee up to doe good to thy people provoke thee at this time to be mercifull to thy Church because mercy 〈◊〉 thee O Lord thou h●…st in thy Word spoken great things of thy Servants concerning their deliverance and also gathering thy Churches from the foure Corners of the World and that thou wilt rayse up thy Jerusalem and make it the prayse of the whole Earth and is not now the time come wherein thou wil●… extend thy mercy to Sion O Lord is not yet the time fully come Hath shee not lyne long enough in the dust Hath not the Plowers plowed long furrowes on her bucke for a long s●…ason Hath not O Lord the Fox●… the subtill Foxes broke off her fruitfull bowes spoyled her grapes and would not let them cluster Good Lord hath not thine enemies mingled our Wine with water our silver with drosse and thy pure worship with superstitious vanities And shall they O Lord prosper that thus runne along in their wickednesse eating up thy pe●…ple even as bread ●…vouring thy precious Saints and sacred truthes as much as in them lyeth And will not our God returne and cause the light of his countenance to sh●…ne upon his Sanctuary Thou hast said O Lord that thou never biddest the sonnes of Iacob seeke thy face in vaine is not the time yet come that the Stone cut out of the mountaine without hands shall grow to be a Mountaine and fill the whole earth When O Lord wilt thou give the Kingdoms of the earth to the Saints of the most High When shall our Sister that hath no breast desire the sincere milke of the Gospell When Lord shall those dry bones live When deare Father shall the great River Euphrates be dryed up that thy redeemed may passe over When shall that Monarch of Rome and Hiera●…chy of England which makes the reall Antichrist not onely be discovered but rooted out and consumed that thy Saints may rejoyce their hearts and warme their hands at that great bonefire so long desired that the Lord Iesus Christ may raigne in his Church Deare Father Lord of Heaven and Earth Gird thy Sword upon thy thigh O thou most mightie strike thorow the loynes of thine and thy Churches enemies Root out all them that delight in superstitious vanities avenge the quarrell of thy Covenant and maintaine thine owne glory Blesse thine owne worke O Lord the great Reformation already begunne in this Kingdome yea blesse O Lord the Parliament that strong arme of flesh which thou hast sanctified and preserved to doe great things by let not our hopes be made frustrate let not the malicious purposes of thine enemies come to passe least they grow too proud O Lord Blesse the Kings Majestie with spirituall corporall and eternall Blessings that he may so comply with his Parliament that all differences may quietly be composed Religion may flourish scandalous dumb dogs removed and faithfull Pastors and Teachers planted in their roomes with those sacred Governours and government which Christ hath instituted in his Church Blesse the Queene the Prince and the rest of that royall Race Lord let thy blessing be upon all states and degrees of people as if their names were particularized before thee Good Lord cause Warres to cease in Ireland let justice and mercy meet together in that Kingdome that thy enemies may justly be punished and thy people mercifully delivered Blesse those Forces that are imployed for that service send more and prosper them also that the great good worke hoped for may be most blessedly accomplished Good Lord blesse thy blessed people of the Scots Nation by whom thou hast done so much good to this Kingdome and all others that thy poore servant is bound to pray for by dutie Religion or any band or tye of nature or grace even for the Lord Iesus Christ his sake In whom and for whom thou receivest poore sinners to mercy To whom with t●…ine own Majesty and God the holy Spirit three persons one onely holy wise God be rendred as is most due all honour prayse glory and thankes now hence forth and for ever AMEN FINIS Jo. Lincol now York My first Apprehension My Appearance The Conference Doctor Featly Dr Feally his report Bishop of Bathe Wells Pursevant Thomas Squire Diver●… spake A Doct●… Purs●…vant Officers Notary Clerke of the Co●…cell Privie Seale Lord privy Seale Lord of Dorset 〈◊〉 Francis Windebanke Secretary of State Friend Sir Nathaniel Brent Register Lord Newborg A Lord Sir Edward Littleton Lord Cottington Lord Privie Seale 〈◊〉 Tho. Row Sir Tho. Row and Lord Goring 〈◊〉 Generall Of Sir Jo. Finch Lord Keeper Said the Jury The Archbishop

private Quater My Lord I am sure they are not publike I pray my Lord informe my judgement what a Conventicle is A●…chb Why this is a Conventicle said the Archbishop when t●…n or twelve or more or lesse meet together to pray reade preach expound this is a Conventicle Quater My Lord I doe not so understand it Archb. No saith he my Lord Chiefe Justice I appeale to you whether this be a Conventicle or no Sir Edward Littleton But my Lord Chiefe Justice answered nothing Quater My Lord under your Lordships favour I know it is no Conventicle neither by any Statute nor Cannon Law of this Kingdome if this be a Conventicle then I will be a Conventicler while I live with Gods helpe I kept a Conventicle in my house the last Wednesday if this be a Conventicle My Lord I did never come to your Court but I set apart the day before to 〈◊〉 to God for a blessing to direct me how to carry my selfe before you Archb. I so you may in private so it be onely with your owne family Quater And no body else my Lord truly my whole family consists wholy in my wife and my selfe and therefore I must call in my neighbours to helpe me for this dutie if it be kept as it ought will require more than a man and his wife to keepe it Archb. You were at Watlington and there be many of the Scottish faction there Quater At Watlington my Lord I was borne there will you not give me leave to goe into the Countrey to visit my friends Archb. Yes but not to make Conventicles and Preach Quater My Lord you said I m●…ght in private and when I am there I am as at home and my Lord we alwayes did it in private and not in the publike Congregation Lord N●…wborg Then said the Lord Newborg how doe you pray M●… Quatermayne at such meetings Quater My Lord I will tell you how wee pray wee pray thus that the Lord will be graciously pl●…ased out of all these combustions and confusions to bring forth a sacred Order for the establishment of the Gospell the rooting out of Popery superstition and Idolatry For the uniting of the two Kingdomes together England and Scotland in peace and setling his Majestie and his posteritie Royall in peace that so we may live under our owne Vines and Fig-trees to serve our God and to be loyall and obedient to our King and Soveraigne and loving and charitable one to another Lord Cottington Then said the Lord Cottington the Lord the Lord and why not our Lord or Jesus Christ or God Almightie Quater My Lord I am not willing to mis-phrase the Scriptures neither am I willing to displease your Lordships therefore whether I say our Lord or God or Christ or God Almightie the Scripture will beare me out in what I say Lord Cottington The Lord the Lord what Lord doe you meane doe you meane the Lord Wentworth Quater No my Lord I doe not meane the Lord Wentworth I know him not nor am I acquainted with him but that Lord that I meane is the Lord of Heaven and Earth Lord Privie Seale The Lord said the Lord Privie Seale Doe you finde fault with the man for saying the Lord he speak●…th to the purpose why is not the Lord in Scriptures as well to be spoken as our Lord or Christ or God All-mightie Lord of Dorset My Lord said the Lord of Dorset you loose time the man speaketh punctually to the purpose the Lord it is the principall title that God is denominated in the Scriptures by Archb. You were at Watlington and there be of the Scotish faction Quater My Lord I know not what you meane by the Scotish faction Lord Cottington Yes said the Lord Cottington I thinke you doe and I beleeve if you were well examined you would be found one of the principall Then many of the Lords cryed out of the Scots and called them Rebells and Traytors Archb. I said Canterbury wee have proved them Traytors and Rebels Lord Cottington They must needs be Traytors and Rebells when they shall come in such hostile manner to invade his Majesties Realme and rob and spoyle his Subjects Archb. I said Canterbury and under pretence of Religion to invade the Land Lord Cottington Then said the Lord Cottington what doe you thinke of the Scots Mr Quatermayne Quater My Lord if you examine my conscience I pray doe it by Scriptures Archb. You say right said Canterbury I never did otherwise nor will doe Lord Cottington Then said the Lord Cottington againe Master Quatermayne what doe you thinke of the Scots Quater My Lord I thinke more than I will speake Then said another Lord you heare that they be proved traytors what doe you thinke of them now Quater My Lord I have thought formerly that those things that your Lordship now sayes were not true I know not now what cause I may have to al●…er my thoughts Another Lord But what doe you now thinke of them Master Quatermayne Quater Then said I my Lord if they be Traytors let them suffer as Traytors Lord Master Quatermayne what doe you thinke of them Quater My Lord whatsoever I thinke I will say nothing Lord Goring Then said the Lord Goring Master Quatermayn how doe you judge of the Scots speake your mind freely you need not be so shy here is none that will wrong you Quater My Lord I cannot judge at uncertainty I heare one thing now and another ●…hing anon I hardly heare one thing twice together and therefore I will suspend my judgement Then said two or three Lords together what doe you say of the Scots speake your mind freely you heare they are proved traytors Quater My Lord you say you have already proved the Scots Traytors and I have said if they be Traytors let them suffer as Traytors and my Lord if you have proved them Traytors you doe not want my approbation for if I say they are Traytors or if I say they are not it proves them neither to be nor not to be Traytors and therefore I will say nothing Sir ●…homas Row Then said Sir Thomas Row and the Lord Goring What doe you beleeve concerning the ●…cots i Master Quatermayne Quater To whom I answered my Lord I doe beleeve all the Articles of my Creed Sir Thomas Row and Lord Goring Then said both those I thinke you doe for you seeme to be a man of judgement but doe you beleeve the Scots are Traytors Quater My Lord it was never no Article of my faith for I never found it in my Creed with that they all smiled P. S. and Arch. Then s●…y the Lord privie Seale and the Archbishop Well for all this wee shall prove that you were the chiefe cause of the ryot at Pauls on Thursday last and therefore Sir John Bankes I pray receive information from Master Lathom and Master Lathom goe you to Master Atturney Generall and give him instruction how he shall draw

the Bill of information Quater My Lords if you please you may make an end of the busin●…sse without any further trouble for whatsoever I have spoken before your Lordships I will prove by sufficient witnesses Then divers of them sayd Wee have sufficient proofe Master Quatermayne that you were the cause of the Tumult you shall goe forth and if we have occasion wee will call you in againe anon Quater So I departed from them thinking by their fayre speeches and carriage I had been directly freed but it proved otherwise for in my absence the Register had informed them very falsly and wickedly and promised to prove against mee whatsoever he said Then afterwards the Messenger was called unto and was by the Lords charged to looke unto mee and keepe me safe but to use me kindly And one of the Lords said for ought I see he will maintaine any thing he hath done And so I returned againe in peace to my prison in Southwarke And this is the summe and substance of the Conference had with the Lords of the Councell And the Lords writ a Letter and sent it by another Messenger to Sergeant Greene in London I will not say as David by Uriah but I leave it to your wisdome to judge by the sequell of the Story following Upon the next day which was the twenty sixth day of October 1640. I was carryed into London to Sergeant GreenesHouse and when I came to him he did appoint me to be at the Guild Hall at two of the 〈◊〉 the same d●…y And when I came there there was a great preparation both Holberts Bills and Constables Staves to the number of three or foure hundred n●…ver the like in London seene before and three or foure thousand Auditors and Spectators and all their Conference was about me and all concluded that I should dye and many sweet and worthy Christians came to mee to comfort mee But especially Master Goodin that Reverend Divine who told mee I was not a man to be pittied and his reason was because I was able to beare my burden and those that were miserable were to be pittied Then came the Lord Major and his Brethren in Oyor and Terminor the Commission being read a Jury of Inquirie was impanelled of three and twenty men round about Doctors Commons which is the foundation of Ignoramus Schoole a Jury of life and death being in readinesse for their intent and purpose was I should have dyed before next morning the Bill was given to the Jury where in were fifteene persons more for shew onely their ayme being onely at me as by the sequell it did appeare a great number of persons were produced to take their Oaths against me which they did to the purpose as they thought Then was I had into the Court of Aldermen to be examined by Sir Christopher Clethero Sir Edward 〈◊〉 Sergeant Greene and Sergeant Fesant which examination of mine with my owne hand 〈◊〉 annexed because it is included in my Speech with the Lords of the Councell I here omit as being too tedious After my Examination I was caused to walke in the Gallery conveyed into that place as it seemed unto mee as a sheepe to the sl●…ughter It was in such a place as I might have called long enough before I could have been heard and there was a backe way that I should have gone to execution had the Jury but found the Bill as I was informed by honest men And now I returne to the Jury for the carriage of that there were indirect courses used by all the Sergeants to informe the Jury against mee Likewise a Sergeant of the Sheriffes did most grossely abuse the Iury and hi●…selfe But the Iury could not agree there were many want 〈◊〉 among them that had never been of a Iury before as I have been likewise informed There were two very understanding men one Master Nicolson and Mr Mcredith that h●…d been Grand Iury men oftentimes before and they made it appeare plainly to the Lord Major and the Sergeants that I was every way innocent and could not be guiltie and all the Oaths that had past were to no purpose and not concerning the thing at all yet notwithstanding by the information of the Sergeants and the pressing upon them by the Officer of the Court one and twenty of them were agreed to finde the Bill But beloved Christian take notice I pray thee of the speciall hand of God and joyne with me 〈◊〉 thankes giving to the Lord for so great a Deliverance When the Iury came in Sergeant Stone who ●…ar Judge of the Court asked them if they were agreed Master Nicolson said We are not agreed we finde it ignoramus wee cannot finde Master Quatermayne guiltie with that there was a great shout in the Hall with a thousand voyces as taking it for granted I should be freed Then said the Forman of the Iury there be one and twenty of us agreed then said the Iudge you may yeeld up the Bill they are some wise men that shall stand against one and twenty Who shall speake for you said the Iudge●… our Foreman said the Iury Give up your Bill said the Iudge here it is here is nothing written in it said Sergeant Stone then said the Foreman of the Iury But wee are all agreed of our Verdict How doe you finde it said Sergeant Stone Then said the Foreman A B●…ll of Errour wherein the words of the Prophet a●…e made good Man purposeth h●…t God disposeth You are all agreed indeed said the Lord Major S Hen 〈◊〉 For one sayth ●…gnoramus and all the rest sayth A Bill of Errour Wherein Christian Reader 〈◊〉 give thee another hint of a speciall mercy for if the Lord Major had been willing to have had my life as I judge more charitable of him he might have bid them returne into the Iury roome and write upon the Bill and then I had been found but the Lord 〈◊〉 his heart that he appointed them a longer tim and adjourneth the Court untill the Tuesday 〈◊〉 following which was the third day of November the first day of the Parliament in the afternoone I conceive one reason my Lord Major might have the twenty-nine of October he was to leave his place and it was his wisedome not to carry the guilt of innocent bloud with him upon his conscience and peradventure he might also thinke that they would proceed no further in regard of the Parliament And this is the sum and substance of the first proceedings in this Sessions which continued untill between seven and eight a Clock at night and then to my prison againe with as much joy and peace as I could containe or hold attended on by hundreds of the Saints of God I looked on that place in the one and thirty Psalme the fifteenth Verse where the Prophet David sayth My times are in thy hands Whence I concluded thus much that if my times were in Gods hands then neither in Canterburies nor in Cottingtons hands

QVATERMAYNS CONQVEST OVER CANTERBVRIES COVRT OR A Briefe Declaration of severall Passages between him and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY with other Commissioners of the High Commission Court at six severall appearances before them and by them directed to Doctor Featly with their severall Conferences and the Doctors Reports to the Court As also his imprisonment by vertue of a Warrant from the Lords of the Councell with ten privie Councellours hands to it With his appearance before the Lords of the Councell and his Answers to the Archbishop and the Lord Cottington concerning Conventicles and his Answer to foure Queries propounded unto him concerning the Scots As also his tryall three severall Sessions by vertue of a Commission in Oyer and Terminor at the Guild Hall London and his blessed Deliverance And lastly A Prayer and Thankesgiving in an acknowledgement of Gods mercy in his Deliverance By ROGER QUATERMAYNE LONDON Printed by Tho. Paine for Roger Quatermayne and are to be sold by Samuell Satterthwaite at the signe of the Blacke Bull in Budge Rowe neare Tantlings Church 1642. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER Grace Mercy and Peace from God the FATHER and from our LORD JESUS CHRIST BEloved Thinke it not strange concerning the fiery tryall which is to try you as though some strange thing had happened unto you but rejoyce in as much as you are made partakers of Christs sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed you may be glad also with exceeding Ioy It was the counsell of the blessed Apostle Peter as you may see in the first Epistle of Peter the fourth Chapter the 12 and 13 Verses And the same Apostle giveth the reason thereof in the 14 v●…rse of the same Chapter sayth he If you be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are you for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you But sayth he in the fifteenth verse Let none of you suffer as an evill 〈◊〉 a murderer or as a busie body in other mens matters Vers. 16. But if any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God in this behalfe For as the Apostle Paul sayth in the twel●… Chapter to the Hebrews vers. 6. Whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth and scourgeth every sonne whom he receiveth And he layeth downe a reason why the Lord doth chastise his children and that is not for their losse but for their benefit which is that they might be partakers of his holinesse For I●… that the sufferings of this 〈◊〉 are not worthy of the glory that shall be revealed Rom 8. vers. 18. For it is an Apostolicall Injunction laid upon the Saints that every one that wi●…l live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution And indeed it is a great honour for Beleevers to be called thereunto being the proper gift of God For to you it is given not onely to doe but to suffer for his Name Vpon all these blessed Considerations Christian Reader I have made bold to present before the eyes of thy understanding a view of severall afflictions which have be●…alne me in this my Pilgrimage by those which have taken upon them the name and title of the Fathers of the Church but are indeed and in truth the enemies of Christ and his Gospel and as opposit to the power of godlinesse and the sincere wayes of the Saints as that cursed Abaddon or Apollyon of Rome is or can be as hath and doth appeare daily by their bloudy proceedings against the faithfullest Ministers and sanctifiedst and sincerest Professors that hath been and are living amongst us Witnesse their 〈◊〉 proceedings against Doctor Layton Master Peter Smart Doctor Bastwicke Master Prin and John Lilburne with divers others And lastly Concerning my selfe who had like to have suffered Ship wracke under the guidance and conduct of these Romish Pilots leading and guiding me through so many by-wayes Rocks and Sands that had not the Lord mercifully and miraculously preserved me I had been taken in their Nets and swallowed up in the pit that they had digged for me so maliciously were they bent against me as in the sequell of this Story following shall with Gods helpe more fully appeare B●…loved Christian Reader I would not have troubled thee with these few rude lines had not I be●…n solicited thereunto by many both judiciously wise and religiously honest whom I much respect as in dutie I ought they perswading me that the carriage of the businesse by Gods especiall assistance might prove to be a ground of great incouragement unto others that might in time to come be brought to the same condition and put to the same straits that I have been in Truely there is no reason why wee should be troubled or discouraged with any of their frownes or threats for the Lord hath to me and will to all his make good his promise That He will give us a mouth and a tongue to speak that the enemies shall not be able to resist You see it to be a truth in all those valiant warriours of the Lord Iesus before named with many others that I could name but that I am unwilling to be tedious Onely looke to thy Cause that it be warranted by the Word Looke to thy Conscience that it be cleansed from sinne Looke to thy heart that it be purified by faith and to thy Conversation that it be unspotted in the world and then being thus armed on the right hand and on the left goe on thou valiant man in this thy might in a strong opposition against the foolish ridiculous popish superstitious Ceremonies and deadread-Service which the blinde lame dumbe scandalous Priests and Prelates of this age so stand for and be you not discouraged from your holy duties of Religion by reason of these vile 〈◊〉 of Conventicles and the like that is cast upon it For assuredly it is and hath been the strong Arme of our God to shake this 〈◊〉 Antichristian Hierarchie and therefore for sake not the Assembly of the Saints as the manner of some is Heb. 10. 25. Through the disheartning Sermons of some Ministers among us who by their preaching formerly did promise much better service then now they performe to the Church whereby they give us just cause to suspect their fidelitie in their Masters worke and they brow beat their weake Brethren who according to their measure and the gift of God received doe labour to build up one another in their most holy faith and comfort others with the same comforts that they themselves are comforted of God But Beloved You that have tasted how sweet the Lord is in these sacred Ordinances let not goe your hold of Christ by them but follow after the Marke 〈◊〉 the prise of the high Calling of God in Christ Jesus For in due time yee shall reape if you faint not therefore lift up your weake hands and strengthen your feeble knees For certainly Your redemption draw●…th nigh You shall be delivered from the power of these Antichristian Prelates and

I am freed by the Iury And they answered No Then I asked if they had not authoritie in those Letters that they had received to free me but they answered me No Then I told them I would use meanes my selfe And thus was I most graciously delivered from the Lyon and the Beare and the uncircumcised Philistims and the Diotrephes the troubler of the people of God by their prating of many swelling words of vanitie But the Net is broken and I am delivered to God onely be the glory and to the Instruments thereof due respect and praise AMEN THE PRAYER THou oh Lord God omnipotent reigneth holy are thy wayes just are thy workes great are thy mercies dreadfull are thy judgements oh King of Saints Oh Lord who is like unto thee Thy goodnesse and mercy Oh most mightie God encompasseth us round on every side Thou oh Lord hast said Thou wilt be a wall of fire round about thy people and the glory in the midst of them Thou h●…st said Thou wilt be a Sunne and a Sheild to thy Servants and no good 〈◊〉 wilt thouwithhold from them that walke uprigh●…ly before thee but grace and glory wilt thou give unto them Thy people of old beleeved in thee they called upon thy Name and were delivered Thou never ●…allen them that put their 〈◊〉 thee Oh Lord who is it then that doth know thy Name but will trust in thee Oh Lord I am thy Serva●…t the Sonne of thy hand●… Thou haste broken my bands in sunder and set my fe●…te in a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that I ●…ht 〈◊〉 the wayes of thy C●…mmandements ●…nd so serve thee with an upright heart and a willing minde I have ●…ound by 〈◊〉 experience Oh Lord that the issuos from death are in thy hands The enemies plotted and contrived to take away the life of thy Servant and yet behold Lord thou didst most 〈◊〉 deliver him The Net was layd the Pit was digged thy servant freed and his and thine enemies ensnared and covered Oh Lord prayse waiteth for thee in Sion and unto thee shall the Vow be performed Thou hearest Prayers and therefore unto thee shall all flesh come O Lord thou haste done wondrous things Thy promises of old are faithfulnesse and truth Oh Lord what shall I render unto thee for thy great goodnesse and loving kindnesse shewed to thy Servant I will take the cup of Salvation and give prayse unto thy name Thou haste good Lord preserved mee from the Lyon and the Beare and the usurping tyrannous Philistims of the Kingdom to what end deare Father but that I should not forget the loving kindnesse of the Lord but be still mindfull of his Covenant Thy out-stretched arme hath been my defence Thy right hand Oh Lord hath the preheminence Thy right hand deare Father hath brought mightie things to ●…asse I shall not dy●… through the malice of the enemy but 〈◊〉 live through the goodnesse of my God to declare the loving ?…?ness of the Lord I am resolved to make my boast of thy prayse all the day long my tongue shall never cease to speake of thy goodnesse whilest I have a being for Thou bringest downe to the grave and raisest up againe Thou dost all thy workes to be had in remembrance of all that are ●…ound about thee If any Creature that ever thine ●…and hath made hath cause to magnifie thy Name and to declare thy prayse then have I much more Mine enemies did as it were cast Lots upon my Vesture and had so numbred my dayes as that they thought within six houres to take away the life of thy Servant and yet behold Lord some dead ●…me run away and others imprisoned as thine the Churches the States and G●…mmon mealths enemies and yet deare Father thy Servant preserved alive to take notice of thy mercy in beleeving thy holy promise where thou sayest Thou wilt deliver the righteous out of trouble and bring the wicked in their stead Oh Lord I have found that my tim●… are in thy hands and not in the han●… of my enemies yea I ●…ve and doe finde by blessed experience o●… Lord that as the creature cannot give life so neither can it take life away Deare Father I received my life from thee to glorifie thy Name in the discharge of the severall actions and duties in my place and calling and should the enemies deprive mee of it to th●… shame and reproach of the Gospell Oh Lord thou haste forbidden it and so it is come to p●…sse for ever blessed be thy N●…e for it Lord thou haste said that we should be brought before Princes and Rulers for thy Name sake and yet we should not feare nor take care what to speake for thou wilt g●… a mouth and a tongue and behold deare Lord thou haste made this promise also good to thy servant Wherein thou didst so guide him and direct him as that he did neither deny the truth nor corrupt his conscience to please the times at that time deare Father thou didst sill his heart full with joy and peace in beleeving that all things should worke together for his good when the enemies oh Lord did coop him up and appoint him as a sheepe for the slaughter ●…hen didst thou lengthen his life and prolong his dayes to tell of all thy wondrous workes I will therefore sing of thy prayse all the day long for thou haste shewed kindnesse to thy servant Thou haste multiplyed thy hand of bountie I will never forget thy free and full acts of love vouchsafed to me Deare Father I beseech thee to direct thy Servant what to doe and how to carry himselfe in this his Pilgrimage that so ●…e may glorifie thy Name and endeavour to 〈◊〉 thy people that others may by his example be incouraged to walke on constantly conscionably and faithfully in the pursuit and practise of all the duties of Christianitie Blessed Father Lord of life and glory I doe most humbly desire thee so to direct me by thy Word and Spirit that as thou hast miraculously and mercifully preserved mee from all dangers on the right hand and on the left from the malice and fury of mine enemies I may now in an humble acknowledgement of thy goodnesse walke before thee in all holy and humble subjection to thy blessed will in all things To this end I beseech thee ●…athe my soule 〈◊〉 that ●…ountaine that thou hast opened to the house of Judah and the Iohabitants of Jerusal●…m to wash in Make good that holy promise more and more to my soule wherein thou hast said Thou wilt wash mee from mine u●…cleannesse and sprinkle mee with cleane water Deare Father it is thy good pleasure that in Christ the God-head should dwell bodily that so I might be made partakers of the divine nature yea that in him all sulnesse should dwell that so I might receive grace for grace Now I besecch thee deare Father let it not be with me as with Pharoahs leane Kine that I may still feed upon the