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A83515	The third part of Gangræna. Or, A new and higher discovery of the errors, heresies, blasphemies, and insolent proceedings of the sectaries of these times; with some animadversions by way of confutation upon many of the errors and heresies named. ... Briefe animadversions on many of the sectaries late pamphlets, as Lilburnes and Overtons books against the House of Peeres, M. Peters his last report of the English warres, The Lord Mayors farewell from his office of maioralty, M. Goodwins thirty eight queres upon the ordinance against heresies and blasphemies, M. Burtons Conformities deformity, M. Dells sermon before the House of Commons; ... As also some few hints and briefe observations on divers pamphlets written lately against me and some of my books, ... / By Thomas Edvvards Minister of the Gospel.; Gangraena. Part 3	Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647.	1646 (1646)	Wing E237; Thomason E368_5; ESTC R201273	294,455	360

hath lain bed-riden a long time who denieth the marrying of them that he had no Licence nor any Authority to marry them as by his Certificate may appear but as he confesseth took eleaven shillings and six pence of her to make show of something as if he married her to satisfie her humour the youth not knowing any thing thereof concerning het pretended marriage with him For at that time and six weeks after she pretends this marriage your Petitioners son was ignorant of things done and said unto him and was weak in his understanding and right judgement and without his memory and speechlesse as your Petitioner can prove And whereas she produceth a Certificate to show as married in Saint Georges Church in Southwark where she never was with him neither is there any such marriage in the Church Register book to be found the Lad taketh it to heart he should be so abused by her and that it may be a discontent to him for ever during his life And the said Mary hath done so in another house where she was a servant by one P. H. an Apprentise about three months before this and is not free from him to this day but by a bribe of ten pounds she received of him She the said Mary defending her practise in the streets to be lawfull saying It was commanded under the Law not to marry without consent of parents but that was but a ceremony to them that liyed under the Law it is now lawfull because we live under the Gospel He humbly prayeth if it might stand with your favour to grant unto him your Warrant to bring before you the said Mary that upon discovery of the Premises and lewd practise the Petitioners Son as he hath bin by her publickly disgraced he may be publickly discharged from her and she abide such further Order as shall be thought meet And the Petitioner and his Sonne as in duty bound shall and will daily pray for your Honours long and happy preservation This Mary Abraham before her coming to Master Clarks had intangled a young youth an Apprentice here in London and claimed a promise of marriage at his hand which businesse was heard before Master Jesse the Seeker an Independent Minister and some others and it was concluded he should give her ten pounds and so there should be an end between them which this youth gave her and there was a writing of discharge between them which ten pounds given by the boy M. Jesse received and faith it was since given to the Parliament Now though M. Jesse knew all this yet he recommended this Mary to Master Clark to be his house-keeper who knew nothing of her prancks when this old wench came to his house whilst the youth was well she tempted him not but when he was thus ill as above mentioned she tempted him and in the time of some intermission of his sits before he was perfectly recovered when the youth went with a staffe she carried him to that Stampe and when the boy was ill and weak would come to bed to him Now after Master Clark had put this Mary Abraham away he found this paper of agreement between a young Apprentize and this Mary by meeer accident in his sonnes chamber and with a great deale of paines and enquiry found out this Apprentice in London from whom he understood the whole businesse whereupon going to Master Jesse with this paper to taxe him that he knowing such a businesse would commend such a one to him who was a widdower Master Jesse desiring to see the paper Master Clarke letting him see it kept it and would never restore it againe but Master Jesse told him he must forgive her and he speaking of complaining of her for doing such a wicked fact for the ruine of his sonne Master Jesse wished him to take heed of prosecuting a Saint and to consider how Jesus Christ at the day of judgement would take it at his hands with such like words And this Master Clark tels me having spoken to him and some other Sectaries of that company why they suffered such a wickednesse and kept her company he told me I could not imagine the shifts and put offs they had among them to colour the wickednesse the affirming and denying sometimes saying she was not of their Church but only recommended by Letters Testimoniall sometimes affirming she had repented There is one Master Denne whom I have spoken of in my first Part of Gangraena this man goes still up and down the Countries spreading his corrupt opinions and dipping concerning whom I have lately received this Information from a hand that could not mistake in the relation and I have the examinations taken before the Justices of Peace who examined Denne and others about him which I here give the Reader The Examination of Anne Jarrat of Spalding Spinster June 22. 1646. before Master Thomas Irbie and Master John Harrington Commissioners of the Peace THis Examinate saith on Wednesday last in the night about 11. or 12. of the clock Anne Stennet and Anne Smith the servants of John Makernesse did call out this Examinate to go with them to the little Croft with whom this Examinate did go and coming thither Master Denne and John Makernesse and a stranger or two followed after And being come to the River side Master Denne went into the water and there did baptise Anne Stennet Anne Smith Godfery Roote and John Sowter in this Examinats presence Anne Jarrat W her mark June 21. 1646. Lincolne Holland Henry Denne of Caxton in the County of Cambridge examined before John Harrington and Thomas Irby Esquires two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace THis Examinate saith that he liveth at Caxton aforesaid but doth exercise at Elsly within a mile of his own house and saith that he took Orders about 16. years since from the Bishop of Saint Davids And that on Munday last he came to Spalding being invited thither by John Makernesse to come to his house And that he hath exercised his gifts about four times in severall places in Spalding viz. at the house of John Makernesse and Mr. E●stons As for baptising of any he doth not confesse John Harrington Master Harrington sent for Denn by a Constable on the Lords day with whom he coming Master Harrington confined him to the Provost Marshal who had been an Officer of the Committee for that day being the Lords day that he should not make a mutiny nor stir in the Town that day by people resorting to him This Maiden Anne Jarrat confesse● that she being by heard Master Denn or some of the company with him lay upon them at their Baptisme and require a promise of those that were dipped to hear none but of their own way This Denn in his travels about the country had two men attended him who live as they said with him they were clad like Farmem and they took upon them to question some in the Town of Spalding to give an account

so certainly and generally spoken of that a godly Minister who dwelt hard by heareing of it came next day to the Town to find out him who baptized this horse and the rest who had a hand in it and to stirre up the Parish to complaine and prosecute them Which story being thus related to me with much confidence from these two Citizens as having spoken with this neighbour Minister and divers of the Inhabitants of Yaksly yet because I well know that reports will flye variously and many mistakes may arise in relations and because this was so sad a 〈…〉 ory and such a d●sperate proph 〈…〉 ation and contempt of Gods Ordinance of Baptisme I therefore intreated these Citizens for my sati●faction and for the credit of the story to others to get under the hands of some of the Inhabitants of quality who related it the truth of the story wh 〈…〉 of it was true and what might be built upon 〈◊〉 certa 〈…〉 ●her●upo● they sent about it and took such a course that abo●t ten dayes agoe in September I received from the hands of a godly Minister this certificate to a tittle and do keep the Originall by me to produce when ever I shall be called to make proof of it August 15. 1646. THat Captaine B 〈…〉 an t was quartered at Yakesly in the County of Huntingdon about June 2. 1644. and preached on the Lords day in the Parochiall Church and in the time of his quarter there his souldiers fecht a bald horse out of Master Finnmo 〈…〉 s stable of the Captaines where he was quartered and in the Church at the Font having pissed in it did sprinkle it on the horse and call him Ball 〈…〉 because he was hairie and crost him in the forehead They had souldiers Godfathers and one Widdow Shropshire a souldier sonick-named was the Godmother This the Le●●tenant Brayfield by name reported to the Captaine and they all gloried in it at Master Finnmo●rs and the other souldiers immediatly reported the same to be done in many houses where they were q 〈…〉 Which we the Inhabitants of Yakesly do witnesse whose names are subscribed William Finn 〈…〉 Thomas Eva 〈…〉 John Caryer Robert 8 Sumerly his marke John Pal 〈…〉 er Robert Cu 〈…〉 dge Holl●● Bell. Robert Ra 〈…〉 er Corporall was the man 〈◊〉 acted the part of the Minister Bartly Ward by name was the Godmother Laure●ce Dodds 〈…〉 man was 〈◊〉 that f●cht the horse out of the ●●able The ●ame godby Minister who hath relation to those parts and 〈◊〉 whom I hall this paper tells 〈◊〉 here are 〈…〉 y other misde 〈…〉 anore of some of the Sectaria● souldier● spoken of By many in these parts as the baptizing of a pigg● and other stra●ge exploith with he will enquire the 〈◊〉 of and 〈…〉 ordingly 〈…〉 finds give me notice and he saith 〈◊〉 S 〈…〉 souldiers are so 〈◊〉 that the godly Orthodox Ministers cannot with safety to their persons preath against some of those 〈◊〉 which they 〈◊〉 as against universall grace and some others some of these souldiers to one godly and able Minister who preached against their opinions laid their hands upon their swords threatning him with a great deal of ●ury There is a godly Minister and a man of some place more then ordinary whose wise being much incl 〈…〉 ed to the Sectaries and going often to their meetings he went divers times with her and among many strange passages which he hath seen and heard in those Assemblies he relates this following story for a certain truth which hee both saw and heard but was not willing to have his name made known because of some estate lying so that he perhaps might suffer much for discovering any thing concerning the Sects About Algate in London there was a great meeting of many Sectaries among others one Master Knowls Master Jesse and some other of the Sectarian Ministers were there for the restoring of an old blind woman to her sight by anointing her with oyle in the name of the Lord The manner of it was after this manner the old blind woman was set in the midst of the Roome and she first prayed aloud all the company joyning with her to this effect that God would blesse his own Ordinance and Institution for the restoring of her sight after she had done praying Master Knowls prayed for some spice of time to the same effect for a blessing upon this anointing with oile and after prayer she was anointed with oyle these words being words uttered by him who anointed her or to this effect The Lord Jesus give or restore thee thy sight In my first part of Gangr 〈…〉 a a story is related of some Sectarian Troopers assaulting Master Andrews a Minister in Northamptonshire Now I shall give the Reader a continuation of that story viz. so farre as to shew to what place these men went from Wellingborrough and what pranks these and others of that Troop played in Warwickshire which was told me by a good hand from one who came out of those parts and assured me it was most true and proferd to give it me under his hand and the hands of others in that Town and the story is as followes That very company spoken of came to a Town call'd Lemington or Remington in Warwickeshire and to the house of one John Mathews who looks to Baron Trevers estate there where their Captaine quartred viz. one Captaine P. and they told him of the passages at Wellingborrough boasting what they had done and how narrowly the Priest escaped them and what they would have done if they had gotten him and there was a great deale of applauding them by their fellowes who were there The constant course of that Troop whilst they quartered in that Town was to speak against the Ministrie calling them Priests disswading the people from going to Church hardly three of a hundred of that Troop would goe to Church they would tell the people that they would give them a Book should do them more good then all the Sermons they should ever hear in all their lives from all the Priests and that they could preach better then the Ministers of England and this Company of Sectarians was so rude that they did more hurt to a fine Dove-house of Baron Trevars which this John Mathews was to look to then Prince Rupert and all his souldiers when they quartered there This John Mathews intreated them they would not make such spoyle and wast killing old as well as young without distinction and he prevailed with their Captaine to go to them to forbid them but they answered him that pigions were soules of the aire given to the sons of men and all men had a common right in them that could get them and they were as much theirs as the Barons and therefore they would kill them take their liberty and not part from their right upon which words the Captaine said he was so convinced with their arguments that he could not answer

with unbeleevers when Christ prayed he took his Disciples apart indeed he taught and exhorted all so the Saints in the Acts they prayed alone from the world and Christ saith goe preach the Gospel to all he doth not say goe pray with all and Christ nor his Apostles never prayed with the world the Apostles taught in their Synagogues and expounded in their Assemblies but not a word of praying with them and experience teacheth us how our hearts are straitned and how wee limit the spirit if I may so speak when we pray with unbeleevers and faith commeth not by praying with them but by preaching for faith commeth by hearing I know no word for the Ministers praying with the world nor Saints to joyne with them Object But Christ gave thanks The Apostle Paul gave thanks before them all Answ Christs thanksgiving was sometimes miraculous for by his blessing the creature he did a miracle so the Apostle's was too as farre as I know for you know how wonderfully after hee and all with them were preserved Or if we may give thanks with them it is because all have a right to the creatures restored them by Christ that in a way of exhortation or praise a Saint may informe them therein of their right by Christ Object But what shall they do that have families shall they be as Heathens doth not the word say that he will pour out his w●ath upon the Heathen and the families that call not upon his Name Answ That makes nothing for it for it is not said that the Heathen and these that know him not shall call on his Name this is not for it but to shew the misery of these that cannot sure it is sweet for Saints to eye the rule for all that they do Sure I do not write this that I would diminish any of the unbeleevers priviledges for Christ Jesus knowes my heart is more pitifull unto them then ever but I finde in the word that the Gospel must be preached unto them they must be exhorted and pitied and prayed for and Saints must shine before them by a holy The rest was torne away by a Sectary it was signed M. D. Plymouth the 5. day of the second moneth 1645. And subscribed thus To her Loving Brother Nicholas Couch in Dartmouth This Couch is an Ensigne in Dartmouth Animadvers on this last letter by way of Confutation Thanksgiving is made a part of Prayer as well as the other three Petitions Intercessions c. 1 Tim. 2. 1 2. v. Acts 27. 35. Paul gave Thanks to God in the presence of them all where in the Ship by many passages of that chapter Acts 27. particularly the two first verses it is evident they were not beleevers and so Christ Joh. 6. 10. 11. v. gave Thanks among them all and set aside the Disciples ther 's no ground to think any of them were beleevers but called the multitude men and such like phrases not Disciples in 1 Corinth 14. where the publike meetings of Christians are spoken of and severall parts of worship described as Singing Praying Prophesying unbeleevers are spoken of as coming into those Assemblies where these parts of worship are performed and they are not excluded from being present at one more then another nor beleevers commanded to suspend Prayer upon their coming any more then Prophesying but the chapter carries it as free to come in at all and the Church free to performe Praying and Singing as well as Prophesying notwithstanding unbeleevers present compare these Verses together 14 15 16 22 23 24 25. As for those Answers in this Letter that Christs Thanksgiving was miraculous c. they are meer subterfugies and by the same reasons men might argue against all giving of thanks before meat saying these examples of Christ and Paul were miraculous and so not binding but with these compare 1 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. verses how mea●s are to be received with Thanksgiving and sanctified by Prayer speaking of meats and drinks and then consider Christs and Pauls example and it will show t is for our practise besides t is such a Thanksgiving as hath Prayer and Petition in it for a blessing as is cleare from the fifth verse t is ●ancti●ied by Prayer and Pauls Thanksgiving in that twenty seven of the Acts had Petition and Prayer in it not only for the meat but to raise up their dejected minds in the Ship almost killed with griefe vide Calvinum in locum Acts 27. 35. lori●●m Some Passages taken out of a Letter written out of Oxfordshire to a Citizen in London ONe Floid newly come to be a Preacher to the Troop of Major Huntingtons that now quarters at Aston Roreant preaching in that Church on Sunday last June the 14. on John 20. 17. Touch me not I am not yet ascended collected from those words these three transcendent points First That Lay-men Weavers Tinckers and Coblers being gifted might be Preachers Secondly Learning was not any meanes or help to understand the meaning of the Scriptures Thirdly That any Chamber Barne or Stable or other place was as holy as the Church and that there was no holynesse in the Temple for God destroyed it nor in any Church This Floid a youth of twenty yeares did lie at Master Calverts the Bookseller at Ludgate-hill Major Middle●ons man did not only rend with his hand the service-Book but cut it with a knife and burnt it in the fire at John Chiches of Kinston and it set the Chimney on fire till they quenched it And they justifie the burning of the ten Commandements Creed Lords prayer Psalmes ninty five Epistles and Gospels I would bee glad to know of Mr Edwards the Antagonist of Hereticks what to do in this matter To whom though unknown I present my love in the Lord. June 16. 1646. A Reverend and learned Minister living in Oxfordshire was by some in the Army and some of the Parish conspiring together as he was preaching in his Church opposed and with tumults disturbed There was one souldier a great Champion that did openly and boldly in the Church affirme that he was raised up of God immediatly and inspired with extraordinary revelations whom the Minister by this place of Scripture Matth. 24. 26. Wherefore if they shall say unto you behold he is in the desert goe not forth Behold he is in the secret chambers beleeve it not overcame and put to a non-plus so that they went out of Church with a kinde of a Diabolicall fury TThere is one Master Del a Preacher in the Army and Sir Thomas Fairfax's Chaplaine who summer was two yeares preached a strange Sermon at Lincolne and since put out a Pamphlet against uniformity in Religion calling it Anti-christian c. the man preaches and speaks much against Tythes and yet besides his Chaplains place to the Generall keeps a great living in Bedfordshire This Master Del Expounding the seven last verses of the 54. of Isaiah in Marston Church neer Oxford before the Generall and

have said to him in the second part of Gangraena and shall say in this third I purpose to reckon with him once for all in another Tractate This Master Saltmarsh this last half year hath much followed the Army a fit place for him and of him and his Doctrine there the Reader if he turne back ●o page 45. may read more When Oxford was taken he was one of those famous Preachers who preached at Saint Marles as the weekly newes Books gave it out as fit a man to credit the Parliament and the Reformation with the Universitie as his Brother Peters Master Saltmarsh being to preach in the Army on a Fast day this Summer made a Preface by way of Apologie that he preached not for the Fast he would not he understood to preach as upon that occasion or that his Sermon was a Fast Sermon He hath been at Bath this year and there in one of the lesser Churches preached that at John Baptist wore a leatherne girdle so his Doctrine was leather at Doctrine He would have preached at the great Church but the Minister would not give way whereupon he came to the Ministers house to contest with him about denying him his Pulpit and speaking so of him to them who came for leave especially seeing he had never seen him before unto whom the Minister replyed he had heard of him by M. John Ley and Master Thomas Edwards and was fully satisfied concerning him besides he said I have heard of one Master Saltmarsh who in the time of the former differences between the King and the Scots viz. before this Parliament made verses to incense the King to Warre against the Scots when he went into the North and that when the late Oath made by the Bishops of c. came forth went many miles to an Archdea●on to take that Oath upon his knees unto which Master Saltmarsh replyed he was then in his darknesse and the Minister of Bath rejoyned he thought him to be still in the smoak There is Cretensis alias Master John Goodwin a monstrous Sectary a compound of Socinianisme Arminianisme Libertinisme Antinomianisme Independency Popery yea and of Seep 〈…〉 cisme as holding some opinions proper to each of these This man for twelve yeares last past hath disturbed the City of London with broaching continually one Error or other which was the true cause why the Bishops and their Chap 〈…〉 es suffered him though in severall particulars irregular according to the Bishops wayes to preach when they put down others and would not suffer them and all because by his conceits and fancies he would disturb the Puritan party I could alledge what Mr Burton coming to 〈…〉 e him in those times prophessed of him what M. Thomas Goodwin hath said of him for his opinions about justification and what others of the Church-way have said of him but I shall reserve them A Reverend and learned Divine of another Kingdome hearing him pray and preach gave this judgement of him before he turned Independent that he had hereticum ingenium his genius seemed to be for Error and as some men discover a naturall inclination and a disposition to one evill more then another some to theft being given more to st 〈…〉 ling some to lying so is Master Goodwin to Heresie and Error seems to be made for a Heretick I shall instance now only in a few things by which the Reader may judge of the man and of his way A very godly and judicious Minister told me that he being at London about Spring was a twelve month he went to heare Master Goodwin preach who preaching upon that subject how hard a thing it was to beleeve the Gospel aggravated the hardnesse of beleeving by these Reasons one was because there were many contradictions in the Scripture as they appeared to us and he instanced in divers as about Justification c. A second was because take two men of equall abilities for holinesse learning parts and these shall expound the Scripures different wayes so that which Exposition shall a man take to in this case Now besides these he gave divers others such Reasons never salving or reconciling any of them so that the Minister professed to me he trembled to heare him and hath looked upon him ever since as a wicked man judgeing the scope of his preaching was ●ather to make unbeleevers and Atheists then to work Faith in men Another godly Minister tells me that some judicious hearers among the rest a Gentleman of parts going to heare him preach on a Lords day he then was upon the Majestie of the Scriptures and among other instances to prove the Majestie of the Scriptures he spoke of the contradictions in the Scripture and went over many particulars and so left them without any solution or Answer at which this Gentleman was so offended that he sp●●e of this to divers the same day and said the Sermon was enough to have made all them Atheists who heard it A godly Minister in the City hearing him preach and as I remember it was on his Tuseday Lecture at his Conventicle house upon that point that there were many necessary truths that cannot be proved by Scriptures save only by a strong hand of Reason and instancing in that point of proving Christ to be God he runne over those Scriptures brought to prove Christ to be God and answered them with the Arian and Socinians evasions and so left them never taking away those Answers as if the man would in a subtle close way whil'st he seemed to prove somthing else and confute the Anabaptists sow the seeds of Socinianisme This Minister was much troubled at it spake of it to many Ministers of the City how no Socinian could have pleaded against Christ being God more then M. Goodwin so far as concerned the eluding of those Scriptures which are the proofs of it and could not but leave a tincture in the mind of the Auditors that it could not be proved by Scripture that Jesus Christ was God seeing the cheif and most pregnant places for it were so Answered These practises and way of Cretensis brings to my mind the practise of Sebastian Franck a Learned man and indeed the most Learned Sectary of all the Sectaries in these latter times both before him and in his age who hath written a Book ex professo to shew the discordances of Scriptures laying down many instances in this kind and so leaving them without shewing any harmony or agreement Which Franck being a great Seeker and Enthusiast did it without all question upon a designe to drawe men off from the Scriptures to Revelations Two religious and understanding Citizens told me the tenth of June last and said they could bring many more to attest it that they heard not long before Master John Goodwin preach at his Conventicle as followes That we should not condemne any thing for an Error till we had taken as much paines in the searching out whether it were so or no as

the Presbyteriall Government should be set up and take place the people would be made absolute slaves and under Egyptian bondage whereas t is known tis a most excellent forme of Government having appeals and the Democraticall Independent Government a most slavish Government where parties must be Judges and there shall be no releif for an innocent wronged person and indeed these reports are kept up carefully spread by many of the Sectaries that out of pretences of liberty and for feare of slavery all things being kept loose and unsettled they may come to beare rule by that meanes be Tyrants and bring in upon the people by degrees both spirituall and corporall slavery The Sectaries cast upon the Presbyter division being enemies of peace worldly policie whereas themselves cause all our divisions and hinder peace Sixthly the great wickednes of the Sectaries appears in their fearfull mocking and abusing the pai●full faithfull Ministers of God in this Kingdome and the despising their words this is by the holy Ghost reckoned as the concluding sinne that brought that finall ruine upon Jerusalem and Judah 2 Chron. 36. chapt 16 17. Now the Sectaries do all manner of wayes by word and deed abuse the Ministers by all kind of reproachfull railing speeches wicked Pamphlets detaining their maintenance and stirring up others to doe the like disturbing them in the publick discharge of their ministery as preaching and praying invading their Pulpits by force keeping and pulling them out of their pulpits driving them by violence from their houses and habitations assaulting them in the way and their houses putting upon them souldiers and the most rude to vexe them of which there are too many proofs by instances in Oxfordshire Northamptonshire Wiltshire Glostershire Sommersetshire and other Countries and their wickednesse is the greater in that they have no respect at all to the age gravity learning holinesse of any one but abuse the aged the most learned godly as much as any other nor no respect to those Ministers who have been the Parliaments greatest freinds suffered for them and have assisted them always but use them even worse then Malig. Ministers nor no respect that these Ministers assisted them with their prayers and teares all along in the warres but requiting them thus to seek their destruction who night and day publickly and privately sought their preservation nor no consideration that these Ministers whom they now so abuse were instruments of working grace in them if so be they have any at all nor no consideration of such who are more immediatly imployed sent by the Parliaments authority but affronting abusing them to their faces and in print as those Ministers of the Assembly sent to Oxford to preach and prepare for the work of Reformation abused by the Sectarian souldiers there all which with divers other considerations as the godly Ministers faire carriage and respects to them though contrary minded c. exceedingly aggravates the Sectaries finne and showes them to be monsters rather then men not only to be void of all Religion and charity but of humanity and common civility And here I might adde many things more that clearly show the prophanenesse and wickednesse of the Sectaries spirits as their scoffing and scorning at fasting and holy exercises speaking by way of reproach of the morning exercise and giving in Bills among those given to the Ministers to pray for persons scoffing at these exercises of fasting and prayer as at Master Cases Church as at Master Seamans and giving up Bills in severall Churches on the publick Fast day November 25. as followes You are desired to pray for the suppression of those Preistriden slaves who go about to get hands for the disbanding of Sir Thomas Fair●ax Army who under God have wrought the peace of the Kingdome As taking the wickedest men the arrantest who remasters prophane swearers c. by the hands and in all publick societies and places where they have to do and such vild men are joyned with them to keep off Reformation as men going against all justice equity all principles of Honor Religion Civility Humanity and will do any thing nothing can come amisse to bring about their designs as men who have forsaken all principles of piety and are degenerated into a State-faction resolving all into worldly interest and policie doing whatsoever may most advance that So that all these premises being seriously considered viz. all the Errors Heresies Blasphe 〈…〉 es Practises Insolencies Stories and Passages of the Sectaries laid down both in the former parts and in this third may serve to undeceive many people in their opinions of Independents and Sectaries and may fully show them they are not the men they have been taken for and pretended themselves to be but indeed a pack of covetous ambitio●s self-seeking b●asting proud unthankfull heady feir●● unholy false people which seeing them to be so they may follow the advice of St. Paul given just in the same case 1 Tim. 6 3 4. speaking of men doting about questions and destitute of the truth supposing that gain is godlinesse From such withdraw thy self and 2 Tim. 3. 5. Having a form of godlinesse but denying the power thereof from such turne away There is a great Sectary living in London a Tradesman who owed fifty pounds to a Citizen of London which money this Citizen could nor easily get but at last getting a bond when it was due demanded it and he not paying it went to an Atturny to advise with about suing his Bond. The Atturny wished him to try again if he would not pay it by faire meanes and to tell him he would put his band in suit whereupon this Sectary promised to pay him twenty five pound suddenly on such a day and when he came it should be ready and the other twenty five at such a time with which answer this Creditor was content and came one the day set for the first 25. li. which this Sectary told him was ready and desired him to go up into his house with him and he should receive it now when he came up into the roome there the 25 pound was ready on a table but before he had received it putting his hand into his pocket to pull out his handkercher the Bond for his 50 pound accidentally came forth with it which as he was looking upon it this Sectary came of a suddain and snached it out of the mans hand and tore it all in peeces before his face saying he owed him nothing whereupon this Citizen being amazed asked him what he meant he said he owed him nothing come by it as he could to which the Citizen replied I will have this 25 pound howsoever and laid hands on it but he threatned him to meddle with it if he durst and knocked with his foot to call up some body out of his shop saying to them this man will take my money from me by force so that this honest man was glad to go away without his Bond