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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90688	Heautontimoroumenos, or, The self-revenger exemplified in Mr. William Barlee. By way of rejoynder to the first part of his reply, viz. the unparallel'd variety of discourse in the two first chapters of his pretended vindication. (The second part of the rejoynder to the second part of his reply being purposely designed to follow after by it self, for reasons shortly to be alledged.) Wherein are briefly exhibited, amongst many other things, the rigidly-Presbyterian both principles and practice. A vindication of Grotius from Mr. Baxter. of Mr. Baxter from Mr. Barlee. of Episcopal divines from both together. To which is added an appendage touching the judgement of the right Honourable and right Reverend Father in God, Iames Lord primate of Armagh, and metropolitan of Ireland, irrefragably attested by the certificates of Dr. Walton, Mr. Thorndike, and Mr. Gunning, sent in a letter to Doctor Bernard. By Thomas Pierce Rector of Brington.	Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.; Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.; Thorndike, Herbert, 1598-1672.; Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.	1658 (1658)	Wing P2181; Thomason E950_1; ESTC R207591	167,618	192

knows is all the harme I wish him Observe the charity of this Saint who prayes by the Directory He wisheth me no worse then perfect beggerie on one side or to be published on the other for an unconscionable Knave If one of these must be my Lot as Mr. B. seemes to be resolv'd give me the former let him take the later Should I not speak to his Dilemma he would exclaim against my Cowardise and want of conscience for doing as ill as a Presbyterian Yet if I speak distinctly to it he will admire my folly and want of prudence for not doing so ill as a Presbyterian I am not amorous of suffering I have had too much of it already from that implacable and bloody Sect. But so much do I prefer the greatest secular inconvenience before the sin of complyance with such a Gang that I will readily cast my self on the shorter Horne of his Dilemma as being most sure that it will do me least hurt I would not be bribed with both the Indies to do any thing so ill as might make me be mistaken for a Presbyterian or a Complyer with that Faction by any shew or appearance either of flatterie or of fear Be it therefore known to this Contriver of mischief and to as many of his Abettors as hope to have me in their Lurch that I do duely perform my Oaths and promises I live in humble obedience both to the Lawes of the Land and to the Canons of the Church I have no commerce with the Directorie or with any thing else that is Presbyterian nor yet do I practice any more of my liturgical knacks as this Zelot of the Kirk profanely calls them then I think I am in conscience indispensably obliged and bound unto I use that prudence and moderation to which I am advised by the severest of my Superiours And they who had power to do me hurt in consideration of my Practice have been so throughly satisfied with the grounds and reasons of what I do as to think me the worthyer of preservation Had the Fierie sort of the Presbyterians which I have reason to distinguish from the more charitable and candid swallow'd down that power of doing mischief which they gaped after so long with so much appetite and hunger and when they had swallowed for a time were happily made to cast it up I had not expected so great a Miracle as that a man could have been honest and have injoyed his own too Who can take the vast distances or number the manifold degrees by which the Body of Independents must be preferr'd But now 't is fit that Mr. Barlee should know his part in the D●lemma who to avoid the peril on the right hand hath made choice on the left to be recorded as a most timorous and unconscionable Coward When he entred into the Priesthood he took the Oath of supremacy and the other Oath of Alleg●ance subscribed the nine and thirty Articles without which Bp. Davenant admitted none into the Priesthood as I can shew nay if he were ordained in the year 1640. when that Bp. celebrated a generall ordination in the Cathedrall Church he was made to take that other Oath against admitting or complying with any manner of Innovations in point of Doctrin or Discipline according to the Canon in that case provided by the then-Convocation which was legitimately called and authoriz'd Nay this is not all for before Mr. Barlee was admitted into the office of the Priesthood which was the very expression then used by the Bp. he did solemnly promise in the presence of God and the Congregation amongst many other things that the Lord being his Helper he would reverently obey his Ordinary and other chief Ministers unto whom the Government and charge was committed over him following with a glad mind and will their godly Admonitions and submitting himself to their godly judgements There he solemnly and demurely did make profession that he thought in his heart he was truly called to the Ministery of the Priesthood according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ and the order of this Church of England Clearly granting by that copulative that the order of our Church as then it stood by his confession was according to the will of our Lord Iesus Christ In subscribing the 39. Articles he acknowledged the power of the Church to decree rites and ceremonyes and auctority in controversyes of Faith That none are lawfully called and sent to minister in the Congregation but such as are chosen and called to it by men who have publick authority given unto them in the Congregation to call and send Ministers into the Lords Vineyard That whosoever through his private judgement willingly and purposely doth openly break the traditions and ceremonyes of the church c. ought to be rebuked openly that others may fear to do the like as he that offendeth against the common order of the Church and hurteth th' authority of the Magistrate and woundeth the consciences of the weak brethren c. That the books of Homilies concerning the Common Prayer c. ought to be read in churches by the Ministers diligently and distinctly that they may be understood of the people That the book of Consecration of Arch-Bishops and Bishops and ordering of Priests and Deacons c. doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering neither hath it any thing that of it self is superstitious or ungodly c. That the Kings M. hath the chief power in this Realm of England and other his Dominions unto whom the chief Government of all Estates of this Realm whether they be Ecclesiastical or civil in all causes doth appertain All which with the rest being subscribed by Mr. B. and the Priesthood received as hath been shew'd he sealed to all he had subscribed promised and professed by the tremendous Sacrament of the Lord's Supper All which notwithstanding he hath covenanted with the Scots to mould us all after the Kirk polluted his Church with the Directorie and many other abominations I spare to name hath taken upon him to ordain Priests to which office he knows he never received a consecration and had no other power imparted to him by Bp. D. venant then to preach to dispense Sacraments to bind and loose and that not any how or as he listeth but as this realm hath received the same He jeer'd our Divines at the Synod of Dort and Bp. Davenant as one of them with their Hierarchick Flaunt the Masse of Ceremonyes the ceremonious Litter the many pretty Liturgicall Knacks with other the like effects of his spirit and breeding He denyes that any civill power can have a supremacy in causes Ecclesiastical so long as he cleaves to his Kirkirsh Principles and now he publickly avows that his Presbytery hath an Authority to excommunicate the Magistrate the supreme civill Magistrate under which they live and to which they have