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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30098	A relation of the troubles of the three forraign churches in Kent, caused by the injunctions of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, Anno Dom. 1634 &c. written by J.B., Minister of the word of God.	J. B. (John Bulteel), d. 1669.	1645 (1645)	Wing B5452; ESTC R200067	48,685	60

〈◊〉 service there is no more reason for that then for any of the rest for so long as they live in the City and 〈◊〉 their trades both Native and Alien must ratably serve the King and the State and I hope the repairing of the Natives to the English 〈◊〉 cannot take off any of 〈◊〉 duty and to the City it is all one so the severall 〈◊〉 be payed whether they be paid in a lump from the whole congregation or part from the particular men which are 〈◊〉 and partly from the congregation which remaines yet as Aliens In all these respects though I have at your 〈◊〉 made knowne to his Majesty and the Lords all that you have suggested in your Petition yet a Mediator for you 〈◊〉 cannot be in these particulars which are so disserviceble both to Church and State neither would I ever have made my Injunctions if I had not formerly weighed them well and found them sit to be put in practice 〈◊〉 are therefore to let 〈◊〉 know that my Injunctions must be 〈◊〉 and that I shall goe 〈◊〉 on with them and therefore doe hereby pray and require you the 〈◊〉 and Governours of that city to second all these things in all faire and due proceedings for the 〈◊〉 of uniforme government as well concerning those 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as any other and to let them to know that this is the resolution of the Lords as well as of my selfe and I doubt not but that the strangers themselves may live they and their posterity to 〈◊〉 the State for this care taken of them so I leave you all to the grace of God and rest Lambeth May 25. 1635. Your very loving Friend W. Cant. This Answer was communicated to the French Congregation by their Ministers and in May the Deputies presented themselves before the Commissioners in the Consistory who were the Deane and Doctor 〈◊〉 who told the Deputies namely the Ministers of the three forraigne Churches 〈◊〉 Sandwich and Maidston of the respit my Lord did give till the first of July if they desired it who answered they desired it and a longer respit too if it might be obtained who 〈◊〉 they wished it might be in their power to doe it and so dismissed them The Deputies wrote to the Coetus in London how matters passed and thought it sitting to send some to London the Coetus returned their answer that they were sorry to heare of my Lord's resolution 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the Churches in the sending of their 〈◊〉 and would be 〈◊〉 to give them their best counsell and help The Deputies of Canterbury Sandwich Maidston went up to London and so much the 〈◊〉 because the time would be quickly expired the first day of July was at hand the King would goe shortly his progresse and my Lord of Canterbury would after the Tearme goe to his House of Croydon so they went to the Assembly of the French and Dutch Ministers and Elders of London assembled together in Coetus and made a Narration of what had passed the 〈◊〉 couched an 〈◊〉 these tearms Master 〈◊〉 in the name of the French 〈◊〉 of Canterbury that the Major of the said towne had presented a Petition unto my Lord 〈◊〉 of Canterbury in favour of the said Church unto the which he had received no favourable answer On this relation advice hath been demanded of this company what order they shall take and how they shall proceed to 〈◊〉 the churches under covert of the tempest that threatneth them whereupon it 〈◊〉 been found good to communicate all that which is past in Lord the Duke of 〈◊〉 and to the Lord 〈◊〉 Knight Ambassador of the States of the united 〈◊〉 of the Low 〈◊〉 and to intreat them to give their advice how they are to govern themselves in these extremities and to aske the said advice have been named Mr. 〈◊〉 Mr Gasparus Mr. Primrose Pastors and Master Host and Master 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Elders Who went to the said Duke and Lord and they advised the Deputies of Kent to addresse themselves unto the King and the said Lord Duke offered himselfe to represent unto the King whatsoever they found good and fitting This relation being made to the 〈◊〉 by the Deputies it was thought fit that they should goe first to my Lord of Canterbury to give him a cleere interpretation concerning some 〈◊〉 of the petition which was presented unto him by the Major of Canterbury and to use such complements towards him as they shall judge fit using in the meane time such generall termes without saying any thing to the prejudice of their Churches On the 17. of June the Deputies of Kent were with my Lord there were divers waited to speak to him about businesse J. 〈◊〉 observed his time seeing my Lord in a merry humour stept to him accompanied with the Deputies my Lord said he might well perceive he had much 〈◊〉 and he would hold him long who returned to my Lord this answer that he would not hold him long and contracted his intended speech in these 〈◊〉 Most Reverend Father in God We come to your grace tothank you most humbly for the favour you have shewed to our Churches in giving them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we 〈◊〉 your Grace to be 〈◊〉 to continue it and permit them to enjoy those priviledges and 〈◊〉 which they have had hitherto under our most gracious Soveraigne 〈◊〉 the which the families will be divided the poore no maintained and the Churches ruined But he interrupted him in the midst of his 〈◊〉 and said he would not call back that which he had begun bat would goe forwards with it that he would not put an heavier burden on them then on the rest and that he would goe through all England if he lived but of necessity must begin with them Now because J. R. saw that he might not be long with my Lord he did contract his speech as brlesly as possible he could and told him that in the Petition which the Major of Canterbury had made to his Grace there were two mistakings the one touching the trade amongst them as if no English man had knowledge or interrest in them whereas it was well knowne that they refused none to teach them the trades and that many had learned the trade and French tongue among them The other mistake was the summe of 〈◊〉 l. which notwitstanding was 〈◊〉 l. which the Church had expended on the poore of their Congregation that yeere and that sometimes they had spent 50 l. a moneth yea and more Concerning the ponre it was told him it was 〈◊〉 they could be maintained if the the Natives went to their 〈◊〉 because besides the seizing there were voluntary contributions the one at the Church doo e at every meeting of the Assembly to heare the Sermons whether on the Lord's day or on the week dayes the other extraodinary collections when the Churches were in arrerages He answered that the Scripture made not mention of any contribution at the doore of the Church and that there would and might be found another way whereas notwithstanding Saint Paul

1 for 16. 1 〈◊〉 speaks of collections for the Saints upon the first day of the week and Christ Mark 12.41 Luke 〈◊〉 1 2. fate over against the creafury and beheld how people cast mony into the creafury it was cast in a chest such a one as 〈◊〉 the Priest caused to be made and lec as one commeth into the house of the Lord where the mony was put in though to another end 2 Kin. 12. 9. and a cartaine lame man lay daily at the gate of the Temple which is called beautifull to aske almes of them that entred into the Temple 〈◊〉 3. 2. for none was to appeare before the Lord empty Exod. 23. 15. these things might have been told my Lord by them but they found it no 〈◊〉 to dispute The Deputies told my Lord that the Injunction would hinder the conversion of Papists strangers who would not come to their Churches seeing that baptisme would be wanting in the Church he said they might come as well as before but they should not be 〈◊〉 for there were English men enough if they came they should be conformable and as or baptisme that was all 〈◊〉 Master 〈◊〉 Minister of the Dutch Church of 〈◊〉 told him that there were many that went to the English Church and Communion he said he would see what they would 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 they would doe so or no Many passages were between my Lord and the Deputies he said 〈◊〉 was not made of sower leaven nor did he this 〈◊〉 envy or 〈◊〉 but upon good consideration and grounds He told the Deputies he had given them respit till the 〈◊〉 of July of his free will and would not have them to 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 in the businesse for he did meane to goe through 〈◊〉 with it 〈◊〉 he did it because they shauld not think they had not time enough given them he would goe a faire way with them if they did as they should And because there had been some mistakings and they might know his 〈◊〉 and have the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he would commit the businesse to no 〈◊〉 but leave it to his Vicar-generals 〈◊〉 John Belteel told him the first day of July did approach he told him for feare of mistakes he would have nothing done till Sir 〈◊〉 Brent's returne were it till the last of August after some discourse he spake to my Lord concerning the first of Iuly againe and againe who answered he was not so 〈◊〉 for a day if Sir Nathaniel came not 〈◊〉 the last of September it should not goe forwards he replyed that that was not 〈◊〉 for if Master Somner had no present order from him he would put the Injunction in execution and durst not doe otherwise and therefore he desired his Grace to commend Master Dell his Secretary to write a Letter to Master Somner about that businesse and respit my Lord commanded his Secretary to doe it so the Deputies taking their leaves of him he said God blesse you The Deputies related unto the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whereupon the Company thought it fit that the Deputies should returne to their 〈◊〉 and there 〈◊〉 for the returne of 〈◊〉 Nathaniel Brent the Deputies made a relation of all the passages hereto fore mentioned unto my Lord the Duke of Soubise and my Lord Ambassidour and some other Lords 〈◊〉 and Gentlemen and so departed Our purpose is not to speak of the other forraigne Churches in England 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 the Bishop of the 〈◊〉 speaking 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 saying it were 〈◊〉 their Congregations should be 〈◊〉 then the Church of England should 〈◊〉 its glory and for the poore who sent for them nor to speake of the Congregations of London or others but onely of the three forraigne of Kent which my Lord primarily and principally did question and assault and who were like David's three Worthies who endured the greatest 〈◊〉 stood in the gap were in the front received the blowes and bare the reproaches and did what they could to save and deliver the Churches from the 〈◊〉 and thraldome whereunto my Lord intended to subject them whereas the other Churches were but in the reare who although they were honourable worthies and mighty and came to the 〈◊〉 yet 〈◊〉 attained not unto the first three 2 Sam. 23 8 19.23 But to 〈◊〉 to the point the Deputies of Kent took leave of the 〈◊〉 and returned home every one to his Church and house About that time J. 〈◊〉 received divers letters from divers learned men from beyond the seas as from Master de Moulin Master Polyander Master Festus Hommius Master Bugnet and others in French and in Latin Wherein one deplores the condition of the forraigne Churches and 〈◊〉 the rigor wherewith they were troubled and prayed God to remedy it by his holy 〈◊〉 another that God would dispose the heart of my Lord Arch-bishop to follow the wayes of wildnesse a third that mens 〈◊〉 are in God's hand who turneth them as the rivers of waters where and when he will Balaam goeth with an intention to curse but God turneth his words into blessings Saint Paul goeth to Damas with bloody designes but God changeth him and and of a persecutor maketh him an Apostle a Paster and of a Wolfe becomes a Lambe Another writeth thus 〈◊〉 vestrarum nove edicto non tantum pacem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 statum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ex animo dolemus Coe erum an nulla affulget spes tanti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nos quidem sperare jubet 〈◊〉 clementia 〈◊〉 as vestra qua non desinet omnem movere lapidem ut Deus optimus 〈◊〉 buic vestro 〈◊〉 clementer benedicat others 〈◊〉 God that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the tempestuous winds and dangerous tempest to cause a shipwrack even he who hath appeased in some sort this tempest will if he please let you enjoy an assured calme and will chide the winds that have raised this 〈◊〉 me and such like things and to the said purpose and end So that the persecution was divulged in many parts of Europe and the forraigne Churches had the good wishes and prayers of many beyond the seas for a good and happy issue 〈◊〉 and of many godly Ministers and others zealous persons in England the Deputies telling divers of them that they did what they could not onely for the good of their owne Churches but for the good of the English Churches also theirs being a leading case for if their Churches were blowne up the English would in time sinke and their Pastors persecuted if 〈◊〉 doe 〈◊〉 things in a greene tree what shall be done in the dry if such things be done to the forraine Churches who have patent priviledges and 〈◊〉 and promises from such great Princes for themselves and their posterity in regard of their Discipline exempted from the subjection of 〈◊〉 bishops and Bishops what can the English Churches expect subjected to the power and authority of Prelates nay what can they not expect but