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A43611	The black non-conformist, discover'd in more naked truth proving, that excommunication, confirmation, the two great Episcopal appurtenances & diocesan bishops, are not (as now in use) of divine, but human make and shape, and that not only some lay-men, but all the keen-cringing clergy are non-conformists ... : also a libel, and answer (thereunto) fitted to every man's case (be it what it will) that is cited to ecclesiastical courts, whose shallow foundation is unbared, and a true table of ecclesiastical court fees, as it was return'd into the star-chamber, Anno Domini 1630, by the ecclesiastical fellows themselves, and compar'd with the statutes : also concerning the unlawfulness of granting licences to marry, Quakers-marriages, folly, as well as other evil consequences of that new law-maxim, viz. that no non-conformists ought to be jury-men : shewing also, that, religion, religion, that should have been the world's great blessing, is become the plague of mankind, and the curse of Christendom ... / by Edm. Hickeringill ...	Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.	1682 (1682)	Wing H1797; ESTC R22899	136,499	106

The Black Non-Conformist DISCOVER'D IN More Naked Truth Proving That EXCOMMUNICATION CONFIRMATION the two Great Episcopal Appurtenances DIOCESAN BISHOPS Are not as now in use of Divine but Human MAKE and SHAPE AND That not only some LAY-MEN but all the Keen-cringing CLERGY ARE NON-CONFORMISTS And Except they Repent Are Liable to be Indicted and Presented by GRAND-JURIES to the Loss of their Spiritual Promotions and Imprisonment without Bayl and the Patrons to PRESENT as if they were Dead when in Defiance of the Acts for Uniformity They Practise ILLEGAL CEREMONIES In Enjoyning to be worn whether Men will or no Ministring Divine-Service The HOOD FORSOOTH Or at any time except at the Communion the SURPLICE Prov'd to be SURPLUS or OVER-PLUS In bowing to the ALTAR at the Name JESUS to the EAST placing insignificant and idle UNLIGHTED CANDLES upon the ALTAR not wearing the COPE at Communion-Times using other Publick Prayers in the Pulpit than what are in the COMMON-PRAYER-BOOK Also a LIBEL and ANSWER thereunto Fitted to every Man's Case BE IT WHAT IT WILL that is Cited to ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS whose SHALLOW Foundation is unbared And a true Table of ECCLESIASTICAL COURT-FEES as it was return'd into the STAR-CHAMBER Anno Domini 1630. by the ECCESIASTICAL-FELLOWS themselves And compar'd with the Statutes ALSO Concerning the Unlawfulness of GRANTING LICENCES To MARRY QUAKERS-MARRIAGES Folly as well as other evil Consequences of that NEW LAW-MAXIM viz. That no Non-Conformists ought to be Jury-Men SHEWING ALSO That RELIGION RELIGION that should have been the World's great Blessing is become the Plague of Mankind and the Curse of Christendom when attended with the BLACK REGIMENT WRITS and LABELS Citations and Libels Cures and Suspensions Silencing and Excommunications Sell-Souls and the Devil of Hell Canonists and Civilians Superstitions and Fopperies Noddings and Cringings Illegal as well as Deformed-Vestments and Scare-Crows Hornings and Stools of Repentance Fire and Fagot Bel and the Dragon the Bloody-Priests and their Surrogates Chancellors and Officials Registers and Gaolers Benches and Executioners Sumners and Promoters Hangmen and Apparitors The Second Edition Dedicated to the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY with all Modesty and Submission By EDM. HICKERINGILL Rector of the Rectory of all-ALL-SAINTS in Colchester LONDON Printed by G. Larkin and are to be Sold by Richard Janeway and most Booksellers in London M.DC.LXXXII To the most Reverend Father in GOD VVILLIAM Lord ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBVRY Primate and Metropolitan of all ENGLAND And one of His MAJESTIES most Honourable Privy-Counsellors His GRACE SIR IN this Treatise your Grace will find somewhat suitable to you in the Case of Nectarius not Arch-Bishop for that name was not then invented but which did Tatamount Patriarch of the Arch-See of Constantinople Elected thereunto per saltum or rather vaulting and skipping into the Holy-See or uppermost Seat in the Church over the heads of all not only his equals but by many degrees his Superiors contrary to the Canon-Law of Holy-Church himself also being then but a Lay man nay and unbaptized To show us that it is not the first time that the Church has crack't a Commandment to dispense with rigour and summum jus in favour of great and not vulgar merit For many reasons therefore as well as for this great and concern'd example of Lenity against the strict Rules of Law does this little Tract in all lowliness expect as well as flie so high as your Patronage and Protection And Published not so much in mine own behalf for I need not your favour but impartial and equal Justice as in the behalf of the many Dissenters and Nonconformists to the strict Rules of the Act for Vniformity With which if you cannot dispense or grant Indulgences it concerns me as little or less than your self or those Clergy-men that are here prov'd to be Non-Conformists when they too frequently practise Illegal Ceremonies in defiance of the Acts for Uniformity that enjoyns those few Ceremonies in the Common-Prayer-Book and no other mark that no other Ceremonies which other Ceremonies are therefore Illegal Superstitions in enjoyning the Surplice and yet forbearing the Cope wherein none but Popish Priests are Conformists or arayed that I know of at this day and yet the Cope is as much commanded as the Surplice And besides in bowing at the Holy Name of Jesus the impertinence at least whereof I have in all humility undeniably evinc't in my Naked-Truth the second Part except we also bow at the Holy Name of God and the Holy-Ghost names equally venerable so often as we hear them or also bow at the Name of Jesus every time a Blasphemer which is too usual swears by the Name of Jesus and yet no man dops the head much less bows the knee there-at no not in Sermon-time when we hear the Minister 100 times in an hour name Jesus Or as impertinent as that illegal and idle Superstition or Ceremony in defiance of the Act of Uniformity so generally practis'd by bowing to the Altar setting insignificant and unlighted Candles thereon and bowing to the East Nay some have been so sillily and ridiculously Superstitious as to ruine a handsom Pile and Fabrick to their own impoverishment so far as to need or get the Charity of others only by rebuilding it worse to make it face to the left and directly East and West That so Men might bow to the Altar and to the East also with one single Nod Oh! most incomparable Atchievement and no doubt meritorious Whereas Astronomy tells us infallibly that there is no such thing really as East and West but meer imaginary Points and fictitious as the Figures of the heavenly Dog and Bear that being West to some others which is East to us and East to others which is West to us But besides the Folly so it may well be called it is hereafter prov'd to be a sin against the Act of Uniformity to bow to the East or Altar and not only a Peccadillo but so great as to make us except we repent and reform that wicked Error to forfeit all our spiritual Promotions The tender Consideration whereof will I hope make us tender against Nonconformists for our own sakes it had been better tho' for Charities sake to take off our keen and fiery edge against Dissenters and Breakers of some Branch of the Act of Uniformity lest we pronounce our own Suspension and Anathema with the same mouth and for the same Cause for which we censure and sentence others I have here modestly I hope search'd into the Nature and try'd the mettal and mettle of your great and onely Weapon in your Arch-Court or Court of Arches but always under Correction and with submission to better Judgments and the Laws Excommunication So often let flie in your Name in that Court though you seldom or never come there to hear the Merit of the Cause and the Witnesses viva voce and face to face no wonder then if you make many Random-shots and wide and beside the mark if you trust

of Sterling money by Richard Aufeild and William Hutton now Church-wardens of the aforesaid Church of all-All-Saints to the aforenamed Lord Thomas Audley in his Life-time paid in full Purchase and Bargain of the aforesaid Tythes to him the aforenamed Rector and to his Successors for ever Have given granted fold and by this present Writing confirmed unto Robert Plumton Clerk Rector of the Parish-Church of All-Saints in the Town of Colchester aforesaid and unto his Successors for ever all the aforesaid Tythes in the Town of Colchester or elsewhere To have enjoy hold and take all and singular the aforesaid Tythes to the said Robert Plumton and to his Successors Rectors of the Parish-Church of All-Saints in Colchester aforesaid for the time being for ever And I the said Thomas Audley Esq and my Heirs All and singular the Premises above specified against me the said Thomas Audley Esq and my Heirs to the said Robert Plumton and his Successors aforesaid shall and will warrant and for ever defend by these Presents In witness whereof we the said Edward North Thomas Pope Edmund Martin and Thomas Gimblet and Thomas Audley Esq to this our present Writing have set our Seals Dated May 14 in the 36 year of the Reign of the most excellent and invincible Prince and our Lord Hen. VIII by the Grace of God King of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and on Earth the Supreme Head of the Church of England France and Ireland EDWARD NORTH THOMAS POPE EDWARD MARTIN THOMAS GIMBLET THOMAS AVDLEY And is it not Great first to invade a man's Rights and Freeholds and then Article against him as a Barretor for defending himself and them Oh! most incomparable Subtlety and Policy And if a Plenarty for three years only shall be an Estoppel to the King as in some Cases 18 Edw. 3.5 much more a Plenarty for 19 or 20 years as in this Case not to be stiffed nor tryed whether by Right obtained or by Intrusion though this Defendant enjoys them by lawful Presentation from the King and Institution and Induction thereon but however this Spiritual Court extravagantly inquires after it the Titles of mens Freeholds and Rectories belonging onely to the Courts of our Lord the King and a Tryal by Juries as proved by the Statutes before mentioned beyond all contradiction or fear of any thing but a Praentunire for being Busie-bodies that would hook in all things by hook and by crook into the Jurisdiction of their Courts as you know who does in ordine ad spirituali●… Fifthly As for the Rectory of St. Leonards in Colchester aforesaid a poor business it is God knows not is worth 7 l. per Annum nor that able to repair the Dilapidations of the Parsonage-house in ten years nay it had been demolished to the ground long ere this but for care taken for the same by Robert Sewell Gent. who was and still is Sequestrator of the Profits of the said Rectory constituted and appointed under the Seal of the said Henry Bishop of London bearing date April 17. 1676. and in the first year of his Translation and confirmed by the said Bishop in all and every of his Visitations and the Fees paid for the same and the same still is in force and unrevok'd Besides though the Benefice of the said Leonards is so small as aforesaid yet the said Mr. Sewell provided to support the House which is large and keep it up in tolerable Repair and provided the learned and honest Gentleman Mr. Bridge of Alesford in Essex to preach there once a month and sometimes this Defendant though not above once in a year sometmes But the said Living being so poor and scandalous and the Parish so lamentably abounding with Poor above any other Parish in Colchester this Defendant constantly paid to the relief of the Poor 2 s. per mensem and also at every Sermon that Mr. Bridge aforesaid or this Defendant did preach there this Defendant also caused to be distributed Four and twenty Penny-loaves amongst the poorest sort but after since the said Bishop has given the interruption the Poor has had the less Food for their Souls for the Church-doors have long been shut against the said Mr. Bridge and this Defendant wonderful care of the Cure of Souls whereby also the Poor has been deprived of relief for their Bodies also That 's all the good that is or is ever likely to be by this peevish stop   l. s. d. per Annum The Profits of the Rectory 07 00 00 per Annum Out of which       per Annum The Kings Tenths Pension Bishops Visitation Synodals and Procurations about 02 00 00 per Annum To the Poor assessed and freely given 02 10 00 per Annum For preaching 13 Sermons to Mr. Bridge per Annum at 5 s. per Serm. 03 05 00 per Annum But the Profits the said Mr. Sewell does yet receive as he hopes he lawfully may be the Authority of the said Bishop unrevok'd to this day and not worth the contending for For no man can get a Penny by it and seldom comes a better but no matter how soon the same is revok'd that the great advantage the poor People gets by this bustle and change may be seen For it is a shame that the Bishop should provide worse for them and make a bustle only to do harm and if he do provide better then the said Promoter and Bishop must part with money probably out of his own Pocket thereunto which this Defendant fears will not be done Sixthly The Vicaridge of Fingringhoe is void by the Statute 26 H. 8.3 by reason the said Samuel Harris Clerk in the third Article mentioned being Instituted and Inducted in or about the month of December last past yet has not paid the King's Tenths to the value with Charges thereupon in the Exchequer of 30 or 40 l. now due and refused to be paid or neglected by the said Bishop to be demanded of him personally or if demanded lawfully then the said Vicaridge is void and ought to be so declared and the Right of Patronage or Advowson being in this Defendant together with the great Tythes and Impropriation of Fingringhoe aforesaid the Custody of the Profits of the said Vicaridge does belong during the Vacancy to this Defendant the Patron as this Defendant humbly conceives by force of the Statutes 25 Edw. 3. and 35 Edw. 1.1 But if disputable be this Defendants Title to the same yet neither this Court nor any Ecclesiastical Court can hold Plea thereof nor of any matter whereof the King's Courts have Right of Jurisdiction 2 Edw. 6.13 nor can determine the Titles and Rights of Freehold as 25 Edw. 3.4 28 Edw. 3.3 17 alias 16 Car. 1.11 aforesaid Besides the said Harris never was Resident so much as one night in the said Parish of Fingringhoe since his first Induction to the said Vicaridge thereof but preach'd three or four times to the Parishioners got half a years Tythes and never

Grandeur of a Reverend Bishop to be an Informer or Promoter But the Half-crafty Proctor the said Nucourt was got into a Dilemma and knew not how well to extricate himself For when this Defendant urg'd the Statute of 23 H. 8.9 against Sir Robert Wiseman with the Penalty of 10 l. besides Costs and Damages for citing this Defendant out of the Diocess of London where he Inhabits to salve the business it was thought fit rather to let Doughty's said Promotion fall but then Costs should have been given this Defendant but it was denyed and refused against the Rules of their own Courts and Methods as if they had the Law in their own hands And to salve the Statute of 23 H. 8 9. and the Penalties there Henry Bishop of London was Inserted Promoter though this Defendant was never Cited to answer his Suit and Promotion Nay it looks like a Wheedle or a Trepan to drill a Man into a Court by Process in a feigned Suit and then clap an Action on his Back at another Man's Suit and without his Privity too but any methods to carry on the Cause The Cause Besides according to the usual Methods of this Court no Man is obliged to accept a Libel except the Promoter become bound in sufficient Penalty not only with responsable and sufficient Sureties but such as are capable of being Arrested in case of Non-suit or failure of proof to pay to the Defendant his Costs and Damages But no such thing is done for this Defendant new Lords new Laws This Defendant is like to thrive amongst you in the Interim CHAP. VIII NEvertheless this Defendant to vindicate himself and the integrity of his unblemish't he hopes he may say without offence in this his just and forc't defence Life and Conversation and to manifest that the said Protestations Answers and Pleas are not dilatory and on purpose to decline a particular Answer or evade the discussing of the merits of the Cause and Crimes alledged against him in the said Articles he this Defendant saving to himself the benefit of his former Allegations Pleas and Protestations further Particularly answereth and saith 1. That the first Article in the said Libel as being only in course is true and all the other false further than is hereafter declared 2. That the 2 3 4 and 5th Articles are Instances and Accusations against this Defendant as a common-mover exciter and maintainer of Suits and Quarrels which is Barretry an offence against the Statute Law and Common-Law of this Realm and therefore ought not to be Tryed in any Ecclesiastical-Court as forbidden in the Statute of Provisors 16 R. 2.5 In derogation of the Courts of our Lord the King mark how the Spiritual-Courts and the Kings-Courts are oppos'd implying necessarily that the King and Parliament did not then look upon the Spiritual Courts to be the Kings Courts but the High-Priests Courts nor do they to this day hold them in the King's Name and Style and all their Acts under His Seal what Policy is it at this time of day to be Independents I mean Noun-Substantives and stand by our selves The said Statute too 16 R. 2.5 is in pain of a Praemunire and has a mighty fetch and reach even over the water as well as on this side for the Statute says The Court of Rome or elsewhere 3. The said Defendant Mr. Hickeringill had an Information brought against him for Barretry in the Crown-Office and at a Tryal at Chelmnesford Assizes March 3. 1680. for the County of Essex thereupon amongst 24 Heads of the charge of Barretry exhibited against him then and there tried the 23d Head was the substance of the said 2d 3d 4th and 5th Articles in the Libel aforesaid mentioned and this Defendant though pleading his own Cause was acquitted with honour of this malicious Charge the Right Worshipful Knights and Gentlemen of that Special Jury not stirring from the Bar nor the least proof of the Charge made out against him in any one Particular nor any proof but of the Folly as well as Malice of the Informers Conspirators and Promoters then and there And must he now again for the same matters be tried again by the Ecclesiastical Men after acquittal in the Courts of our Lord the King and by Prosecutors that were then Accessories at least to the said causeless and malicious Prosecution and in defiance too of the said Statute of Provisors CHAP. IX 4. THE Title of not only a fourth part which is ground enough for a Prohibition but all the small Tythes of St. Botolph's Parish as in Article 4. is in question and controversie For the said Promoter Henry Bishop of London pretends Right to dispose of the said Tythes by Sequestration nay has dispos'd of the said Tythes but shall the Defendant suffer it to one Harris whereas the Defendant has enjoyed the Tythes 19 or 20 years and yet enjoys them as Rector of the Rectory of All-Saints in Colchester in the said County of Essex in Right of and belonging to his said Rectory as his Predecessors the Rectors of All-Saints aforesaid have done quietly and 'till now without disturbance ever since the dissolution of Monasteries and amongst others the Priory of St. Botolph's in Colchester aforesaid granted sold or given by King Henry VIII to Thomas Lord Audley then Lord Chancellor of England and from him and his Brother and Heir Thomas Audley Esq together with his Executors joining together granted unto Robert Plumton Clerk Rector of the Rectory of all-All-Saints aforesaid and to his Successors for ever whose present lawful Successor and for above 19 years has been and now is this Defendant by Deed a true Copy whereof follows in these words verbatim TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing shall come Edward North and Thomas Pope Knights Edmund Martin Esq and Thomas Gimblet Gentleman Executors of the Testament or last Will of Thomas Audley whil●st he lived Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter Lord Audley of Walding and Lord Chancellor of England and Thomas Audley Esq Brother to the said Lord Audley do send Greeting Whereas the said Lord Audley in his Life-time for and in consideration of certain Covenants Grants and Agreements made between him and the Parishioners of the Parish-Church of all-All-Saints in the Town of Colchester in the County of Essex did give grant bargain sell and confirm unto the Rector of the said Purish-Church and to his Successors for ever All the Tythes as well of Hay Wood and Corn as of any other kind or sort whatsoever to him belonging in the Town of Colchester aforesaid by reason of the Dissolution or Resignation of his House or Priory of St. Botolphs in the said Town of Colchester Know ye therefore That we the aforenamed Edward North Thomas Pope Edmund Martin Thomas Gimblet and Thomas Audley Esq for the more sure and perfect accomplishment performance and execution of the said Covenants Grants and Agreements as also in Consideration and for the Sum of Forty Pounds