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A79473	Chillingworthi novissima. Or, The sicknesse, heresy, death and buriall of William Chillingworth. (In his own phrase) Clerk of Oxford, and in the conceit of his fellow souldiers, the Queens arch-engineer, and grand-intelligencer. Set forth in a letter to his eminent and learned friends, a relation of his apprehension at Arundell, a discovery of his errours in a briefe catechism, and a shorr [sic] oration at the buriall of his hereticall book. By Francis Cheynell, late fellow of Merton Colledge. Published by authority.	Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.	1644 (1644)	Wing C3810; Thomason E36_7; ESTC R13256	46,148	66

was the earnest desire of that eminent Scholar whose body lyes here before you that his corps might be interred according to the Rites and customs approved in the English Liturgy and in most places of this Kingdom heretofore received but his second request in case that were denied him was that he might be buried in this City after such a manner as might be obtained in these times of unhappy difference and bloudy warres His first request is denied for many reasons of which you cannot be ignorant It is too well knowne that he was once a professed Papist and a grand seducer he perverted divers persons of consider●●●●●anke and quality and I have good cause to beleeve that his ●…e to England commonly called his Conversion was but a false and pretended Conversion And for my owne part I am fully convinced that he did not live or dye a genuine Sonne of the Church of England I retaine the usuall phrase that you may know what I meane I meane he was not of that Faith or Religion which is established by Law in England Hee hath left that phantasie which he called his Religion upon record in this subtile booke He was not ashamed to print and publish this destructive tenet That there is no necessity of Church or Scripture to make men faithfull men in the 100 page of this unhappy booke and therefore I refuse to bury him my selfe yet let his friends and followers who have attended his Herse to this Golgotha know that they are permitted out of meere humanity to bury their dead out of our sight If they please to undertake the buriall of his corps I shall undertake to bury his errours which are published in this so much admired yet unworthy booke and happy would it be for this Kingdome if this booke and all its fellowes could be so buried that they might never rise more unlesse it were for a confutation and happy would it have been for the Author if he had repented of those errours that they might never rise for his condemnation Happy thrice happy will he be if his workes doe not follow him if they doe never rise with him nor against him Get thee gone then thou cursed booke which hast seduced so many precious soules get thee gone thou corrupt rotten booke earth to earth and dust to dust get thee gone into the place of rottennesse that thou maist rot with thy Author and see corruption So much for the buriall of his errours Touching the buriall of his corps I need say no more then this It will be most proper for the men of his perswasion to commit the body of their deceased Friend Brother Master to the dust and it will be most proper for me to hearken to that counsell of my Saviour Luk. 9. 60. Let the dead bury their dead but go thou and preach the Kingdom of God And so I went from the grave to the Pulpit and preached on that Text to the Congregation Some conceive that I studied on purpose to picke out the most piercing Text in the Bible a Text which doth much reflect upon the party deceased but these men erre not knowing the Scriptures for had I used that Prayer at Master Chillingworths grave which was dictated by the Spirit upon the like occasion the fall of a great enemy of Israel Judges 5. 31. doubtlesse that Prayer would have reflected more upon the party deceased and all his surviving party So let all thine enemies perish O Lord but let them that love thee be as the Sunne when he goes forth in his strength They would have beene more displeased had I taken that Text which is applyed to no lesse a man then the sonne of Iosiah by the Prophet Ieremiah They shall not lament for him saying Ah my brother or ah sister ah Lord or ah his glory He shall be buried with the buriall of an asse drawne and cast forth beyond the gates of Ierusalem Ierem. 22. 18 19. Doubtlesse that man deserves the buriall of an Asse who beleeves his owne Reason more then the God of truth he that dares not condemne nay admires those for rationall men who would reason Christ and the holy Ghost out of their Godhead and even dispute them both out of the Trinity doth certainly deserve the buriall of an Asse Man is born like a wild asses colt as silly wild and coltish as the Colt of a wilde Asse and if he prove an old Colt and perish by his Coltish trickes wonder not at the sharpe censure of the holy Ghost You see then there are sharper Texts then this that I pitched upon for the ground of my discourse Secondly all that understand that Text Luke 9. 60. will acknowledge that the Text did reflect rather upon the living then the dead But why then was he buried at all I have told you already his followers were permitted to bury him out of meere Humanity I pleaded for his buriall from that great example recorded at length by the holy Ghost 2 Sam. 1. from the eleventh verse to the end of the chapter Saul you know was forsaken of God long before his death the spirit of the Lord the excellent gifts and common graces of the Spirit in particular the spirit of government departed from him Moreover he consulted a witch and by her the Devill at Endor and an evill spirit from the Lord took possession of him yet Saul was solemnly buried bewailed nay extolled by David for those things which were lovely in him as you may read in the place forecited 17 21 24. verses And I dare boldly say that I have beene more sorrowfull for Mr Chillingworth and mercifull to him then his friends at Oxford his sicknesse and obstinacy cost me many a prayer and many a teare I did heartily bewaile the losse of such strong parts and eminent gifts the losse of so much learning and diligence Never did I observe more acutenesse and eloquence so exactly tempered in the same person Diabolus ab illo ornari cupiebat for he had eloquence enough to set a faire varnish upon the foulest designe He was master of his learning he had all his arguments in procinctu and all his notions in numerato Howle ye firre trees for a Cedar is fallen lament ye Sophisters for the Master of sentences shall I say or fallacies is vanished wring your hands and beat your breasts yee Antichristian Engineers for your Arch-engineer is dead and all his Engines buried with him Ye daughters of Oxford weep over Chillingworth for he had a considerable and hopefull project how to clothe you and himselfe in scarlet and other delights I am distressed for thee my brother Chillingworth may his Executrix say very pleasant hast thou beene unto me thy love to me was wonderfull passing the love of father husband brother O how are the mighty fallen and the weapons nay engines of warre perished O tell it not in Gath that he who raised a battery against the Popes chaire that he might place

scandalously because publiquely and doth not only hold but vent damnable heresies and vent them not only in the Pulpit but in the Presse shall not his damnable heresies and printed heresies be confuted after his death shall thousands be seduced and perish and all Orthodox Divines silenced with that one Proverb Nothing is to be spoken of the dead but good Nay put the case further yet suppose a man hath had his head full of powder-plots and his heart full of bloody desires nay hath been a Ring-leader and Encourager of others to bloody practises against the very light of nature as well as Scripture must nothing be said of such a man when he is gone but good Mr Chillingworth and I met in Sussex by an unexpected providence I was driven from my owne house by force of Armes only as the Cavaliers confessed because I was nominated to be a Member of the Assembly and when I heard that my Living was bestowed upon a Doctor who if some Cambridge-men deceive me not became the stage farre better then he doth the Pulpit I resolved to exercise my Ministery in Sussex amongst my friends in a place where there hath been little of the power of Religion either known or practised About the latter end of November I travelled from London to Chichester according to my usuall custome to observe the monthly Fast and in my passage with a thankfull heart I shall ever acknowledge it I was guarded by a Convoy of 16 Souldiers who faced about 200 of the enemies forces and put them all to flight Upon the twelfth of December I visited a brave Souldier of my acquaintance Captain James Temple who did that day defend the Fort at Bramber against a bold daring enemy to the wonder of all the countrey and I did not marvell at it for he is a man that hath his head full of stratagems his heart full of piety and valour and his hand as full of successe as it is of dexterity My gratefull pen might wel run on in his commendation to the eternall shame of those who have been ungratefull to him to whom they doe under God owe their preservation But I intend not to defraud others of their deserved praise who were present at that fierce encounter There was present Colonell Harbert Morley a Gentleman of a nimble apprehension vigilant spirit but the Cavaliers were kept at such a distance that they never put the Colonels Regiment of horse to any trouble There was present likewise Captaine Henry Carleton the Antiprelaticall sonne of a learned Prelate a man of a bold presence and fixed resolution who loves his country better then his life Captain Simon Everden was there also a man of slow speech but sure performance who deserves that Motto of the old Romane Non tam facile loquor quam quod locutus sum praesto You cannot expect that I should name all the rest of the Commanders But there were you see some difficulties in my way which seemed insuperable and yet the Lord of Hosts did bring me thorow these difficulties safe from Bramber to Arundell upon the 21 day of December if I forget not Master Chillingworth was at that time in Arundell Castle which was surrendred to the much renowned Commander Sir William Waller Serjeant-Major-generall of all the associated Counties in the East and West upon the sixt of Ianuary As soone as the Castle was surrendred I represented Master Chillingworths condition to Sir William Waller who commended him to the care of his worthy Chaplaine and his Chaplaine shewed so much charity and respect towards him that he laid him upon his owne bed and supplied him with all necessaries which the place did afford When the rest of the Prisoners were sent up to London Master Chillingworth made it evident to me that he was not able to endure so long a journey and if he had been put to it he had certainly died by the way I desired therefore that his journey might bee shortned and upon my humble motion he was sent to Chichester where I intreated the Governour that he might be secured by some Officer of his acquaintance and not put into the hands of the Marshall the Governour gave order that Lievtenant Golledge should take charge of him and placed him in the Bishop of Chichesters Palace where he had very courteous usage and all accommodations which were requisite for a sicke man as appeares by the testimony of his owne man at Oxford and a Letter of thankfull acknowledgment from Master Chillingworths father to Lievtenant Golledge nay by Master Chillingworths Codicill which hee desired should be annexed to his Will in which he gave 10 livre. to Captaine King 10 li to Mistresse Mason who keepes the Bishops house and attended Master Chillingworth in his sicknesse and 10 li. to Lievtenant Golledge And it may further appeare by a Letter of Captain Kings sent to Oxford and the testimony of Master Edmonds his Apothecary both which are as followes Captain Kings Letter sent to Mr Walter Iones one of the Chaplains of Christ-Church in Oxford Ian. 23. Kind friend MAster Chillingworth was in so weake a condition by reason of a violent fluxe that I perswade my selfe hee could not have lived the first night of his journey had he gone farther for it was very tedious to him to be brought hither He lyes very ill and for ought I perceive in a desperate condition and how God may dispose of him we know not if any of his friends have a purpose to come into these parts they shall have free passage without any molestation Lievtenant Golledge performes the part of a reall friend in every kinde neither is Christobell wanting in her best care and diligence Lievtenant Golledge hath already disburst 10 livre. or thereabout It would not be amisse that some of Master Chillingworths friends were present with him whilest there is some hope of life for it will be a great satisfaction both to him and others There must be no delayes either of time or money I heare that Master Chillingworths Sister whom hee hath made Executrix is travelling with childe and therefore unfit for travell but he is very confident she will not let him want for necessary supplies whilest he lives and that hee may have decent buriall befitting one of his merit if it pleaseth God he chance to dye Among other of his friends I pray acquaint Doctor Shelden the Warden of All-soules with what is written whom Master Chillingworth doth very highly esteem Your very affectionate friend Robert King From Chichester Jan. 23. The testimony of Master Edmonds A Friend standing by him desired him to declare himselfe in point of Religion for two reasons first Because the Iesuites had much defamed and traduced him in that particular secondly Because he might be able to give an account to his friends in case he should survive He answered he had declared himselfe already in that point sufficiently to the world His friend told him that there went

owne obedience in stead of relying upon Gods authority and Christs obedience can be saved by the Covenant of Grace let all true Christians judge Qu. What other condition is required of us Answ. A true sincere and cordiall love of God Answer to the Preface p. 20. Qu. How may a man be raised to this love Answ. By the consideration of Gods most infinite goodnesse to us and our own almost infinite wickednesse against him Gods Spirit cooperating with us may raise us to a true sincere and a cordiall love of God in the same page Qu. Wherein doth this infinite goodnesse of God manifest it selfe Answ. 1. In creating us of nothing 2. In creating us after his own image 3. In creating all things for our use and benefit 4. In streaming downe his favours on us every moment of our lives 5. In designing us if we serve him to infinite and eternall happinesse 6. In redéeming us with the pretious bloud of his beloved Sonne 7. By his patience towards us in expecting our conversion 8. In wooing alluring leading and by all meanes which his wisdome can suggest unto him and mans nature is capable of drawing them to repentance and salvation I have picked out the marrow of his notions the best Divinity his works afford but observe 1. We are saith he designed to eternall happinesse if we serve God which is perfect Popery shall I say or Socinianisme here is a conditionall decree and the condition is works 2. God expects our conversion I thought he had effected our conversion if God stay till we will turne off our selves or cooperate with his Spirit in the first act of our conversion we shall never be converted Sure I am this Implicite faith grounded on unsanctified reason and fallible tradition will rather resist then cooperate with the holy Spirit The Scripture tels us that we do never love God in good earnest till we doe beleeve Gods love to us compare the 16. and 19. verses of the 1 Iohn 4. And faith is not wrought in us by our cooperation with the Spirit but by the Almighty power of God who quickens us whom he finds dead in trespasses and sinnes unto a lively faith as is evident in the two first chapters of the Epistle to the Ephesians Qu Is it possible for a man that lives and dies a Papist to be saved Ans. Yes very possible in the iudgement of Master Chillingworth 1 Because the Papists do not erre in Fundamentals chap. 3. Sect. 56. pag. 164. For the only and main reason saith he why we beleeve you not to erre in Fundamentals is your holding the Doctrine of Faith in Christ and Repentance The worst sort of Papists who have means to find the Truth but will not use them may be saved if they die with a generall repentance for all their sinnes knowne and unknowne because the Truths which they hold of Faith in Christ and repentance are as it were an Antidote against their errours and their negligence in seeking the truth Especially seeing by confession of both sides we agree in much more then is simply and indispensably necessary to salvation Chap. 3. Sect. 12. pag. 133. And truly I doe beleeve if the worst of Papists and the worst of Protestants did agree in fewer things then they doe there would be more hope of the salvation of Papists Qu. What is the best way to bring Papists and Protestants into one communion Ans. The framing and proposing of a Liturgy which both sides hold lawfull p. 132. This was perchance the great stratagem aimed at in the framing of that Liturgy which was sent into Scotland and this is a point which deserves the consideration of the pretended Parliament or Assembly at Oxford Qu. Is the Spirit absolutely promised to the succession of Bishops Answ No for many of them have beene notoriously and confessedly wicked men men of the world whereas this Spirit is the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because he seeth him not neither knowes him p. 146 147. Whether this be not as true of some Popish Prelats in England as of the Bishops of Rome let the learned determine Qu. What if a Church maintaine an errour contrary to Gods Revelation knowne by that Church to be a divine Revelation Ans. The Church that doth so is no longer a Church p. 137. Qu. Doth not Master Chillingworth sometimes contradict himselfe and call the Roman Church the Catholique Church Answ. He seemes to do so p. 132. His words are these We beléeve the Catholique Church cannot perish yet that she may and did erre in points not Fundamentall and that Protestan● were obliged to forsake these errors of her Church as they did though not the Church for the errours for that they did not but continued still members of the Church Observe that the question is about forsaking the Church of Rome and he talkes of the Catholique Church 1. The Catholique Church did not erre with the Roman the Greek Church did forsake the errours of the Roman 2. Those Protestants who did protest against the Church of Rome were a considerable part of the Catholique Church 3. Those Protestants did not continue members of the Roman Church but did renounce her communion because of her errours 4. His distinction which followes betweene the Catholique and Roman Church makes his former observations non-sence at least 5. He saith they separated from the Roman Church only in things which they conceived superstitious or impious and he saith they were obliged to doe this under paine of damnation Not saith he as if it were damnable to hold an errour not damnable p. 132. Did those Protestants rightly conceive the practises of Rome to be superstitious and impious or did they not if they did conceive aright then superstion and impiety are in Master Chillingworths judgement not damnable if they did conceive amisse why doth Master Chillingworth justifie our separation from the Church of Rome Sure Master Chillingworth was no fit man to maintaine the common cause of Protestants against Papists Qu. May not a man bee damned by maintaining errours which are not in themselves damnable Ans. Yes because it is damnable outwardly to professe and maintaine and ioyne with others in the practise of that which inwardly we do not hold for this is as he confesses damnable dissimulation and hypocrisie p. 132. Men may do well to take notice that Mr Chillingworth doth account something damnable and I note this the rather at this time because men are so apt to professe one thing in one place and another thing in another in these dayes of liberty and to joyne with others in the practise of that which they inwardly dislike Yet Mr Chillingworth saith that if in him alone there should have met a confluence of all the errours which all the Protestants in the world have fell into out of humane frailty he would not be so much afraid of them all as to ask pardon for them because to ask pardon for them were