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A27541	Ludlow no lyar, or, A detection of Dr. Hollingworth's disingenuity in his Second defence of King Charles I and a further vindication of the Parliament of the 3d of Novemb. 1640 : with exact copies of the Pope's letter to King Charles the first, and of his answer to the Pope : in a letter from General Ludlow, to Dr. Hollingworth : together with a reply to the false and malicious assertions in the Doctor's lewd pamphlet, entituled, His defence of the King's holy and divine book, against the rude and undutiful assaults of the late Dr. Walker of Essex.	Ludlow, Edmund, fl. 1691-1692.; Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Reply to the pope's letter [of 20 April 1623]; Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623.	1692 (1692)	Wing B2068; ESTC R12493	70,085	85

Walker can be supposed to be that Dr. Gauden after he was Bishop of Exeter did justify it to be the King's Book Page 18. this celebrated Witness is produced and our Doctor tells us 'T is Mr. Long Prebendary as he takes it of Exeter And page 20. he thus characterizes him I must tell the Reader that he is an ancient grave Reverend Divine well known for his Truth and Honesty one who as he is a professed Member of the Church of England so he hath always been true to the Doctrine and Discipline of it in his Preaching and Practice and not like my Adversary who I know for I was personally acquainted with him was an Encourager of and Comrade principally with those who had no kindness for the Church at all I must with your leave Sir a little remark upon this most extraordinary and remarkable Man Dr. Hollingworth is no doubt sure of the truth of what he saies we are bound to believe him though he is not at a certainty what this Long is for he tells us that he is Prebendary of Exeter as he takes it He hath alwaies been true to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England That 's indeed something and makes the Prebendary a much more valuable Man than our Chaplain for he once upon a time declared that be thanked God he had vomited up all his Calvinistical Principles Whereupon a Person of true Worth and of high Desert replied thus to him Then the Doctrine of the Church of England and St. Paul 's Epistles have spew'd you out for an Apostate and so farewell to you for a Knave But I may not let the Prebendary thus slide out of my hands I have found there 's something more than ordinary in the Man which recommends him to the Doctor 's Favour and I will not withhold it from you There 's a kind of Sympathy in the natures of these two might● Church man our Doctor proposed page 50. of his second Defence That every Parish of England famous●icon ●icon Basilice with the other Works of King Charles and chain it up to inform the Minds of all good Men and the Prebendary hath a Cr●chet of reading some Portions out of it in the Church for the further enlightning our ●nderstanding Behold how they pis● in a Qui●● and for ought I know the next proposal from these Men may be to read the Arca●●an Prayer in the same Book for the furthering of our Devotion I proceed to give you something more of Long's●ust ●ust Character and leave it to you to judg how much you find of Hollingworth therein He hath an aking Tooth at Lectures and Sermons too and a mighty Spleen at Free-Prayer he would ha●e all the publick Ministrations to consist in reading Liturgies and Homilies But his virulent Book called Vox Cleri or the Sense of the Clergy concerning the making of Alterations in the establish'd Liturgy published in the Year 1690 doth most truly speak the Man's Principles and discover what sort of Men are in our Doctor 's esteem the True Church of England Men and upon what s●ore he terms the pious Dr. Walker an Adversary to the Church This Book is Libel upon that great and excellent Person his Grace my Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury that now is and several others of the highly deserving Bishops and Clergy of the Church of England who were found inclinable to the much long'd-for Vnion of Protestants in the late Convocation He glories that the Clergy opposed and overthr●w a Bill for Comprehension contrived by Bishop Wilkins Sir Orlando 〈◊〉 and Judg Hales because they thought 〈…〉 the Church would prove more hur●ful than a Schism without it c. He rejoice●punc that Dr. Iane was chosen Pro●●cutor of the Conv●c●tion in opposition to Dr. 〈◊〉 and saies that 't is look'd upon as a good Omen of success in their Proceedings for the good of the Church and throughout the whole Book he puts a● high value upon Dr. Iane for opposing any alteration in the liturgy or Ceremonies with a Nolumus Leges Angliae mutare and at the same time casts leering Reflections upon the Friends of Union and Peace under the name of Latitudinarians He oft extols and magnifies the Non-swearing Bishops and calls their deserved Deprivation for their Obstinacy a dealing with them as the Bishops were dealt with in 1642 by the Scotish and Dissenters Malice He expresly declares himself against parting with any thing for the Dissenters satisfaction and perswades to the inforcing them to Uniformity by strict Discipline But I may not dwell upon his envenom'd Invective in short both Hollingworth and Long appear to be Fiery Zealots Violent Bigots who stand at an irreconcilable distance with dissenting Protestants and will run bot●●ut of the Church and their Wits too if the Parliament should think sit to let the Dissenters in upon an honourable Accommodation of our Differences And 't would be strange indeed if a Man of Dr. Walker's healing Spirit should have any Credit with such Men as these but 't is his Honour to be traduced by them But now he falls with a Witness upon poor Dr. Walker saying page 22. I have a Commission from the present Bishop of Gloucester Dr. Fowler to present the World with this Narrative attested by himself which has a great deal in it considering the former Testimonies The former Testimonies indeed considered which have nothing in them but Falshood and empty or angry Words I must allow that there is something in this though not to the Doctor 's Purpose We have here a Certificate attested by my Lord Bishop of Gloucester which fills almost three Pages with most undoubted Truth and this must be esteemed something and 't is a rare thing too for this Relation excepted a Man may aver that there is scarce a Paragraph in their Majesties Chaplain's seven and twenty Pages without a Falshood It behoves then that we look into this Narrative The Sum of it is this About 28 Years since Mrs. ●eighly a very Religious and Pious Gentlewoman told Dr. Fowler that a Captain of the Parliament Army told her that being appointed to stand every Morning at his Majesty's Bed-Chamber Door when he was a Prisoner in the Isle of Wight he observed for several days that he went into his Closet and there staid a considerable time and then went into the Garden And the Captain perceiving that he still left the Key in the Closet Door he went in and found that the King had been penning most Devout and Pious Meditations and Prayers which the Captain read for several Mornings together And Mrs. ●eighley said That he gave such an Account of these Meditations and Prayers that she was confident they were printed in Eicon Basilice after she came to read the same And I am very inclinable to be of good Mrs. Keighley's Mind and yet this Relation doth more serve Dr. Walker than Dr. Hollingworth It must be remembred that the Essex Doctor asserts that Dr.