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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.

how the Mutinies and Disturbances in Scotland sprung from thence which truly I am very sorry for 'T is well we are agreed in this point that from the imposing this Liturgy the Scotish Troubles did arise so that hitherto there 's no Ungodliness in my Story But you proceed I am sure it had been better for them and the Christian Religion profess'd amongst them if they had submitted to the Vsage of that Book and continued it ever since This in truth Sir is ungodly and malicious all over you are sure it had been better for the Christian Religion c. Why not Protestant Religion CHRISTIAN RELIGION is indeed in its true and genuine Sense so good an Expression that a better cannot be found for the only true Religion but these Laudean Church-men the Papists in disguise must be narrowly watch'd for 't is notoriously known that they hold the Roman-Church to be a true Church though we know 't is idolatrous We must hold them to the Shiboleth PROTESTANT when they pretend to tell us what is best for the Christian Religion Laud himself spoke at the rate which you crafty Turn-Goat here do his Letters expressed his fear of delay in bringing in the Common-Prayer-Book for the great good not of the Church of Scotland but of the Church My Lord Bishop of Salisbury may surely be allowed to be a more competent Judg in this matter than you He saith Pag. 30. of his Memoires The Liturgy had some Alterations from the English which made it more invidious and less satisfactory The imposing it really varied from their former Practices and Constitutions Pag. 33. The Lords petitioned complaining against the Liturgy and Book of Canons offering under the highest Penalties to prove they contained things both contrary to Religion and the Laws of the Land Pag. 36. The Earls of Traquaire and Roxburgh by Letter to the King advised him to secure the People of that which they so much apprehended the fear of Innovation of Religion saying that they found few or none well satisfied Pag. 33. The Earl of Trequaire went to Court and gave account that all the Troubles were occasioned by the introducing the Liturgy with which scarce a Member of Council except Bishops was well satisfied neither were all these cordially for it for the Arch-bishop of St. Andrews from the beginning had withstood these Designs and the Arch-bishop of Glasgow was worse pleased See now what the Scotish Nation offered against this Liturgy which you Doctor are sure it had been better for them and the Christian Religion if they had received and used it Their Commissioners in their Charge against Laud exhibited in our Parliament in 1641 say Pag. 11 c. This Book inverteth the Order of the Communion in the Book of England of the divers secret Reasons of this change we mention one only In joining the Spiritual Praise and Thanksgiving which is in the Book of England pertinently after the Communion with the Prayer of Consecration before the Communion and that under the Name of Memorial or Oblation for no other end but that the Memorial and Sacrifice of Praise mentioned in it may be understood according to the Popish Meaning Bellar. de Missâ lib. 2. cap. 21. Not of the Spiritual Sacrifice but of the Oblation of the Body of the Lord. The corporal Presence of Christ's Body is also to be found here for the words of the Mass-Book serving to this purpose which are not to be found in the Book of England are taken in here Almighty God is incall'd that of his Almighty Goodness he may vouchsafe so to bless and sanctify with his Word and Spirit these Gifts of Bread and Wine that they be unto us the Body and Blood of Christ. On the other part the Expressions of the Book of England at the delivery of the Elements Of feeding on Christ by Faith and of eating and drinking in remembrance that Christ died for thee are utterly deleted Now one would think that if such a whissling Doctor as you are were not past all shame as you affirm me to be it would make you blush but we may sooner expect to see you burst that you who appeared but now very tender of passing a Judgment upon the Actions of the accused Star-Chamber should be found so pragmatical so arrogant as to censure King Charles the First who damn'd this very Book by Act of Parliament and the Kingdom and Church of Scotland in this Point and declare That you are sure it had been better for them and the Christian Religion if they had submitted to the Vsage of this Babylonish Book and continued it ever since But you are so inflexible that there 's little hope of reconciling you to that Nation I had almost said to the King and Queen unless this well-approved Liturgy be sent down once more and entertained there For then you say pag. 18. the Worship of God would be performed with Order and Decency and in a way suitable to his Divine Nature and Perfections And consequently could not have been nauseous to the soberly wise and seriously devout part of that Kingdom as now it is by reason of those rude and undigested Addresses those ex-tempore and unpremeditated Expostulations with God those bold and saucy Applications that for want of a good Book or a well-framed Form of Prayer of their own before-hand and committed to memory are so commonly made use of in their Pulpits too many of the accounts of which we have lately since the great Turn in Scotland received from very good Hands and undeniable Testimonies This is I am sure a nauseating if not an ungodly and prophane way of Talking You poor weak Man as you are run away with a gross Mistake that because there were Bishops in Scotland till the great Turn as you term the legal Settlement of that Church by their present Majesties they had also a Common-Prayer Book but believe me or let it alone as you please they had no such thing it was detested even by many of their Episcopal Clergy I shall not pretend to remark upon your most unbecoming and malicious Representation of the praying of the present Ministers of that Kingdom but 't is well known that their Divines are of good Ability and every way well qualified for the discharge of the Ministerial Function And whereas you pretend to recommend a well-framed Form of Prayer of their own before-hand and committed to Memory for the prevention of rude and undigested Addresses bold and saucy Applications I would fain know of you what Canon allows a Minister of the Church of England to frame his own Prayer and to mutter out a good part of it so as no body can tell what he says And then to rise constantly in his Voice when he comes to the Ox and the Ass But to talk seriously of this most serious Matter pray see what the Devout and Learned Bishop of Salisbury says of such Doctors as your self in his Sermon Ian. 30. 1680.

but they were but the King had other Designs than those of Peace in his Head I told you of his Majesty's fortifying Whitehal and that armed Men sallied out thence reviling menacing and wounding many Citizens passing by with Petitions to the Parliament and that when the Parliament and People complained of those Assaults the King justified the Authors thereof so that I must needs conclude as I did before that the Tumults were made at Whitehal by the King 's own People that all his fear of Tumults was but a meer Pretence and Occasion taken of his resolved Absence from the Parliament that he might turn his flashing at the Court-Gate to slaughtering in the Field Pag. 44. you tell me that another Calumny wherewith I reproach the Memory of King Charles is his unwillingness to issue out his Proclamations against the Irish Rebels and when he did commanded but 40 to be printed You then say The truth of it is was this Story true it ' ●would be an inexcusable Fault in the King but to Rufute me you transcribe his Majesties own Vindication of himself which saith that he was in Scotland when the Rebellion broke forth that he immediately recommended the care of that business to the Parliament here That if no Proclamation issued sooner of which for the present he was not certain but thinks that others were issued out before it was because the Lords Iustices of Ireland desired them no sooner and when they did the number they desired was but twenty Now in Truth Sir this doth little mend the matter 't is most strange that the King should publish to all the World in Print that he thinks other Proclamations were issued before he might without doubt have easily been at a certainty in this point for had there been any such thing his Council Books his Secretary of State his Clerks of the Council would have remembred him thereof but to this day no such thing hath appeared nor ever will And 't is a poor excuse to say that the Proclamation was no sooner issued because not sooner desired We of this Age do remember in what manner our Late Princes Fathers ' nown Sons have pursued the least suspition of Rebellion You know that King Charles the Second upon the pretence of a Plot in the year 1683 was so far from deferring by the space of three Months to issue a Proclamation against his own Son the Duke of Monmouth that we had it in three days and I do think there were rather forty Thousand than forty Printed for after we had it by it self for the better spreading thereof it was published in the Gazette the like course you well know was taken by the Late King Iames First in the case of the Duke of Monmouth and then in that of the Prince of Orange But I will shew you what the Parliament said in this case of the Irish Rebels in a Declaration in 1642. That when the Lords and Commons had upon the first breaking out of the Irish Rebellion immediately sent over 20000 l. and engaged themselves for the reduceing of the Rebels yet the King after his Return from Scotland was not pleased to take notice of it until after some in the House of Commons had truly observed how forward his mischievous Counsellors were to incite him against his Protestant Subjects of Scotland and how slow to resent the proceedings of his Papist Traytors in Ireland That altho the Rebels had most impudently stiled themselves The Queen's Army and profest that the Cause of their Rising was to maintain the King's prerogative and the Queen's Religion against the Puritan Parliament of England and that thereupon the Parliament advised his Majesty to wipe away this dangerous scandal by proclaiming them Rebels which then would have weakned the Conspirators in the beginning and have encouraged both the Parliament here and good people there the more vigorously to have opposed their proceedings yet no Proclamation was set forth to that purpose till almost three Months after the breaking out of this Rebellion and then Command given that but forty should be Printed nor they published till further directions should be given by his Majesty That the Parliament and Adventurers had long since designed 5000 Foot and 500 Horse for the Relief of Munster to be sent under the Command of the Lord Wharton but no Commission for his Lordship could be obtained from his Majesty whereby Lymerick was wholly lost That when divers well affected persons had prepared twelve Ships and Six Pinnaces with more than 1000 Land Forces at their own charge for the service of Ireland and desired nothing but a Commission from his Majesty to enable them thereunto That Commission after twice sending to York for the same was likewise denied That altho the Lords Justices of Ireland have three Months since earnestly desired to have two pieces of Battery sent over for that Service yet such Commands are given to the Officers of the Tower that none of his Majesties Ordnance must be sent to save his Majesties Kingdom That the Kings Souldiers took away at one time Six hundred Suits of Cloaths and at another time Three hundred Suits which were sent by the Parliament for the poor Souldiers in Ireland That the Rebels did lately send a Petition to his Majesty Institu●ing themselves his Majesties Catholick Subjects of Ireland complaining of the Puritan Parliament of England and desiring that since his Majesty comes not thither according to their expectation that they may ●●me into England to his Majesty You come page 46 to Examine who were the first Beginners of the War and say The Parliament did really and indeed first draw the Sword and found the Trumpet to Battle Whereas the King set up his Standard at Nottingham in August did not the Lords and Commons in June before make an Order for bringing in of Mony or Plate to maintain Horses Horse-men and Arms And did not the King long before in the beginning of the year 1642. when all things were in perfect Peace send over the Crown Iewels to buy Arms and Ammunition in Holland did not he at that time write to the King of Denmark complaining of the Parliament and asking Supplies from him ad propulsandos Hostes to subdue h●s Enemies You were told of these things before but you will not touch them I shall not therefore trifle away more time with you upon this point of the first beginning of the War only I will mind you that the King upon the 4 th of July 1642. Rendezvoused an Army at Beverly in York-shire tho the Parliament did not Vote the Raising of an Army till the 12th And which is more I will give you the Name of the first Martyr who fell in that War in defence of the Laws and Liberties of his Country 't was one Percival of Kirkman Shalme in Lancashire he was Murdered the 15th of Iuly 1642. near Manchester by the Kings Forces under the Command of the Lord Strange Son to the Earl of