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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56866	Quatermayns conquest over Canterburies court, or, A briefe declaration of severall passages between him and the Archbishop of Canterbury with other commissioners of the High Commission Court, at six severall appearances before them, and by them directed to Doctor Featly : with their severall conferences, and the doctors by Roger Quatermayne.	Quatermayne, Roger.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q148; ESTC R9277	38,184	64

I am freed by the Iury And they answered No Then I asked if they had not authoritie in those Letters that they had received to free me but they answered me No Then I told them I would use meanes my selfe And thus was I most graciously delivered from the Lyon and the Beare and the uncircumcised Philistims and the Diotrephes the troubler of the people of God by their prating of many swelling words of vanitie But the Net is broken and I am delivered to God onely be the glory and to the Instruments thereof due respect and praise AMEN THE PRAYER THou oh Lord God omnipotent reigneth holy are thy wayes just are thy workes great are thy mercies dreadfull are thy judgements oh King of Saints Oh Lord who is like unto thee Thy goodnesse and mercy Oh most mightie God encompasseth us round on every side Thou oh Lord hast said Thou wilt be a wall of fire round about thy people and the glory in the midst of them Thou h●…st said Thou wilt be a Sunne and a Sheild to thy Servants and no good 〈◊〉 wilt thouwithhold from them that walke uprigh●…ly before thee but grace and glory wilt thou give unto them Thy people of old beleeved in thee they called upon thy Name and were delivered Thou never ●…allen them that put their 〈◊〉 thee Oh Lord who is it then that doth know thy Name but will trust in thee Oh Lord I am thy Serva●…t the Sonne of thy hand●… Thou haste broken my bands in sunder and set my fe●…te in a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that I ●…ht 〈◊〉 the wayes of thy C●…mmandements ●…nd so serve thee with an upright heart and a willing minde I have ●…ound by 〈◊〉 experience Oh Lord that the issuos from death are in thy hands The enemies plotted and contrived to take away the life of thy Servant and yet behold Lord thou didst most 〈◊〉 deliver him The Net was layd the Pit was digged thy servant freed and his and thine enemies ensnared and covered Oh Lord prayse waiteth for thee in Sion and unto thee shall the Vow be performed Thou hearest Prayers and therefore unto thee shall all flesh come O Lord thou haste done wondrous things Thy promises of old are faithfulnesse and truth Oh Lord what shall I render unto thee for thy great goodnesse and loving kindnesse shewed to thy Servant I will take the cup of Salvation and give prayse unto thy name Thou haste good Lord preserved mee from the Lyon and the Beare and the usurping tyrannous Philistims of the Kingdom to what end deare Father but that I should not forget the loving kindnesse of the Lord but be still mindfull of his Covenant Thy out-stretched arme hath been my defence Thy right hand Oh Lord hath the preheminence Thy right hand deare Father hath brought mightie things to ●…asse I shall not dy●… through the malice of the enemy but 〈◊〉 live through the goodnesse of my God to declare the loving ?…?ness of the Lord I am resolved to make my boast of thy prayse all the day long my tongue shall never cease to speake of thy goodnesse whilest I have a being for Thou bringest downe to the grave and raisest up againe Thou dost all thy workes to be had in remembrance of all that are ●…ound about thee If any Creature that ever thine ●…and hath made hath cause to magnifie thy Name and to declare thy prayse then have I much more Mine enemies did as it were cast Lots upon my Vesture and had so numbred my dayes as that they thought within six houres to take away the life of thy Servant and yet behold Lord some dead ●…me run away and others imprisoned as thine the Churches the States and G●…mmon mealths enemies and yet deare Father thy Servant preserved alive to take notice of thy mercy in beleeving thy holy promise where thou sayest Thou wilt deliver the righteous out of trouble and bring the wicked in their stead Oh Lord I have found that my tim●… are in thy hands and not in the han●… of my enemies yea I ●…ve and doe finde by blessed experience o●… Lord that as the creature cannot give life so neither can it take life away Deare Father I received my life from thee to glorifie thy Name in the discharge of the severall actions and duties in my place and calling and should the enemies deprive mee of it to th●… shame and reproach of the Gospell Oh Lord thou haste forbidden it and so it is come to p●…sse for ever blessed be thy N●…e for it Lord thou haste said that we should be brought before Princes and Rulers for thy Name sake and yet we should not feare nor take care what to speake for thou wilt g●… a mouth and a tongue and behold deare Lord thou haste made this promise also good to thy servant Wherein thou didst so guide him and direct him as that he did neither deny the truth nor corrupt his conscience to please the times at that time deare Father thou didst sill his heart full with joy and peace in beleeving that all things should worke together for his good when the enemies oh Lord did coop him up and appoint him as a sheepe for the slaughter ●…hen didst thou lengthen his life and prolong his dayes to tell of all thy wondrous workes I will therefore sing of thy prayse all the day long for thou haste shewed kindnesse to thy servant Thou haste multiplyed thy hand of bountie I will never forget thy free and full acts of love vouchsafed to me Deare Father I beseech thee to direct thy Servant what to doe and how to carry himselfe in this his Pilgrimage that so ●…e may glorifie thy Name and endeavour to 〈◊〉 thy people that others may by his example be incouraged to walke on constantly conscionably and faithfully in the pursuit and practise of all the duties of Christianitie Blessed Father Lord of life and glory I doe most humbly desire thee so to direct me by thy Word and Spirit that as thou hast miraculously and mercifully preserved mee from all dangers on the right hand and on the left from the malice and fury of mine enemies I may now in an humble acknowledgement of thy goodnesse walke before thee in all holy and humble subjection to thy blessed will in all things To this end I beseech thee ●…athe my soule 〈◊〉 that ●…ountaine that thou hast opened to the house of Judah and the Iohabitants of Jerusal●…m to wash in Make good that holy promise more and more to my soule wherein thou hast said Thou wilt wash mee from mine u●…cleannesse and sprinkle mee with cleane water Deare Father it is thy good pleasure that in Christ the God-head should dwell bodily that so I might be made partakers of the divine nature yea that in him all sulnesse should dwell that so I might receive grace for grace Now I besecch thee deare Father let it not be with me as with Pharoahs leane Kine that I may still feed upon the

their tyrannie But Beloved least whilest I goe about to counsell and incourage you I forget my selfe I will addresse my selfe to make you acquainted with some passages in the insuing Discourse that so I may insinuate my selfe into your affections and gaine some time from your more necessary imployments to cast your eyes upon some of these more pleasing passages in my following Discourse that may recreate your spirits and not corrupt your judgement Christian Readers For unto you doe I dedicate this Narration of my troubles paine and charge that you may be incouraged in your Christian Course without feare for wh●… is it that can harme you if you be followers of that which is good 1 Pet 3. 1. In the first place You may gather some things to informe your judgements from my Answers to the great Arch-Pilot who would seeme to be the guide of all the Ships that floate on the Cantaburian Sea he writing himselfe to be the Primate and Metropolitane thereof who if you trace him aright you shall as I have done finde out his ignorance untruths malice and flattery Secondly You may there finde all the brood of Inquisitors in a strait for want of an honest Rule to walk by there being no Law to justifie their proceedings Thirdly You may there finde the Advocates complaining like Dianaes Chaplaines in Ephesus for the losse of their Trade with execrable curses on me for the same Secondly Some benefit you may get in the severall passages at the severall appearances that I had before them at the High Commission Court where you may finde them put to a stand when I come up close unto them in regard of the Lawes of God and of the Land Thirdly Some benefit you may get if you be not wanting to your selves by reading the Discourse that was between Doctor Featly and my Selfe concerning an action and rule as is there laid downe Fourthly Some benefit you may get by reading that large Discourse I had with the Lords of the Councell wherein it pleased the Lord most graciously to carry me along in my Answers without offence unto them and yet kept my Conscience uncorrupted Lastly Some profit you may reape by the proceedings against me at the Guild Hall London three severall Sessions both in point of charge in respect of Iury as also in regard of Witnesse and the malice of my persecutors and in observing the hand of the Lord in my deliverance which was not ordinary but extraordinary his blessed Name be praised therefore Thus have I given you a hint of some things considerable in the insuing Discourse which if thereby God may be glorified you may be edified then have I that which I aimed at How if it be against all this objected that I seeme in this my Epistle to justifie my selfe in my carriage of the whole businesse and much to derogate from the credit of mine enemies You know what the Apostle sayth You suffer fooles gladly because you your selves are wise Truly if I had knowne any thing in any of my Spirituall Adversaries worthy of remembrance for their credit I would not have detained or kept it backe but have freely yeelded it unto them Put when I consider what I have by experience found and what others have felt and found by their cruell proceedings and dealings with them or against them I could doe no otherwise then I have done least as Job sayth While I give flattering titles to men the Lord should confound mee And to Apologise for my selfe if I be not mistaken I have already said that I have put this to the Presse by Solicitation of others And ●…not seeking shelter as is usually done under some great Patron to defend me thought it my dutie not to detaine the truth in unrighteousnesse but to declare it nakedly without either feare of foes or hope of reward but onely that God might be glorified for whom I have suffered all this and much more and will with Gods helpe continue to the end what ever may fall out in the way As also that you might be incouraged to goe on in your Christian course of profession of the Gospel without feare and to store your selves with such promises of divine knowledge in spirituall things as that those which walke in darknesse observing no Rule by leaning to their owne understanding may be convinced by your invincible boldnesse in standing in and for the truth And thus not troubling you any farther at this time onely one Request I have unto you that you will be thus favourable unto me that where I shall come short or overlash through want of memory or weaknesse of judgement in any of the severall passages and carriages of my Answers you would be pleased to cover them with the Mantle of love and charitie and by observing my imperfections to get strength to overcome the enemies of God and of his truth And thus I commit you to God and to the Word of his grace who is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith in Christ Jesus I rest your loving Brother and fellow-Souldier in the quarrell of Christ and his Gospell ROGER QUATERMAYNE TO THE CHRISTIAN READER CHRISTIAN READER IT is an Axiome in Nature That things are so much delightfull as they are seasonable and wee have it confirmed by more then ●…mane authoritie in Pro 25. 11. Words in season ar●… as apples of gold with pictures of silver This Consideration Courteous Reader without any other Preface might hallenge a mat●… between thine eye and this Discourse Thou are bere presented with a suffering Discourse in suff●…ring times It hath been the lot of the Church and people of God in all ages and generations to be the butt and marke at which the enemies of Gods truth and glory have shott their 〈◊〉 arrowes of malice and crueltie God hath but a few precious ones in the world upon whom he hath set his love and glory and they are the men which are most of all vilified and contemned the enemies of Gods Church have been alwayes exceeding inraged against them but now more then ever their time being but short and their enmitie everlasting there hath sprung up in this last age of the world a cursed generation shall I say of men nay of Vipers who slily and insinuatingly have more ruined the Church then all the open persecutors that ever were who under pretence of being called Fathers of the Church have been the most mercilesse and dangerous tyrants that ever it had I meane the Prelates with all their hellish retinue who have drunke so deepe of the poyson of Aspes and have so intoxicated their braines with that same bloody Cup of the Scarlet Whore that they can spit nothing but poyson and malice against the truth and people of Christ And therefore have they laboured to put scandalls and nick-names never heard of among Christians untill these innovating Prelates brought them in Scandalls I say upon Religion and