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A77079	A taste of the spirit of God, and of this vvorld, as they have appeared in opposition heretofore, so now latest of all at New-Windsor. Occasioned through the violence, and reproach of evil men, against the temple and tabernacle of God, and them that dwel therein. Presented in a narrative to the honourable committee, for the propagating the Gospel. / By Robert Bacon, preacher by the allowance of God, and the nation, now these five years there.	Bacon, Robert, M.A.	1652 (1652)	Wing B371; Thomason E669_13; ESTC R207030	41,008	52

and Canons Lands of Windsor in this Borough of new Windsor we further imbolden our selves upon you the only Instrument whom God in his good providence hath preserved to forward so glorious a work And do give you a short account of our endeavours and proceedings therein we had an eye upon Mr. Symonds of Holland and made it our business to have brought him to this place but God hath otherwise ordered first him and then our selves Providence after our longing desires to settle this work of the Gospel in this Town of Windsor hath ordered that Mr. Robert Bacon Master of Arts coming to supply the * Being indeed of him to that intent invited there room of Mr. Bachiler in the Castle where he being well approved of and well known some ten days past we made our desires known unto him to preach also in the Town this last Lords day so that not only that good report we have had of him but also that experience we now have of his sound Orthodox judgement in the truth of Jesus Christ preached unto us confirmeth us of his ability and worth so that we meeting together upon the debate of the whole business he is made choice to be nemine contradicente the Minister to preach in the Parish-Church twice every week viz. once on the Lords day * There being then a Vicar in being and once in the week-days and hope to raise this 50 l. you have so honourably procured for the work to * The fifth part yet I scarce ever had there in any such way 50 l. more by our voluntary subscriptions Therefore we request you further to perfect this work for us and to present him to the Committee of plundred Ministers that they may accordingly appoint him to be the person to officiate in this Parish-Church according to their Order of the 23. of Jan. last and that also you will be pleased to obtain for us the continuance of the yearly payment of 50 l. from the said Committee for which and all your faithful and continued care and respects of us in the saving of souls the Lord multiply blessings upon you which are the earnest desires and prayers of Sir Your very thankful loving friends to serve you Christopher Whitchcot Charles Burges Mayor John Spenser Math Day Rob. Bennet George Starkey Thomas Baker Thomas Redding William Botterel Will Mills Will Church Andrew Plumpton Thomas Chapman Windsor Castle the 13. of April 1647. The Copy of the Order of the Committee we have sent you now by Mr. Mills who is further to wait upon you concerning the Premisses The first Protestation An humble and true Testimony or Protestation concerning the manner and end of my Conversation Octob 7th 1649. as else-where so since I came to Windsor which I was necessitated to give and read this day in the Congregation for the silencing if it may be of the hearts and minds of all that conceive evil of me HAving been conversant the space of two years or thereabouts at Windsor by the Authority of Parliament and the importunity and desire of many of the chief of the Inhabitants of that place as the Governour Col. Whitchcot the Mayor that then was Mr. Day a Justice of Peace for the Town Sir Robert Bennet since dead Mr. Mills Mr. Cleaver since dead Mr. Bachiler Chaplain then to the Garison Mr. Beake Dr. Spenser Mr. Redding and others I have all this while as God shall bear me witness at the great day of his appearing minded designed prosecuted sought to magnifie and bring forth into the hearts lives and Conversations of all sorts and Sexes of persons no other matter or thing whatsoever then the pure and naked testimony of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ for the Reconciliation of men to God and one to another in him that there might be peace on earth as there is good will in God and those that are born of him to men Neither do I know or shall hereafter through the Grace of God design or pursue any other thing So help me God ROBERT BACON A second Protestation made in secret before the Lord and put thereupon in writing and now published as much as in me is for a remora or let to the flowing in of evil in the Land that I and as many as the Lord our God shall call may not be overtaken or overwhelm'd therewith in the which doubtless there be to whom this shall come will with the like readiness and upon the like ground * I mean vow to God and keep it for there be a people that are able so to do do and some others have done Gather my Saints together unto me those that have made a Covenant with me by sacrifice Psal 50. I Do hereby promise and protest that by the help of God Almighty and the obedience and grace of his only Son revealed in me in some measure through his most holy Spirit of light life and love in all things uprightly to demean my self both towards God inwardly revealed in me and man outwardly appearing unto me according to the most holy Law and will of God as it hath been and is witnessed unto by the Scriptures of Moses and the Prophets by Christ and his Apostles and the remnant of the Seed of Abraham that are till now the blessing of all Generations To this of a ready mind in the hope of eternal life in Christ I subscribe my name together with the rest of those are made willing in this day of Gods Grace and Power Amen ROBERT BACON The second Postscript touching a report with great confidence given out by one of our now Neighbours at Eaton not any of the fellows but one whose abiding is there among them concerning whom I will only say this that he being a Companion and a daily guest there as well as their Tenant yea not only a fellow-Member but of late in the great City an Elder of a select Church and Congregation it hath been to me of a very sad and lamentable import that after all these pretences no better fruit then the causless and most unjust reproach of his Neighbor against the mind of the whole Law of God should be yielded of so eminent a plant as he would seem to be truly it minded me of the Text I of late heard the new conduct on there Cut it down why cumbreth it the ground for certainly the ground that bringeth forth nought as saith the Apostle but Bryars and Thorns is near unto cursing yea it is even cursed already This Gentleman hath had some 3. or 4. particular things of offence to charge me with which he did not at all in private open unto me according to a Rule they pretend to demean themselves in things of this Nature by but in the presence of divers especially one whom he knew had some respect unto me for which he seems to be not alittle offended upbraiding him of it as an evil scarce to be allowed rendring for

confess resisting thrust me out of doors at which I said in my heart and not only so What Communion Sir will you have from which you will excommunicate me He with much heat affirmed the whole Town would agree together and draw up Articles against me as since I hear from him they have done There followed many rude men after us repeating and justifying what the Gentleman said moreover he told me the people and boys of the street would stone me and that Hereticks were wont worthily so to be dealt with of which number Sir said I you remember holy Steven was one but I departed home only telling him I was sorry to see him in so great a passion I perceive the number of Communicants were very few they say since I was a let unto them truly I did not appear upon that account or for that end but meerly sith I saw they were heady and resolved in the business I thought it my duty to God and them to take the opportunity to give them some light in what they did so headily and upon the alone account of custom thrust themselves upon even as the horse that rusheth into the battel SECT XIII OF this I confess the next day I gave notice by letter to the Burgess of this place yet my letter went by Boat wherefore I could not neither had I a thought of doing prejudice to any as it was generally reported I was the cause of Mr. Bream his sending for by a Messenger from the Councel of State that evening yea one of our grave women forsooth very confidently reports Mis. M. I was met in the returning from the great City and told that that had been my business there this is like as true as is the report now fresh in Town that there came a man at the Church door to speak with me but I admitted him not to it who told one of our Neighbors as stout as I was I had taken of him above two hundred pounds for making of Hats for him which I would it were true I confess I would not refuse the employment for I am very well content were I able to work for my living as the Apostle was yet shall not cannot look back from the work I have been hitherto conversant in but had it been for hire I would have left it long agoe About this time was reawakened a certain somthing for what it is I cannot tell produc't as heretofore so upon this occasion by one Mr. Baker who were he as good as rich might be of great use to this Town and Nation having it seems as I have been told and is certainly true procured of some of the late Assembly of Divines about the time of my first coming to this place some kind of subscribing that I was not of them approved as it seems this Gentleman was and is as very sound to God and Man both in his heart and life as it appears he had a great deal more favour with them then I they would not otherwise have fortified such a man against me this note or whatever it be hath of him been made use of if by any means to alienate the people of all sorts from me in the which he hath not a little of late prevailed many in the Town having taken Copies of it though I could never see any yea they have as the people of like nature and spirit heretofore sought by all means into all places where I have been to search and find out the forepast history of my life making special and particular use of my sufferings at Glocester yea at Oxford when I was a youth there as well as of the wrongs and losses I have sustained heretofore in the case of the Common-Prayer and Ceremonies from the Bishops so that the evil that was in them all is risen up and allowed here or connived at at Windsor to the dishonour of God and the shame of the pretended high attainment of Reformation in the things divine and of God but whether this be under the hand of the Assembly or of some of them I cannot tell this they know that I refused not to come before them to a giving testimony of the truth I believe as they well know the great matter they seemed to be offended with was my non-taking the Covenant which I only refused as upon that occasion as though it were even essential to the matter of preaching Some other things they said as to the Catechisms but all they took notice of as displeasing them as may appear afterwards as unsound was the business of Baptisme which they say as indeed I do as to the outwardness of it judg to be in esteem with us of like nature as are other outward rites and observations not such as in them consists the Kingdom of Heaven or the true knowledg of God this was only mentioned as an error in a little Book writ by those convened at Sion Colledg for detecting of the supposed error and false Doctrine of many worthy men in the Land 't is true Mr. Rutherford of Scotland in a large Book of his seems offended not only at it but other passages but the story of the times and the reproach cast of him upon others more eminent a thousand fold then my self as the Lord General Mr. Burton Mr. Dell c. may save me the labor of speaking as to the vindication of my self as to the Assembly yet I will add what will give some hint of the offence they have it seems taken at me viz. my being here without either their allowance or order which yet was not through either my desire or endeavour as it doth appear partly by my being with them in conference from about two till after seven of the Clock but also by the following letter written to Mr. Holland upon that occasion whereby may appear what esteem the Authour of it had of the Assembly and me in those days Sir The Bearer hereof Mr. Bacon is that good man which the Town hath chosen for this place as you will understand further by a Letter from the Mayor and his Brethren Sir Robert Bennet the Governour and divers others we doubt not of your best assistance according to the Contents of the said Letter we have also written to Sir Henry Mildmay hoping that both of you may so carry it as to get him passed by the Committee without any reference to the Assembly c. Subscribed your Servant in Christ John Bachiler Windsor Castle April 13. 1647. which it seems was done accordingly SECT XIV BUt the people to perfect their work of my or rather the truths remove far from them it being Easter week they chose two others but most falsly call'd Church wardens rather truth and Church opposers which is the pillar and ground of it men much more for the purpose Mr. M. these with others get hands not a few some through fear and some for advantage as hath been confest of one eminent in the