A
Letter
from
a
Friend
in
the
Country
,
to
a
Member
of
the
Honourable
House
of
COMMONS
.
SIR
,
I
Have
had
a
great
conflict
within
my selfe
,
whether
as
the
times
stand
,
I
might
make
bold
to
write
unto
you
,
or
no
;
not
well
knowing
,
how
you
may
take
it
,
or
what
distaste
I
may
draw
upon
my selfe
.
The
sincere
charity
,
which
I
beare
to
your
Family
,
urgeth
me
to
speake
,
but
the
care
of
mine
owne
quietnesse
perswadeth
silence
.
Yet
considering
,
that
Abigail
,
a
weake
woman
,
gave
that
counsell
to
David
,
which
was
pleasing
to
God
,
and
profitable
to
man
;
and
that
it
was
not
one
of
Davids
least
honours
,
that
he
followed
her
advice
,
I
have
adventured
to
speake
;
and
I
hope
,
with
Abigail
in
a
good
season
.
I
know
,
the
dayes
are
evill
,
and
judgement
is
like
to
begin
at
the
house
of
God
;
blame
me
not
then
,
if
I
proffer
you
some
few
Observations
,
in
the
midst
of
your
greatest
Consultations
;
especially
if
I
goe
not
beyond
my
Line
.
God
knowes
,
my
intent
is
,
to
withhold
you
from
Uzza's
sinne
,
2
Sam
.
6
6.7
E●endens
Vzza
manum
suam
,
&
volens
arcum
retiner●…
cum
Sacerdos
non
esset
,
quoniam
cam
contingere
praesumpsit
,
extin●…ctusest
.
Josep●
Antiq
:
l.
7.
c
,
〈…〉
Ma.
24.9
.
Ioh
,
16.2
.
Ib.
v.
3.
lest
perchance
you
fall
into
Uzza's
punishment
.
I
have
heard
it
spoken
,
and
lamented
even
by
Citizens
,
and
such
as
are
strangers
to
my
blood
,
that
the
Clergy
were
never
in
the
memory
of
man
,
in
such
disrespect
,
as
they
are
at
this
present
.
Indeed
if
the
care
had
not
heard
it
,
the
eye
cannot
choose
but
see
it
;
in
so
much
that
I
plainly
perceive
,
that
the
time
is
drawing
on
,
whereof
our
Saviour
foretells
,
that
men
shall
hate
us
for
his
name
sake
,
and
persecute
us
;
and
whosoever
killeth
us
,
will
thinke
,
that
he
doth
God
good
service
.
But
this
shall
be
done
by
those
,
who
want
the
true
knowledge
of
God
and
his
Christ
.
I
question
not
,
but
you
hold
it
not
onely
dangerous
,
but
odious
,
●…
o
.
23.2
.
●…
ov
.
11.21
.
to
follow
a
multitude
to
doe
evill
.
I
shall
therefore
entreat
you
to
peruse
,
and
weigh
well
these
few
considerations
.
I.
The
first
,
that
I
shall
present
you
with
,
is
that
of
the
Lord
,
Deut
.
17.12
.
The
man
,
that
will
doe
PRESUMTUOUSLY
,
●…
ar
the
Lord
,
●…
honour
the
●…
riests
.
Ecc.
7.
●…
.
and
will
not
hearken
unto
the
Priest
(
that
standeth
there
to
minister
before
the
Lord
thy
God
)
or
unto
the
Iudge
,
that
man
shall
dye
.
II
.
Of
the
Apostles
and
their
successors
,
our
Saviour
saith
,
●…
eron
.
ad
●…
arcel
.
advers
.
●…
ontan
.
Chri●…
s
honoratur
●…
servis
suis
.
●…
i
Apostolis
promittit
di●…
us
,
qui
vos
re●…
it
,
me
recipit
,
●…
c
.
Hieron
.
in
●…
pitaph
.
Luci
.
●…
ieron
.
ad
Fu●…
am
.
Cypr
.
ep
.
●…
n
.
7.
Salviā
.
●…
Gubern
.
Dei
●…
8.
Ib
▪
He
that
heareth
you
,
heareth
me
,
and
he
that
despiseth
you
,
despiseth
me
.
Luk
.
10.16
.
Et
apud
nos
Apostolorum
locum
Episcopitenent
,
so
S.
Hierome
,
In
all
Orthodoxe
Churches
,
Bishops
hold
the
place
of
the
Apostles
.
This
then
is
spoken
of
Bishops
,
so
long
as
they
be
Orthodox
.
Hence
is
that
of
the
same
Father
;
Illius
vita
laudanda
est
,
qui
VENERATIONI
HABET
SASERDOTES
CHRISI
,
&
non
detrahit
gradui
,
PER
QUEM
FACTUS
EST
CHRISIANUS
.
And
that
of
S.
Cyprian
;
Sacerdotes
Dei
AB
EO
QUI
SACERDOTES
FACIT
,
vindicantur
.
And
that
of
Salvian
,
sacrilegii
genus
est
,
Dei
odisse
cultores
.
And
againe
,
Benignissimus
ac
piissomus
Dominus
COMMUNEM
SIBI
CUM
SERVIS
SUIS
&
honorem
simul
,
&
contumelian
facit
;
nequis
cum
Laederet
Dei
servum
,
hominem
tantum
a
se
Laedi
arbitraretur
.
●…
eut
.
33.11
.
III
.
Consider
,
that
of
the
Tribe
of
Levi
it
is
said
,
Blesse
Lord
his
substance
,
and
accept
the
worke
of
his
hands
.
Smite
thorow
the
loynes
of
them
,
that
rise
against
him
,
and
of
them
that
HATE
him
,
that
they
rise
not
againe
.
And
this
is
a
true
Rule
,
Plus
diligit
Deus
figuratum
,
quam
figuram
:
God
takes
more
care
of
his
Church
,
then
he
did
of
the
Synagogue
.
IV
.
Consider
,
that
both
in
the
Clergy
and
Laitie
there
is
a
two-fold
condition
or
state
.
We
are
members
of
the
Church
and
State
;
and
so
are
yee
,
As
we
are
Members
of
the
State
,
we
are
subject
to
the
Lawes
of
the
Land
;
and
as
yee
are
Members
of
the
Church
,
yee
are
subject
to
the
Lawes
of
the
Church
.
As
the
Lawes
of
the
Land
bind
us
,
so
long
as
they
affront
not
the
Law
of
God
:
so
the
Laws
of
the
Church
bind
you
,
as
long
as
they
crosse
not
the
Word
of
God
,
or
the
Fundamentall
Lawes
of
this
Kingdome
,
Dic
Ecclesiae
,
Mat
.
18.17
complaine
to
the
Church
,
will
reach
over
all
Christians
in
diverse
cases
.
For
there
are
certaine
causes
,
that
belong
to
the
cognisance
of
the
Church
jure
Apostolico
,
by
Apostolicall
right
,
Cod
.
Afric
.
Can
.
59.
that
so
they
may
there
in
the
Church
courts
receive
determination
.
And
he
that
will
not
heare
the
Church
,
that
is
,
the
Governours
of
the
Church
(
by
whom
she
speakes
▪
Sit
tibi
velut
Ethnicus
&
Publicanus
,
Mat
.
18.17
.
let
him
be
unto
thee
as
an
Heathen
,
or
Publican
.
V.
Consider
,
that
matters
of
faith
were
,
even
from
the
beginning
of
christianity
,
decided
and
setled
by
Church-men
.
At
the
first
councell
,
the
question
of
Circumcision
was
ref●r'd
ad
Apostolos
&
Presbyteros
,
to
the
Apostles
and
Priests
,
Act.
15.
●
.
or
Elders
.
They
are
the
onely
men
,
that
debate
and
decide
the
question
.
And
what
they
resolve
on
,
the
Brethren
subscribe
to
.
The
Canons
also
of
the
Church
,
were
alwayes
made
by
Bishops
.
Apostolos
,
ide●…
Episcopos
,
D●…minus
elegit
.
Cypr
.
ep
.
65.13
.
For
this
cau●…
left
I
thee
at
Cret
,
that
thou
should
set
in
order
the
things
th●…
are
wanting
Ti●
.
1.5
.
Isa
.
49.23
.
There
are
none
made
after
our
Saviours
Ascension
(
in
the
new
Testament
)
but
onely
by
the
Apostles
,
who
in
the
judgement
of
all
Antiquity
were
Bishops
:
and
no
power
given
to
any
,
by
the
Apostles
,
to
make
Canons
,
but
onely
to
those
,
who
were
Bishops
truely
and
properly
so
called
,
namely
to
Timothy
,
and
Titus
,
the
one
being
Bishop
of
Ephesus
,
and
the
other
of
Creete
.
And
thus
it
continued
cleane
thorow
the
best
and
ancientest
times
.
But
after
it
had
pleased
God
to
give
Kings
to
be
nursing
Fathers
,
and
Queenes
to
be
nursing
Mothers
to
the
Church
,
councels
were
called
by
Kings
or
Empero●s
;
or
at
lest
by
their
Licence
:
and
the
conclusions
or
Canons
of
those
councels
were
by
them
confirmed
made
(
I
say
)
by
Bps.
confirmed
by
Kings
.
And
when
spirituall
censures
would
not
serve
the
turne
,
penall
and
coercive
statutes
were
made
by
Kings
,
to
compell
their
subjects
to
the
observation
of
these
Canons
.
That
matters
of
Faith
were
ever
refer'd
to
Councells
of
Bishops
,
is
a
truth
so
cleare
,
that
no
man
that
hath
the
least
acquaintance
with
the
foure
first
Generall
Councells
can
make
any
question
hereof
.
And
is
it
not
as
plaine
by
the
same
Councells
,
that
Bishops
made
Canons
also
,
for
the
well
ordering
and
governing
of
the
Church
?
●…
n
.
Concil
.
tom
p.
362.
Yea
the
Emperour
Marcian
,
attributed
so
much
to
the
wisdome
and
piety
of
the
Bishops
in
his
time
,
that
when
he
understood
of
some
disorders
that
were
crept
in
amongst
the
Clergie
,
and
those
that
professed
a
monasticall
life
,
he
would
not
use
his
Royall
power
,
in
making
lawes
for
the
redresse
of
such
disorders
:
but
he
complaines
thereof
to
the
Bishops
,
gathered
together
in
that
great
Councell
of
Chalcedon
,
and
desires
them
to
provide
a
remedy
for
those
abuses
which
was
accordingly
done
by
those
Fathers
,
in
the
third
,
and
in
the
twentieth
Canons
of
that
Councell
.
Thus
also
when
Dioscorus
,
and
some
other
factious
Prelates
joyning
with
him
,
had
not
onely
deprived
,
but
degraded
two
Orthodox
Bishops
,
viz.
Flavianus
Bishop
of
Constantinople
,
●…
agr
.
l.
2.
c
18
and
Eusebius
of
Dorylaea
;
the
Emperour
Marcian
received
their
complaints
,
but
put
them
over
to
the
Councell
,
to
receive
reliefe
,
or
sentence
according
to
the
Canons
of
the
Church
.
●…
h
.
4.11
,
12.
VI
.
Consider
that
our
Saviour
gave
to
the
Church
some
Apostles
,
and
some
Prophets
,
and
some
Evangelists
,
and
some
Pastours
and
Teachers
for
the
PERFECTING
of
the
Saints
,
for
the
work
of
the
Ministery
,
for
the
EDIFYING
of
the
body
of
Christ
,
That
we
may
not
be
tossed
to
and
fro
like
children
,
〈…〉
.
v.
14.
and
carried
about
with
every
winde
of
Doctrine
,
by
the
sleight
and
cunning
of
such
men
as
lie
in
waite
to
deceive
the
simple
,
and
credulous
,
and
such
as
are
over-busie
,
like
our
Mother
Eve
.
But
there
will
be
this
tosseing
and
deceiving
,
for
all
our
preaching
and
writing
,
if
some
of
these
named
here
by
the
Apostle
,
have
not
power
to
make
lawes
against
such
dangerous
persons
,
and
authority
to
put
such
lawes
in
execution
,
when
they
are
made
.
VII
.
Adde
hereunto
that
command
of
S.
Paul
,
Heb
.
13.17
.
Obedite
praepositis
vestris
,
obey
them
,
that
have
the
rule
over
you
,
and
submit
your selves
unto
them
,
for
they
watch
for
your
soules
,
and
in
those
dayes
they
had
no
other
Governours
that
watch●d
for
their
soules
health
,
but
only
Apostles
or
Bishops
,
And
if
we
obey
not
our
Bishops
,
we
shal
give
an
account
for
our
soules
,
owne
&
not
they
,
if
so
our
soules
perish
for
want
of
being
wel
governed
.
VIII
.
Consider
that
the
very
murmuring
of
the
children
of
Israel
against
Moses
&
Aaron
,
is
called
rebelling
against
the
Lord
.
Numb
.
14.2.9
.
because
they
were
the
Lords
ordinance
.
Yea
,
their
chiding
(
or
wrangling
)
with
Moses
,
is
termed
Rebellion
Numb
.
20.3.10
.
And
Moses
&
Aaron
were
amongst
his
Priests
,
Ps.
99.6
.
IX
.
Consider
that
he
which
justifieth
the
wicked
,
Pro
.
17.15
.
and
he
that
condemneth
the
just
,
even
they
both
are
an
ABOMINATION
to
the
Lord
:
God
therefore
hath
given
us
two
eares
,
that
we
might
have
one
at
least
open
for
the
defendant
.
Qui
iudicat
aliquid
,
parte
ina●dita
altera
,
Aequum
licet
statuerit
,
haud
aequus
fuit
.
X.
Besides
the
quality
of
the
accused
,
as
also
of
the
accuser
is
to
be
considered
,
1
Tim
.
5.19
.
against
a
Priest
(
or
Elder
)
an
accusation
is
not
to
be
received
without
two
or
three
witnesses
.
Calvin
in
1
Tim
.
5
.
1●
.
And
reason
good
(
saith
Calvine
)
for
none
lie
more
open
to
calumnie
and
detraction
,
then
godly
teachers
;
yea
,
though
they
be
most
exact
in
their
office
,
and
free
from
blemish
,
yet
shall
they
hardly
escape
a
thousand
slanders
,
such
is
the
subtiltie
of
Satan
,
to
alienate
the
minds
of
men
from
Gods
Ministers
,
that
so
the
doctrine
it selfe
may
fall
into
contempt
,
yea
(
saith
he
)
looke
how
much
the
more
sincerely
every
pastour
studies
to
promote
the
Kingdome
of
Christ
,
so
much
the
more
is
he
envied
and
hated
,
and
so
much
the
more
is
he
assaulted
,
and
persecuted
.
If
a
slander
be
once
raised
upon
him
,
it
is
presently
taken
for
true
;
and
he
stands
convicted
in
the
opinion
of
the
multitude
:
thus
it
usually
falls
out
,
because
the
Divell
stirreth
up
almost
in
every
man
,
too
too
easie
a
credulity
against
Ministers
;
insomuch
,
that
no
inquisition
at
all
being
made
,
the
people
greedily
condemne
their
pastours
,
whose
credit
they
ought
in
duty
to
uphold
.
S.
Paul
,
therefore
hath
just
cause
to
oppose
himselfe
against
this
strange
iniustice
,
and
wil
not
have
Priests
subjected
to
the
malicious
tongues
of
wicked
persors
,
untill
they
be
convicted
in
a
legall
course
.
For
,
what
wonder
if
they
be
pester'd
with
enemies
whose
office
it
is
to
reprehend
the
vices
of
the
time
,
to
oppose
themselves
to
the
greedy
rapine
of
all
men
,
and
to
represse
with
severity
,
al
those
whom
they
know
faulty
or
offensive
.
Thus
far
Calvin
,
and
it
is
worthy
the
consideration
to
observe
,
whether
he
be
not
rather
a
Prophet
,
then
a
Commentator
in
this
place
.
●…
oncil
in
Con●…
antinop
.
Can
.
●…
.
Cod
.
Affric
.
●…
an
19.128
.
XI
.
Consider
that
it
was
never
held
fit
,
that
every
man
should
be
admit●ed
indifferently
to
accuse
an
Orthodox
Bishop
,
indeed
if
it
were
a
civill
or
private
suite
betweene
party
and
party
,
such
as
concerned
debt
,
or
fraud
,
or
trespasse
,
or
he
like
,
it
was
lawfull
for
any
man
without
exception
,
to
prefer
his
Bil
against
a
Bishop
.
But
if
it
were
a
cause
of
Ecclesiasticall
cognisance
,
then
was
it
not
lawfull
for
any
heriticke
to
accuse
a
Bishop
,
●…
mnes
servi
,
&
●…
roprii
liberti
●…
d
accusationem
●…
n
admittan●…
r
,
nec
infa●…
ae
maculis
●…
persi
,
id
est
,
●…
striones
,
ac
●…
rpitudinibus
●…
ubjectae
perso●…
ae
,
haeretics
●…
iam
,
sive
pa●…
ani
,
seu
Iudaei
●…
od
.
Affric
.
●…
a●
.
129.
neither
was
it
lawfull
for
such
as
professe
the
true
faith
,
and
yet
separate
themselves
from
the
Canonicall
Bishops
,
and
assemble
in
private
Conventicles
,
neither
was
it
thought
meet
,
that
any
such
should
be
admitted
,
that
had
beene
either
censured
,
or
deprived
,
or
excommunicated
by
the
Church
(
whether
they
were
of
the
Clergie
or
Laitie
)
before
they
had
satisfied
for
their
owne
crimes
.
In
like
manner
they
that
were
accused
of
any
foule
sinne
,
might
not
be
permitted
to
accuse
a
Bishop
or
any
other
of
the
Clergie
,
till
they
had
cleared
themselves
of
those
objections
,
wherewith
they
were
charged
.
But
if
they
were
liable
to
no
such
just
exception
,
then
might
they
freely
prefer
their
complaints
,
either
against
Bishops
,
or
other
of
the
Clergie
,
but
after
this
manner
onely
.
First
,
they
were
to
exhibite
their
libel
before
all
the
Bishops
of
that
Province
,
and
before
them
to
make
their
proofe
:
and
if
it
were
so
,
that
the
Bishops
of
that
Province
were
not
of
sufficient
power
to
correct
those
enormities
,
then
were
they
to
appeale
to
a
greater
Synod
of
that
Diocese
(
as
it
were
now
to
all
the
Bishops
of
the
Kings
severall
Dominions
)
gathered
together
in
a
councell
for
that
very
purpose
:
neither
was
their
libel
or
bill
to
be
admitted
before
they
had
by
bond
made
themselves
liable
to
the
same
penalty
,
or
danger
,
Calumniator
tenetur
ad
pae●…nam
talionis
.
〈…〉
in
c
.
si
quam
p●…nituerit
.
sect●…
notandum
,
2
▪
3.
which
was
to
fall
upon
the
person
accused
,
if
so
the
promoters
were
found
to
have
dealt
iniuriously
,
and
to
faile
in
their
proofe
.
But
if
so
any
man
shall
scorne
this
course
,
and
shall
molest
the
Emperour
with
clamors
,
or
trouble
the
tribunals
of
secular
Judges
,
or
a
generall
councell
,
with
complaints
,
his
accusation
is
not
to
be
admitted
,
because
he
sleights
all
the
Bishops
of
that
Diocese
wherein
he
lives
,
because
he
disgraceth
the
Canons
,
and
overthrowes
all
good
order
in
the
Church
.
This
Canon
was
made
by
the
Fathers
of
the
Councell
of
Constantinople
,
Sozonen
.
l.
7●…
c
.
9.
An.
Dom
.
383.
confirmed
it
was
by
Theodosius
the
great
,
Concil
.
Const●…tinop
.
Can
.
6
〈…〉
and
received
by
the
whole
Church
of
God
with
full
consent
,
made
it
was
at
such
a
time
,
when
many
endeavoured
to
subvert
and
confound
all
Ecclesiasticall
order
,
odiously
and
slanderously
traducing
the
Orthodox
Bishops
,
that
governed
the
Church
,
faining
strange
accusations
against
them
,
Cod
.
Affric
.
Can
131.
Testes
eos
,
q●…
accusator
de
mo
suâ
prod●…
erit
,
interro●…
non
placuit
,
Paulus
l.
5.
〈…〉
&
l.
24.
D.
intending
thereby
to
blemish
the
reputation
of
the
Clergie
and
to
raise
tumults
among
the
people
,
that
lived
in
peace
.
For
this
very
cause
was
this
Canon
made
,
and
this
is
worth
the
observation
too
.
And
as
none
of
these
may
be
accusers
,
neither
may
they
be
produced
for
witnesses
against
the
Clergie
,
nor
any
that
are
of
the
accusers
family
.
●…
aucorum
cul●…
non
praejudi●…
t
religioni
.
A●…
stolorum
fi●…
m
Judae
pro●…
tio
non
de●…
u●it
.
Hieron
.
●…
vers
.
Vigilant
●…
Gen
18.23
.
XII
.
Consider
that
a
whole
society
,
corporation
or
profession
,
is
not
to
be
condemned
,
because
some
few
of
them
be
bad
.
If
so
,
what
society
or
profession
can
stand
?
It
is
Gods
owne
rule
,
Onus
suum
unusquisque
portabit
.
Deut
.
24.26
.
Gal.
6.5
.
Every
man
must
stand
upon
his
owne
leggs
,
and
answer
for
his
owne
faults
.
And
far
be
it
from
the
Lord
to
slay
the
righteous
with
the
wicked
,
and
that
the
righteous
should
be
as
the
wicked
,
be
that
far
from
the
Lord
,
shall
not
the
Iudge
of
all
the
earth
doe
right
?
And
we
must
indeavour
to
be
iust
,
as
our
Father
in
Heaven
is
iust
.
●…
h
.
6.70
.
X●II
.
Consider
that
if
Gods
choice
be
not
alwaies
good
,
man
may
easily
mistake
:
●…
iphan
.
haer
.
●…
Nos
affectus
●…
perturbatio●…
s
,
quàm
diu
●…
tabernaculo
●…
poris
hujus
●…
bitamus
,
&
●…
gili
carne
cir●…
ndamur
,
mo●…
rari
&
regere
●…
ssumus
,
ampu●…
re
non
possu●…
us
Hieron
.
ad
●…
metriad
.
Tim
.
3.2
.
Tim
.
2.2
.
●…
it
.
1.9
.
God
elected
Saul
to
be
King
over
Israel
,
1.
Sam
.
15.1
.
And
yet
it
repented
the
Lord
,
that
he
had
set
up
Saul
to
be
King
,
Ib.
5.
v.
12.
Our
Saviour
made
choice
of
t●elve
Apostles
,
and
one
of
them
was
a
Divell
.
The
Apostles
picked
out
seven
Deacons
from
among
the
faithfull
,
and
one
of
those
seven
was
author
of
the
Nicolaitan
heresie
,
we
must
needs
therefore
confesse
that
we
also
are
men
of
like
passions
with
you
,
And
yet
,
let
men
so
account
of
us
,
as
of
the
Ministers
of
Christ
,
and
Stewards
of
the
mysteries
of
God
,
1.
Cor
.
4.1
.
XIV
.
Consider
,
that
S.
Paul
will
have
Bishops
and
Priests
apt
,
and
able
to
teach
:
and
not
onely
so
,
but
able
to
convince
the
gaine-sayers
,
and
adversaries
of
the
truth
.
Apt
we
are
many
of
us
(
blessed
be
God
)
to
teach
,
by
those
excellent
gifts
of
nature
,
●…
dia
Scriptu●…
um
&
liborum
●…
ltitudine
,
&
●…
entio
,
ac
libra●…
um
sedulita●…
uodq
,
propri●…
est
,
securita●…
&
●t●odictā●…
m
indigent
,
●…
cron
.
Marcel
.
●…
Anapsychiae
.
●…
ceph
.
l.
o
c
,
5.
which
God
bestowes
upon
us
from
the
cradle
;
but
able
we
shall
not
be
to
teach
,
as
we
should
doe
,
or
to
convince
and
confound
the
adversaries
of
the
truth
,
unlesse
we
prove
industrious
and
learned
.
Learned
we
shall
not
be
,
without
Bookes
,
and
Bookes
are
not
to
be
had
without
mony
.
When
I●lian
therefore
tooke
away
the
meanes
of
the
Church
,
he
was
said
,
non
tam
sacerdotes
,
quam
sacerdotium
occidere
,
not
so
much
to
slay
the
Priests
,
as
the
Priesthood
it selfe
.
In
truth
,
it
is
the
ready
way
to
banish
learning
,
Ea
est
〈…〉
ingratitudo
,
〈…〉
de
fovendis
ve●…bi
ministris
n●…
multum
sit
so●…citus
;
&
Sat●…
hac
arte
,
tentat●…
doctrin
â
priv●…re
Ecclesiam
,
●…inopiae
&
fami●…metu
plurimos
absterret
,
ne
id
oneris
suscipian●…
Calvin
.
in
1
Tim
.
5.17
.
Ep●…
Latymer
Ser
5
before
K.
Edw●…
6.
Luck
.
11.52
.
Mat
.
23.13
.
to
unpeople
the
Universities
,
to
expose
us
,
and
the
whole
Kingdome
,
to
contempt
,
and
scorne
;
what
Nation
under
the
Sunne
(
to
Gods
glory
be
it
spoken
)
hath
more
learned
men
of
our
profession
,
then
this
Church
of
England
?
But
,
by
heare-s●y
,
if
some
may
have
their
wills
,
we
sh●ll
not
long
be
guilty
of
too
much
learning
.
For
,
if
such
courses
be
taken
,
we
shall
as
Bp.
Latimer
complaines
,
Have
nothing
but
a
little
ENGLISH
DIVINITY
,
that
will
bring
the
Realme
into
very
barbarousnesse
,
and
utter
decay
of
Learning
.
It
is
not
that
I
wis
(
saith
he
)
that
will
keepe
out
the
Supremacie
of
the
Bishop
of
Rome
.
Thus
the
key
of
knowledge
shall
be
taken
away
;
and
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
shall
be
shut
up
against
men
;
that
so
we
may
neither
goe
in
our selves
,
nor
suffer
others
to
enter
in
.
God
of
his
mercy
preserve
us
from
this
dangerous
sinne
.
It
was
the
glory
of
former
times
,
that
Senatours
and
great
States-men
became
Priests
;
witnesse
S.
Ambrose
,
Paulinus
,
Pammachius
,
Nectarius
,
and
divers
other
.
And
it
will
be
the
infamy
of
these
later
dayes
,
that
none
but
the
refuse
of
the
people
will
stoope
to
our
contemptible
calling
.
Sublato
honore
,
tollitur
virtus
.
It
was
Ieroboams
sinne
,
to
make
Priests
of
the
meanest
of
the
people
;
and
this
sinne
was
the
ruine
of
his
Family
,
even
to
destroy
it
from
the
face
of
the
earth
.
1
King
.
13.33.34
.
Neither
is
this
to
speake
like
a
worldling
;
but
with
S.
Paul
to
enquire
,
Who
goes
a
warfare
at
his
owne
charges
?
1
Cor
.
9.7
.
Ib.
v.
9.
or
who
feedeth
a
flocke
,
and
eateth
not
of
the
milke
of
the
flocke
?
Is
it
lawfull
to
muzzle
the
mouth
of
the
Oxe
,
that
treadeth
out
the
corne
?
Is
it
lawfull
to
stint
him
?
If
we
have
sowen
unto
you
spirituall
things
,
Ib.
v.
11.
is
it
a
great
matter
,
if
we
shall
reape
your
worldly
things
?
1
Tim
,
5.18
.
Is
not
the
labourer
worthy
of
his
reward
?
Will
any
man
of
worth
labour
,
where
no
reward
,
or
but
a
poore
one
,
is
proposed
?
Their
ingratitude
therefore
(
saith
Calvine
)
is
not
to
be
indured
,
who
deny
sustenance
to
their
Pastors
,
Calvin
.
in
1
Tim
.
5.18
.
quibus
nullam
satis
dignam
mercedem
possunt
rependere
,
to
whom
they
are
never
able
to
returne
a
reward
answerable
to
their
paines
.
●…
it
.
27.28
.
XV
.
Consider
,
that
no
DEVOTED
THING
,
that
a
man
devotes
(
or
dedicates
)
unto
the
Lord
,
of
all
that
he
hath
,
both
of
man
,
and
beast
,
or
of
the
(
Land
,
or
FIELD
)
of
his
possession
,
shall
be
sold
,
or
redeemed
:
every
devoted
thing
is
MOST
HOLY
UNTO
THE
LORD
.
The
Priest
may
not
make
it
away
;
neither
may
the
Donor
revoke
,
●…
m
16.37
38
or
redeeme
it
.
The
censers
of
those
sinners
,
Corah
,
Dathan
,
and
Abiram
,
being
offered
before
the
Lord
,
were
hallowed
.
And
though
they
were
offered
by
bad
men
,
and
for
a
bad
end
;
yet
might
they
not
be
put
to
any
common
,
or
prophane
use
;
no
certainly
,
unlesse
it
be
in
case
of
necessity
▪
And
,
blessed
be
God
,
we
cannot
pretend
necessity
,
in
so
great
plenty
.
〈…〉
.
5.4
:
●…
o
condemna●…
quia
post
vo●…
obtulerunt
●…
si
sua
,
&
●…
ejus
,
cui
se●…
ea
voverant
:
●…
temque
jam
●…
alienae
sub●…
ntiae
reserva●…
ant
.
Metuen●…
famem
,
quam
●…
ra
fides
non
●…
et
,
praesen●…
meruere
●…
dictam
,
non
●…
delitate
sen●…
tiae
,
sed
cor●…
tionis
exem●…
ut
paenadu●…
m
hominum
●…
doctrina
●…
ltorum
Hie●…
ad
Demetri●…
Bezain
Act
●…
.
c
.
●…
sh
.
6.19
.
●…
sh
.
7.24
.
●…
v.
5
.
7.8.25.●
odoret
in
●…
ua
.
q
.
9.
From
hence
,
from
this
Law
before
recited
,
it
arose
,
that
it
was
unlawfull
for
Ananias
and
Saphira
,
to
subtract
any
part
of
that
,
which
they
had
given
to
God
.
Beza
saith
,
that
it
was
Sacrilege
even
in
them
,
to
detaine
that
from
the
Church
deceitfully
,
which
themselves
had
lately
given
.
What
is
it
then
in
us
,
to
take
that
from
God
and
the
Church
,
which
we
never
gave
them
?
Nay
,
which
is
more
;
Achan
stole
that
,
which
was
neither
consecrated
,
nor
given
,
but
onely
promised
to
the
Lord
:
and
yet
it
cost
him
full
dearely
,
even
all
his
substance
,
and
his
life
,
and
the
lives
of
all
his
children
,
to
the
utter
rooting
up
of
his
posterity
.
Yea
,
though
Achan
onely
had
offended
,
all
Israel
suffered
for
his
trangression
.
For
their
enemies
smote
them
,
and
chased
them
so
,
that
they
turned
their
backs
,
and
fled
before
their
enemies
.
The
reason
is
given
by
Theodoret
;
and
this
it
is
.
Gods
purpose
was
,
both
to
correct
this
man
for
his
sinne
;
and
to
strike
a
terror
into
all
;
that
so
even
they
,
who
are
diligent
in
their
owne
particular
to
keepe
Gods
commandements
,
may
be
carefull
to
reprove
others
,
who
transgresse
the
same
;
otherwise
they
shall
be
sure
to
have
a
share
,
in
the
same
punishments
,
with
the
offenders
.
And
this
is
one
reason
,
that
hath
spurred
me
on
,
to
write
thus
much
unto
you
.
XVI
.
Consider
,
what
curses
are
layd
upon
those
,
Id
est
,
Omn●…
consiliorum●…lorum
authore
qui
dixerunt
,
Haereditate
p●…sideamus
&
〈…〉
Cassiod
.
in
L●…
that
doe
but
say
,
Let
us
take
to
our selves
the
houses
of
God
into
possession
.
Ps.
88.12.13
.
&c.
He
that
adviseth
any
man
to
doe
this
,
doth
but
attempt
the
ruine
of
that
mans
family
.
I
wish
heartily
,
that
you
would
take
the
paines
,
to
read
Sir
Henry
Spelman
,
De
non
temerandis
Ecclesiis
,
that
you
may
foresee
,
and
avoyd
that
danger
,
the
wise
man
speakes
of
;
Prov.
20.25
It
is
a
snare
to
a
man
,
to
devoure
that
which
is
holy
;
and
after
vowes
to
make
inquiry
.
XVII
.
Consider
that
wonderfull
observation
of
Sir
Henry
Spelman
;
Nescio
,
quo
fato
fit
,
S.
Hen
.
Spel●…
non
temeran●…
Eccles
.
sect
.
〈…〉
in
margine
.
ut
eadem
temporis
periodo
(
viz
Anno
68.
)
post
ereptas
per
Nabuc
.
&
Hen
.
8.
res
Templorum
,
stirps
utriusque
regia
extincta
sit
,
imperium
sublatum
,
&
ad
aliam
gentem
devolutum
.
This
Nation
hath
beene
shrewdly
taxed
,
Reginald
.
P●…
Eccles
.
Unit
.
fens
.
l.
3.
fol.
〈…〉
Bellar
.
Apo●…
6.
sect
.
Tra●…deinde
.
and
our
very
Religion
branded
,
for
that
havocke
of
Church-lands
,
which
was
made
in
K.
Hen
.
VIII
.
time
.
And
those
,
that
are
accounted
unfortunate
families
amongst
us
,
should
doe
well
to
consider
,
whether
some
of
their
Ancestours
had
not
an
hand
in
this
spoile
.
That
truely
religious
,
and
admirably
Learned
Prelate
Bp.
Andrewes
professeth
,
Populari
op●…
sacras
,
bon●…
omnibus
,
R●…ante
omnes●…plicet
.
Resp●…
ad
Bellar
.
A●…
c
.
6.
sect
.
ad●…
that
this
havocke
was
unpleasing
to
all
good
men
,
but
especially
to
K.
Iames
.
And
,
that
the
King
was
heartily
displeased
therewith
,
he
manifested
to
the
world
,
by
those
his
lawes
made
in
the
beginning
of
his
raigne
,
and
in
his
first
Parliament
,
as
I
take
it
:
wherein
he
provided
,
that
the
lands
of
the
Church
from
that
time
forward
,
should
not
be
alienated
,
or
passed
away
,
to
any
Peers
,
or
other
of
this
Realme
;
no
,
not
to
his
owne
Sacred
Person
,
or
Progenie
.
Reges
in
eo
imitatus
.
I●…
Ad
aeterna●…nimae
suae●…tem
,
nomini●…
gloriam
,
&
po●…tatis
mem●…
Herein
(
saith
Bp.
Andrewes
)
he
imitated
the
godly
Kings
,
to
the
eternal
salvation
of
his
soul
,
&
to
the
endlesse
glory
of
his
name
.
And
shall
we
fall
backe
to
our
loathsome
vomit
?
God
forbid
.
XVIII
.
Magna
charta
is
that
,
which
hath
ever
beene
stood
upon
,
for
the
generall
good
of
the
Subjects
of
this
Realme
.
We
are
freeborne
Subjects
,
and
not
the
worst
members
(
I
hope
)
of
this
Kingdome
:
and
we
are
the
first
,
that
are
provided
for
in
that
great
charter
,
Ecclesia
habeat
libertates
&
privilegia
sua
.
〈…〉
Hen
.
Spel●…
n
.
de
non
te●…
rand
.
Eccles
.
●…
t
.
5.
These
have
beene
confirmed
to
the
Church
,
by
Parliament
lawes
,
and
by
the
charters
of
Kings
,
with
many
s●lemn
vowes
and
imprecations
,
against
all
those
,
that
should
at
any
time
attempt
to
violate
the
same
.
As
is
to
be
seene
in
Rastals
abridgement
.
Tit
.
confirmat
3.
And
,
Sententia
lata
super
chartas
.
●…
angelii
fra●…
jam
&
ja●…
s
videbitur
●…
majestas
,
si
●…
uit
alterius
●…
reti
novitate
●…
erari
.
Cypr
.
●…
30.
n
.
6.
XIX
.
Consider
,
that
every
Law
,
that
is
made
against
the
Law
of
God
,
is
voyd
ipso
facto
,
as
soone
as
it
is
made
;
and
very
dangerous
to
those
that
make
such
Lawes
.
XX
.
It
is
also
worthy
the
consideration
,
to
behold
,
how
tender
that
religious
Emperor
Constantine
the
Great
was
of
the
reputation
of
all
Bishops
.
For
in
his
time
,
by
reason
of
those
controversies
,
which
were
raised
by
Arius
,
and
maintained
by
a
faction
,
there
arose
such
a
deadly
feaud
amongst
Christians
,
that
not
onely
Bishop
against
Bishop
,
●…
odoret
.
hist
.
●…
c
.
11
Socrat
.
●…
c
5.
Gelas
.
●…
ic
.
l.
2.
c
.
8.
but
Lay-men
also
preferd
accusations
against
Bishops
,
and
gave
them
into
the
Emperours
hands
.
The
Emperour
received
them
,
and
presently
sealed
them
up
with
his
owne
Signet
.
And
when
he
had
laboured
a
reconciliation
,
and
in
part
effected
it
,
he
tooke
all
the
accusations
,
and
cast
them
into
the
fire
,
in
the
presence
of
the
Bishops
,
protesting
deepely
,
that
he
had
not
read
one
syllable
in
them
.
Adding
withall
,
that
if
he
should
find
a
Bishop
committing
folly
with
another
mans
wife
,
he
would
cover
them
with
his
owne
purple
robe
,
that
no
mans
eyes
might
be
offended
with
that
sight
.
He
professed
also
,
that
it
was
not
fit
,
that
the
faults
of
Priests
should
be
made
publike
;
lest
taking
occasion
by
this
open
scandall
,
they
might
grow
impudent
in
their
sinnes
.
●…
as
.
Cyzic
,
Ib.
Yea
(
saith
Gelasius
Cyzicenus
)
such
,
so
great
was
the
reverence
,
that
good
Emperour
shewed
towards
Bishops
,
that
it
may
induce
all
those
,
who
are
truly
wise
,
to
stand
in
admiration
thereof
.
This
great
and
religious
Emperour
,
S●z●●●●
.
l.
1
c
.
16.
thought
himselfe
an
unmeet
person
,
to
judge
of
Priests
,
and
their
actions
:
But
,
see
how
the
world
is
alter'd
;
that
is
become
almost
every
mans
profession
in
these
dayes
,
which
that
Great
Constantine
thought
unlawfull
for
him
to
meddle
with
.
I
might
adde
hereunto
,
Theodoret
.
hi●…
l.
1.
c
.
2.
what
a
charge
he
layd
upon
all
those
Christians
,
to
whom
he
had
committed
the
government
of
his
severall
Provinces
,
to
use
all
Priests
honourably
,
threatning
death
to
any
man
,
that
should
abuse
them
,
The
blessings
,
Euseb
hist
.
l
1●…
c
.
1.
2.
&c.
that
were
showred
downe
upon
this
good
Emperour
,
were
infinite
;
he
conquered
all
his
enemies
,
he
enlarged
the
Empire
beyond
all
,
that
were
before
him
;
he
supressed
all
his
competitors
to
the
Crowne
;
Euseb
.
de
vit●…
Constant
.
Mag●…
l.
4.
c
.
53.
he
setled
the
Empire
upon
his
own
issue
,
and
he
ended
his
dayes
in
peace
,
in
a
good
old
age
,
full
of
glory
,
and
good
workes
.
This
also
is
memorable
,
Euseb
.
Ib.
l.
1
.
〈…〉
35.
Sozom
.
l.
〈…〉
c
8.
Theodoret
his●…
l.
1.
c
.
11.
that
Constantine
the
Great
was
the
first
Emperour
,
that
gave
revenues
to
the
Church
,
Eosque
non
tam
egentium
necessitate
,
quam
sua
ipsius
magnificentia
mensus
est
,
wherein
he
rather
considered
his
owne
magnificence
,
then
their
wants
.
And
Julian
the
Apostata
was
the
first
,
Theodoret
.
Ib
.
〈…〉
that
robbed
the
Church
of
her
revenues
.
XXI
.
Consider
,
that
in
all
the
Church
History
we
never
read
,
that
the
Orthodox
were
persecuted
by
Catholike
Christians
.
But
that
great
Lawyer
,
my
Lord
Coke
tells
us
,
The
L.
Coke
R●…ports
.
part
2.
fo
.
44.
b
.
Leves●…
de
Winchester●…
case
.
that
it
is
a
more
grievous
&
dangerous
persecution
,
to
rob
the
Church
,
and
spoyle
spirituall
persons
of
their
revenues
,
whereof
they
should
live
;
then
it
is
to
put
spirituall
persons
to
death
.
The
reason
.
Because
(
saith
he
)
upon
this
,
in
a
short
time
,
insu●s
great
ignorance
of
true
religion
,
and
of
the
service
of
God
,
and
thereby
great
decay
of
C●●istian
profession
.
For
none
will
apply
themselves
,
or
their
sons
,
or
any
other
,
that
they
have
in
charge
,
to
the
study
of
Divinity
;
when
after
long
and
painfull
study
,
they
shall
have
nothing
,
whereupon
to
live
.
So
my
Lord
Coke
.
Latymer
.
ser
.
before
K.
Ed.
〈…〉
March
8.
●…
49.
Bishop
Latymer
saw
the
Church
shrewdly
shaved
,
and
he
complains
to
King
Edward
the
sixt
,
that
there
was
a
plaine
intent
,
to
make
the
Clergy
slavery
.
We
the
Clergy
(
saith
he
)
had
too
much
;
but
that
is
taken
away
,
and
now
we
have
too
little
.
And
yet
we
have
beene
strangely
polled
,
and
pulled
,
since
that
time
.
●…
it
.
1.8
.
Tim
.
3
,
2.
S.
Paul
would
have
a
Bishop
to
love
hospitality
,
and
to
be
given
to
it
.
But
how
shall
they
be
able
to
doe
this
,
if
their
meanes
be
taken
from
them
?
If
a
Bishop
be
not
given
to
hospitality
,
he
sinneth
,
by
breaking
this
command
.
What
then
doe
they
,
that
make
him
unable
to
keepe
hospitality
?
that
enforce
him
to
this
sinne
?
XXII
.
Consider
,
that
no
law
can
be
made
to
the
disparagement
of
Churchmen
,
but
it
is
against
your
own
kindred
,
your
owne
flesh
and
blood
,
and
,
perchance
,
against
the
seed
of
your
owne
loynes
.
For
who
knowes
,
what
profession
God
hath
allotted
your
children
unto
?
besides
,
it
is
against
the
rules
of
policy
to
barre
your
owne
children
,
from
any
one
faire
and
honest
course
of
preferment
.
XXIII
.
And
is
it
not
worthy
our
best
consideration
,
to
examine
sincerely
,
whether
any
power
in
the
world
can
devest
,
or
uncase
an
Orthodoxe
Bishop
of
that
power
,
which
God
hath
endowed
him
with
?
But
a
Bishop
hath
power
given
him
by
God
himselfe
,
●…
it
.
1.5
.
to
set
in
order
all
things
in
the
Church
.
He
hath
power
given
him
,
over
all
the
Presbyters
within
his
Dioces
,
〈…〉
Tim
.
1.3
.
to
charge
them
,
that
they
teach
no
heterodox
,
no
false
,
no
other
doctrine
.
〈…〉
Tim
.
5.19
.
●…
.
v.
20.
●…
it
.
1.13
.
●…
it
.
2.15
.
If
there
be
any
complaint
against
a
Priest
,
or
Elder
,
the
Bishop
hath
power
to
receive
the
accusation
against
him
.
The
Bishop
hath
power
to
rebuke
that
Priest
,
to
rebuke
him
sharpely
,
●…
pud
D.
Hie●…
.
l.
1.
ep
.
48.
and
with
all
authority
,
if
he
deserve
it
.
That
is
,
as
Theophilus
Archbishop
of
Alexandria
interprets
it
,
Prophetica
falce
succidat
;
which
ariseth
to
no
lesse
then
Excommunication
.
If
the
Preachers
teach
any
undutifull
Office
,
1
Tim
.
6.3
.
Ib.
verse
5.
Gravissimè
damnatos
extra
Ec●lesia●…
ejicit
,
ut
superbos
.
Beza
in
loc
.
Vbi
verbi
Dei
gladio
prostrat●…
ac
vi
veritat●…
confusi
fuerint
posse
illis
ab
E●…clesia
imperari
silentium
,
et
si
pergant
,
salte●…
a
fidelium
com●…munione
arcer●…posse
.
Calvin
.
in
Tit
.
1.11
.
Calvin
in
Tit
.
3.10
.
the
Bishop
must
withdraw
himselfe
from
them
,
that
is
,
cast
them
out
of
the
Communion
of
the
Church
.
He
must
stop
the
Mouthes
of
Schismatickes
and
Hereticks
,
Tit
.
1.1
.
And
after
the
first
and
second
Admonition
reject
them
,
Tit
.
3.10
.
that
is
,
Graviter
quasi
censoria
correctione
reprimendi
sunt
,
they
are
severely
to
be
suppressed
with
a
censorious
Correction
,
not
onely
by
Excommunication
,
but
otherwise
,
if
necessity
require
;
so
Calvin
upon
the
place
.
If
any
Question
be
made
who
this
Heretick
is
,
that
St.
Paul
speakes
of
,
Calvin
resolves
us
,
that
not
onely
hee
is
aimed
at
,
that
brings
in
perverse
and
erroneous
Doctrine
,
but
all
Ambitious
,
refractary
,
and
contentious
Persons
are
also
intended
,
who
out
of
a
crosse
,
perverse
spirit
,
trouble
the
peace
of
the
Church
,
or
rend
asunder
the
unity
thereof
.
Now
to
what
purpose
is
it
,
for
a
Bishop
to
receive
an
accusation
,
against
any
of
these
troublesome
and
schismaticall
persons
?
to
what
purpose
is
it
to
reprove
and
rebuke
them
?
Yea
,
to
what
purpose
is
it
to
silence
,
to
excommunicate
and
cast
forth
of
the
Church
,
such
refractarie
and
incorrigible
persons
,
if
so
be
they
shall
still
hold
their
Benefices
,
because
they
are
made
a
Freehold
by
the
Law
?
It
was
Iulian
the
Apostata
master-piece
t●…
maintaine
all
factious
in
R●…ligion
,
that
so
b●…
might
undermine
and
overthrow
the
Catholike
Faith
.
Sozomen
l
5.
c
.
5.
&c.
2●
Is
not
this
to
nullifie
the
censures
of
the
Church
?
Is
not
this
to
maintaine
faction
in
Church
and
State
?
Is
not
this
to
make
void
all
Acts
of
Parliament
whatsoever
,
that
have
beene
made
against
Simoniacall
Persons
,
Recusants
,
and
against
all
such
as
after
subscription
shall
fall
backe
and
preach
,
or
write
,
against
any
of
the
39
Articles
,
or
the
Booke
of
Common
Prayer
,
or
the
book
of
Ordination
,
or
any
poynt
of
Doctrine
established
by
any
of
the
foure
first
General
Councels
.
These
things
are
worthy
to
be
considered
of
.
Calvin
affirmes
that
in
those
two
Epistles
to
Timothy
,
In
duabus
ad
Timotheum
Epistolis
,
quasi●…●…
nâ
tabulà
,
de●…
ctum
habe●…
us
verum
●…
cclesiae
Regi●…
n
.
Calvin
.
●p
.
●…
Edvard
.
So●…
erseti
Ducem
.
the
Apostle
hath
set
down
,
as
in
a
Table
,
the
right
,
the
true
Government
of
the
Church
.
But
this
Governement
of
the
Church
is
by
Bishops
truly
and
properly
so
cal'd
,
as
these
Epistles
,
and
the
Epistle
to
Titus
,
manifest
.
They
then
that
crosse
this
kind
of
Governement
by
Bishops
,
endeavour
to
crosse
the
spirit
of
Christ
,
and
to
subvert
the
true
Church
governement
.
XXIV
.
Finally
consider
,
that
though
the
name
of
Deane
and
Chapter
was
not
knowne
in
the
primitive
Church
,
yet
the
thing
it selfe
was
.
We
read
of
Collegium
Sacerdotum
,
a
Colledge
of
Priests
,
●…
pr
Ep.
52.
67●
ncil
Antioch
.
●…
n
.
24.
and
this
is
evident
,
that
circa
Episcopum
,
about
or
with
the
Bishop
of
every
Diocesse
,
there
alwayes
lived
certaine
Priests
and
Deacons
:
These
Priests
and
Deacons
were
to
bee
so
throughly
acquainted
with
the
particular
goods
,
lands
,
and
revenues
of
that
Church
,
that
whensoever
the
Bishop
dyed
,
or
were
otherwise
removed
,
none
of
those
goods
,
lands
,
or
revenues
might
be
imbezelled
,
lost
,
or
alienated
.
For
it
is
just
(
saith
the
Canon
)
that
the
goods
a●d
possessions
of
the
Church
should
bee
preserved
for
the
Church
,
with
all
diligence
,
as
also
with
a
good
Conscience
,
and
faith
towards
God
,
who
hath
the
oversight
of
all
,
and
judgeth
all
.
●…
ost
Can
.
40
.
●…
d
Afric
.
Can
.
●…
33.
For
these
goods
are
{αβγδ}
,
the
Lords
possessions
,
and
it
is
not
in
the
power
of
man
(
the
case
of
necessity
onely
excepted
)
to
sell
or
waste
,
or
give
them
away
,
or
to
dispose
of
them
to
any
common
use
.
When
I
had
with
no
small
griefe
observed
the
manifold
distempers
of
these
times
,
and
layd
them
to
heart
,
I
was
much
distempered
therewith
,
wondering
whither
all
these
tended
:
but
when
I
called
to
mind
that
of
S.
Paul
,
that
wee
must
know
,
〈…〉
Tim
3.1
.
that
in
the
last
dayes
perillous
times
shall
come
:
I
resolved
,
that
this
Prophesie
was
now
fulfilled
:
For
a
man
that
hath
but
halfe
an
eye
may
see
the
whole
Rabble
,
that
the
Apostle
reckons
up
in
the
seven
next
verses
,
even
in
the
midst
of
us
:
but
my
comfort
is
,
that
there
bee
many
living
,
that
shall
see
also
the
conclusion
of
this
Prophesie
,
and
the
confusion
of
this
rabble
:
for
the
Apostle
assures
us
,
that
they
shall
proceed
no
further
,
for
their
{αβγδ}
their
folly
,
their
madnesse
,
Ib.
Verse
9.
Amentia
.
Bez●…
their
sencelessenesse
,
shall
be
manifest
unto
all
men
,
and
then
will
all
men
detest
them
and
cast
them
off
.
These
considerations
one
after
another
comming
so
happily
to
my
mind
,
I
could
not
but
impart
them
unto
you
,
as
a
testimony
of
that
true
affection
which
I
beare
to
you
and
yours
:
God
of
his
mercy
grant
,
that
they
may
worke
that
effect
,
which
they
were
intended
for
;
that
so
both
you
and
I
may
one
day
heare
with
comfort
,
that
Euge
bone
serve
,
come
my
good
servant
,
that
delivered'st
this
good
word
in
due
season
:
come
also
my
good
servant
,
thou
that
didst
hearken
to
this
good
word
,
and
madest
the
right
use
of
it
,
enter
,
enter
both
of
you
into
your
Masters
Joy
.
This
is
the
Prayer
of
Your
truly
affectionate
Friend
and
Kinsman
&c.