& oa
The binding of the Covenant and
all Covenanters to their good Behaviours,
B Y
A ]uft Vindication of Dr. Grf«^m Ana!yfis(chatis,his re-
foivineof the Covenant to Law and Juftice, to Duty and
Confcience, toReafonandReliaion, Or his diffojving it) againiUhe
Gacotoray of a namelefs and ftamdefs LrttUsr the worthy Hype-
Gr*fto*9 A rigid Presbyter.
With aa Aufwcr to that Mb»Jfw»r Par<tdox9ofNo Sacrilege no Sin, to alie
nate Church Land?, without and againlt all Laws of God and Man.
Written by the Author of tbc Analyst.
i.if. Be not riehtcous overmuch
«, Whatfoevcr things arc true,honcft, ]uft,ptire,lovely, of good, report,
if any venue and.praife think on thcfc things.
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Ncc abinvtur c»M\tniMt *h viQlAtwrMmlM,
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TH E
THOR
4
TO THE
READER
Aving had the honor and haf pine fs>>
after the example of the great Mh&-
nafius f the induftrious S. ^duftin ,
and our own learned Arckbifliop
Wbitguift, and Mr. ^ Hooker, in our former
dark and ditmal times, to encounter withfome
fucccfs the enemies of this Church^of the King
and Kingdom, in thofc popular andprefump-
tuous waies, wherein they moft pleafcd thcm-
felves : And having lived to fee that the joy
of Hypocrites, the profpcricy of the Wichd^ and
the triumph of Violent men is but (horr^ I further
applied my felf, fince the moft happy rcftauri-
A j no»
To the
tion of our mofl welcome Soveraign, and in
\i£f-
bun, of all things (acred and civil, to advance -i
itte.-publiqve.peAC* in thofc precedent }uftand
moderate way?, wherein I (aw the -tf^emwas of
a^r happy un-io* did fttfl moll t«niwite. Among
which^ char of //:e Covenant feemcd one of the
great? ft and moil popu !ar:not as fo i sole ^;/'.^ in
it, which are cwjonant to itsgenerfdexfrtfiiofa of
Loyalty fadigMn9 and Reformation, of limiting
all mcns endeavours and a&ions ro thdr^/jc^,
Af^ and calling agreeable -to die Word of God,
to the Laws of the Land, and to ihtifo'toerof
godlirwfi ;• To which all good mettAw\[\ readily a-
gree :
Butthcfcruple and1 fcandal lies in that one
captious particular of it, which concerns thte
Government of the Church in the way of Epifca-
pACy, as itftandseftablirtied by our Lay s, add
conform to thQCat'bolhk cuftom of this and all
primitive, ancient Churches, which cannot be
prefumfttioufly and wilfijlly aboiifhed by any one
Church, or any Ea&ion and party in that
Church without tliefnofSchifm^ot can itjuft-
ly be oppreffcd, while that Government one-
ly is under the appoinrmentandprotedlion of
the Laws, and confirmed by the Oathand Con-
fdsnce of the King , as Sttprems Magiftrttt:
Nor,
Nor can it b- cjone charitably, while the
litionofEpifcopacie muftbs made the inja-
ry and utctr wiping oc fo many le£rned,godly,
and innocent '8i(l>j->s, vith other reverend Mi-
niflers; Nor can it bedonc prudunly, while
l he ext^pation of Efifcofacy, and introducing of
an HeaMcJ? Presbyitri^ was, and is evidently
to the overthrowing of all due Authority, Order^
Government i Volif} > Vmty and Teace in thb
Church and Scate: Laftly, nor coiildnot be
done boncflly & ^cfn/^becaufe To much to the
reproach of this L burtb & Nation; of our refigio*
as Cbrifliin and Reformed, which hereby arc ex-;
pofed b) the fadious humors, andlviolentno-
.velties ot feme men, to the higheft and mod
bdio'ujJO^wftifiof Schifoij Rebellion, Per
jury, Sacriledge , Inor Jinaciori and Confu-
fion.
To avoid all which mifchiefs (b ffAffant and
MCtimbeatontbw Church An dKJn^dom^ and ftill
fomented byfome pecviih men, none of the
moft learned, ingenious or influential ^ for
the learned and fober Presbyters donowall
in Church and Suate Cunitcina juft EpifeofMy%
under a;w/Z Monarchy: )b\.n the others are ftill
fficklingagainftboth, under pretext of their
once cWinamihg, ai they fancy,againft the horns
and
and hotft, root And branch of all fflfopt and
Epifcopal Authentic.
Hence i thought it my duty freely to ftate
the obligation of that CtiVentn^ which fonns men
jo urge And idolize, not as to «my chmg in ic
which is holy, fared,] uft9 bw/i^ orkgaUjwcefi
fary(to which all men are tic d by moral obli
gations, much aricfenter then tw of the Co.
venant) but meerly as to the parts of EpiUa-
facy and Presfyterit, asdfftinft mo.xs ofGbfarn*
w^nnthe Cbwb
Againft th* fir ft, and for thefec0nJ9 fome
men fancic themfelvcsf ycsl, aud the whole
Nation) fo ftridlly engaged by thu fyTKnantjbwc,
they may not in any kindc conform to Efifcofal
Prefidcncieand Auchoriticjthough eommeird-
ed to them by Stfip'tiralpreceJcnts, by Aptfoli-
cal prudence^ by Catboiick cufomt% by um^eifal
confem and af probation of all the learned a d
godly men, ancient and modern in this and
all Churches , befide the long pofTcffion ic
hath had in our Laws of England j as having
its it nothing e^il% cither againft the Word of
GoJ, or the rules of right ^ftz/iw, or Precefts of
good Order and ^Politic 9 but moft confonant to
them all, andfo no way to be covenanted a-
gainft as evil and un lawful.
For
To tire Reader^
Forthefecond (of headlefs
they are tooth and nail mod pertinacious, and *
pretendedly confcientious, though not com
manded of God any where, nevef ufed in the
ancient Churches or this, a mecr M9ehjte to
the Church of England, againftwrLi'to, and
the very genius of the Nation, commonly be
gan by violence, and at befl excuj^ble oncly by
fitceffitie: Commonly attended with maay
/editions in j (tries t indignities and rapines in Church
and State; and fo no way apt tobcabjol*telyco-
Venaflted for, • as having nothing iti it piouflj,
morally or politically good and necejjary,
Y^a- further f Vrcsbyterie , as ati cnemic to
Eptfcopitcji is as muchco^rTrjw/^^againft under
tir e natnc otScbifm andSuperflition, as any thing
can be, and as j*ftly j fincc there i^ nothing
moir^ evident thtn this, That Presbyterie apo-
ftatizing from, and deftrudive to EfijaoptScy^
is,at to the cuftom of the Catholick Church ofCbrift,
and as to this Church of England, a moft «0fdi
r/0itf'N0}tt/#, *n& riotous Schtfrh \n$fo€cclefi-
^/Vrf/(^nfe:Aftd as to <wr L^^, or National Con~
ftitutions (from Magnet Char fa i& fhid day^hich
are all for Spifcofacy) it id a Civil JV^, & ille
gal Fa&io»& full itjipfrftith* as edition ; as «to-
ed
<ed by foue^ nourifhed by Hoe J and
IclMhaming and deftroying> nolefstfaen cw»
founding all things ci^n and/ acred f
Which is no falfc or -odious refiettionjzut a true
and j-u[t representation of what our late mi(e-
ries havepr/»^^on our faces, beads, tacks, fides ^
band* and feet > as remarkably as the thorns, and
"tobipSj atidnaits, andfyear did their wounds and
marks on tb^facred "Body of our blejjed fydeem*
er, when he was crucified with afcornful and
wanton cruelty.
So that nothing in the World can appear
more full of pride, partiality, preemption and
pertinacie, then for men once befooled with
the popular, yet illegal and inpradicable no-
veltie of Presby teriCj to fancy thcmfelves to be
bound by aay facred Covenant, either to pur ?
foe fuch a dangcrous,unlawful and deftrudive
a toy, ottooppofeio ^f/o/io/ici, 4Mientsprudcfa>
Venerable and experienced a good a^ is in Epifcot
pal order and duthorttyjigbtly conftituted, and
wifely managed, according to ourgcsd Laws,
and the? examples of c*uttent Bifhops in all
ages of the Church.
Hence I concluded, that no Covenant > Pois>
or O4^cou!d in truth, judgement qr right ewfnefi
be taken, either ablolutelj agaiuft the firft, as
it
To
it is good ; or for the/fcW, as it is evil, So that
if the Covenant (ascodhat elauie sgainftpre-
lacy) were urged agamtt £/>*/c0f*fy, which is''
good by the law of God and man ; or for Pr«-
bjitsrie^ which hath no Law for it, nor any ne~
ceflary good in it, it muft needs be fo far null
aod void, unlefsitbe fas it ought in reafun^
juiticc and confcience) rcgu!ac«d by fuch a
fenfeand interpretation as is con/ want to Stnpture,
Anttquiij^ L(n»,Loyaltyan36qttit)n Whereby
not only Epifcopacie in its ancicntjega!, pater
nal and prefidcotial honor, righcf and autho
rity -, but'Prestyterie ink$fubordinate;*»^7«r^
and fraternal jfitfttnce , might be ««/W and
maintained.
No man is further, then I defire to be, from
any frvfauing fatjtcfcd name of God,bj breaking
any lawful Oath, fow9 or Covenant t or brir ging
On and fhamc upon any mens fouls, much iefs
onthcNadon. Yea, IvchcmcotlicafTertwhat
if for the matter of it, morally and rtligtwflyfro-
fiflcd in the Covenant • from which obligations
no man can befrceoratJoll>ea,whethcT nctoofc
the Covenant or not: But I abb&r thcchildifh
Impoflurage of thole, who under fair preface*
tad pretences, in their ctf*en*ntin£ way, feek to
wrap up and carry on thtir *u]*]i*u&faerilsgi-
a otts
7 otke Trader.
QUI dcfign$:& wWlechey profeffcd at firft to the
WwLi a: home and abroad, that i&ifonl) aimed in
the* CdT>sn<Tnt at humble^ lawful, loyal and honeft
endcttonrt ^ to r</onw what feemcd, or really
was amifsin thtcoxftittttionoradminiftrdtion of
Church Qe^trwnentvft&vgUudi From hence
(as 'Power and Succcls tempted them) to
ttneke a furprizc upon ^0«^ And Parliament ,
ChbrcbanJ'Statti and by the /crewing^ and /»-
fitiuitjingi of Faff ions proyffs and practices , at
hit utterly to exclude all ancient, venerable
3frd lawful EptfcopiKy, and to obtrude «/w* this
fo famous and flourifhing Church and King
dom (without any couH/etandcwJent of a Nati
onal Syn&d%or any Civil Sanftion of Aj#£, ^or^;
and Commons') the /%a/ and undigejlednoTvelty
of Prrttyterie, ivhich lets up a petty Pope or
Spiritual Princt in tveryP^r/j^, and puts .the
grand PO/I>JF or Tuktiqu* G&wmtent of the
Church, into thepower of thofe^w^, raw,
rafb and bttdyftri filing* > who arc fitter by far to
be giftmmd) tlien to gtfwm in ebiefany thing
fay.arid their fafiibns arwi L»/?^ their families
*ahd farifhes, which in adoe fabordination to
their Fathers ,- 'Elders and Superiors 3 the Bi-
fhops, they may ^conisrttaadablie matwge^ as
hofisft Gopitables under lattices. But in a
ft
or Sufwfarity, they would be as
rate drivers asTbattw or W« 5 fa&x prifarpt»
tuhncy, juvenility, faftion, and fury would foon
fet Church and State on fire, as the mutinous
Souidicrs Joan Army, when they are all im-
pa?kni to be commanded, and as ambitious to
command others as unable to command them
felvescr others.
While I was thus (bberlic fttomttwg tbi*iuft
& CbrifiMn defign t to which 1 prcfumcd all men
of uuintercfled minds would chcarfully concur y
to curb the pcremptorioefs of Vwbytery, and
to relieve the oppreffcdftate rf Sfijeofaty, out
€Omefi/r^ a notorious Libctter, the work of an
impotent a? id incontinent &r*'6/*r9*aniinatcd or
infpired(a5icfecms)byDr. S«rp« (thc^w<?».
dam fay- Btfa? aiici $)can oi Welltt) where the
Auibo* b?iug tf/wW io /he»Uitfac*9 or own fo?
;w/r^, merit's ir« little regard <« A^ 7?//f Anatomy,
which "s s a e^njufed RApfody of Fatttcy and Ma-
kc*9 enraged from the jtaloufie and dread oflofing
the great afytiwK* which chac wrctclicd perfon
and D,S. feems to hare in (ome/Acril<g?ious and
ttnlwfttl piflf chafe a/* 1b/bopt and C60r*/b /4»4//;
Aher thk comes another, as weak and wilful
*• che /cn»*r9 chough not fo rude or raving:
But as amicable and civil as can be
To the 'Reader.
from a rigid Pmtytcrianj who refolves not to
be quiet, tillheandhisp^fj rule Church and
State, IQng* *vd Bi/iops9 agaiflftall/0>;^re0-
floms , and prefent Laws of this Church aud
Kingdom. So great a friftator there is in little
Mr,Gr4/if*0, a pcrfon whom I know no:., yctl
have fo much love and valuc/07 him,, as I finde
him a pretender to fomething Loyal* Logical
and Retigiou*% though no lover of Rhctorick
With what fucccfs he hath encomtred the
fHfti*e*ndlcyalty9 rea/on andrf/rgiotf to which I
fought to reduce the Covenant) and to which it
mutt either bend or break, while I oppofed
the factious , irrational, wjuwuf, /acrilegiw, ir-
rsligiout and barbarous fcafe which he and others
with the Libeller leek to affix to /^poffeffed by
a freibyterian nntamed tyirh, I leave to the
Readcri\ud*eme*t and conjcttncc.
Who, if an honed hearted Cottntinter, hith
iibertie to keep what of it is lawful anajufl and
iionelyoW^^-not to pradlice what he could
not defirc or fromife, covet or covenant with-
out fin j that is, to do injurie to any honeft
wan, much left to fo many vorthy wn as the
Bifliopsol England, and other digaificd Cler-
|ienacn weie and are , and tleaft of all to tke
of England, yea to the whole Church and
lom, to the L*ws, and to God htmjelfi
to the prejudice of any of thefc, no Covenant '-•
may be taken or kept*
I deferred my Apclogic awhilc,firft,bccaufe
I had not time fooner to attend it : Secondly,
bccaufe I expedlcd that others of the like bran
and leaven would appear in the caufe, and fo
I might take them altogether : though I finde
no men of learning andingcnuitie, but area-
foamed to appear in fuch a caufe, which fo foul
aud notorious a Libeller had fo />0/y*;;</, as a
meer Borbontcs : who favours fo ranck of a /i-
crilegious Apfftate, that nothing is confldcrable
that he can/*? or dt like\bimfclf'
He feems to have (ome irons in the fire, with
which his dear friend Dr. Purges it like to turn
bu fingers : Thcfche would fain hammer on the
antiloftbe QT0enant3 that \s>facriledge> on what
he calls fared: But the hot fparki fly too faft 4-
broad to do much good on it : He will findc
Jober Presbyterians, who are no Purchafcrsof
concerned in bu/ad
fy own, yea and profefs Co the Kings
a quicfceny under Epifcoftl Government, as no
munfiflgnt wh the Covenant > in fuch a Le-
g«*s /#/*g PIOUS ihiuj'rr/^rm iiztiiV) us onsiy can
a,ake u muttriafty l&^ful lUd obliging,
The tr ut h is^hc Libeller is fab a Cretan Beaft f
andfo Qftt&wf fitly Lucre, that 'tis pity Mr.
Gnfton ftiould be cbupfoitrtifti him •• Therc&re
I have in molt parts or my Rej}y} fevered them
j* -. A»ja IM *-_ .-^ ^ ' * i* v «(r \.* +* r-+rm * M«^« •» *-% *• rf» *!** «« V - * _ * P» 1 • /"V
fcare
them with t e $ddi;i(*n of bis dreadful Name :
Not Deed fj« a.fiy^rptf^* '^Ptor er Tormentor
then hii^Vffli el?1/? fa$$ift, < -{ ul&wed confci-
^Hce/wh^hfprsyO^ "i-Uwncl. --For
God forbid, ; fitbat he liquid be
out of mj ch&riy, i Ij'c^ablc of Gcdt
mercy*
(' Toccndud^I!^ rO#^r,knov*
t'have firft T»eatied ray Jfclf ; ^K8 h«^e no otiieir
cxcafe but the /fcfrfe^t i^ponmu)^ tktfe tw&
'^tnt'ag&ntflt^ <B3aUeti$$ Th^ one of which
Js..dthbitiffus to
uretafe
^^ all ^1
ife again their Law and Ww, and ^o«y
aCbnJciettces^nd KtwrA and $f'EpM9 aiidall
that is C5/V ^r ^cr^, juft or honeft, whkk dod
defend*- jsjor
To the Reader.
Nor fhali 1 be wanting by Gods Mp& \ have
furc^ to reprt fs tte flames offucb Incendiaries
while a/* # <sV0/>J of inklnll coil their con* age, and
son fate their fallacy, and make their folly ib ma-
nifcft to allgodlj wife mcn,thauhey (Lall pro
ceed no further.
Tbis is certain, I have none to fear but God
and the King, who abhor (9 he flattered : and if
any factious or facrilegious fl>irits fancy that
they arc now fo confiderablc as to be either
fe&edvrflatteredby my fpecch or filcnce;in rc-
fpeA of their Catits tnd Otjt&ionsjbcj wil much
miftke their mark, as we I as their party andinte-
refi, which in good^arneft^ as far asitisAnti-
cpifcopal, never depended upon any firength
ofRea/on, mtjmcere RtlJoKM,nQrhonefy tndinge-
but mccrlieon 1 umuks aid Armies, on
God be thanked vaniihed, likctfee midnight
flwtwi or morning d^rws when rfieSun i« fiJeo.
All wife and worthy men nowfcerhcbxft aad
bottom of Presbytciic,and the want & worth
of €piJ€cfacy : and after many fad effays of f adti-
ons, are refolved into the verity of faith, the
fandtify of merals,the folemnity of Devotion,
the authority of Miniftcry, the eminency of E-
fifcopacy, and the unity of this Church Nati-
To the Deader.
onal » which muft be vindicated againft all ener\
lerefoijcfajm,fropbanen$fijtom^
difordtrja&io*) rigid PrcsbyteriCiPragmaticks,
Independencie: and all conf ufion, 'I he Scene is
now happily tbangedby Gods miraculous mer
cy : nor will any thing now take, unit ft the Faftors
for Novelty can finde new Aflw, and nc-ft ^//orj,
and new Armies ibrtheir defigns* All the old
jaltiatinrs andpAinnnvs arc vanithed : nor hach
^"^ t W * f
Presbyteries/ thing by which to rccornracad
itftlf to the Enghfh Nation, but penitent, bum-
blc and, loyal fubmifsion to the Laws3to the 2fyi£,
and to the Bifhops, which arc no more to be ex
tirpated by P resby tew, then Presbyters may be
extirpated by Birfiops; Unitcd,they arc invinci
ble, divided, they will not be verjrconfiderable-
A Paternal prehcmhiency of the one, and a
Fraternal fubordination of the other, is the cen
ter and circumference of tbit Cbnrcbes feact , and
the great Confirmation of our Religion ai Cbrtflwt
and Reformed,
Haretett.
•*>•
he binding of the Covenant and all
Covenantors to their good behaviour.
o K
A juft Vindication of Dr. (JanJen'f
Anal) fis, againft the Anatomift and the
Analcptift.thc Libeller3and Mr.Craftffx.
Hen I fiift fjt forth my Annlyfis or
Resolution of the Covenant ( fo
far as it might any way feem
reconcilable , and ought to have
been confiftent3 as with Law and
Juftice 3 fo with the Jpoftolic^
and Gdtloltck, Government^ of this
and all at:, ient Churches, in the way of Epifcopal
order and authority ( That is leaft Mr. Craft an
fhould again miftake my meaning, the prefidency
of one chief Presbyter or Bimop among many, and
above all lelTer B;(bops or fubordinate Presbyters in
his DioceG, accoidineto the ancient cuftcm , and Or. <
if n- i • M \ * i *-v dcasninhi
Laws Ecclefiadical and civil ) my aim was onely to An-3)fiv
abfolve thofe fcberer or fimpler minded Covenanters
from thoft fuperititious and injuvious^r<?/jby which
B the
Tf>e binding of att Covenants
the artifice of fome men ( moftwhat interefTed in
purchafes of Grown and Church Lands) fought under
the fpecious name of the Covenant., to captivate con-
fcicnces to themfclves, and oblige well-meaning men
to everlafting antipathies againft that m(>li'pifmi*
live, prude nr3 and only legal govermcnt of Epjrco-
pacy^ meerly through popular rniftakes, and w-ifter
prejudices againft it $ (of which no Oath, Cove cant:
or Vow taken in Judgement, Truth, and Rights-
oufnefs can be guilty.J It was far from my thoughts
by fuchfober and true, though to fome men fa ;art
expreflions, as I then ufed in a matter of fo great
concern, to add any fpark or fewel to thofe fad com-
Itifttons in Church and State, which had fo long ex-
haufted the beft bloed and fpirzts of this Nation,
And wiiich were not thereby quenched until the
foft dews of heaven 5 and the liberal 3 but gentle
(howres of the Divine goodnefs3 diftilled upon this
fcorched Church and State ? in miraculous mercies y
no lefs unexpected then ttndeferved, by a foolifli pso-
ple5 and finful nation, in which too many people
being guilty of Rebellions and Regicides 5 of facri-
legious and fcandalous Apoftacies, muft needs be
hold our blefled change, with as much envy, terror
and regret at our happinefs, as they have little re-
morfe or fbamefor their former impietie, or prcfent
impenitcncy.
$J. Mean while all religious hearts were greatly re-
frefhed, filled and overflowing with joy and thanks
fbr thofe gracious and wonderful difpenfations of
God5not onely to the King and his Kingdoms, but to
the diftrcffed^efpifed, and almoft deftroyed Church
of England 3 when they faw on the fuddcn the
toikirgtod *
perfon and majefty of the King, fb long banifhcd
and contemned by men of blood and fans of Be I/ a I,
but paflionately defined 5 honored and loved by all
honeft Subjefts and good Chriftians, i eftored to his
Kingdoms in peace 5 when they beheld the prince
ly branches of that royal ftock and family replanted
in their native foyl, the honor, fulnefsand freedom
of Parliaments hi Lords and Commons reftored } the
captive, and aimed defolate Church of England $
which Foxes and Bores had waited in a way to be
redeemed 5 the opprefTed Bifhops and other learned
Churchmen, revived andin fome fort repaired j the
juft rigor of the long-bafli'ed laws recovered ; the
black and bloody fcandulsof our Chriftian and re
formed Religion, begun to be removed } all things
civil and facrcd to put on a new face, and (as after
fqualler of the floodj) to begin to flourish to the ex
ceeding joy of all true EngHih fpirits, that had any
regard to their reformed Church3 and true religion
fo long flouriftiing in it.
jr. After this bleffed change of 'beauty for aflxr >
of the wine of joy for the water of afflr&iottj of order
for confufion } of Monarchy and Epifiopacy, for Dtf-
mecracyand Anarchy ', for Tresbytery and Independen
cy. Dr. Gattden thought it not amifs to endeavour,
as occafion was given 3 with all meekttefi of voifdem
in truth and charity 3 fairly to remove any thing
which he faw either in the nature of the things ,
or in peoples mifconceits , might any -way hinder
the happy progrefs3 and tonftant growth of our cont-
-mon peace and profperity, both'in'Cf-nrc'h'arjd St'ate^
which as no prefumptuous fins or infolent ufurp:tti-
ons of any men ought any longer to pervert 3 fontfr
B a ought
man,
The binding ofaS Covenant* and Coty
ought any private pa (Bans, or perfonal prejudices^
or illegal engagements, or groundlefs iupcrftitions-,
or partial Vowt> and Covenants any way hinder or
diminidi } efpecially upon any fuch account as ha- h
no precife command, or particular inftitution in the
Word of God, nor yet any foundation or injunction
in the L.iwsand cuftomsof this Church andKingdom}
to neither of which the Covenant could pretend, in
gny pjea Qf py^j^ duty, right and neceffity 5 either
as to its matter, method, manner or authority 5 Nor
doth either the Jlialipart Anatomijl^ or the modefter
Analeptijl prove any of them 3 by which to give the
Covenant any precedent validity of Religion or Law,
as enjoyncd by God or the King , apart from which
its fubfequent preiTure or bond upon the fouls of the
takers^ cannot be further confiderable, thenits gene
ral matter was morally lawful, pious., juft and chear-
ful^ unlefs they think that mult be made amaximc
in morality and piety, Fieri non de-butt fa&um valet]?
\vhich holds only good in fome State policies,or cafes
of civil exigency and neceffity, where the change or
remedy of things may be more dangerous, then the
error and inconvenience which is happened.
Difference £t Neither the AnatemJft nor the Analeptift (whom
between the r> ' r i 1 • r •
-iftai:d Ur.Gauaeu dorhnot joyn now, or at any time toge-
tlier, as to any exa^cl: parallel of their minds and
manners (" which may differ as much as white and
black ifobricty and fl/trr/lity, fan&ity and facrikdge^
fimplicity a-nd Hypocrifie 5 but only as tothofe com
mon notions and fancies of the Covenant, in which
they feem to concur. I know there is as much dif
ference between an open and ittgenuow Writer^ and a
cnl^ng Libeller^ as between the Letters
of
td their good ttba'blours. J
<c'F Z;G?» and C B. or the name of zachary Crafton>
and Corneliuf Burgcs} neither of them f fay can be
ignorant, that thofe Covenants-Leagues .> Oathes, Fows,
and Ing&gemcnts , which fbmetime prevailed upon
the Nation, in broken and bleeding times ("as Si
meon andLevi didagainft the sichemites^ when they
\vere circumcifed and fore) did arife rather from
the violent pumping: of humane power and policy ncw^Core-
(accordisg to the jealoufies, fears, animofities, and nants^nd
interefts of divided and prevailing parties ) then ^e^u^and
from' the clear fountains of Gods word , and Chrifts i<£j*
bleilcd Gofpe), which are pure and peaceable ^ nor
yet d jd they flow from the fprings of National Ju.'
Jlice> our Laws civil or eccltfaftietl,
$. No, they were all foreign and cxotick plants,
which neither grew among the Scriptural Lillies^ nor
the Englijh Rofes 5 but were flips or inoculations,
inlays or off-lets taken from the Scotifi thiftle, or
from the Gttifian Garden , or from the laft Bohemian
bitter root, which by way of covenant too engaged
that Kingdom and all Germany in To long and dread
ful a war, or from the Guenfes in the NcatherUnds*
who fped not much better with their firft covenant-
7^: and how holy foeverfome men mayyetefteem
any of thofe covenanting pattern!, yet we are fure
never any of them hath made any accefsof holineG,
or honor, or peace and happinefs, either to the Re
ligion or Laws, theDo&ri&e or mavrers of any other
muchlefs of this Church and Nation of England, which
o *
were and are in themfclvcs the beft conftituted, and
moft defervedly to be admired of any Church or
.Kingdom in all the world.
$• When firft I had a curfory view of that tnfawout
Lihl
Tbibitiding of all C&benxnts *nd (jTvemnten
Libel (t\\c Anatomy or rather Cacdtomy as I muft call
m * • \ r i • • r *r h \v i -r-^
it, which tought to give it lelt iome credit by 'Dr.
ef the Libel Gaitdetts name ; I-thoaght it too great a lofs of time
e toconfider it, or the quiver out of which thatYe-
nomous5 but harnalefs arrow came 5 Ifawthe Libel
ler under pretended zeal for the Covenant, was
highly concerned in three things 5 firft., To 'calum
niate and reproachjif -he 'could5Dr. Gtudeti. 5 next to
conceal his wretched ielf : ;Laftly.3To contend for the
forlorn Dr.Burges, and revenge his qvmrrel 5 a -client
worthy of fuch a patron , the proverb v*? >wV«x©-
KetjtoV &OP '•) And Turdus Jihi malum cacat^ but its beyond
conjefture, what black^ bird laid fo 'fyotted an egg "-,
but fince he was juftly afhamed of his folf, I thought
it needlefs to fcare the ivorld by bringing to light
this cac&f 5 this hidden work of darknefs : Nor is it
worthy of E>*.Gaudento mind all thofe fcurrilous
and putid effuffons , which the Libeller makes of
his own froth3 filth and folly 5 It being below any
man of honeft employment, tofcufflewith umbras^
to fight with ghofts, or to purfue fuch Gretianbeaft^
as are eafily like rats., difcoverable by their excre
ments.
£. Indeed, I juftly for fome time difdained to
take any exacl view of the Libel, or ^make any re
ply to fuch a pittiful Pamphletcr, who hiding his
head0 or having indeed neither face or forehead ("as
a meer Acephaltjl ) (hewed onely the marks of his
fowl hands and feet., fordid with facriledge 5 be-
fmeared with blood, and filthy with -all that turpi
tude which fruftick or petulant malice is wont to
fuggeft, to people of impotent paffions, unbridled
of ulcerous cpnfcienees3 and of infamous names,
I
to tbdr gwd
i
I judged it beft not to touch fuch an Incubxt, fuch
a< EorborittS) and f»Htt0**w'5 whofruftrates themoft
refolute encou«ters3and vanifheth with a (link or evil
favour unfeen, as unclean ft irtts are faid to do.
Yea rather I thought it my part, being fortified f Jie bcl
with Gods grace andFmy own integrity to ftnnmon
and mufter up all thofe holy charms , thofe fober
graces;, and ferious considerations, which beft be
came me as a man , a Chriftian, and a Miniftcr of
Jefus Chrift 5 left I faould fecm too fenfible of the
Libellers pctttlancy., or provoked to anfwer fuch a
Fantoor Incognito according to his folly j (ince firft
his own minde and manners will inoft feverely pu-
nifh him. Next there was nothing that this Scribler
could with any truth or probability reflect upon Dr.
Gaudcn that deferves to infecl: him with any difcom-
pofure, or the leaft difcountenance ^ no more then
the foam and rage of reaves can foil or fhake that
rock3 againft which they dafh the&felves. Nor did
T3r.Gaude» fear any evil or finifter impreffions to be
made upon any judicious or ingetmous Reader^ who
cither knev/ his converfation or reputation ; which
("blefTed be God) never yet ufed or needed any
compurgators for his credit, nor any pleas for his Sa-
criledge., nor any Apologies for his covetoufnefs and
contentioufnefs3 unbecoming a man of common ho-
nefty : Nor conld he be bjemiihed, muchlefs batter
ed by the fcurrilous ftroaks of fo trivial * pea^ or
the chohrickj)trk{ngs of fo rabid a Libeller , whom to
rebuke, or feek 10 reduce to any thing mo<ieft5fober3
juft,and ingenuous.is to wafh a $UckworeJ.o change
thefpots of a Leonard., and fix the variations of a P#-
tens or aPofypw/., or a Catndion ; 1 found thje LibeHer
had.
& Jbt binding of all Covenants and C
had more malice, and the other as little reafon.
£. In this juftnegleft of them both, I enjoyed my
felf forfome weeks3 after I hadfeen both thofe Re
plies againft my Analysis,, while my attendance oa
bet ter perfons and employments gave me little leifure
to mind., what either this vild Libeller, or the other
mo defer Writer replyed upon my Analyps* which is
fixed upon thefe undoubted and eternal rrincipks of
Juftice and true Religion. ( I .YThat as no man can law-
Dr.Gaudens -f, L ^ ^ ', . . rtr
n^orai and im» *ulty covenant., jwcar-vowAncL engage, hi mje If, contra-
mutable ry to that duty which heowsto Cod, the King, the
grounds Church, the Laws of the Land jud the good of
his Country 5 or contrary to that particular juftice
and charity which heows to himfelf or other men,.
So ("2.) if any man be furprifed and hampered by any
iuch covenanting words 3 and vowing forms 5 as may
feem to involve him in fuch5 not only abfurdities, and.
irregularities, but injuflices. and immoralities., either,
he muft finde outSyXntl keep to/uch a commodious and
honeft fenf e of the words, in the fulfilling and exe
cuting of his Vow, Oath and Covenant, as may con-
fift with Jtiftice and true Religion., with known Laws5.
and former Oaths, binding indifpenfably to the mo
rality of duties. Or (5, )lf this cannot fair Jy be done,
he mail fpeedily retradl: his l rov> and Covenant, fo far,
as he fees it unlawful either in rhe fufception or exe
cution of it, yea he muft repent of his rafhnefs^edtifie
his inconfideratenefs, and take an holy revenge of
bimfelf^y being, as more cautious of fuch covenant
ing, fo more zealous to do his duty quite contrary ta
thofe fnares and furprifes which he now difcovers in
kfr Covenant^ then ever he was to take il 5 fo far un-
sidvifedly, as it proves unlawful for him to perform.
it:
to their got
It 5 fib far unaclvifedry as it proves unlawful fcr him
to performit '-, and onely lawful for him in th'-fe re-
fpeftsto break it, however in other things jufc and
lioneft he may keep it, by vertue of another end
higher obligation , morally lying upon his confci-
cnc'e.
$. But at length having ali'tle leifure, a-ndconfi-
dering that the popular eiuptinefs of the Anakpifl^
and the levity or conterrptiblenefs of the Libeller,
Were made up by the feeming weight of foine ob-
jcdions^and the impudence of fbme calumnies, that
as St. jfm?/« fays hi cafeot Hfrefie, fo in that of per
jury and blafphemyNtf manott^htto havtf*ch .t fjenec
or patience^ s tttayfecr,tftnpidor mgle&tve of his .ind re
ligions honor : I thought it a riglt clue to my filj and Th
to all honeft menjaftti blateronis incptits acrius coer- m
letfucha vile Libeller feehi^ ul form
in a true gl«$ (if he dares to (leal a (7ght of hiir.felf ^\j^\ t '«y,
in thofe fecret corners and difguifcs) where this derf
Adder lurks f and whence it may be, I (hall by (bine
potent inchantments drive rmn tou more publique
view, to own himfelf and his name.
£.After this to let Mr. CV0//0#underftand:)how little
there is of pious perfwafion in his credulous facility,
and popular premmption.
$. To which purpofe I fee it is neceflary for me to
abafe my ordinary jli le andlanguagt> which it feems . ,
the paper-fpoilers cannot indure any more thenty/-piiersquarfl;j
dtrt or T^^//can fage or fafling fpittle , becaufe it «» &'». ««
favours of fometl i )g which the one calls Oratory, the tory'
other condemns for Rhetoric^ and luxuriancy of l<tn-
$ yet both fometimes vapor in words like Row-
as when pag.6. the Libeller fpeaks of & L&. as
C one
Jhe binding of all CwetA
one already arrived at fuch herds of good words, and
flock* °f figure ft rare and florid ftrains of bumbaft
ftufFD asfulfomas falfe } being indeed both of them
as far from the true jlrengtb and politttre of acute or.
elegant writing 3 as the mufick of a Jews-trump is
from the melody of a Lute : But dcfpairing like the
Satyr in the fable to (ing or play well, they feek to
break all musical Injlrumnts in pieces which they
can lay their paws upon.
^.Therefore to fuit^this Libeller j grojfer geftitif^nd
the vulgar capacity of the Annleptifl^ I will endea
vor to entertain them both., with as flat and dbdwn-
right expreffions^s I can defcendto : For I feefhey
arc better at plain cudgel-play 3 then at any w^ of
finer fencing. For the firft, you (hall fee him in his
native colours and cloaths ("like country fellows with
their flails and leather doublets) when he appears
triumphing and (butting in his Rhedowentado titles
of defiance, in his prodigious ray lings., in his farcafti-
cal Ironies , in his fallacious Sophifms, in his dull ar
gumentations 3 in his fpecious pretentions of zeal,
and clamors for Reformation , which he loves as
much as the Devil doth holy water 5 with thefegh-
zittgs doth he fawn upon any fa&ion, that is proba
ble to renew our troubles, and releive his and his
dear D.Es. defpairs : With thefe ineongruous agita
tions doth he fometiir.es flrike at the perfbnof Dr.
GAuden^ his well known an4 true aflfertions, and at
his ufeful variations a$ to places and imployments for
fome tin:e, at his (ilence t6 D . n. :his paradox of Sa-
criledge \ otherwhile he flies to the refuge of his^r-
eredCovenant, of which he is more zealous then M*-
c*h wasqf bis gods beipg taken from hioi, ieaft it be
either
totfairgood tebtfbiffurl it
either reconciled to Epifcopacy, or made Nehuftan 5
for then farewel to all faerilegious yurchafcs.
Thus the frantick humor of the man fometimes
beats the air, anotherwhile himfelf, while he lays at
Dr. Gaudcn withal his might and malice, as the blind
and enraged Cyclop f did at Ulyjfts , '{hewing by his
various freaks and inordinate digreffions , as void of
wit, oratory and method, as of truth and confidence,
how touchy and galled he is, by the fore wounds
which his former prefumptuous tin$3 and now the
Jaws of the Land do give him.
£. The firft fanatick fit of thisLibeller is to affix to T: emk-of
his Pafquil a mod truculent title (the Anatomy of Dr. tiscLibci
Gandens idol feed nonfevfe and blafyhcmj.') An In-
fcription fit for Goliah, or Rabfakgh*'cn PBlyphcmits^
or Tolypurgonicet) or DAmetas , or fuch TbrafonicJ^
vaperersand HeUor^ who fancy that a bold defic and
and challenge is half the combate and conqueft ^
knowing that moft fpeclrators of Book^ look not
much beyond the T/f/e, loth to examine how it is
made good in the Treattft, but prcfently they go a-
way5as fully informed of the whole for j> as they think
they know by the Infiription what is in the dpothcca-
ries pots or boxes.
$. Though nothing is more ufual then thefe popu-
hr afts of Impudent calumniators, and defperute
undertakers of a loft caufe j Shirxei doubts not to U<KCIK>.
brand David with the name of a man of bh^ cur-
fingashewent t\\e Lords Anointed'-) &k'Athciii*ufx
callSt.P^/aWfer, others call him a pepilent fellow
*nd f edition: Nay the Jewifh malice a.id blayfatny
firft feek to crucihe the good name and credit of
C 2 Chrift,
Tfe £iiubVg
Chilli $ fonietimes counting him a Winebibkw and &>
$ttttt9ttt a friend of pbblic&Ks and ftttn^rs 5 yea they
cry out of him as a. blafphemer .5 and when dead, re
pute him a Deceiver •> Naboth is accufcd for bUfphetttf.
that he may be (toned, aud his vineyard p&ffeffid ;
what will not facnlegious avarice brand with blafphe--
mj, if they feek to queftion or (hake the unjuft titles
or fuch purchasers * Poor f:pifcopacyy is nothing, and
the facrcd C^etf^mMs nothing, and real blajphemj i$-
«<?/ «Wf£ to this Libeller , but Btfljep.t^ and Deans*
and Chapters Unds are all in all ••> The Covenant and
JE?g4!£e/!0Mf tbofhall be Cicrcd, if they will help to
keep cut K;«^/ <?/«/ Bijkops from, recovering their
rights : This is a better plea and title then any Z>. y.
can bring in f^eftffti»fter-hal!foT his houfes and lands,
at Wclls9. for which this Libeller is fo paffionate and
warm an Advocate. •> operctdtum paviUa digmflimum j
Tis pitty the pot and its cover fliould be parted.
£. But all this titular pomp and p<tradoe fignifies no-
thing, with, ibber and wife men?. yea us juftly fuf-
pedlied, there is little manly truth there, where the
pillow and idol isfo full-ftuffed with Goats-hair,
this is the wonted way for jgj/^rand Cheats tQgull
country hbt: Nothing is more eafie then to prefix
fuch Labels to the vileft Libel t > as thofe paphleters
of the fame barrel with this calumniator were in
thela^l years wont to doj when on every Book-
fellers dale were laid, out, ih* ^ntichrijlianifa of
AH Eijhops, a#d Epifcopal Ordination , The downptl
0f Baals Prreftfj 7 hs vanity of ^abj-btptifa 5 Bo The
necejpty of Reformation '•> The Divine right of Presfyte-
vyt> Chrijlon hit Throne '•> A voyce out of the Temple^
and the like, Some metis defperate malice is fo in^
pudent
to thflr good behaviour, IJ
puclentasto brand with black ftigma's., and crown
with thorns, tke moft innocent hands and foreheads }
alfo to adorn with Angelick vizards, the mod: Hel-
liih Devils } as thofe cruel Saints xJ id the late murther-
c^and martyred King, when they thought to juftiHc
the:outrnge of their own Viliany, by calling him a
Trytor, a Tyrant, and a Aiurtkerer? titles that this
Libeller will not now dare to own in publique, nor
yetD. E. his great Confident, unlefs they could get
again into Buff-coats, ride at the head of a Troop of
Horfc, and make good that new charge which D. £«
lays upon that King of glorious Memory, as .if he were
fib dcfe, upon the point gHittj of bit own death and
mine , by his obftinate forfaking the Parliament^,
(when he could not fafely fray at irhiteb*l$) and by
\\\s following, as he prates, theconnfetot fomeBifhops
and Clergy-men , nay indeed, the dictates of his
own confcience, according to the Word of Ged,
the Laws of the Land, and his Oath taken at his
Coronation, to prelerve the Clergy as well asthe
Laity, in their rights und immunities,
many other f/^/e/ of fcurrility 8cfillinefs,I ^L- what the
could leaft tel what the Libdler meant by the epithite J
ideli^d Non-fcnfe, unlefs he feared and found by iix^
fome Experience, that the folid weight and divine rcnfe
truth of that free and rational ^nalyfs (void of ob-
fcurity, popularity, partiality, Sopiflry, or flattery)
was likely to prevail To far to- the fausfaclion of all
ingenious and honeft minded Covenanters, as to re
deem them from thofe Anteyifcopal animofities and
antipathies, in which they were cunningly engaged,
andftill were fought to be deceived byfuch deceit-
fnl
'The binding of all Covenants knd (jftemnten
ful Worker s> who hope to make ufe of the Covenant^
onely to keep out BiJ/wpfy and other Church-men from
their Eftates? and to keep thefe crafty Merchants in
the poflfeffion of their Put-chafes -, elfe why fhould this
Libeller and his Bernbo D. B. be thus touchy in the
point of reducing the Covenant to fuch a fenfe as is
not lefs confident with Epifcopacy, then with right
reafon, and true Religion , with Law, and Juftice,
with good Order and Polity, with Verity and Cha
rity, with beams o£ divine goodmft and glory, this
Libeller is afraid honeft Rien (hould too foon difcover,
too much venerate and fubmit unto for his profit and
intcreft: For if the Covenant will not protect them
from honeft reftitution, and fcare the Law from a
)uft refumption of Chnrch lands^ illegally fold, and fa-
crilegioufly furchafed (especially by Minifters of
this Church,J yea, and very great Conforrnifts too
in times of yore, ttltum eft, feriijli Sacrilege : All is
loft : What (hall D.B.dofor his money lent and dou
bled upon publique faith !
0. The term idolized^ is very improperly affixed
by the Libeller to Ron-fenfe and -bltfihemy : For who
in thefe days isfo blinde a Bigot, as to venerate thofe
Monfters to Reafon and Religion ? Isit not rather the
idolized Mammon of this Anatomift, andhisQ^peer
D. B. which puts him upon fuch outcry s> as AthAliah,
crying Trc^foft^ Treafon^ when (he was the greateft
Tray tor ? Is it not his cwettnfmfs) which jg idolatry 9
that makes him fear IeafthisD^«ofSacri!edge, fet
up in the Temple ef htf heart , and proftituted to
the view of the World by new cafes , and ftra^ge
printed and reprinted, to
the
to their good Mathuf. I y
the rtttufeum and loathing of all honeft men., left this
(hould fall before the Ark, of God ? That juftice3 ho-
nefty, and truth, which ought to prevail, as in every
Chriftians foul, fo in every Chiiftian Church and
State 5 againft which no vain pomp of pretended, ille
gal, jficompteat Authorities, and (b invalid, may any
longer take place, or keep pofieilion, againft the
rightful owners.
£. It is not idolatry^ but pure Reltgwt, and unde-
filed (which good Chriftians will highly value, ex-
m r 11 i t_ L • j b \ i • • rccceir.s men
actly rollow, though to their detriment }. which un- /ropi errors,
deceives honeft-meaning men of fitperflitioffffndret^
and popular furprizes, of vulgar miftakes^ and per
nicious errours 5 which brings them out of darkrteft
and doubting to clear light 5 out of Egypt) to Gofljtn ;
out of partial^ nds9 and pal/tic^ fcrttpnloptief.> to pi
ous, honcft, and prudent liberties, confined to, and
confiftent with the Laws of Cod and the Land 5 be
yond which no Comet , no Ignis Fatmts , lawfully
may or caa lead Gtad Chriftians > and Loyal Sub-
jf. This was the defign and work of the
not Idolized, but juftly efteemed by confciencious
andjudicous men, for its fober ienfe, and fblid piety3
by which it will prevail infpite of all pitiful Libcre
and Pamphlets 5 for Magna eftveritas (frprtvalebW.
JTis as grofs aixl a linine ftncy to charge the worfcl
with idoli'zjng non-ftnft and b'lafrhewy , under fhe
tide of Dr. Gaudens name, as it was a falfe and fcurrK
lous reproach caft by the Heathen on the Jews and
that they worfliipped an Ajjkt he/(d:,or
the
of all Covenant'; and Cottntnten
the ft* denda of their Priefts : The forty Libeller may
(boner hope to have his Cactfony idolized., and ^w
/e//, whenhe dare own his name, or fhew his face as
Father to this goodly brat, to be venerated by all his
facrilegious Setter /, that by the imporencyof his
Wit, and impudence of his P afquil Oratory y he can long
Keep them in poffeffion of the illegal Pttrchafes, and
either by force keep out the L iwful owners of thofe
Lands and Houfes, or clfe, (as in a defperate fiege.)
rather fire and blow up a41 (jus-D.B. threatens) then
fairly quit the ufurpation : This may get the Libel
ler and his Crony D.B. the report which Mierojiratut.
had 5 or the veneratiom which Cam and Jttdas enjoy-;
ed3 who wanted not thofe that almoft idolized the;?
names and memoriesj for the atrocity and infamy of
their facls 5 qui ipfe fceleris vtoUmint & immanitate
credebantttr p/i j as many of latter years were cryed
up for Saints, upon no other account, but the info-
lency, prosperity , and impenitency of their evil
actions.
Thevanity of, £. For the dafh of Non-lenfe ("which this Scribe
pharifee imputes to the Analyfis as falfly, as h«
* Imputing . /-r\ir--j jt'ii
- esfe to the writes icnlej he is indeed highly concerned that the
world (hould think it fo, that they might forbear to
read it, becaufe hefcelsinhis/^r^»«e/, as well as his
covetous confcience, foquicK afenfeof itspregttarit
Weight and power, as is fufficient to make even cre
dulous men cautious, and ra(h men circumfpecl;, up
on the ferious and juft review of thofe things that
pretend to Religion, and yet appear in fober fenfc
inconfiftent with our good Laws, with Loyalty and
common equity : But can this Stentor hope to fcarc
any
to tbeir gwd beucfyioun
any honeft men from reading Dr. G widens A
by decrying it for nvrt-feitfejtnQ yet own it as
that is, highly cftec-ined : who will not rather fee!
the quick motion!} of humane curiodty to read fuch n
piece, as (hall bear Dr. GrfWe»/ ff.«*e3 and yet be tra
duced by a namelcfs Libeller for Kon-finfi> yen3 and
idolized von-ftnfi? The world expciis as little non-
ftnfcfwm Dr. Gaudcn^ as it doth modefty or truth,
and honefty from any fuch Libellers,, or their Confpi-
ratorsand Favourites, fuch as D. B. who areafhamcd
to own what they fay or do 5 oncly they arc difco
vercd, by doing and writing fo as becomes no men
but JMon tiers of haft avarice and impudence., received
by no vertue or fenfe of honour from thofc impudi-
cities, which render them at once impudent, and yet
alhamcd to be known as Authors of fuch rare atchievc+
mcnts, as thefe Libellers are 5 by which the vain ca-
l,t/afti*tor\\opcs to blinde the Englith world, yea, and
the knowing City vf London, with thefe vifards and
clifguifes put upon Dr.Gaudens Analyfis of the Co
venant, as if it were not worth reading, being ar
rant Nonfenf&j nor infe to read, being Blafphc*
my.
§. Doubtlefs in this the Libeller miftakcs his The eyes of
myfteiie of iniquity 5 for as all England, fo chiefly *
the City of London., hath now learned wifdomty™
their afflictions : Their eyes are opened by thofe
(harp eye falves which God hath applied to them,
and by which he hath made all the (bales of fpccious
and popular pretences., with the filmes of faction and
violent Reformation, to fall off. They now difcern
thofe to be but Teraphims and idols of the vulgar^
trie machinations and artificesof crafty Politicians,
D which
1-8 T.f e binding of all Cotewntt and Covenanters
which heretofore were cryed up for Gods and images*
fain from. Heaven. All honeft Citizens and others,
not blinded with felf-intereft, as their purchafes of
Crown and Church lands, or their dcbenturs , do
now difcern clearly between precious liberties, and
hypocritical tyranny j between religious engagements,
and iraytci-QuscovfedcracJesibetween fucli facredLear
gues, and lawful Oa tries allowed by God, and impo-
fed by due Authority of men.
.•;. It muft be very grofs non-fenfe indeed, th.it any
niiiu muft now write of the former policies^ projects,
and proceedings of fome men, and not therein dif-
cover how enterfeiring they were with, and cwtrt-
dittive to the Laws and Oathes of God and man 5 fa
againft their own declared Protcftations, Promifes,
and Propofals 5 that even the ordinary Reader will
eafily difccrn the palpable cheat* and frauds no lefs
then force put upon the Nation 5 and carried on with
an high hand againft King andcfayp, againft Ltrd*.
and Commons , agaiiift our eftates 3 liberties., and
lives 5 againft the order, honour., peace 3 Religion,
jult Reformation and Coafcience of the Church and
State: And all this to gratifie the ambition, cove-
toufnefs, revenge and envy of fuch men, as cared
not what havock they made of things Sacred or Ci
vil, provided they could get pay, and make a good
purchafe of C^, Or Church, or Ddmanmts
lands.
cpot^cy $• This Libeller juftly fears the potent impreffions
SfiS?"1 °f thf1' PJ°11S fcnfe ' which Dr- <***<*«' K wont to
freath and mite (beyond any fuch Scriblers reply )
when he remoaftrates and appeals (as he hath fomc-
tmiesdone both bgtfrtrtki*g..va& printing) to the
City
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Cjfy and Country 5 to the grand body of this Kingdom.
to all degrees of good men in Church and Slate., what
fenfethey have of our part //^/-ciand Tragedies., what
advantages the Laws or W'-.TttV/, the Peace and
Plenty, the Honour and Happinefs of the Nation hath
gained 5 yea, what Reformation and improvement
hath beenmade3 as to the Religion, and the mindes
or manners of Engliih people3yea3of Englrfi Preachers
too, byallthofe (acred and foiemn, but now ille
gal leagues , vows. And covenants 3 ftrange oathcs
and new engagements } yea, by the horrid execra
tions and abjurations taken, propofcd and impofed
by fame.
If allEftatcsof this Nation had loft their fcnfe of
their fins , fedaEtions .> and fufferingt , what made
them by Dr. Gandens and other mens irrigations,
cxprefs fo general and great refentments or their3
and their pbfterities fad condition, that they were
impatient to be any longer La fled ^ when from the
City and all partsof the Kingdom., the confluence of
mens jufc paifions, was fo great, and fj ftrong, that
like a mighty torrent or inundation^ they bare all be
fore them that oppofed their juft dedresof returning
to their priftine happy condition both in Church and
State.
tf. Thefe were the motions of men not cafily taken
with non-fenft^ or with bLifyh^Mj 5 with what is void
of Reafon, and Religion, i believe this Libeller and
C.8. too found D and to this day (as they intimate)
feel it to their extreaw grief, hj\v that great Aflcm-
blyof the C ity of L0>idon> were affeftcd with Dr.
Gaudcns pious non-finfe^ and honed Blafphemy ,
when preaching at S. Vault, before the Lord May or ^
D 2
Tfa binding of all CoT>e%antt and
.ind General Monck, , fee did fo Anatomize thofe cruel
Medicajlers and crafty Emperickj of the times 3 tlio
(light Healers who made their profit and pleafnreout
of the difcafes, pains, and miieries or their Goun-
trey?Howdid then the Rnmpers'At once tremble and
rage at the truth and courage of Dr. Gaudet2snQn~.
fcnfe? How were the Regicides afkmiihed at the
fvvord of his mouth D that Word of Cod t How
were the facrilegiovs Merchants of Church Lands-
appalled before that blafphemy, which being like-
thunder and lightning., delivered by Dr. Gaudens
tongue and pen, quite blaftcd all the glory of their
purchafes: of which fo feafonable and influential
Sermons and Writings, fpecially that of the Tears
of the Church of England^ this Libeller cannot butex-
prefsa deep fcnfe in that fad marginal note,/?.!, of his
wretched Pamphlet 3 finding in it to this day no
great ufe of confolation 3 either to himfelf or his
darling Dr. Surges.,
f $. For from that time3 the bloody -Babel fell and
«id cou^ rife no more3from that day many wicked men-
began to look what rocks and mountains might co
ver them: After that all honeft and juft men dared
to exprefs their fenfe freely, and to difcern the real
non-fenfe and impudence of Dr. Surges his clamorous
cafe3and important plea for facriledge, with which
("as the WidAwety he hoped to weary out., and tire
the juft and unjujl Judges^ to confirm his facrilegious
bargains. Then did the Golden Calves, which the
purchafers of Cm^.and Church lands had fet up to
themfelves., become Nehtiftan., and fell to powder 5
about which this Anatomift9atdLlA& dear Benjamin
C. 5. had fo devoutly danced a long time ; Such Gods
in
to their good teb
in our lfr,icl would thcfe regicidioKs andfacrilegiow
fpirits ever have to go before them., which ihould nei
ther know nor punifh their enormous fins, blafphe-
mieSj and hypocrifieb, being Cods indeed of non-fenfe ,
having £ycs^ and- fee not } c.irs, and hear not '-, and inch
are all thofe that fometime cryed them up, and truft-
ed in them, as this wretched Libeller, and his fecond
D.£. who by this time may have fome quiiker icnfc
oFDr.Gaudens non-fenfe, notwithstanding they have
thicl^ Skins , brawny Hearts , and cauterized Confci-
enccs.
But if this Libeller and his copef-wate ( vvhofe No fuch dan-
name is eafier known by his onrinous Acrefticks* C. E. S'-rc; w«"ns
T-I i ' i i r* i V. n\ non lentc as
or D.^. that s the name and number ot the Beait) ti,s Libeller
have found fo compleat non'fenfe in Dr. Gandens fears.
Analyiis, what pity it is3 that this doubty Champion,
and his Squire (like Sancho Panca to Don §>uixoi)
(liould prodigally lofe fomuch precious time and va
lour, in combating with Nonfinfe, as he did with a
Windmil*
$. Non-fenfe fights againft it felf, and muft needs
fall with its own weight, asfand without lime : The
Writer of non-fenfe is never likely to infeft the
world with here/ie, or Zfty dangervw doftrines : This
ftrain of non-fenfe made the Valentinians and Mani-
cheesof old fo ridiculous, and the Familifts of later
years, and the Quakers Jaft of all , whofe futility
time beft confutes, and the experience which fober
men have of their dotage or ddirancy
$. But fure the Libelling Anatomift found more of The Libellers
fenfe in Vv.Gtudens Analyfis, then Ixio* did of a oT
in the cloud he. fo (tri&ly embraced : Nor fcnfc.
would
of ail CoVennnts and-
would he have fo eagerly purfued it, and its inno
cent Author, even to the -accufation of %Ufphemy.
fas To'yphemtts did after Vfyjfts, with his blinde and'
bloody forehead J if he had not felt the ptcqiuxt darts
of itsfetrfe and reafen , Religion and Confcience
its Law and Juftice , deeply fixed in his breaft and
other mcns too.
Elfe Ad quid per ditio k#c f What needed this paf-
fion and confumption of the lit tie wit, andiefs rea-
Jon. whereof this Libeller is guilty. Men of fmali
(locks muft not be prodigal: D*. Gaudcm Sophiftry
at leaft(which
3
Religion) had been worth his examining : But what
pity is- it that fo great an Artifa though unknown
and fo skilful ail AxatOMift, though Anonymut> fl-iould
(harpen his lipfient eyes3and whet his butcherly knife,
and Orctch out his lAoody hands > onely to cut the'
throat of this Analyjis and chop it in more pieces
then Medea, did her children 3 and yet exercife all
this skill or cruelty upon a fimple piece ofnofi-fenfe
which could hardly at once be guilty of mn-finti
and bUfohemj too , any more then natural Jdeots,
Fools and Madmen can 5 who being, as the vulgar
(peak, bereaved of their fenfes, that is of right • re<t-
fon, are not capable of fenfe, of malice, much lefs
of BUfthemj : Nor was ever any man fo void of
fenfe or honour, as to challenge'and combat with
thofe poor creatures, whofe defers are their pro-
Th-ino-i te#ion> both from Gods and mans juftice.
M WW Iliij'W -r-j • • .
denceand po- $• But it is the tntertfi and ptf//b; of fome auda-
iicy of fuch cious (pints, to charge the fe vereft and moil fearch-
when themfelves are by
cd, many bypocrifies^rtfumptiovst retajfis a&d*
grown
to their good behtfehur*
grown pa/i feeling, and given over to a reprobate
fence: Men are loth to own the fcnfe, that is the
rcafonand religion of that Difcourfe which they fee
tends to deftroy their lulls, yea to weaken much their
ill gotten efbtes.ifthey (hould make reftitutibn with
ZatLew* without which no faving repentance } thus
t'.ic Athenians pride, counts St. Prf»//reafoning bab-
ling } and carnal men call the wifclom of Cod the
fooliflwefiof pretching : Vcftvs being moved to a trem-
////>/£, Act 2 4.2 5. bySt.P*«k preaching of right effufttefa
temperance > and Judgement to come , was willing to
avoid the edge and dint of thofe potent expreffi-
ons,by crying out, Taul thon artbeftdc thy jl'lf, much
learning hath made thee mad '•> from the fame fado-
men and prefage that Vt.Gaudetts Analyfis may bring
all good Chriftians and loyal Subjects to a right fenfe
of their duty to Cod, the King and the Church, be
yond oragainft which no covenant of humane inven
tion and illegal impofition ought or lawfully ^ can
lead or drive them 3 this Libelling K^bfle^th, this
natowjfing shimei calls it uonfcnfe and blafyhewy , But
as the jea'ftings of wife men arc better then the molt
ferious mufings or ploddings of weak^ and foolifk
heads 5 fo will Dr. Gtxdcns notifenfc prove more po
tent in the end with all godly and honed men> then
the moft fpecious {hews of fenfe and J^oWtfe/?., which
others pretend : and with great impatience cry up as
the Ephefne rabble did their Diana --5 with an eye to
their gain 4 fearing that if their Antupifcoptl fenfe
of the Covenant be lafled^ their facrilcgious and il
legal purchafes mnft be»*//and vacated: For if Dr. ^J
Surges argument be good.the Oiticc ofBi(liopsDDeans ^'
and Prebends are aboliftied without any law, by u lacy,
temporary
7 fa binding ofaS OoTptnants
temporary rnance^^w// and Commons,
their hinds may juftly be fold, which fallacy might as
well be urged againft the King's and Crown lands -
It will follow , tkr when Bifhops , Deans ar\
Chapters are by lawful power reftored, according
to La\v5 to their offices and f laces in the Church"
their Lands and houfes alfomuftbe according to Law
reftored to them,
liSct' ..T1* juftice ar£\ r^om of tl!C ;»<* Cod, and of
hispurpof- all pk men5 .pollibly the Libeller may think to be
and tmcft fioliftmft and w>^/« (coniidering how much mo,
ney he and his partner Dr. to^/3 hath laid out up
on fo no legal or juft r/,/c3 hilhops and. Cathedral
lands;) yet the event will declare how little fafe
or confcience* prudence w piety thefe p rciiaicib had •
when out of regret of their fupin- ol.N/in makiha
fuch vw-fenfypttrchafes, as to buy vvi«a, i :sby\avv
another mans, and by no lawful p-v - Mjienatcd
from them, they will be ready to bbftLeneVedand
the King, yea to curfethcmfejvesa aaa ai j rhofe who
were the means to lead them into fuch pa'p ible
fares of Sacrilege, folly, andwjvftjce, ugaina God
and the King, againft Church and State , to their
very great loft and detriment,
What fenfe and fecret feeling this Libeller hath
demned and **• &**&** *ovfi*fc9 inflating the lawful, mo^
rosrmeatcd, WL> and oncly obliging fenfe that can be made of the
Covtmm, he is willing to tifftmbki and drives
though IB vam3 to put on a (lie w of confidence ; but'
one may eafily fee, that the Antljfa like Ehuds da^
germ Egknt telly, ha : h ftruck deep ^ and is fo lodged
inhiSvboweL? that the^'n and filth comes forth 'm
thefe imputations of Xdeliwdnonfinfe and bU^hem^
both
to their goo
both whkhthel/WKtyg Anatomift, and Dt. Burps
his dear Pupil, will then DC in better tc-i:nper3and have
leifure to prove, without paflion, when they
have both reftored %i flops , and other Cjwrcb
to the rightful owners^ according to the law of Cod
and man, and the rules of all juftice., which bindes
us to give to every one their own;and to do to others^
as we would be done unto: Dr. Purges, would have
his illegal bargain againlt -the \en$roAchments$X the
Corporation or City of IFeU's^ and the B:fhcp oftiatt?
ana Wells> with the Dean and Prebends, would have
their cftates from Dr. Purges : Which once done
humbly and ingenuoufiy (without force 9 or firing
him out of his/wehoufe, as he threatens the .learned
Deancf tt'elFsDr.Criton} thjs bleited and penitent
pair will be 'innc'h more able, with clearer eyes ro
difcern, and juiter zeal to deteft the idolized non~
finfe and blafbhem} of Dr.G^^/Analyfis 5 then will
they be beft Judges of the honeft and onely lawful
fente of thy Covenant , when they "(hall hope to get
nothing by it j yea, and fofar conform to it, as ta
maintain the juft rigfy of King andSubjett, of Church
and States which will undoubtedly caft out Dr.
Bw-jge/j and bring in the Zifljop and Dean of Wdls to
their properties and liberties of en joying their own
according to Law.
*. When I finde Dr. iurges, and his Patron tbff O
Libeller, thus cloathed with righteoufnefs , and in bdlcr$ and
theirri&ht mindes, no left then their rightful houfes »•
and cftates 5 when Ifliall Cee them more cautiouso
making good that proverb, A fool *nd hi* Money are
[eon parted 3 when they have eyes to fee , what is,
Written in great Letters upon all Church Lands and
Jfe binding of att Covenants and Covenanters
Eftatet., Caveat Emptor, as Mene Tekfl Fer-eZj was ca •
Betfhazztrswatt-, when they are as much trembling
at that h<tnd writing^ which curfeth every man3 yea,
every Nation that dares rob. God^ and his Prieftfs OK
by the fame Analogy, Chrijland his Minjjhrs^ which
blafteth 3\\facrihgiou4. and prefuinpi uo us pur chafer s3
with the Apoftolical Anathema or thunderbolt which
jlrxctt 'Ananias and Saphyra dead3and aftonifhed £*£sw#
M&gJtf) with 3 T£J/ »/<?^ per//7^ J^/^ ^^ee^ when I
fee them got out of that band of iniquity > and gall ef
bitternefs 3 facrilegious covctoufnefs and
which dares with open forehead comply v
countenance^ yea truct^ and trade., with thofe Hucfa
fters, who labour to deprive all excellent Ejjhops^ arxj
other learned ckbrchmen in Englaxd) of their lawful^
wented* a»d well vfed Eflates and Dignities 5 yeaa
to deprive this fo anciept 3 Chrtftian^ and reformed
Church of England^ of t\\zt primitive, CatholJck^&n&
Apoftoliek^ Government of Epifcopacy 3 and all thofe
•prudent helps of Church Government., which were by.
way of connfel and affijlance applied to Bifhops 3 in
the Dean and chapters , as a conftant Presbytery*
When I fee Dr. Bttrges his relblution3 his recant A-
twn 3 his retreat from the travcrfes* with which this
Dromedary hath wearied himself: When \\ispr odro-^
tnuf or Jackcaly this Libeller fhall make a new EiTay
of hisn?7^andye«/e3 and zeal, in difcovering Dr. Purges
hiiireftitutionandrealr^«/4W55 when I find then\
both., or Qne of them 3 which is ns good as both,.,
likcEcebffliWy proftrate at the Church ^ porch3 on the
ground, and crying out, Calcate wefalem infipiduv* ,
then it will be time to examine, what nenrfenfe and
they really find in Dr, Gwfau Antfyfs ,
which'
totfairgood
not be fyww.) like °jonahs Gourd, of a
nights growth, and a days withering, but it will be
like Sempervive or Evcr-livey rlourifhing like Atrotts
Rod, bearing fair /e^we/ <?/ r/g£f rerf/0# 3 and ripe
'fruits of true Religion, Juftice, and -Re aft ft, both be
fore God and man , nor ihall the Scratching of any
fuch Bramble be able to deftroy its fruit or fiuridnefs,
to which all ingenuous Covenanters will cheai fully
conform, whofe freedom is this, not to be bound by
any cords of men, contrary to thofe obligations, which
nd the laws of the Land have upon
c ..i. ir any thing as zfaare, or furprize, or miftake
be put upon them by others, or taken up by them-
felves., contrary to thefe moral and-««//i^/e ties of
Piety, Equity, and Charity, they are no more bound
to keep and perform any Vow, or Covenant, or O* th
in any fuch rath and unlawful fenfe^hen thofe Jews
were to make good their Corb-in, of devoting all
their goods to God and his Temple, rather then re
lieve their neceffitous Parents} or then David was
bound to keep his, when herefolvcd (vvith,GW<sfo
fo to me andwine alfo) tadeftr' y Ntbal, and all his
houfe 5 which military and cruel purpofe , yea fo-
lemn proteftation in Gods name, hepioufly, chear-
fully and thankfully broke, yea, recanted it3 at the
wife interceflion of Nabals wife,
But the bold charge of Blafthemj, added tOMon-fiftfe
and both idolized js of fo hainous a nature, and fo re-
proachful, not onely to DF. Gtuden, but to the whole
age he lives in,and to all forts of worthy perfom(who ;<-r reproach
doubtlefs never took Dr. Gauden for to befo bold a 1*
as at once to rob God of his glory, and his
E 2 Church
mrj
Tie binding of all CoJtn&nti and
Church of its honour $ or to llaftheme either God or
the King) that the prodigiow Libeller, though he is
Ju-ftly amamed and afraid to ownhimfelf or his name,
y^t ought not too much to flatter himfelf in Dr. Gait-
detffjilewe for a time., in his own concealment, as if
thefe would keep him fccret indfafe from the re
venge which hangs over him $ Alas the Author of it^
isnotonely/;mp*//7j0$<?$e^3 but evidently known
to;allthe.better world atLwtefafy and intheCoun-
trey.jo.be fuch ain onfc as might probably have ferved
Ahabs covet dtifnefi) and Jezebels cruelty, in charging
tfabefh with "Blafyhemy 5- yea 9 he is prone to think
and write of all Bifhvpf D Deans, tnd Prebend*, as
ElafpheiBers,y m€ti not fit to live , and enjoy their
Owa, but to* be either ftoned 5 ov flwvedio death$
that he may (as a fpiteful-wafp., who hath more of.
the (ting then honey ) ftill en)oy the faeet hives of
thpfe Drones, thofe idle-beUief, as that Cretian Eorbo-
ritesi£*\l$ perfons every way fo much his betters,that
5t is t-Q thejr disparagement to compare them with
fuck a Mufhreom*) who is (befides common fame) up
on record in Chtneery, by a fentence given May i.
1^57. bleffed withthis Encomium inHippeflys cafe ^
that he appears to be an Author and Abettor of fo
great in juftice and op f regions, m *re not only utterly rn~.
becoming a, m^n of common honejly, much more a Mf»
wifterofthe Gofpel3whofe life and convention Jhoitld
be exemplary in all virtue,
ccelum terwnon ntifteat & mart
i fur difplneat
It
• , t o their gwd bebfowar* 2^
It wowld have rhade an horfe break his bridle, and °/|'ie Aut!""'r
ftartle to anextade ail the fober world, to hear Ferret °rr
inveigh againft T/re/^e^ or Crf^//;/e againft conspiracy ^
or Cefar *Borgi*t againft luxury > or- G. B. againft Sacrl-
ledgey or this£/£e//eragamft bUfyhrmj^ and yet con
ceal his name as afhamed of his zelrtrj, and 'clamor
aloud for the facred Covenant (forfooth) and cry out
againft all as blafphemy and blafpbetners that (hall
fo ab|ate{ the rigid a fa^iotls &to&tejitft fenfi, byfome
iinputetltoit^and profectition' againft BT/^/ dnd'E-
pfcfynefr as luaymakc a fair antf Jiorieft vvay to their
jvft reftitution, to thofe r/^// of cftate, honot and
authority, which by law are due to them., and only
by the will and power of a- few men was tafytt, dr'.rtf-
tlnpr beaten or1 extorted from them;
] How ridiculous-would this A^ahd S'jftenxsbf this t/-
|e//er have appeared to ail Spectators who fhould have
feenhim (ifhedurft have been vifiblej1 at this loud
out-cry of blafphemy ., rinding his garment s^ and tear-
rngtho.harr af hfrheaddnd betrd jf if the kft be hbt
lately] cutoff to difguife ih&fifl iittd flie Qther'as'fhbft"
as his rye-^»»j)in a moil: pitteousznd kideowfftann£r:->
as the highPricft did when he cryedout againft C/^rz/f
?Fe ^z>e heard h/r blafphcr?ty£z.c. themfelves then moft:
guilty of blafpheming the Son of God,, 'imd'&vionr, <?f
the world> vvheri they kmdfed1 moft liketoiichw.ood
or tinder at the imaginiwyfptir'kjofbljfphcmy, as this
L/^//erdoth5whoif he fhouldrake his own evil heart,
or the Devils s^ttl^ can find' no fhewbf this fowl le-
profiegf ^/p/^wrj/uponDr. G>a#dent ^nal^fs^ fave
only that Dr.Gauden,' in-tfiart dsi^aHfeV way^ riei^!
tber doth nor ever did bowd0&k''atid-&}frfiip either"
or any otter Engagements, civil or
3<S TfoUnding of all CoVtMM* and
fared, which any party of men fet up in
in (uch words , or under fuch a fenfi and dejtgn3 as
wereinconfiftent with, -ancj contrary to thofe prece
dent Oathesi upon his and the Nations fouls } which
obliged to all things juft and honeft toward God,
the King, and all men 5 Nor could in Dr. Gaudens
judgement zhet-Engagements and Covenants either
violently impofed or fpontancoufly undertaken, any
way abfolve from the former lawful bonds, nor bind
men to aft in the leaft degree contrary to them.
This, this* is the blafphemy, the non-fenfe, fo offen-
Thc partiality five to the Libeller, to C. B. and all thofe who firft
libel- protefting and- after covenanting to keep to the re -
formed Religion, eftablifhed in England, to the LAWS
and Liberties of the Nation, to their duty to King
and ?ar laments,- the Church and their Country,
were yet ("at laft) fo hurried dovin the torrents of
fa&io/tS, furies and rebellion?, as they not only took
away from godly and learned T&iflwps, and many o-
ther worthy Churchmen theii lawful ejlates j but
they tore up even their adored Parliaments 2nd Re-
prejentatives by the roots, and pulled out thofe cove
nanting Lords and Cowmonsby the ears $ they turned
all firft to Presbytery } next to Independency , and at
laft to Anarchy. •
; Yet did not this gentle Libeller or D.B.all that time
accufe any of thofe fons of Belial with the leaft fpot
of blafphemy, although they were no great "bigots or
obfervers of the Covenant, in any fenfe loyal, religious,
or lawful, but as fwine trampled all under their feet,
onely they ftill corrtfyonded with this Libetier, and
the Chicken under his wings, D.c. Surges, fb far as to
make good the bad pnrchafe of BiJ/wps and other
Church
turn,
to their good behaviour.
Church lands, which he hail mtde. All this while
themoft prodigious Violaters, baffler 7, and fcorners
of his Sacred Cwenanty were fo far from blafphemers,
thaf they were Saints, and in D. S's white book, he
owned them for TarliaMttts , Repriftnlatives , and
Supreme Powers.) when he was to acquaint them and
the world with his lamentable cafe, as to his pttrchafe9
which (till (luck in the Iryars, and pulled y0/#e wool
from the ^c^ 0/fta blacJ^Jheep.
$. Who is not content with Dr. Gaudens Caution Afobcr& juil
and indulgence, formerly interpreting;, and foberly ^cnfc®f,theM
r . r s> • r iT /» > i c ovtnat]t Wl"
reloving the Covenant into iucn a fen/e^ asonely can not/frvcDfB's.
be judand lawfulinit felf; alfo moft according to
the peace of the Nation, and compofure of all honeft
mens minds, who are en gaged by all moral and in-
difpenfible ties , long before this Covenant was
hatched, to keep their oathes and vows to God and
the King, agreeable to Gods Word and the Laws
of the Land, which are the rules of Juftice3and gives
to, every man his due.
£. But this fober fenfe of the Covenant will not
keep D. Surge* inhhtijhops landt> or Deans houje,
this will not keep Epifcopacy out of the Church 5or
Bifhops out of their eftates 3 the want, ufe,and worth
of which Government, many years mifcrable experi
ence hath fufficiently taught all Englifh men, but one-
ly Papifts, and Purchafers of Church lands : For this
is the Palladium of their Try, this their defign, who
either out of 'Romiili and- Jefuitical principles, or
out of Presbyterian envy, fpite and pride, or out of
covetous and facrilegious projects, to make unjuft
and flthy gain> do fo B>r/#g the Nofe of the Covenant ^
that they would make the Wood to come again 5 and
fo
jhg of all Covenants
fo rack its joynts, by a Presbyterian, or a Politick
Strappado,that they diflblve the trueft ftreneth ane
moral ligaments of :ir 5 whicjh' it may well hare
it it be kept within the due bounds of aft hoaefr
juftfl and legal fenfe 5. and not ftretched to the pro
portions which every trocruftes would have it! ro
httosbed, and lerve the turn of his Ms, either co-
vetoufnefs or ambition, difloyalty or facriledee,
archy or confufion. .<v*
Libdlf s eal^ny theo^ as to
M*> wasonely worthy of Dr. Gwdensfmiles, and
fcorns 5 but the charge of Blafphcmymuft be looked
upon with a more rugged andfevere brow.
If it were not a mouth and pen wonted to foifl
Enormities., I might cry out with him in
n^y l-ms fvytt gp^©- 'Wvfar •-/:'.
If it were a tongue or pen that kept within
ckcfmodeM wgennity.hKmamt}, or cow*** c
ty> I would undertake to charmit, and -exorcife that?
evil fpirit which o.c«dionaHy, and for afitof paffi,
on? might poiTefs them, by telling him, that Vexe
being guilty of bhfphemy ones felf?good men fhouJd
be moft cautious of acewfiBg another faifly of blafphe-
my : Nor may here every hot fit of , paffion ancf re-
venge, which: ea% furprfeeth cholerick tempers,
^ j^\ constitutions., ferve for an excufe. I>
^^^c^rgmgD.^^/2a Presbyter of the Church
of BUfphcrr-y Of ?WWi ^^^^^^f^O^J^^^^r^.
M^m^^
fTi^^0/^^^^^11^ fo br waftif
qonfefled m the fad:, and owned by, and all that
Knew him, for a crying and conclamated cafe3 that
f 0 f /Wr £00^ behaviour*
it did not deferve fuch a black and odious retortion
from his Fadtor this Libeller., as to charge Dr.Gauden
with no lefs then blafphemy?of which no fober man
ever fufpedted him to be guilty; nor would Dr.G We#
ever own or avow it in any degree., , which Dr.Eurges
doth, as to his facrilegipus purchafe, wh<>hath&r«/
enough to bring it imo difpute, and vent his unhappy
Paradox, That what, he confeffeth, all the godly and
learned World ever efteemed Sacriledge, yet is to him
as a new and great Rabbi, orCorbanift, no (in: He
can, like the Pjy!/e> end other Negroes in Afryca, feed
upon., and thrive with (uch Pipers and Serpents fafa :
Neither the irreliffo* , nor efprejpox, nor the /«-
>/?/Ve3 troubles his oftrichjtomtck, either as taking
thofe Eftates from God and the Church, or from par
ticular worthy Br/hops 3 and other Church-men^ with
out any Law* yea, againft *U L*u> : For a tempo
rary Order of the two Houies of Parliament (even
in their full and free conftitution) cannot lawfully de
prive any man of his free- hold lands or goods, and
this without *vy k#r/Tryal. For this is the cafe, as
Dr. J5wr.ee/ to his great grief and terror well knows,
though he vapours much , and fo doth his Brave, this
Libeller, who is as valiant as an hungry Grn^ and
will venture at any thing, that he may but (till feed3
though upon the Trieftf Portion, the Churches Patri
mony 5 robbing Father and Mother, and wiping his
mouth as the Harlot, with, what evil have I dene ?
If I have not done what is juft, yet I did what was
profitable, and I am now in prudence to do what is
heceffarj, fcelera fcehrilw tneri, to maintain ftn wit
fin, and to tmtydtouf intogain, though I loie my
•*-* . • 11 •
vn-rroin
34 7fe binding of all Covenants And Covenanters
J But to return more ftridijy to my Accufer of
ail"z^^» my great ^D^W^f and Sycophant, this
Mfc iv. HP ri ranting L.bellcr, and the Damon that poffefleth him :
whichaccaieib Q e^/and unclean Spirit, who ever thou art, where-
slh!-n!y- ever thou art, whence foe ver thou comeil, whither--
i' ever thougOLir, to City andCountrey, to London
o^f'ells, feck; rig wha> Q#>r4 or Church Lands, or
CV: //m!, tf^/7 t hou may til devour 5 whether thou feed-
cft upon Crown, ( r Church Lands , upon theflefh of
Kings or Bifiops : Whether thou devoured the houfes
and honors of widdows* maids, QI Wives'. Whether-
thoubeeft %clz>cbnb or %edphegor9 a spirit of luxury
or covetoufnefs, for wantonnefs or wealth : Whe
ther thou favoured: of a Renegtdo- Presbyterian, or a
rafftblinglndependents or a f on y Quaker ^ or a grand
4poftate from Epifcopaey, or an utter Antagonift to
A II Brjhops : Whether thou art nothing,, or all things^
ab th e tideferves, and wind turns 9 know, to the en-
creafe of thy terror and torment. That there is fo
Potent a Defective and Firmamentzgzmft thee in an
*f right heart, and *n«n$ottedl\fe 3 in a jujt and ge-
neroHsfoul> that owns and adores with all humble
reverence., the gloria Majejbe, *n& infinite perfitti-
ens of the bleffed Cod, father, Son, and Holy Spirit.,
as they are manifefted in the holy Word (befides the
fwers.wfdettis and harmony of theiriw^O fhat
no violent and malicious imputation of .blafthemy can
befaftneduponDr Gardens aclions, words, or wri
tings^ none^of which have hitherto Cbeyond com
mon infirmities) been any infamy to his perfon, or re
proach to hisProfeffion, as a Chriitian or a Mini far :
For which he may boldly appeal to all that know
him, if it were needfuj fo far to count erpoife the
calumny
toihtir good behaviour. 35
-calumny of a vile and obfcure Libeller , with the
teftimony of perfons of honour and honefty.
But poflibly the impudence of this Accuier dares Wheti-.er t'-.c
not as Lucifer i afccndfohigh, as to charge Dr.Gauden i.ibcllcrmcans
with blafphcmy in the rank and higheft fenfe, which is ^
a prefumptuous reproach., or wilful diminution of ag
the glorious attributes of Cods Name, at the proof or
of which he no where offers. It may be he takes
blafphenty in a lower (enfc3 as a repreachitjgtkofe that
are Supreme in power, though not in due Authority :
And this becaule, forfooth. Dr. Gandeu9 doth not,
did not flatter every prevalent faftion , or comply
with every parch or party, or fag cnd,or tail3or ruinp
of tumultuated , bailed and over-awed Parliaments:
Nor yet fuflfer his fheaf to bow down to novel, par-
f/Wand by^jjcdAJJemblies, as if they were the grand
a .id fole Dictators , yea. Reformers of our Church and
£e/jg20y9beyonci all former Synods andConvocations>
or as if we had no Sovereign but the armed Arbftra-
tors of our lives, liberties and eftates , who fought
to make the glory of the Nation and Church of
England^ which was ever Regal and Epifcopal fince
it wasChriftian, truckle under a Scotch Canopy, and
to make Bifhops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle-
bed f as much as Kingly Majeftie, to be confounded
with Democracy. ,A
£. Tis true, the freedom of Dr. Gaudens tongue
and pen hath been fuch, that faving hi* civility as a
man,and his charity as a Chriftian,which he owns and
fludies to pay to all inens perfons , friend* and ertt-
mks Ceven to this miferable Libeller, if he knows
He hates and dares reprove open fins of Re-
F 2 bellion,
\6 Tf?e Rndwg of all Covenants and
bellion, Perjury, Sacriledge, and grofs Injuftice, m
the great., and many, in the moft powerful, popular
and profperous, as well as the poor., mean and mi-
ferable.
The libeller D.Gtttdevf ftilc, wounds and flays the fat t eft .^s well
tmpatier.tof as the leaneft 3 he fpared not the Army y the Judges
and Deftrojers of the King -5 he hath fought with
Reaftsat Epbefw, and encountred the fat Kulls of Ba-
fan , fuch as Dr. Purges, and other Sacrilegious pur-
chafers of C'hurch Lands., contrary to Gods and
mans Laws 5 yea., and contrary to the Kings both
confcicnce and commands 5 highly to the injury of
the dead, as well as the oppreffion and impoverifhing
of the living, many reverend Bifhops and other ex
cellent Clergy-men in all the Church of England :
Dr. Gauden he fears not to attacque the moft fpeci-
ous Hypocrites^ and formal Pretenders to Religion.,
Reformation, San&ity and Infpiration, when their
cruel and unju/l aftions , confute their fretenpont :
As they do with a witnefs, when they tozfacrtiegi-
OHS againft God and his Church, trayterous and re
bellious againft the King 5 when they are by their
covetoufnefs, ambition , contentioufnefs, envy and
malice, the noon- day fcandals to the Chriftian name,
and reformed profeffion^ as men, or Minifters of any
degree and order.
£. Dr. Gaudens high efteem of Parliaments and
Convocations^ in their legal and honorable confti-
tution, is fo fufficiently difcovered to the World in
his Writings , late and long fince 5 particularly in
that Sermon of his preached at S* Pauls, called Medi-
caftri) or flight Healers, which fo offended C.B. and
thofe ( wfH/Wfw/* ) Corrpfives or canker of Church
and
to their gtod behaviour.
and State, that none can quaftion it, but fuch a pal
try Libeller as this, towhofe palate all Dr. Gaudens
Writings fecm to be like Ratsbane-fre no fooner taftes
them, but he furfits andfwells, and is ready to break
in funder with defyite and malice.
If to blame thofe that are blameworthy , whofc
unrighteous decrees, vile and abhorred action?, lull
of cruelty and confufion, cxpofe them to the detejia -
tion of God and man 5 whofefhameno names of
Parliaments , or Affemblies, or Saints, or Supreme
Power., can hide and pall/ate : If to refift fuch to
their face, as S. Paul did S. refer, asoccafion of
fers, and either duty to God,or charity to the Church
and his Countrey do bifid e and command 5 if this be
blafphcmy^ Dr.GM.dctt is willingly, yea ambitioufy
guilty of it, not as one that delights tofpcak evil of
Dignities, lawfully and truly fuch 3 but while others
flatter the moft indign Ufurpations, Dr. Gandend'if-
covers their Indignities 5 snaking their Author* and
Abettors the objefts of Gods and all good mens juft
indignation 5 while they make tumults and lies their
refuge, neither fearing God, nor reverencing mans
infolencing the honour and fredom of Parliaments,
deluding and oppreffing the people, deftroying the
King, and deforming the Church, abofifhing our an
cient Laws , and excellent Constitutions in Church
and State, to fet up their novel factions.
£. If to affert the clear, moral, juft and immuta
ble rules of confcience} the lawful and onely bonds
of mens thoughts, defires, words, oathes, vows, co
venants, and actions, namely the Word of God, the
rules of right Reafon or common honefty, and the
Laws of the Land, which arc the mea&res of Civil
Juftice
The binding of all Covenants and* Co
Juftice, if this be llafyhemy : If to perflringe and
Char ply rebuke with all Mini fieri al authority (yet
lumbly and difcreetlyj) the bafe Policies, and infu-
rious pradtifes of an Adulterous generation of a
facrilegious crue, and God-robbing facYtcn^ who
•make way for the interefts of their faclions, and
for their private honors or eftarcs 5 by threatnins
impjrifoning, and at lafi murthering their King 5 ly
extirpating ail his Royal Pofterity, by fpoiling learn
ed and holy Bifhops ., with many other excellent
Church-men; by forcing Parliaments, like Plants
fet in hot beds, to do what they lift 5 by overthrow
ing all things Civil and Sacred: If tofpeakevil of
thefe evil deeds and doers, «whofe folly is manifcft
to all true men: If this be blafphemy, Dr. Gauclen
doth not deprecate that imputation, but glories in
it , as S. P^«/did in ferving Cod that way which fomc
called Herejie.
p. If to {rate the Covenant in fo candid and Chri-
ftian a fort, as to allow -all that is in any moral and.
honeftfenfe lawful 9 juft and good in it 5 'as being
•within the power of men, as CLr if Hans and Subject
freely to profefs or oblige themfelves to in Cods
name, as conliftent with the Laws of 'God, nnd the
Land: If to pare off all that is d. Inge ro.; fly inter
preted or affixed by fome mens f jperftition 5 and to
give a benign fenfe of what is dubious-, ff to ab-
folvemen from what fliall appear to be fa dtiou fly, fa-
crilegiouily, orinjuricufly intended, impofed/pra-
(ftifedor urged by fome mens partial and peevijh Spi
rits : If feeking to draw fairly all Er.glifh Protcftahts
to true Piety, confiant Loyalty, Ecclefiaftical Vxrty,
Holy Order > mutual Charity > zM civil Pcace> be any
blajfeheming
to tbtir gwd fahatiwr.
Uafpkeming of God, or the Kin?, or true Religion 5
or (indeed,) of the Covenant it Iclf (lo much over-
r.ryedttp by feme either more fibril m filly men'-, as
if. like the Sim nt noon day, its lights ecclipfid, yea,
extinguished all other lawful and precedent O.ithes
of Allegiance and Supremacy, of Civil and Eccleiia-
ftical obedience 5 and abfolvetl men from that duty,
jufrice and charity which they owe to all men: ) If
this be EUfyhemy in the Libellers fenfe, truly it is fuch
as cannot" juftly be blamed by any good Chnflians,
prudent Minifters, or loyal Suljeffs : But oaely by
fuch boldCavitferf, and calumniators , as have fome
further fft> to fry '-, and fome faction itill to foment,
"under fome ajfetfed, ri^d, tmjujl, and;wj//^lenfc,
which they muft affix to the Covenant, in order to
promote the private and partial interefts of fome
men , whofc fear, guilt and fhame for paft actions,
make them fly to this Afylum of the Covenant, as
if it were theonely Sanctuary for malefactors.
f. If not to' purchafi Biiliops and other church'
lands (where no man had commiflion or permiilion
from God3the Ring3the Law, or the P6ffeffors)to fell
them '•> nor indeed any juft caufe to alienate them :
If to maintain («"M-:«or «W^) an irreconcileable war
againft all facrilegiow pr*8ice*> whiles yet he prays-
for the perfons: If to pitty the folly, and contemn
the knavery of fuch Pvrchafewj who were fo greedy
of great pennyworths, as not to regard the bad, the
no little they had for their fecurity : If this be blafphe*
my, it is more commendable and ufeful for the pub-
lique good, than ever this Libellers frende, or D.
£V zeal for. fuch a Reformation as may hedge in his
Church
Tfo KnAing of all Covenants and Covenanters
Church Lands to kit private fortunes 3 or at leaft
help him to fome^W Composition. j that fohe may
not too much burn his fingers, andfage his feathers,
or fire and eonfume his neft, by his facrilegious ad
ventures.
, Piety, *• If thefe ways of Dr. Gardens expreffing him-
and Equit are felf by word and deed 5 by preaching and writing
trfcT, ^ telM***d *f'*-fe*fe and */*/>^ no doubt
Wafphcmy. 0«c the foolijhneJS of s Pauls preaching 9 and the
we&kn$vt hisprefence)it will tend more to Gods
glory 5 the K/argj Honour .> the churches Peace, and
all good Chrijlians fatisfadtioia , thc-n all the F^^?-
ow Confpiraues, and Libellers Rhapfodies of this ^
natamijis who dare not appear 01 ihew his face to
trie World, left he fliould difcredir and confute his
Libellous Pamphlets by thefcttubltf.to loo fa and
7*^«y of his perfon •> which nddes as little to the
repute of any caufe he undertakes, as Satan doth
te the honour of the Scripture 9 when he cites it 5 or
the name of Pontius Pilate doth to the authority of
the Creed.
^ Nor is it in the power of any hchfacritegious Apo*
fates, and rebellious children, as this Libeller appears
to be by \mfiormng the Church of England^ qnddif-
daining to own her as a Mother jx to pitty her in her
late trials and Afflictions upon earth 5 becaufe Hieru-
jalem from above., whence the Truth., Light and Sa
viour of the Church defcended, is the Mother of us
all 5 It is not, I fay, within the reach of his tongue
or pen to faften any fuch, as ridiculous as falfe5impu-
ofxavfeHfe znAblafthemj, upon a perfon whofe
rfatton And do&rine have by the grace of God
been
» to their got J teh
been as free from the fpot or fitfyiclon of fuch grztt
offence^ as are idolatry , SAcriledge, ^la^hemy^ Si-
meny,, Rebellion, putid ji^ttery^ and EceMian iucen-
flancy, as fonie men have been guilty of «11 thefe,
and void of all rrodefty, ingenuity, fenfe of honor,
loyalty, real fanctity, generom conftancy, and com
mon honefty , lurking as ferpcnts or evil beads in
fecret places 5 and though unfetn , yet aflaulting
with the ftmg and poykn ot blafyhemy i whereof
nothing is proved either againlt the blefled Cod,
Creator, Savio..r and Sandtifier$ or againd the ko-
ly Scriptures, ^r againd the Church of God, or a-
gaind any part f his Woilhip, or any holy duty ,
grace and vei rue , no net againft any eounfels, afti-
ons or authority of lawful Superior j , or againft any
honed man, who keeps within the bounds of Gods
law, and the Laves of this Chruch and Kingdom.
$. Where then 0 wretched Libcllift is Dr. Gaudcns ,
blafyhewy / Is not this veneinous bead, which out ;
of the flames of malice, burning in a facrilegiws
breaft feeksto fadcn upon his hand3 as eafily thaken
off rvzthwt any hurt into the fire whence it come, as
that viper ^ hich was feized on S.Pauls'-) and by his mi-
'raculous mdewnity manifefttd his innocency^ to the a-
mazement of his cenforiovs fpetfatvrrj Alus thefe
impotent endeavours of enraged w,c'^dnefi~> and fa-
crilegiow difpair^ are like the (ult/wi conitus tnon-
tntium ferarum) lad bitings o( thore beads, wruyfe
revenge confids onely in making their teeth meet,
though they faden upon deel and Ueak their jaws ,
when the Dragon fa w his time was fWr he fought
to make it up in the vehemency *>f k# rage againft
the Church 3 upon earth no doubt, dcfcribed as a
C woman
The binding of all Covenants nnd Co
woman toe, and fo nif.y ("as Eve •) very properly be
called the Mothir of nil the livittg in * fpirritml M&
life, which are bornofthefrortlofGoaaHdfaspi*
rit> and brought up in that holy family, and nourifh-
cd by the bread of this Spwfe of drift ; At whH
hol> allufion this irrpude - r • ibeller makes himfeJf as
michprtphanefport, as .fimael did when he ^<jr£e$
J/rfrfc , being juilly aftiamed to owa tiiat Chui ch ^ -
Mother., which as an ungniciouj, arid -ungrat^f^
wretch, he hath net only forfakcn and fcorned, b»j(-
wafted and robbed as much as in him Jay of' her
fupport, ornaments, of her hoxor * government and
authority : Perhaps this learned' EtymoJogift- f^n-
eying, that Hierufalew, which he owns as a motfier
only above, hath its name from his .«W,Va whjch
Ugnmes Sacrrte'dge.
v<. But rinding by the gracious revolution 0fDi-
vwe wcrythc Church of England to be in -i fair
way to be recovered out of the hands of Stcrifab*
Robbers 5 the poor Libellili: and his friends are now
concerned to cry out amain- of Utfthtm, againfl
Dr.GWe^ as a confant fon, and dutifhl Jjft^r
the Church of EngUnd, and a no lefs feverc and
Imart then juft and implacable termtrtor of im*tm~
tent bacrileg-fts And Ap&ftates.
*. Whoare not content to faa»dfne*k., buc they
inuft.bpaft.-and vapour, and ftrut and challenge all
the better world, as-if they could juftifie their /?«
^^^^^eTi^aesofa
p«adoj of ^»/ nw, Refonvifit'-wd Romanists' as
rrcc no the i Huftnou, Dr.Birr^ hath done to his
te i unou, Dr.Birr^ hath done to his ef ,^/
famy fancying that he hath drawn flreitfter-'faes*
ind fairer.figures with his black, coal, in order-to take
away
totfair gwd Mrtiottrl
away the Htllifi dtfirnity , or to pr.t on f
&ure and/wr^f of beauty, on the ugly fa
ledge, then alt the great" Matters of Learning, Elo
quence., and Religion have in all ages been able to
Jo, by way of defcribifig hov/ unJHJl, hov. odious,
how ingratc, how impndent, how abominable to God,
how tktefttWe to good men , how unwoi thy of any
man, much more of Any Chriftian and Reformed,
that facinorous crime of wilful and prefumptuous fa-
crilege is , which openly mocks God., and affronts Re
ligion ••> which again! t all Law, robs the true Church,
injures the chief Bijlwps and Paftors of it, and dif
courageth all true Profellors , proftitutmg all that is
facred to Atkeifa a«d Propbayt*cfa which no man
can fcruple, who hach learned this Paradox, i hat to
alienate by force, without any Law or confent of the
Patron, and Proprietors, or PofiellUs , either the
King or the Clergy, thole lands, houtes and goods
which have b-.-en lawfully dedicated^ long confirm
ed , and well ufed to the glory of God, and the
good of his Church 5 ("that God may bz duly war-
jjjipftd andfervedi and his Church, both Paftors
and people, duly maintained in good order and go
vernment :) That this \*no fa, though againft Law
and yuftice 5 and no facriledge , though manifeftly
againft the peculiar rights of God and the Church,
and that double honour which is due to the Teach
ers and Governors of it } and laftly , again'l the
credit of both chrijlian and Reformed Religi
on.
$9<x none of all which great in^erefts , th
Gallios are concerned, who with this Libeller and
his dear D. Jww, havingimbarquedm a facnlegi-
C 2 ™*
Ttc Iwdwv of dfJ Covenant* avd
gious bottom } and having had for fome years fair
gales t^flatter them , had rather make an eternal
shipwraci^} like HymeneM and Alexander 3 of faith
and good confcicnce 3 yea, of Chinch and Stare,
of King and Clergy, then make juftreftituticn to-
God, the King, and the Church.
£. The rendition and lofs of which ill-gotten
Eftates, will teach tbofe Merchants HIM e wit and ho-'
nefty hereafter., though they have \&money to ven
ture upon, not crazy or crack} titles, but apparently
null and void^ as againft all Laws of God and the
Land 5 whofe Equity, San&ity and Antiquity are
not to be baffled or abolifhed by any temporary c-rdi-
nance of Parliament 3 in any broken Conftmttioni:
much lefs when either leavened with fadtion and no
velty 5 or ruffled by tumults, or over-awed or abet
ted by forreign Armies, or fifted and fcattered by
any factious artifices wn& parties 5 who had no lawful
power or authority in them, either from God or
man, to deprive any ^one hweft man., much lefs fo
many learned, reverend and unblameable Church
men, y?a, the whole Order, Polity and Fraternity
of the Clergy, of their Lands and Eftates, no way
evidted or forfeited by any Law.
$• The numbers of men doth not lefTen their fin
. and his nor their punifhment: What may befal one man,
Libeller may eirher as to fin or forrow may reach Societies, Sv-
knowtnacibe , TT/- r « •• j /i-//-7
nmr.berscf «w«T3 Houjes or Parliament , and whole Churches $
men leflcn which are fubjed to Apollafies in Religion, to De-
Mot their fin. pravedne(s in Opinion, and to Partiality in Practice 5
by which if they be at any time as men., furprized
anlfeized, the ondy way of I appinefsis, to repent
and amend 5 to make per/oatl and publi^e reflituti-
to their good behaviour.
to return to their fir ft love, and to ftrengthen
the things that remain > which hath been the pious
care and endeavour of this lift happy Parliament.,
rendnng to Ctlar the things that are defars, and to
God., the things that are Gods : That this Church and
Nation hitherto kept, as to its Parliamentary honour
tndjan&ityi from the great offences, may be ever
free from Regicide., Sacriledge and Apoftacy, ("for nei
ther any full and free Parliament, confiding ofKing,
Lords andCommonr-y nor yet any National Convoca
tion®? Synod) have ever counfelled , contrived, ac-
complilhed, or approved any of thofe horrid abomi
nation t, which have fo long, like the Deluge, over
flowed and prevailed over the highefl mountains .•)
But now(bieQed he God) they are nut only ailvvaged.,
but the dry Land appears 5 yea, OUT Noah and his
Family 5 the. Father and Confcrvater of our ftritifl)
v/orldj and of thefe Reformed churchct., is come out
of the Ark.^ and hath taken juft poileflion of his
Kingdoms and Dominions } for whom even this Li
beller dares (page 13.). faintly and hypocritically to
pray j mentioning His M.ijeftie with a jitperficial by*
blow of devotion } when (Cod knows J the Kings re-
ftauration was as unwelcome to fachfacr/legiowjpi-
ritf, as Chrifts coming was to the LegienDevils in the
Gofpcl '-) of whom they had a juft jealoufie., that he
came to torment them before their time.
$. Which fear His Ma jellies native, and almoft ex-
ceffive cleiuency hath hitherto abated and confuted, mency
yea Js prone always fb to do.if he can but fee any fuch ^«J M
(igns of penitence in his and the Charches Er.em'es^ as taucc<
may bring forrh fruits of juflice and righrebufnefij
of rejhtHtion and 'amendment 5 which fruits are as
hardly
The binding of all Covenants and
hardly to be expe&ed-from prefuwptuow Sacrttegjff(.
fuchas this Libeller and his D. verges Teem to be/ as
/#• are from thorns, or #>,*/*/ from fl&//2/w5 fince
they by afar fetcht-fancy and fallacy, feem to expeft
a //£e improvement of the Covenant^ by an unlawful
arK! u$$Je?P- 5 ? w[;ich ic feems they took k firft>
and (till hold it, for the extirpation ofEifiops, and
foflpiirg them and other Clergy- men from their eftates
as far better minded men have at laft made of it in
part of their toy. thy for promoting the Kings ha'ppy
Reftauration: Which fenfe of that branch of the -
venant, isasjuft, honed and conform to our Englifh
Oathes, and Laws of God and the Land 5 as the o-
ther oejamlegiotft extirpating Effhops and Etifcopar-
astotheirpriftme, primitive and due authority in
order to keep away their Lands and Eftates from
them and the Clergy, is moil unjuft, uncatholick un-
chnltian 3 contrary to piety and common equity a
gainftthcLawsandOathesofCod and man, fpeci
ally of the Englifh Clergy 5 a plea andprojefl fit one-
ly to be follicitcd by ac^/«*b/jf*fi«i/thcApbftate
and a perfon publiqucly branded as void 0f common
honefty * who forgetting that modeft finningisfome
diminution of guilt, and ^n^p^fage of repentance
Abfalom-like, on the houfc top, muft fpread his teat -
and under the covert .of he Covenant fwhich is too^
narrow tohideorprote^ the fin and iliame of either
facnledge, or fchift^ or rebellion) to difcover his
Fathers the BiQiops nakcdnefs, as much as in 'him"'
Jies, and to proftitute his Mother , the Church of
England to his own and other m
tts.
$• But
to tbiir good lebfaiQur, 47
/. But I am weary of the kennel and filth of the
Title, wherein \\\\s Eorboritcs afterwards takes ^io and^B>buckl
much' delight to wallow, and puls along with him and thong.
into the fame obfccmty D.B*rg<?/, a perfcn whom ma
ny hands have oft in vain wafhed, yea, and brayed
in mortcrs, if it weie poffible to part him from the
follvof his verfatile, volatile, and violent temper5be-
ing'as he fo propoieth, a learned Scholar, a great Di
vine,™ eloquent Orator, and an acute Difputant (as
appeared at Oxford, when keeping his Aft to make
C.B.D. E. Dr. PridcaHxgdve'hm thisElogie, I'ro-
fetfo Mi fit tu pr*dic*re poles diftutarc non petes',
befides thefe, he thinks himfelf a potent Writer, til
he meetvtttbthe&ertkhfipvd is beyond all his other
veuucs, a rich and bold purchafer of Billions and
other Church Lands. Which prodigious practice or
a Presbyter, who flood by Law and Oath engaged
to £//%/, he fecks with a like affront to maintain j
•ind fancying hiir.felf to be the Brontes or Boanergesot
his -ipe he lets fly his-brutiih thunderbolts and iiaihes
of lightning, againft the faces of ^ that like not
his many f ace A w*y of living. In ^minority (which
he holds now for his years of i*difcrethn} he was
hiahly and iharply engaged againit KG*-conformijts>
wrote fmartly. and truly forBifhops;yea,and for cere
monies,\vzs Hierarchical, Antifi&CAl, aftout Plurtlifa
yea and 1 have heard of one or. that name, who T^
offered by a Sy^niack. propofal to the EarlofCleve- %*
I And a I coo //. for a Living, then actually void, and
in h'is Lordjkii* gift:, as hi? Lar4Jb1f hath twice
affuredme: For which fcandal his Honor rcftrfc
admit him to be his Confeffor or C^mforHr^^ bc-
iriePrifoncrtothe^r/oF Efex, and very fjck, tnii
The bmcling of at! Cfiwnants and Covenanters
perny-ftther was brought and commended to him
as 1 .is Father-Conicflbr, to his Lo<rlJ/j/ps laughter, and
Jui't reproach of his confidence^ toobtrudehimfelf to
•that office D when he had offered to fwallow Simony
and the Oath to boot.-Nor wa-» one of like letters and
manners want ing to tamper and importune with an
other (the Earl of B<trkej/Hre)£orthe grant of fome
preferment//^* the King then at oxford , when this
militant Fresbyter, though ambitious to be a Dean
or Btfiopi preached and trained men ftotttly again ft
the King. i he Earl amazed at the Effronteries of
the motion, demanded upon what fcore, he that fo
deftinately oppofed the Kings r«/ere/2,fhould have con
fidence to defireany favour of preferment from Hif
Jliajejlie ? The wily Doctor replied, my Lord., I can.
and will do the King more fervice by continuing in the
Parliaments Quarters 9 and fceming to be againft
Him, then if i were with him : Which fervile hypccri-
fie the Earl eafily believed to be in the m^n^ and ac
cordingly valttedD. S. and his influence.
After all thefe noble Effays (the Libellers darl-
jcdgc°anThVs ingJ) finding the Kings and Churches affairs to be
impudent vin- very low, and as he thought irrecoverable 5 he
it, .thought to n iake up his defeat ofundeferved prefer went
in fome ad vantagious pnrchafe of Biftiops Lands, and
Cathedral houiesj which rinding to be fold atK<?-
bmhoods penny-worths Cmany times, both fellers and
buyers being confcious to the flaws in the titles, and
illegality of fuch alienations.) he doubles his great
loan- money ^ and fills up the meajureofhifjlns by fuch
a Sacrilege.) though with a very and reluctant con-
., as he intimates in his cafe3 which he wa* not
alhamed
to their (
amamedtotell the world, yea and appeal to forne
of thofe Carious Parliaments., which he hoped would
eafily be invited to adopt hisCaufc as their own $
but here he loft his time and oyl, for they had other
fifh to fry.
Yet by an indefatigable improlity of diligence.
ing wickednefs with both hands greedily, this fail
drawing in his horns a little for fear, and concealing
his name, adventured to put out only C. B.D. D. lor
the authorising of his pamphlet , called , N0 S.tcri-
hdge> -no /?*, becaufe he perceived the critical di-
(tempers of the times, then beginning to work to
ward purgation and health were likely to abhor any
thine the mort to which his name was prefixed, all
honcft men being weary and afhamedof the horrid
difcafes5and w or fer remedies of our Church Sc State,
of which this Montebanck and circulator had been a
great and unhappy part:Other Readers as well as :
Canden might have much miitaken thofe ill-omina-
tine letters of C.B.D.D. and taken them to ftand for
CretrcMt Borfarites'9or fome Ctfar B*i^M,with the ad-
ditionalsofD^and Dcmetritts: If the worthy Cor
nelius Vttrees Doftor of Divinity had not with a rail .
in* letter fent that book toDr.G^r//^;;, as the Libel
ler ( one of his privates it feems ) truly affirms,
P!lf. That filthy Letter (with Judas the Traytor
and thcif) went to its proper place : But Dr. CJH-
A>n prefently prepared an anfwer to that wrctcMec
Pamphlet,, which he found as full of magifterinl im-
pudcncies, fallacies, and impertinencies, as foggars
areofvermim, fuch trafti and trumpery indeed, as
is only fit to wrap up that defpcrate and damnable
* TT n-TVfl-
T/;t* binding c/ fill Covenants MidColxw Miters
paradox, of Szcrilcdgeuo fin. But Dr. Gauden find
ing C. B. to bear himfelf mccrly upon event and
power, as if all had been lawful in the alienating of
¥>ifiops, Deans and Chapters lands^ becaufe their of
fices were pro tempore during the violent ftorm of
War, and defolating ddnjions^ of times exautoratcd
or alolijhed } and hoping that ere long that paltry-
and fcHrr'-l0Hs Pamphlet would be confuted from
Heaven and upon earth 3 by the Juftice and mercy
of God and good men, he thought it loft labour to
print any anfwerto it, when it had indeed nofeem-
ing3 muehlefs real grounds of Cods Word and right
Keafon, being wholly againft the confent of all Nati-
ons:as well as againft the principlesof all true Religi-
on.and pradrifesof all juft and holy men, particularly
againft the Laws of this Land., and confent or cu-
ftom of this or any Chriftian Church 5 asalfo againft
the fuffrages of all learned ^awyers^ as well as god-
iy Divines of whatever perfwafion and differences
in other things : Nor did Dr. Gavden think himfelf
bound to confider what fuch a poor mufhroom as
C.B. pretends againft fuch cedars.
God by abkt- §, Nor hath Dr, Gandens hopes (blefled be Cod)
ttjcvc!!thillil deceived him 5 thofe mercies of the moft high God
?B.C&!oll"n which indure for ever have much vifited this robbed
factUedge. and affixed Church and Kingdom '-> and though we
l^ave not as we ought repented of our fins., yet God
hath repented him of the evils be hath i»jti&ed9 return*
ing in loving klndnefto the King> the Church^ the King*
dom-jtheNolilitys the Clergy^, the Gentry^ and all loy
al people-) who are alldifpofed now to confute fuch
ftjlilent Pamphlets, not in words but in deeds., lea
ving the Law to its power > the Church to recover its
patrimony
to tltir good behalHOttr* ... $
*4tri*OM, and the Clergy to enjoy their properties j
which i. the devout wills , the juft and pious inten
tions of the Donors now dead, a.; The clear word
of Cod commanding, approving and accepting,
a. Theconfent of all Chriftian Krrt$s and Parity
mentt, 4. The fundamental Ljivt of the land , do
make good to them, beyond what any luch Ikulk-
in^ Scribkr can difprove, by ought to be pleaded
from the pittitUl and oft repeated crarnbc of his C
dinanccsofthetwoHoufes, or their aboliftiing or
the Offices of Bifoops, Deans, &c. which C. B. pre -
fumes on all which reafons, if valid by mecr force
againd iuftice and confcicnce, againft the taws of God
and nun, would alfo hpld good againft the K,»g and
HonCe of Lord*, for both were by iome of D.B s Mar
fters a6o1i(hed,as ufclefs, dangerous, and pernicious 5
yea, and the like deflating violence might have
taken as mac1,, place againft/fc Glebe,, a»dT?thes,and
IWf>loymenl ^ all Presbyters, as againft tiv Lands and
Offices ,f the Sfiopt, Deans *»d Prebends, it the bar-
iLllick. Conventicles, and other abjuring JK»#O s
defperate men, iiad, under the names ot A& and
Ordinances of Parliament, aboliihed (as they intend
ed, all Miniftery and Mintfers of the Church of I
land of all degrees.
t A Tefuitical projccT: cruel and cunning, carried
on by Faaatick. hands and furies 5 and as near to have
taken effecXwhich f.B.D.D.well knows Jas the Gun
powder rreafon once vat : For there wanted not L
erls of powder, nor Favxes with their dark lanthon
and matches, nor trayterous plotters and conjuring,
yea, and covenanting, toperfed(asF*4,andoth
have told us, ) thfc laft work of thorough Re or-
TT ^ HJ^^l^'** •*
52 7 be binding if all CoTwwwf $ and Covenanters
matipn .- Which taking away the ufe and office of any
ordained Parochial Minijlers, as well as Bit hops and
Cathedral Minifies, who are mudi anrienter <h-n
the other, nvight juftly inVturges judgement and ar
gument, have taken away, Alienated, (old and confif-
catedallthe Gkbes, Tythet, and Church Living* m
England:, of which poffibly C. B. might have had
other good bargains, wi:hout being put to a new
plea 5 tor what would ferve for one, would alfo jufti-
ne the other, fo long as the ebb and"the/«w<* was
above the LAV, and Juftice, or Common Ho-
neily.
Thefcrpjirs Bt* at laftc.B. D.D, is beaten out of the pir. And
hiCcVeaofTa howeverhehavc good mettal, yea, aUdnopesfor
crdcugc. Bother bufong Bout 5 yet asC^jof the game are
niftirited by the fent of garlick eaten by their rivals-
o he cannot bear the name of King and Parliament
lappily united. This fadly prefages Bijhops- and
Epifeopacy, this betokens a Church with order and
government, defended bylaw and juftice,tJiat eve
ry one may have rheiv own : This threAtevs not to
Tn&tefacrttedge a Jin, but to own it as a fin of the
frjt magnitude 5 at once breaking both -Tables of
Gods Law and violating both Godsend mansnghr
yea, robbing the befr, mofi ufeful, and mod del
lerving of ir.ankinde 5 for fo godly Bifhops and o-
i:.if.nowffk« ther Mtowws have bccnp and ought to be.
And now C./?.D.D,f!iesf as guilty Joab to the horns
Covenant?6 ^ ™?r) tO th^ ^/^ -^ ^ C^f^^ : And
putting this Anonymus Libeller in the front, he fol-
lovving m there-.ir, makes a foul, dimonourable
andihameful battery (yetunfeen) upon Dr. Gaudens
to their good behaviour. r*
Attalyfis* his good name, his perfon, his writings,
and whatever he thinks expofed to the fir ok? s of
impotent malice^ that he may be avenged on Dr.
Gaudex, for his juft rebuke of D. B's Sacriledge.
tf. They cry aloud, O the Covenant, O the facreci
Covenant^ that didfuch wonders of old, that began
the fpoiling of goodly Churches, the fad ruines of
our famous Cathedrals, that like thefmellofbrimjlone^
made ail the Kifkops, Deans, Prebends and Ca thcdral-
tnen to forfafy their hives : This ftripped thofe idle
drones, as D, />. calls them, of their Eftatcs and
Honours'-, fuch as were the Primate of Armagh > Bi-
fhop Morton, Biihop Hal/, Bifnop^e///ft'/J, Biihop
Eroivning, Biihop Prideanx, Bifhop Winniffs ^ and
many others either dead., or ftill //^/>?5 and Tby a
wonderful mercy)Jurviving both their own miferies,
and their adverfaries malice.
^.. But D. E. (as he faith of himfelf ) hath laboured
totwe abundantly then th:m all'-, that is, to purchafe
arid preferve to himfelf thefe Sjfiops lands: For
doubtlefs, if he had had money enough, he would
have dealt for all by wholefale, and not by retail,
they were inch opulent *wd facet penyworths.
.^. Now, Ff the Covenant help not the roor Libeller
and hh dear Amu-o D. B. they are half undone : if
this be lofcrly interpreted, and jujlly jiated, as in
law and confciwce it ought to be, both in taking and
keeping it, Aftum cft,perimim farewel fat Sacnle-
&ft.** you will become rharaobsletv 'kin: again : If
Dr. Garden reconcile ihe. Covenant to Eptfcopacy,
that is? to that Order, and Authority, and Govern
ment in the Church of England, which Catholick
antiquity
The binding of all CtyeiMntt *nd
antiquity ufed ., the beft Churches and Chriftians
ever approved 3 which the Laws of this Church and
Sute ever owned and fettled in their rights and im-
wmtitkr } which the ChrifHnn Kings of England ever
fwore to maintain , which was fo much valued b**
the lallKing of Martyrlie Honour., and bleffed Ademc-
ry> whofe example is moft admirable 3 for his love
and conllancy to the churchy for his patience in in
finite arTliclions ; for his charity to his cruel Enemies.
who condemnedhiwi and cut him in pieces, in order
to pofleis themfelves of the Crown and Church
'Revenues.
£. If Dr. Gaudcn&s a bold Adventurer., makes this
good, as all Juftice, Honour and Religion mult do
That the Covenant doth as rr.uch oppofe all Inittfiice
Schifm^ Sacriledge and fa&iovs Superftition ( which
calls and counts good evil ., and evilgc':>cT) as it feemed
tod« Trdacy and Popery fofaras th^y rnay be exor
bitant from Chriftian bounds : if Epifcop-icyjoyned
with Presbytery, that is, BHhop^ attended, advifed
and affifted by fome choice, grave Presbyters, duly
fubordinate and inferiour to them, as to that prece
dency of Order ^ and eminency of Authority ., which
areas neceflary for the Churches Polity and Ecclefi-
aftical Government^ as they are in Cities and Armies
or any civil Jurifdi&ions : If thefe be buoyed up a-
gain, and their eftates, as the other part of double
honour due to them, reftored to Bifliops and their
chief Counfellors, in the AfTefTors, and Cathedrals
this Libeller and D. B. with all their projects, pur-
chafes, clamors and Libels, muft fink, ts if a milftone
were about their neck* , and they <?aft into the fea-
^. To
to their* good leb<fbt8W,
§. To prevent this Abitjfis of poverty > contempt and Why
co*f*f<M, all the arts and engines of unholy Oratory, ,/
and hypocritical Zealotry, are to be fet on work by vr
tjic Libeller and D. B. They know that Dr.Ganden a™
pen, tongue, and fpirit are not eafily clumped or re
filled in a good cattfc (and other lie will not undcr-
take:)His tree and inaffecled ftile muft be fcurriloufly
dcfpifcd, shough they cannot imitate it : his Writings
not confutable by "fuch Sophifters , ^muft be blaft-
ed with their (linking br-.-.th 3 with imputation
of idolized xon-finfc , and tedious extravagan
cies, and Utter railivgs, and lying impcrtinenties, yea,
ofblafrhemji yet will not all this dirt infect a jewel,
though itfovlthe hands that caft it : Nor can the Li
beller or D. IT. hope hereby either to weaken Dr.
Gtudetis. honor, or to raifethe credit of the Cove
nant by his fenfe, and to his vile defigns.
$. For the Covenant will not fwiin, but fink under
fuch a burthen as they charge it with } if it be fraight-
cd' \v\t\\ highinjuftice, with prefumptuousfacriledge,
abetting of fchifm , if it be crammed with fuperlti-
tion , and charged with a fenfe every way as illegal
and irreligious, as it is injurious to honeft men, and
to the Church and Kingdom, yea, to our Cod and Sa
viour: Which fenfe nothing but either fraud or force
can hope to put upon the Covenant ; which muft ceafe
iobefacredzndholy, i f it be unjnft: So far as it will
not admit of anyjuft meaning, or honeft interpret a-
tien> or righteous execution, it muft be mill. In Cods
name, and with the Covenants good favour 5let right,
be done to God, to the Church , and to the whole
Nation 5 the King, theBifhops, the Clergy, the Ca-
thedrals^the people;and the poor of thcLand3 all cry.
for.
fbeVm&ing of all Covenants and CofyeiMniers
for juftice to be done info grand and publike a cafe :
For they are all highly concerned in conscience, honor*
peace.) plenty andprofyerity., that this C hurch have i- s
ancient Government by godly Bifhops, and oi her
Clergy-men 3 that thefe may have the eftates, lands,
and houfes which former piety nnd gratitude endow
ed them with, beyond all alienation without their
Kings and the Proprietors content 5 for the fupport of
their Miniftery, Authority and Hot/or, for the exercife
of hofpitality and Charity ,aad for the encouragement
of Learning and Religion in this Nation, that the
Church of England may not want fuch Fathers and
chief Sheepherds of Chrifts flock, who are worthy to
rule ; nor the Nation of England fuch examples of Mi-
nifters, nolefsimitable for their holy lives and good
works, then for their being Preachers of found Do-
ftrine^ and learned Champions of the Divine truth ,
in which no Church heretofore exceeded England
nor any Divines went beyond our excellent Bimops,
and others of the Epifcopal communion.
If this juft, heroick, kingly, and Chriftian Refor-
nantbe^ft" mation and Reftitution, withoutthe Covenants pro-
aadhoncft. hibition or unjuO flop of it, be once fully brought to
pafs, as we hope it will, D. B. and his Amanttenjts^ the
- pittiful Libeller, may take eggs for their money, arid
retire from his Palace in Wells toS. Magnus^ or Wat
ford again., if he can get cither one or bothefthem 5
or poilibly he may ingenuoufly repent, and fully re-
ftore, and to defervc to enjoy that eftate as a Bifliop,
with a better title and confcience then ever his Li
belling Advocate,^ or any of his ownjmatypkks3tytil
help him tojwhich offers were the probableft teinpta-
tun
to their pw
tion to bring the good man to a rectntatiottofhis er
rors, to a fixation of his judgement, to a purgation
of his conference, to fome reparation of his credit,
and fortunes too, and to fome reconciliation with
Dr. Candcn^ with whole name the witty Libeller
fecks to make the fad D. B. merry, as if there were
gandiuw as well .1* g*u<+y in the name} when alas
minetdtta mwte r*pvjin'*, theanxiousD: B. feels at
his voy heart thofe ( Icihales arundittes) arrows and
wounds wh'wh Dr.Ganaen firft gave him between the
jojntsofhis arwoHr^\\£\\ he ftruttcd h's ilrcngth,
when he thought iJs iacrijVgiots purchafe was fafe ,
and no u.3iuli,ili Kive l;ud at him, no more then at
a Whale or Le- i ' an; while he thought him ft. Ij guar
ded l/l^e CtliaL. not cniy with the Covenant, but
with Ordinances of tiro Hottfes j in the ftrength and
confidence of. which, ihisetowty champion for aluna.~
tiygCkurcb land*) bringb forth his plea for Sacrilcdge
like the Giants ipcar., which famed a Weavers beam .>
before all///-^7, that he might defie all Bifiops, and
all Epifcopal Divines , yea and all Epifcopacy that
(hould pretend to challenge his lands and purchafes,
with any claim of right, or any fufpicion of Sacri-
ledge : but he may fooner flip out of his skin ., as
Worms, Snakes and other old Serpents are w ont to
do, thnn free himfelf from that foul blot and con
tagion , which without repentance and reftitution
will ever cleave to his perfon, pretending to be a
Schollar, a Mimfter and a Doftor , yea and may be
a gangreen to his other eftate, as well as a grief to
his innocent pofterity $ To prevent which Dr. GaM-
dens charity prefented toD.B. his fin and prefumpti-
onin point of Sacriledge } in revenge of which this
I tibtlltr
7 be binding $f all CeTuwants
Ljbejleris to be his Armor- bearer3 and wirh the
of the Covenant D. B. hones nor only to ccvivr his -fin,
but alfo to (mother and opprefs- the ho;..:r of Div
jfce ciiiinpe. -" I have clone with the filth of rhis-Libellcrs
Buity °r s •;&• Title, of idol/zed nonfenfe and blafyhemy^ which he
anihis hid- imputed toDr.G/r//^ew «W />// Analyps>> how juftly
let the reader judge $ yea I appeal to the fnpream
Jvd^e v.'l-o iecs this Anatomift in his /crre* hidings ,
--]».. • j
anci mAiitioife ha^dnings^ yea and ZP/// rercardhiw o-
/'< v7//. uid bee-n an ingenuous Advcrf^ry^ that
h- tookofjuft reproof againft me or my
• whicli he had the courage to put his
s Mr. 'L ach. Craft on ) though none of theinoii
and renowned doth) I would have bound
rown to me , but for fuch a fcnlkjng An*it0-
LO. cut and ilafh with his butcherly knife , to
'tear and bite with his foul teeth, and yet to keep
himfelf iinfeen, this defervcs as different treatment
as an open enemy and a fecret tray/tar, or as thofc viler
vennine, which prey in the night, but-dare not fas
Sman4rnao\c more ingenuous btafts} be ieen in the day. But this
fading himfelf doth manifeft howivfiparakle aflwdow
flame is from notorie»s fins : That, men who arenioft
impious can hardly be fo impudent as not fometime
lo feek to recruit their bankrupt credit, and releive
their foar confciences. by concealing of their name sy
(as the thtif and Aduherer.-n'^^ writ fir twilight and
dar/ytc/?} and when they cannot forbear to do villtt-
noM things s yet they are loth to appear fo vile as in-
-deed they are, and inuft be eftecmed of all honeft
if once difcover-ed.
: rj
A The
totfairgood
£. The next work of Dr. Gattden is Jto examine Of ,
'the glorioHs Epithets which he aicribes to the Cwe- 1
nan*-, calling it by w#j of empbafis that Sacred Cove-
-A
the
covenant ft-
empas.
My deugn is not rudely to depreciate or diigrace
the Covenaxt, To far as it hath any thing in it (and
many it hath)that may juftly be counted or called fa
cred, by reafon of their fecming moral and materi
al conformity to the will and word of Cody and to the
laws of the land. Cod 'forbid I iliould call good cvil>
or evil good., (or re je& all that is good out of a jea-
loufie of evil \ ) Nor do I deny that the Covenant
confidercd Materta//?, hath wary things and rverds in
it which do pretend i<, holing and much profefs the
fower of godliness however iome factious Sophifters
may pervert them : As all the parts of Scripture are
facred in themfelves, a* to the fcope and defign, or
biii'orical truth, though they may be firft fpoken,and
after alledged or applied Ami$ by evil me ft and devil f9
with a deflgnriither execrable then facred.
Perhaps this Libeller( who may juftly^bear the title
of Sacerrimitt) underftands the word facredhereas
it is ufed by the Poct^Hrifacrafn^es^thc facred love
of money 3 becaufe covetous idolaters fo highly a-
dore it } and poflibly in this fence the Covenant
may be by him ftiled facrcd, as a utenfil now very
fervient to his execrable defiga, which is to keep out
Bifoops from their juft Offices, Dignities and Lands5
that he and his dear D. B. may keep their fared pur-
chafes inviolable 5 prefiuning that an Ordinance of the
1n>9 Houses in fuch diftempers of times3 ought to be
& fern pit errtalfantt nary, more facred and inviolable
to fuch facrilegious bargains 5 and their Purchafors
1 2 more
60 Tie binding of all Co^en&ntt and
more facred, then all the wills of the Donors now
de,^ or the former Laws of the Und^ or the word of
Cod., can be to the ancient and rightful fyoprietors
of thofe. church lands. Can any thing deferv'e to be
calledyrfoW or holy further then it L jufl and righte
ous , by giving to God and man what is their due >
How Far the firft contrivers of the Covenant., or the
poUtJck^JMpoferf of it., or tlnfe'-eajte takers had-facred
dcjignsandintentions} J leave to God to judge 5 but
certainly the violent 9 nnjuft and cruel methods ufed
by fqme men in executing of their facred Covenant-
tother#7»e not reformation of fo many \earncd^ god*
ly <ind innocent pcrfonjy^iJbopS) and other JMi.ttfftcrs$
yea to the utter overthrowing and extirpating 5 as
rcuch as in them by of f acred ..ancient and venerable £-
pjfcopacy it felf, as it had been, and ftill was by all
iciivs Ecchftjftical and^civil eftabliChed in the Church
of Englands and in all theOhriftian world.; fort-he
main, as'the "onely Catholick Government of the
Church : And all thtf iri Ofder to bringdn3 though
by lead'dnd y?w;&/erj'the novelty of aithe<idlefi?ref-
byterfa and the many headed monfter Independency 5
doubdefsthefe pro je(? sand practices promoted up
on, the accdunt of the .Ojdv'erttnti do little add to its
fawednefa and make it appear no way meriting the
^ngi Iar;epithet cf'fltfrtfljfh fo peeuliar5einphatick
and fuperlative a'fenfe as this Libeller aflixeth it5
xneerly to fcare hi$j?//^, or fcrupMlotts.Qr fuperftitioiis
readers from any thoughts of fuchfenfe and keeping
of the Covenant, as is and ought to be recovcileablc
\vith a regular Epifcopal Government, alfo to that
duty which they owe to God and the King, to the
Church and its ancient lawful Government.
The
to their gcoJ b& iJ>kur< 6i
The reftoring of which, according to the good
laws ef this church and Kingdom., allb according to
the beft pattern of C hrifb Ch ..rch in all ages, agree
able to Gods Word, and the rules of all order, po-
licy and julnce, as it ought to be one end of the Co
venant if rHy and juft -, fo t\i\$ cunning Libeller fore-
fees it will be much to the prejudice of himfelr, and
his dear D.E. who tis probable have but one ptirfe and
one heart.
£. Hence it is CO ye Ephcfians) that this Demetrian
Ai'tift crys fo loud, o the Covenant ! p the f acred Co-
UMant} 0 that) thatmofl f acred Covenant ! O what a
goddefs .«? what a Diana is this new found Image.,
which of late fell from the Northern climate • , and
thofc colder parts of heaven, into the Englim world,
in a black cloud full of ftormsand thunder.
jj. That the world may fee this Wolf nncafedtf
fuch ffieeps cloathittg, as pretends to any thing facred
in hisfenfeand defign, which would leek to (helter
its w/ckednefiund-er the title of that facred Covenant,
It will not be a mifs to (hew the Reader, yea and the
well-mcaningcovenanter.) the true import of thisfopht-
ftryi which as formally ad Js the title Sacred to the
Covenant, as fome Bigots do that of Holinefi to the
Fopeof R**»e. Not but it mutt be conreiled that
many Bifhops of Rome have been very holy men 5
b it fome flatterers have not feared or blulhed to
give that hfgkeft and divintjl honor to fuch as have
bcenmoft tiagicious in the confeffion of many lear
ned and fober Romanrfts*
$. In like fort, that many things in the Covenant oft'neC
Uiay have theftamp and fignature of sacred on them, vena
and that many Covenanters- might be facred things cfj
9 a T^e binding of All Covenants and Qftenttnttn
as to their intents, when they took it, is not in cha
rity to be denyed : nor will I envy the Covenant >
this title of Sacred., reductive or confequeHtially^ fo
far as every lawful promife, vow or oath may be holy^
and ought to be fo5 efpecially when Gods holy name
is folemnly invocated 5 and when fuch Promifcsare
kwfully made, and by lawful means performed., ac
cording to that Unffnl matter contained in them, and
lawful meaning^ to which all things facred are confi
ned by the rules of Juftice and Godlmefa the law of
God and man.
$. But certainly the tide of facred fa fuch a mag-
. mfcence and latitude as this Libeller vapours (as if the
Covenant^ further then it may contain in it words and
things 5 capable of hone ft , jttft And religious fafe)
were eminently a facred thing 3 in refpetft of Gods
fpecial Inftitution and appointment of it $ as if the
.moft holy God had by his moft holy spirit inlpired it,
by his wifdom compofed it, or by his fpecial authority
in his word expretly impofed it , fo as he did of old
the Law, the two Sacr ante nts> and other holy rites and
duties of his worfiip andfervice? in this religious fenfe
(which the Libeller would ivfinuate^) the covenant
was not facred 5 no nor in a civil fenfe, as things
may be calledj^roW ( cfuia legibttf fancita) becaufe
by Lawseftablijhed-) As the Church Catholick is ho
ly 3 which never was without Epifropal Order and Au
thority 5 fo theJMajefty of the King is eminently facredy
yea and that authority w hich fe from him derived to
inferiour A/agiflratcs and Minifters j whom to defpife
or reproachj or injure is efteemed to curfe the Gods 5
that is to efteem and life perfons facred by laws of
GodAndmAH) as if they were execrable and abomi
nable. tf.lt
in their goad
« It is beyond all doubt that the Covenant, as to
its method and corapofure, as to its auinonty and
impufurc, had no fi.ch ./Im-Jw/f m it as we call pro-
prt-!y and intrinfctaUy d,vine ^ religion , which
coning in thole fc^ «f Wi«/?, wh ch *"? ' "°S
hath either AwMvdy from Cod, or relatively to
him, by venue of his own fpecial appointment and
command. i
<i If it were of fuch freviwif*md inflitntioH nnd
< t w
ncecuury ufe, it mutt cither be t-xprcfly contained m
Cods^-d, or by fome miraculous ^^«^S£
mcd tobe \kfamdvilli nathcrot which can with
any fcmblanccof truth be affirmed of the Covenant.
Alas many of its firft contrivers, comptftr, and wpo
f, with its mod ,ealous takers^ by thw time know
mfclvcs to be but men, :ujd fome of them no
very facrcd : If it were ficrtd by fuch an antecedent
authority and inftitution from Cod,; it would be a
fin not to have taken it long ago ; which I bclecve
no wan ever feared to be yMty of, or made any- con,
Science to repent of his rfrfat, ttkfiti nor are
.an™— , fo rigid -to fancy that any man
finned againftGod, beeaufe he in conJcienee 01 al-
eS LnceTcrupled or denied to take it i no, the great
fear lay in taking it, efpecially as fome men Irfl »
• interpret it ; and the next fear of fin is m fertw* ?,
iathatfenfe which fomc would now underltand it,
'which is moft najufl and vncb«rit*tltt andfocann.
of the
sMmd the Covenant deferves not that title,
cade it was never invented, impofed or confirmed
* ™
j?7;<? binding of all Ctoendrits and Covenanters
tarj power of this Nation, which doubtlefsis the on
ly facred and binding authority in a civil cr politique
fenfe.
£. How then the Covenant came to be fofignally
conficrated \ know not, as to any Divine or Huttttne
authority '-y I amfure it had no Bifliops to contrive or
confecrateit in ti:cHoufe of Loids 3 nor any natio
nal., facred Synod : to fay it is confequtntially and
interpretative facred.) by way of its matter end, and
life conform to the word of God> and as the name
of God is ftarr.ped i-pon i:5amounts to little morej hen
that facredncfs) which is in every honed mans word
or oath, as he is tied byntoral ob'igAtions to truth
and juftice, which are m ch ancienrei b*ndi then the
Covenant , and for the na» «;e of G d graven upon it,
it doth not make any vow, pTomife. c\nh or Cove
nant facred., further then it is materially nnd mortify
good5both in its firfttak'nn:, and after ket ping. But
itiszprophanivg ofGodsholynims^ when it Ls added
by way of conjuring or cwfyiracy, to an) purpof^ or
compafojthat are unLtwfjil, either for matier or man
ner 3 having no command from G^d or man., nay
contrary to the declared will of both.
$.' Fis certain the Covenant hath fome paffag s in
it, which in fome mens fenfe never came into the
mittdeof Cod. nor are in hit Word> either exprejly^or
by jnft conjequence s> as that grand and principal »,n%
of extirpating Prelacy, that is Ar Mr/hop t9 ttjhopx&c.
If it be meant of the degrees and orders of fuch Go-
vernours, as have bee ifo long ufedand ufefulinthe
Church of Chrift, even from the primitive times,
and from the Apofiolike both pattern and fucceffion3
no wife and juft man can allow it 5 becaufe it is no
vel
to their ^ood lelafohMt 6 $
velandfuftious, prejudicial to truth andjuftice, to
the order and honor of this3and all ancient Churches,
\vho were governed by the eminent authority of
Bifhops ' but if it be meant onely to take away the
Luxuriaxciet and Aufes ; to prune off the excefles,
and fupplythe defects incident to Ecclefiaflical Go
vernment ^ or to be found in thzt juncture imdconfti-
ftution, or the administration which was in England ;
no wife and good man will oppofe the efficacy of
the Covenant, in ways either facred or civil , fuch
as become good Chriftians, and good Subjecls : yea.,
no men are inoi e forward in this then good &Jhops&nd
thebeJlEprfcopAlDivinet*, who have not upon them
any fuch voad of the Scotch Covenant & it is deftruCtive
to regular Epifcopacy 5 but they have far more an
cient, evident, and eminent motives to their duty
from the holy Laws of Godtnd man, which are able
to keep men holy, without any fnfer ligrtion of this
or other facred Covenant $ which fome facrilegiotu
Jpoftates are prone to reproach by their magnifying
it, in order to their private, covetous, and factious
defigns 5 which when more prevalent in England ,
did very little advance Gods knoros, either the holt-
ftefsov happinefs of any honefi m*n\ no more then
they did the piety, peace, or profperity of either this
Church or State.
$ And for fuch fpotted Libellers, who cry out of
the Cacred Covenant, and count all blafphemy, that
invalidates their Titles te Church lands, or invert and
obftruft their defigns, for Anarchy And confujton in
Church and State 5 they are no more to be regarded,
for the becionor itom *»ds ti&j lift to ule, then
Satan
66 The binding of all Covenants And Qftenanttrt
Satan is when he turns hiwfelf into the form of A&
Angel of Light, and turns Preacher 5 or then the El
ders of that City were., when they cryed out of Na-
bothsblafpheming '-, or the Accufcrs of Chrifl^ who laid
JjlafpkeMj. even to his charge } or the murtherers of
the late King of glorious, memory ^ for his conftaffcy^
patience and charity to this Church and Kingdom^
who yet had that fuperlativc impudence in their Trea-
fonar.d Mt/rther, as to call thc.m; elves the Saints and
holy cnes.
$. If this prodigious Libeller and his Abettors3
ha-e no other Sacrednefs^ then what they have gain
ed by being dipped in the dry- fats of feme, fuch modern
Covenants^ I ows^ Oathe^ Engagements^ and A\)jur&-
r.ationsi as they thought moft conduced to their unjuft
ends ("all of them fo far undoubtedly deftitute of any
civil mfacred Authority) furethey and their Engage
ments arefarfrom fuch an holincfsas will bring them
to happinefs : Nor is the defign of thefe farther, then
to keep by fuch pal/tAtionsand pretences of Sacred-
fiefs*, the facrilegwHs bargains.) on which they have
both foolifhly and Wickedly adventured: for which
they hope the Covenant crycd up as facrccl., and fo
kept in its, edge and kfennefs againft all the right of
Epifc opal precedency and honour-, will be a great Abet
tor > when all other projects fail^ and as leaves after a.
fraft, will fall to the ground.
r vindicator of the Covenant, for fo
lcd himrdf fared a bufinefs, be himfelf fo holy a perfeu> as is fit
infofacrcd a to ailert any thing that is holy > it is firange he con-
vmdic,iioi. ceajs the honor of his name, and the authority of
I^isp;erfon3 when he engage thfotigh as to cry out of
Dr.
to their gwd behaviour i 6 j
Dr. G*ude*t blafthemj : Sure he needed not to have
hidden himfelf in fo good and great^a can fa wherein
his zeal, though mixt with indiicretion, might have
made him appear a very holy man : but it (eems he
hud not impudence enough to flew his evil face. 3 nor
courage to own his fcandalous name , confcious to
the unwelcome horror of it , which is capable to
blaft: any thing that he crys up as fared : Therefore
heufcth thcfe cowardly Rhodotttontadosot words, to
amaze the filly Readers of hisfiUy Anatomy 5 which is
a work worthy ofC.B. Ctfar Borgia, fon to Alexander
the fixrh 5 both of them as Guicci ardine tels us, Borbo-
rt'tt, monjhrsof mtn, wallowing Svine in the mire of
fenjkabty, Simony 3 Sacriledge , Covetoufnefc Cruelty >
and all manner of evil <- oncupifience , even then when
one gloried to be h/s Holing the onely facred,vijil>te
headef the Chnrch 5 The other to be the Nephew, that
is, So* of fofacred* Father , neither of them capable
to advance the repute of any thing they cryedup/^r
/W/or/*<W, any more then this Libeller is able /0
'.promote. t\wjacred Covenant, and his cxecrable3 that
is3 his facrilegious ends thereby.
j^.I (hall not be follicitous to finde out his Hame3who
dares not cvon himfelf in the defence of&furcd thing.,
andagainft blafrheay. I prefume he is vir trmm /;-
tor arum., or nitlliitsnominif. as to any thing of true
honour mAworthi andfo his per fon is better buried
m eternal obfcttrity then difcoveredby an unfeafona-
able curiofity 5 which would utterly blaft all Sacrednef
in the Covenant, no lefs, then in his profeffion, eipe-
cially if he be of the hmcfacred gown with his dear
C. B. the Letters of whofe name are fo oft graven
K 2 W*
Tie IMwg cfafi C&Tffttj;/* at a
upon this Qiield oftheCopemtrit j which is oncly dread**
iulfpr the C ergons head tf.Nvn'fenfettnd%l<$Jxm&
prefixed toit'-t which fw-ells with great tfcwior and
bftcntsiipn nppn the Reader, '- Vomiting out
vci/iiKt, as ealily as (oir.e Jitgltrsdo ftones, and knives,
and nnils, yet no man caii vvell -dilcerri how they
corr.eby them. Kaf? • [ike ttie Devil of Mtflon, this
>> yet s iiot
to be fccn/,t)neiyt^t^4Qinfef-iiiycstb cry out with A
difmul Tclafixmr, other whik-to laugh with profitfe
and affe&edtacfannjtfoKs 3 though- no forrow is /ad
der then the Devils and hypocrites mirth 5 at la ft he
left a TEoft putki fciita aid filled the room
exhnUtions.
As doth this invifib'k; Libeller 3 of whom Dr.
m had nolc'fs fcruple in point of making any re
ply to, or having any conference with him ^ thenfome
had of their 'freaking to thofe GhejtsSand SpeSfofs
which appeared inmeir heufes : with whom the re-
v trend Brfiop Hall (whofe very name (of ali'Biihops)
thcjfrtrit of Aftaodeus^ in this Libeller mofl abhors and
cl reads ) ad^vifeth not to have aay parley^ bec^nfe
he jadgeth thofe Apparition* to be but the Devils iltu-
/^/3.andthatthere 'is HO hope, either to do them
good, or get good from them, by any difctttrfe with
;<f. In like fort for forne weeks (having much other
and better employment) Dr. Ganden thought it 'his
wifeft way to follow the command of King ^Hezefyab
by which he defeated the -real -bhfpfaariet and rail -
ings of Rnbfhtfab} by n0t anfivering him a word , it
being
to their goid behaviours 69
being Cufficicnt reply to fuch Dialolettos , in the
Archangels words , 'the Lordrebuke them : Many fober
perfen^W^i* below the confpicnity and luftre of Dr.
Gaudtns namc^ to encounter with fuch an Vwbray
fuch a Goblin and Hwru* 5 who linking in moft de-
ferved obfcurity5 (hoots out his litter arrows^ to the
TMiwdwg(i£it were in the power of his impotent ma
lice) of not tf/tf/y Dr. Gattdem credit 5 buc of all the
Ckur-chof England) of all the /c^wt^/? ^o^ aiid r^e-
rcnrlEifoopsi .of the King, that \ya,s cruelly and fcorn-
fullyput to death, ro make way for purchasers of
O-ovvn and Church lands , yea, to the reproach even
of Cod himfilfc and his bJefied NdMe; as if it did by
meer charm _confecrate all thcfe proj^fts, confedera
cies, fai-hio^ and practices., yea, and purchafes too,
which lift to wrap thcmfclv,es up in thewvert eftifacrcd
Covenant : Which can never befHtifefficred, then
as it keeps within bounds of Ctds a nd wans Lanes 5
which are jnft and holy, forbidding to do any evi!3
though goodihould come thereby.
0. To be fure, that injurious and facrilegious fenfe 7 he Covenant
which this Libeller intends to put upon the Covenant? \^^^
will render it rather execrable then facred ^ and fo facredjiffacri-
inult every Covenanter be to Cod and nil £00^ «?c«, Ieglous-
who under colour of theOz^w^, (hall per(evcrein
anv way which is unjuft 3 taking or detaining from
any honeft man., that which by Gods and mans Laws
is his., notwithstanding the Remaining Lords andCoffz-
mons. in 'the two Houfes , and the Scotch iCommif-
fioners, year, find the Aflembly fall (acred no doubt.,
tlwugh without the authority and confent ©f his Sa
cred Ma jeftie). did take that Cw.etiavt,$zpt.ii. 1649.
. Which
The bind ing of all Covenants and Covenanters
$. Which wasconfecratedbythe faordi andpijlvls
effome Souldiers, who being rirft pregnant with ibme
prodigious Reformation^ fell into fuch monftrous long-
ings afterward^ as were not to be fatisfied, without
they devoured not cnely the lands and houfes of the
Crown and the Church 5 but alfo the liberties., lives >
and honors both of the Kings and Bijheps of England '3
\vho were generally perfons fo eminent for all excel
lencies befitting Princes and Prelates, that few men in
any age exceeded or equalled them $ yet were they
fought to be utterly ruined and extirpated, both their
Eftates, peHbns, Functions and Succetlionsby feme
uien5 who had perfonally taken, and at fir ft zealoufly
promoted thisfacred Covenant : Thefe were the pious
iutpoverijhers of Bijfwps firfl:, and then the Kings of
England'-^ thefe were gracious purchafers of Crown
and Church lands> the holy extirpaters of Monarchy
and Epiftopacy out of this Kingdom and Church.
£. O thou execrable Libeller^ who ever thouart !
were not thefe fit Patrons for your cattfe^ and defired
Advocates for the Client D.#. had they not gained
much faered influence., by lying fo directly under the
Afpeft ofthff facrcdCovenant ? Were they no1- blejfed
Reformers.- Are they not ftilJin a very juftj, charitable
.and holy temper, when they are impatient, and cry
out of .non-finfe, yea idolized*, yea, and Bla/pbcmj
too, if any manfeekj in order topublique peace, to
reconcile the Covenant by fotvW/Wand benign a fenfe
of it3 as may in charity be bclieved5and ought in piety
and equity to be contained in it, if it be valid and
binding of any mans conference : fince no man can be
bound by any contrived form of words 3 under the
name
name of Vono^ or Oath, or Le<tgue> Q* SacredCovenant
contrary to his duty to Cod, the King, the Countrey,
the Churdb and the Laws under which he Jives.> or in
prejudice, and to the/ff/tfrjof anyone bone ft mans
rights • much ItTs againit io many, as the Bijhops*n&
other Church-wen were -, yea,againft the very F until-
<w3 Office, Authority 3 Order, and Degree of Bi-
fliops, in fuch a fenfe and ufe as ever was obferved in^
the Church of Chrift.
<. Yet no fenfe of the Covenant will ferve the £/-
bellerftuvn and D. SV.butfuch,which to the reproach.
;Hid prejudice of God and his Church., and of this
Nation , to the fcandal and contempt of our Rdigi-
av and Reformation^ may enable and encourage them
themfelves fo to ad and perfifl:, as obliged by their fa-
cred Covenanra to make a further execrable bavocl^
of this Church } and to keep thofe facrilegiow pur-
chiifts they have made, contrary to all right andr&*-
fon ; all civil Jufticc and Religion, all Laws of GWand
man.
$. Who will hereafter call or account the Covenant
Swcd, when hefhall read it foftiled by fuch an exe
crable Libellera\\iE5,'B' who was firfl a very keen ad-
verfary againfl the Scots, when they firft teemed this
Covenant, and brought it forth as Jupiter did Pal/at,.
complexity armed'. O how did his Copes-mate D. 7>.
then bite and tear the poor Scots,. After, when he
found they had aninfliience on the two Houfes of Tar-
liamentandA&mbly-) how did he \\ck.them whole
with hfs tongue .<? O the glory ot the Covenant 1 how
facred, how venerable muft it needs appear, when,
fuch a Libeller andD. E. affcrtit? when D. B'S well
fie binding of a!! Covenants and Covenanters
known Ambitiev.) never fcrupled to have been made
aBiftlop, though he had no worth or merit fit for it 5
till by an unhappy flue he plunged himfelf into a
great purchafe of ft/hops lands , which to preferve, he
is driven \n his great eft agonies and defratrstofiy, as
Vfyjfejdidto AJAX ImJJjjeld, for protection to the
Covenant 5 which (if it be indeed facred ) fuffici-
ently tells all Sacrilegio«4 pur chafers of Crown and
--Church lands, againft all law and juftice, that/w-
te&ion is not in it for any fuc'i ungodly and unjuft
•pra&ices : That the Covenant as facred, could not, did
not and ought not to intend any thing to the preju
dice and injury of Venerable Ep/Jcopacy^ ne;tber'to
the lands, liberties., honors, or lives of ;iny Bifhops,
if legally good men, nor if morally bad, further then'
foconvi&ed by Law, and lawful authority. A de
formed or difeafed vicious man, mull not by a Pbytici-
anbc deftroyed, under pretence to correcl or cure
him ^ nor may any Judge condemn him, as to his juft
and civil rights, becaufe ofhlsjinfal infirmities, which
the Law hath not yet condemned.
ThJ TrCTC This mit}gated anc' Juft ^en^e of the Covenant,
of the Cove! fome ^at were, and are great Urtfers in our ifracl,
aficntcd a°d Aflertors of the Covenant, are now content to
°Wn 5 abatinS that r'S,°r which Sometime poflefled
fome Covenanters againft Epifcopacy in that fenfe,
wherein this and moft other Churches ever owned
and fifed Epif copal Government and Authority among,
and above Presbyters.
$. Yea, many of them begin to caft a favourable
eye on Epifcopal Dignity , no lefs then on Church
lands, fearing nothing fo much, as not to have afiare
of
to their good behaviour,
of them } much congratulating, as the Kings happy
rcftaurttion'-) fo the hopes of recovering thepriitine
honour and Government^ with the revenues and rights
of the Church in point of Efifctptcj 5 nor in the^/-
lacy of A Presbyterian parity, but of a prtfidetttial con-
ftant eminency of Bifhops, in authority above Presby
tery, fuch as St. Jerome affirms to be *4pcjfarjt to avoid
fchifras, factions and confufions in ail Churches.
$. Which pious, prudent and juft refolution, car
ried on by King, Lords and Commons happily united,
will be btft able to declare and ftate tlnatfenfc of the
Covetmnt> which onely can be lawful, juft and honed:
And therein to reconcile all good inen, beyond any
fenfe that the partiality and novelty of others feek to
urge and iinpole. contrary to our Lares and common
Juficei which ought not to cancel,, but confirm the
Catholick cuftomsof the Church } alfo the pious do
nations of the dead 5 and the juft fruitions of the
living.
tf. There is nothing which Dr. Gander? defircs and
CJ -^
endeavours more , then the peace ot Church and
States nor can he expecl: to fee either of them fin- W
cerely fettled, till juftice be done to God, the King, liainej»ts dt-
andthe Churchy nor are thefc likely to be effected c
to a/*J?/ȣ/cn*r///5untilthefetwo things be done and
declared in Parliament, by King, Lords and Com
mons :
i.Firft, Tbitall alienating of Church lands, with
out the confent of King, Lords, Commons, and the
Clergy in poiTeffionjisfacriledg^hat is,a fin of an high
nature5and juftly abominated by this Chrifttan Church
and Nation.
L 2. Se-
iion*
The binding ofattCoTtenwtt and Cot
2. Secondly. That the Covenant was either not to
be taken3asit is not to be kept in any otherfenfathen..
what is agreeable to the Laws of God and men, to
Jitftice and Charity : That not any National Authority ',
which the Covenant never had, but onely the matter
in it fo far as is lawful, doth binde any man who took
it, yea, and fo all that new clidtal^e it: Thus the
Scept7cat\md fupcrjlitioits Difputcrs, and facrilegious
urgers of the Covenant may be filenced} and the
juft limits of it may be ftatcd, even as to the point
of lawful Epifcopacy 5 wherein all fober mindes may
agreejvn for t he validity or bondof the Covenant.but
for the higher obligations which Reafon and Religion,
Piety andPrudence^ juftice to man, and regard to
the Church of Chrift have upon their confcienceb :
That the Covenant may not be made the grindftone
or milftone to wade or fink venerable Epifcepacy^nd
undo good Bifhops 5 nor yet a footftool or ladder to
help Tresbyteryoi Independency again into the faddle
of mif-government , firft of the Church, then of
the State 5 which hath evidently appeared to be
the defign of all Fadious and Ambitious Novel
ties.
£. As for this Libeller and his Abbettors^fuchasD.
^•quiiram Atfi animos a crimim fitmitnt) who con •
feioub to the enormity of their actions, are pertina
cious tofcrew up the Covenant to fuch rigors, as arc
deititute of any juftice from Gods or mansLaws3one-
Jy to abet the facriledge of their pnr chafes , or to fo
ment their further fa&ious projects of fubduing this
Church of England •*> that is, debafing and deforming
it .to other forreign patterns^ which are far below its'
former
t o ter goo
former beauty .>and prefent cor:ftitucion:thefe are beft
left to the enjoyment of fuch fruits as the Laws will
allot to their Sacrilegious Sin 3 Folly 5 and Rafli-
nefs.
$. If the Covenant be Sacred, and rnuft binde to -.. p
that latitude of fenfc which any lift to ftretch the njr,t ;"gunft
letter of it ^ I wonder how thofe that urge it to i* catenas
fiercely againft Prelacy and lifiops as chief, can be s^rft ^'n.
free and abfclyed as to their rresbjteryov Independen
cy j which f'> Presbytery ravelled., or in rags ^ ngainft
both which ti :> covenanted under the names of
ScLjfit aiid SHperji/ifM '*> firce both Presbytery and /#-
uenfy ( apart froiri Epifcopal Prendency and
t ityj arc branded v. it!; ^f/e
-.. Schtjws : both in an
i&l ^i'rit^ I :cau-e racHous varyings orren-
dings ficm.iC'jnfouniry , with this and all ancient
Chui rhcs : Alfiriu acivii fenfe, as violent deviativcs
from the icttlcd laws and conftitutions of this Church
and State.
(j. Nor are they lefs guilty of §Hperftition : Affir-
mati veDby impollng fuch things as neceilary in Church
Government, and Chriilian communion, which God
hath not made or declared to be fo } fuch as are lay-
ruling Elders parity among Presbyters:, a Church-
Covenant 5befides Chriftian owning < f their Baptifm
and confejiion of their Faith in confirmation : And
Negative , Sttperftitiovs they are3 in denying thofe
things to be lawful or indifferent., which God hath fo
left in his Word, under the liberty , authority and
wflomof his Church, to judge of. ufeand impofe as
fuch. r'
L 2 4. If
76 The Binding of aft Covenants And C
cr. If they are guilty of Idolized Non-fenfe and
The contra- ..'„. • r °i_ > *„ IA .,,
againlt the Jacrea Covenant .> who will not
fuffer themielvcs, yea, this whole Church and King-
aaic'V ' dom to be hampered or fnared by any word in it? or.
affixed to it, contrary to right reafon, fettled Laws
and found religion, to which Dr. Gaudtn feeks to
confine the Covenant 5 and reduce all Covenan
ters that are confciencious -, what inuft be the fin
and fttpine folly ofthofe men, who feek to recon
cile contradictions 5 to juftifie immoralities and im-
pofe novelties :, to abet fehifes^ and to affert meer
&ol<ecifms in Church and State by the Covenant.
Swearing allegiance to the King as fupream 5 yet
making Laws without him., andiinpo/Tng Covenants
upon him and his Subjecis 3 againft his and their
consciences .<? vowing to extirpate Prelacy as efla-
blillied by Law, yet owning Eptfcopacy as a primi^
tive.) Apoftolick^ and cathofok^ Government in the
Church 5 engaging againft all Schifms and SH^rfti-
tion> yet ftrongly abetting Tresbytery and Indepcn-
dencji apart from all authoritative Epilcopacy, be
ing both of them highly guilty of thofe rendings of
both Church and State into fa&iou* parties 5 alfo of
thofe popular and novel impositions, upon the con-
fciences of the Kings Subjects and good Chriftiuns,
which no Word of God3 nor practice of any pri
mitive Churches, nor Jaws of this Church or State
do require 5 anfing from fuch arbitrary fancies, as in
licentious times feemed moft probable to advance
the interefts of mens covetous and ambitious pro
jects, as they could ftrengthen their feveral parties
yhc firii pro- and faftions.
i«.sp:onofrome x Thus fome covenanters who at firft profeiTed
good behaviour.
they aimed at nothing but an ingenuous and orderly
reduction of Epifcopal government., to its primitive.,
legal and juft bounds, fo far as it was by God and
man permitted by them in their places and calling! 5
protecting that they covenanted only againfttbe lux-
tiriavcjes and deficiencies, not the prifane tminwcy.
j f j ^ •*
orderly presidency,, or due authority of Epifcopacy, yet
afterward, as fuccefs fmilcd upon their party, the
bias of their Covenant was drongly and wholly let
for Presbytery-, by all means they were to fet it up,
and to malleate the Church of England ( which was
as veil conftituted and reformed as any in the world )
in Dofrrine, Drfciplinc and Government, to the Kirk^
and Presbyterian mode in Scotland^ as a mod: rare and
uni^ne pattern '•) when even there the Covenant was
indeed but an untimely birth of yejlcrday^ an abor
tive brought forth by force , contrary to the for
mer excellent, legal confutations of that Church,
which were Epifcopal.
<$. Thus while the tide of times ran high for Prep r
• , / •/->• i Presbytery
bytery> there was no hoe, but the prutine order, no- ca:r^j high
nor, and liberty of the Church of England muft in ouhcback of
all haft write after fuch new copies as were blotted ^ (
with the blots of civil bloodfied, and other tumul
tuary fpots, which are not thefpots of God f Church and
children : the two Hoitfes^ the Ajjembly, the Clergy ^
the King and all muft dance after that foraign pipe^
which plaid to the new tune of "Bifbeptefi, or Anti-
epifcopal Tresbytery 3 without abolifhing of which ,
fbme men well knew Church lands could not be got
ten, which they fo greedily gaped for. The abate-
§. When the heat and petulan cy of this popular *™ ^ ^ c
Presbyterian fpirit began to cool, and by overboyl-
? ht binding of aft Covenants and Covenanters
ing to quench it felf, fober people of all rancks
having enough of the vapour and flouriJI^ arid too
much of the pragrnaticalnefs and impertinency of
petty Presbyters, either in theirftngle or Parochial u-
furpations, or in their more poiidck but illegal ajfo-
ciatrons '-> then they began to chew over the Covenant
again, to fee if it were more digeftible in a fofter
fenfe then rigid and imperious Presbytery had dila
ted} And becaufe Epifcopacy was f lill under great
prejudices, not only by the ambitious tnvy of its ri
vals, the ruling or ufurping Presbyters , but alfo by
the injurious fellers and buyers of Biftiops and other
Church-mens lands , many covenanters rather cnn-
ing \\\z\\ conscientious i broached new fences of their
Covenant^ making it confident: with any degree of
Independency., yea with utter Anarchy in Church and
State, in order to let up, as they pretend e<i}tr e King-
domofje'w.) upon the ruines of Epifcopacy and Pref-
bytery too.
5^.Yea there wanted not ihofc whofe Vane fuphiPry
found out limits and Solutions for their (worn l^yalty^
in the words of the covenant'-* as bind;ng then, no
further to preferve the'lC/'ffgj life and honor , then in
hib prefervatiov of true Religion., in their opinion :, if
he confirmed • .otto what they fancied the true re//'-
gion> under any fieptic^ novel and feraphick^form.,
Adieu Allegiance, they are abfolved by the Cove
nant 5 the King is contrary to the godly party, and
the intereft of Jefus Chrift 5 he is a perfecutor and a
Tyrant 5 he may be impiifoHed., depofed. deftroyed,
even by fome fuch covenanters, whether of the Pref-
Lyterian or Fndependent lenven 3 who made the Co-
the Law of God or the Land, the iimi-
tcr
to their gwJ- behaviour,
ter of their Allegiance, and the chctimfcriber3the
owerth: ov/cr of the Kings power, both Eccleli.iitical
and civil, that by the mine of the Kings and Bi (hops
Palaces, they might build their cottage* to a greater
itrengthand confpicuihy.
tf.Thus was this fared Covenant made fcrviceablc to
rhemoft exwrtbU *8tom that evrtthe/*ff£*£t/i/Pboth
for Kiitg-4iff/ttg9 and cttitnh robbing , for Regicide
and Sacr/L'dge, together with all that deluge ofhy-
pocriiie and vilany which mrfi needs flow" in upon
any Nation where fuch principles of An.mhy and
practiccsof Kefo//f0«(lialllfcemconfecrated even by
a facrccl Coven svt 5 contrary (as I beleive in charity)
to the intents of moil of thofe that fii ft invent cclsw-
pofed it and took it, as a godly firrtgo full of goo<i
words and fpecious phrafcs, which admitted and ex-
preiled fuch limitations by the word of God> and the
Lawsof the Land, to mens duties in their places and
ca&u$t, alfo to the ineafures of true Rehgion, and
banndsof good cotrfiicnce, that many in the Simplicity
of their f9ttls no doubt took it,, without any evil
thought againft the King, the Church, theL<rnvDthc
liberties of this Nation 5 nor yet againilthe juft rights
of Bimops or any honeft man 5 contrary to \vhich'
holy bounds and rules of Juftice, to afficm, tliat no
man could with good conscience otherways covenant or
aft , is that idolized nonfenfe and bhfyhewy , with
which the infantovf and Anonyntus Libeller dares to
charge Dr. Gatiden, as a depraver or defecrator of
that facred Covenant, with which that Sacrilegious
Scribler is fo highly taken, becaufe he fancies it may
yetfervchisandD.B's. turn at a dead If ft, and fave
that ftakc and venture they have in Church lands,
which
go The binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
which will fignifie very little, if Bifioptbe rejloredtQ
their juft rights, againft which no Covenant could
be honeftly takea3 or may juftly bind.
$. Dr. Gander profeiTeth, that as no honeft man
ought by an impofed or fyontamovs covenanting) to
engage himfelf or others to the prejudice of God or
man.> contrary to his duty to either, or to the dimi
nution of what is lawful juft and right D either ki
publickoi private 5 which pofition is as full of good
fenfe, and as far from llafybemy^ as the Libeller and
D. B. are from modejty and common honefty 3 who
would make the Covenant a faare to fin , and
a bond to iniquity , yen cry it up for fared >
So Dr. Gaudens Analyfis3 Solution or K-efolution of
the Covenant., to fuch a fence asisfuitable to a good
confcience^ either in taking or keeping it, ii, far from
Itflmgot blajbhemingzny thing, t bain ^ay be facred
in it3 becaufe conionant to Cods word, and thofe
moral duties, religious and civi!5of" piety, Suftice and
charity, by which all men, and Chrirtians above all
are obliged, and from which no power on earth can,
or in heaven will abjbhetkcm.
$. As to the authority, compo(ing3 and impofng
-"nsc'- of the Covenant, Dr. Gauden affirms it was not le-
Ba^ an<^ compleat 5 nor had it a civilly facred or le-
gifafive power $ confequently the Covenant hath not
vimltgis^ nor ma> beelieemed asa National Vow or
Ingagetitenti not binding all men in their proxies or
perfons, muchkfsin their pofterities5 no more then
the publick Faich did which was oft and foleinnly a-
Vowed by thefe Covenanters, but never performed
nor will be till Doomfdaya
0. The Church and Nation was happy and free
before
^
C
to their good tefj<ft>iowt 81
before it, and without it , it being no command of
Godovinftitution of thrift., or necejfary ingredient in.
Religion , or catholick cuftom of this or any other
Church of Chrift, nor any fundamental Jaw or con-
ftitution either facred or civil , but ameer novelty,
and illegality, as to the polity and piety of this
Church and State. Yea taking the Covenant in its '
pHblick,*Jptff? and astothofe factions and defigns to
which it ierved feme rr en fora while, it was full of
the/*#/>#/5 forces y terrors and je*lffufeso£ thofe moft
unhappy times, for which the invention and appli
cation of the Covenant , proved no antidote or plai-
fter to remedy or allay thediftempers in Church and
State, but was rather a means to fire^ in^ime^ and
exafperate them even fo far, till the very firft Au
thors and Abettors of the Covenant, were more then
once fmicten, wounded, deltroyed, defeated, and at
Jaft wholly fubdued , even by their Coven.mting
brethren, whofe Ambition, quickly made this fo
(acred Covenant, an Almanack out of date.
~ i /*i j t i •/•' l_ i. tti»- rciigi«
§. If any man nave yet a fcritple and jealottjie,tt}at ous bjnd in
whatever defects as to civil -Aurhority were in the tic Covenant
Covevaat^yct being a Vo\v or Oath made tc God, it is
binding , though it were private and fpontaneaus }
Tis true, it doth bind, fo far as it is in our power and
freedowe to make and keep fuch a bond, God is
not to be mocked } but men* Vows , where lawful,
muft be per formed. On the other fide , God is not to
be mocked, either by making rajh and unlawful ^ Vows,
or by keeping them when fo made ^ For they bind
the taker to nothing but the breaking of them , and
repenting for them 5 fo foon as they difcern the
'ne^lity^^mjnftice in them,
M
ffi
7 he binding of all Covenants and
they are abfolved from them5 as much as David was
^rom tnat ^jolutton he took, <fcf the Lord lived 3 to
no; keep in- dcllroy Nahal and his Yunily ^, by a military difdain.
aliion i> yet upon Av^ls prudent and hum bid
int'erettiion , hi' willingly recants, and doth not
what he raihly Vowed 5 but blclleth God and her*
for keying him froir. being as bad as his word.
v . So JesMbek fwearing to dejlrey Eliah 3 was bet*
ter '-broke then kept? and the forty confptrators who
bound themfelves to kill Paul under a curie of vo
luntary Famine 5 if any 'men bind themfelves by
the Holy Sacrament to do or conceal things that
are revengeful 3 TreafonabLe znAinjnjl) as the Pow
der Tray tors did, they ought not to keep thofe Co
venants 3 but reveal and break them. Yea 3 this
whole. Church and Nation, with it's Parliament
and Convocation 3 as in Queen Marys days , fal
ling by a fad Apoftacy from the Reformed Religion,?L&&
engaging themfelves by jolewn penance and abfoluti-
on., to the Romifh fttperftition, and Papal/»|ue#7fti
yet did well> upon be; ter information^ in Gluten Elt&a.-
beths reign , to break that yoak, and retraft tha"t
recognition , by a pious levity D and holy Apajlacy^
which flies from idolatrous faperftition,. to the pri*
'ttHttve-puyeand reformed Religion.
Cantron in -[ ^ As all wife and juft men ought well to conflder
t- wfjat theydoinfuch cafes of Vowing., Swearing, and
Covenanting^ either private or publique 5 weighing all
words 3 and publiquely declaring their meaning,
as to any -words, that may have by their obfcuriry or
ambiguity 5 any juft grounds of jealoufie in them,
asfervient'to mens lufts and paflions, contraryto
law and Religion 3 (which fome dide.venin
to their good behaviour. %$
venant., declaring they neither could nor would owu
it farther then it might confift with their duty to
God, the King, the Church and their Country ;) So
if well meaning men be drawn in by the artifices
or terrors of others, under fpecious forms of gwq-
words, to fuch verbal Ingagcments, as afteward are
made ufe of for vc;\\fvarcs to fin and cords ofini^nity,
in purfuancc of which, they muft do, or defire, or
confent to, or endeavour things violent, unjujl, dtf-
lojal, injurious and irreligious •> doutbleis their fe-
condand better thoughts ought to retain, yea ab-
fol ve them from fuch Covenants or Engagements, fo
far urged and interpreted againft the rules of good
confiience, and holy conversation ^ which muft in all
things be juft and innocent , hisilrft animadvertency
or incon!iderttene$, hath no validity or bond , much-
lefs the'barc charm of words fradulently imposed up
on him, either they .mult be refolved andftated to
a iuft, righteous fcnfe and end , or they muft be dif-
• *~^ * * /^ j l ' • /
folvcd and broken like Sampfons cords and mtftes>
when the moraljeg.il, and religious ftrength of the
underftanding recovers it felf, and thereby redeems
the confidence from fuch captivities, either to fin or
fuperftition: which miy in no cafe prejudice that
liberty which a Chriftian foul hath by Chrift, onely
to do good, and toaffert it felf from aU the fervi-
tifdes in which its own Iuft, fimplicity and ignorance, u-.GaM&at
or the Devils fubtilties and device^ or mans power J,1;
and policies may have enfnared it. mnftb= aifcrt-
5^. Contrary to which folid Affertions of Dr. Can-
den, neither this trivial Libeller, wirh k^chfdijhj^
Itillrujljes, nor yet Mr. Crafton with his more grfyt
andfolemn weapons, will be able to make any fuch im-
M 2 predions.
Tie binding ofaQ Covenant! and
preflions, as Chall either move Dr.Gaudett from his
grounds of Truth and Jujlice 5 or drive on the Cove
nant to any fuch defigns as are fo far irreligious and
unlavvful as they are violent and unjuft, either a-
gainftthe.K;^ or the Ckitrcb^ againft his Majefties
fltpremacy> or the Bifhops lawful authority and Eftates
under him, neither of which can be managed, as
becomes Regal and Epifcopal poxer, if either the
facrcd authority and patrimony of the Crown., or of
theCbnrck9 be alienated, and not rellored ("as in
Juftice and religion., as well as prudence and honour
they ought to be } upon pretended obftrtt&tons
and fuperflitioHs fcrnples.^ which are infoluble and
infeparable (forfooth) from fome mens taking the
Covenanr, either fimply3 without due conliderati-
on and caution., or knavifhly with defign to ruine
thereby the King and theCj&wr^, in order to make
booty and prey of their Tower and Eftates-
$. Better fuch Covenants be broken and nulled 3
yea and all fuch Covenanters too., then the malignant
influence Q£ it, fliould as an evil planet OT comet ever
hang over this Church and State^ King and people 3
who muft not be for ever mHerable, becaufe fome
inen lift to colour over their folly and knavery ^ their
Sacriledge M\& Apoftjcy, with the veil of \h& fared
Covenant taken by &c. as the Libeller relates. Which
to reduce to juft and honeft bounds cannot be
IDOLIZED NONSENSE and blafthemy 3
faveonly in the cenfure of a vile Libeller, and fuch
as are worthy to march under his banner as a black
guard of defpcrate and feared consciences^ for the
defence of Regicide and s
to their good behaviour. 85
the Cacotvmyitfelf.
"D Ut I have been too long in examining the beauties
•*-* of the frontifpiece , and lineaments of madefy,
truth and ingenuity, which this Libeller difcovers in
his title : It it. now time to make fome infpeclion in-
to his Caeotomy , and to fee how KM for** the Jcri bit r is
tohimfelf, in the whole ferier of his ridiculous Libel j
which hath nothing fo confidcrablc ita as the frequent
luftre which D.B. and once the venerable name of
Dr. Surges, mentioned at length and not in figures,
do give to it, as lucid Jlars amidfl the black and foul
clouds of malice and impotent paffion with which
that Pamphlet is loaden , and which upon a juft view
of its froth and filth, can onely fall upon the hairy
fc tip 01 its Author : Whatever he is, he deferves, if
he could be found , to have his face rvajhed in the
puddle hehath pijftcl'-) and to be brought to fee thofe
fedities which he hath vomited in his0#># &0/0«3tothe
offence of all modeft fpeclators.
y»". The firft adventure of this douty Defender, or
rather Dcfanter of the Covenant, is at z- ft of wit) in cu
fpitecf Mercury and Minerva, too ^ making himfelf t0;'ftrai..sof
and his Reader (like a Vuffoon cvjacfafudclnigja. tittle w-u-
fyort or mirth, as he thinks, with the title of Dr.
Gaudens Analyfs y with zftipercriticdl fivcrity, quar
relling at theallufion to the looflng of St. Peters bond V,
when he was call- into Trifon, bound with chains, and
kept as the Englijh Peopl' have been many years by
quaternions of Souldiers^LQi it was thefaord of man,
and
The binding of dl C
aadnttthe Word' of God, that firft fought to binde
the Nation and Church of England, with the chain
of this Covenant, and of other poftern oathes en
pV°^g V°nafl this great Pe°Ple into the rtfon*
wVmfrldi of Democracy, Presbyterie and Indepen
dency, which had formerly lived in the ample Palaces
of Regality and Epifiopac^fiom the ^plantation of
Chnlhanity.
/. Here by a Sardinian lighter, this Cretan
feigns him elf merry and affe&sfuchfroli^
a.he^hinksmay rnoft divert the Reader from
tod/ttfdtf&iitu-oehis impndent folly, which is ever
attended with exquifre pains of inward fears rW
tortvres, left Vifops 'lands (houJd return to their i-'ft
owners, from^fuch facnlegious Vfvrpers. Nor can
his many gnmaffu, mimkal ge fives and dictions
relieve «£*/«»}! W^r From thofe tormenis of hi
yaty and /^^ , which fas Dww) he mud needs feel
in inch an &//*/& ftate as wants both repentance and
reputation, peace with God and good men.
§. Thtfar^jii^Libdlcr would fain make his HW-
der believe, that nothing is good fenfe, which is nor as
Jftr^ aflonnder 5 that ^//^j- are cellufons, that yTy^
tyfarj mgenuouily applied, muft be reduced to a
fetf^/ Df^r by fuch a pedwtique Interpreter, who
cannot be ignorant/ that nothing is more frequent
then to borrow fuch express from holy Scrhturl
and other books^ mcotlfiom the ^r, Gedeons
Fleece, ^ oncly-fo far to ferve the minde of the
Writer, as the E**pk*jifof the phrafe or word,, may
have a meet refemblance with the main de%n The
Libellers impertinent trfflhtg in thu,- firft pat? of his
* onely fit for the fact of* mnch tomed,
not
ft) 'their gadt beh^totfn f •$
not fora preface to a caft of conscience > and io {acred
a concern as he pretends to make of the Covenant.
Here he (hews with what zGeofiqiiill \\e\s fit towrite.
$mncffa'cc4s are-never more d-: for. r.cd and ridiculous
then when fhcy/m'C to IJH^J'? and ccrramlyjf thV
Libeller had dared to \\z\cjhcived his face/ v/hen he
thus pleafed himfclf with his fcurritovt fitiiler •< no
grinhingsof t-iie m0frc*M«*rifi& would have yield-
c?d the world ;-a more nnmlcotne afpetf : The^r/v/fe-
verify and dreadful ^/kiN^//ereftbf his'D.B. would
certainly have refolved the fupCPcilions horror of iiis
looks into fame fetemtj, though he afFecls to be the
third great Cato and "tf*r of his age , the prime un
dertaker to reform \\KUottrine > Liturgie^ DifcipUne,
Go&ernwCHt im&mamten of tile C/Jw^<?/'Kngliihd :
If by any of thefedtverfionshe'may div^tt'ffing ' aftd
Parliament from revoking Church lands ^ and the mk-
king hitn understand the meaningof that old Sicilian
Oracle', R.d.S.r.P. Kecldite alterta, S'vultis fojficlert
frepYJA. Though the man aftecls to 'be 'Democrit**
foh a fitDyet his true temper isthat of Heraclitvy orMa-
g9r,mijfabi!>, full of fadnefs and terour, when he fees
how thedayof reftitution, like the day of judgement >
is come upon him, and his facrilegiottf comrades -5 who
can never fodiffemble his horrorsD but the Readelr
may eafily difcern, that in the midft of his feigned:
laughter, his heart is as hetvy as Nabals was, wherihe
heard of Davids coming to be avenged of his ingra
titude. His Mammon, and not \htdvenant, is the
facred thing, which this /t&0r,tbSa Libeller, the tron-
bkr of Ifrtel feks to aflert and keep.
*. After
7kt binding o/V7 Covenants and Covenanters
tllers ft After the Libeller hath made fome childifh pu-r-
^u'lts °f the l>Mles and butterflies of his own fancy >
he (trives to appear in his more truculent ftile, like ?p-
fypheMMt , when he ftretched himfelf to grope far
Vlyffe^ that he might devour him 5 every where
gnashing his foul teeth > as if he were eating up, and
not writing againft Dr. Gauden.
Againft whole perfon he is pleafed to make two
very learned ., but me (I impertinent djgrejfions, wide
enough from hk fs@rtd Covenant 5 which was to be
the umbrella or screen under which his Sun-burnt »ta-
Iice9 and ardent revenge tgainft Dr. Gauden was to
march.
^ Hereinfteadofr^rg%Dr, ,
Sacriledge, covetoufnef incontinency^ any fitch pecc4-
dillos (for which he (hall need ^r^* upolo&ict, arid
many compur gators*) he vapouringly and falily r<;fle6ts
upon Dr. Gaudcny as if without any juft ground, he
had charged the Affembly with partiality Tn uscon/li*
tntion, becaufe hunfelf wnw/^ferfoutofit, wlu»-had
as much right to fit there, as Dr. F^W, or siny other
of that Clerick-lay Synod, wherein irany fat as fcr-
vient to Presbyterie .> whom Dr. Gaudc* knew to be
frntto Epifopay, and would now very fain be Bi-
Ihops. The Libeller urgeth, that Dr. Garden being
ben rficed at locking in Ejfix. could not be choien for
that county, where Mr. M<trfial,aadMr.Nen>cowtn9
and Mr. Sedgwick. were the Clerks elecl, andferve4
in that facred Senate : Hence he concludes it to be a
Iw&MntrHtk (page _8.) and that he was neither cbofen
in E/ex> nor clfewhere'.
Thus
to thtir good behaviour, 89
d. Thus this bold Bayard, whofe blindenefs makes
him fo bold, and his malice makes him/0 blinde '<> and
his revenge againft Dr. Ganden fo juftly pcrjki*ffug
his dear D. Surges for his foolrfi and imfude*t fieri-
le&c, makes him fo full of m*l'uxf that he fancies
DrtG*wfe*difpofed to make and publifo fuch **-
trnthsgrtt*, as may eafily be confuted by *«*%«<
KeW/5 that foDr.CMwfe* may come under
fame brand with Dr. Jter#?/, who in a Dam? of Chan
cery, is ftigmatizcd for a pcrfon void of
honefty.
Tbeerrourof the audacious libeller is in this. Dr. Tie L!')tucrs
had then a Swfice in CamMdgcfw, »<* In
«
there Sir Dudl) North Knight s and T/^/;/^ bciRg c,,0,-cn
, did in pcrfon befpeak Dr. Ganclen ( to- to thc Ailcm.
with Dr. Jfr'/wo/Othat they might nomi**t*Ul
h'-m for one i>f ihc C/erfc of that County ^ which
-m or
thev did, with approbation of thc Houfi of Co vmons :
Yet afterward (M thofe Cw*fa»M, and SirT^M
B^i«^«, with others who purfued the bufmefs till
fh found the /^ and *«£ told Dr. G,^) by
(bme ,/./e Commit^ who were the Scrutineers of
the dcft,rii»nr Giwtow was put m for jff ^ G
alledeing this reafon, That they perceived by Dr.
GtuLs -Sermon before the f.^/ W
their firft fitting, he was not for their defign
r***
of it f Thev added, that if Dr. Gauden or any other
made enquiry after the bufincfs, the miftake would
eafily be put upon the Scribe, by reafon of the lik§»
of their names,
. This
93
tf. This wns one of thofe Artifices by which the
ixy fiery of Tresbyterie was carried on in thofe times;
wherewithit feemsibis Ljiel!crzn<\ his D.S//r^j were
unacquainted, or at leaf!: would fain fcem fo3 that
they might with the more freedom reproach Dr.
Gaitden, as it he were prodigal to lye and feign in fo
poor a concern as this, the fitting' in that Aflembly
for the extirpating of an excellent Liturgie , and
Epifcopacy, and the introducing of an odd Direffory
with a TresbyterianCMc\\\(fn, and new n,if Govern
ment ^ (which fcrviccs a fober man would moft an>
bitipufly avoid, and no man more then Dr.G^We«)
which made him fo negligent to retrivc the fr.it/d'
and fallacy of thofe Artifts who favoured him in
fivcing him of that attendance 3 which wa$3 as
tedious, as fervile and odious, to Englifh Divines of
generous and learned freedom } who ou^ht not in
honour and confcience., if a National Synod or Con<-
vocation, to receive di&ates from any men, much
lefs be taught a new Chrjft-crofi-'rorr, or A.B.C. of Fce-
Iigipn, by the Fefeiee of a Forreign-Svwrd.. Againft
which Dr. Purges atfirftfo ibutly oppofed himfelf,
till he difcerned that q/a-, or fop and luccoone of a
good Leffureof 400 /. per Annum in Pauls, and other
advantagious purchafes, likely to fall into his mouth
by theruine of Bifljops and Epifcopacy, which could
not bear up againft the forms of thofe times. Not-
withftanding D. Surges himfclf (as yet not defpairing
to be a Biftiop by hook^orby crool\) mightily interceded
fo far, as to be f upended from fitting in the AJfembly
by theHoufeof Commons (as the Libeller tells his
tale, page 10.) forprotefting againft the faft. draught
of the Covenant, which was abfolutely againft Epifco-
to t heir g QO d tebaJtioa r« p «
$, O the lltffid liberty of thofe times jind that
eodly jijfembty^ and the then zcabrts Houfc of Com.*
mom> which could not bear the fwrhtjte or free
fpeaking of Dr. Surges his parafitic^ tongue 5 tufpect-
ing it feems that he was no more able to fpeak true
Englifh at IVeflminjhr then true Latin at Qxfird. .,? . ;bclL,fi
v>. Having crutned this riiti mufti room ot theLi-c,Vyat i>>.
hellers malice and rnifiake agamft Di. Gander?, asto<;
his choyce and right to have fate in that Allembiy, ^ :^!'u^pic
there appears in the belly ot a parenthefis ( as a to*d "
foal/wed by a fiuki) another great/^Wrf/3 charged
againil Dr. Gulden, for his preaching at the7Vw/>/r
in Terw timer this laft year f> which how tar the Cen-
tlemen of thofe Societies 01 Dr. Ganden havecaufc
to be afhamed of ( as the Libeller prates )>muil be
left to the better world. This is fure that neither the
Libeller nor &.B. have any caufc tocnvy thepleafure
or profit (v\hich is the main thnt troubles them) of
that iwbloymwlj which poffibly they ^///^^aimucl)
as they do the value of Vocking living \ for the
Temple employment at twenty five pounds a Term
never defi aid the chaiges of Dr. 6Y4^<w attendance,
whofedeHgn was not to make a gain >f that fervice,
or to cumulate, as fome giants did, inomttim* Wrt*
ford* and St.A/igmwana r*xls Letoc- onboth, and
the B/Jh*pt laitd?) wittiZ?wi»and f rebwds hou fes of
W*Us on all three 5 But Dr. Gattdenj aim was, when
he fw.tkewtmtroHblcdiMbto great feao f people
whick flow* it London and Weftwinfter,, to ftrivc to
be a 'goQd Angel, and to help to the healing of this
Church 'and Kingdom^ which was wounded and fak tf
heart, by reafon of tnttrthfrers and Church robbery
who freaking and doing lit sin hjpocrifa drave on i
N a
gz- The Finding of allCotenAnts and fo^enanttrs
thing but private gain, and pMiqite confufiont, diJJjo-
veftpHrcha^es^and crud opprejjions.
To oppofe thefe, Dr.Gaucteu (being defired by
both Temples after Bifhop Erownrigs deceafej for
a time divided his labors between City and Country,
as feafonably, as effectually by Cods bleffing $ firft
pleading Gods Caufe againft fallacious pretenders 5
next he detected tit St. Pattlsina great Tanegyrn^ the
Medieajlers oftketiwes^ho like this Libeller and his
£>. B. hoped to make everlafting advantages by their
dilatory Medicines^^poyfonofff applications^ where
with they deluded and tormented their iniferable
patient., this Church and State., yea thefe three Eri-
tijh Kingdoms^ which now by a general Sympathy
grew impatient to endure any longer, thofe cruel
and cheating Empcrickji fit Mottntebanckj for this
fiaviftl Libeller te ferve , and excellent chapmen ., to
furnifli D. B. with a good purchafe of crervn and
Church lands 5 the better to enable him to exercife
as much charity and ho^itality^ as 'Dt.Gaudett is known
to do ^vertues which D.B. was never thought as little
guilty of, as he was moil: notorious for his covetouf-
#e/?and contentioufnefi 5 ofwhoma I have more then
once heard it reported^ that when he was asked by
a perfonof quality how he could inconfcience (be
ing fuch a Zealot and Reformer") keep his two livings
of St. Mdgnw and Watford., he profeffed with great
gravity and hypocrifie. That he could not thefe many
years find a godly and fit man to whom he might
with comfort refign one of them. O the tender confci-
euce ofD.B ! O how choyce and curious is he of hw
comforts! who as the dun^ilcoc^ was ever thought
tofindemore comfort in one grain of gain, then in
all
tot fair good behaviour*
nil the graces and virtues. Nor is he or his
this Li be Her to be blamed for quarrelling at Dr.Gatt-
dens fervice at the Temple in Term time this loft fa
tal and wonderful year ; for in earneft they are in
hazard to lofemoreby Dr. Gardens arid other inens
endeavours to reftore King? Church, and KJngdomtQ
then- right s, then ever Dr.Gauden hath got either by
Bocfyng thing or the Temple ; both which have ever
fpent themfelvesand much more, without any of his
grudging or complaining? whoever thought the poor
had a right and due to fome portion of Church re
venues.
$. But I fear to afflift the Reader by retorting The iib«iie«
thefe fools holts upon the Libeller, who is hidden in undvil rctf rc
the a mbufcadoes of his obfcnrity^ infarvy andhypecri-
fie 5 thefe are (««cr*/hbvM, & extra. Ara* ) as imper
tinent to his CacredCevenartt., as that other pafi^which
with a fcurrilljty and contempt worthy of fuch a
Scribler he makes upon Sir L.BriM0/?i/z£, a perfon of as
great efteem. knovpnmerit^*n& g«od ufe- in the City
of London^ as D. B. the favorite and minion of this
Libeller is of very little, who are not afhamed by a
fpiteful correfpondency, to defpife a perfon of an
ingenuous calling^ and honeft induftry , blcfTed by
Gods bounty .> and favoured with the Cities Erubajfle^
fo far as to obtain from his Majefty the deferred
honor of Knighthood '-, for which no doubt he is more
capable and competent then D.B. was thought of the
degree of Doftor 3 wheu the Univerfity of Oxford at
his keeping the Aft, entertained the letrned. Refyvn*
^/e^withtheapplaufeof hiffing and laughter, being
much taken with the excellent sokcifmf, m&Anti-
l&tinifms
? fo binding of all Covenants twdCo^ r t 1
Utwifms, which rvith great confidence that
Divine entertained thofe learned Auditors.
QhbwbppMut and bleared eyes are iir patient to
behold thofe that have more pleafa fcfr . if
S. L.i.^ords had been ftill Qiarpcned againft M/tups,
and would have helped D.B.to defend his pm&fi
Pomrefnmption', O then their edge and point had
been tor this Libellers inn,-, Then he had been a-
Trg J ^ favorites of D- s- he fhould not ha ve need-
I ioHafhy a defender as the Libeller efteems Dr.
Gtudeni whofes flaflies, like lightning, may pofiibly
? i-j ^^t7 Which fllch faHc&o* purckafen
have laid out \nBiJboff and Church U^sfby ailer^
ting the ecclefiaftical and legal rights of Biihops and
Epifcopacy againft all factions and forcible novel-
ties, Who feek to flicker themfelves and their evil
leeds,
, ,
was wont to do his head under beds, covered with
bay-leaves to a void defer ved tk^derbolts, Dr.Ga*-
f«lsa Profiled ^nd implacable enemy5no't againft
iuch covenanters, who cither firft took it, or now
7,Vnfufha fenfe' ^ piety, equity and cha.
and their £^/% pwfar, who make a prey of
others fapltatj, and feck to turn the Covenant into
°f offence, and w/e *f context***, onely to
r x and
f defigns 5 which are as far from any thine
inf ^ T1 T^W^ Covenants frol
fcS* lakcn or kept by ^ ™» if « be
capable of noother tune or interpretation.
to tzttr ewJ 0i«ulv0ar, 9 c
O ~ J
The 'aft impertincncy ufed by this Libeller (wide
enough from the point of his f acred Covenant) is a
great glorying in his dear friend D. ft urges his rare *«'£«h;sp'ea
plea for Sacr/ledge, wherein by::n unparallcl'd iwpu- un^ttcdby
dene,-, andmofttwtffrarent fophiftry, he labours to
put Jiis ft lie (fretfacles (fitted for a venal foul, and mer
cenary conscience, wilfully blind e> and ftudious not to
lee or own that to be a fin, in which their hope of
g .////doth lie;) Thefe falfejL^e^e/ muft be applied
tothenofe hrftof Richard t ParJiaiueJit, to which D.
Surge fins cafe and plea is preferred againil: the Cor
poration of Wells) which defrauded him, as he pre
tended, of part of his facred purchafe. When thefe
difdained his impudent clamors and pamphlet, then
heafTaults the whole Engliih \\ orld, with that piece
(No S acriledge no (in, to fell Bifl.:opts lands,') to which
he was aihamed to let his name, further then the two
fatal letters of C. B.
This froritlefs piece D. Surges Cent to Dr.Gaitden
about two years paft, with a letter (worthy of Sena- ,..,
cherib, or RabfaJ(ak, or shimeiy challenging an an- fcncc f" 'y
fwer to that accurfed pamphlet3which is not afhamed C3nfutcd<
to maintain a Paradox, i. Contrary to the Word
of God, which commands mans honoring of him
with their fubftance, both perfonal and predial, un-
Jefs D. B. thinks his Ian4s to be no part of his fub-
ftance.
2, Contrary to the holy example and proportion of
the divine bounty in providing for his Mimfters, the
Trie/is and Levitts by cities and lands, befides Tenths
and other Oblations.
3. Contrary to the principles of cowvtov Equity, and
native divinity , which, teacheth all Nations to ab
hor
7 he binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
\\oit\\zrolbing of God and his Minifters, to which
not only Jofeph and Pharoahs ancient pattern of not
buying the Priejls lands^but the practice of Jerrs^ ?4-
gans^ Mahometans, and all Chrijlians ( but confifca-
tory purchafei s of Inch cftates) do confent 5 agree-
able to all I'^'Wi.Mofaic^civU^Imperial^Canon^^ the
common Laws of England^ which allow no aliena
tion of Church or Biftiops lands., without the Kings
or Clergies confent, the latter as the legal pojfeffors^
the former as the fworn Patrons and Protectors of
the Church.
4. Contrary to the judgement of all Fathers 5
Councils.) Hifterians.) Schoolmen., Greek and Latin , ,
Reformed and Romim Divines , who in no cafes
but thofe of neceffity , higher piiblique charity , or
further improvement of the Churches patrimony , do
allow any alienation of Church Lands , and never
in thefe unlefs the fupream Authority gives leave,
and the refpe&ive chnrch mm confent : But to take
away Church revenues of pious and ancient dona-
lion^ devoted to Gods glory, fervicc and worfhip,
to the fupport of the Clergies honor, the Churches
Order and Government, alfo to the hofyitalle releif
of the poor, and maintenance of other good works,
and to do this by force, againft Laws unrepealed=,
againftthe declared differ* of King and clergy con
cerned, toftrip andimpoverilh the prefent poffiffbrf^
grave, aged) learned^ orthodox^ moft reverend and
admirable Bifliops and other Ecclefiafticks, turning
them and their families out of houfe and home
without allowing them any livelihood, out of thofe
eftates which they have merited, and by law enjoy*
edj audnoway forfeited ; yea to deprive for ever
all
to their gwd behaviour.
&\\po farity p3 and the whole Church, of the bleffing of
{iichBiihops a* Fathers of the Church., who haU legal
ripht to them* and knew how to make a right ufc of
them 5 and all this, to favc the civil pttrfe of the Na
tion a few pounds,and to pleafb a violent Antiepifco-
pal party, and to make way for Presbytery, Indepen
dency and Anarchy m Church and State, by extir*
fating legal) primitive attcl catholic.^ Epifcopacy,
$. Certainly ^high-handed^ unreafonable, unjuft
and enormou^m/e <-%<?;, would not heretofore have
gonejown with D.Bttrges without kecking(though he
had ever a good f wallow foi'gai* 0 yea? as Mr, Fuller
telsus in his EritanickjliftoryQfviff timespthis mutable
Mafter, zndgreat RMj> fometimes denied Cathedral
lands to be jaleable without Sacriledgc : True, he
after very gracioully recanted that defyerate opinion^
when he found what hopes there were of goodpevy"
&wf/6/tobe had in Bifhopsand Cathedral lands.
£, Yet after all thefe grand Rwonftrancts on all Dts«rg« hi
hands againft Sacriledge, which innumerable Writers^™ fa bui
Jong (ince and Jate have fet forth, as clear as the Sim 3*25?"
at noondays the 4efl>erateD*B< and his Advocate this dcmncdand
Libeller ftill f agitate with railing and reproaches a anfw«cd,
new anfwer from D. Canden to his flagitiow Plea for
facriledge,
$. Jf he be really yet fcrupulous , and hath not
wholly fctred his foul pad feeltag 5 if in fo deep a
Confamption of Religion, which he hath been fick of
many year 7, he have not fpit out hff cenfcience^ as fome
do their lungs ? if asaTWpoyfonedby a spider > he.
have a minde to I'Untane , there cannot be better
Antidotes or recoveries fir him, then thofe which the
O Bifliop
Ttt binding of aft Covenant* And Co^nanters
Bi(hop of Rcchefter writ, and Dr. ZazJerc, againft this
very fin of Sacriledgc3 fo ftated, as hits exactly D.
Eurges kis ctfe of Bilhops lands $ and pofiibly he
might getgoodby them, if he had patience to apply
them: But the mnn is paffionute tozravittg^ as ap
pears, when Dr. Gauden did but touch him, to the
quick on th.it fore of his fieri ledge ^ O how didhej£*>9.
and £//e,and fak* anc^ fl™& an^ tear '• ^'or *ath ne any
more patience to this day, but though he is afhamed
of his putrid nicer s^ and afraid to hs healed ("for reft'ttt*
tion will coft him dear) yet his bilious foul feeks fome
eafe, by venting it felf in Pamphlets and Libelf^ fo
rvicie, ranting and ndtcnlom^ as would move no /e/?
iavghtcr and pity., then the Affu eating thtftkf did.
to HcracHttts.
<>. [n earneft, Dr. Ganden doth not know how to
ande light to the Snn\ or 8?#/er ^-#Ae ^e/i-: If ^/e/
and the Prophets, if the confertt of all godly and
learned men (which D. B.owas againft himfelf) will
not work upon this poor Dives and his brethren to
convert him and them. Dr. Gauden hath no miracles
to work y norcan.he raife up any potent er truths from
the dead) then others have done 3 againft Sacri-
Icdge.
Loft labour to Which is fuch a fpot in a Clergit-m#tt}.3&m nitre
«Mfl»aSacri- canrinfeout: If Dr. Ganden fhonld ta^e paitifwith
Dr fturges^ it would be as the wafliing of a Black-
nioor, loft labour 5 fince he hardens his heart againft
all the moft clear fountains, and pregnant impreffions
of Scripture^ Re&fott , Jnftice , common Honefty^ the
Lav? of the Land^ all rules of conference and charity, all
fenfeof honour and humanity ., moft impatient that
any
to their goo
any ft ould do to him, what he juftifies done to others.
Touch but D. Kttrget his copy ov freehold of Biflrops or
oth?r la:- 's5/ie is ready to fly in any mantface> yea5and
tocttrfe them to their faces, that ihall take any part and
parcel a way from him : Nor would he have any reve
rence to any two Houfes or Ordinances^ that fhould
by will and power deprive him of his Patrimony de-
fc&tded jufily to Mm from many generations , con
firmed by mafcy A&S of Tarliawents , and no wav
forfeited by him : And fuch were the Bifhops lands
and eftates.
f. To elude? all juftice and confcience by the foc'r?i*^, *
froth of tr-atp&Hy indfolution, That the office And
tify of Eifiop*> &c. beirg abolifoed without law, the
lands as rewards niay be kiwfully alienated and fold
away : is of as much force in conscience., as to argive,
tftfotb is killed, theiefore arife ami poffet his vitte-
yard? or3 Chriit v>condwr?:l) ?Y':-\\ C aft lot sand di
vide Ik laments : HeicK i^tf-c, -tlerfori debttit, mt
ftfaw valet I TfccOj^ff of BHbopswas ii^r deferved*
ly nor by due Authority abjlijbedi but partially ,<
rahkniflyi iuegnlly and violently : Nor was D. Pwr^T
himfelfj when a men bcr of his fared Aft'cably, pa-'.
rienf to take *w^ Ep'copacy abfolutely ^ er^o, He
c'M'ld not approve the conuic:\tion of Bifliopseftates
, but onely refpe&ive , when he came to
a (liare of them ^ which argues a feff-con-
confcicnce3 and a Sophrfter confuted by his
exprejfionr.
. Of like form, to juftiie this Sacriledzcofahen*-
Church lands, againftwrt' /*»>/> againft the Kmgs
and Clergies confent, is that pitiful j^foflnre \vmch
e n
D. Ewgef fecks to put on the Reader s as if no.
Church lands,, given to Biftiops as fuch, are (acred,
becaufe there is no exprefs command of God ta give
*#j;fuch eftatcs to them: confequemly they are fu-
perftttfaw, (kperfluQW) not accepted of GodD not no
ceSary for his honour, or the Churches w.dl-being 5
therefore may be alienated without any fin or offence
again ft God or m;in.
The. Solution and anfvver is cafie, where thegexertf
command of God, aad the pi if tine proportion of his
bounty to his Minifters is extant and in force, as to.
honour God with our fubtfance 5 to own the Pallors of
the Church, as worthy af double hon&ur 5 to impart
things temporal Jo thofe that impart to the Church tilings
Spiritual: Such as are, the Gofoel freachcd> the Mini-
ftery conftituted^ Minifters vrdaixed^ Church Govern
ment rightly ordered,, and duly adrmniPrredj for the
peace of the Church. Tbefe and the life are Gods
warrant fufficient toinveft the Biihops and other Mi-
nifters with lands given them by Law, in order to fup-
port their Ojficem\d Authority^ where the donor had
power to s;ive or retribute to God of his own 5 where
thewiUm the dead is in things lawful inviolable in
any good wor^ of charity or publique endowment :
Though the cranium be left to the liberty of the do
nor, yet where there is a right to give and confecrate
ingratitude to God.as the giver of all 5 to theChurch*
as the family and houfc or God 5 to the Bifhops and
others3 as the fervants of God 5 and to the poor as.
(hrifts poor 3 The den at ion is accepted*, and the tonfk-
oration valid, by the laws of Gud and man , which
give leave to every honeft man to do with his own,
3$ he pleafethj fo zsitbediftofed agreeable to Gods
general
lot
general will, fa bis glory, to no mans injury publika
ur private. . , ..
\ So that the tin jit ft alienation, rapine and direpti-
onof thefe facred Donations, imiltbe every way /»-
Wi finful facrihgiMM&-execrdb* where neither
Cods, nor the Kings, nor the Churches, nor the Na-
irons, nor the Donee,, nor the Pofletlors conient
had ; which is the cafe .of Biiliopsand other Church
lands in Enilwdi From all which Entanglings ofc
i*juftice> Dr. Surges will as hardly extricate his con-
fcience,' as rihtc by wiring bis. hands could free
himfelf of that innocent blood, which he contel:
not worthy of death , yet to gratine foliar fpite and
importunity he condemned to be crucified.
0 When Dr.B*rg« hath pulled thefe and other »™
tirked arrow and habergeonSj which notonely Ur. racriicdsc,
GWwjpen, but all julr, honeft and learned men
have fixed in this irhalestkick. skin, and which pierce
him to the heart: When he hath eafed his overcharged
ftomack, and difgorged the indigeMtt* *™<"\°™ [
hath made of Church lands and houfes of leadD(tones
and timber which he hath fo greedily fwalloved at
mils and elfewherev when he hath {vokmrnUni)
made a mbrejhtHti0n and ctmpnfatie* tor luch ill got
ten toods as he hath ufurped^when.he hath as for other
fas of high fcandal, levity and lubricity, done rur-
ther '*e*n*nee for this crying fin of Stcriledge, by ex
pofing himfelf to publique contempt or pity 5 when
he hath better learned thofe leilons of Eternal Tnti
3LT\dJu-ftice much elder then -Ins fared Covenant, not
to do evil, 'that good m*y come thereby 5 not to rob God
and the Church, to enrich tht State, or .any private-.
not to do toothers, what one would not havt
others do to our (elves } That it is zfoarc to the man
\j\\odevoHreth that which wholy> Prov. 23.25. lhat
he that wafteth his father, andchajeth away hi swot her y
is afon that cattfithfoame, andbringethreproach^ Prov.
19.26. ihitt M the Partridge fttteth on eggs, and hatch-
eth them not> fo he that getteth riches not by right , Jhall
leave them m the midjl of his days^ tnd in the ettdjball
be a fool, Jer, 1 7. 1 1 . And wo to him that coveteth an evil
jovetoufttefi againft his honfe^ th.it he may fit his tie® on
high., Hab.2.9. Artd wo be to him th.it encreafeth th.it
which is not />//, verf.6. And tro be to them 3 that c-dl
evil goody ar/d good evil., Ifa.$.2O. and that. Hear ye
this? 0 ye fcornful men^ becaufe ye have faid^ We have
made a Covenant with death, and with hell ive treat
agreement'-) when the overflowing fcourve fw'1 $3 ft
through^ it frail not torn? unto ua'^ for nȣ kdve made
lies our retMc-^ndzndir fulfiood have we hid •;»;»' .
Ifa.28. 1-4.1,'^ T<i»/* Covenant with death ft#U t?v
annulled ttndyoHr agreement rytthhetlfia/l not jiwl?
when the vvtrfiowing fcoHfgfJha U $<t$ through^ thtnfadl
je be trodden down by it. vcrf. 1 8.
§. WhenD. K. and his lewd Libeller-,- ftave felt
the jult, inevitable^ and heavy impreffiojis of thefe
facred thunderbolts 5 and the like, which witnefi
from heaven againft all ungodly and unjuft men } when
they have better conridered that covetwfitefs is the
root of all evil 3 that Sacriledge is the fin of idolatry }
That there is no getting to heaven without repen
tance , nor any repentance without reftjtHtion */ill
gotten goods 3 fo far as we are able : that Jufttie ni-'
vinetnd hantane 5 is to give to every one what is by
law
to their gwd le bat! our,
law and right their own3when thefefk fueh other ho
ly indelible and indifpjpfable oracles are weli"-«v*eJgn-
ty by that bleffed paix? tlie Libeller, and his DtBttrgef,
and either not baiiied by fine fophijticat and fair-
rilous Libel 3 or not waved und eluded with pretence
of the fared Covenant , Dr, Gaudcn will then find
fo much leifure and charity, as to give a further an-
fwer, to that pittiful repeated Pamphlet of C. B. D.D.
which feeks to maintain that Sacrilegious paradox
with fuch Sophiftry and fcurrility againft truth and
his betters., as- are onely fit for fuch a farrago of fraud
and fallacy , of ignorance and hnpndence. . Nor
doth Dr. Gaudtn doubt to make him at laft cry ettt^
Mifcrere met Vetts , and although his obdurate heart
is as loth to let his wicked purchafc of Bifhops and
other Church Lands go fas Pharaoh was the Jews_)
yet when the Authority of the law and juftice have
taught him to refund,and have made fuch neceflary
evacuations of his full pttrfe 3 and foul foul, as are
fitting 5 pofiibly he may be more eafily brought to
write after Zacheut his copy , being terrified with the
fight of thole injuries and indignities he hath done
to God and man 3 to this Church and State 3 to the
King and Bifhops, upon whofe eftates were graven
with Aquafortit thefedeep and great Chara&ers, Ca
veat emptor , & ~£>€M I/index.
$. For there was nothing which the law ofiMagnz
Charta 3 and other Statutes in all Ages3 had fortified
with more cautions and curfej., as flaming fwords to
keep of all rtgiciduw and facrilegious attempts '-, nor
was D. B. fuch a Dolt or Buzzard as not to know well
enough that thefe Merchants who pretended to fell
Bi&ops and Cathedral Laqds, were neither Twfteef,
nor
JQ4 T&f binttin* af atl Co
<-j \y
nor Troprieters and polil (ibrs of them 5 nor Lords
paramount , nor were they fafeiieU to them , nor
had they Any thing to«lc wlththem , fwcher, then
to .prefervethenua thote hands and to thofe nib to
whom by law and all juiuce they bciunged, as
much as their own Bott/c xnd Lands did to theirs-
felves.
p. 7^. ^. is fo much a B^rrf/er and p:tty Forger 3 as
to know that eiiares io (cried and tiii:«]i^d5as r^;-^
nud C><?»?^ lands , arc by many ads cf 1 " ui-jiaiijent
not to be cut. off and alienated by am (.W^.^v/
of twohoufes ^ efpecially if they are icatttreci by
tumults 3 or feared with their own jealoujtes , or
levened with tadion 3 or animated by forraign ?;/z,1^-'
/<?»/, or overawed with SoMiert^ or tranfported
v.ith any Cnifter ^j/g»<?/and innovations contrary to
the laws eftablifh c<£
^ And certainly if D< B. his Maftcrs \vho gratifi
ed his liwrffi pal/iite with fuch facrilephxs morfels.,
were now to hear his cafe.in which he complaines not
as Judw,, of the injuftice he hath done to others
far his betters , but cf the Juftice he fears is to be
done upon himfeJf, by forcing him to make juft re-
ftitution 3 and fo to lofe his money ^ They would
anfwer5 fffhPfartfees did* look^thou t&it^ what is
that tons, nor will his Libellers reviving the ffur of
ihQ facredCouenants putanymettall into them, who
cannot be very lenfiblc of that,VFhen in fo many other
publicjueingagements (asiblemn and as facred to
God and man) they were in the event forced to
come Jhort of their words 5 both to King, Peers and
people, Never being able to make good their de*
clarations3 no more then that pxbtiqtte fait&9 which
thev
to their good behaviour. *£ 5
they fo oft took upon them s Co that now it ispreuV
med they are not fo very fuperftitious , as to fear the
terrors of any fuch Kaalhrith , as D. B. or his Libel-
ler, who fhail urge any (acred Covenant in vindi
cation ofsacriledg and the moft crying /»>/*/<* which
can be committed againft God and the King , the
whole Church and Nation3befides agaln(t thLole. learn.:
ed and holy men , Biftiops and otners , who by all
laws of Cud and man have, and then had, theonely
legal right to thofe Church Lands and eftates, which
are given and devoted to the honour of Cod , and
the meet entertainment of the guides and ^
hours of his Church, the Pajtors and 'teachers, the
Biftiops and Presbyters of it , in that double ho-
»#riwhich becomes their holy calling and aurhpmy.
§. Bai it is high time to put a period to rhisdigrei-
fion from the Covenant about O. n*rgct his pit t
vindication of purikctge > a»»d his fad *xp*P*}*ti9"* Dii Bwjj
vea'.exprobnmor fr, -n ' anfwer ^ that nnle>irrrea po.ubmi
Lri ^ fcr , up >a which Dr. c;Ww made long ago porwu«y
fu^'Sr^//r.^9 ™<1 animadycrfioos, as that petu
lant ^pCoJiyofr-ift^^^^^ry dcfcrves 5 but
NlV never ye.r h='d time to transcribe them 5 nor did
t IJCV-CJ. V »- • J'-'M; * f* 1
tit tiiink the world. iiccdtd any f/^r*0 *£*/»/* iuch a
01 'M\v4yti#ote a^Jghli that impudent and petulant
poyP'n ;: which fpits n fetf in the fuces of 10^ many,
nay. all learned Vivines , who are diamctrally and
upapirnoBlly'^^nft Ws ^r^P!" ju^^nient 3; and
impious pqSj<?n; Alfo in; the.faces ov fo many reve-
renciQid moft excellent Bifhfps , with others of the
, Glerey ^mW this .R*,bf*k*b rcyiks, and
at', all but Dr. 1^»5 fometime Bifoop ot
I c^r/01 it feems once or
P twice
i o 6 7'fa £/Ww£ ffaU Covenant* and CoT?
twice diclD.B.gocd ttirnes'-> yea5he flits in tbcfaceof
the late afflicted and Murdered King, as if the perti'
nacy of his Epif copal ^ouvcellors , and his ownob-
iiinate conference , were the caufers of his
d.ath and undoing , yea he files in the face of
Cod himfelf and bis holy word., cppofing 3 elu
ding, wrefting 3 tripling and cavelling with the
Sr^pturrs, contrary to the analogy of faith, and
clear rules of juftice, rati;:i;de, equity, hofpitality,
a:>d cluiritv , which he knows are all cxprefly againft
hi M and his cordon* ciurfed principles "•> commanding,
«* )!icour,iging allowing and accepting , what is fa
^'<cnto God for his honor, in piety, Miniflry, cha-
ri:\5 hoipitality, good literature, and due govern-
m"nt i and no lefs forbidding by any fraud or force to
rol God, his Church^ his Minifters , his poor, or any
ethers, who in his name and for his fake have received
any *!wr , or donation^ or tythe^ orobliitions^orhoufcs^
er bind*) or any other endowments , either fo high
:u. great Lordfiipr, or fo low as a cup of cold water.
55. But if Or. Gauden (hould fee the popular poy-
fon and ganqreenof.D. B. fcribling in behalf of Sa-
cr>hdge to fpread (which hath of late by Gods won^
derful providence found fo great a confutation and
check in the Jnfljce^ Piety and Honor of the King^ and
the two loyal Houfes of Parliament) he will not fail to
apply fuch a corrofive and cautery as is meet , yea
pofliblyat the end of this work^ which aims to difTecT:
the Ljbeffers Cacotomy^ and to difcover the filth which
is both on the forehead^nd in the hovel's of this putid
piece} if he have leifure,. he may further add fome
of thofe Fefleftions which he made long ago on thofe
ittfamou* lines written with the black inck? the gall
and coprice of C.B.D.D.
f.Mean
•to their good MaTpioHr* 107
0. Mean time having lifted this impertinent bran
andcfaf out of the dcfign of that/^rw/ Covenant, four
which the Libeller \\athjlitffed with perfona], forced on$ examined.
jind falfe reflc&ien* upon Dr. Cauden^md Sir Laurence
Jtrwficld 5 alfo with great gloiying in behalf of D.E.
and his egregious peice 0/ Sacriledge'-> yet as he
clamours unanfwered. and indeed never deferving
any icply, being felf-convinced, confuted, and con
demned. Itisnowmoft proper co cxani:ue further,
what this Spermologift brings in behalf <j£hi$Jacred
Covenant } not that he careth for the Covenant^ as it
hath-0*g£l iu it) or is in Any fenfe Sacred^ no inore
then jHd&didftr the poor • but he hopes by urging
this againft EpJjcopacjr, to keep Eiflwfsfrem ever reca*
wring their lands by a juft rejiitution j winch His
iVlajetty witfi all honor and confcience hath determi
ned to do, as the moft acceptable fervicc he can do to
God and kh Church, and the greateft honor to the
jblefled nieinc rv and genius of His piottf Fathenwhom
Surge s^sshtwei fo petulant \y p?rftrtngeth in the midft
of UK affiti/ohs 3 for His conflttncy to the Church,
to pifhopSj and tleir juft interefts.
$. When V-r.Fttrger is a little more humble, and
empty of his big bellied purchafcr of Church lands
and houfes 5 w hen f he T.ifljop and Dean of Wtlls have
taken from this ridiculous crovp^ the facrilegjow fea ~
thers with which he pi ides himfelf, looking and
fpeakingfo big as he hath done againftK/«g and Bi~
fwps for the Covenant and Reformation^ then he may
poffibly have \\tebelljrfullof an anfwer, if that will
then do him any good, as thin broth aftcraftrong
Wg** to fettle \\\ijlomaf b and rinfehis polluted en*
trails*
io8 The binding of aflCftentnts And Qftenanttn
;•$. At prefcnt it muft not fefw f*ft&e Reader hfl
time or labour, to look upon/AejW Proportions ^
by which, as by To many rotten and wortx -eaten prt-
li?rr>- the Libeller Crhe clear friend and advocate of
D. £. ) lucks to boHler up the Stored Covenant 5 fo
as ir rr.av fViticc to£e</r tktt Eabtlof Sacii ledge .> that
hotifc QiD.igov, and all the Thihjtines in it, who have
made lurh fcorn and unjuil r.a;n of rhe Eifhons and
Clc-ig'c, and v liiurj; of FvgLind., «nnd who now feel
their diiloyal and (iici'ilegious /?rw<T/We to totter, and
ready to tumbJc ab<»ut their ^/-f ; a«, nil wickcdnefs
is at laft ^;/7 /?e.f^y for it felf 5 and iUnding in a llippt>
ry precipice, nuiit ruinc by itb own weight., and the
vengeance both of Gods and mans juftice.
the Libeller. J'h^frfl rropofitioK of the Libeller is-fuch a gentle
fillaiy, and fucha r«^w?f^capiating of Dr. Gattdeni
concc^jion^ as makes hiiti appear raiher combating; a$
t'1 e Frogs in Howcr, with &fl<*£ or bttlrbfi inhb ha^nd-.,
then with zfivord or fpetr.> like ,1 ^/^^ ofvalvw. He
thus argues very learnedly , and with more then a
Spanifh pride > lifts up hb eye-brows., and rfiuf-
chato's.
5^. Dr. Ganden agrees (in order #t? $nbliqne peace>
and to avoid endlefs centefti) that the r overtant^ as
to the words and mattef of it, may in forrie benign
tindchdritiible fenfi, be i'o far lawful, as it may con-
fift with juftice f^ ^?W and man, with taws Divine
and Humatte, in which center all honeft men will
agrte (not as it was, or is rigidly urged, and imperi*-
eu% impoled by any party or JA^W^ in the N
but as it might be ft onttimoujlj raked by WeH-
ing mena in order to lawful reforming what
ft
rV? Ciwrr* W «<»tf» and confirming what was podi*
bsth, agreeable to their %*/fj and duty, to God.the
King, the Church, and their Country.
i. Ervo 'concludes the learned Libeller) Dr. Can*
rf(.*i$ ielf-condemhed, yea, contradicts himfelf, no
Iffsfhtn tl<: Peered Cevwifit? \\n\\Ifhlized non-fertfi
andblttokevy, becaule he denies *fo Covenant to be
valid, orbkdinginany/»^»/I-5 as either fuperlti-
on, or ^cnlcd^, or ^tiepiflopal FolK'^iCticm and fury
lift to put upon ir, either in the firjt taking, or after
kccphr'ofit. Yea, and Dr. G.wdcn further denies
the ^/Am7fimpofingthe^owrf^tebe legalytttio-
„ d. complex*, or wrf/fc/," o as to binde the Nation m pre-
fent acre or pofteriij^ to the bondage of the Covenant,
beeaufefortie members of the two Houfes, and the
Ailemblv took it for themfelves, but not in the name
efrhe Church or Nation of which they v^-ere not
plenary Reprefentatives3 or the Trnftees of mcns
t^afcicnces.
tf. Dr.£4We*did indeed fy\te-AMjf% feek to
we Hellebore to fuch we^headt, as were tronbled
with Covenant megroms and i;er//g*e/,that they might
a" laft fix their eyes and mmdes oh inch a f
afpeft of tteCjuerrant, as might prefent nothing but
what is Rcliefowznd Loyal, ]»ft and £rf»*/i, agreeabl
to the Affe^ Pattern of the Catholick Church, and
the Laws rf this Nation. That they might not
everlaftingly toffed to and fro between Piety an
PaKcy, Faith and F afire*, Anttc\*itty and tfowlty, a
coi'drfrg tb the' Vtoknift fancies of Mft own, or other*
addle braivs. Not dM D'r. Gteden &&& td meet
with many fuch (capita ivfavatilia ) iffcttrtble cox-
cowbf-t
HO ? fa binding of aft Covenants <tndC*enanten
^—5 *
uwbs, as this,- libeller and his f*ntiickfa8*o»* whom
three Antycirat will net rr/fore to either judgement
or honeity: For they are fo puilcdtd with the
ftint of Reputation *rtd Profit^ much depending upon
the Cevwaxtj a^ totally definitive of Bifiops > and
devorztive of their Lands, that they have no regard
to confcience, juftice, Jaws, or cowman hevefy i to
which rules to reduce the Covenant, is rcprefented by
wretcheti z$ non-fen fa
or e
Vr.Gwfa* $. Whereas there is nothing in the Covenant that
fSTAU- f"°Unds cithcr^« or wrtue, equity ex cbtrity, true
nuous, Religion or Loyalty ^ duty to God, Church, King,
Countrey, but Dr. Gtuden willingly allows it, both
as to the end and means : He jadgeth every iran in
their places and callings obliged to thofe r»/w and
^&w 5 not onely bccaufe there is fuch a Covenant
of humane composure, co which foirciv.enL.-ivc fa
far declared their content, but from tar higher 4»-
theritj) and more amnnt bonds of morality.
^$. But to have the Covenant made nfoartto this
Church and -fate, and to have all men hampered
by the fophiftry or fupeiftition of fome few^rr:/e^
gobs pHrchafen, and Tretbytman ?r$je&arS) vvhofe
defigns either ambitious or covetous^ are by extirpa
tion of fy'Jfop&y, to make a prey of Church lands
and authority : ThisDr, Gauden abhors as a brand of
infamy, a bond of fla very a and a bone of everlafting
contention 5 this he protefts againft as the fervitude
of the Church to a faction, and the va/dage of the
novel w& foreign inventions* '
.<• England^
to their gfad behaviour. HI
£. England) and Scotland^ and Ireland too., have
already paid very dear for this Covenant^ while the
ttofe of it was fo rvrttngby a Parliament^ that the whole
body of Church and State had almoft />/W to death.
Nor do we read of any Covenant ever fo impofed
or taken by any Subjetts^ without or againft the con-
fent of their Soveraigns power, but it proved a bloody Partial Coye.
iiiue, hardly cured with a miracle^ and this after the JJJfSj*^ *
cffuiion of much civil blood 5 witnefs that of the
Gnenfcs'u\Flanders, 1560. which be^in fo dreadful Covenant of
J c r r • j r i ^ v.cGutn/et in
a conrulior, to Inarp A perjeattton^ and to rang a war fbmkrs.
in all the Lou cout2tr?ys : as Struda, "Bcntivogiio and
Grolitts tell us in their Hiftories.
£. Like fatal cffefrs followed that GniCian Cove- ~, u , ,
. , . i 11 i i i • The Holy
nant in France^ which was called Hie Holy League., in Lcagucin _|
Henry the third* days > then which nothing could be
more deftruftive to Prince and People of all fides , as
Mr. D'avtla and others/?^ vo us in the terrible and long
Tragedies of France.
$. After the fame rate did the receipt of fuch a lie
Covenant of a hundred Articles, taken by a popular C°vcuanu
precipitancy in Bohemia work in the year3 1 6 18. which
in a few years .won 'eth sand days purged out the Prince
Eleftf* Palatine and his family out of that Kingdom^
and ali their ancient Dowwions^dedroytd fomefcoret
ff Nobility j many thonfands of Minifters^ and a mil
lion of poor people, before ever the direful effeft of
that Covenant ceafed.
5T. Nor had this Covenant in its firft Original in The Scotch
Scotland, in the minority of King James and his Mo- c
ther the Queen Regent , any happier beginnings or
influence on that Church and State. Covenants
taken
taken by Sttbje&s, apart from their Yrinces> are like
Comets, they may blaze with a great light and
fbeamings oi Religions Reformation^ Loyalty and Li~
bertj/3 as if they did emulate the feteftial flames^ and
borrowed their glory from the Tatttrn of Cod
and his ancient People, to whom himfelf once pre*
fcribcdan holy Covenant: But they commonly fill the
Church and State where they appear, with dreadful
events**) and after much terrour3 with mifery upon
poor mortals, they vaniih : Nor is mankinde ever
wore happfj then when they Jeaft appear with their
formidable Lights, their new fuperUuous Stream
ings.
tf.The Stf»y Moon'md*. Stars,, the ancient and faith^
ful mtnejjix in Heaven^ are fufficicnt to rule both
day and night) both natters of /i^%.^»and civ: I Fa~
litjs according to the Word of God^ a»d the laws of
the Landj in all duties Moral and C; riftian, b^th to
God^otirfefaeS) and others- To thisl^w? a/id Gotyel ure
all Covenants to be iedticecl 3 if they.ipenk net to the
fenfe of that Moral and "Rtytf)&a.l Covenant by '.vhieh
every man and Chriftian is obligeda It is.becaafe.J:here»
is no light in them^ or their (hevv ^f light is.butdatk-
nefs5 a irnothering of Religion, with fctfion and fy
$« D$.G widen jMy affirms, That no rnan, 'never
fo much a fc/(ife^r the Covenant., hath any caule.to
glory in the flejb0ftt9 the ^ory^and polity -> the aw
i$lty and p<tr(t#!?tfs the ,ilttg*lity and violence^ which
ifofjk fanned itj and obtruded it upon many in .this
nd Kingdom , I am. Cure neither King nor
nti fyfiop nor Pre/^^r^norany honeft man
ki
to their good iebalriwr*
in Church or State, ever got any great good by it, fo
Far as it was carnal., either fomenting^ or continuing
or increafing> or beginning our fad divifion?, and laft-
ing miferies.
£. If there be, as he hopes there may be, any thing
initof spirit and Truth., or Diviner virtue in it, by
reafonof its f^/^r/w/^ with the Word of God, the
right confutation of the Chriflian Church^ and th^
laws of ^>*f Kingdom(in which our feace^fafety^hsnour^
and comfort temporal and eternal are much bound
upj in Gods name prefer ve and keep that matter and
fenfc of it } let no thing be deftroyed in which there
if a blejpng. But the Roles of F.ngltnd have n - caule
to borrow my beauty or (weetneis fro*? t fat hi flies o^
Scotland : Nor may the ftately Cedar, or the fruitful
Vmean&FigtreeolEpift0j>4cfj foanck-nt, fo univer-
fal, fo venerable, fo ufcfal, fo necelfiry to the well-
being of this, or any Nat/awl Church, bow down to
the krafftblesundjhrttbrof PresbytericoT Independency y
inecrly oppreffedby the we:^ht and rigor of fuch a
Covenant if formed as aT^if//7//'?*/vAcharm,orfignre,
Iby the ftrength of a r^//>y^r/.«/r fancy, to drive away
the primitive Bifliops^ and &\\prjftrne Epifcopacy out
of the Church of England'^ as ApoKonhts 7hyan<eus
did Gnats and Serpents from fome Cities in Afa.
**^"' •. "* % • * 4 . .- fct . _; *,.'.« ' • ,» I I.X*,/..^|.'i>fc-*
.^. Here, after the Libefier found himfelf forced The T.i
to confef ("as Dr. '&)&&&& ecclio-) that the Covenant
either muft have fvch aferife and interpretation as H in
nocent, juft and good, or it can haw no bond on mens
confiience* ': C'->nfec[iiei>tly, that it muft not be urged
'("With equal impiety and injury, -agairift' -.what is or-»
derly, : ufeful, honorable and lawful- m'Epifc&p^cy^
con-
T/?f Ending of all Covenant* and
as ever owned in the Church, of Chrift3 and by U&
and caftan* ejiaklified in Engltted ever fiace k was
Chriftianr) which conceflion ofthe Libeller is enough
x O
to make ^^«i the tyficr^HnttimJltineur and Aittheri^
*pof Bjftwp^jmd fcheaddhumeitt orlionoraxy a€ their
•iftatsrt And if ib*,, Y& ^^{JU^cr), that which was
Bo be dgwwt&foied* 6foa$ for which, Dr. &aude.ns
An&(y&i fairly &Mtot»da& : k&v G&xd&n taay cry Jo
porau
Buc Dr. B«i^w aed h j& yjftberal Libeller
faKp€rim#i) in a moft ktwentable tonea we arc
loft and undone : ^{y«/ Ri/wp/, and ^<7tf«^ Epifiogaqt
tuitjl livQy. and en;j©y their ^^Wx axd l&ncls to good
w/e : We can ha-ve HO more good M& againft them £br
our fwrikgiottf purchafef., then, thofe paltj/j buyerr^
\vho, iieaeiag tiizfathw of th& family wascerjtj^aad
apprtfffreL) as they thought to- the death, bargained
for hfs faxds with the prodigal heir, and parted with
frheir moneys before the good old man was quite
dead ^ whofe recovery renews his right to his eftate,
but his fafytefi and infirmity., by reafon of inbred (Mr
ftempers, or outward injuries iafticled upon him by
his cruel Phyficians or uwtatwal children?, did no way
diifeife him of his Eftate, nor give either greedy heir
and expe&ant of hislaft breath, or thofe prejwfteroaf
pterehajerf any right or title to his lands or goods y the
£*iv IP/// re/?0re^hefe to him, and teach prepofterous
purchafers more wit or honefty* If D. Purges and
lis Libeller can play upoa the Covenant to this tune
of E£ftitxtT*»> m Gods name let them go on^ we
re Joyce to feq primitive EftfispMfr primitive
their $rijtixe Revenues, with their double
konw
to their goed tdtfyiovrt 1 K J
k*nor rcftored : This will be a)?/ ofwrth not more
generous then juft in D B- and his partners * but I
doubt the liteffer fcare thU fenfe of die Covenant,
as much as a Malefa&or doth thofe two Greek,
T or IX the Gibbet or the Galiowa,
r r»
get
*,For no fooner hath the Libeller pretended a con-
formity to Dt. Ga*de*t fenfe , but as it he repented b(
biro of all good thoughts and motions to rcpe#**ntc9 p.-i fti>.Ga»,
he falU into a raving rapertmencv againft D G^^«/ "^ "^J
Tearesof thcCfatviof England, upon which this
fcurrilous ^r^/tr, ftudies to fpitor pifbby an w»w^/-
IM r/t and **9*tdi**9 rndc^S , oneiy worthy ot
Cucha *«•*»*«, luch a Ton of Jfe^/, whofc /.re-
A^ and bowels of W/, onlyferve hmi to icotf
at an atHieted mother, a diftreffed Churchy whidi
(taut a80 thi* wretched Libdiex after watd , not
only fecretiy jcars at, but loudly ^i her to
fc- >rn, and di&Uincfc w own hci under any Inch nam<?
and relation 5 fc erne) fb^i ooYetowfncfi rmKe any
r -t uwta**"' V^ ^"^ w 'f? P- T
wbote- or^ji muft tovc them
*
r
tears and I blood, .wouadfiS, w*frad, tram
the feet of the beafts of the pcople^^/erfao
nhhxdby a^corafortcr.thenibn^ fatrtlW*' P*r
tktfcrs rhould not kec|» their MtM* *p™*
the oncty d^figac, M*^^
ant 5 and crying dowo the Church
andhcrfoiui, which foine
Q Cruel
The binJh$' of all CvfotnMtt *»J
barou* lifal/er) was it not high time for fame of the
sons of the Chnrch of t.ngUnd to have pitty on her!
That Book«w A Bath capaWe lo have j^/M theinoft
polluted ftrfiri* who had the failings and errors only
of ft mm, and not the f^/f of a /»///?, the poyfon of \i
ferps»t,i\rH\ the w,-///Yv of aDevil;** wrought great.and-
rriTu.-ft n irnculoiis effe s evtry where ; it was a cordial
to revive the f.?/v;.'/;;.^ fp/rits ol: man.v excellent
Fi(h( p^^ and ethers of all forts of Chrifduns^ yea
the -Chinch of Fvgt-vd fi'om i hat time ir fa-w its
7 c •;•). c^n(:c!cvLcl, l/fted it-p her head, and began to
Le condoned. VY'ho was ever fo unkind, fo unna-
tu'ral, focriM:!, fovilc, as to find fault: with that de-
f.gn., that duty, that />/V^ of Dr. Gaudi^ but only
oiieDr'.^//r^tvan<l this Libeller, becaufe therein his
ropy and freehold ^ as touched , his facriletlgc pcr-
ft ringed , iiis versatile temper difcovcred, not with
wore jujlicc the -niHgettitrt}1, nor with more z;^//^ then
* '/•///; forDf.Ewr^e/ vvab never personally in jttri out
to Di.Gaudetr nor Dr-Gattdcn par icularlydefpited
tc Dr.B»rc^/ * nor would Dr. G AH den have fouled
his ringers by touching that pitch, hut that Dr. Bwrge*
his pittiful cafe and plea came crofs 3r. Gaudensway,
j'nfl: as he was tinilhing ^siears.&c.Etfjtttftamferreusi
vi teneat fe ! Who would be patient to fee and hear
fucfa flatter- proclaim his folly to all England, to
roar in the ears of hi* Parliaments^ as he called them,
as if he were undone if he had not his full bargain and
yenniworth of Church-lands ? Who would endure
to hear 'him barking againft King., Bijbops and Church
and r I'j that was fared or r/o;/, only to make good
his lOm/e^r^which betrayed his Apeftacy > For who
in former tin.e pretended greater zeal for Bifhaps,,
and
tebrtuwr*
and conformity both m his Deeds and Writings to
the Church of England*}
?', \\rnc UdwyMd) hinc ;>,<?,, hinc odid , Hence thofc
impotent efixifions of the Libeller and his darling
D.R. a<*nn<f Dr. -GMid'Snt iiaok' for tlic Chttrch of
EKHlwd) which will In e as a monument of honor to
all p!>fKr:ty, when fuch putkl pamphlets, and ////Ji-
Mmitli-bi$r ffia'll rot nnH periili JT/>/J /^e c.ir^fjct ef
tfarr Author f) only 'rfctaetabred WHreivftratirf^ for-
/^ rile'v'tiwi'ApoJltilc}'! {l>ji)-frycr<.)clefyi(erszu& devou-
nr.rol;rhe Churc'i of £ .ngLtttdi agalnft whom it ii
r;uch more Chriftian andcommcndable forDr.GW//-
^'t'v toexpiclsa puhliqae diflikeand abhorrence of
their impudent arul injurious fra&jet*-1wG&A and
inm, then it was tok,\il>le for Dr. Birr^c/j-or any. of
his nifty t-o coinc 'flrnnfago\A with his pack full of
pamp'hfotfy and vik* pleas for liis viler jacrjlcdge, to
the flefitrice of all men of learning, bonejty) and in- '
genuityiyca of this whole Church and Ndtion, as if all
muft fly before this nncircumctfed Ph'ti flint : No
Dr.G<tMden> like David, hath fuccefbiully encountred
this frodigit} and given him C^eur 7?^*) fo fea^
fcnablea wonnd'm his ^i?/^ ^>/^ brazen forehead, that
ever fince he is confounded and fain ; he lies »<?HP
grovelling and fyrawling with the inordinate motions
of his hands and heels, even gafping, difpairing and
dying, while he fees his projects perifhing, and his
purchafe of Bifhops lands, like his foul ready to de
part from him ; a moft juft and generous execution
worthy of the courage and freedom of Dr.Gaudens
pen andfyirit, which neiri r this. Libeller n~>r D. B*
will everc/^n? off Or avoid\
After this the Libeller pleafeth hirafelf in alledging
as
The ubeilc« gs •••becomes him ( that is raaliciaufly, i "alfely and odi«
G^°S Ol% ) (°»* pxpreffions of Dr. G**d*m touching
'o{ tilings in- -tfeofe ev&-whicJi through the vice of j.pen -and times
eidentM.Bi' ^ethkks) areiwidcni to Biihops and Epifcopacy,
inopsandti- "• j t i * « « *« '•
plfc^fcy* te #&****** to;it, not inherent m jt, or eman&nt
from it^mvichlels infeparabie3as chronique and here-
dituiydifeafo^ not proceeding from the nature of
I Epifcopal Government, which i? full of wifdom3 or«
der, honor and goodtafi in-its eonilitutiou and due
adnainiftration, us well a$ it is of Priip-itive, catholick,
and apoftolick ufe and authority in the Church , but
from thofe frailties and infirmities which are inci
dent tothofe men, who a* &fiaps are iotrufted with
the management of that Government.
The UbdJefs , ^*.Herc the Libeller feeking fomethbg to bark at
logick. '*° ^ ra»ging Iprhigs., as he imagines, a piece of con-
tradiftery wufutee^o make gocxi his ridicule** titlea
and to juftifietru le afiume cars in which he firft ap-
-after l?.Bj.. new LtgiqM*
t to Ri£bo* m*as
tempted'by
fuona tfectr^wrw »w rwfc
Atthisrate, what^jthene.gWIe itf? nature, and
•baled by fame men^ <»f whid: -.this
mt infer % hi* MdigBwt feg&firy ; Evils are wri-
jfcwf to them , by reaton od ra* we» $ £*£* thofe
the ttogs thejn£elves^ »er from the
Kings may rule TyrtHtticttfy 4
.mm Mmardy^ osifagy
to their toi hkaltiou?,
or Anarchy is noC fuller of Tyranny > fas at
Atkexs under the 30. and late in. Engfaxd under goo.
Tyrants) rhcn any Monarchy ever was : So tresbyten
may fcrc faftroiiSj popular , feditious 3 ambitious, co
vetous, contentious, (Tmoniack, pragmatique, and
abjured apoftates of Epifcofacy } Ergo , thefe evils
incident to Tresbjfcrs , ill- ordered ^ do naturally
arid' neccfUniFy, arife from the nature of Trssby-
terj.
A? the £tmerare this wtlogicat tfktfcr , may argue
many vicious di (Tempers and IickneiTes o£ body and
aimd are rncidcnr to men., therefore they arife from
humanity , or humane nature '-, fo water or wine
contra^: impurity or muftincfs , while they pafs
through, or are rncl'ofed infuch Veflels, or Chan
nels, which are foul and tainted , Ergo thefe being;
incident to Wine and Water 3 do arife from.rriem5
a? if there were every where a principle productive
of evil , where there is a capacity paffive and re^
eeptive of it.
Thus Religion is fubjedt to fuperftition-^ Ergo, for
perftrtron flowes from fVeligion, thusHerefic as pey-
Jbrt, and Schifme as an ftch , infeds many Chriftians^
and are incident to Chriftians Julje&ive 5 Ergp they
arife from Chriftianity3 formatter & caufalitsri The
Holy Scriptttret themfelves,are fubjedt to be wrefted^
corrupted and blafphemed ^ Ergo 5 blafphemy and
eorr uption arife fi om the Scriptures } fo Sacraments
and ail holy things are fubjeft to be prophaned 5
J?rg*3 prophanenefs rifeth from the nature of Sa^
craments.
.^. Pofiibr^ this Lifollkr may have gone (bine years
«>3cheola and hatfa ventured to be a Tredictntt But
he
i u The binding of aft ColMttants
he feems not to favour much of the Univcrfity 3
'Nor can I advife him to learn of D. E. to be a difpu-
tant 9 becaufe Dr. Tridcaux Jong ago pafied that
fatal fentencc upon h m at his unlucky ad, in Ox-
fordy Frofe&o mi jili > iu prtidicare poies 3 difputare
won potes.
Dr.Gdwrffw* £• But the envy which the Libeller fecks to load
freedom a- Dr. Gauden with 3 is as if he were u bold and fevere
gairft the cevfor Of ft/flops , imputing fome evils to fome of
f-utsotBi- i r i u c i
{hops, with ro them , and conlequently to all or them, yea and
vercnec ro to Epifiopucy it felf, (for which he pi ofefTeth to be
^° ^reat a Champion^ as either to deftroy the Cove
nant (as to the extirpating fenfe of it, ) or elfe to
fubdue it to the obedience of legal and regular FJpif-
copacy. Trudy no man is lefs a flatterer of Bifhops
or Presbyters in any thing unworthy of their holy
vail/Kg^ then Dr.Gattdcm he is prone to be as fevere
againflany Bifliop, as againft Dr. Purges, C who
they fay would fain have been a BifhopJ if any Bi-
fhophad been as guilty of prefurnptuous facriledge as
D. Bnrges^ who is but- a petty Presbyter , though he
hath good ftore of Bifhops Lands.and fo per viam con-
cotMJtantte i by way of contagious difccnt, may con-
trad all tHe evils incident to Epifcopacy 3 by reafon of
foipe irregijar i iihops.
, '5J. Not that Sacriledge or Syirony D or Herefie
arife either frorn Epijcopacy or Presbytery , though in
cident to themf in cfacreiejds they are lodged or fixed
in fubjedls 3 at once capable to be Bijbops and Presby-
iers, and ^et to be as weak and unworthy men, as
any others in aiiy honed calling and imploymeixt^
LAWjerswd Fhy(jti#ys ^ und Judges, and Courtiers.,
may alt be blame worthy \ yea Afqftlesmay be ambi
tious.
to their good lebat
tious, as the Tons of lebedee^ denycrs of Chrift, and
diffemblersasfeferjforfakers, as all betrayers of their
Matter as Judoi, yet muft we not hence conclude that
thefe diitenpersoftheinen, arifefiomthe Apoftoli-
cal order and dignity.
£. In like manner although Dr. Gauden well knows
the mifchiefs and inconveniences which from the
corrupt principles and paffions of fome Eifiops, may
andfometimes have fain upon the Church of Chrift
of which is he is no vindicator , fo nor doth he de-
fire to be ("as this Cham) a detector and derider } yet
he hath a very high andhdly ejieem of Eifcopaty, in its
eminency , antiquity, univerfality, ufe and authority
Ecclefiaftical , fo as to prefer it above any church
Government 5 yea and to own no other , as Primitive*
Catholic^, and compleat, nor yet fo convenient or
comfortable.
$. Nor is this Lfbtfler (who as the Satyr out of the
fame mouth can bhiv hot and cold^) able to avoyd the
convi&ion and confeilion of this truth, (b far, that
although he -now almoftdefpairesof ever making his
Dvg.a Bi(hop,yet he is conftraincd to allow of BiQiops
andEpifcopacy, by the conformity of D. B. hereto
fore to Epifcopacys yea and his oft declaring for it
and for Bimops , as they w«re by law fetled in the
Church of England'-) in which the primitive eminen-
cy, and ancient Anthority of Efifcopacy , was duly
conftitHted) and worthily cxerciled by many Iearned3
goodly and moft venerable Bifhops , inferior to none
of that order,office and degree in any Age of the
Church. So that however the Libeller who feems
poffefled with the fame fpirit as D. B. may in his fits
rave again ft all Kifwpf} as drones and belly Gods9 and
B. Idle*
wg of a
idle., and ' un&orlly of tfwir honours or ejiates^ yet
\ncookrmoocls\iZ retimes to fomethingof right len-
fes '-> andnpthing more calmes or charmes him 3 (as
ail hot Presbyters) then the name of Dr. Vfter^ (for
Lord Private and Archbifliop of Armagh muft not
be w^nrioncd^ as if there were no difference in ho-
noui and tic-gvee, bu ween DJ: Ufber and Dr. Purges,
or Httgh T'ttw^ who laughed at yrfr/»<* e&wwfcf 3 whom.
all the ru-ricft »ri learned world admired, ^) they
hug that aiodci if his reduction of Epifcffpacys which
the Libeller snd r is D. JS^ fancy will ferve to re
duce Bil^ops •: o frimhive poverty 3 fo as we may yet
havefuch iwF.i)ifcopiicjjLsi£ confident with Dr. Bur*
^jje/jntereft . and his pur-chafes of Bifhops Lands 5
whereas that humble learned and moft pious Lord
jpr/«z^3propounded that his reduction in thofe diffi
cult ? dangerous and diftrefTed times, not Ib much
m'ar^r tn lxvd the lands 5 or limit the friftine and
legdt, Midjuft3 and due authority of good Kifoops
in England or Scotland, but only as a cpndefceiuion
and expedient at prcfent by which to difarme and
bind the hr» nds of both Presbyters and people , then
titmHliuarily i unning todeftroy without., and againft
all Lawsof Cod and man., not onely the Luxuriancres
and enormities ^ which they thought were incident to
Mmarchyy(ft& FpifiopWJt > t>ut even the very functi
on/ ffice and honour of botbj to the mine and extir
pation of an excellent King y and three flouriQiing
Kmgdomes 3 as well as of many excellent Eifoops and
THc fundry, three ft )uri(hing reformed Churches.
fraud an i t 11 r , jn t} j;s fjrft propofition then of this Libeller was there
ofthcLi cJ^ r *" ^
, . , r . .
no more wit 3 right rcalpn 3 or ingenuity^ then
on. there is wool on the .fei^of .-• ^? W^dog, fo it hath as
many
to t'btir $QQd Mfftl&B
id
:e
,iually hath fleas j wiinwmca comp_i.i^ns_ and ins
Jew D. I. Mcave the Libeller and this minn.ignm-
cant «•«*>#»«, which hatli no logical option to
&.UdL AnAjk, which Cither to reconcie
the Covenant to a juft and UwfulEjwfw/^focha
the Church of EngUnd and all ancient On'urche.
•MteMfc^, as venerable, ex .-client, and neeeQary
for the Churches good „&/; »nd.vyeU being; or elfe
o null and invalidate if fo fur, as in any branch of it
it was ekher taken or is l,y any interpreted, and urged
aeainft Epifcopa-y .iud BHhops'wtfc P^«dlcfe,of
tr? "trutl. of God,»fllw honour of the Apu.ftte.of the
e of .ill Cnurchc. , and to the overthrow of
f d&Giuich and KingfUmt , by which
to God and man , to our.rrww , our
aJic** fepcdors 5 , uo4er the .soyaeign
God-andthe^ing arc confined; without
nof difpentewn either froa thls Gove-
or Uy otter contrivance , deftruftive to our
k-fu 4' id legal cohftituripns o? tutncrtty and. ,
-
and
Supreme
x the Laws rhe ktratfers > -r-r «—: — ---
.W,CWB, according a*.power midauthonty tf legally
derived 10 them. f^fc
iivj [:;; •»..: v
. .
on of this rewwd Libeller, lit h* firflr P^pHuop
1 24 The binding ofafl Covenants avd
What Dr.Gattden<fith admit in forne fcnfetobc
lawful and good, may befo taken and kept $
But \}\\Gauden admits the Covenant in fome fenfe
to be lawful and good Kiaterialiter^ not anthori-
t ativciv/z.as recor«ci)eab!c tc^ confident wiih
the ancient and legal Government of Epifcopacy :
O) Itmightbe fo taken and kept.
Which conclufion is true, as to that conformity of
the words and matter of the Covenant to law and
duty., which Dr. Gander requires in a private and
fpontaneous making of fuch a profeHi/pn to God and
man.
But what is this to DJonyfivs ? how doth this con
clufion contradict what the Libeller had either to
prove, namely, the non-fenfe and lUfyhemy of the
Afatyjff, or to oppofe and overthrow ? namely. That
the Covenant either taken or interpreted, or kept
in a fenfe deflru&ive to the anciefit and legal confti-
tution of Bijhops and Epifcopacy in England.) is and
was unlawful, null and invalid) ought not fo to be
taken or kept, but recanted and repented of, as pre
judicial to truth, juftice and order, to the honour^
peace and happinefs of this Church, to the obedi
ence We ow to the Laws, tatheduty we owe to the
King, and the equity we owe to Eifhop/> in having
and enjoying their own 3 alfo contrary to the reve
rence and conformity we owe to the CathoJick
Church and its firft Biflwps the twelve Apoftle*, with
their immediate and conftant fucceflbrs in all times
and ages, which were Rijhops in Dr. Gaudem fenfe 3
jpcrfons Ecclefiaitick, inverted in an eminent power
above any Presbyters.
to their gwJ behaviour, 125
tf.This, thy Pofirion^O mygtnth r-^e//er5fiiouldhave
been luftily attacqtted9 and the contrary proved: But I
feethebeaft is fometime difpofcd togrin, when he
cannot bite^ if his and his Client Dr. Knrges his
traps have fuch holes in thein, they will catch no
Mice '•) nor will he by fuch (illy engines, long keep him-
felf as a Rat in fasTarwifw Chcefe^ \nspnrch.ifc and
boufeSLtWellf* He muft have a better Sophifier to
plead for his cafe, then thh Licfclogick^ Libeller^ or
el fe he will be no longliv'd pofleflbr, nor a void an
cje&io frme'-y which hve fears more then Gaily flavcs
do the bajiinadoot aBullspizile. Let the Covenant
be reconciled to fuch Epilcopacy , Jet all Coven.an
ters lefubjeft to fuch B//Z)^/, let fuch Btjfjops have thai
authority.) honor and revenue which is theirs by Low 5
and let as fee what this Libeller or his friend D.#. will
get by their firft Tropofitiw*, or by \5v.GAndcnscoK~
cefion^ that the covenant may in fuch a lawful fenfe
be kept fy the takers of it i but not in any others
facrilegious to Eijhops 9 or extirpating of Epifco-
pacy.
$. 2. I crave the Readers leave to make him a little Thej libeller*
morefport, by purfuing this pregntnt Fox, to ano - g^^
ther of his borrowes.) a fecond more argumentative throw Dr,G<i«-
propofition, which he hopes will help to lavefof /^w,
and furred ^coat in which Dr. Purges hath wrap
ped himfelf by his comfortable purchafe of Bifliops
lands.
He thus therefore roufeth himfelf, andmanagcth
(as Ealtatti) the enchantment of his fecond Propofai-
AIL
5};t-
i\S TbeVwcttng of all C^entnn
All fober Chriftlans who undcrftund themfelves
concerning Ephcopacy, do herein agree with Dn
Gwden ;
Ergo, he concludes in a moft ntagiferitlly confe-
qaence at the Jafr3 It it fufficieut that the Doff or in
the midft of all his; nwlings and flandcrs, hath ac
knowledged fo many to concur in the true fwfe oj
the Covenant.
Marvelloufly well., 0 learned Libdlijl: This is in
deed to difpute3 to prove, to difprove, to convince,
toconvert.true, to confirm,Dr.<r^We» and all ht^neft
men with him?agree in fuch fl-nle cf the Covenant as
only can be jull andgcxid: but what (hall we do with
thcfe fupcruiciotts Sc- olar*3 or tliofe Sycophants 9
or thofe Sc^aricf^ or thoit- S atr Meg/ft t9 who do not
or will not as honeftmen3 either underftand rhem-
felves, or concur with Di. Ganden ir? this fenfe of
the Covenan^ Us it is reduced to that Fpifcopacy
which Dr. Gaudcn according to Scrip Mired I.,aw3 and
all antiquity dothafTert for the oncly , ancient, re
gular and compleat Government o|- the Church, not
in &$*rJtyof fwstyters, but in thai exors poteftas^ in
that *|fc^«tj»£;5tt«ats vf^ttfAA and umu/$ of Epifcopacy ,
which fgw(tiHs9 IrenettSs TertvHian, Cyprian > St,
•Jewmes and all the Ancient Fathers^wwA of rights
as well as cuftom, belonging to Epifcopacy, and to
Bifliops eminently fo called.
§. Thofe Innovators Dr. Gauden encounters ^
he feeks to redeem fi«om the fallacy and Jlavery of
any fuctrfenfe, as is by fomc affixed to the C ovenanta
wholly iwwJlftMtWtthihefabitfty reftaurattov and
fucccjfioH
totkir good fahaJwtffii
focceffion of FpifcopAcy and BiJ/wps'm England. The-
Libeller; inter eft and D.B's concern is, to afiertthefe
Antiepifioptil Pretenders , thefe rotten., thefe rigid
Extirpators ofufeandabufe: Elfe the Libeller doth
but beat the the ayr, and D. ftnrgefes fat 'mlllein the
'/Ire; rarernaK primitive, reformed Bithops (which
the 1 iws of Church and State everfetltd and intended
in England) will revive, and \vill endure to return to
their houfes^ honours and lands too, and then ad quid
perditio h<ec ? How doth this Libeller leaving his
dear Dr. Purges in the fuds , operant & oknnt
perdere : He may be good at rhiming 3 but ftarlc
naught at right reafoning.
$. Sure the Sophifter thus not fighting, but flying,
yea, circulating about3and feemingly complying with
Qr.Gstudens fenfe, doth but make advantages) and
feek fome Ambujbcadoet 5 as appears by his many
sfytllpxg digrejfions and divings up and down , far
enough from the quefiion in hand, or the Tropofition
affixed, or the conclufion., which mould be deduced
not for, but againft Dr. Gaudcnt fenfe.
$. But here the poor Libeller is fo goodnatured3 Thclibeiler
as to yield that ther^^r of the Covenant ^though in a c°ncciilons as
Scotch hmd> ought not to have cut offthenofe^ ears,
///>j,hands or head of Venerable Epifcopacy (if as be
impioufly and impudently queftions, page 7. ) there
be any (uch as is truly Apoftolick^ and primitive^ free
from the evils of Tyrannie 3 Trofaneuefs^ 8cc. agree
able to found dottrine , and the power of godlmefij
Cwhich this jealous Libeller is as much in love with,
as D.'R. is with his pnrchafe of Biftiops lands: ) He
eonfefiesit is (I am fure it ought to be) "far from the
fenfe and intention of the Covenant Cand fo$£ any
^honeft
-binding ofaS Covenants and Clwumttrs
honeft Covenanter) to extirpate it 5 that contrarily it
Jbinds by all lawful means to procure it,yea rather to
reitore and eftablifh it, where faction and Schiftne^ had
thought to fhake and remove it , as in England.
$. He feerns now fo well natured , as to threaten
by his pruning or incifion knife (which the AnAtomift
o wns as proper to a fober Covenanter) only to pare
of the Luxnriarianciesi wens, warts and excrefcen-
cys 5 which corrupt times , cuftomes or manners of
men had procured upon the face or hands of Lpifco-
•pacy 3 and fuch Bimops , as might &5f»mm&*9 be mb-
jeftto like paffions with Dr. Surges for covetonf-
nefis contentioufnefs) and cholericknefs^ and the like
beautys of his complexion and constitution.
$. In earneft (O gentle Libeller) it is pitty you
fhould further fpin the thread of your e xcellent dif-
courfe and foltfifdftile , to as little purpofe 3 as Spi
ders do wa(t their bowels in making fuch cobwebs
o
as will onely catch fmall flies 5 Alas , Dr. Ganden. is
agreed with you , if you mean by thefe finful de-feds
orexcefTes of Epiftopacy 5 the enormious arrogating
of unlawful power and jurifdiftion, or the cruel and
uncharitable exercife of lawful power, beyond thofe
bounds, which the equity and chariry of laws EC-
xlefiaftical , are pre-fumed to allow and expect from
every pious and prudent Bimop.
$. But if you mean by thefoperfluities ofEpifcopa-
ty 5 the honours , manors , lands 3 houses 5 the EC*
clejitftical jurifdi&ion , and juft authority, either
fpiritual or civil 3 with which Biiliops in England are
by law endowed,according to theCatholiqtte cuftomc
of. all Churches, and the magnificent indulgence of
this Church and State 5 if this be your reformation,
and
to their % nod fobaJtiottrt 1X9
and vtftitutiort, or your proving of primitive Epifco-
pacy, I may fay to thees O Leveller, O Libeller, as
Chrift to Pe/e;-(even then a far honefrcr man)^*^
Getthce behind? me Satan, thou favoured: not tno
things which be of God, buti/V*./*, of the world ^and
of the flelli : Thy wily n>/f<Jom is earthly , fenfual,
deviliih, injurious , facrilegious } all this fair apo-
kffujtbcCe gentle cencejjhns , and cunning circumlo
cutions, arc onely to prcferve Dr. Burges his blcfled
pxrchafc. O ho\v h?*; narrate foul cleaves to the ^/w/? $
Come, be free and ingenuous 5 let Bifhopsand other
Epifcopal Divines have their landt^ houfes, and ho
nors, which "re due to them by the laws of Cod and
man, after iu lung and ir.jny injuries done them, Dr,
G**'Jcn willingly agrees to the conforming of their
jpcr;i7v/.. MJt:Ncrs,art.j aHthority^Q the iamcjlrtfl lan>s$
and being himfclt- nor unlikely to be a Biihop(though
uiiwon hyj by the providence of God, and the Kings
favour, yea, and by the general defire of that City
and Dioce^oi Exeter^ without any hisown or others
ambit ions procuring, follioitingor befpeaking in hij^
behalf (as God is tritneji') he hopes through the
grace ot God, to be one of thofc good examplers of
worthy BiQiops, who n;ay anivver the Libellers and
D. B's bert defire* , though he defpairsto exceed his
two laft incomparable Tredecejfirs, B/JhtpHall, and
B/Jkop Krownrig) two^and almoft /w/w/^/e Trelates^
whom tlie age was not worthy to enjoy, nor D. £. to
mention their names with his foul mouth j who with
others, .durft by a faper Covenanting rigor, and pre*
pojltroiM reforming , fo worry, gnaw, devour, and
deftroy, even fuck ing the blood, and eating the fleih
to the bare bones of fiich3 and many like excellent
S
,.20 TKe Knfw£ of all Covenants and Qftenantirt
Sifioprof England^ whom they reduced to poverty,
under pretence of their rigurous covenanting, and
extirpating Reformation } not by a power of godli-
xefa but of darknefs, ungodlmefs, violence, cruelty.,
fairiledge., fchifmand Apoftafie, all which are (with
out any calumny or fcandal upon either of the two
Jifittfesaftd Aifimblj) or any bfafybeming againft the
Covenant^ if taken and kept in 'Ajuftandpietu fenfe )
more clear and true, then ever Dr.Burgeg his title
will be to his pwchafe of Bifoopf land., which now be~
gins to be not a nettle ondy to his hands., but a thorn-
to kfcfest) and a grivoiib cordolittmio his foul3 which
makes him and his Copefoate this Libeller, fo bite at
every one that comes neer them, as if they meant
to tt*r£/0 them, by perfwadingtheEnglifh world to
keep to their wits and confciences, their reafon, and
the laws 5 reftoring to everyone what is theirs, to
Cod, to the King, to Bifhops, and to the Church :
None of all which fbme Atheifts would have this Na
tion ever to own, rather then BiQiops and other
Churchmen ftiould enjoy their own again. : Whether
this Licentious Libeller be fp far gone, or his D. B.
in the confumption of all piety and common
I leave the Header to ;udge.
The Libell
.
Libellers For I am, bcfi^ies the profecittingof his argument
riesinhis in this (econd Propeption, to purfue him in his many
ftcond Propo- yagarietand impertimitcies*, where helofeth the point
fiuCR* he pretended to aim at '•> and onely pJeafeth himfeJf
to vent his malice, choler, and excrementitioi* finff^
without covering k with any paddle. Here his^fo//
i«/*is(kut, againft.5.Z..fi. againft Dr. Gattdem claim
ing right to the Aflei^blya againft his fpiteful aod
pernicious^
pernicious preaching in London , and at the 7V/#-
;>/<?, in order to recover the rights of King and
Kingdoms, of Lords and Commons, of Parliaments
and People ^ yeu, of the Biihopi- and Clergy of Eng
land *•> but ah thcre/w*/^;w«/4;/w/aie Hovelled a»
way beforehand, when Or Gandcn did fweep them
together, a&the fc.itiered imper- inencieg of an im-
modeft and irnmethodical Rapfodiih
•f. To all which this, is alb here added by him 5 a
dreadful impatience , that D.B. having fent to Dr.
Gwdw (as indeed ht ii id fcis defence of Sacriledge,
accompanied with the mala caudtofhisvile letter,
of which a fomier account was given i) yet Dr.G^w-
den woukl not voachfafe to aafwcr his challenge, or
to entertain the world with his rank CoU&ort, tea
times boiled, andrnoft mGpid^ in all which there is
lff : Thercafon was, becauie that pam-<
was apiecQwrtfytflkedHtkat' DB. but of ^
du'f,, fuitable to his fonner rwpblett*
bailing at King and Bifoopj> angry that he had not
money enough to purchafe aH Crown and Church
lands*
i. Truly Dr. Gwdw kne^v all the Learned, Loyal
and Rcligiow world were fofitfrfad *nd fortified a-
gainft D,B*s Sacriledge9 that they abhorred him the
mo^becauft he added that to his other Jiw&nd they
abhorred the fin the more, bccaufe defended by (b
fatted an Author , Le^ardic^ Presbyter, and Efifcopal
^tp#ft4te* Nor had Dr» Gaude* then either leifure or
pleafurc to fcHow D. ^« in aH the wire and puddtes
where he lifted to «M/W *>• w*de : Dr. Gattden Js
S a better
Tht binding ofati CoftttUMt'i an
b
'trer imployed then to wnfh the Devils face of
defatry or Sacriledgc, fo oft at D-5. lifts to paint him
ith the colours of Ttety attdjttftfce, Necdiity and
with thecoi»ur3 ot Piety andjnj^fce^ Neceiiity
Reformation $ or to put on him the vizard of Hypo*
cnlie,which yet cannot fufrice to hide either his> horns
or hoofs*
rieiibclle s £. The Jjletfers laft impertin^ncy and vapour is>
to oiler a facrirtce of praife to the Vrn and/jhe^ the
genii *xd remains of that Scotized AiFernbly, whk'h
had nc greater btotorbLime in it, then the company
and contagion of D. Er/, who was like a Stare or
jackdaw, got in among fome Pigeons: that there
were learned and fober Clergic, as well as lay-men
in that Convention., is not to be doubted , I wHh they
had b?en as valiant, jufl, wife, conftant and refo-
Jutc to the truth and right .• They had then merited
a tteUer Monument and nllar> then this Libeller or
D. B. can eredof their memory^ beiide \heDire8ory
and Cafjt'ctifif) which they produced by an Elephan
tine and very coftly birth, a charge far beyond
what would have bought thebcft Library but %odlies
in England, in order to reject the Englifh Liturgy
and the efhibliilied Prelacy, making way for the bo
dy or belly of Presfytcrlc, without any order and
head of ancient Epifcopacy, which deformity was to
be fupplied with the train or long tail of ruling lay-
Elders.
$. The breafi or Nurfe to which prodigious No
velty, the Covenant was by feme defigned to be,
but it proved in (hort time a dry Nurfe : Thefe ftrug-
Kng babes and fucklings of Presbytery , Indepen-
to their good tcbaTtiOur.
cy and other productions , foon drew blood in-
llead of milk : For they being born with fharp
te-'th, as King Enmexes 3 they quickly gnawed and
bit off thztbrcafty which they ihould oncly have
gently drawn.
§. The truth is, there was little hope that that
AlTembly in which were many learned and godly
men, (hould ever do much good 5 when in the mid.-
nigh: dreamt and horrid dttrknefi of thofe times 3,
the good men in it were opprefled by more then,
one J#f#A«v, of Tumults and Armiesa bcfides thofe
Scotifts who were as Matters of the AlTembly, to
fatten the nail of Presbyterie into their heads, as
dead as Jael did hers into siferas :. To be lure
now they are awake , the bed of them do abhor,
all thofe Ephialt^f or Night-ware r of rigid and hcad-
lefs T rcsbyt cry .ptr tide Independency , and bloody Ana-
hapttfm^nd. utter Anarchy^which then and afterward
cruelly deprefled the fpirits of thofe Divines , yea
apd long exhaufted the fpirits of this Church and
State.
$. Yet that t\\e jejune Libeller , may not feem to
fay nothing for the honour of that Scotized Aflfem-
Uly (befides that of P. B. his prefence and his pro- pica for the
teftation for Epifcopacy 9 of which he does you to
wit) he puls the reader now ofcirant , or fleepy, or
laughing by the ear, and makes this venerabhmark*
That the late King ("who by his pertinacy for Epifeo-
facy 5 and obftinacy againft Sacriledge deftroycd
himfelf (as D. Eurges concludes in. his Anatomical in-
fpedions of the caufe of the Kings death } (hewed A
willingnefs, otfob* u. 1648. to confirm the calling
and
the
andiltting of that Affembly, yea and of their hatch- '
ing of Prtsfyt&y it felf?to make: a tryal or eiTay of it
forthreeje4r/9 (when indeed three Moneths was
too much for the great mifehief and little goodie
occasioned in Engtnd.)
' ^ Alas p0or Pnnc^ what would not Befh or blood.
^°3 or forge in a ftorose to faveit felf? what poli-
ti^ue condelcentionSjeven to Icfs Yeafonabk demand^
are notveoiaKif fhoftof blafphetnics and mworali-;<rtt
... , .. 1 ,,... r n ••»•-• t« <r -:• r< « • . • *
by which a amg may lave bis lire, hoiterity. King.
dom, Peoj^le^ and beyonti all3the Churches of Chrift
iii them from periuiing tjpon the Rocks and quick?
fetnds 0£ Schifm and Rebellion ? yet even of thefe
conceiiionsatlaftdidtheKing fcrioufly repent , as he
did thofe larger which 'he had granted in Scotland^
affirming to ;ionie ficfrlegiouf impor tuners of him at
the Jjk &f ffight a thav lie had granted all he could
tofave his life, whith might conOil with the faving
6F his feu! * \v^en h was 'jrgt4 that his Majefty had
abo1ifhe<i'Hf?j£«?f4ry and B//*^p/ i» Scotland], hq a*n"
fwered *, /^ ;> «o )?/^4 ^ //.^ ^^/» , ^«f rather to re*
pent a#4 da x& mor^fa , fapwfc he had once fnnzd in
$a%$tilj with owe regard to otttward and civil
?) thtfc**&i eonfjhttt with inward*
Thu? havp J.fcewed thee (*Q tngenuousahd
" ^feO the. addl6 egg^ which this 'Cvcfoi
tl ih theHe^|Sparrpwsjprr/? of UsficonclyrQ*
3 winch fteining long I thought it had been
f * Cywts but thou f<?eft? what a man of
/wfjr this Ubclkr i% and how whence threatens to
'- thre<ror fout : 'to'pcs, turning hiis
} andrunhmg avray to take
3 which prove neither Pikes
nor
td tfttir good btbatiour*
nor Swords 5 norPiftols, butmeer bulrufties,
and potguns, fitter for to (hoot boyes pellets, then
to defend D. #. in his fitcri legion* pur chafe of Biihops
Lands , and the extirpating of Epifcopacy.
$. Which J00/7 andgreafte bcfmtaring of the glory
of D. B. and hib Covetous injurious covenanted no
nitre of this Libeller willever wa(h out.
$. As to all Alexanders vi&ories valour and
koitKty 3 this is ftill a takeoff and great blot , At &c~
ciditc.ilifthenew-) but he killed the wife ^ the faith
ful, the valiant Calijlhenef , So., when the triumphant
memorial of D. B* (hall be regiftred by this Libeller
or the like Hijloriographcr > or biographer, in which
the i^-nf^uAin & d?t<&tait rare exploits, and atchieve-
incnts of Z>. B.lhall be magmloquently epitomized^is
deferred degree of Dr. which he fo adorned with
fpcaking good Latin3 and accute difputing at Oxford,
to the pofing and non ylaffing of all his auditors, thofe
yf*n&T* 5 or variegated writings 3 for and againft
conformity, ceremonies 3 Bi(hops3 Scots and Pre^-
bytery? a nd Epifcopacy , his two good livings, and
way-bit of a Le&ure at Panls of 400, per annum.
His preferment and his riches, yea and hb honour to-
be Coilip to the Covenant 3 when it earae to be re-
baptifedina Catbolique font> und fprinkled with a
Chriftian (en£e, reconciled to Epifcopacy $ yet after
all ihis gear , and at every encomiaftick claafe , this
fad and ihameful burthen of thefongwillbe added.
But he purchafed Biftaops Lands , when his fufpcnfi-
on from fitting in the AiTembly for his generous pro-
tefting againft the Covenant, as indefinitely and ab-
folutely for the extirpation of Prelacy , (by which k
appears how free others were , and overawed not
'Tfotmding of all Covenants andC ttntntcrs
to fpeak their minds) when this fhall b e recounted 5
yet it will be added , but he did indefinitely and ab-
lolutely purchafe Bifhops Lands and Houfes. without
leaving them one foot , or allowing them ore pen
ny 5 yea and adding impudence to impiety and op-
preflion, he proclaimed his purch \fe to focie Pfeudo-
Parliaments .yza. and openly defended hi» fin Lie vend
Abfolorfci yea and complained lu1 had not enough for
his money , nor all his feeriUgioHs btrgair i yea he
did thu$ after long doubt and deliberation., much
check and terror of confcicnce , to the robbing the
Church his Mother, and all hU'Fathers > r^iny of his
brethren far his betters , without limlra'tion. of good
or bad Bifbops. Nay he at laft reproached and c rcn
renounced them ail, and fought to ruine them all ,
againft all equity, modefty and confcience 5 though
Chriftians, nay reformed 9 nay the moft eoiinently
fuch in all the World , as to b^, thought worthy to fit
in the Aflfembly , yet he, he, fo great a Divine, fo
gallant a Do&or , ib acute a difputer , fo glorious
a Preacher , who modcftly fpeaks of himfelf that he
had laboured more abundantly then they all , ("the
Bifhop, Dean and frcbcnd of frt'///)his meaning is in
rubbidg and duft and morter, of pulling down and
building ; yet after all this to foyl all, to fpill all , to
•curte al!5 to damn all, this great T>. B. facrilegioufly
and pr^umtuoufly, did purchafe Bifhops lands, and
pulled down by a wanton wickednefs , better Ca
thedral Houfes,then ever he or his Fore-fathers either
built or dwelt in.
-f But the Libeller will cry out next bout , that Dr.
Canden Rhetoricates,that he tempts the world again
with his Idolized nonfence and blafphemy , againft
the
(o tkw
the Covenant , Aflfembly and the bleffed D. B, Wc
fed in the fame fence which the Poet ufeth the word
when he telsof one whofe rife of his Wifi (that .fe
pf his riches j was,
PI. GWeamuftnow hafteri nv'tf the Jhidd of i> ? rha |hirj|
twe»cy and truth, to receive, ye» and retort , the i>r P ,, .ofd
W dart of the third Tropoftio* , which this flying ^
Parthian feems to caft at him * as King $«#/ did h«
J*Vtlin&tD*vi4, when the ^oro/c and mtUnckqlj
font was upon him , much of the fame kind ti«
probable with that, which poffeffeth thistibeller and
p. E. For as he in a cholerick and mad fit command*
t&Poeg to kill/fc friejltof the Lord', fu vvoi|14 t
if they might have their will, W'ffll&kifo
( vv hich is forn.e degree of mercy ) but /MfW
by a longer llngring poverty and difgracp the
w4 ethir ppifcopal Divine* in - gug/*** faf ffpre in
nupiber then Sank fry wmwwdtd \o be fain, $m
jdl thi^ it- «rder to keep theit S^rilegiPMS pnrehaftS,
which he and hu, v'^n no nipr^? 4o theqthey e^n keep
/fcwtteir fafw* wmeM&ddwd ftwin m»
#? *nthw Th^ fareft way to thrive b to
reftitutipq.
ButD.B. is loath tq be^r on thai ear, he had
lend 4wthtr bw? f>fthoHfi#4t>
bw* M a &wf ff^jWbn a venture
k ^ll things /^c
ew****,
Uk? iho tbw*d-faw HMM, »ind dull a
10 v vW* no msw fobey lifts ^P w«ffi OP
T to
I 38 The binding eftB Cftcwntt
Co lend his car, efpedally when ftuig by fuch a pair
of harih hoarle^re/, as this Libeller and .his D. 5.
(after fuch raving and loud clamors } mi.fr needs ufe5
§nto dctcriu-s nit ille fort at^qtw mordztnr gzUina marita*
JD.*'S and the The Holbitrn Ballad-fingers inaWinters raw evening
LndKn re- Co}([ & hungry do not make more lamentable barmo-
IKwc<J cli- t , V J iiit
m T» for Re - *y?s tnen tneie ^v<7 n?^«M do about keeping the Covenant,
(oraiuipii. and capping Epifcopacy, or reform ing the Dcdtrine,
Woi iliipj Difcipline and Government of the Church
of Englftnd.
For fuch titles of popular pa wphlets daub every poll:
and corner in London^ vented by the fame hand and
heart, as this Libellers Anatomy of the Authors /;///>//-
dencc and folly. Alas is not this great v>ork_of Refor
mation yet dene /after fo long Wan and bloodfted ?
after fo many Scotch and Englifh Armies, either cow-
flying or clafiing, after forever end an Affetnbly and
D.B. among them fitting fome years •-, What, nothing
yet reformed? After Liturgy abolifhed. Prelacy ex
tirpated, Bidiops and Cathedral lands fold 5 after
the Dire&ery had indued Mi miters with a new fpirit
and better 'gifts ; after Presbytery advanced, and/«-
depcndeticj preferred? Have not thefe new brooms
fwcpt clean*? After Deans., Biihops and other exceK
lent Epifcopal men beggard, after their lands fold ^
and hotffet demotifoed-, after D. Purges hath conde*
fcendedto buy fome of them, and hath gotagood
purchafe 5 and not yet a through Reformation^ accord*
ing to the purport of thefacred Covenant ?
No, the more is the pitty 5 alas Dr. Gauden and his
faction of Epifiepal principles will not fuffer the Co
venant to be ftretched to its full reforming fence., or
tQ that A/iti-epifcopal turn which muft be made good
againft
f d I Mr ?wd MftWwrt f I %
7
pgeiwM- w'»»^K^0r D.$, and other purchaferi are un*
done, He, he undertake^ now after we are poflef-
led of Biihops lands ancjhuufc?, either to reduce the
Covenant to reafo*) Reiigion3 Loyalty, Law, Juftice^
nod Charity rin regard of "?/%>/as well as other mem
rights and eUaie^ s> i>r elfe fo far to repeal and null it,
yi?a ^nd to CD joy n a pewt?#nc? upon /f and its takers, K*
far as it is irreconciicable to, or inconfitlcnt with
+hfe eternal principle* of Mortlftj) Jftftice and dnt}
God and M«n> to Chmh and St<tte9 to King <wd
9 thus venting his nonfinfs and
llafikewy againll the Covenant) is by a notoriow li*
better undertaken to be feverely rebuked ; a meer
Jgnaro& incogxito encounters him , a bundle of ig
norance and ihfcuny , of malice and confufion is caft
upon him * infpired as it feems by D. B, aftiottcn
herring of the fame barrel, whofe intcrcft is to fcrew
up the Covwtnt tofuchan Jtati-cfffitpaMgbtitkit
either we (bull have no Bifhopsin Hngltnd* or thefc
no iandjj5Honors or Revenues to fupport their antho*
The method of this likelier*
den is by a scorpion of few cords, one more then the
Jixijbwkipt »*t matte tfi His two firft Tropofttions
have like ppfa fpit fire, fluttered and made a crack
or two but done no execution.
This work is referved for the third Propoftio* >
which is a long fpun, dilate, dull, tedious, fophifticai
twteloghai rapfidy, rather then any toft reply to the
weight and force of Dr. Gandens juft and honeft re*
flections upon the Covenant , in order to reconcile it
alfoto
T a remove
j 4 o Th? binding ^f all Covenants *nd
remove from it thofe fupei ftitious, &cri legions, ille -
gal and inj-n ious intn'?r>i'taiiott<i.J which iorne mens
ambition; FaftioufaeiSj envy and covctoufn.ef$ iecks
toiixupon it ? contraiv to the M7ciei?tc,&ttliit%tien-sttx&
laws of i:'.vfj<tK(l) and of all priftiiie Churches^ or
Chi'h'ii.in Kingdoms.
iv. Gsid'i-^ ^ T;!C fivfl. frau(i or mill; that the Likelier feck^ to
J/S/MoVia- C^ bcfc^rc the eyes of his Reader is, to vacate the
ucj.' force of Di'.Gaudetes argument, grounded on not the
letter only*, but the equity a and analogy, or parallel
cafe and proportion ofGodj larv> fet forth Numb, ^c*
Where the fcopeof th^ djfcourfiofvorvs is5 to flicw
that as no a<?npj made by any do bind, fave onclyin
things lawful fthat is neither injurious to Gods glory
nor any mOral right) which, is confefled by all wift
wen? fo nor do thofe Vows bind which are made in
AVOW only things lawful., by fuch as are not (HI juris , at their
h.viul m owndiipofe., but under anot hers; dominion and dif-
andpcrfons' '* pofition, nor may any fuch thus Delated, fubjcdtcd,
free. and obliged to others^ ir.ake Religion any pretext to
their liberty ofvorvin^ what and when they lift to'an-
others prejudice3 becaufe they are not in their own
difpofe, which reafon holds in all fuch fnbie&ive rela-
' •• . it* r
to o- tions : Tis true the 1 ext inltancetn only in Daughters
/«/«
i becaufe their eafinefs might be
covenant, moft prone to rajb vowing 5 but as Mr.Calvw and.o-
ew thers upon the place obfervc, the reafon extends to
' quh s 0*™ M welt & daughter s> and much more to fervttnts
anc^ flavcs^ of which there is no diipute in Reafon or
c!et}- Religion3 and fa no mention here ( being not libera,
^pita) free perfons they cannot lawfit/fy vow, nor doth
i l'lh- any fuch vow ftandgood (though in things material-
riit»> pious and good) whicli is made by them without
J '
much
wTi.* if:iga''nft their Matters or Fathcrrccnfenr
and to tluir prejudice: Nor inhere :my cUiiinr. but
the fame rtftrain: and nullity»as to h;cii vowing holds
pood ( bv thtn.lesrfw;/ w&pariiws of divine jw/f/.-c) -
^ - ; .' i . .'-> /• /
\\\ any ir.ir-cr Covenant \vmt\\Sttbjctfs unu 1. ijjs.lt in ,
any kind to their K/'pirg, or any ww»frJLtfr^ and S!gni->
^r llmii n-y.kc to the ;»/«r;' of their lawful superiors.
d. The cavellmg' Libeller finding the ftrength and
cdoreor'this place, to cut the very fweirj <vf ^w? C^ye-
O I * * * fn ** «
n?4»/5 if either taken to-tfee danwge of the Supcnour,
or if coHVlerntAnfh'l or denied by him : Firft.hc carps ;it
the infta nee s added o£ Serv ant saxd Sons ^ calling this
a tale of a tab, and fays there iv nofuch thin^^ after
hechargechDr.G4*^»asa/<//c mnn^ for ralfrfying
this Text of Scripture,hoiv juftly let the reader judge,
when not only fuch vows of oUigsdinfcriors are void.,
though (;» rclh'ita) in things materially lawful, it the
Superior or Lord forbid them at the prefenU but fai'-
ther Dr. G/We# affirms fuch vows though unheard., and
fo not at prefect difallowedky the fupenouv.yet are
n?/7j andinviilidi if in any thiwg prejudicial to GccJ*
glory or the Superiours rights, which vows their •>
periors may difannul as foon as they know of them -,
yea and the Superiour fins., if hearing them he ailont.
to them, or by filencedo not reprove or. null them $
not that his filence confirms them nnlefs in thingsLrw-
ful. If a fon>or daughter, or fervant under the cuf to
dy and dominion of Father or Mother (now a widow)
or a Matter , yW {/2m <?r Da me, (hall vow any thing to
their detriment, in honor ^ liberty ^ fafety, ejhte or life,
I fuppofe this very Libeller will grant their Vow tin*
lawful and null? becaufe (in re non licit a) in things ei
ther materially, formally and relatively evil.
£.Thus if thofe Rtlatu (hould vow to pray fo many
hours
hduri,and in fiich a place, or at fueh a rime pf the day.
er to read and hear Sermons every day, or to give
daily foinuch-of their Maftert goods in feer-t chanty
to the poor^and the like 5 or If they vow to fleepat
fuch a time, or do nothing^ to vifit fuch a friend, or
f rifpner* or fuch perfons.^, things not evil 3 yea
•in their Jeafons very good,
Can this Libeller think ( unlefshebeas void of /«,
ewe as cofffeicKce) that a fervant, fon or daughter
may here plead their godly vm and f*crc4c«»**«tt
to the diiobedienceand detriment of their fw^wn!
and to the neglcftof thofc w*//i/4/r/3 which at thofe
times they require to be done by them ) whether th«
Ma(ter?or Miftrw,pr Father or Mother, hear or n-» the
^ ^tv/tf 5 yea in fome cafes though they hear and
attent, or are filent through imprudence and focrflh
tn*9ytt the ^^ ^ V0yd, both as to their inferiour
andfupcnpurs in cafe it cannot be kept but to *he
imtomjte***** not PWO/^/«? for their fawlie, and
children, which muft want things nw/«n«nd
msnt 5 while this^j^, ^y^ or ^/8
(on whofc honeft Jabour all the
at time in
*^ 9r^fm^r94nghtS(^ptii^t^t^ they
ought to beOow in work for the /^///cv ftfor/j
Here vows are the Urns of /#^/> wdRebd^nd thc
keeping them, as well as making them b ^w^.
ffo /^i>A, and cannot bind ("but only to break and re*
pent them)eithcr Maftcr or Miftris'or fon or ftrvant,
>8ut the Libeller with great ^/ *r^ the filence
of the letter (m this one place as to theinftancesof
fons ,fcrvantsaDdfuyc&>gainft the Alloys of the
who e Scripture & the duty Of thc fourth command
ant : which muft always be refolved into thingsmo-
rally
their W fafathur,
j-ally and obedientially /V/j^rfW/we/?. He fays there is
not the lealr. hint of any exception , bur all men that
vowto God, are held to that vow, whether the chief
Governor con fent or no. Thus the Devil and Hereticks
are wont to w reft and abufe Scripture $ as Chrift
aid to the $«ducct$£ crre not in your citing the place,
but in your not underft.indi-ng the Scriptures : mean
ing , as if one (hould limit the duty or the nfth com
mand ondy to natural Parents, as father and mother,
and exclude all other fuperiors in Church and State,
becaufenot there exprefly named.
o. This Sophifter lliotild lu^'e added, as the lati
tude of the Analogy, fo the JMit and veceffiiry limita
tion ever ft/ppofcd und intended, and by other Scrip-
tMYQ (applied, which is, thftt fuch vows do bind fitch
pi'rjlws onely in tilings lawful and free for them to
vow and perform,without any injury to God or man^
but to imply an abfolttte rrrefpe&iveoQnd even to vow
and do evil, injuft and injurious things, is frjfe and
fraudulent , aiming to urge the Covenant literally
andfimply, which makes for the Libeller and hisD.
£'.r turn, and not to reduce it to that (&qtmm &
bonHMijuftum &fanttum^ duty of juftice3 charity,
and equity, without which there can be no fanftity,
either in vows or faith, in ward or deed., in making or
keeping any fuch Covenants as are made (ftitlta,
ant impi a facilitate) by a childifh and foolifh facility,
as Calvin fpcaks. His hope is the bire rigid letter
of the Covenant will keep out all Bifhops from the
Church) and from their cftates, and fo he may keep
that part of Bifhops lands which he h&hficrilegi&itfy
pur chafed.
£. From the jufticeyeqttityspregnaxcyo? thefe cafes-3
which are grounded by the rule of proportion and
right
The binding of ail &#MtaHti and Ctfpenantets
c-* J
: right reafon u^G^tb^ Scripture f^v.Gaudenc^cludet .,
I . That inferiors and dependents have no liberty cJT
vil or religious to binde their fouls by vow, or to
perform thofe vows in any thing that '^prejudicial
and detrimental to their Superior s> either as to the
duty they owe them3or the right they juftly claim.
2.Such VowSjthough qnheard by the Superior., yet
'b'mde not the takers, much lefs if he do hear of them
at any time, and openly diflentj yea, peremptorily
deny them 5 and the King did in this fo far as it in
terfered with the juft rights of his Majeftie., or any
of his SubjeCtsjEr^fince the fubjefts of England were
by law and cut lies 7j//m<?r to, anxd dependents on the
King, obliged todutyand allegiance, they ought not,
they could not make or take., much leis keep any fuch
vow or cweffaHtfls is any way prejudicial to the rights
of the King or any of his good fubjeds, and (Q either
ngainft his Jljajeftw oath, and his- legal Su$r$inacy over
things and perfont> EcgleQaftjcql9 to preferve them #e~
gordingto law-) confeqqentlythey conld not covenant
againft the rights of theClmrck »odc/ew, leaftof all
againft the eft^tes and honors of Bi(l]ops9 who ought;
to be in place and merit themoft iwiw*ttftkeCi9r$?i
$, Either theq (O gentle Libeller) reduce apd limit
•the faered cQvemnt ftakcn byfykfeffs andittferiors^
without the will ef the King wi Superior) to a fwfe
lawfiilJjtftwdhMej}, no way injurious to Godl the
Kifrg) the BiflvpJs or jiny m^ns rights (and then rei]or^
to them their dfotes3 by no law forfeited or Alienated^
(hear this, O &&mjps9i&#$ orelfe repent of the C®-
wnant) fo f *ar as lc is irreconciiciibJe either -waterfalls
or formally to right reafop, honeft polity, or Church
•Government 8 which fcijifi^fabte from tegdfMetfj*
tb«t jufticc which binder all men to each or her.
, Scg now<T0 Rea4w) how parriaj/^*^ and ^eto-
fuch wretched tibillwi are»who are ofliwned to own
names, and afraid to own thatftW which makes
flguigft their w/v^rf ixtwfa therefore they ffilyfm^
and a? (|W$/Jf/ vwfaWr 7>£0w*//4*0$pphifterg,urge ii^
berally the geneniU'^or tbejtfjbut endure not to apply
to the fypithfo, particular or infiwe ; 1 hat thing may
feeip ju(t by fcwe general ma^unes or cuftoms of^w
(W^/^iWhichib very iojwft, when brought tp the rules
pf Chancery, as; D» p, well knows in Hippeflejs cafe*
l^f Yea, Mr» Qwdw further •4ddes(w4wnr^^)^e
more K; flifright and aftonilh this libeller* That it is
mpre^rp/ww^ of Cods holy narne»to Af r/> wlwftl vows
at all.yea. or to extend or racklavvfulvowsto unlwful
ftftionn then if i$fo break the firOPmuch more to reduce
the ftcond to jurt bound?, whereto God binder every
roan, not onely in relation to other^but to himfelf too,
AS Cod? creature, and fo fubject to him,
$, If a father or mother vw not to give ia m*rri*£o
fin <jr r/<r^^r, or not till fu<?h an inconvenient age * or
not to giv§ them any portion,or not fuch as is proporti-
enable 5 if they vow tnemtoa/^/p///^ or to poverty,
QI to baniftunent, or to bafc employ ment§a or to give
them n<* &w»fAtt&*$ Thefe vows are finful, injurious,
in (uperior^,^^ my #»t btk$ftjbtj w&ht vet to bsmade,
t ,So if mafters vow to the injury pftneir iervant^ ^ if
King*vowtothe4njury<>f ^heiriubje^ -lay or Ckrgy,
JBS tojitbjcff tbcw /a tfrnny* jwcr, to put them out of
their jjr^0#w?tQ take fuch taxcs/r^ tkempTjirif tbcw
qftkw efatUi (tiling «* j*ft tihtrtiiti , fuch vow* muft
fiof tckept»ye»3a wan hafh notfo far 4» Mtyl df&H »
j^^over himfelf (ai G9WArrw and others cpf^rvq^ to
vow to hi* vw prejudice in things not perrnittedby '"God
W t9
Tfc ftW/ir o aflCol) Mints and
in a religious way5and ration! and />r$%
yortional, for vvhich he is ftill account able to Cod and
others5in the cafe of his liberty, cttate:,hcalth,hotior&lrfe.
£.A roan -may nor abfolutely vow he vvil) never marr^
or that he vviij ;jj> end or give away all his efhue, fingle or
warned, or that he will neVer drinkjvfxejQv '*<t
*
and the like raft and irrational ref&lutro*sjn\\\di no way
advance the glory of God, and may in many cafes be
aeceffaryfpr him and his/or their fatter fcrvice of Cod
well as of himfclf.
5^.A King5thpiigh never fo/w/v-ewe and freeze* may not
vow and covenant to the W/w/w^/'tf* of his
d that authority or ^irer which is his by ,5
and nccefiary for his high calling, to protedl the Church.
and State? hu^felf and his e;ocd' Tub lefts.1 He may not co
venant to diminift or cj eftroy any homftfttbjc&s in an)
sfthtirjuft rights '•> much lefsto extirpate or expel &ttt of
bis Dominions any rank, order and degree ofmen, that
are ufefuh, and in feme ienfe neceflary for the being and
well-fa/tgo£ his people. As to extirpated Scholars or Ju^
fticesras our late Hliterate Levellers and Faijaticksde^
flgned3 after the old rate of (We and Tyler ^nay, nei
ther Prince or any party of the people may vow toe^-
tirpate the meaneft catting^ which ferves the body Poli-
tickj any more then men may vow to-cut off their feet
or toes,
high uni. $• Bo w rotich lefs may any ChrifH-an Prince pf people
linClS Ol »i/itt? /tusl /**ta<n+* ***+ t-r\ /»•»* J...-1. ^x/^ fL ^- — J __ ' *.t • . . > f
n m«- v>iiiii vaj.aa iijai_ui. j
^dfy^4p'si^rfla^h ,f_,
I they §4veas jufi: a jp'offeiBon and right3 as the ...
^o;hlrCt6%ri3ojianynwn.tt)his honfe and lands.
/•Such.
to fiviV £994
I .Such vows and eoyenarrt^fe imieh to the feandal of
thg CtflJtiwILilitftfyWtfw nfnwh pftht fafirmtfigni
fu th-p'ttifywi 01'4wZQWWfa$iQH>') tQ ttoW(/fywf <?/
tbfrand 4Jl ft/we* CbttrfhtJi to -the drfiwwr ef Jeflw
Ghrifi, efk#4f9fUM*ffA t\wr-fhijf$iiwj[irti the
fo 3il ages ;w4 places, Uvfidcs To injurlQiv to mcwy
thy m^»3 yes, to the ^ij/e Church un4 Nation &
lar,d. f jrhev ought not to be ^^« byChrift'wn King
people ^ or ift>y forcefl fi ^qd or fear? and faclJlity, they
fo ta'kco, or rathov impoftd and rniftakefb yot th?jr
ft never be k«pt /> wjfyckjli& i bat either re$tnto4
and <#/704W» or cifc the words ofthcra miift be re-
folved and reduced to f*ich 3_/?*fi rf>»^ foterfretttfott ill
ji ji$ and Uvyfwl, /^ //#a^ ^-i J ^wa/f/|r.iW/^,
, Which vvaa th§ thiwg Ur» Gwdei* hud to prove (*ai
rt did the JWfurru^ion) not ouc <?/ j fo fe^er ^^^
the 4iM^6?ftod ^^^ of /J4* Swtyt WQ $ from the
of which Mr&w/fc* doth oott cannot extricate
isivKHefobcr ^ndoavoqrsj much Jefs thit
> who doth tto* wu(hhim(elf that he may
cfcan3 in the waters of the swSit**}) but, as the Pqet
fuy ?t ( Ptrditu t aprumfovtibH* immtfw tttyMfi**)
of the Swine* he ftudies to bc«mud and foil the Scrip-
tures oJarit y, th^tbi»/9^> tndfdhcy may not appear 5
rh^t by the ctndwdwift of fa&fitfcrflitiM carton the
he may aonceal ktof«*wkJjie9 and keep his
* For he bopex if the Covenant receive fuch
gcr from Scripture , that uotwithftanding
dec!art?ddiffent? atilbrefecit^the deCgnof
y ibe Covenant to averthraw Epifcopacy snd
the Biibops and Ck?gy of &tgl<wd> yethisfub-
fa ^ovcmnting, are bound in&ffetfMfoy their
Once taking it, to extirpate all authoritative Bi(hop*.:
U ? and
Tfa binding of all Cotenwn and
and lawful as well us Linded Fpif opacy ••> then (faha
res eft) the lorcn is his own, the lands ef the Brjhop of
Wells and others, which he hath purchased (\>erw*i»,
cotxowitaxtiti & reduction? r) will be made good to him,
by the letter of the (acred Covenant -, though ngainfh
all law, juftice, reafon, Scripture and Religion: Such a
rofe of r<v*r arc Hcreticks5 Hypocrites, Apoltates^Schif-
inaticks ScSacrijegi'fts prone to make of the boljfcripturesy
for r heir own credit and advan age as they fancy j but
indeed 'iutkur deftruction and damnation : No lawful
Covenant can be a cloak for fuch knavery, nor wfll the
Scripture be any protection for what is contrary to law
and juftice
ni ?• Here I muft by way of Conoomirancy, take in
Dr. Mr. Grjftons concurrent replies, who findcs himfelf ve-
a*df«,vcigi> fy much ftrcightitecl> an J is forced to bring not potent
feint ions., but pitiful e various., which he calls his/f"00/-
fack^« So far his wits arc gone a wool-gatberixg 3 at
the very firft battery which Dr. Ganden makes againft
the Covenant., as to the invalidity of its authority., at;
fo impofed, and as to the nullity of its matter, if not
reconciled to what is lawfuljuft and honeftinthe great
cafe of Epifcopacy, or the rights of Bifliops and other
dignijkd Clergymen^ according to law.
$. Here poor Mr. Z. Graften, as a drowning manb
catcheth at fmall twigs., yea, wecds5which fink him3be-
ing of no deep reach, nor any skill in fwiming.
I. He vejy gently obferves a Legiflative power to be
zt\eaft.co-0rdin*tein the two Hoitfes: What, and can
they legally exercife thif -power , without, yea againft the
Kings content, being out of his non age, and not out
of nis wits ? or are they Legiflati ve in racl:, where there
is qo fav made ? (as ntnt was for the Covenant: ) Was
their
to their good behaviour.
their Lcgifathtthercfa «i&fo/&lrw£)ia exe rcife or aft >
If not., to what end is that mentioned which htth no
operation ? As to commend a Writer for a Book he ne
ver writ., or an Architect for an Houfe was never built.
At beft the two Houfes alone, no. nor the King alone,
or with thcm,have any Legiflative power to decree or
execute what is unrighteous againft God or man.
2 Hisfccoifd nothing obfervc d at his f<ifity is, that u
thin^mty bindiri conftietice\ which cloth not in law., cr in
ihc judicature of man : True,but nothing can bind in coit-
fcicnce which, is againftthe 1'atvt ofma&ftl cafes of equity,
jufticeand common right, and fo the Covet/wi cannot
either materially QV formtllyjis to its authority txftcnia-
nietyb'md againlt Biftiops and Epifcopacy, as therr juft
rights were fet!?d,and ftillare by laws in force, againfc
which no illegal Oath or Covenant can or ought to bind
Subjects or Princes, who have no freedom to be unjuft,
facrilcgious3or tofin-jmuchlefsto vow and covenant they
will do ibj and thereupon Hn againft all Law, Reafon,
Jujlics and confidence.
5. For Mr >Graf tons bold andodioittjiQ\& then fal-
laciovs urging by a Tresbytcrian pertnef^ the prcftnt
Kings taking the Covenant in Scotland jn fuch terms and
forms as were then prefcribed and impofed upon him,
in ti\$ maturity of years.) inthediftrefsof his affairs., in
the preva^lency of that covenanting power and party :
Truly it had better become Mr.Graftons modefty and
good manners, to have been fie ttt in this fad injlance^
I beleive he thinks his Majcfty not much delighted to
hear of it in fome mens fenfe, as never much bleffed
after it, nor ever like to be in fuch a Tresbyterian way
as is deftrudhVe of Epifcopacy^and* the rights ofBilhops,
Church and Clergy of England -3 who have no cauie to
g\ory
C
glory of what was dow in $c$
^iefides the£w|* i^?^ ?K'4n»<
iu if /4^/3 that jsby r$fo Gffttfigh
unlawful 3 and what :.hk.Mstefty4iu in *
_ ' *f
ee *
the immunities, and jufHnterefe of whiclvho&ing a
juftand Chriftum cou!4 ppt bind Wwfelfin ^^
.nor the tfgeff ii^pofe any ftich pbiigftviovi by' any f
.or dwGtuwt upon his M^jefiy, Nw will Miv(7ivi/
ftewthtfth uf r4is m'&flfa
or hf a!3 or fupplc the rough ufag'e ofifci ed Uy fcni^c ta
hi? Mtftfyy or the wounds which mud be aud^ by ths
upon his and any #*#/ wfiiw.** in caf^ it bo
with juftice and i&nfffty / Redupc $h
t ft nft which Di% $•#*&** contend
as juftand rdigloQ^neith^r #?#g »w gj^^,neirhe
fei»^ $wt nor t\\$howfi Englij^ neither Dr.
nor Mr« Qrtft** will hav« -eawfc to^rjiole or wntplni* of
the cow&wt *> if otherwifc. the Rings taking it cannot
make it Jaw£Wsand fo it i§
fa urge4 by Mr, Grfiftfa*
4, Hi?ne5ct rf^^^ ^4?
with a ffV<f(/4f&9 but with 'dj*rew#-papc<i or
ding QSVr? »<?» d$Hi*%fa8ur* wkf) it ought not to be
donoibut once done is good $ which may not be plea-*
d.ed b ww*U#fc*> which being mrtwuU} **d fcwwtfy
too? unlawful or un}uft5 are to be re^^^dof ? audr^
tr&tfedi amends and rcftitutlonmuftbomade, as welt
as ytywttwe and wtrdtiiM in fuoti
j as ' ftftwdsy though they ihould not
have been begotten, yei theymuft not, if begotten
and born3 be murthered $ beeanife thou
nacy of their original was evil, as the aft of a creatures
yet their being, and fo their prefervation'is good., be-
-cavfe agreeable to rhe will and command ot the holy
Greater, forbidding to deftroy any innocent readable
creature \ but this is not to be pleaded in events and cf-
Jc'&s, that draw more evil in their feqvel or maintain-
i>tg^ then that which was in their beginning, caufe or
weapon. Here 've iiiuft with ullfpetd break off iniqui
ty, and its cords of vanity, Brevet (it quad turpitcr an*
*&/§ Notaddelin to fin, or pc-rtinacyto that wicked*
vep which calls for immediate repentance. Nor do
I believe Mr. Graften allows that Baptifw which he
inftanceth in ofwoww., to be valid, any more then their
Drenching in Churches or Ordination/if any 'Bij/jop or Pref-
lytcr lliould be fo foolifl) as to ordain then.
5.The laftandnptfr/?rf^r^of Mr. Grdr//^, which dif- Mr
covers his great weakncfs and exhaxifted fpirits^is bring-
ing in a tumultuary rMle that (hould fret end to UA fti
•fitrliitntenty and impofe a covenant, or vow on- *sf,againft t:?
the laws and immunities of the Church and State ^
King and people, which we like gudgeons (ftttlta fa
cilitate) fwallow (imply as their baits > Afterward we
feel the bookjof fraud, faclioD,injuftice and rebellion $
the poor raau by a- terrihle ( A Hn &(*»**) fttper-fuperftiti'-
any is afraid of being expofedtp Xthrte jetrs famine,
in cafe he withotte honeft incn (hould dare tore-
fume their reafon and liberty-) or keep themfelves to
thofc rules and *#/<?*/ of juftice 3 which the laws of
Cod and man prcfcribe, and from which thcfe pitti-
f\\\ TKpiutners and fi*p($*W$P*it$£ to frduce therna
yea and oblige dK5na to the t+vtMry unawatts.
.Here Mr.Grrf/JmJ Grater^ Re if** wd civility feein
again to fail his Zea!> while he makes fuch a rcjletiio*
on
Mifart, by cwparlng
them to G0ll?ars when they afted-as Kings, Qraiu them
as < liicrly and Mgw/frAff ^ fo^r as canb? In a PW/i-
>/0?*? or'Cftftrf?/, yet not theft civil glory and autho<
fltyatHie -'tlK'hr nwpwM'd %clfgJQ#is vo hs weighed, 3^
pblignig themfclvcs g^4 others. Can rhe map bo
afraid Qod will be <f?^^ for our *<$ kgepjw H
f *w-y and noMwehinore for \6epng thwl yea -
foip ^%V^ ibevt foo v yea anci fot {deepfins» ^
W^/<i^//^t ltt4fPififyiMt/#£ theiii by }W^w;thciii to
li fxferftttjoiH fireitcii, or in •% $r#ifyt$&n>ftfap4ettV!k
number of vneq theybQ that ac;io>!4ch^-.
was all t%« :Mr, Grafter* did or could fhcw of
WJftq«d art -in this itefivw, to wit(idraw iprefentiy,
to mako only fuch fatirijht*) $vd ww»)feg| for m eanieft
the fcrvicc wnnoohot for him j and this rirft fytxafa
fle\v fo terribly aboathis ears, that heciu'ft oot iia.y
within our gqnfhot, for fear \i\$hrrim
tw'w't i though he b0 a little mark or
\vhldvthe bowwlibeltw fwcd #ot> who hath
Brtjrtt nor tiwelt * but only guts * if he, as' 1>
n ay fare dcifcioufly > ho carcth not perhaps i
8ifi*fty Jik^ t4g4W*f ftarve on his ttvriglkil $ he relblvejj
to keep th0 Lands ^ndHoqfes hcpurGhafcd foiacriic,
thouph he? be Wind
^lOnly here I beg MdGrtftoni favour for coupling
him with* or fubjoyning him to the wwtebed likelier \
not as to parallel their ww*lt* etoititto* or ixtelktfH*
ah 5 but finding them in the lame -frip,1 «(« ^ wfatr^
I could not well part them till I hud taken them out
one be one.
jf.But
to tleir good behaviour. tf2<~l77
. But Dr. -Caudcns main defign is to pnrfue the
crafty LibelLr, whofe ftrr.ng fcent like a 1-ox, taints
all he treads on, and he is firmly earthed or burrowed
in thc^cr-r neft, in a Bj/fop/ houfe and ell
But Badgers skins are ufed for the fervice of the
Tabernacle., foxes never. , Dr GjuJens
( When this crafty Anintd comes at the \econA urging thc
;,,, ^vhich Dr. C**fc* hath phccd between the luj
Covenant and its either fanttity or legality > ( in caie .trro UIS
it be ui^ed againft ^^ and jf^e, to the ruine which .e-
ot Biftiops and Epifcopacy /eftablitticd by Law --^
andCatholickcuftom) is the tu/»*ltuati»g terrors produaioii. ,
ottholetiMsi the arwd Legions in the mid ft ot
which the Covenant was contrived., conceiveda and
brought forth and iwpofed.
$. here the Libeller cryes out very cunningly.,
and ortforionfiy of notorious ttntrHths^ot impudence
raifcd to a Meridian heightb, but anfwers nothing^
pleads neither guilty nor not guilty ', refutes _ to be
/rj/^/ by King, City, Lords > or Commons^ Bifliops,
Clergy, or any honcflmcn', who were all n^**/e/>
and complained of thofe rude, violent, ftdition^
tumults'? onely the Libeller zs a. ftranger
f/ knows nothing of them 5 they made
well for him, they drove away the Divines, the
2/77'<?/>/ , they obtained Ordinances , they were
Midveives to the Covenant, and after- courfes, c.r-
tirpating root and branch, they prepared for
alienating thc Church lands, and for D. Surges bleiled
turclafe.
$. In this wud the Libeller and Mr. Grafton too
are afraid to fcick 5 therefore they nimbly skip
over it, becaufethey know in truth., honour, and
A a Confcienccj
f Tamulcs.
17 o ike binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
Confcience., there lay the Original fin of our
and the great occajion of our mifcry^ out of this
flough and mire of the tuwults infuppreffed. Dun
cannot be drawn3though lie were tyed to the tayls
of whole troops ofhorfe^ which Dr. Surges once mod
valiantly led on to kill frogs : or to catch Kings.
Hence thofe verfes grew famous.,
Principium belli commotaplebe iuwultus^
finis comttootaplebe tumultus ertt.
•ds tumults firft begun our wars,,
So tumults jhall conclude our jars.
Hugh Peters^ now hanged, drawn and quart ered^
fthough he never purebred Eijhops lands'^ was more
ingenuous in the point of tumults^ of which, when
great complaint was made by Lords and others, at
a noble Earls Table,in the year 41. when they were
moft rude and outragicus^ againft King and lliflwps^
Lords and Commons^ Earl of Str afford and others 5
Hugh boldly vindicated them in Dr. Gaudws hear
ing , for the Parliaments bejl friends, Quorum pars
magna, fuit^ he was their great leader and exciter.
He protefted the chiefefr of thetn^ were godly young-
imn^ apprentices^ ziid fore-men of flops., or freemen,
who every weekfafted and prayed for a bleiTmg on
their endeavours.) that the earth might thus help the
woman.
$. Thus he of their fadrmines and infokncy at
Weftminfter and Whitehall: Dr. Gauden and thou-
fkndswerewitneffes:) the Covenant he is fure, is not
the more commendable^ but more cautioufly to be
looked upon, for having been either faadled up,
ovfyled in fuch foul clouts^ This makes it, by Mr.
Graftons good leave, the more fufpicious^ for fuch
fecendf
ie tleir good behavicur.
feconds feldom intend good to honeft men$ Not that
what is juft and honeftly done or decreed, is there
fore null, becaufe tumult^ as flyes, light on it, to
taint it , but thofe are evil means, and pretend^no
good ends* the Covenants authority, due meaning
and matter, are indeed more conjidered than the
tumults, and awes} which yet did ("to be fure)
Sun-burn its beauty i although they did not wholly
blaji and burn it.
$. Alas what forry fit ft men make, rather than
they will fee, and confefle, and deplore a fault!
yea and a great one too, deftruftive to the honour,
freedom, and very being of Kings and Parli*mentsy
for fiich thofe priftine tumults were, by which
and for which God fo juftly afterward punified
even the great abetters , and movers of them, as
juftly and feverely as King Zedekjah^ who covenan
ted in the Name of God, upon fuch conOderations
of fafety, life, honour, and liberty, as the Conque
ror had power to grant him 5 and he having power
to accept upon fwearing articles , his perjury
was abominable to God and man, which is
not the cafe of the Covenanters if unlawfully
engaged , and by unlawful endeavours injurious
to the King and the Church.
$. The valiant Libeller finding his coat of male
to be no better than a purfe-net, or a beggars patcht
coat^ very wifely voids the dint of Dr. Gandens
other forked arrowy notdire&ly (hot againft the
Covenant^ as to any thing in it that is loyal, religiousy
jiift) and legal, but obliquely againft the vapouring
presumption of thofe who cry it up , beyond all
civil Oaths 3 and Sacramental vows or Covenants ;
A a 2 yea
iSo The I'm-lifig of all Covenants a
yea beyond the Lords PrayersCr^dMd ten
dements'-) for- many Presbyterian Spirits cry eland fa?
the Covenant^ who never nie, or pubiickly own
any of thofe badges and bounds of a Chriftian, mo
ral 3 fiducial, or Evangelical 'Covenant to 'God,
toChrift, to the church, tothe King, and to one
another.
?cfUyeand" $• But honeft Mr.Graftox in More frbcr ze;! is
partiality of more valorous 9 and anfwers againft the objected
the Cove- fiOVelty and partiality of this 'Cown&nt* thnr it is
. *J . , , - • ~r, " „ „ •
neither new nor partial, as to the point ot rLnifco-
pacy: If he means as to the Law or the defire of the
Chtirch of England^ and as an aft of the i\W/0;/3 by
its Zv/;;^ 4;^ Parliaments^ the mi (lake is fo rr<9/Te
that all times and Hijlories iince the 10. of R. FJiz.
reign confute hisRwf^ and either falfe or fallacious
ajjcrtiov.
If he mean not ven, as to Tome Mecrftffjoxs and
Scbifwatical fenfe3 dcjtrer, endeavours^ pftitiejts^ mo
nitions* threats* clamors, and (editions9- ti.c confeft ro
be vetitftitm milum , an inveterate tilcer^ (or old
JiftttU°)yct this • anfwer is as impertinent., as it" the
Anabaptifts) and Brovoaifls . or F a mil (ft f^ fhonld
make the like plea, who have had their factors in
England as long as Presbytery.
. ^ • So ^ adding, all too palpable a Sophifrry,
fancy of rhe, that though the Covenant be new5yet by a leg'rflativs
"" ^ an*'aorty f"is made Valid5 and antiqu.*tes all precedent
Laws, which he muf} confeffe did eftablifd the
Hierarchy? this is to play at bo-peep., not to difpiite 5
for it is to beg and fuppofethat, which mil ft never
begratzted, while his nofe ftands between his eyes
or his eyes are opens namely. That the 2. Houjes in
I fuch
to their good behaviour. 1%l
fuel) a temper as they were, when firfc covenanting
viz. (apart in this from the King neither in mino
rity nor lunacy, but driven away by tumults as
many of their own members) that thcfe : with the
Aile/nbly to boot ) were the fnpreaju Icgijlativc
power, and did bv thei r pcrfon.il covenanting engage
all the Nation and pofterity, as much as A*am did
allff/avkwdin original fin.
§. Iiiiufr heredcfire MY. Graft on to bate mean
acc5 nor is the repeated firok? at the Royalaffi-nt,
by which he again ladies the King (as the Monks ofc
Canterbury did K. Hairy 3 .after the death of Becfa)
this is not any grain of allowance added to the
Pnzl/fi Covenanters: for it was done in Scotland, pojl
Kalinin & faflitW) when the Covenant in England
was antiquated^ and how// was done in Scotland,
Godknowf, and fomcupon the place, as well as
his Mijcfy can bcft tcll^ T« be fine, we in England
are not bound by it3 nor to take any notice of
until A:/>/.(j and Parliament put the cafe to Mr. Gw/r
ton and Mb Bretliven of fomc new Afomolj to
§. What the X7/n'-//cr after pretends, withintol- or^f/No-7'
lerable impudence to take awav this afperHon^of vtirvciu.^c
Kovclty from tlie Covenant, fwelling big with ^
Scripttre patterns, with great (hew ot nones,
old and nevv.befides that of the holy league in France
and the Scotch Cover.antof old, thofe leagues in
Germany (I fuppofe he means the FEM Smalctldi-
CUM) and that of the Gcncfcs mF landers, with that
of the vohcmianstf later dayes? and fo the Cantons
and Albivfnfcs, in their confederations: he might
have added all federations, leagues, and compacts
between
1 8 2 tic binding of all Covenants and Covenanter f
between Princes and States, fo as to bring in the
Tz/r/^, °r Grand Si gni or fora Covenanter 5 This is
the Libellers laft fweet bit, to keep the Readers
mouth in J;aPe_ with the reliili of this new Covenant
as if it were nsold as the Gibeonites bottles 9 or
Met lufa ten s beard $ when God and all the wife
world knows, this gourd is of ancient, or
commendable note in any place of theChriftian
world. And in England but of yeftcrnight^ and /W
blajled and withered., never flouriihing but while it
was watered with civil blood^ and driven on to af-
fert the intwfts of the Scotch., or Englifi Presbyteri
ans^ Here the wily Antiquary and Hiftoriographer of
the Covenant did well, inftead of inftances, paralJel
and pat to his cafe, to make a long &c. like the
Dragons tayl , and fo to have the gaping Reader
in a wood, where he can fee no fuch trees of
life.
Mr. Graft™ §. Mr. Crafton goes as boldly to look on the
next GwjgMf, or A/f^iV head, which Dr. Cauden
fets forth to fliew the borrow of thofe times, which
beSan' Continued3 and ended the Covenant, as
Presbyterian and Scotized with infinite prejudice to
Church and State, King and People^ It was indeed
fo far like that from Mount Sina^ with /re & fntoke
earthquake and burning, and loud noife of trum-
pets., attended with infinite mifchief^ fury., mifery^
confufion on King and rarliame»t9 Prieftand People 5
How far the covenanting Planet., or Spirit , had
influence on thefe, I will not difpute$ This is fure
we were very happy, to an envy and admiration^
before it rofe and appeared in the Exglijh Horizon]
our Religion and Laws were fufficient to make u's
happy
to ibtirgood behaviour. *°3
happy and holy 3 The Covenant never added one
dram'to either, or yet to relieve our Iamps5but ra
ther to exafperate our pablick differences, and in
flame our miferies} nor doth Dr. Gait Jen believe it
ever will, in fome inens Anti-epifcopal fenfc ,
finceitcan never have any vertue equal to, much
leile beyond5or more /»e#/g;/thun our former Laws
of God and man, our Covenants and oathf both
civil and f acred. I pray God we keep within thefe
bounds, wefhall need no charm or fpell of fuch
newfound Covenants, or Engagements, or Abjura
tions, to keep out mifchief and mifer :. } T am fure,
without a Spirit of prophijie , or infallibility^ that
the urging of this Covenant to new and cxotici^
fcvfes, contrary to our former Laws, and good con-
ftitution, in Church and Kingdom, againft Bifhops
and regular Epift-optcy, will ever keep our wounds
CHOW well doled ) open, raw, and fettered} but I
hope the goodnelle of God and the wifdom of the
King and Parli-went^ will be better to us than many
of the fir ft Covwwters intended, who certainly
aimed wholly to fsvallow up the authority and reve
nues of BiilWps, ana all Cathedrals, The (irft as the
feathers., or the skin, was to be fliared among the
pOQVpreAchingVresfytcrs, the other as the fat car-
caCe among the rich ruling Elders the bet:er to
fet off their weary office, and Ecclefiaftical Ma-
iefty, which mnft needs fet up blew aprons to go
vern the Church, inftead of Lawn-ileeves.
d. In the next reflection of Dr. Gaiidens upon Of rhe afrer
^Covenant, Ur.Crafton wifhes he had been atbjfflingof
the Dotfors elbow , when he mentioned the after ,cianr,
of the Covenant* in the Cromivdlian and by M
Independent
The binding of all Covenants and Coven a filers
Independent reign, or indeed in the Inter-regnant of
all Laivrj Religion, and pnblick honefy or Jttft/ce :
He allayes the odium, by faying Eradjhaa> did. not
ob]Q¬i- covenant ingto the Kings That the hou-
fes were gracioufly content to accept his Majejlies
conceffions and fubmiffions without his covenant"
ing. Truly they were very mannerly, to give the
King a little breath after fo long baiting him }
that Covenanters were pulled out of the houfe
by the Ears 5 that the lufcs of fame Svuldiers fir ft
committed the rape upon this inodefc Virgin^ and
unfyotted Covenant.
§. Yet under Mr. Graf tons favour 9 the vote of
non-AddreJf'es againfr. the King, were patted by Co
venanters as yet unronted by any military rttdenejje }
This was pretty nigh thepr//00,and block 5 and t'ar
from prefervat ion of the perfon and dignity of
his Majefty.The Covenant was by Sir Henry yane and.
others3 interpreted both in Print and Practice, with
large d/fpenfatiortf of Loyalty^ in-cafe the King did
not preferve what any prevalent j action called trxt
Religion^ though far wide or fhort of that which
was eftahlified. in England, whofe fence at lead the
Covenant putted up, as to Church Government^ in
fome mens defigns and fenfe, yes and de facto too 5
And truly as Mr. Grafton confejTeth, the Covenant
fufFered3 by force and policy, fo Dr. Gauslenfayes
it began and prevailed by themjHe Queries by what
Argument of Reafon and Religion it was ever
blafted'^ Let him read the Oxford Queries, 8c others,
I believe they will flick in his tee-*h> or break them
before he chew and fwallow them : for he hath
but mak.jawsi though he may have good appetite,
and
U their good lehavitur.
&r.Gandencfuer(s alfoby what Ar
guments of right reafon and Religion , by what
Law of God or Man 3 by what commendable prece
dent, or to what good ends and ufes was the Cove*
nznt founded or improved, what was King or Par
liament, Church and State, or any honefr man be-
veftedby it.^
$. Tistrue, fome Presbyterian Covenanters ha
ving run themfelves out of breath, and being now
huntedtozbzy by the infolent^mj, by eager In
dependents^ and ¥anatick.fattions, fled for Sanftuary
to the Covenant, and to the King for a Treaty^ that
they might not be taken in the traps and pinfolds
of perjurious engagements and abjurations $ So the
Scots more adventuroufly thznvaliaHtly or fuccefs-
fully 3 with Mr. Love and fome other punyfrojc&ors
in England, fought to buoy up the baffled and Jinkjng
Interefts of the Covenant in a Presbyterian fenfc $
cfpecially when they fancied the Kings neceffities
would invite him to tmba-rque in that bottom, or to
fink for fear} imagining all the old ArJ^ of Efifeo-
yacy w2isJI)ip»racJ:(cd paflr recovery.
^. If his prefent Majcfty do indeed owe Co much
ofhisreftaurationto the Covenanters, in the Pref-
byterian fenfe and /train, Tis well they have had
a mind and an occafion to make fome reparation for
the former detriment they gave him ; For this
combination and intereft againft Epifcopacy, with-
o it doubt, firft damnified and de/irojeathe former
K ng, of which I have greater grounds than it is fit
to tell all the world : I pray Cod the fober Couo
' nanters perfevere in their now Loyal moderation,
who pretend readineffe to comply with regular
B b Epifcopacy
J[82 The binding of All Covenants and Covenanters
Epifcofacy; But it will be the Kings and Parliaments
wifdom9 not to truft too much to any cnens good
natures^ I doubt Tome will be prone to abate much
.of their Loyalty^ if the King really fet up ancient
and legal Ppifcopacy, according to the be/I c'onftitn-
tJon of our Lawes , and the pattern of the beft
Churche^ of old,' to which the Church of Expand
Was neareft conformed of any reformed.
§. Nor is Dr. Gauden fo illogical^ or Mheoloycal
as- to toftr a nulling of all things in the Covenant
by the Apoflac} or perverfnefle of fomemen who
took it, nor yet by the rigour of. others, who now
urge it, (intempcrilitsmolUoribiis& mdioribns} to
fuch a rude and unjuft Anii-Eyifropa! fenfe. from
which Dr. Gaudev feeks torefnainit^ yea Keafcx
Law, and all Conference do retrain it from fuch a'
fenfe. or elfethey null and %<tc*tefa fo far as" it is
novelsfcicfioiis, tfnmallttakl^ and irrecoxcjleable to the
/uft intercft of Church and Statc.of /C/^and Sifbept
tto the cuftome and cquftit-Utton of this and all
other ancient Churches, . who never ufed nor
dreamed of Prertytsrsps any headleflc governinenc
of Chrrfts church., apart from, and ^jH^vrdinate. to1
much le/e opposed againft the Jp«J}0lick fycseffionaJ.
horrt>Hr,wd ordinary eminc.ncy of £/></?^/authority5
To which if Mr. .Crafton and other honefi: men
will riferfxUj fil>Mit, according to Lw* Ecclefia fo
cal andm>//3 the difpute about the Covenant \m
an end 5 we fliall not need to contend any more
but onely to exceed one another in P/e//5 L0ve,
and Loyalty, »T§ i)*w ^»/«*rt c,ow?w, which ftrife wil)
better become us all as j*/^ and Chriflians, and -
erfc
After
to their %ood behaviour. :?
After this bickering of the fallacious Libeller L-btl pag.
Cin order-to make good \\isfiurth Proportion, That ^^
Y)i:Gattdcns mamaf/ign is wholly to vilifie, Mak? o\ rcconci.
odious* and dtftroy the Covenant) He feeks to reeon- hr.g the Co-
cile the Covenant, with the former Otths taken by ™»J ^
the Kw&or the * J?/^, or other of f£e £/«£/£»£- authority
/>#/, with which heconfelleth the Covenant^ as a
late 'invention and preter-legail im petition, ought
not in Confcienee to cnterfcre> which many were
very jealous of, efpecially when they heard it
urged by fome to an extirpation of the ancient ho
nour, jufr authority, and legal right, due by our
Law to Ejfiops and Fpifcopay.
§. To which (beyond all peradventure)the late
pious King WAS boundby his folewn Oath athiscero-
//^^w/D.wfth which no PapalipopulariOrfrefbyteritn
pow«r*crf« difyenfc^ efpecially fince it was not a
temporary Oath., as occafion and time did invite^ but
it was founded on w0ra/, and thofe eternal princi
ples of juftice, which every King is by Law and
Confcience bound to do, as to every Subjecl, fo
fpccially to the worthy Clergy, becaufe in doing
them juftice, he doth it to his own foul, and to the
fouls of all his Subjects, yea to the whole Churchv
yea to Chrift himfclf, and to God, who is con
cerned as in his anointed3 fo in his Prophets, that
no harm or injury be done to them.
§ . Nor is his prefcnt Majcjly (as Mr.Orafton feems
to reply ) any way abfolved from thefe tyes of
confcJ^ce^Q the loyal Clergy 5the reverend Biihop?5
and others in E//^/^;4 by any fofced or paflive
taking of the Qov*n<tvt in Scotland^ For as no after.
Oath can vacate the juft bond of a forr/ier^ yet in,
B b 2 "force}
l88 T&t? binding of all Covenants And Covenanters
forces So- nor can any Oath, Vow^ or Covenant^ be
lawfully taken or kept, that fhall either pretend
to abfolve a Prince., or any man from the moral
obligations of juftice and duty to Go^gt Man'-> or
which (hall oblige him to do any thing contrary to
I what is morally good., or legally jufl. and due : If the
Covenant be thus interpreted, and executed in an
injurious and facrilegious fenfe, (as fp/*i«* would
have it) to ftrip and fpoil any one Bifhop, or other
honeftman of hiseftate, liberty, or honour, no
way forfeited by him, itwill become a band of ini
quity, a fnare to fin, and a burden for opprellion }
Andmuft needs be fo far unlawful, by God and
mans Laws, utterly null and void as to any obliga
tion upon the foul of any King or Subject,
of the union $ • ^ut tne Libeller very brifkly demands/up*
between loy-pofing the Covenant to be againft all Epifcopacy,
airy to the wnat js that to ourOathes of Allegiance and Supremt-
Kinc, and -, ^> i \ i i * . r
lu6oidinati- cy f Canw^ man be true to Kings., but he that is for
ontoRpifeoBjm0pS> and thofe that moft eagerly defiroyed
cftahhni°dtyBifliops,made no bones to kill the King, and expel
by his Ma- his Tofterity ; Tis true indeed, thofe that durft buy
^eftics Uws< Bilhops Lands, did never ftick at Kings $ and yet
we fee many Covenanters were at laft zealous for
the King / &c. So Mr. Gr^fton^ in a calmer way,
fayes,#0# cenftat } it appear not how there fhould
be any contrtditfion found between the Covenant (as
againft Epifcopal Intcrefts) and the Oaths ofAllegi*
ance and Supremacy,
Anfw. To both thefe Dr. Gauden replies3 That
if the Covenant be urged by a Presbyterian rigor,
againft the Uwful Authority., juft rights and pri-
ftine honor of Biihops and Epifeopacyfagainft which
in-
to their good behaviour* 189
injurious and perfidious fenfe Doctor G<rudencQn*
tendi^) itisnotonely to be fufpecled, but fofar
flatly condemned, as unlawful; and diametrally
thwarting former lawful Oaths of King and Subjedb$
befides the rules cf moral justice & common honrfty.
I. The Oath of AUt&attce binds us to pay to the King
all that duty, which by the Law we owe to /j//»5 both
in aSive and pjjfive obedience; which no Covt-n.mtcr
can duly perform, if by that Covenant he fancy
himfelf bound againft that part of the rule of his
obedience} namcfy>t\\e Laws which concern thofe
Govcr*ottrs,and \hatgeveritmentofthe Church^ which
is, ar.d ought in all Confcience and honour 'for the
main) to be eftablifhed in the way of Eptfcoptcy^
The rigid dnti-epifiopal Covenanter feemed readier
to deftroy all Bilhops and Epifcopacy, yea and all
Kin^s with Monarchy, rather than obey Bifhops,
and^in them the King, according to Law; $. Which
is evidently proved by the rigorous and riotous
prafticcs of thofe hot-headed CovexMtcrS) who made
it their workto plunder aHttimprifitt Biflsept. to r<ut
and dcftroy them all., to exiutor^tc them from all
office in the Church as Bifliops. to cur off all fuc-
ceiuon, to tear from them their efrates, houf.'S and
lands, belonging to their perfons and dignity^ In
fine, to ufe, or rather abufe g^re, karhed^^fy,
aged and moil: worthy men, foasw.is not fit in a
land of rvighteoufncfre to have u fed the mearteft
cobler , and all this commanded or done by fuch
as had taken the Oath of /f//eg*4»ce*to the King, to
ferve him faithfully and his Minifrers in Church
and State, according to Law 5 He accordingly com
mands them to let BrJJwpj and the Laws for them
continue
The binding of All Covenants and Covenant erf
continue as of right they onght$ They labour might
and main to overthrow both, in compliance to
the Covenant \ bat in real contradiction to their Orth
of Allegiance^ bringing in, fetting up, and obeying
an Ecclellaftical and civil power, above yea. and a-
gaivft the King, and his laws yet in force.
§. And for the Oath of Supremacy, which binds
the Subjed to the agnition of, and fubjection to
that chief authority^ which the King by Law hath
in Ecclejiaftwal) as well as civji affairs^ fo far as con
cerns that externiittt dominhtm^ policy, power, or
Empire., which requires, enabhs^ andprote&s every
one in doing their place and duty., in things Spiri.
tual or Ecclefiaftical, as well as fecttlur and civil $
How can the Covenant conform to tins Oath, if it
be urged in fuch a fenfe againft Epifcopacy, and Bir
(hops doing their duty*, according to Law, that they
ihall not have any ofnce,power5 or edate left them
as Bifiopst) no nor the King either liberty or power
to/?r0f<#them3 and their either rights^ot authority
in the Churchy Such fenfe and practices doubtleiie
are diametrally oppoiitetothco^/j^/^r^^^^,
and fet up a fuperiour power above the King's, ia
things Ecclejtafftcal, not that of one in the Pope's
of Rows., but that of the many Popel.efs men, of
popular (Presbyterian or Independent) principles
who refolved either to rule or ruine both King
and People, Bifhops and Prefoyters, Church and
Kingdom:, I fhall not need further to inftance in
the Oath of canonical obedience, by which Mini-
frers were bound in licitit & hotrejlis to obey their
Biftiops actively, and in other things to fuffer with
out fedition or faclion againft their office and au
thority. Either
to their good behaviour. J 9 J
r *. Either (then) reduce the Covenant to fuch a
/rtf/e- as is fubordinate to thefe Oaths and duties in
them enjoy ned, to Bi(hops,to the rule, and to God,
which will end the controverfie * orelfe confelle
thefe fuperfetatiotrs of any novel leagues, vowcs,
and covenants, repugnant to former lawful o,dths9
mufr To far as fuch, be neceflarily null and void in
Ln> and co»(cience, without any charge o/mantfeft
blafphemie, which che ridiculous Libeller vaunts,
but proves not at all.
§ Declare then (O you moderate Presbyterians)
and you fober Covenanters, your loyal quiescency
under Fpifcopacy, in its juft authority, of which the
Laws are the tnofi: impartial Judges* let the P/ifhops
and other Church-men have their rights of eftate
and honour 'njiorn^ as is by Laws of God and man
due} Dr. G widen will-no snore moleit you, or your
Covenant ; He (hall 'be glad to. fee that fulfilled
which the/<W Libeller is forccdDpage 7. to confdlc,
That the Covenant info ftrfrpw any jcvfi or wt cut ion
ta extirpate an$ Eprfcapicy tktit{is trv'.y Apflftolit&rt-l They are
irfaitiv^ agreeaMe tofotmd.d^r^c, ami the ^^/ bring^h^C
gvdliwjje) that it plainly rncludu* rather a &i*Jw&\Q*v<:n*M r<>
'nil CvvwAMters to endeavour by .'ill I awful wayes'to fc'
p.'ocuw it^ \ which feerns alfo the fcnfe. of Mr.G'jv//./*
in his fober mode. )
, .£-. 0 aurta. & hri&cstta 'fetrtcff'M>Q well fpokon,
but mo ft unworthy the mouth or pen of fuch a
putid Libeller., fuch an unautoritdtive Anonymns! It is
as a jewel in a Srvines front , Mr. Grdfton^ I believe,
may mean horjeftly, but the Libeller is a droll, and
will equivocate, by his if there be' any fuch EpifcJptcy
drc. He will never efteem any EVA'^^.priiriitive.,
•J ._« t ! *\t . *_„ . / y ,4 '• . ;• jt« « \
vvhich
The binding of all Coven ants and Covenanters
which is not pure, and perfecuted^ For the
Anatomift is fuch a fworn friend?fervant and (lave
to the sacrilegious Dr. Purges, that he will never
confent, that there (hall ever be fuch an Epjfcopacy
procured by his covenanting help, which will de
prive Dr. Bruges ot his pleafant Bithops Land and
Houfes.
The Engl'rfh § Nor dare this falfe and impudent Libeller^
fhefameCy ^ew his face, and deny, but we had in the church
with the of England (faving the bonds and diftrefles of pri
mitive Bifliops, which of late years have alfo be-
fain ours) fuch Bijhops as every way equaled
thofe of the firft 300. years, and thofe of the
next 900. mofl flourifhing time of the Church ,
yea,and the Epifcopacy fetled in the Church of
England, was for the main of the ends, offices, u-
fes,^<m?erand authority, fuch as all antiquity ^ie-
fcribestous: This Anatowift like a varlet^ is con
cerned to defame all our }*>ifiops> and all our loyal
Epifcopal Government , becaufe the.y might poffi.
bly have fome decent Cu flows , civil Triviledget^
and outward Ornaments different from thofe Pri
mitive Bifhops , but they had the fame fubjfance :
Their nature, gifts, grace, authority, office, ufe
and ends the fame, though in fome outward cir-
cumftances they might vary.
§ Which truth, if this fcurrilous Libeller can
be ignorant of, as he pretends by his//; let him
afk his Dr. Purges , an Episcopal Divine of old^
ordained , poffibly confirmed by Sijbepf more
than once (I fuppofe ) fworn to Bifhops as own-
ing and fub witting to their lawful power 5 which fo
crave and learned a Dodor would not have done
fure
to their good behavieitr.
fure, meerly to gain a brace of good living.^ if hee
had not in his conference, as well as in his writings
heretofore juftified that ancient Ep<fcopacy which
was Ettablijhed by laws in Fngland $ Sure the inan
though a Sacnlegiftj.s not(yet)fuch a through- fac*d
Apoftute as to have renounced his Epifoopal Or
dination, and in jlead of Rifhops Palms to have
fallen under Presbyterian fifts, nor could this Dr.
"Surges ( an eraclefureto this Libeller ) be fo blind
a buzzard astofre in all England no other quiet
fober and prudent Bifhop but Dr.JuxottofLoxJoH'-t
did none preach, write, live, do the duty of a
Bifhop but only He ? Tis well if that bleffedPreUte^
( whom the Libeller dare own with refpeftj con
tinue Itill in his and Dr. Purges favour, now he is
drch-Bifiopof Canterbury } But poffibly his Lord-
fhip may do Dr. Burges as good turns (in fome other
way equivalent to compurgation ) as he did
when he was lifoop of London 5 The truth is, that
vcntrable Prelate was ever thought of a mild gentle
temper, and poflibly had not a whipfmart enough
fqr the back of fome petulant and wanton Afjes who
are prone now unfeafonably to/Jnwi upon him.,
rather to his reproach than his honour.
$. Befides all this, which is juftly reflected upon The
t\iz Covenant, as(" in fome mensYence inconilftent of many Co-
wit h the Oath3of Allegiance and Sttprefftacj'^yy which cauie of
Subjects are bound to obey as well, as own theoarhsof AI
Kings 1 awful 1 A^boHi^€bnfeb'^^^^\t^
wanted not, as I formerly touched, even thole who
found out limitations, yea and pleaded difpettfati-
ons by the antiquity of the CwMtntfot their fworn
Allegiance to prefer vc the King^ for they pinched
up their duty to this point, not in their own, but
C c in
Ibe binding of all Covcwvts and
in his Mttjeftieffrefervatfau of true Jk//#*<w,of which
if they and their tadion judged the King to fayle,
in what fence To ever they took true Religion,
Afttitu eft defidditate ., they had power to give by
the Covenant a bill of divorce to their Allegiance ;
yea that the King perfifted to preferve &fi>c>ps and
their both office and eftatesin England, they would
exclaim., he did not preferve true Religion 3 which
was only to be kept in the new caik of Presbytery
and Independency $ TheoldveffelofEpifwpaey they
pretended was fo weak and decayed, that there
was no mending it $ indeed they had a mind to
fill their Tercesand Runlets^ out of that 7//;/3 and to
draw out all the Sweet of authority jriches and honour^
which they knew had for many ages (as the
wine in the tun of 'Heidelberg) beem preferred, with
out being ever quite exhaufted$ But the mifery
was, not onely thefe new vcfals braks> as unable to
hold the Spirits of the old wine^ but the good Wme
it ielf of church Government was at length fo
fyilt and wafted^ as to its priftine virtue and fpirir,
that it came to nothing 5 nor can ever recover its
vigorrtill.re/irWef/into its prifline confidence of
Epifci pal authority and emimncy^ afifted by the pre-
fence and counfel of grave and feled Presbyters.
^. For theo^/j of canonical obedience, it was
or the oath not the invention or injunction of Bifnops3as is
pretended, but of the fupreme authority in this
Nati&ft^and binding no further then things lawfull
by Cods and mans Law. Its force muft needs con
tinue upon the takers as obligatory to fuch obedi
ence and fubmifiion to Bifhops $nor can ve after
either diffolve that oath or abfolve the
fworn
to their gtod behaviour. J 9 5
(worn Clergy from the duties of it, to be performed
in due time and place as required of them } The
Libeller indeed gnpes as wide3and flrains as fore to
cajl up this Oath and clear him/elf wholly ofit, as the
Whale did when he eafed its maw of Jonah j but in
vaine^ for inftead of reafoning againft the oath
( which could not bat be Lawful^ fince limited to
licit a et hone/la^ and by lawful 1 authority impofed,
he falls ar<y//#glike an infolent fellow, not only
againft our 'BrJIjops^ the word of which was much
his better , but of all our late epifcopacy which
he labours moft pafHonately to be rid of, becaufe
indeed to that legal and Evangelical Epifcopicy be
longed of right theLartds and Houfes which his Dr.
Bitrgcs hath fo good a (hare in.
§. Thus having only f pit at> but not difputed
any thing againft that oath, with which its pro
bable he was more then cnce fworn j He vei y po-
litickly, as a drunkard doth hisy»«^f9cafrs away
that oath, with a farewell 'fuch an oath , This is the
complement of a foul not much concerned in any
oath, which he hath once lawfully taken, as that all
were to be flighted but this Covenant 5 Kut oaths
once lawfully taken, are not fo eafily fhaken of}
They ftick fatter upon confcience.than thejbackels
onprifoncrs leggr^ or deferved brands on the hands
and fore heads of per jar tons Apoftates and fdlonious
ftcrilegifts*
ft. To the lafl Sceptical queftion which in
this paragraph the Libeller makes ( with hopes to
encourage the tegiflative power^to change Govern-
mcnt by Bifhops) which will be much to the ad-J?!?olifll
vantage of hi^^riend Dr. Purges who hath fought
C c 2 to
£ 5 7k e binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
to change the property of Biftiops eftates$ Dr.
Gaudcns anfwer is, firft he fliould have done plain
ly and hone/Hy to have ftayd his Sacrilegious pur*
chafe till the Lcgijhtive Poiver had indeed changed
the Government by Epjfcopacy , which is not yet
, done, and fo what is done without it, is not Unfair.
2. What the power of Farl/amcnts, the Kin^Lc-rd^
& ComwoKsjs£)r.Gauden will notdifpute^But this
Re pererttorily determine*! that they have no prudent
morall religions and law full power to change art
Ancient universal and excellent Government by
Bifhops,toany that is as new and Schifmatical, fo
far worfc and unfuitable to England every way.
Chriflian Kings and their Parliaments ace obliged to
the Larvs of God, and Rules of Chriftian piety
and polity too; of which the whole Church in its
Primitive example and confhint cuftome is the beft
interpreter^ as no legijlative power is empowred by
GodsLaws to bring inHerefie and errouiySc fuper-
flition '•> fo nor Schifm, faction or confiidon by
eaufelelly nuding> or taking from the eflentials of
found clotirine and Chriftian communion^ ever owned
and maintained in the Church ofchrift $ Nor is this
cenfitre any condemning of the Churches of Chrifr
which have layd as he pretends, Epifopacy ajidsl
For they are few, if any of good erfeem, that have
done fo , by choife, but cnly pleading the excufe
of neccjfity^ where either popular prejudices, or
Princes covet oufnefs and 4wer/»e/fe will not per
mit the churches under them to have fuch Kifiopf
and Epifcopaty as they do approve, defire and
prefer before any other Government , if they
could o'btain it.
$ Winch
to their good Mwu/mr* *9.7
$. Which judgement , and vote of the befi re
formed Churches wanting Bifhops. frees them from
the guilt of Schifm3 or fa <fr ion sand voluntary fepa-
ration from the Catholic!^ cujfaws , or Epifcopal
Communion., which they venerate and prtjirve to
ward thole Reformed Church?^ which as England
and many others, prefervethe priftiue govctnia^nt
°f F-pifcop'tcj) which the power of Parliaments in.
Englaffidm&y rerorm;, but (I humbly conceive) they
cannot clejttrf, of right, with honotr^ prudcuce, and
confcience^ nrine^ or extirpate,, fince no Religion
or "Reafon can ever make it either neceilary or
convenient fo to do^ Nor can the Covenant (which
hath no legijlatjve authority on it) pretend a power
fo todoi nor ought its meaning and intent to be
fo urged, contrary to the duty of Subjects to their
Kings ) and otPresbjt&'s to their Btfljopr, and ofpetpte
to both :> which was that Dr. Gaitden had proved
at (irftj in order to reconcile the Cov.n.mtwiihE-
fjfcffpdcy.
§. And this may fuffice forareplj to both thefe or Epifropa-
JnttiiJiitionf) as to the iv^ak. and Phbeidn rc-parfy^^^ P/1'?1'
l 1 T"A 7 /"* 1 • f /"* ! t!V(* 3))U v>i*
they make ag&iajt Dr. GandertsJ event h /ea!oiif>e} that (holick. •/.
if the CtvMant founds wholly Ant-i-epifcopdl^ it will
favour J^Y'/^/J/ as Scbifmatical^ that ic, necdleile fe-
pjitation from Catholick cuftome and Commu-
nion.
$ . ThejeahuJtOs of Routes challenging the name
of C*ikolick -, are popular &nd impertinent ^ For that
Church may have, and truly hath, fome things fo
Crtholtck. *qA'Ckrifti<tu in it, as will make thoHc
both nnchrifttAm and Antichriffiian., who upon rid
other ground reject them , It is no JMagifisxy but
fiber
1 9 8 The binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
fiber Truth becomes a Minifter of Chrifr, to aflert
the univerfol Tradition , both of judgement and
practice, ever eminent in the Church of Chrifr,
as to the ufe and authority oj Epif copal government ,
as well as of Infant-Baptifm, the Lords day, and
the Scripture canon. Nor is the Notion of Epifco-
pal authority obfcure, what it means5as Mr. Graf ton
pretends^ All tiiftories ofth? Church clear it, nor was
either Dr. Reynolds,, Biiliop Vfljer^ Mr.Calvjfr^ Bifliop
jfeive/3 ^Lanchy, Diodate or Elundel againft it, as to
ordination 5 confirm,ation^&rmjitrifai$i0n.t as Managed
principally by Bi(liops3even from the Apoiiles daics,
without any infhince of any fetled Church without
them; not as Matters and Lords^ but as Paftors^ Ere,
thrcny3.nd Fathers^ over the feveral degrees of Fref-
byters and People j till the levelling Libeller doth
prove to the contrary , he mufl be efteeaied by Dr.
Gander, magnns Apollyot?^ a meer Abaddon^ a cruel
SchifmAticl^ feeking to deftroy an excellent part of
the Churches policy , honou^ordersand government.,
which Epifeopacf and BiJ/jops ever were, not in an
equivocal and levelling fenfe) to confound Bifoops and
Presbytersby a filly Logomachy « or cavil of names.,
but by a real, and rational difference of place, ho
nour*, office^ authority ) and ujein the Church of Chri/r,
which no learned man can doubt of, nor ingenuous
man deny.
The eighth difficulty which Dr. Gauden urged
nanc' to^a as to fome mens dangerous reftriction of tie Cove-
fenfe ?moral fjant 5 feems to preile heavy on both the Anatomift
and lawful, an(J the*4»^/e^7/?S neither of them can deny what
is affirmed byDr.Gaudw., that nothing can bind
in fuch Covenants, but that which is materially Liw-
ful
te their good behaviour.
fitl in them?, this binds by the private perfonal and
Spontaneous fufcepfi009 although there be not any
publick Uwfnl authority impofing, which the COVL-
n.int wants,and fo it hath no yitblick .and nat&xal or
fuccejfional obligation^ which juft decerning of what
is msr.d and judicial, inforo extcrno and interno, v;i-
lid and obligatory, if the Libeller had had the wit
todiftii guilhj and thehonefty to own., he would
not have cryed out of jttglinfr an Art in which he
is well ^killed $ If any man have a mind to take
the Covenant even now, he may do it upon his pri
vate f.ttiffatfiotfi as to the matter and fenfe of it }
but fure there is no JMagiJtrate m England, who by
any Law can require it of him, as a publick impo-
jitlon. If the Libeller be yet blind/ure his noje hangs
in his light.
§. Little Mr. Graft on here after fome (huffling and Mr.
confullon (as is his cuftome in arguing) definitive I y-rign
refolvesCasif he had been in the bofom of thofe^r
that firfr compofei the Covenant) that it cxprefly £hi- church
binds againft i\\cvcry form and fabric^ of the late^ Er'&'and>
Hicrarctysby Laws eftabli (lied in Engl<wd9 and not
againft its aiufet$ cxccjjes^ or defifls onely^ as if the
integral conjlitution of the Church, as Epifcopal,
were to he quite pulled down., and a new form ejla-
blffbeel9 of his and other good mens modelling}
This is to fpeak out, true-blew high Presbyterian
language, without any hsp or Sibwleth*
§. But good Mr. Crafjon^'if abufes, cxcefler, and
defects of our Epifcopal former conftitution or exe
cution be re formed* what can remain but the gnod9
which you fay, is fit to he ufectt Can any man with
judgement and Conference covenant againft the.
SCO The binding of all Covenants find Covenanter*
good., and carry on his endeavours againft it, which
he nttfft do^ who will go beyond the abttfes and
luxuriances (as Tome more moderate confine their
fenfe of the Covenant,, in their anfwer to the Kings
late Declaration} but who (hall judge of what is
good and fit to beretVined&nd ufed? fure Mr. Graf-
ten and his fraternity intend to be the cenfors.
What if the Supream power do judge the Fabrickjtfi
Eprfcopacy for the main to be very good, f and fure
they did fo, when they fo long retained and efta-
bliftied it by many laws^ How dare any confcien-
tious covenanter go about to extirpate it (in cafe
they diflike the whole frame) further than to pray
andpetit/onjl he be unfatisfied? which petitioning
Covenanter would never have hurt Bifiopf) nor got
away their eftates. If Mr. Graf ton be cured of his
difeafes, is it not enough to juftiEe his Thyjicitn ?
Muft his whole body be taken in pieces, codled and
par-boyled^ as Medea did Jafons^or he will not believe
himfelf he/tied^ This is fo wild and violent a fancy
as I am forry to find in -a perfon pretending to dif.
cretion, for this is to engage the begot Covenanters
never to be quiet in the point of Epifcopal govtrn-
ment'-) if any name or thing remains, they will ftill
cry This is none ofthegoodmaterials5thisis part of
the old Fabric^which we covenanted to deftroy 5
§. Sure if the Covenant and Covenanters be capable
o? no Jofter fenfe, they will hardly be reconciled
to that Epifcopeicy, which the wife and good Laws
^England had eftabliilied, agreeable to Primitive
' a&d Catholick patterns 5 Hence they will be ever
either pragmatical^o bring in their own newforws,
or repugnant and reftive againft that which now is,
and
to their good behaviour* 2O *
and for the main ever will I hope be as beft, eftt-
bftjbedin the Church by the K.wgt and Parliament f
and Convocations of England^ who may as foon
hope to fit the Moon with a coat, as to fuit church
government to fuch mens proud and pragmatick
fancies, who dare not onely to ^///>«fe,but to ditfate
to their fuperiors and betters both in Church and
State, what they would have abolimed, and what
preferved. This is not the modeftyof the fober
Tresbyteritnf) wholamfure are much difpofed to,
and defirous of Epifcopal government} with its due
regulations, and legal adminiftrations, butit is ra
ther the impatient Ambition of levelling^ feditious
and unquiet fpirits, who never think any things//
done, till they have quite undone alU as the Taylor
that (nipt the Wtljl^mans fuit at laft into a button ,
§. Nor would Mr. Graf ten have adventured with
ns little reafon as modeftyand moderation., thus
fartohaveexprefFed the dedgn of \\isrjgicl party >
if he and they had not pre fumed more of the t
, , r 1- • j x- L »
Kings indulgence, than or nis judgement, which v
furely prefers Epifcopacy before any other way of jud
Church government, as his actions proclaim, in ma- and
king and translating and confirming Bifiopti For Thc juflifica-
which action worthy of a Chriltian King, and a tioH of the
itjrfa" F*thtr of the Church, his Majefty hath the Kin85 'l^e-
. , j 3/- i n- i mcnr an«
great examples and good eonjc/ences no leiie thanpradiccin
policy of his excellent Father,h\s learned Grand fat her P°int of E*
ther/w^c^CL£//z,^e^,the rJ/c/^«f and firft r/.Pifco?acy-
forming King b:dr»*rd9 yea all our firft Alartyrly re^
former* •, all following Parliaments-, yea all the pra.
dices of all Chriftian K/>c/and E>/,peronrs of elder
and later ages, yea of all the Fathers of the Church,
D d and
20 2 7 £ c binding ef all Cm wants and Covenanters
and of all Chriftian dwrches from thtbegittttittg^
in all ages and places ("as in England) to this day i
yea and doubtlets he bath the inftitution of Chrift,
in the 1 2. and 70. Alfo the practice of the great A-
poftles,who were chief oecumenical Bifhops, and
of their fucceffors, ftill principal Bifhops, above
and befides Presbyters, and this in the very times
of fome of the A^o files ^ and by their appointment,
as BiOiop^c'rand others prove out of the tefti-
monies of the Ancients 5 yea and his Majefty hath
the pattern and proportion of divine policy., in the
eld Teftament and Church of the Jew, agreeable
to the tenour of the word of the God, who is a
Cod of wifdom, order, and good government, as
well as of truth, befides the considerations of the
prefent want of that GoVernment,the inconuTtence
of any other, with F.nglands laws and tempers.
§. After all which great and innumerable ad
vantages, the late rucienefle and ruines, the tra
gedies and conftrfions which have followed its ab-
fence, all which are f ufficient to eftablidi the Kings
Confcience?andhaftcnhis prone care to reftore
Epjfcopacy and its rights} it were further a ftrange
and pittiful degrading of his Royal Majefty, if
inftead of maintaining learned, grave, aodttvr/^
ttjbeps according to Law, to be honourable fathers
and Governours of the church under him, and if
inftead of his own 3uprc<iwand Sacred Honour to be
fas his pious predeceffors were) a nnrfmg F«tfar of
thefeF^en, and their obedient SexMs Clergy,
to make himfl'lf a ward and minor to fome fctty
Presbyters, an-d their;//;/^'/ or cUffes, who neither
in preaching nor praying, many of them do own
to their good behaviour. __
fuch a /*/»•«*» church government
of7e/«,c6rJ/?3 as mu ft by them be managed
a, via without and againft the King, if need
be; which ol'd leaven, and ambitious principle ot
unruly Spirits long ago difcovered, and ot late
violently managed even to blood his Majefty (hall
do well then to nourifi, when he hath a mind to be
a*rf>0tohisSrf/dfc, yea and the very bran ot
thcmi mcnmoft-whatof the *>»>#/& rfe*e/«*, and
•nufefl fl>/r/f /, who are not to be won by good words,
or convinced, by /*/> d?fp*tct9 but they muft be
ruled with a rod of iron, that jnfl fcvmty of power,
which God and the Law have put into his Majejtict
hands^ For if he ftill afk fome memfrovixg brains,
how he (hall rule Church and State, they will ne
ver rcfolve him, till after many odd andnw ejjay^
thev have diffolved all into Anarchy and confujto*
again, as his late Majcfty and all our miferable ex
periences have taught all honeft and wife men t
their COfft. . n r The vain
• § ' If Mr. '.Graf ton and his rigid covenanting Pret- and proud
bvters be of thefc fevere Pnnciples5and caftigacing j
refolutions, if thefe be his rods for Kings and Bi-
(liops they mould do well to find out another En*
ohnd, for out of oil England they have nqt-yet,
nor are like in haft to drive out Wfcopt) and Bi-
Jbopt. as they fometimes hoped, either by the S'cotch
fword, which at laft wounded tMflM* or by the
ranknefc and rigor of the Covenant, whofe fenfe it
feemsVhcy have a mind to wife to an haugpul^
beyond whtit others of more moderate fpirits and
palates, dcjirc or dejign.
Dd 2 $.Thi«
Tic binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
§. This juft rebuke I thought fit in charitv to
rife, not only to reprefsthepc^^/ and petnlancy of
this Presbyterian diftemper, which dares yet to
threaten, whether the King aud Parliament will or
no, a demolition and definition to the whcAe frame
of our priftine Epifeapofy ( which for the main
was excellent fas appears in the refer matio ' Ugum
Ecdejiafticarum in Ax olio, 5 prepared in Edward the
6. dayes. Alfa in- Dr. .Coflnt his learned Tables de
dicated to King jU/ffe/. befides our long happy
experience of Gods blefimgs to Church and State
by it and under it } ) But al (o in vindication of his
Majeftics Supremacy, and the whole Nations liberty,
which muft not now after fo long zjlorme be by
obrcttr2 and petty Presbyters expofed a new to fuch
'dangers and djjira$ion.^ as fomeFanatick Innovators
threatens to Church and State, under pretence ("for.
footh^ofa Covenant^ which hath no legal Jfjmp of
humane authority on it, nor yet of any ^W or
divine precept5unlefsits fenfe be honsfily ^humbly ^ &
obedinticdly reduced to that which agr^s to theLaw
of God and of this Khigdome, concluding o,
bediencetotheKingand all Lawfull Juperiors un=.
der him and fo to Bifhops in all things, not moral.
ly contrary to the Word of God } For Political Cs~
remonial and Circumftantial -variations^ do break
no fquares, nor make t\\\n%sinconjifient+ either
with Gods -Work or a ^ood Confcience , where
God hath left Liberty and Authority to his Church
andthe^ic/^»er»^«rjof it, Kings or BifLops to
order things as theyiliall judge moft decent, and
convenient, for the publick good and peace of
Church and State,
f- Both
to their good Lckavionr* 205
§. Both which (beyond all peradventure) as
to your Order, Dignity, Honour and Happinefle,
are not to be contrived or maintained in Lngland
by any way of Church government* fave that of re-
gular Ipjicop.ic) , which will effedually do the
good ivark defired by all honed «/t#, and all loyal
Cevin inters -? If the'Church be bui Furniihed with
fuch Rijhops, and they with fuch Lsww and aniho-
wiv, as well as prudence, induf \y and modera
tion as are m.ceilai y for the great encb of Church
government, alfc for the diftempers; of the times,
and the exp&*tioitol all p^ood men ^ who are as
weary of sclifacs y as of civil warrs : And are
no more concerned in the Scotch Presbytery., than
the Scott Covenanters arc in the Englilh Epif-
copacy. - ,
§. Having thus a little Jtrapped the fweetnciTe9;iirt^
of Mr. Craiton^ aiid wnzledtlie /^t?«:/jofthc bark- on vr.du
ing, and as he thinks, h,ti^ Libeller. _ Dr. Gar g^^/h
dcti comes to the ninth reflexion 5 whicfiaftrms,ftl.CPgthof
that the Scripture Authority, recommends 10 us. 'he cove-
but one grand rJigrow moral Covenant 5 and this
ne\ er taken by people, but either by Gods 'immedi
ate command .> or renewed and infufed after the
Publick loiles and Apofufics of times, either by
the command of the Jupretae power, as by fome
PropLct immediately fent from God, and working
Miracles : None of which either3as to divine mif-
(ioii9 or the Kings commiffion, can be alleaged for
the Covenant, fo as to make it of rublique Religi
ons Authority.
§. Here the rabbidLibeller unhappily opens with
the fin I words of Harlot, and Whore, with whofe
D d 3 manners
?h e binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
manners probably he may be long acquainted., their
namesare fo near his tongue and pen, as if he had
compurgated more then once 5 There he calls
Dr. Gauden a deceiver and proves it., becaufe,
jfaf. 9.15. There was a civil or politick covenant
made betwixt the Princes of T/nte/and the Gibconi-
tes without *jofiu*.t privity atfirft. $• For anfwer,
I muft ask where is the forehead of this fophiftcr?
So there might be many hundred fecular and
humans covenants or civil Leagues between
Nations, Kings and Kingdoms , as in Davids and
Solomons tunes .> which yet were no facred, new or
or renewed Religions National Covenants, which
the body politick3 or fome parts of it, took with
out the head or chief Governour 5 1 he thing
that the Libeller muft prove , or elfe he is the de
ceiver.
§. Another Effay he hath to prove,there were fe-
veral other Religious Covenant j, befides that one in
which Godengaged his people to himfelf., &c himfelf
to them., is from Jer. 50.5. Where his concordance
fhewing him the word Covenant^ he prefently
fancies a «en? one of different kind, when that was
but an humble and penetcntial renewing of that
firft and onely holy Covenant wherewith the people
of Tfrael were engaged to God3 and God to them,
upon their keeping his Covenant } Nor is the word
Covenant in all the old Teflamcnt ufed in the
plurall number, there being but one ever given or
evened by the one, and only true God.
/. After this the Libeller talks of his omitting
fundry other covenants., which he can no where
find., but in his ficHcious fancy 3 And hath the
cavilling
to their goedlehtivifur.
cavilling impudence to deny that Mofes under
G^vvas King'm Jcfurtur, that is fupremein civil
To wer and Admittijirttion under God, 5, At laft "f^.^ p
turns Cat in fan* and confefleth there was butont ,5/
leqa! Covenant which included all the w<?r.t/9 /><?/*-
f/<?d/and ceremonial appointments of God -, as cir-
cunicilion, PajJ over ..facri flees ^Tfntple^ fcftjvals, &c.
Yet he brings in thefe particulars1 as diftinU and
oft renewed Covenants, which is not to argue againft
any thing;, but hisown/o//y and impudence, for all
thefe belong to that one legal Covenant., as much us
his ringers and ears belong to his body or head j
Butthc£7/>e//iT was only 10 vapour and fophrfltcate^
nor hath he any better ware in his budget. Grarron
^. Mr. C?r^/. here runs in a calmer,but not clearer pagc I0f
flream, than the LihJlcr ^ And dcfires a clenwi.-
siration to prove tlint, that one ccmpleat and grand
Covenant once given by Cod to the Jen?/, was the
omlyrnle and dictate of what matttr they fionld
Covenant^ He may as well ask a Demonftration
to prove, the re is but one God., and one true Kcligi-
on for the fuhftance and main, and this one God
the Author of this one Religion'-^ All which are con-
fefied by all, but Atkijls and Poljtbciftf , if he
means as to the lamenefi of the words form Ably
ufed in their renerpingthis Covenant) either by rj-
pevtinxs of their Apoftacy, or repeated celebrations
of it, it needs no anfwer3the tfrtfttott is fo frivolous^
for all thev did or faid as to variety of exprejjtotts
or -circHntjlmceS) did not, nor could not alter that
our divinely given Covenant 3 but were confined to
it, and morally me *( we'd b^ it^ For it included.
all moral duties to God and man.
§. There
208 The binding of all Covenants And Covenantors
$. Their private Covenants zn&fpontaKsfiHs
alfo had their Rules and limits, as well as force St
, vigour, from this being void if repugnant tuic,or
firm if confonant with it > So that Mr. Gr.tfto*
may as well feek for more Sons th.m om, as more
Covenants moral and religious appointed by
God, whcfe name is one.
§ Nor had there needed fuch variety of cenbo-
fares) fuch heaps and cumulations of 666. words in
thisiiew Scotch Covenantjif all men had intended
fimply Gods one truly Covenant, there needed n >
more than to have obliged our felves to live ac
cording to the word of God3 and the Laws of the
Land 5 But thefe generals would not ferve fome
mcns defignes who mutt down with Rz/bopj- 5 and
others with Kings^to get their eirates and power ^
Agaitift neither of which any word of Ged com
mands us no Covenant^ but to fubmit to and obe?
them, fo that neither the particular matter of the
Covenant nor thephrafe and forr/i or words, are
, either cxprejjed or warranted by the word of tiody
[(asMr. Gn*/h>« affirms) if it be not reduced to
jfucha moral and juft fenfe, as becomes honeft
men, good Chriftians and loyal ftfl>je8s$ The firft
may not by Gods word do injury to any man, and
fo not to Bidiops, who have been and were in
\En^land the beft of men. The fecond cannot
Scbifmatife from theOthoIick ufe andcufto;n of
all theChurches of Chrift ("and his own particular)
in things conform to ChrUh word. The third can
not rudely refolvs an4 Covenant to alter the L/mv of
the Land, good or bad? without and agai-nft the
will of the King , Unlefs tfee Covenant be turned
to
to their good behaviour.
to tliefe three harmonies Dr. Garden cannot look up
on it in its matter ^ forme or authority 5 as other than
thepetty compofure ofafew pragmatical folii.-
tsans compared to the grandnre of this church and
amplencfs of this Kingdoms ^ Tis certain, neither
Kivgnor Bifoop9 neither full and free Tarliament^
nor national Synod or Convention., ever cither in-
vented or comfofed or impofed this Covenant . §.
Nor can there beany thing in it considerable as
to confciencejfurther than fome mens, &c allthefe
but fubje&, private, perfonal^knd fpontaneous, de
claring hefcreGod thefevfe of their duly toGod and
man, which they profefled as in Godsprefence they
would endeavour to perform, as became them,
with in the bounds of Gods and mans Laws ••> How
this could bind or enable any men to do what
fbme have dons, andftilldefire to do violently, /'//-
jvrioHjfy9focrilegiffHfty9agrinfl: the excellent Bifhops
and the whole Eccledaftical^/c of this Church of
EngLwJ, f cannot fee. nor Mr. Crjfton neither,
though he put on his Presbyterian Spect<*cles9 made
2L^EdinbroM^h '? As for the Libeller and Dr. Z?«;^p.r,
they have fo many great Reams and flaxes of Aiihops
and Deans honfes in their eyes, fomuch of their
Far'h and Lands in their \ earts, that there is no ex-
pea ing any right reaion or Religion from them.,
till their fit hearts be made Iejmr9 and their heavy
pttpfes (bmthiug lighter*
"6. The next cavil made aeainft Dr. Gaitdcns^^
i' . ^, Ur tne A-
juit rcnecTion upon the Covenant, as a thing nop'ftaevof
wav neceflary to be let up with fo much Religious ^jF^
•,/-,' . ' • . °, of Entlana
pomp and folemmty , as that it were a National re- fupr fed
///••» (after Apoftacy) either to the true God, r r rhe ' i
to the true Religion as Chriftian and reformed,
E e or
2it> The lindin-g of all Covenants and Covenanters
or to the true worftiipof him, which affection is
molt evident falfe, and none but fitch ignorant
headf,or impudent faces, or fadious fpi;-5ts, or
fanatick fancies, as this Libeller, can charge the
Church of Fng land to have in any fnch way Apofr-
atizcd either in its Kings, or its Parliaments, or its
Synods, or its Bidiops, or its Clergy, or its people,
by any either explicite decree, and verbal, de
claration of fu-ch a defctfion, or by any tacite and ,
general practice owned by them, and fo meriting
either thecenfure of a National Apojl^cy^ or the
antidote of fuch an un#ation*land Iliegtl Covenant $
nor can any but an ingratc-full fire-brand call it as
thebltjfiffgofffn lM> Dr. Gattdcns bkjfing of the
trrte God , Tor his great mercy in keeping this
Church and Kingdoms from anyPublique Jpoftacy,
againit which the laftConvoeation moft eminently
declared againft ldolrtry.pu$erftition or Popery, §.
The truth is, it was not the healing of any fufpecr-
ed or feared A^oftacy , from the true Reformed
Religion cf the Church of England^ w! o'e DC -
ctrine, devotion and Clairch Difcipline is the
lame it was at firft Reformation, which kind,
led and blew up our fires, but rather an Impatient
defire offomemen to bring in ( as Cacus did fAr-
i:»/cjto his Oxen }theii long de(ired,and long by
Law obflruftednovilries in Church and State ^
This .'was the ( A*fyu x*. an w\ ^wm ) formative and
exceptive Power, prevailing in many mens minds,
to bring in and let up that Covenant^ after they had
by correfpondence with fome of the Scots of the
Tresbyterian party,invited them into the fame ends.
> vidaddi-^^j^ ^. A. Dr. Gauden denies not, but fome '
>n'AA Clergy- men in Place and rower were (eemingly
very i
to tJicir goodbehavisttr.
very fbdiousC and it may be lefs difcreetly) to
advance the outward kcncy, reverence and
LremnityofCasihev thought )Goas M**^
ar-i ftrvice, beyond what was either by
jeyS or ««Lr^ obferved in former tunes .what
'their hearts and intents were , he leaves to God
Nor did himfelf heretofore want his vul
ieilcufie, while at a greater difhnce from their c
Sed judgements,6 But for their doftrme and
their outward Publique Aftions or IvjwiSw,
as to any things of «««<>«/<>«> ufe and obfervance,
either they had the Articles,L^,Canon<i and con-
Snt«/Z»»ofth«Ci.rdb and Nation to defend
what they did hold or preach, «»«> and «?*»«,
or elfe they were eafily to be checked and repref-
fed vna and punittied too, according to Law, for
any thing Hetrodox inverting or variating from
the rule f And this might have been done without
any fuch>«4?««; 3-K,^W,and putting all mto
the convulsions, Agonies and pains of a trilling
Wwan, only to bring forth Presbytery to the
fccimdine of this abortive of Ccvc»<*t, which if it
have all the due features and Parts;n-,atter ,
of a f.icrcd and folemn National Covenant,
in indeementstruthand righteoufnefle , yet lure
it nad neither its full time nor ^e Authority, nor
can it well tell who was its firftFather;fure enough
they were no very great Grandees though if in-
vited fomc fuch to be its godfathcrs,but mdecd the
Kin. Wd have been attheChriftning.f.Nor was
thercany need or haft of fuch an E^/se, either to
dem0UmywhollyCasMr. Grtfio* tM u,tbe riot
«s} the frame of this Church c«-cr*«.»f, which
E e 2 was
tic binding of All Covenants and Covenant en
was and is Fpifapal, or to bring in in
w ith fire and fvvord,thc rarit
9
its confequcnts or train* cither a popular purity
m Church and State, or a many-Aw^/ popery •
After theferw/ and p*7f horfis, followed the 6/acl
forfe of poverty and meannefsin the Cftr^, Sacr;-
ledge and robbery in the people 5ofw\narchy,5^;/^/-
^«andprophanenefs in all. This contempt o
the reformed Biilidps, Clergy and Religion in En^Lmd
was indeed the high way to ropery.
$• But the Libeller, to feem fearncd and zealcn.^
Addir,A A r;at^er than/% and W/f/wr, charges, at a venture'
The Lib*!- >Wrj/ F//7^/>/, for faHisg off to too much Pop^rv r -s
if he could toleratefome in themj both in ^-
»^ ail(^ dwatioHjls 5 It fufficeth him to calumniate
^X^0 |n^ncc in no one perfoa, or points-
only he calls to wftncfs very gravely thei
»/.
tf» tenets? againft which fome r^/y?/ he f yes by
hear fay, do write, and fo c!o foine others , as FVvJ.
fj/tf^/and Jefurtes write for them, yea and fome
nay moft learned Lutherans 5 But what is Armimnt
to Popery , Or to the Covenant ? he lived dif-
puted., and died at a great difbnce from -Rome in
away of Presbyterian difcipline, and in com
munion with thofe Covenanters who were fir/1
called by them/elves the Guenfes 5 All which re
lations may pofilbly move this Libelltr to be of Ar-
win-its his party5whofe opin'ons as to the true /late
of the controverfies ("the difficulties pro& con the
danger of engaging too far for or againft, either
proudly to leffen the neceflity and efficacy of Gods
grace, orfttalfy to confine the liberty of induflry:
of mans will, where the unde.rftanding is bv the
outward'
to their good behaviour*
outward means rationally , yea religioufly en-
lightnedand morally moved. Thefe and other
intrrcAries which have an holy dcplh> and high fnl>-
li»nty in them3capable to humble the in oft learned
and acute cti/pHtcr.f , while they fee themfelves
allaulted by fa many preg/tMt Scriptures on cither
fide) L am confident, neither this Libeller nor his
Dr. Eurgcr ( as great a Soph:Jhr and as little a
f>i-ioLir as he appears) do well. underhand 5 nor
f\;n fnch huctykrs oj holy things, fuch purcha-
fers of Vijbvps Lsn-lt and deftrov ers of their houfes,
Such cirrxLitirr and crafty Merchants in the Church
have Icifure to (ludy or found the profundity of
thofe controvwfies9 wherein few of the ancient Fa
thers were refolute, and St. Auftm hiinfelf hardly
rccon'-ilcth himfelfj §. Dr. Cuud-:n here thinks it
mo:-.< fty and wifdo/x to be magifterially of no fide,
till he can clear the incttwberdticesi or juflifiethe
hardcfffffiyitencesof either. And for this brace of
fwurn Brethren, the Libeller and Dr. Bj0ge/9 you
may truft them, they will never much advance or
deprefle any iide, either by their reputation or their
difputation, Arminuts is out of the reach of their
darts, though they may (hoot at him with their
fools bolts*
§. But the Libeller boggles terribly at Altars,
TaperSiCandlesjNith crc. thac is, one knows not rvkut,
as if our reformed Religion were to be facriticed
on thofe Alt ars^or I all's of the L<?rJ5which antiquity,
as in Tertullianr time long before Popery, fo called
by either Dame, and greatly reverencedj not for
their own lakes, but for relation to that (acred
my fterie of Chrifts body and uloud in the Eucharift,
for
2 14 The binding ofM Covenants and
for which/0 /t#?w'ty they fervcd : He flares at thofe
Tapers and Candles, as " they would prcfently fet
All Religion onfrc, which were never lighted that I
faw in the Church of England, but in the want of
the Surr.f light., and were anciently fet unlighted on
the ("st/rt^-,,) Lerds Table, in memory of thofe
(Anttlitcani costui} early morning, or midnight com-
\ ./ c. ' J f O
munions.. which poor Chriftians had in time of per-
fecut/on, when they were forced to life Lamps or
Candle /Dand were as filily accufed for a Dogs pulling
clown the Taper, and fo putting it out, when he
skipped at a crttji, in order to make a more modeft
way in the dark to Chriftians pro mi fawns lufts, as
this Libeller charges by a cavine impitJtnce fundry
EiOiopSjfor falling off to too much Popery > becaufe
they retained thefe things, as they found them of
ancient ornamental cuftome in theCathedrals of
England^ and in the Kings Chappel Pvoyal : The
man mould do well at next barking bout, to teH
how much Popery he allowes as enough, and whst
he blames as too much, or whether he thinks all
Topery that is held or done by the Papifts.
$. But to allay (not gratifie) t\\e popularity and
petulaxtcy of this Libeller , Dr. Gaudtn denies
not, (£v. vide A. A.
§. Nor can the rigid Covenanter*, who rant fo
againfrFre/t/rj', and that Epifcepacy in England by
mucVigainft vertuc of their Covenant^ any way extricate them*
Presbvccry felves from that fnare, which unawares they run
infasto$ckifrxandfHperftiti0it9 agciinfV which they
no lefle covenanted than againft Popery and Prelacy^
fince no intrc can wafh Presbytery as a.feparation from
and ufurpation againfr, or extirpation of Epifcopttcy,
from
in
to theirtyod behaviour* 215
from the fldin of Schifa, both in an &cfltjl*fic4l
fenfr, as it rends from the unity and uniformity cf
the C itholicks Churches, judgements, cuftoms and
practice in the government o( Epijwpjcf, a Ho in 4
(ivil fwfe asrecefliag againft Law, from what was
in fr/q/Wfetled by '"Law, and fetrino; it (elf up in
then?W ofEpiJcopttptnvLrbv nicer fo'ce.
§. Nor will rrcs'i-'-ytwy wipe oif iuits rayJ nnd
^;/;WnV;///wavthe fin of ////? rjiitton^ Jirit nc^mvc,
as denying that good vi-liich is io in the nature, or-
<i r and vie of rig-ht tpifwp frn and -feccndly ^/V-
»/^/;^ in introducing, yea impofing that purity as
ttcce-hr) \n.reii&!0tts concernuunts and F.ccleft.ifticd
wvwnwi'nti which is not cowrtt.in'led by God, nor
ever io e 'teemed or ufed by the Church of Chrifr 5
^So that Presbytery vvab m as h:gh a way of running
to Kowi-s fupcrfttti .7;, Schif/t/, 'iyr.inny . and ufitrp.it JOK
as PreLicy'i yea much more, for this v/as bounded
bv l.,?rv.f', and fortified againfr Popery by an excel-^
lent L'turgv, which was a daily wholefoin torin <>i
both docti ine and direction in FngliJL\ diametral ly
contrary to '^opifli fupirfritiorisanderroiirs5which
could not prevail a gain ft the Church of England
while Liturgy contin-.rjd. and Epifeopacy was ma
naged, as it "was bv very godly, and learned, yea
model! and humbly w/e hiihopi for the m oft part ,
If any were otherwife, their ^rlomil defetfts, not
their calling* were to beiLtmca^ But Prtsbytery was
generally moft cryed up, and impofed by roc^k and
pjjfio/tatesnc-ni for the fobereft, ablefi, and v>/]l-Jl
Presbyterians &o willingly allow, yea and now pre
fer Fp/fcapacj before any Church government, in
its/^jtf/ -uje and exercije, which may eaitly be ob
tained,
The binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
tained, and the inconveniences remedied, by that
Sovereign power which Mr. Crafton mentioned
but is not willing to be ruled by ; for while it was'
able to preferve it felf, it hath preferred the fober
and good Reformation Q? England from Kctroytda-
tion to Popery, and from the precipitancy or incroach •
wents ot Presbytery, and all other faftiour novelties,
which have no bottom or bounds but the abyjjc of
popular envies, clamors, ambitions, fchifms, and ''jttper-
Jiitions.
§• If Mr. Grafion and his party did bow fide
covenants reftoreand reform theChurchofFngland
to its priftine good Lawesand praftices, in Gods
name Jet them keep their Cov,n«n^ if they intended
faSion, innovation, mine, and confujionjoj obtrudin^
novel and illegal wayes, let them repent, and pray
the thoughts of their hearts, and the words of their
fno*ths?zn& the in \uno\\sivorkfoftheir hands may
be forgiven them; for they were not wife, nor jufr
nor humble, nor charitable, nor religious, nor'
loyal, as they ought to have been, and fo not fortifi-d
in any fuch fenfe, either by Re a fox or Religion by
Scripture or Lawes of the Land, as Mr.Grafrw
gratis affirms.
TheLibeiiers §• For the poor Libellers unharmoniors foul
cK ™uh^u° Tlarrel? moft Iamentably againft muMi*
fick. ' Churches, itispitty the Authors or Abetters of ifo
great di] cords in this Church and Kintfow as he and
his Dr.Fw£« have been, and ftill are, ftould ev^r
be troubled with good^/^4, but for ever con
demned to hear the word: Etlletert when they fins
mod: out of tune; indeed weeping and waili,/. and
gnajhing of teeth are fitter for them; I do not mean
that
to their good behtvieur* 2I?
that in utter darknejje^ I pray God forbid^ but that of
bittc r lamentation.) unfeigned forrow^ and true repot"
trinee^ that they may get out oft\\e gtllofbitternefsi
and power of Satan, in which they feem by their
vtalice^ uncharitablenejfe) hypocrijte^ apoftacy^ and ft-
miledgc to be fallen.
$. If this Libeller captatc to know by this
fooliflj digrejfion (which imports as if he had cove
nanted alfo againft v\\good mufic^ and fo againfl:
skilful and melodious Jinging, which is the bejl mu-
fick,^ if he aims to know Dr. Gandws judgement
of Church mufick^ that fo he may accufe him to be
either an ArnrinJano? Topifoly inclined , (for this
calumniating eenfor and malicious critick judge"h
of mens opinion byftrong Symptomes} let him make
what he can of it 5 Dr.Gatulcn doth own his ap
probation and defire of excellent Mujtcfand melody
in the publicise So If/fine pryjivg of God3 which is
a part of his worfoipi yea a mo ft angelical and heiven-
fy pirtofit'-) tothisdivineft fervicehe doth judge
both Nature and ArtDin their bed improvements Joy
vocal and org^iicAlbArmony^m^y lawfully yea com-
mendably be a^plye^not only by vocal f Aging after
a plain and fiinple ir ainer to Clement Macotsjtcrn*
1) ilds or Wifdoms tunes, but by the ufe alfo of
fuch Jnftrnmcnts und skill in the melody, as may
moft raifeup the Spirits of Chriftians to the high
praifes of God, fuch as David an I other holy men ufcd
/;/ the private and publicly exaltation of their hearts
and affections to God 5 nor is there ar»v reafon or
Religion to be juftly urged to exclude this great
help of humane infirmity^ and fweet rjfrejhtngjbtfides
elevation of Spirit in the Church of God? fince
F f muick
2 1 8 ike binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
mttftc^ in its skill and ufe is a good gift of God, for
which and by which he may be praifed, in fuch a
way, as becomes the fanftity^ folewnityi gravity and
JMajefty of Chriftian afTemblies and heavenly duties,
For as mnfck. hath an aptitude like an Echo, to
anfwer and humour every pajfion and motion of
the Jettle.) by a fecret fymphony \\ ith the Saints} fo
the excellent and godly Majiers of it will cafily
ib compoie their holy Anthems ^ and Church rnelo,
dies> asfhall aptly correfpond not onely with the
holy Ditty or matter., but alfo with the chearfull
devotion and affections of mens fouls.
$. Nor did anything more proclaim the after
prodigies of our times, than the zeal, which fome
in the rnde and riotous beginning of their reformation
had, to deftroy all Organs and Church mttjic^ as
much asSauthadtO deftroy the Gibconites., or the
Witches*, fo blind tire Ligots in Religion, too bold
and too beifterotts, dreffing the Church as Swine
would drefTe a garden , and while they fear the
horns of fttperftitio?r9 they cut off the head of all
decency in Chriftian duties^ not but that I judge
there might be fome difcrect regulation in our Zhttrch
witfak* as not to fing accurately thofe Scriptures
which moft edife^ when beft underflood by difdnft
reading, or plain (inging, that the weaneft hearer
may undei ftandj and leaft of all to fing any of the
Creeds, which are the ground of Catech/fms and
the Primmer of ChriOian beginners^ but rather
to confine muftck to thofe Vfalws and Hymns., thofe
fpiritttal Songs and Anthe»is.> wliich either out of
Scripture, or agm able to its Pfalmedy^ may beft be
fitted to Gods gl:-y and the Churches devotion.
$. But
to their good behavictfr.
§. But alas, why do I bring (tyravt ad Apmtm} a
fhoke of Mufick to fuch deaf cars, no Orpheus is
uitficienttompve fuch brmtijh fotilf to any thing
h.irwonioH^ wliofe hope is in difcords of Kwgand
P, <?/>/?, Bifhepf and Vrcsbytcrs, knowing no favour
or fight, or found fo/n^as that of gaivanQ mony
(cjuoctwque me do rern^) though by facriledge and
rcgjciae, they are far enough from delighting m
Church mufickt who are greedy to buy church lands.,
but very loath to rcftcrc them} and had rather all
thehoufes of Cod in the Landfliould be pulled
down and put in their purjes, than any Organs fet^up
in Cathedrals, for thofe will prefage the reftitutum
of Bijtwpf to their eftates^ which will make fome
men hang down their heads, and hang up their harpt
on the willows of lamentation., to the great joy of
all honed men.
f. After the Libellers ftroke at muftck (who wants Libe!,p
c
it more than King S^«/ever did, or thofe that arej^rsc
flrucl^ wjth the Tarantula ) his laft flagellation is a- of Popery
gainft the Papifa thefehe pretendibya Vannick
terrour , were prefcntly Itreafyvg in upon the
Church of England lifa a Sea 3 if tile antemurale
or bank of the (acred Covenant had not been
fet up.
§ . In good time., as if the Laws of England which
happily defended for 80. years our Religion as
reformed a gainft the Romans contention and inva-
Jtw had not been fufficient, or as if there had not
been more- Jcfttites and Seminary Priefts in England,
atting., fighting prearhing^praying^ranting) canting,
and quailing fince the Covenant^ than ever were
before, and with more feverity as well usejjicayi
F f 2 or
220 The lindwg of all Covenants and Covenant erf
or as if the Church of England andltsClergy had
rather be eaten up by Presbyterians and Indcpen-
dants^ than by Papifts} or as if thefe onely had
Te^ and the other nothing but Tongues^ No, the
crafty Libeller is flill on the wind ilde., and is to
talk for hit Dr. Surges advantage $ He forefees if
Papifts fhould prevail in England^ they would re
quire the reftorjng of church and Bithops Lands.,
they are fo far good Catholickj^ as they conform in
the main of Epifcopal government to the true Ca-
tholick. Church , Nor can the Libeller hope for the
like gracious remjffio^.^ or difpenfation of thofe lands,
which his learned Dr. Purges quotes, as granted
for peace fobe to R. Mary in the cafe of non-refti-
tution of Abbey and Monaftery lands, in hope
to make it a precedent and plea for alienating
Biihops Lands and Cathedrals.
^. The Pope well knew3that Monaftick votaries,
Nuns and Friars^ were the after-growth of Cbrijii-
anr devotion and charity 5 much younger than
^ifhops who were from the beginning^ rooted in
Chrili, and branched in the twelve Apoftlef, and
fpread in afl the Chriftian world, and endowed
with honorary fupports^ asneceflary for the orderly
and compleatr8c regular well-being ofany Church3
the others not fo.
§. To rob the Monks which fprung up in after
ages, was to rob the robbers^ the drones for the moft
part of Cbriflendom-^ but to rob the Bifhops, and
with them the Cathedratts^ and in them all the Clergy
of their eftates and houfes and honour and dig
nities, was to rob not only learning, religion and
the M»^/?r/' Evangelical of Its Juft rewards, com
forts
to their good bchavi&Hr. 221
forts and encouragement /, in a land of plenty and
peace, but to rob the Church of her principle pil
lars and Fathert, of their great ornaments and de
fences, of that A0»0#r, <Wf r, and authority ^ which
is never to be had or enjoyed fo wifely, worthily,
and ufefully , as from the hands of excellent
Bifhops.
§. Although Dr. Gauden can not com mend this
Libeller for his konrfty, no more than Chrift did
the nnjttft Steward, yet he is commendable for his
great folicy\rresbytcry hc5hopcs3 &t the Covenant will
let Dr. Surges enjoy his r//A0/>/Lands $ Therefore
he joyned ropery to rre/ucy. by an odious and unjuit
Conjiinftton, it is policy, though no z;er//7 or charity
fo to do i for no Presbyters (T mean as of thztfa&ioti
jgcrians and Acepha lifts, were ever fo great vindi
cators of the reformed Religion againft the Pa-
pi ft s, as many of our Fn^UJfj Bifliops have been ever
imcethe reformation, witnefs Bifnop Jewel, Bifhop
Vfljcr, Bifhop White, Billiop Andrews, Bifliop
Davexant, Bifliop //.*//, Bifhop Kcdcl, Bifhop
Trideattx, and many others ••> Thefe djfputed^ and
rvrotc^nd fought and conquered the Papifts3feconded
by many other Epifcopal Divines^ when the petty
Tresbytirs $\A (for the inofr part ) but pr<tte and
ray It: and contemne, and vapour, and triumph
with their tonguesby a popular oratory amidft their
credulous auditories ^ Thefe Presbyters were the
warme preachers, but they were the E/flwp.r and
Eifcop.il Clergy who were the weighty Soiildiers3
thefe were the Light armed, thefe the l''ctcra/ri and
Triani, who bore the heat and burthen of the day of
difpute, whole ftudious induflry3 fome Presbyterian
fadionifts
The bfttdiftg of all Coven Ants and Covenanters
faftionifts and Innovators at laft envying for their
learning, labours, honours and efates, they fought
to withdraw from them, to undermine to betray,
do undo and utterly deftroy them , that is, the
ftrongeft BWnwA/ , and ableft defences of the
Chriilian and reformed Religion of the Church of
England, Nay the laft Arcb-Bjfiop of Canterbury,
didinthisfervice againftffo Paptfis fo valiantly
learnedly and honeftly acquit himfelf in his £0*4.4-
/ig*/>J2 F//7jer, as he deferves to be reckoned among
the worthies, and of the firft three, as to nw£%
ft//*/ accuratejinnewy difputing for the Drtrtnc of
the Church ot England 5 And what ever fay lings or
p»/f / he /0/gfo A^^e in other things of imprudence,
pajfion.oT policy , Certainly in this he did more
anddeferved £<tf/er, than ever the Libeller., his
Dr. B/n^e/,and all thatpack.ofpurchafers of Church
LWr are ever likely, or indeed able, if willing
to do: I had rather have Bifiopf L^W/learning3than
Dr. Purges his Lands.
§. But there is no end of following this crrour^
this ignis fAtms, whofe Libelling Vrofody would
make an excellent Index wDirettory for the next
PresbyterianSynodand Aflembly when it applyes
to a juft reformation of thefc deformities which have
broken in fince the Covenant flood in the gap,
againft Liturgy , Topery, and Trduy> yea and agaidft
profanes, Schipaeanl SitperftitiOH9tb&t is facriledge,
Presbytery and Independency > whofe vanity, pride
and ambition was,and frill is to lye in the high bed,
and make both Monarchy and Eifcoptcy truckle un
der them, which deformed fight I hope England
(hall never fee again 5 In Gods Name let the com
mon
to their good behaviour.
mon Presbyters keep their ancient ft ation> and there
ierve Cod and his Church in humility , peace and
order, and giving leave to their Elders and Fathers,
theirfpiritHtlColenelf and Commanders in their
Ecckfafrcal Militi^not only to go before them,
but io tar to command them according to Religion
and Law, as may be for the good order, honour,
faftty, and peace of the whole Church 5 in which
Schifine, ft rife, and mutiny will bring nothing but
difordcr, and this confufion, and then venitint
H0W4W/5 their frars may come upon them, Rome
will have a throw for all $ For the Romrjh intereft
doth not prefs or hope to come in at the great and
(hong Gate of Fp/j 0^9 and Liturgy, but at the
feftcrnm&wicket of Presbytery and Diretfory^ both
bafe and unregarded potts ; It is more for the Popes
advantage to have no Eifiops Sc Liturgy in England^
than ever it will be for the poor Presbyters or
Minifters} Thefe have been all almoft loft in a
dark Wildernefs of fin, and bitten with fiery Ser
pents of contempt and poverty fince they deferred
or were deprived ot their Bijhops:, The other hath
had tuch an harveft in 20. years, as was beyond all
\tisglcanings for fourfcnre before, which learned
Mr. Hooker and others long zgoforefaw and foretold
'of that difciplinarian faction [(prevalent in England^
whofe prophefie have been too truly w&fddlyfnl-
filed in our daies } I pray God we may learn wif-
dome by affii&ions, and righteoufnefs by his
judgements.
§. Dr. Gauden having thus aifemfeftrea him-
felfofthefe cavils and calumnies with which ei
ther ibe fwplicity of the Analeptjft or the malice
224 The binding of all Covenants and Covenanter?
of the Anatowift pleafed themfelves in their re
plying upon his Analyjisznd. his prcciow refections
upon the Covenant, as it is made byforne to look
with favour and fmiling onlv upon Presbytery 5
but with frowns ( as cruel and turbulent as the
Duke of Alms ) upon our Englifli Epifcopacy , he
is yet to follow them one flap more in this rugged
way ( than which nothing is more contrary to his
genius and defigne ) which was to reconcile £-
(iftopatj and Presbytery in fuch an ataciable Chrift-
lan and charitable way, as they either enjoyed
many years in the Church of England > or at this
day do in other reformed Churches, or for 1600.
years they did, in the bed: times and irate of the
Church of Chrift.
$• This Paragraph of both his Antagonist ^ Is fo
whether the various, or tedious, and fo to noSpurpofe, but to
Covenant i r i r s \ r • ,
haveany ™ake iome (hew and noyle, (as thole m London
foundation ftreets cry loiideft , who have the worft ware to
The°iewrcm fe.J1 ) That Dr. Gauden might well have (pared
Tcflamcnt. his own and his Readers pains ^ Butfince they will
needs be fuch impertinent Sccptick? as to feek
knots in bulrujbes^ and to queftion whether fnoiv
be white or no , Whether there be any precept
or pattern of fuch a Covsnant^formatter^for^t^tthor
and end in the new Teftawcnt ., either againft £•
pifwpacy in a gubernative and authoritative fenfe,,
or for Presbytery in a Supremacy without any fub-
ordination and (ubjeftion to Bifhops ^ The Reader
muft blame thefe fHckl'ng gladiators and Ant a-
gonifts^ not Dr. Gaiidcn, who only held out this
fhield of innocent truth, that there was neither
precedent nor precept for fuch a Covenant in th
to their good behav/onr.
N'n? Tcpawent, or moral Antiquity of the Church 5
That the Eaptifinul Covenant is the only and juffici-
ent Religious bond of Chriftiant in the Cofpel }
that this when v tola ted on our part by wilful fins,
it is to be renewed by repentance, and confirmed
by worthy receiving the Lords Supper.
§. That this one great Sacred and Solemn Cove-
•van* ( in which the blood and bo:ly of Chrift flain
for us, are given to us, and taken by «r, as tokens of oncc ltr allf
our troth and fidelity, no Icfs than of Godr) doth
bind us, as men and Chriftians to all duties we ow
to God and man, fclvcs and others, private and
publique in Ecclefiaftical or civil locicties and
policies t, By this we fhind obliged to fight again ft
the IVorld^ the flefi and the Devil, to deny all
nngodlinefs and worldly Iufts5 to live rightwufy,
foberty, andgodlify in this prefect World., that is,
conformably to Gods Laws and Chrift commands ;
Alfo to thofe good Laws and cotrftitutions ofjnftjce^
order. Govern went and peace, which are eftablifhed
in any Kingdome or State, though not Chriftian ^
-How much more, if Chriftian and in a National
v Church-communion 5 This is affirmed and con
firmed by Dr. Gauden.
§. Alfo that to renew this "B apt i final vow and
Evangelical Covenant by daily repentance and fre-
qucnt Celebration ot the Lords Supper, was very
commendable as to private and publique piety.
§. But to add to this any publique Solemn Cc~
tenanting, under a new form of words inznational
Notion., where was no national Apo ft acy from true
Chriftianitv, nor yet any Anabaptift'ical renouncing
of our Baptifme.and to do this without due antko-
G g rity,
the Inn fang of all Coven Ants axdCovenantm
rHy, making a part of the body to Covenant for the
whole, and this without the h< ad , and in opposition
to Lavs yet in force, and rules ofciviljttftrce, as to
many mens Lawful I Eftatts,deCerved honours^ and
due authority ••> This kind of Covenanting Dr.
Gxndcn j udgeth cither fuperflttvus ( where no pub-
lique need pn'ffeth) or fatfiotts, where not by pub-
lique confent and (bveraign appointment , or par
tial Schifmatical &ndfitperJtiti0Hs9vrbeTe it evident
ly feeks to advance a party and novelty againft
what hath had conftant Legality and univerfal
antiquity^ carrying on fuch order, authority, pru-
.dence, policy 8t peace in Church and State, as are
agreeable to the word of God, and the cuftom of
the Catbolickcbwcb.
§. Dr. <?<*«<&« judged^ that fuch humane con-
trivances^ under what ever Names they are put5can-
not bind felvcs or others to any thing more, than
God had before boundus, and we our (elves by Bap-
ti fatal Chritfitn Covenant 5 much lefs may they en
gage us againft any thing; that was and is our ditty
in Religion and civil juftice, or to that which is
rebellious to Law or injurious to any man^ Leaft
ot all againft Kings or any in lawful authority and
juft enjoyments vfEftates and honours under them,
fuch asBjJhops in England were3with other dignined
C/er?i/-«/e^3whom unjuftly that is without any Law
of God or man, to fpoyle, rob and deprive ( as
fome Covenanters did do, and ftill defire) of what
was honeftly 9 and lawfully theirs, as to Eftates,
honours and authority, was either contrary to the
letter and intent of the Covenant^ and then we are
agreed, expecting reftitution3 or elfe the Covenant
H their good behaviour
is fo far carried on, contrary to that Baptifaal
Covenant which binr > againft all works of the
flejb > World, and Devil, fuch as Covetoufnefs, Op-
prefTion3 Ssdttion, Schifmc. Sacnledg, and all dif-
orderly walking muft needs be,if Scripture and/L^a?
bcourjudg. The Libel-
£. This was the demonftration or our Bap-icrss0phi-
tifmal Covenant, which is juft and holy, .which toy » jog
Dr. GaudcnuCcd, To which the Libeller after his "nucCove-
vnlpmetxdvafricioHf way, anfwers } Firft by con- nanu.
fejjion, Secondly by collvfion > pleading ( though
therebeno^««rr» or precept for any fuch Cove
nant in the New Teftament) yet tis Jufficient if
there be any fuch in the Old? Which he doth not
inftance in, becaufe he cannot 3 only heaps up
Scriptures like a gtuker to no purpofe ^ Nor will
he yeild to what he urgeth as to validity otoldTeft*-
mint patterns, if not Leviticalor lypical'^ For then
the rrefidcncymA Authority 'of fome Priefts above
others f befides the High-Pritft a fpecial /jype <if
C/j?v/? ) and both Triefls and Levites having Lands
and Cities annexed to their Tribe and office, will
p/t^(and it is one of Saint Jeromes and the Ancient
Fathers arguments ) ilrongly by way vi proportion
for BiJIwpf zn£fubordi»ate Presbyters 5 Yea and for
thtir Lands and ttoufesno lefs than ^e/r authority, The
and then what] becomes of Dr. EW^e/s pHrch.tfe^^
which no doubt he made in pursuance of hi'J,h°E
Covenant , for he would not be fo execrable as to fuch Ep:fco -
aft againft his facred Covenant. Sc chorch"
§. Then he roves like 4 wanton Spaniel ovfet- o E,v£landl\i
ting dog, barking againft our Fpifcopacy in the |« J^ found
Church of England^ and wagging his taylc,** if he
G g 2 had
The binding of all Covenants and Covenanters.
had found a Ccvy of Presbytery fitting as thzfole E£
<fer and Supreme Rulers of the Church in the
N«y Tefiament and in Primitive times $ Me hath
the impudence and falfitf againft the letter and
praftife of the New Tejlament, again(t the judgement
of all antiquity, of which pofiibly he is ignorant*,
yea againfi the judgment of all- later learned re
formed D^/re/ in this and other-Churches, to aver
no fuch Epifcopacy as we had in England can be
found in5or is warrantedby the New Teftawent.
If he mean fuch in all things circumftantiAl, ad
ditional and civil , He-is but a frppcne and droll,
no man affirms it, nor is it more true than to averr
that in the IX ew Teirament , no Presbyters can be
found in Parochial boundsD living by Tythes and
Gleabes, for which Dr. Purges is fo pertinacious^
hoping to get & good Living or benefice though he
difpair of a Bifhoprick.
§. If he mean ingenioujly of Epifcopal prejidevcy
and authority, as tofpiritual jurifdiQion^ in ordina*
tion^ confirmation ? ccnfures, rebukeing, fihnc ing, ex.
communication, abfoltttion.znd the other exercifes of
Ecclcfiafticat power, (befides Prcaching,Baptizing
and Celebrating) above, yea even againft Presby.
ters and People j He need not go far to find the Pre.
cepts, Canons, Commijjjon, powrer and Authority gi
ven by Ch'rjfl to the li.4fofttes9above the feventy,
and all other both ChriOians and Minijlers during
their life 5. The like to St. Paul, and by him derived
to Timothy, and Titus in their />/<*<•<?/ or Djece/es,
alfo to 0//jer.r in other //#//// ^ As to the <^4ngels of
the 7. Aftan Churches, which all antiquity owns, as
sin. Saint John, dates, over thofe Churches,
to their good lehav'wur*
Againft all this and much more the Satyr anfwers
(rregr)> quidem } not a word, of which lie could nut
be ignorantjfince no doubt he hath rcjd the k
j&Veef t\\eSatMuarys written longagoc by Dr. C.
£//r£<?r9 in which he owns B/^/w with great reve-
Ttncejir.d-perjiringetb the Ant iepij copal non conform-
ifls to fom crime.
$. Then the L;^//,r fills his /We Wr, withd
fome long- windedyi'^ewa'/of the Covenant ( whith r-, wi-.kh
this alierter will never honour 5 (or male'dttnCnv™Ant
•,.-•>•. r r \ r> • i •,-« » num be 11-
ncitat rrzctprt eyefimm) rcrejtmg them,\i not^e»it/»efy
applying them to his ends C but not to any hone/i
fence or dcjtgne $ ) only is to cleftroy and rob
Bifhops and the Church, that he may have their
Lands, ^. Let him, irhe will needs be mtdlm^
clear his hcadlejje and obtruded Presbytery of the
tq////A. at leaftfefpjcrott of Schifiae and Supcrjl/tioft^
ofSeclJtioH9Sind Injuftice9ot i\n Incendiary* dividing
Ki*g *ncl People, LAWS and Religion^ Bifoopr and fob cr
rredytcrf&Te not thefe practices againft the power
cjftgodlinefs.and. fo againft the Covenant ? Are
not common honeftyjufticefejlitutiongoad order
and Lawful Government agreeable to found
Doffrine ? Mutt not the^*/r4/ry be extirpated?
.Such as fraud 3 fatlion injurioufnefs 3 fid/tiqf, ot-
$ rcjjion 9 facriledgc, &c. Now ( Oh Libeller) look
toyowfilf, if this bone be to hard for yon^ give
it to Dr. Surges^ \\zhzt\\zbadtonguc, but good
teeth '-> He will refolve it upon the tjufftiom
whether the late and prefcnt Hierarchy (truly fo
called) or holy Government of this Church by
godly and learned Bifliops, according to the L*n>f
of God and wan^ was according to the power of
^odlinefs
230 lie binding of all Covenants
godlinefle to be extirpated by vert Lie of the Cove
nant, when Epifcopacy and the >iihops had L;ng
and lawful pofleffion; or whether rather Vnsbyitry
is to be denied as a novel fa&iov, and Lite intruding
ufurpation^ If foDbeware£00d Lihellerof your dear
I2t purges his parchafe, as well as credit and Con-
fcience, which are tar enough from the power of
godlinelTe.
§. He complains (en p-tjffont) that Dr. Gauxen,
loffc, wh«8 never particularly defcribeth , nor fetteth forth
Eiico'c what that Epifcopacy is^ which he would have to be
introduced 5 As to this. Dr. GattJen did not think
he iliould have met with fuch a hard-head and dul-
lard^ as could be ignorant what the Ep if cop. icy in
England W&s 9 in its ejfentiah and ornamentals ; its
fpiritual authority and powers, and EcclefiafHcal 3
which are common to all true Eifoops, primitive and
apoftol/cal, and its r/^// or fecttlar enjoyments^ orjti-
rifd/fficK^which it oweth the bounty and munificence
of the K/#g.f and Parliaments of England'-) This
Eptfcopacy Dr.Gaudev would have not reproduced)
(as if once /egrf//y expelled^ which is falfe) not more
than the King and Monarchy were) but reftoredtto>\ts
/aft pivtr, dignity^ and authority ^ fuch as it had, and
"hath t|y J^^m, yea and to its L^Wj3 ffo#y*r, and K..-
venues ••> This pincheth the hanchet of Dr, Barges,
and purfues /j//»/0 clofely, that the L/^//er is loth
to fee the Epifcopacy which Dr. Gaudert owns, but
he hollows ^ as if he were in a t*W3 and at a hffe;
but he may foon bear of, and/ee. and/^/ what Ep//-
r<?/?^rj/ Dr. Ganden means > not one of his <?«?» ;«^^«-
fw», or of any private mans redu6rion3 and of fome
tre flitters new modelling * But that which the Law
owns
to their good behitvicur.
owns and rf/cr//, and mirufts by the Kings appoint-
merit to learned, wife and godly Bimops, with that
ecclcjliftical power, which is as necefl'ary for the
Church (as it is due to Bifhops) by alby^/j/, c.vil
and ecckliiiftic*I9fcripluralznd divine.
§. If any thing be cxccffive, o'" defective, or in
convenient in this F.pifcvp.i'y of the Church of ln-
c;/,?//r/,that i?3 in /k L.^rrund constitution^ or in the
'execution and adminiflration 5 The /u//£ and the
•parliament by their .i//i',v/t' cont;\J^ or the advice of
a National Synod, know in their tfifdom and p/i'/y
what they have to do, without any fuch Dictators
as this Libclkr, or his Dr. £//r?f r, of whom no man
fj«fc//-what to make, nor where to find them
fixed.
§. And now the Libeller in a ht ot po-puUrprtJy,
Cthat is hypocrifie) makes }\\s appeal, whether this
Covenant fo formal and foltmn^ fo full of words and
fo aquixft B?Jhops.fo much for /;/> ///r» and Dr.K//^<?f
intercftj (if Biihops be »<?f wjlvred to their Lands
and iuft authority) whether it be a piece of policy
mote than piety.
§. Trulv f;mefober, that is fitnple-heartedCnn-
ftians poflibly did not believe it to be fo at firft^
when they heard or read the pomp of aoodwordr in
it- but others that knew the party firft moving,
the Artifis and Politicians contriving, the partial J^
power impofing it, the after practices executing it,
with fuch rigour, injuftice, and cruelty agtivft all
JSifiopf) one and another^ to theirperfoxal undoing^
and to the expofing of their authority^ fo long (acred
and venerable in this and all Churches, to contempt
and (corn* (as others did the Kings, and afterward
thofe
?he binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
thofe very houfesof Parliament^ which brewed^ or
broached^ drunk^ thewjllvcs and urged others fo much
to drink of the covenanting r;/p) thefe did Isngtga^
and do ftill, and ever (hall fufpecl the Covenant in.
forne niens fenfe, defigns, and actions, to have had
more of policy than piety ? Nor will this fufpicion be
removed., till the Covenant be reduced to fuch a
ufe fenfe and pur pole, as is conform to juftice and
law as well as Religion^ then it will appear to differ
as little from the b aptif mat Covenant , as a large
glofieor paraphrafe on a fliort Text, when the will
of the Covenant works effectually to purge the
Libeller, Dr. Surges and. others of facriledge,fihifa
and injuftice , conducted againft the Biflvpj and
Laws ofEnglandjez againft the King and the whole
Church and Nation'? Till this is done3 he will appear
not a SeraphicalDoftor, but a Sophiftical caviller,
and cozener of his own and other mens conferences?
no other Covenant is required by God., nor is k
either inadnefs or defperateneile to throw off fuch
a Covenant as is unjufb to God and man, orto^«.
fute fuch a fenfe, but rather to take and keep
it, in fuch a fenfe as is injurious to God and man,
fcandalousto the Chriflian and Reformed Religion,
befides deftru&iveto many godly and honeft me#3
Bifhops and others3 againfl all Law and juftice.
§• Then the Libeller by a ^w^^ww) fallacious
and captious way of frequent and impertinent
<\tteflwns flill begs the qtteftion^ as if.he hz&pr&ved it^
He fayes it is altogether an Evangelical Coven tnt^ but
(hews nee vclam nee vejiigmyt, no footftep of its
ed pa/fages in the Gofpel fenfe ? He fadly
up Scriptures, and loads his Margin with
holy
to tketrgwd behaviffKr* 233
'faty figure t) and toucheth on a Jew/fi privateperfo-
nal and ceremonial vow upon St. Pa;//, which was
far enough from Zntoral, evangelical and national
Covenant'-^ But this goats hair ferves to ftuffe bis
pillow, which is much fuller of fubtilty than/d»#;/7,
policy than piety, and fo will the Covenant appear to
all honcfl men, if it be put upon his rack^, who is
fitter to torment than interpret Scripture, the byas
of his and Dr. Bitrges purchafe, fpoils, warps, wrcjts
all.
$. His next Divinity (hreds, and common places Libel. p.ig.-
of l&aptifmal and Euchariflical Covenant, his deny
ing by way of quefHon , that atiual repentance,
takes off the guilt and horrour of wilfull and prc-
fnwptuotts Jinf, as if he had a fit of Novatianjf^i,
onely his vije n>re fling that place, Heb. 10. 26,27.
againftthe comfort of true repentance,, * after atfttal
jvilfull/inSyCuch as Davits murther and adultery were^
as if the mercy under the Gofpel were leile than
under the /Ldw>,when the place is meant o$Apoftacj
from Chrift, and adhering to another »v^ of jalvt-
tton^ after ftaptipn and profeffion of the Gofpel }
This and other fuch dilute ftujfc. Dr. Gauden cares
not to tire himfelf or others with, onely he doubts
the Libeller and Dr. B»rge/ are in a defpcrate ftatc,
if no repentance be available after wilfull and
yrefuwptttous a&s of fin.) fuch as apparent injuflice,
oppremon and facriledge.
§. The Libeller very authoritatively goes on,
which I have infifted on this the longer^frc. A prea
ching phrafe5but who this J. is muft not be known,
we hear and read his voyce, but fee no foape, or
man, or chrifli** j fure we need not fear
H h the
£34- The b'mdittgvf all Covenants and Covenanters
tic Reader will make an idiot of him, or take his
Libeltcv on Oracle^ . It were worth awhile to afk
him if he have notfargbttmthe firft queftion of
the Church Catcchifw., What is your name ? The fame
which Chrift putto/£e Dra7/3whoanfwered Legion 3
with, the fa me ill ft letter as this Libeller is called 5
How ridiculous is it to put the Pronoun^ when the
Perfon is afraid 5 or tifhamedto b'e known ? nor if he
were known would it adde any authority to his
words.
TheLibellers § .The reafon of his being fo tedious and imperti-
of°?opcryC »^3at b&JtrtfJhgfclxBd vulgar cavilss rifeth from
and Armmi- his nofe, guilty of a ftrong fmell of Arminianifm 8c
Toyery as he pretends., popular words without any
rime or reafon'^ The Fox is the finder of this ill favour ^
Alas, 'tis not for a man of putrid lungs^ foul breath^
rotten principles and corrupt pra&ifes, to com
plain of /'// fcentSs if Popery favour as bad as idola
try in his noftrils3 yet fure P^mimamfm is not fo bad
as'groffe Jactikdge 5 Nor doth this Cretian Lyar fo
much as mppofe indeed Dr.Gaudetttobe inclined
to either, onely all Epifcopal^th^t is, Catholick and
regular Divines muff be reproached with fome-
thing of calumny, the better to fet off Presbytery5
and the perverfe fenfe of the Covenant ^ in order to
extirpate Epifcopacy, and to take away or keep #/-«
Jhops lands in facrilegious hands. .
^. But one bleflcd word at laft drops from the
Libeller, namely., the prottiife of amends^ by brevity
in the reft of hisprofaneltbel'i The two great ver-
tuesand moft defirable in fo^re^ a fnner^ and fo
idle a bubler^ who counts true and fmart
which dare fearch beyond the plauftble
of
to their good lekdvisur. 3 3 5
t»f mens words and formalities, to the reality of
their atfionf, which beft interpret their intentions,
thefe he calls railing and blafphemy^ beca-ufe they
ih'ikeon the right vein} the great Presbyterian de-
fig^ to batter down the whole frame of Eprfcopacj*
(which Mr.Grafton confeiles) violently to feize
Bifhops and other Church-mens ejiates, againft all
Law and Confcience, thereby to enrich foine f&-
cnltgiout purchafers, to the great joy of the RomA-
niftr, and to the infinite fcandal of the reformed
profeffion.
§. Dr.Gaudcn owns all this as a true glaffe, inSomc
which too many fuch Covenanters as the Libeller nanters
and his friend may fee their faces. iftheCevwtant™*™"*
rr • n I s> L/- h»ve brought
fullers in honed: mens juit jeai0Hjtes9 by tnele mens f0 great jca-
eviljandunjuft facrilegious and cruel dealings, itioufies and
may thank therr ^ that fuch things have been done onPtheCoTc-
\sundeniable, and by zealous Covenanters too, if. it nan t,
were not the meaning of their covenanting^ as to
that claufe againft Epijcopacy^ yea if it were not the
main defign of their covenanting let them at laffc
aft to another fenfe, let them reftore the Church
land* and eftates which they have without Law and
againft all y'uftice taken from the B/fhops, and the ^
Clergy of the Church of England j Let them doju-
fticej love mercy, and rval/^ humbly with God and
man, to their Kings and Superiours in Church and
State} Thefe we know the Lord requires, and no
new Covenants in any thing contrary to thefe can
be/dcm/5 or accepted^ whatever /Vcw////^ or picred-
ncjj'e of Terms be put to it, which the Libeller re»
peats, pag. 17. They are but taking Gods holy and
Na»t& in vain, like putting] guilded frames to
Hh 2 ill
\ $6 The binding ef all Covcnttttf and Covenant ert
ill wrought fi&Hrest will you deal fdftiwfly-, fedit:*
oully^ rebdiiottjh^ ^erjnrionjly-, treackeroHJly, unJHJily^
rr#e//7 again ft God and man, againft Religion^ and
/<?»?, and rcafotf, and humanity.) and common honeftfi
will you to opprcffe Men^ Chriftians, Mittijlers, yea
Father?, and all the excellent Bifhops of fuch a
Church^ yea and the King himfelf as mtrfin% Father
of thofe Fathers, tearing afundcr all bonds of Law
and Government civil and ecclefiaftical, and yet
pretend the taking of a facred Covenant ^ and come
into the hoitfe of God, and cry, the Tcwpleofthe
I. W, The Temple of the Lord are thefe, and we
are delivered to do all thefe Abominations ? Hear O
Heavcw>and be aftoniftied O Earth $ Ask any Chri*
ftian Church, ask any Heathen Senate^ if the tru-3
God of the firfr, or the imaginary Gods of the
feconeL, will accept of fuch bonds ^federations^ com*
pa&Ss or Covenants^ taken in fuch a -finfe^ to fuch
adefign.) and executed to fuch ufes, that facri ledge
may be confecrated^ that robbery of God, of his Son
Chrift Jefus, of his chief Minifters and Servant^
may be let up on an highplacc^. and all ifrael go up
to rvorjhip it^ that Dr. Purges his image may have as
many venerators as the name of Cain and ^udas
fometirnes had, while fuch a "Libeller as this founds
\\\s lorvbell inftead of a Trumpet, and cryes. Come
buy Bifhops Lands , bow down and worfiip this
golden Image of refined Sawiledge : ^. Is this that
Mentis & incoBumgenerofo peEtus
generous juftice, 8c juft generofity which the Hea
then Poet calls for, as the moft welcom Sacrifices to
$he Gods? We read inScripture & elfe where of fome
fttper*
to their good Ithaviour, 237
fupcrft :'•!<>» Co crnel, that it psrfioadtd fathers to
Sacr/ju-i! their Children ro the JJais or Devils , But
we never read any l;!?l fb barbarous that required
Children to facrifice their Fathers ••> Dr. GtiuJert
doth aver thisprodrgieto be the product #/ //.•/'/
^e:, For F'roteftant Vrofejjarstmd Presbyttrs of the
fame proful-nr! to perfeeute, impoveriih^oppreiTe
anddefrroy rrottjtjnt9 yea arid excellent s/jkeps y
yea and their facrcd tutkerity9 and their whole
/wr AJ//0/7, Th it the patrimony or inheritance of
the Church might fall to Tome deftroyers fhare,
either by way of gift or dog peniworths and re
ward for their good fcrvice, or by getting fuch
as proclaim neither bu)ersnor fellers to have any
frrickt confcience.
§. But here the Libeller very gravely asks leave to Lib?i-
fay a few good and true words 5 as much as can be 20.
tgdinft hiwjclfand fo nothing /<? A/T dejign '-> For the
next breath he is at it^ //>4f /'« //?// ^e no Orthodox
and reformed Chriilidn^ Presbyters or pevple did per~
fccute any godly Eifiwps$ Habcmus conjitenteitt re»wy
very true ^ for though they were many Orthodox
and godly 'Bifoopr, yea one and all of them who were
perfecuted ( if plu»dri»g And ftriffing them of re-
vene ws3 honours, houfes, authority and office, be
pcrfccuting ) yet Dr. Gauden believes, as much as
the I//>e//er3that this was done dtftinatety by none
but Chriftians of Heterodox judgement, and moft
deformed manners. Tj,c Liuc
§. ButtheBifhops muft-be blackned, therefore lers good
the Libeller criw/natts fome of them as charged ^opsaod
with Treafen ( but never perfecuted3it feemes ) nor their Landi&j
proved againfb them, nor puniilied on them as Trai
tors;
Tie binding of All Covenants And Covcntntcrf
tors ; Hence he concludes ("as ifthefpirit of
DJthan and Abircim were in him*) that all the other
Eifhopi in England were ungodly men., who fped, he
ajetytYic worfe by the others means, and he
dares to vyt for the whetjioKC^ by faying he knew not
how godly anyBifhops were. Yet afterward by a
mendactus and treacherous memory, confeffeth,
No doubt fomeof thefeBifliops,, whom Dr. Gulden
commendethj were learned and pious$ (yet all
perfecnted) refolveyour own contradlftive rid
dle wretched and obfcure Libellers. In verity or
charity he could not but know what he denies to
know, if he knew no goodtbey had done, yet if he
know no evils they haddonc^ he might have given
candid Teftimony of them 5 for fure the Libeller
( whoever he is ) can be no ftranger to the Eifbops
of England., befides l&Jtwp Juxo^doth he know they
were Hcretick^^ or Schifmaticks, or §imoniackj<> or5
Sacrilegious' 3 or Opfrefibrs of innocent men, or li
centious livers ? have they needed any compur gators^
have they commuted at any time? have they
fold or bought Church Lands ? Have they fought
to overthrow Church and State,Kings and Bifhops
LawsEcclefiaftical and Civil5all magnet charta ? have
they raifed tumults or floned any Presbyters from
the aflcmbly members from the Parliaments?yea
have they not been many of them3 moft of them,
all of them, either unblaineable or very commen
dable, or indeed admirable men, for preaching,
writing^ ruling^ living, fuffering? and dying* fuch as
are now at reft in the Lord, and above ibeflaxdejtt
off neb afelleeus tongue and pen (to borrow and re-
- tort one of his wcids upon .him.
§• Weary
1o ikt-ir good behaviour. 239
f
6. Weary and tired at laft as a mad dog, he yet
pants zndjflgf on^ he fomcs andfnaps as he/M^e/9 at
Laud, Bjflvp Pierce , Dr. li'rtn. Dr. Goodman and
If ////<* «/j5 with forre other Capricious Pragmaticl^^
as he calls them3 for crying out (" it may be lefs^/jf-
crcef/jythan became f/ta/r gravity and conftancy)
to K/»g rfW Parliament^ where they were e^er^ J^
rw^ f0 beflencd, or pulled inpeices by tumultuary
rtibblt's^ When none but fupreame power could
preferve their fafetiz^honpurs and lives 5 I believe
if this Libeller or his ^r Dr. Surges had been in
fjbar ctffl', he would have roared louder then
,/I/rfr.r £/;d T^/?C« he was wounded by Diowedcs'-) No
othcrBJfiops(he faith ) but were honored^ if learned
and godly indeed^ of which qualities this Libeller
is afadjudg '•> nor do the words become his tounge or
pen 3 if the world miftake not f£e «/4/r 4^ ^/> r<?w-
municAtion ) They were honored, even they, fuch
as "Rifl:- op Hall) Eifiop Winntf^ Eip^op Trideanx^ Rifiop
WftfieM9WJb<>p%rvwiri*g9jex*ttd ¥>ifiop Ufoer too
( for he had Carlile in Cumberland for his fupport )
thefe were honored, that is3 all their Church reve-
•ntrts^ haul esjandfj profit S) honour^ office and authority
as Bifhops, were t* ken awty \ I have known fome
Biiliops ( as good as the befr I have named) deJIre
and accept of ten pounds to relieve their diftrcfcd
Estates., yet they had neither wife nor Child 5
Ifthis£/£e//erandhisDr. Purges were come to be
thus honourcfl^fare the Enghfo World and Londex
and Wells would rejoyce to find great merits fo
jnftly and amply rewarded } Not iomuch for their
fuppofcd Treafcn and Tyranny and ruffling and cere-
monioufnefs., which the Libelkr falfly imputes to
the
24° TJ&e lining of all Covenant f And CQVW (inters
the Englifl) Bifhops as for their Sacrilegious cruelties
and impudent calumnies again ft rvorthv Brflwps, and
in them againft the whole Church of EngUnd and
•Clergy againf* the King who preferred them, yea
and againft that God who befrovved excellent gifts
and graces on many of then], whofe Names fliall be
as a pretiom perfume to all ages^ when this L-ib&ilcrt
( if it were worth knowing or he durft own his evil
and abhorred felf) will be as his Carcafejbeft when
buried and hidden , being fo putrid that no Egyptian
confectioner can make it into mummy.
0- Having thus freed my felf of thit Lrbe/hr,
and left him either to fnarle or lick his wounds as
hepleafeth} I am not to (light Mr. Graftcw, by
leaving him without fuch <<» anfiver^ as he may
in juftice and civility expcff from me, though he
hath fome hony as a Bee, yet he hath his ftin^ as a
Presbyterian wajp j But he is to be treated different
from the hornet of the Libeller^ whofe aiiue is to
drive and keep all Bijhops, l^eans and Prebendsout
of their Lands and Houfet, as thofe littre, but fell
l»ft&s did ( armed with Divine vengeance') the
Qananites out of the Land.
$. Mr. Graftoninftezd of proving ^Covenant
fas to the Presbyterian fence and defign tgrinft
EifoopSs&c.) to be ratihed by any precept in the
New Tcjis.ment^ or examples of any Chrifbiansin
fucceeding ages, fives to juftifieit bydi&atet of
of Nature 5 by paralels, difcoveries of the old Tefta*
mentjny politick, Art* Jbepttingttqi people or Church
National. $. Truly on the fame grounds that fo
much by his or others decry ed with^ &c, in
it) which excluded Popery and confirmed the
already
to their good behaviour*
..' and fitted Fpifcopacy oftheChurch ofEn^-
land had been as lawful and/*crtY/as thisCovenant,
and in fome refpefts much more allowable^ be-
caufe that it dilTeized no honeft man of his free-hold
or Eft ate'-) But the Covenant did many in its con~
fequences at laft, that was againft Innovation and
Presbyterian usurpation.) contrary the common Law,
and all Ecclefiaftical Canons} This in fome mens
aim and fenfe and endeavours fought to bring m
^ r
§. After this light muffling., Mr. Grafton makes pirt'rifui
ries which anfwer themfelves, but prove no-evafions.
thing againft Dr. Gattdens afcrtion., ( which is,
that no erigents of Religion ever did put any
Church or Chriftian fabje&s upon fuch a way of
publique Covenanting without and Againft their
Sovereigns afcnt, yea and to alter Laws Fftablifiecl,
and ancient excellent euftoms in Church and State j )
Prove this good Mr. Grafton, in any time of the
Churches profp-ritj or perfectttioti $ what Synod or
Counfels. ^what Senate, what rarliament,wh&t Chrifti
an Pftfp/v1 Sc fltbje&s to ^^K/^orEmperour^hrifti-
an or Heathen, ever thought of covenanting againft
the Laws eftablifhed againft the Emperours ex-
prefife command, or againft the Bifoops and govern,
ment of the Church, who wore of the fame faith
and profdlion^ I know the Kovatianf9 Donatifts,
Brians and others;oft confpired againft the Ortho
dox Eijhops and Presbyters 3 but ftill even thefe
Schifmatickfaand Hereticks, had their Bifiopsand
Ppifcopacy us the Chriftian and Apoftolick method
of Churcn government^ no Icfle univerfal than con-
ftant, and neceflary in the Church, as much as
242 'ihc bittditig of all Covenants and Covenanters
gijtrates are for Cities, or Matters for Col ledge?, or
Cheiftains for Armies, or Pilots for Ships ") As St.
"jerom fpcafys.
§. Next he poor!}', not like mi Eatfe but a
jp ** I * I 1 1 » i U 1 1 1 . - ,-v <
jp ** I * I 1 1 » i U 1 1 1 . - ,-v I <
thehcly bira> I coops to feed upon that l<fk&&~ gee 'deaf* arid
If-sgiie or noy Co we cark,afs of the.fo cal led'Jio! y Awe//? mPr&nce
iMri/zn MCtl- ^^ ' j , , r , . ,- • , '-' 5
on in fwace. as ^ verY exefffplarjf pa rale I for his holy Covenant, 5c
a kind o( directory in Chriftian Policy 5 Sure he
might J'ave found other, more factious paferns., but
all of this taji century, as that in Spain , when 7^«
Padilla who was a godly Jl&tfhr of MI (-rule, en
gaged the faithful 1 people to rebel with him, fo
that that of the Ctti'nfef,3iS they called themfelves,
in ¥ landers '•> So that of the Bohemians, and poilible
fome others of the like fort5much after the tune of
and the reformers of
Allthefejas they had much of fewer
and popular fadion in them, (o they were very
fatally ruinous to their authors and abettors, no way
advancing either good of Church or State 5 Having
no better effecls than as yet we in England have
found and felt to our coft by the Covenant, either
taken or kept in a Presbyterian fenfe.
§. After this Mr. Griffon frranges at Dr. G an. fans
Mr. (?^fr,)« not finding the like lineaments in the Covenant ( if
fad paralel cljftoried to a Presbyterian fenfe ) as are in the
^MrhL-wlBaPfifoal cove«ant; The inconfift^cy is plain,
OLCJICII L-aWs ir*!! » • 1 • T^, I "T*
and the and rally explained in Dr. Gaudens anfwer to the
'L'bcller, if -AS "B apt if me binds us to imitate the hu-
xni^ty, juftice, meeknefs, patience, fubmiflion,
crofs and charity of Chrift, fo this fhall oblige us
to idfttftice, oppreffion, fa&ion, f edition, pier Hedge
and lliades of mifer able Innovations, con
trary
to tleir good btkavtiur. 243
trary to well eftablifhed and tryed Laws, for
Government in Church and State •> At this rate the
Covenant will appear with a wituefs9 as Dr. Gaudcn
truly fufpecrs to be apiece of polity rather than
piety in fome men, and to have more ofthejefyite
than ci ' Jefus } ofMatckiavil then theGtf/pt?/ j of Bar-
/w/^j/than Eaptifwe.
{,. Do not fay if fo found you will renounce the
Covenant'™ any fuch fenfe or intent or praclife ,
Pofiibly Mr. Graft on is as confident and as innocent
in his intentions as Jofephs Brethren were rfftealing
his divining cup^But open fome of hisCovenanting
Brethrens facks, and you will find there very much
contrary to the Raptifaalvovp) againfl flefh, World
and Dew/ ^ The Efc&tcs 0f innocent men9 Rifiops and
of hers by no I ,JJP forfeited, yet taken from them ;
Which Church Lands, yea all well nigh fold, this
famous reformed and flourimingChurch grievoufly
deformed 6>c (hamcfully robbed^This wholeNation
in) ured, and abufed, the late glorious King hereby
tortured on the racks of Schifme, Sacriledge, be
tween convenency 8c confcience, between honour
and fafety, living and dying, between fetting up
Presbytre'y againft his foul, and deft ray ing Epif-
copacy, againft alljufticc.
$ . Good Sir, were we Chriftians of England bap-
tifed intothefe puddles? Or were we not rather
wujfa'd from thefe filthy abominations as Chriftians
and fubjcCts, did you Covenant againft thefe ? Alfo
againft al\Sc}\\(me.lpr0favcnefs*Stf[)crJl/ti<>n, 8c what
ever is againft the power ofgodlinefs?why did,and
do you or any men act then or now to bring inPrej-
which is a potent and pregnant Schifwe inthe
I i 2 Church
244 Ike binding of all Covenants ami Covenanters
Church and State of England to be fure ^ Why do
you Covenant confufedly at once., againji evil And
good^ againft ufe and abufe, againft what may bc-utt-
f aw full in faft, and i he very good Laws themfelves in
force ? Whence hath all the vaftation of church and
State^ the profaning of C 'hitrches and-'church-wca
and all things fa creel rifen of late years > By what
fluces opening have all thefe innovations flowed in
upon u«j and fo long prevailed, till of late , by a
miraculous revolution of ~ divine mercy to the King
andKingdome and Church, we have feen foine
period to the malignant -influence of modern co
mets.
$. If the C0we#rf»f be againft all thefe inordinate
liiftf and violent a&ions,> in which fo much ofjkfi,
world and Devil are to be feen $ Speak O you godly
Covenanters , let us fee your good meanings by
your good works, elfe, quid verb a audiam • <\uuw
fafla v'ideam ^EirfLeaft out Reelzebub and his Angeli
out of his & your ufitrpationS) out of your illegal &c
fticrilegioits pojjejjions^ ref>ore by the fame loyalty as
you have done the King, the Bifhops and others to
their rights, reftorethe Church of England to its
priltine Order, Authority, Honour, and Govern-
mentjSubmit to thefe licitis & honeftisjbat h ivethe
rule ovcryon in church and Mate under God and the
King 5 Let us have no more if and ands3nor Pres*
byterian policies, and Independent projeds 3
which are endlefsand every day given to change^
. asthe/>0/?w/£rwind blowes^) ceafe to do cvil^ and
Yearn to do good? Let us fee the good tree by its
good fruitssthis do & let the Covenant livejn nfitb-
erdinttiw to Gods word and the Laws of theLand,
yea
to their good behaviour.
Vea, nnd the Catholick judgement andcuftomeci
the Church, in point or venerable Epifcopjcy^ affift-
ed by a fulordinate Presbytery^ By this you cove
nanting Presbyters (hall be known to be ingenuous
and hone ft men, and if credit more than conscience
do yet check you from chcarfuil fubmitting to
your /,/IV/A'/ Cover nours the Jirflwps, in active and
filial obedience^ At kali let them have your Jiknt
and pajjivcfttbmijfion--) Truely they are more afraid
of you, whofe Presbyterian chaftiimgs have been
very cruel,than you need be of them} Let the Laws
be the meafure of your \nl>jcttion f though they
were not of your Empire and Covenant, as they
mutt be of Biihops authority and rule , Thus you
will foon agree, but do not think good Mr-Graft on
that you or your party as good Presbyters muit
correct Magnificat^ or rule Church and State,know
your own laft and proportions^ it may be you fee
your felves in a falfe St flittering magnifying glajs,
as if you and your party and intereft were more
confiderable than indeed you are} There is
a way to pleafe the moft and beft of all forts
of goxlly Minifters and fober people with re-
ftored and regulated Epifcopacy : with doing
Bimops right, and neither Presbyters nor peo
ple any wrong^ which way I believe the Kings
wifdom will take, and all good Bijhopswill follow 5
Do not think by fticklingfor the Covenant in the
rigid fenfe of fomc men. againftjttfi/ce., reafon, law,
zndrekgiov and all antiquity, to engage all in a
ntv> w*r, or eternal Iroyl^ onely to gratifie a faction}
This hook will catch no worefifi, the bait is gone,
and the bare hook, appears 3 the Scotch have had
their
binding of all Covstztnts Mid Cov wi
their belly full of the Covenant,
£0^". *• This (Mr- G>^>0 is no *>ptyto*' ' '/'WCas
txprdli.m. you lift to write) put an honcji^plain and /w.--
perAvafion to youD and z\\ your party $ We muff
not, we will not, and by Gods help we fhali not
be wifcrable a fecond time upon a Vresbyterwl *. .7
venture, and the novelty of any fuch Covenant -,
either bring your Covenant to good old ChrittLm
Principles and legal praCtife of England^ or it muft
and fhall bs nulled fo far as it differs from them, nor
have you duft or fmoak enough now from armies
or tumults to blind the peoples eyes •-, Nor will it
fufficewitha popular oratory, to pretend that the
late Epifcop&cy in England was a vain pomp or glory
of the wor!<i3c£v. § . You may fay fo of all worldly
glory '., compared to higher excellencies, or if vainly
ufed; But if well and worthily enjoyned to know
that you never covenanted in Eaptifwany more a-
gainft the lawful. eftates3 honours, authority, and
ornaments Q£ Biftwpf, than you did againft your
own Sever hat, or Silk ilockings 5 or your filk
Catlbck, and fine Gloves, or your good cheer, and
City feafts, or their fpruce and decent chat king.,
or your power in your family, as a Father, Husband
and Mafter, or your authority as a Minifler in your
living^ abufe thefe, and you fin againfbvour Bap-
tifm, but ufe them all well, yea and a great eftate,
yea and honour to boot if you can get them, I be^
lieve you will not fee any Munkifti fcruple in your
Confcience againft them, nor any godly caufe to
take a new Covenant againft the very ufe of them,
becaufe they have been and may be abufed by fome
men.
§. It
to then' gfod behaviour.
§. It is thenagrear mi<rakein Mr.G^/>'*5 W^|j?7rJcJ4
fav that Dr. Gaiidtn declared rprjcop.Hj in itsn,,r ondy a
wonted eminency, to be a tr*dMc***A ^'^verlale^oiuk d
olA-rr ttion '-> It was fo indeed in all ages and places trad!'tioilihac
till of late, but not onely fo,it hath further Itamp* » £;™nivc
nud impreffions of «'/w»e ordt-r and wifdom, ^ in'li'fu'li0n.
Scripture precept and Apoftolick pattern, ot all
rkht reafon, order, prudence, policy, and due
portions ofyverWHt ; But the firit of univerfal
r« Home *to&ccnfcnt is not: to be deffifed by any fober
ChriftiW) for it gives a great c/0//c' and luftre to tne
canon of' the Script ure, to the Lords Aw, and to
tefrnt-liaptifta as well as to E/>//f*lM/einiriency.
§ All which, and not onely this of fpifcoptty,
are 'owned with all due refpcdl : to the ™r*city9
fidelity citfto»M and cwftancy of the Church ot
thrift 'by all Epfto$d Dromes as much as Tresbjte*
ri i»/,not excepting the L^/^ j if Mr. C«/v» and
his followers be counted rrestywtt in your
fonfe who are you know not very (trait laced, as
to the divide right of the Lord, day, by way of ^
divine Precept confining it to the firfday of the
week- % L » • n.
$ Mr Crayons manv light touches about BiJhoptVrte**.
-nl'Ewfcopacy, as to the name, office, degree, or- $™£n
der and authority in Scripture, is to begin a new for Rr,rco.
andLee </(//»«", « which no man can well receive P-CV^ ^
*-l •* A ^^ «J v'*« I . l**x.-~^.ll*.V-«j-i*-£il*"f «-»-s *^.t-^ V ^\T" " . x-
r 3 n i A.- rprc-iui
ion that denm credit toall theteftimony o^,illft ,,tef.
Wiftoritnts of theb>rcry.
They beft interpret any ambi-
f names in Scripture ^ they beft
•win the Church, thefucceffi-
^Uiinfi*"f vji'v** ' J .
the : officers, the difference between the
community
The binding of all Coven mtf ami Covenanters
community of Chriftian duties as ProfefTbrs, or be
lievers of the common verity., and the fyccialty of
office as preachers, or Minifters in common., and the
fingular cmincncy of Bifhops, as Rulers or Gover
nors, in the Churches order and policy, who have
ever been the chief eondnitf^ confervators and de
rivators of all holy orders, difcipline, and govern
ment} Nor can Mr. Graff on inftance one age with
out them.
§. His agnition, if it will hold, is ingenuous,
and that which Dr. Gauden waits for; namely, that
the Covenant is not levelled againft any real excel
lency C of abilities^ gjft.c^gr^cef^ authority^ ejtateot
honour) in the Bifhops, but againft an unwarrantable
greatneflTe, power, and authority, either a {Turned
by them,or attributed to them,without and againft
the Law of God and rnan$ very good, we agree,
let the word of God and its patterns, let the Law
and cuftom of the Church univerfal be themea-
fure of this Epifcopal dignity ^ower^ and authority^
fee what it was in Ignatius^ Inenius^ Tertulliany3&d
Cyprians times, and the firft 6co. years, but let not
every private Presbytery, or petty fraternity fum-
inon Bifhops to their tribunal^ ifBifhops doarro^
gate or aft beyond the Law, the Law hath its coer
cion for their extravagancy, as well as for Presby
ters, what the Law gives Bifhops, and they have
enjoyed thefe many hundred years, it is very envi
ous and infolent in Presbyters to call it an unfitting
honour} And it is no lefle injury, that's high in-
juftrceand facriledge to exclude them from their
right , or to rob them of them by violence and
'i which I fee (for all his good nature by fitsj
Mr.
to their goodlehaviwr.
Mr. Graft on will be ready to do, if he have a pirty
once again ftrong enough to vtil (as he vilely ex-
prefTeth it) that pompon worldly ftute and wicked ^
fuperiority which C6m7j governor? had obtained, vir.
one inftance of which pomp he gives (more like a great
r*flictpd*nt, wmechamck. P/e*«M«, than a civil
Gentleman, or a well bred Scholar) in the Lawniawn
fleeves, I fuppofe he means the rocket and chymer g
too,v/hich Bifhops in England do ufe. namcncs
$. Et pueriliternimif} & Jcurriltter fitis, is this
your gravity and oratory good Mr. Grafton > Is this
a Tin 3 or fault., or (hame, or an unlawful pomp to
be found fault with in Bifliops? Have you no greater
jnjfancesof your fcandals from their cloaths and
ornaments? It is a very hungry $7 of malice and
envy that lights on thefe neither coftly or flatting
ornaments ; I confeQe I never faw any fuch glory
in them, but rather have wondred how our ancient
and reformed Bifliops in England did not chufe to
themfelves fome other mens grand, mafculine,
rich^uguft, and venerable garments and attire,
nearer their Dottors gown?Dor the Parliament robes,
or the jfo^e-fveftments. Truly to me thefe white
habits ever feemed rather Arguments of madefy^
humility, zndjimplicity in Biftiops, than of pride
orpomp3fortoexpreiTe (as fome fancied j by the
white linnen breft-plate and (leeves, candorem pttto-
r//, ciftitatem corporis, 6" charitattm operis 5 The
candour of their mind, the chaftity of their bodies,
and the charity of their works. §. Alas, is your
pique at thefe poor things, that are io near a kind
to rags and tindar> Truly this petulant paftage
arcues a more vulgar, trivial, and rlebeian fpirit,
K k than
25° ihfimtdwg of all Covenants 'and Covenanters
than ! wifh in Mr. Grafton^ or any man that means
well : The Libeller is not fuch an Idiot as to think
God pkajed with blac^ and offended with white,
Nor hath hli'.Grafi&n caufe to fufpeci fo by the
Angels appearing, or the Emblems of Chrifts glorj
and prefence in his transfiguration } Are there not
fome that will quarrel too at your girdle^ and
cajjock.) and govon^ if you dare ufe them? Is not the
cuftome of any Countrey made the Law of its
fafoion > and therefore thought comely becanfe
cuftomary9 the fancy being reconciled to all things
by the knocimum oculorum eyes intercefiion., and
wontcdnefle to behold them ?
£. Truly it is high time for you to give over
pumping up your malice againft ^iQiops and Epif-
copacy.) for you now draw the very dregs of in
fantile efFufions 5 Did your Covenant blanch at
thefe toyes, no leffe than at other innocent Certwo-
ni&s^ more than at bloudy colours (in comparifonj
I pray Co4 you may never find greater faults in
BHhops, or fpotjs inthe Englifb Epifcopacy., than the
_p:r/5?/c///V/asyoucall it fit may be you mean con-
fpicuity of their lawn fleeces ) I doubt not., but they
may laft with honour in this church, after you and
I are in our winding (heets. Nor (hall you want
proof either of t\ie antiquity of tbefe vcjles can-^
did# in facris>.t\\Q ufe of white veftures in the
Chriflians facred folemnities3 or of the conflant
and uninterrupted fucceffion of BiJItopf, as chief
Governours of the Church,, above Pretlyters in all
ages, though with their confefle afllftance and
brotheriy counfel pf the graveft of them as occar
fion required, which Dr. Gaaden, is fo far from
rifipng
1o their vood behaviour* 2<>r
O - - T?
rrfujtttg, that he is ambitious of it, after St. Cy$rsans
modtjly and humility^ who yet was a quick vtndicii*
tor of his Epifcopal eminency and aw authority
againft any fa&ious Presbyters^? Deacons, who were
not fo foon to be found in their Parochial livings
by many hundred years, as Bifhops were in their
Cities and Dioccfes^ from which they fent their
Tresbyters into the Countries, zsoccajion required^
which Bifhop Vficr and many others have proved fo
clearly to them, if you lift to read, that I need not
here adde my Candle to their Tapers.
$. Mr. Griffons clofe or farewell to thefe oblique M
reflections upon the Covenant, confifts onely in re- begs ami
peating fome of Dr. Gaudcns words, and begging «
not proving the queftion^ fo concluding myfterially *
againft Dr. Gaudcn^ who affirms and demonftrates
beyond all rational and confciencions reply y that if
this Covenants fenfe and import be not reconciled to
the efl.iblified government of the Church ofEngUnd
according to Larvy to the legal and jufl rights of 5/-
Jbops^ to the Kings Supremacy in things Ecolejtaftica.1^
and to every Subjects duty or allegiance^ as to hrs
obedience according to Laws of God and man 5 It
will follow, that in good earneft, there can be nei
ther Law of God or man requiring., impoftng^ or com-
probating any fuch Covenant to be fo taken or kept,
Sottiulerfto0a'jt$ Mr.Grafton and the Libeller fccm
ftill to urge it, againft the juft rights of Epifcopacy
in England.
§ . This notwithftanding, he as boldly as blindly
concludes, by a very weal^ and womanijh flajh, that
the Boanerge/es of the Presbyterian pdriy' will find
caufe to cry out again-ft C»v&ndnt-breaki^ nor arc1
Kk 2 they
252 7/je binding of all Covenant f und Covenanters
they mo re will ing than Pharaoh and the Egyptians.
were to goto the Jfrtditcs^ to re lea fe the credu
lous confcicnces of the vulgar from thofe fupcrftiti*
aus^injurioiis and difioyal bonds, by which they have
captivated them to the inter.eftsot Presbytery, in
order to rob, and fpoi!3 and deftroy Bifhops, that
were moft worthy men, and to extirpate that Epif-
copal government and authentic, which is in En
gland, conform (as to the main) to the c.uftome o£
all ancient i primitive, and pureft Chttr:hes , and to
change our Laws civil and ecclcjiiftical3 which are
fo long woven together by a fuccefiion of 500. nay
a 1000. years ^ And laftly to impofe by will and
/0m1, by vulgar importunity and popular infolency,
fuch Laws, Rites., and Government Ecclejiaftical9
upon King and Parliament., Clergy and Laity,.
Nobility., Gentry, and Commonalty, as (hall feem
mod convenient to falve the credit of Tome flick?
lers for the Covenant in their rigid and unlawful!!
Presbyterian finfe 5 And all this ne videantur erraje,
that thefe Mafiers ("forfooth) may be honoured be
fore a few people, our Laws muft be all unhinged,
our Church government fubverted , the King
endlefly molefred. Heaven and Earth Church and
State muft be embroiled, and a Covenant, which
hath neither Cods nor the Kings authoritative
Jlam^ upon it3muft tanquam epoftlintinio be revived
and urged again to fuch a ftrain of innovation and
alteration In Church and State, as is neither con-
fiftent with equity or charity, reafon nor religion,
true piety or Chrijtian policy , no nor with common,
honefty and humanity , And all this to make good
the retreat of fome frefumptuoHt or fuperftitiout
fresbyters
1o thi.ir good behaviour. 253
.^ whom it would become much better to
fee iv/^/^we, and own with forrow their awctrys
and tranj ports, to recant and renounce their po
pular and faftious both opinions and pra&ifes, to
ck-prccate the rigor of the L./w, and the Kings juft
feverity , Not to ineroach upon3 or abufe his
great clemmcy* But to acquiefce numbly and thank
fully in theie gracious remifiow^ indulgences and
reformations which his Ma jefty was and is willing to
grant 9 And had declared fo much long ago, to
the great fatisfa&ion of all bone ft and fob er men j.1 the,
immodeft and unfatiable irnportunitie of forne
ndling men, had not by the Kings conccjjionshight*
ned their factions demands.
§. Nor (hall Mr. Grafton^rt any man ofconfcience The c.vc-
need to go further for a juft and ingenious nant is by us
refolution of the Covenant, than it feif, whofe cwn words
n \ I t . ' r ]' J bound to ics
frnfe, operation^ injinence and obligation., is lo limited gooabeha-
by its own general words,that no man is permitted, viour.
ashecannoty///?/^ be obliged, to a6t any thing in
profecution of this Covenant,further than is agree
able to the Word of Cod, and the duties of his place
and calling, of which the Law of the Land is the
bound and limit 3 if men cannot actively conform to
the Laws of man, the Law of God commands them
quietly to fttbwit., With patience and peace, without
murmuring^ Sedition^ Fa&ion or Rebellion } To begin
or foment 3 which I fuppofe no honeft man can
Covenant^ and I am in charity prone to think this
Covenant intended no fuch thing in many mens
fenfe, lam fure it cannot bind any man to fuch
deflres, endeavours or praftifes, if it do by any
letter of it) capable o£ no better fenfc or interpret a«
ff bindingefall Coven Ants and Covenanters
o be fure it is fo far veyd and null jtifa can it be
called a /;rt^4/>;^Oicthat Covenant*, which did and
could never bind men ; For nothing binds the
foul or confcience of any man, but Gods mcr.il ties
and commands 5 Or inch Jpentamous and particular
vows of our own ,as are conform^ not any way con-
traryjo thofe general obligations of Gods will in his
word, and in right reafon or principle f of common
jufiice declared in the Laws of 'the Land; All
beyond., beiides or againft thefe,is either impiou^
injurious or juperftitious , and To can be of no
validity to the judiciousjChriftian.
The Libel- I* is now time^for me to return to my Libeller,
iersob- and to fee how ingenious a confeflion he make?,
(vinare hard- having been put, by Dr. Gaudcx. upon the rack of
ne(s and im- - ;. r u r £ *j ^
penirency in right real on , the Law of the Land 3 the Cathohck
hsi forth cuftome of the Church of Chrifr, and the rules of
propoicion, tfHe Re^gw^ which fufFer no man to bind his own
or anothers foul , beyond that morality, piety,
loyalty, juftice and charity which they en-
joyne.
§. But he fturdy and obfcinate to the death, and
refolved to make good his own, and the intrefl of
Dr. Burgefyastohispurchafe or hopes of Church
Lands, and is fo far from confejflng any thing jitfi,
hone ft , pznetent or ingenious , that although his
skin be almoft^^W off9 and it onlyjfe^r now f as a
rabbets ) at his he*d And ears , yet he kicks and
flings and bounds very defperately ; yea he very
pertinaciouily bellows out his fourth proportion '-as
fome Popes did their B»/// and brutifo thnnderbmtts of
undeferved excommunication., threatning all with
be re (for it (eems he ho-pes to raife an
Army
t o their good b j
y and encrcafe Dr. Eitrgts\\\$ quondam
\vtilwjon.} IN ay and damnation hereafter, as it
he had the faye* not only of cdmf>ur,<atiott> but ot
Hell it [elf *> And all this terror no is ft come upon
the FHtfifi World., King and people, Biihops ami
Presbvters, if they do not constantly and confci-
cntioufly obferve the Covenant, even as to the
point of extirpating Epffcopal Govern wetft as by
LAW eftablifledm England, although there be no
thine in tktefiicrarchy oiChurch-GovernMertt proved
contrary to the word of Cod, as the power of god-
\\nefs, or the ct/ftoMeefPrinthMe Churches., or to
the" rule of right reafon , or the meafitre of true
policy '-) Nothing againft faith or good manncrr,
if anv little things be <i«/;/>3 cxcejftve or deft 8iwein
theconftitution or cufloniary execution 0f that
G0ventmen*>&*y are eafl]y fwty<* &r ^formsd by
oodly andvoife^iftop^gedd Laws.
S. Yet upon point of damnation this Covenant
muft be obferved9 even to that Prsdyterian rigor of
TcnCe and ejfetf , which is evidently contrary ftq the
dutVfff£hrrfti**s and good fulij^s, as. to y.OW, *-
bedicnce due to the L^n?/ eftablithed, to the King as
fnpretne9 to the tiniverfal good cuftoins and order
ofthisandall Chur-cbes heretofore ?. Contrary -alfo
tothxtbothcharitj and ^«/^ which is due from
•ill men to one another, rrotto d-efmye any of what
pfare and honour, and Authority they are lawfully
poftcffed of, and which they have! no way forfeit
ed
'fi And all this inn ft: be; driven on aftec long
troubles bvvertue of a C^e»*^^which; 1&t)&f
God nor the Kwr&nor' our2^»/ e^^ &joyae&nor- ^ the
example
25?
2 5 6 I'he binding of all Covenants And Covenant erf
example of any famous Church commended, nor
any profperotis or pious events and fuccefts have
endeared to the Nation, nor one half of the Nation
ever took 5 And few that did, ever took it or in-
te#dand defiretokeep it in any fuch an Epifropal
fenfes The generality of all people. Nobility,
Gentry, Minifters and others, (no Jefs than the
Kings declared pra6Hfe3teftifying. that they defire
to be governed in Ecclefiaftijal affairs ) and by
good B7/Z'<?pj-,according to the good Laws and cu flows
of this and all ancient Churches.
§. But this head-jlrong and bold bayard (the
Libeller) is yet fo hard-hearted or hard-mouthed,
as not to check,, at this (harp bit and bridle, put
into his mouth^ and the whole Nations, by his de
nouncing ( as from the Troops) definition and
damnation to *ll England that keep not this Cove
nant to his fenfe, that is, fo as may fave theftafa or
adventure of Dr. B^^e/andhisafTociatesin their
purchafe of Bifhops /Lands, &c.
$. Yet here he ftops,and rebounds a little at his
own infdlency 9 which .crying out dvrus fermj, this
, is a hard faying, and fo indeed it is worthy of fo
'hard an heart, and forehead , and hand, as this
\flif-ntcked and impudent Libeller bears about
rhim.
r ^. The learned and moft Scholaftical djfyutant
\ Dr. Eurges., hath an aniwer in his paraaoxof Sacrj-
ledg which very handfomely eludes,as he thinks.all
thofe many condemnations and cttrfes^thoCGfacre^
folemn abjurations of old ufed and affixed by many
Founders and Doners of Lands and revenews to
Teligious and charitable ufes, by which to deter all
covetous
to their good behaviour. 257
covetous fpirits from adventuring injurioufly to
alienate from, or deprive the donors ot thofe gifts $
He there very briskly avoids thofe Thunder-bolts j
what that faying, The curfe caufelefsfoall not corns
with more Sophijiry and fallacy than confcience or
jufrice in many ofthefe cafes, which he aims at, e-
fpecially as to Eiftiops and Church-lauds jn which he
WAS deeply engaged.
§. And may not Dr. Gauden with the good leave Noda!rnar«.
of fitch a purcbafer, make ufc of hi* exprejfion, in a on to rhofc
t-^much more clearly, honeft, juft and confci- **"'}*"<?,
entious> N either definition here, nor damnation vcnlnt in*
hereafter ftiall ( as to the merit of this cafe ) befall Presbyterian
thofe who do not C as they ought not by the Laws fcnfc*
ef God or man} obferve or keep that Covenant
taken, Sep. n. 1645. in fuch a fenfe as is deftru-
ft jvc to that Primitive, Catholic^ Chr/ftian, and
legal Government by Bifhops in the way otEpifcopacy
which was then by Law fetled in Engtand^nA ever
was., as to the main of its order, authority, and
policy in this, and all Churches fince they were
Chriftian.
#. His i. Argument^ which muft be the anvil ^-^- 2T-
and hammer by which this Cyclopt or Boamrecs muft irhe Ubcl"
i r> \ ' w i i \ • • " lets vain tcr~
forge and enforce his Thunderbolts ) is 5 God will re- rours and
quire performance, and feverely punifh the breach curfcs'
of a lovwant^ if made between mm and man, ergo,
of this &c. The Ljhellcr was never taken for a
good dif put ant, no more than Dr. Rurges9 elfe he
would have limited the major to only Lawful Co
venants between man and man } Such as are of
things in our mor.il power , neither to Gods novmant
injury, Elfe that propofition is a rankly ftlfe,
L 1 and
250 The lindiffg of all Covenants and Coven Ant ert
and fallacious, as its -propofers dimes are.
2. He tnujl prove the r/t in or proposition ^ that this
Covenant which he fo urgethto be obfirved in a
fenfe$k/?r«#7^eto the Epifcopacy of England^ ejh-
blijhed by Law, is in that/W^ notion and ddign
lawful 5 Or reconcilable with the duty we o\v by
Gods and mans /laws. I. To the King as Supreme.
2. To the Church and our Countries honour and
peace. 3. To th? glory ofCocl^ in the well Govern
ment of this Church. 4. To the reputation of
reformed Religion. 5. To the confcienceand care
oFavovding<y*m/e6fe, Schifme, andfatfjon, 6. To
the juftice we ow to all godly3honefr, anddefirving
men, fpecially Alini&ers , yea and chief Govern-
ours., or Fathers of the Church, as Eifljopr^ whom
no man can lawfully Covenant to degrade of their
dignity, or deprive of their eftates, and deftroy, as
to their authority , any more than their perfons or
life, contrary to Law, No more than he may thus
Wickedly^ cruelly and injuftly act againft them;
which injuries by fome deiperate men have been
meditated and promoted., of which the Libeller loves
not to hear, nor dare he patronize them, for fear of
poor Peters his fate.
§. But to palliate the loofenefs., fraud, and fal
lacy of his 4. damning proportions, he hajfans as if
all were Gofpel ^ he writs to prove his hard^ but trtte
faying ( as he calls it j of vengeance againfi: Co
venant breakers, by induction of fome particular
inftances out of the Scripture.
^. God confirmed., he faith5therafl] fraudulent
and iacoxfiderate oath made to the Gibeonites, and
puniQied Sauls psrjurioHs zeale againft them ^ ergo ^
Covenant
to their good behaviour. 25?
Covfn-txt take" jbtrudedjtrzed& in a fence injurious
to God and good «/e#3muft be fo kept, as this Libeller
and others defign.
§. The fraud of this Sophifar lyes in confound
ing all Covenant^ as if they were all of a fize,
pxralel and equsL whether^*/? or HnJHfl-> hwfid or Hn~
lawful., with due authority or without it, againft
things, good, or evil, or indifferent.
i . The League or Covenant made by 'jojhna and of rhe
the Princes of Ifrael was only civil and ficuldr^ league be-
not Religious . 2. It was made by the chief r^w/e/
and authority of the Nation. 3. It was in things
within their power as civil and fecttlar. 4. It was to l'u.
the iriytry of no honeft men. 5. Though it was
ra(h and unadvifcd in point of prudence, and thpfe
rules of policy, as to war with thofe Nations, which
God had given to the ifralites, yet God confirmed
it. i. To punifh their rafhnefs and unadvifednefs.
2. To preferve the L aw and leagues of man-kind,
when poflibly begun by an honefr fraud & furprizcs
yet afterward deliberately confirmed as this was.
5. God had mercy for the pew Gibtonites ^ as lefs
finners, or now more difpofed to fear and repent
than others of the Nations , Therefore though God
punifheth their/r^Wby fervitude,yet he will have
the oath and Covenant made good^Since it was not
to the injury of any3 but themfelvef, who might
juftly3and without Jtn, bear any diminution put up
on themfelves in fecular and civil concernments.
§. Tell me now f O Egregious Libeller} is your
cafe and fenfe and intended execution or the Co-
venant like this .<? Begun without, yea againft the
will of the Supream Magiftrate by a part of the
L 1 2 Nation3
ike binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
Nation, $ i ft taking it upon themfilvcs 9 and then
feeking to itnpofe it on others by terrour who
were free-men, and over whom they had no fuch
power by Gods or mans Laws 5 In which fenfe., if
it fhould ftill be executed, as the LihelLr clamors,
it muft but confirm and continue thofe unjuft and
violent proceedings., which fbme men did begin
and carry on againft all Ldw^cquity and conscience,
againft Biftiops and other honefr men, again/I
Kwgy Church, State^ Religion^ Reformation 5 Com
pare at your letfnre ( O Libeller ) theic cafes. Saul
and the ifraelites defer vcd Gods wrath for breaking
their vow and oath to the Gibeonitesj And fuch
Covenanters as you, would have the Englift world
to deferve the like wrath of God, if they either
i hould take or keep this Covenant in your VnJHJT^
e^ Facfiouf, Djjhyal^ Scbifwatical) and Sacrilegious
fenfe ; No, all Dr. "Surges purchafe ofRif/wps Lands
and all he gapes for, is not worth fuck a J/»9 and
(haine, put by fuch Sophifrers on ? he Nation.
what oarhs ^. \tyfe£0nd Sopkifwe is3 any fworn Covenant be
tween man and man is the ojih of God and this Co-
Ilaiirbdlv, « • •
Gods and venant ; ercv Sacred. Inviolable, and Damnable,
, , . . J t_j •* •'
ifhroken andunrepented ^ This the flatterer means, I
fuppofe, and it is granted as true3if it be ref trained
to oaths, vows and Covenants that are lawful, juft,
honeft. and in our power 3 The God of truth who
keeps his holy Covenant, exacts from man alfo the
keeping of all Covenants taken by us in juiiice,
truth and holinefs } But he is far from allowing
thofe Idolaters of ^aal-!>crJih 3 who under pre
tence of a Covenant, follow lying vanities, Sacri
legious cruelties . and injurious u furcations; To
which
to their good behaviour*
which no Covenant of Cod can bind, nor of men
ought to oblige.
?>. Here the man hcapf tip Scriptures to no pur-
pofe, he knows that God as much forbids taking
and keeping* f'dfey J'"jf/ft> an^ facri legions Oaths^ vows
and Covenants, as he ex a&s the observance of fuch
as are y'ufr : T^edekjahs cafe is of all other mofb
improper to the Libellers purpofe, for then the
late Kings oath to p refer ve the rights of the Church
and Clergy holds good againft the Covenant j£\t was
to diftroy and jlnp thsr/i^ fo theprevioitt oaths of Al.
legiancc and Supremacy bind all Subjects to the laws
in force, and accordingly to their obedience to
the King, and all others fet by him over Church
or State.
Zedekjxh as a conquered King had taken Jaw and
///t^and ///nrf^and kingdom from the Cot?qncronr Ne-
buch'adrezarfoT thefe benefits he is bomidto thcpe<nce
and kotuaiie required of him , He had power by the
Law of God and nature., to accept of thefe condi-
tionsy and to rjfijie thingfb}7 his oath, which binds
him, not onely \ n policy^ and by the Law of Nation* ^
but in piety to God , becaufe in rcbitr licit i.r & lo-
m-ftis, though the bargain was fomething hard, yet
it was in things honeft, & in nulluts injuriAm^LQ. in
his own power.
§. Let your Covenant be brought to this fenfe of
jufticc^joffpfy^nd indempnity^ to all good Laws and
good mcn^ you ihall not need to fear men with An^
thewas, or Presbyterian excommunications, onely
this I mufr tcUyoU) Bifhops and Epifcnpacy will then
^ and your Dr. "Surges will loofc fnsfttcrilegrons
y which none by Gods or mans Laws had
power
2 61 The binding of all Covenants and Coventnterf
power to Cell or buy., as your Dr.B»rge/ knew well,
ergo^tJtajut criwen habet^ his guilt with Judas is grea
ter than his gain can be.
H'.sheaping ^ go that tni;s £;/,e//tT/ cunning cumulation of
of Scriptures Scriptures, and his Emphatic!^ urging them, ( with I
pray /^W< , and again thus) Thefe are but as the
fine, words that fome Juglcrs and £for #/ Pocus's ufe to
their gaping Spe&atorf) toamize thew.ull they do
their trick?) or cat /7x'/> pttrfef$ All thefe, nor a
whole cart load of Scriptures., will not enable Dr.
B#rge.r to take an unlawful 0^//6 and Covenant^ nor
to keep it, or any lawful one unlawfully } that is3
with injufHce, oppreffion., and facriledge.
§. This crafts-mafter and enchanter hopes to
darken men* eyes, atidecltpfe the Sun ofReafon and
Religion., by crying it is as clear as the Sun., that Go d
will never put up the wilfull breach of any lawful Cove*
nanti but dreadfully punifh it3 even on Kings them-
felves 5 very true., but that is not the cafe., nor the
fenfe (0 noble Libeller*) And is it not as clear that
God will punifh thofe that Covenant with^/W and
death* that bindthemfelves and others with unrighte
ous decrees } thatfwear with Herodmob raftily, and
then for flame and fenfe of honour muft keep their
oath by a kind of Heroick. cruelty 5 and Jeaft he
fhould be forfworn^ he muft murther John Raptift^
whereas Herod might have kept his oath in waies
juft and generous enough, by reftraining it fas this
Covenant ought to be) to a fenfe, juft, lawful!,
honeft, and within his moral power.
§. So this facri 'legions Libeller, and his rigid Pres
byterian party^they covetoufly covenanted, in hope
they fhould extirpate Bilhops3 poiiefie their eflates.,
(hare
to tkeir good
(hare their authentic, abrogate all ancient Lawes
of Church and State.
§. But this fen ft violent and unjuft, was not the
fenfe and defign ofp/nr Covenanter*, they declared
contrary and were alwaies really under the falvo's
and r?jiraintsjactte or explicit*^ of duty to God, the
King, and their Neighbours, according to jvijiice,
former oathf, and Lures in forces Vet frill Ms Harpy
and his fcconds dream of devouring Kjft>ops and their
Laftd'-^Q man denies them thcfivmft and rigideft
keeping of their Covenant in all horn ft zndjttft nw,
but to focrifice the honour, conference, juflice,
peace, prudence, and religion of this Nation and
Church,onely to gratifie a few greedy cormorant?,
under colour of the Covenant upon I know not
what tenors of deftruCrion and damnation, that an
impudent Libeller ('obfcure, and ailiamed to own
his name ) (hall dare to threaten Krrrg and his people
will all this, were to be afraid of (itmbraw ///////)
an a lies ears, as if they were horns^ or to exped he
will make a learned fyetch, when he onely briyesmoft
ljmnt.thh, he is not to be regarded, though he be
the aitreus 'Ajinus of A$ulun^ and hath been able to
pu r chafe a' good parcel of Bifhops and Church
* §. O howpleafantafightwillit be to all honeft
men, (as in the cafe of ^Cron>».Lind() to fee theft-
crafty Merchants bite their ringers inftead of licking
them, when they are by Law taught to fpcil their
Covenant to a fenfe, that is onely juft, legal, and
honeft orelfe to read it backward, to repwt and
recant ft, fo far as it is i*co*ffttnt with truth, ri«6l,
there is no fuch charm or bond in any
pa/a&s
$64 ?he binding of all Covenants and Covcxaxtcrt
paffageso£\t9 but they may be eafily undone by a
jufter and higher power than that which rmpofed it,
or fpontanioufly took it in an unjnjl fenfe3 and to
ends unwarrdnt&ble.
His iroper- §• This fcare-crow or oxe of clouts £ the wretched
urging £,j£e//er)fti]l goes oq to fc(- up tnjs Wmcl.r/ljl. Of
Scripture » . • /• • n •'
per- hts jancy^B tQ Scripture feverity) againfi perjury .>
Clikethofe which are ufed in Ardent to drive a
way birds from Fruit, by their ratling at every
pufTof ?v/W JSo this man (ifhebe a man, for he
hath the petulancy and malice of the worft of n?0-
#/e#)fils his mouth with Scripture bre.tt h 5 which
the Dcw7 may do, Sc will do for his ^/e/%«e/,only to
fcare /iii?^ the Bifhops., Deans3 and Chapters from
refuming their Ejlatcs^ Lands^ and Houfes^ Secure
him but,^/ to this danger3 you ilia 1 1 ride him with
what carlo? fit affley on pleafe 5 He is not tender
mouthed^ as to any oaths3 if he be3 let him look to
keepftricktfy thofe he formerly too^ according to
Law, and which to be fure bind him to the Laws of
GWand men.
§. It is as true and trite and not difputed by
Heathens', that the divine veracity and conftancy
abhors, forbids^ and will punifo feverely, both per
jury andfacriledg, being ooth fins defying or deny
ing God.
But asSrfrjv/eJgeis confined to the unjuft vi
olation, Alienation or Dehoneftation of things
truly facred, by their Relation^ Dedication^ or con-
fecrttion to God and his fervice } So Covenant^
breaking and vow -violating or perjury are mea-
fbred only by the Lawfitlnefs or unlawfulnefs of
what is fworn^ vowed or Covenanted^ elfe unlawful
oaths,
to their good behaviour.
•oath?, vows5and Covenants bind not>but only to
breaking of them : The mills of divine vengeance
areas heavy ', and grind as much to powder 9 rafh
prefumptious, falfe and unjuftfaearers, who bind
themfelvesto do wickedly^ by taking Cods N<twe,
falfly into their monthes, by feeking to make Cod
the patrone of unjnft aftions, as they are againft
thofewho violate their faith or Trotmfe made to
God or man in things jnft and lawful. Nor is
there lefs perjury ( «* ptrte ante, & pone., than
retro & aparte poft) forward than backward 5 He
falls bad enough into the mire of (In5 who falls on
his face?by taking unlawfull oaths and Covenants
to lin, as well as he that falls backwards, by not
keeping fuch as he hath Lawfully taken , But both
the Libeller and Mr. Grafton are fhy of this re-
trofpeftion, how, by whom, to what, in what
fenie they are bound by their Covenant, leaft up
on due examination they find their errour, and be
forced to recant., to the great difgrace of their
Antiepifcopal party and faftion, which having
neither law of God norman, for their defign be
gun with the fword, and carried on with a pre
tended Covenant, or intereft of Presbyters, againft
Epifcopacy.
§. There is yet one thing more that lies in the Li- Mr. Grafr
hellers way,at which he lhimbles,& crufheth Hike KilcSft
B A! aunt on his /^//ej his leg againft the wall, where make the
the way is narrow and prelfeth upon him, between G°vena"<
. i .r i r ...... Nacional.
the uniawrulnels ot the matter in his injurious
and Sacrilegious fenfe^and the want of due and
fitpre we Authority to fet offhisSacred Covenant,
to make it legal, andib National $ The King( he
M in confejjei)
2o 6 1 1 e binding of all Covenants and Covenanter*
confcjjcs^ as Father of the F 'amity did forbid it } not
we prefume as to what may materially be in it,
Honrft, Religions, Jt/fti Ley *t and Moral, No, the
King was too good a Chriilian to dwy theft- bonds ^
which he knew Cod, the Laws , and his Majeflv
had on mens conferences _) But all know, that, bis
Majeftyfirft had j uft jealoufies of the Covenant,
Icaft under the face ofattdngelofLigbtjzf fair&god-
]y words., Satan an enemy toKing & Bifhop, might
be hid 5 And leaft while men pretended reforma
tion, they might intend extirpation, deformation
re SLnddfftrtt&ioB. i. RisMij'ftj JHJilj denycd, be-
Kings, tuft, caufe it was coutr/veel, ojfcred and obtruded^ with-
jeaioufic* Si out ^js cotmfal taken. 3- He faw which way fome
rtftiwne ot r A .. , f t . , . J ,.
rhc Cove- Tresbyterians at hrtr did both interpret and intend it,
*unr. j heir words and attions Proclaimed their fanfc of it,
againftK<7^cJ* Brant h^ood 8c bad, char! & wheat^
Epifcopacy no lefs then Prelacy (Tor fo thofe
Criticksdiiiinguifh where is no difference) The
envy, revenge, ambition, covetoufnefs cf .fome
men, was to be fatisficd only by worrying to death
the godly Biflhops and venerable Ep/fcopacy it felf,
with the whole Church of England, no Catkvlrcfa
cuftom3no La\ 's of the church and Kingdoms ^ no
fn-jcrrptiotz of a Thoufand ye^rs, no learning merit ,
age,oruftftilnejj may be pleaded, to keep but pof-
ftjfii'H. of their own5 during thar lifes, no not one
foot^or p<?>); or Cottage which belong d to them, as
Biihop-sor ot1 er digt ^ed andClergy-men belong
ing to their Cvunfd and ajjlftavce in Cathedrals^ m uft
be allowed them } Therefore the late wife King
finding fome men thus malicioufly ro take and ex
ecute the Covenant^ and knowing the petitions
and
1 o their good behaviour.
and expectations of fo many worthy B/fcopr and
others for their prefervat/on and his too, and the
Churches too ^ He did refolutely deny it, yea and
died rather than allow it, in that injurious and
facrilegious fenfe, leaft under the belly or over the
W^oi'the Covenant , as a ftalking-horfe, the Ene
mies of this Church and State, Papal or Presbyte
rian fhould with their Sacrilegious mitrtbering piece,
at on^ deftroy the Order^Uonowrflorv^ Renown, Re
verence, Authority and Government of this fo FamouS9
Anciezt, Flourifimz, and reformed Chriftian Church 3
which hath been ever bletfed with Excellent
Biihops, and by them, and under them 5 Nor was
anything ever amifs, but it was either immutable
totheindifcretion^//2>weBiftiops3 and not to the
Governments ConftitHtion.> or might eafily be reme
died bv their rvijchnte^ piety and charity.
$. So then the Libeller and Mr. Grafion doth
but vapour attdftoHrifi^nd beat the Ayre^with their
flag- fluff's without any fwords. For it is as falfc,
that Cod exa&s the performing of any morally or
civilly unlawful Covenant^ or oath, or that he al-
lowes any to keep or ftretch a Lawful oath unUw-
fully ( as if a man (hould fwear to pare ones nayjes,
or trim his beard, and cut off his fingers ends or ears )
as it is true, that private and perfonal oaths, moral
ly lawful do bind, though there be no publique,
civil or fupream Authority injayrng them } But no
fuch private oathes may lawfully be taken or kept
in contradiction to3 or violation of former publique
oaths and Lawst yet binding to our duty^ which is
the cafe of theCovenant3if urged to a Presbyterian
Anarchical fenfe , unlawfull and facrilegious,
M m 2 againft
a 68 7/j£ binding of all Covenants and
againft • Bifhops and Epifcopacv.
Libd page ^ After this the L//>e/7m belly gripes him, at
of bungling one P/// of Dr. Gaudens, which calls fome men
hcfonhcrs, bttoglixg Reformers*-) this he fayes is either Rlafphewy
againft his God,or ruling nonfenfe 5 So it is to call
afpade,afpade:>tofpea.k the mod pregnant 6c pun
gent truths., which many years tniferies have told
us 3 The crafty Merchant will not indure this free
dom if it touch his copy-hold, or look fquirit at
Dr. Ettrges purchafc vNo fober man may doubt of,or
deny a blejjecl reformation of Religion , thefe Lift 20.
years, in which fome have rifen from the dung-hid
to fit above Princes ^ The monfter will riot endure
Job to complain on the dung-htl., and to fcrape his
Sfbres with a pot-foer^ whofe miferies and 'tragedies
all ingenious fpedators behold with tears of ,*-
stonijhment 5 if he, and his D*4. Bwr^e/, can lick
themfelves whole, by hedging in their defperate ad
venture of money lent on the puilique faith, and ib
setting a good ptnnirvorth of • Bifhops Lands, ail is
well, though he payed not half the value, as he
did not^orthehrft money lent was left as well
as other mens^ His Gods that impofed on others
a Covenant of fait, why did they not keep thiir
pub'tique faith? Or why fhould Dr. Surges and
fome fe\v purcbafers of Bimops and Church-Lands
fpeed better by their faeriled'ge,than many honeft
men, who durft not buy Bimops Lands, nor wil
lingly lend any money, but only payda Ranfexte
from popular Plunder & Ordinances offequeftra-
tion, as they did many years . «xes $ The juft Prize
which our worthy healers., the Libellers Gods, or
deferved., for the great cure of
this
to their good behaviour* 16$
this Church and Kingdom', The fir ft not to be healed
by them, till they tovcnantcd and pirforwrtl-thc de»
Jirtt&ion of B if. ops ^ and all legal Epifcopacy $ 1 he ft-
condmt.tobe cuied till the Kings head was cut
oil} Are not thefe your worthies, your Cods,
and worthy to be your Reformer^ 0 devout I/-
belter*
§.. After all this fwdggcring* yet the Libeller, asTibd.p.sd
the Demoniac^, in the Gofpel , after crying and rhe0co"hJ
tearing and foaming-, comes to his (enfes, and con- uhclkr *•
fcffeth oaths, if their matter be finfttlLdo not bind ,'8J'r1<l lm
* ' ^ i • ntilP'l
but to break them, or rather not to k$ep them.
Pray Sir keep in this pound, and keep your Dr.
rw^f/with you ; This will keep him from going
with any joy to Wdls again, for the Covenant may
neither be kept nor taken in any unjufr fenfe, nor
can it keep him, or any man in his unjufr poileilion
of Bifhops and Church-lands', If any men, or the
two Houfes, or tlie Ailen^bly, or all Scotland fhoi'Jd
covenant to take away all mens tjl.it cs th.'.t have red
h^Jr^black^beards^ blood-fiot eycs^'a.ndjhort legr^ and
thefe marks mould fall on Df.E«r(;fj or theL?/>r//,T,
would tliey: not cry amain^ fuch a Covenant is unjuft
againft box eft ntcn^ upon no valid reafonj againft
Iajv^propertj3 !/birt\ oftkvSubjz83 and all good con-1
fcicKcc'-) yet are the allegations againft • bifbops and
Epifcopary lefie capable to juftifie their -fa-ing de~
Jiroyca by the Covenant, than thofe unlucky eha-
raftersare of any ' Zoilus^ with Lacoxick. legs and
§. The Oxford Reafons reprinted, this Libeller
blows away with an eajie breath, ag lehfgo'd> -or dry
leaves.) being an antidote as he thinks5:agaioft faltfhg
the
The binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
the Nation anew, and to pervert that onely hone ft
which either is in, or ought to be
made of the Covenant $ How gaudy the field is of
^'Gaudens Analysts* your clinching and childijh folly
js no competent judge } But to eccho to your wit,
it will be no very gaudy day to you, or your Dr.
Surges, when the B///?0/> of Wdls comes to his landf^
and the Dean to his koufe, out of which the Cove
nant j£ honeft and juft,could not drive themr being
legal and uncondemned men^nor either can or will
it keep you in your ufurpations of their rigFt^
nor them from their Juii pofleffions 5 And where
then is all your labouringm the fire und furnace^
your blowing with the bellows of ' fattion^ to heat
the Covenant feven times hotter than ,iny honeft
man either deftgmd^ or took it in, or can with con-
fcience and juftice keep it? Namely to the utter
clefrrudrion of all lawful Bifcops and ancient Epifi
cflpxcy in the Church of England'*, but to your com
fort for terrour rather} there is a young man now
appearing in the fiery furnace., with the confliftwg
Church of England., and its afflifted C'ergy, B/ftfopf9
and others , He appears as an Angel ^of God, mira-
culoufly come hither to relieve both Church and
States He is3 and will be their Patron and D fender^
he onely is worthy to be their reftorer and reformer^
who is their King, and worthy to be the Son of fetch
a Fat her.
$. And now, O Nebucadonofor^ and Holofernes^
lerefcornto (for fo this cruel andcurft Libeller may juflly be
own the called) you may have leifure ere long to laugh and
EneLCnd°afsa/^w^more heartily at the Church of England, as a
mother. mother^ and at the &ijbops as Fathers^ when you fhali
iec
to their good Lt-huvicw* 2-73
Tee them come out of that fitrrzaceyWhich you hoped
had quite confmned them, urileile you can make
good byfome means your horrid menace of dam-
nation hereafter, and of dejlrutfion here both to
ti'e K'nn1 and all his kingdoms , In which all honeft
men abhor nov.r fuch putid Sophjftry> and f. rontlefle
Sophilters., who afhamed to own themfel ves in fo
evil a f«/«/t?3 do creep out like vtrminc in the dark,
and appear onely in the vizard of Libels^ which
•(hew ther •:,> be as honeft men as thofe carnati
CAmlfces were, whodurftnot but be in difguifcs^
when they did that horrid </#, the execrable murther
of the K/';/?? even of that King who made fuch con-
fc'ience of facriledge, and dyed a Martyr for the
Church and Kingdom 5 certainly if the Covenants
words and fenfe be ambiguous or obfcure, no oracle
(next Gods word^can better tell us what ought to be
the fenfe of it than our Laws, and the Kings great-
example., whofe wifdom we now find., after many
mtferieS) was as the Prophefiesor Oracles of God, fo
much they have been fulfilled in our miferies, and
now in our hoped felicity^ by the happy reftoring of
his Son our Sovereign Lord and King.
§ . Having thus discharged the Libeller with more Graft9n p lc-
than one jie,i in his ear, and with great flames in Mr. Orafiaat'
his Conscience) (unleile he have fuch a crack in his P°PuI*r*nd
brain a^ may make his ex c ufe from fin, and facri-
ledge, by his frenzy) The laft work is to pay Mr.
Grafion his due alfo, after the different account
and rate which he may deferve either of charity
or civility.
$. His fear (good men) is, leaft Dr. Gaudcns
down-right blows may quite break in funder what-
N n ever
274 ifo binding of all Covenants and,
ever may be of frcred bond in the Covenant, and in*
(lead of leaving an ulcer of putrid faction, he cue
in (under veins, and finews, and bones that are
found and good i But this dread of his is in vain,
for Dr. GautlenCtiU aims to bring it to the rule of
juftice by Cods and mens Laws, without which it
cannot befacred '-> Thofe are like utterly to break
it, who bend it to factious., partial, finifter, unjufr,
violent, unlawful defignes, which make every
thing execrable that is fo abufed, though they be
the bleiied jacramenis of the Lcrds Supper it felf,
which fome fas in the powder plot) have taken,
as a bond and feat offecrecytoxheirtreafons and
villanies^ I fall hope better things of the Cove^
nant, and it (hall be the rigid Presbyterian covenan
ters fault, if they make it to be wholly broken and
baffled by their rigid, (acrilegious, difloyal, unjuft
urging and keeping it, in any prejuwptuoufyfuper*
ftitious, injurious, (editions, or Schifwatical fenfe,
againft all which the Covenant doth by many words
engage them, more than it can in juftice, or rea-
fon3 or law, againft regular Fpifcopacy, or the
rights of Bilhops, or the Churches honour,, or the
kingdoms peace.
of the many §. Mr. Graf tons note, that the p.wcity of Cove~
or few Co- nanjers doth not difcharee its obligation, is true, if
v />nirir*M-t. n 1 I » • l»
it bindtojuft things, and tis as true, that the multi
tude of ta\ws doth not confirm it, if it bind to
things unlawful, no more than Queen Mary's both
heufcs of Parliament, making a Covenant with the
Tope and Papacy* did bind the Nation for ever to the
errours Siudftiperftttjfw of that prof ejfi on : Dr. Gau~
dens argument from the paucity >, was to fiiew how
far
venamers.
to their good bdavi#ar. 275
far it is from fuch a National drag-net as took in all,
yet are none difobltged from their duties^ but bound
by ancienter, diviner, and more legal bonds, from
which the Covenant can abfolve no Man9nor enable
him to aff contrary to them.
§. He is again fcratching or clawing the Kings
iff oft facred Majefty, who is never the more facred
for his paffive taking or fuffering the croffe of the
Cov j»rf«f3unleffet he Covenant were taken, and to
be kept onely in a faered fenfe, which inuft be juft
to God and man, to his own rights as King, and his
Subjects in Church and State, againft which the
King alone cannot take any Covenant which (hall
be injurious to God himfelf and others, becaufe the
King is a publique per/0//, and all eftates have right
in his protection , as he hath the right of domi
nion above all , and for all his good Subjects
benefit.
§. For Dr. Gaudens making one of the number
of his Covenanters, as Mr. Grafton reckons without
hishoft, fo it adds nothing to the matter, for 'tis
fure, neither he nor any man can be bound to any
thing before, or after fuch a Covenant, but what
is in ft sand hone ft. $ but to fatisfie both Mr. Graf tons
and the Libellers cHrtojity, who go by hear-fay, Dr.
Gaudcn allures the world, that he never took any
oaths, but thofe appointed by Law, no protsftation,
no engagement^ no league, vow, or negative oath,
And for this Covenant he offered freely to fome
principal authors of it, his many juft fcruples and
objections againft it, both as to its matter and au
thority , He had fome of their anfwers under
their hands agreeable to that fenfe, in which his
N n 2 charity
T^v binding -of all Covenant s And
charity was and is willing to interpret the meaning
of the Covenant, to reform3 not ruine Epifcop.tcy^
then he declared pubtiquely his judgement', for #/,.
fops and Eprfcopacjtto be fuch as now it is} That he
neither could, nor ever would aiTent to the Cove
nant in any fenfe, but fuch as wras in his freedome
to refufe, and 'coxrjift&tt with his former oath^ the
jLawes of the Land, and the prefervation of Epif*
copal government in its juft rights tk enjoyments,
in piety, loyalty, and thofe duties of equity and
charity which he owed to God or man.
§• Further than this Dr. Gaudtn never approved
or owned the Covenant, nor ever (hall any part
of it, how good foever it may feem in fome things
and expreilions, yet an evil fenfe mutt not be cove
red under good words, nor may godly expreiiions
be afterward wrcfted to abet ungodly actions : the
whole mafs of the Covenant feemed to be fweetned
by thoie general falvo's and reftricYions put into it3
of having regard in all things to the word of Cod{
and to the duties of mens places and callings, and
to the power of godlincffe $ Let Mr.,Grafton keep
to thefe, and fo keep his Cowman , tor furely thefe
can bind no man to any thing injurious to any
honeft man, or honefl office in Church or Stare.
§. Of DnGrfWe^/freeand/publique^/dr^^*
of his judgement, as to the Covenant in general and
particular, hundreds fbefidesGod and his own
Confcience) are whneiles, and if fuch a declara
tion of his fenfe, what ought to be the meaning of
it in confcience and honefty^will adde any ftrength
to Mr.'Grafifftts fenfe of it, or to the Libellers de-
iign of making it facred, not facrilegious, much
good
to ibtir good bekaufoitr.
good do them, I believe they will fooner be draw*
to Dr. Gaudmf fober Eifcopacy, than to their
Presbyterian exorbitancy, which he ever openly
*/>/wm/,and never fecretly cowplytd i»ith\ it he
had, it had been as much agamft his covfcren'je, as
againfr. reafon, Law, juftice, charity, and Religion,
and he muft have had no peace till he hud publiquc-
ty repented and n*c\wted fuch diffimulation, which
he abhors as Hell 5 But none that ever converfed
with Dr. Gtuden, or his writing^ do fo much as
fofpetf him to be either Jittiepifcopal, or Preshyterian
iii fuch d fcff,rc^s either the Libelle r mud intend by
his Covenanting, if he be faithful to "his friend Dr.
Lure's and his purchafea or Mr. Craftoxj now
openly and mofr importunately, he freely tells
the world, that the Eprfccpd Coves-* .went as by law
eft:it)tijhcdi» F.ttgland 3 will never be reconciled to
his c overtaking cvnfcicncci becaufe he afFecls either
to be overrrghteour, beyond the fober, juft, and
hon-sft meaning, a plicable to the CvvMitxt , or elfe
overw/f:/('.Y/, by being more rigid than the fobereft
tttf<Ji;r.f of the Covenant intended:
9. His being apt to thirak the Covenant in h'n Gmftoa page
¥rc.t'yttri*?Ty injurious, illegal and stnticpifcopjl^- ^ ^
fenfe, looks very like ^ution^lobligaiiofi^ignih^^^^^^
as little, as any other mens thoughts to the con- '
twry., confitlering the ftate of the times, and of the
o. B&itfet, when this was firft fet up in England 5
at that diftance from the-^>"% and in defignes fo
diverfe/rt;w<;«/< Lavos^ and to palpably for a novel
ty ^ and a party fet up, firft by forrain force and
brotherly invafion s The two Hot/fes were not
half/we^, either of Lords, or or 'the firft chofen
378 Ike binding of all Covenants a
Commons J\ow they came fo thinGocl knows,tisfure
there was foulply on fome (ide, however collective
they had been^ they had not power to make or
take* orimpofeany oath contrary to the Laws of
England 9 which they were trufted to obferve not
to brea^ nor yet to abrogate., or change without
the Kings covj\nt^ Nay Dr. Ganden hath oft heard
that the Hoitfe of Commons have not power to require
oathofany3€xcept perhaps of their own member*
So that the proteftation was precarious and pw-
final, not National , or Afundatory-) And to be
free, he knewfo well the intngoes of thofe times
(notasoneofany fadion, but as having many in
b,i6obTervatz0n9tha.t were the 'jcbtts of the times
and drove furzott/fy ) that however many, poflibly
moft of the 2. Honfes meant, at firft better than
things after proved., yet he is confident he does
thofe men no injury, who were the cheif Engines
and Char/oters, to fay they did all things more out of
policy than piety 5 and by this Covenant they in
tended the advance of a party or faction, not of the
publique intereft3 as it was comprehended and
fixed in our excellent Laws and conftitutions of
Church and State 5 (Adquas evert endas nemo fibrins
accejfit) as Cato faid of 'Julius C#far ) to the fub-
verfion of which by popular combinations and
Covenantings without the Princes or fupream
powers confent no man comes, but drunk^ with
fride andpajjion., or ambition, or covetonfnefsy or fn~
perftition*
$. For his Sacred Majefties fenfe of it3 he can
beft tell what it was and is, but Dr. Gauden be
lieves in Mr. Craftons fenfe, it will feme rather
fowr
i i
tv their good behaviour*
Corerc Crapes to fet bis teeth on edg, than /aw/ ones
torcfreft his Soul. After all this (aid and done,
tisfure neither the King nor anyfub,ed can be
bound by, or to any fenfe of it, but what is juir}
of which, not his will much Iclfe others violence,
but the LAW are the meafure \ Nor ihall Mr.
Griftcn be more wary of plunging the Ki»<> and
Kingdom iMOfcrjury, than Dr. G**dtn is to ^f
them and hit* fit f too, from both perjury ( which is
to take a falfe and unjuft oath, as well as to break
a true andjufl oath) as alfo from Schifme.SitptrJlitJon,
Sacrilcdg, and rigid Presbytery. j
J. What f^rre and terror was ufed by fome Co-
venanters5Mr. Crsfion was not then fuch a babe
& (uckling, as not to A*"*, ^ he were, let him read
the policies and Hiftories of thefe Ir^Jfitte timeout*
Gaudm judgeththat an oath extorted by farce and
fear only to a mans Private da-^ag^ in things of
which he hath moral power, doth binds But not
<rtforir;7e,norto anotf-ers injury^ For in thete
cafes of fin and injury the fear may betray a m.ms
conftancy, yet he muft repent fpeedily and not
keep it ptefumptuouflysFpr as3N,/;/^ ohli$et*r ad
imVoiUbilia, fonor ad twpia & injtfta, nor can he
C Jeauirere or confrrrejusin alietta) get or give any
right hereby over anothers Goods, Eftate,Liberty,
Life or confcience 3 So that all thofe//w^ and
ends' fanifies nothing to affix or patch up the Pres-
byterian fenfe of the Covenant, againfr the rights Ot
W»ps and ufefulnefs of Epifiopay in Engird.
§. He carps at Dr. Candem* owning the bonds
of Cod, which are moral, to have in them fuffic.'ent
and iwlifienfdle Obligations of the foul, to ;
280 1'he binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
duty, as if a man were not bound, or not fart
enough in Mr. Graftont judgment, by the precept!
of God D Law, and terror of his curfe,even to wrath
Hell and eternal death) until Mr. Graf ton hears bin
fwcar, or ™m>5 or take fome Covenant 5 all which
are butjodcr/ngs of thofe moral chains^ or as it were
hardnings of them, as jfael or Iron to a greater
toughnefs 5 As to a mans fenfe, and cannon and
ccnlcinic^ which fometime need fuch qmckning^
and as to others jealeujies who may need fuch fur
ther ajfarances , however it is a mod adamantine
truth, that a thoufand other vows and Covenants
cannot bind the taker abfolutelyagainftany thing
naturally guilty, Ecclefiaflically or politically
good3 fuch as Epifcopacy is without doubt, good
orders, juft diftinguilhing,prudent governiug3and
meet authority ^ And fo may be ufeful, yea necef-
farv and fo morally good in thej way of duty
to GodD or good to others, or to a mans felf 5 Nor
can they oblige us to any thing which is morally
unlawful and unjufb or injurious to any man.
King or fubjedh, which the Covenant muft do in
Mi.Graftons Presbyterian fenfc, and fuperftition,
unlefs he thinks new Covenants without,yea againft
Law can abfolve from, or abrogate old Laws and
all lawful oaths ; This I hope Mr. Grafton will
grant, and this will fave Bijbaps Lands3 lives,
honor, office and authority , for all the Covenant ,
which he may keep in Cods Name, fo far as it
(lands with a good confcience, 8c trencheth not on
an others juft interefi" in thought, word or deed,and
if he can not, by reafon of the rigor of his fuppofed
Antiepifcopal fenfe lit the Covenant^ help up
venerable
to their good behaviour. 281
venerable Epifcopxcy, vet I am fure he cannot be
bound to pull or hold it aown , finoe this cannot
be done but to the great damage of many honeft
men, to the violation of our Lawsand Allegiance,
to the fcandal of our Religion, as Chriftian and
reformed, alfo to the Canonization of Schifme,
confccration of Sacriledge and encouragement of
all Seditious Fa&ion, and diforderly confufion
inChurch and State } To prevent which, that Mr.
Grafton hath yet skill, courage, or conference,
Jet him ceafe to be pragrnatick, and give leave to
wifer men to manage affairs.
§. For kvtahs vow, I do not believe Mr. Grafton ~rT .
i • i >-iJ " i ,• , ,. i, s- inn • u Ofjeprahs
thinks jeptah did literally fulfill it, but in a qua-vowr.
lified fenfe of devoted virginity 5 and few Authors
think other w ayes, only Lodvvic us Capella^ in a Tradt
added to his Afyrot h tcion, labours to prove it li
terally fulfilled by the Fathers killing his d^ughter^
and offering her a burnt Sacrifice to God , a very
horrid fatt indeed, and feemes fo different from the
goodnefs of God, that however that learned man
urge the text in Levit. and the face of C2DH or Ana^
thzr/ia^ yet I judge no Saint of God, or true Church
of God was ever guilty of fuch a p# , But God
accepted a dedication amounting, as near as could
be5 of his daughter ^ fhort of life.
our ajjurance^ to confirm
^;
oaths "
faetf* }W((W9ut^
\^e are agreed 5 Let no honeft men have caufe to
O o complain
inding of all Covenants and Covenanters
complain that ittreads not only on their toes too
hard.>but on their very heads^honors.,offices liveli
hood and life, then I am fure Rifoopf and Epjfcopacy.
vvil) be iafe.
$• The fecond fuggeftion of Mr. Gauden is as
binds not to true, that Imagination ormear prefumption can-
moral evil, not jymj jn any Covenant, contrary to what in
reafon, juftice, law, and religion yon ow to an
other 3 It may bind you, as the fenfe, reafon and
meafure of your erroneous or int^rndfnt confcience^
to your own injury 8c damage, in things of which
you have dominion or moral power, but not other-
waies j Which truth hath as conjiderable a Jirength-
as you confefs the next hath, tis well you own any
thing fo ftrong, juft, ingenious or religious., the
"Libeller^ as a Dragon ) devours all, denys all, as ii:
he had the Devils ChymiftrytQ turn all he tottcheth,
even Scripture itfelf^ into Sophiftr} andfaljity $ pray
keep to this ftrcngth , it will keep you fafe, and
your Covenant unblameable , let it be in mdlius in-
jwiam, to no honcft mans injury 5 (Though you
may injure difhoneft men too, by exa cling more
penalty of them, than the Lavs rnftifts') much lefs to
the Kings injury, or the Biflwps , or the Church,
or the Nations 3 keep your Covenant in thefe
cautions, ZTI& fortifications S#lva res eft 5 viciittus 5 I
will not give a farthing for the Libeller, nor for
Dr. 'Barges his tenure aud Sacrilegiow Purchafe.
MT . Grafrons §•• Yet again Mr. Gr-afton repents and repeals to
fome his honeft conccffion , And fearing to con-
fam&fiw; & Epjfcepacy in their ri2hts,he quarrels
7 j J n-n ' • \_ o L ^r»i_ i • i
at what are Bimops- rights & the Church-rights,
can he tell his own borfe and fuddle 3 or his Wife9 or
his-
"to their good behaviour. -283
his fjoitfa or lands ^ or his maid-feroant^ or his exe^ or
hisaile, or any thing that is his? and how can he
tell thefe are his $ What if a Sceptickdenys them,
he will bring forth firftaftual fojfeffion and quiet,
and for a long time, and many witness, and fair
deeds and records, will this ferve r* All thefe arc
undeniable for Bifhops, and their intreft , and can
a Covenant rob you or them of all >
0. But he and hismuft have the (rating of the
obje&i the regulating.) re&ifying* reforming^ modelling^
mending of Bifhops and Epifcopacy^ even till they
marr all , Good Sir,give leave to the Laws and our
Parliaments and jPCw*g.r and Clergy in all former ages,
and to the Church Catholicity be wifer then you
and your fa&ion , you are but of yeftirday, there
were with them, and there are ftill amongu: the
Rrflwps and Fpifcopal Clergy of England, men much
elder and wifer., without vanity, then you or your
Fathers, or your Presbyterian brethren, befides the
Epifcopal Clergy , and others of their, and the
Laws Verfaafion have aim oft as much right and wit
asyour felves, to judge what // beft for them and
the Church , Nor are you more zealous in words,
to have Government and Governoursof theChurch,
fuchas they (hould be, than they arc indeed (I
engage for one if Cod tnd the King call me to that
workman d office. )
§ . True, if you can model a Parliament to your
own genius, much may be done for Presbytery ^ But
the Englifi World is not taken with it, you (hould
have given a better caftofjwir office and skill in
Church- work..> when you turned up Presbytery trump.,
whether the K/wgand the Clergy and the 2. \\oufts
would or no, for had they continued full and
O o 2 free
204 The bindiJigof all Covtitetnis and Covenanters,
free, no Presbytery had peeped in England.
§.f The regulating of Epifcopacy 's eafy, if it come
not into Presbyterian hands 5 Truft the King, he is
wijc aad./0/^and you have found him very benign
and gracious, you fhall do well not to rvire-
draw his Getitknts, till it break } rather walk
worthy of that indulgence his Majsfty intends
you and others, who pleaded weak judgements, and
ftrong pajfiow or prejudices, but take heed ofjirwg
prefttwptiovstfhzMl ofPntbytery (and fo it may be
you will fay of Epifcopacy) had net becnfo grtat,
if it had not.like young Icarus flown too high, and
melted it swings before it was half over the Sea.
§. The conceflions which the late excellent
King was ready to have granted, as to the tempe
rature of Church Government by Bifhops, are now
Joft zndforftted by that parry, becaufe they then
difdained them, they would have all or none, tis
notjuftorfit now they fhould have very much?
however not too much,Government in any latitude
is a liquor too lirong for moft v.fids, efpecially
green, raw, and unfit* fvned.
Grafcon page ^ The next Paragraph of Mr. Graf tons is a mofr
of Eccief> fiffi'Mgwi'^nd not worth any fober mans
afi.ai jurif- truly 'tis pitty Mr.Craftffft i? not monitor or re-
Biftops!n rnembrancer ro A'/^9 Lords^nd Common^ or inter
preter cf our Statutes^ *ti« ibre that very a<fr or Sta
tute for taking away the high Comwffiwjs by very
rmny It-am, d Lawyers ^ and one I could name3a man
without fufpicion for any partiality to Epifcopacy or
Bjjbopi) Who yet upon fome Presbyterian f delires., of
London, ("probably Mr. Crafton was one of the fra-
tem'tty) to know his judgement, upon that A &
touching EpifropalJHrifdi&Jw, how far yet in force,
he
to therr good behaviour.
he did very liberally fhew me his }n licinus and lear
ned pains in the point, and concluded for Fpif copal
jurisdiction , ft :ill good and valid by Law, and
oivjly abrogated as to the high Coniinif ion-Court^
I a in prone to think Mr. Graf ton knows this ftory
to be true, but it was not for him to tell it.
§. After this Mr. Graft on hath a jealoufie leafc M . Grafmns
the fin of Covenant-breaking may fall upon the fc-r^f^Nj.
N;*//0#,but fure there is no fear of National perjury "*ni-\xufc
by doing right to Bifh ps, and }u ft ice to Epifcopa- ing.
cy injury jOppreifion, and extortion, and injuftice,
and cruelty, facriledge and fchifm, are fins allo ot
the firft for m^ and to be avoyded as well as his
covenant breach, or national perjury, which is but
a popular and fallacious expreiTion, never to be
ufed, till it be proved that the Covenant was a na
tional and legal aft, here the words are begged by
Mr. Griffon^ and applied onely adf.icrndtt.-ft popii-
i not ad'confirntandtimveritatettt} da popufo ph tie*
_:, thefe are pretty baits for th* vulgar , they do
neither-tempt nor fcare wife & fiber men,of whofe
fouls fafcty, and confciences ferenity, the kpifcop d
Clergy have as tender a rc^Was Mr. Grafion can-
pretend to, orprofeilc^ There is «s much fear of
a rafh Covenant illegally rnade,violently impufed,
and unjuftly executed by fotne men, as there can
be of breaking, nulling, or diflblving its-injurious
ligatures.
^A But as if MrtGraton were weary of words r<?2e *'•
c .,/-.• i c 1 1 • i Mr. Grafrons
favouring of fobrietyi he now again tails into rude. nrtjufl. and
Rhetoric^ the vulgar and trivial ftujfeofold Mar- \\ *~ r ~
tmifts and the like, which loft the credit of the
nonconformifts for many years jte*. he is not'ajhawed
to aver by a moft palpable filjity, that Etyfcopacy
hath
ike binding ofdll C ovenants And Covenant srt
hath brought the Reformation to a palpable retregra-
datiottjne means (by the markf he gives /We fyjhopf}
Vf\\Q'obftrvedQi urged fomeecclefiaftical ceremonies
more than fome men could bear, or poffibiy more
than were convenient or commanded^ Her.ce till
1640. it feems the Eiftops and Episcopal government
had run Reformation much backward, well, but
when they were forced out of the box, pray how
did the Presbyterian fury drive ? Did they not high
ly advance the do&rine.) religion^ worship, miniftry^
all holy duties, yea our very material churches very
much} they and thofe who got up by their means
into the ftirrup, ( and being in the crupper at laft
fhoved the others over the horfe head') thefe fet for
ward Mr. Graftons blefled reformation, by bring
ing Horfes into churches, when Bidiops could fcarce
he permitted to drvdlin cottages 5 They advanced re
formation by pulling down Crofos and fitting up
weather-cocks on fteeples^ They ordained one
another Minifters after new forms and fafhions,
which the Law of. England knew not5 nor allowed
without the formal authoritative and effential
words which confer holy orders. The Presbyteri
ans firft got into good fequeftred livings, and car
ried on the reformation of their eftates very well,
they exautorated the Lords Prayer, ten Comman-
dements, the three Creeds, the Church catechifm,
and all ancient Liturgical forms of this and other
Churches,they fet upEpifcopello's orBifhop petto' s
in every Pariih, they unlawfully aJfociatedjtiM they
were ajhamed^ fcattered> and confounded 5 They ca
joled and hugged Independency, till tbat.creepmg
ivy ftarved the yet tender and weat^plant of Pref-
y This hot fpur once in the fuddle5 O what
to their good behaviour'.
>„,„„„, ,j ,'ariuies, angers, animoftties, blond-fad,
cornet 'dofJrines,petulafit manners, what irreverence,
profincfrejc, jchifa, facriledge, atheifm, cnlbufafmt
and endldle Egyptian taxes perfected our reforma
tion : §- Who .can fufliciently fet forth the praifes
of the Prcsbyieritn fitirt reign, or afpiring rather?
It muft be left to Mr. Qrd 'flons more florid and affe-
ffioxatc pen, onely Dr. Gaudtn is bold to think it
came as fhort in proof as in time of the reign of R.
Eliz, Kinp 7<*ww5and King charkthe firfr,in whofc
la ft daies the ftripling of Preyiytwy, inftcad of a
Primmer and a fefiue, got a beard wd *fiyrJ9ycii
and a forraren v?z,ard, and a dagger 5 . It had indeed
Ions; afFefted a royal Scepter and a Crown, and plea
ded a rieht at leaft to Chrrftt Scepter, but the former
Princes^and Laws feverely rapped offtis.jawcyfn-
'cCr^ but the laft excellent King loft his head in this
Presbyterian fray and quarre!3\vhich Tragedy fome
^^P/2erand better nttured Presbyters did fo deplore,
that though they had no great hope of his bung
*/ir7rr vet theywimed rather to have had fri/baps
TfJitlJ-) J J , /-, , 1 l_ '-ri-
;^^
fopr upon condition the Kings lite had not been
loir and Presbytery thereby for ever framed with
the after fions ofRoyalblvud ^ for though it were not
the Executioner, yet it ftood too near the bloc^ and
was the fa&tW*tt**&* the King of 'E*Sf*** what it
was to be a prifoner, as Salmatius obferves, who
was himfelf a kind of mongrel, or ambiguous Pref-
byterian. ,
§ Mr. Grafton ag'am wi pes his mje. on t he tiijhops
lawn flee'ves, which I before told him was for want
of food nunner f< but I will forgive him thisW*«e>
if he do not pick their pek&*> by and by he is jea
lous
The binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
Ions lead Dr. Gaudcx look defpiciently on inferior
Minifrers,God forbid he fhould have any underva
luing of any honeft ability 5or fubordinate Presby-
terSjOf whom he is one,andone of the lead of them
in Manyrcfpe&s'^)?.Gaudtn heartily loves, and ten
derly efteems them, if worthy men, only if he find
a rigid Presbyterian^ he thinks he may be better a
Capon without Cpftrs and comb, than ACoc^.Co crow
ing, as fome of them arepro^cto do in former years
over poor Kifiops^ and they ftill fancy England^ and
London at leaft, to be their oven Dunghill.
£. Dr.Gaudexs affirming, that an oath cannot
Mr. Grafton • . i r i • * • \ r>
page 32- bind rrom what is in its nature good., was meant fo
of vowing far onely as the ufe of that good may be morally
iVgood in*!" neceflary for himfelf, or his^ as if a man absolutely
ufe and kind vow3 neither he nor his, will ever take fkyfic^ or
be let bloud^ or wear a cap, or drinkjom^ Thefe are
rafh and vain vows, and oblige no further than a
man can difpenfe with the ufe oftheWyWithout drink
and eminent danger of his health and /(/?9which are
^not his own to /qttattder.awaj, or rafhly engage, but
to be di fcreetly preferred for Gods glory ^ and others
good related to us$ elfe no doubt a man may in
order to promote afpirintal good^ vow againft the
temporary ufe of fome things good^ lawful and indif
ferent '•) But this m uft not be raflify nor fo, as to ob-
'bey oucj what he itforalty ;ow,n a t^ -J$l
A miK^i lefleimay -a tn^n tn/ifafcaxj.^ 'in an 'd/jfers
belial£,and force thepi tp keen ij .as Jo^e; Pr^ft-
* ** • « « " • • '-« . . -**• 4 fc] 4«d ^A ' L. jf T /) .* ! > ^
to their good bebavi&tir.
lud much a do to keep themfelves being dripped
of all by fome Sacrilegious Covenanters.
£. Forthe';^/e which Mr. Crafton puts rather..
, n t r • • n ' c /. Mf
facetioujty then confcintciottjly in rererence^to Jepz* p|ot of re-
rating the good not Materially but morally from the *»n'n8 EP'«
evil of Fpifcopacy $ My anfwer is, I know noc°r*'
greater evil in Epifccpacy, than to have it too much
leavened, fowred., andpjled with Presbytery } The
achjfe and Counf clot grave and learned Presbyters
is good, where required and ufeful^ but to have the
authority fo melted and minced, that the Biftops
[hall have no more<7//V3 than lately the Presbyters
left him of hisEftate, is to render the Bifhop a
cypher^ and to make every Presbyter a kind of Suf~
fragan Biihop, or a Ruling Elder, and Matter of mif-
rule.
But if Mr. GrAftvn have not fo good a fleveor
fining-pot/(?r Epifcopacy 9 as is fit5 let him not fear
there are fome other as wife and boneft men in
England^ who in this work, may fave him the
labour, and fcrve the King and Church and Kingdom,
with iuchjvji proport ions, that Epifcopacy like the
{hew-/?r^of theTemple, (hall be neither toofine
nor too cottrfe , by either keeping in all the bran,
or bolting out all the flower of Presbytery.
§. Mr. Graftotif wonderment may ceafe, as to a Mr. Grafton
man binding himfelf from, and after applying to oJ^ovvs ^ u>
what appears good 4W nfefulto him,when he con- dcr racic
fiders the meaning of Dr. Gauden is not, as to a condition!.
fenjible or advantagious temporary goodjn point of
private profit or pie afitre ^ To which boundsjhe. oath
though incoufiderate and to his detriment and in- x
convenience, doth b'snd^ But it is as to a moral
good, or evil from which he is thereby excluded,
P .p and
dcfnda|Pne."
ccffityof
Twc' binding of all Covenants and Covenanters
and to the contrary evil of which he is betrayed., by
SuperftitiouOy extending his oath to the prejudice
of Gods right and others juft intereft in his life.,
health and liberty and efrate., hereby being over
righteous, a man may deftroy himfelf before his
time.
§. As if a man vowed he would never go out of
his Chamber , either toferve God or man, no nor in
a/retofave himfilf ; Here his vow, as it could
not be extended, fo it mu ft not be executed be
yond what it could morally be intended or taken,
( falvo dei confine wento ) with referve and fafety of
Gods interejl, which is a tacite caution and difpen-
fation ; For as we cannot fwear to the prejudice of
our neighbours, fo lefs to Gods, and no further to
our own , than in things under our Dominion and
command, fo as to make a good ufe of them 3 If a
man vow in the time of his plenty, and gain to
give a Crown or an Angel a day to the poor, with-
out I imitation exprefled, and after grow poor,
and cannot fpare it from his fupport & his family,
he is abfolved and onght not to keep his vow.
§. In his conclufion Mr. Graf ton peremptorily
refolves,that though Epifcopacy were never fogood9
yet unlefs it appear necejfary^it muft not breal^
through the bond of the Covenant 3 Epifcopacy is not
only under the Notion of a good Notional and
entitative or National and political, but moral and
Ecclefiaftical, having with it, and in it, fomthing
more Clinician and ApoftaltcalpeiieSt and Divine,
than any other Government befides ihe&tpau*&t
jxfttwts right and juftice, by Law annexedto it, and
not without in juftice and opprefTion to be taken
from it 3 He that vows to take way my horfe, muft
not
to llrir good behaviour,
not fay he will not change his vow^ till it appear
that my horft is not only good3 but neceffary for me,
I believe both the Law and the Gate-houfe will
teach him, that all me'ns goods in nature, art and
ufe. are under the protection of the Latv3as things
ofr/ght and property, and foby a moral preceptive
and divine ncccjjity (forbidding others to rob., or
rapine., yea or to covet them unjuftly ) they are
the owvers } Nor will it ferve the thiefs turn., to fay
he is a better borfc-man* and can both keep and ride
him betterD than the right owner. \
$• For the Sacred proph.menes which Mr.Grafton
talks of in the Dottors props to bear up Fpifcopjcy^ if
they will not ferve Epifcopac^ poilibly they may
Tresbytery^ which fears not to cover and chtcl^it felf
under the rv'wgs of the Covenant., as a frrange
chicken , When the fame Covenant binds againft
Shcifme and Superstition., of which fcitrfeor Leprofy
letMrGr.tfton (as the Prieft of oJdJ take view
and examine if Presbytery be curable, either to
the civil Schifote which we call fatfiov, contrary
to the Laws., or that EC cleft aft ical^ which is con
trary to the Catholjcl^ Cttftowe and all the G**-
9to»s of the CatMjck^ Church3 as well as this of
England.
§. At la ft he fpeaksvery foflly of mourning for
the fajlerf of not keeping the vow and Ccv:nant^
Pray fee if there were no faults in taking it. Tarn
fure there will be in keeping ittofome mens nn-
juft fenfe,as much as in Abfahw^ho had his ambi
tious vows to be paid in Hd>rorr9 when he begun his
unnatural rebellion 5 Still he deplores and per-
itringeth Epifcopacy, as if Presbytery were the
only fpotlejfe bird. Good Mr. Crafty have you •
P P 2 no
202 'the bwcting of all Covenants
wtearsfor ''. -;r, or have you no eyes to fee her
faultier wantonnefs3her infolencies3her exceiTes,
how like Hagar when fhe thought fhe had con
ceived., not by Abrahttw the Father of the faithful,
but by a mixture with ftangers-jftieperte^againfts^
rah, and lifted her felf up againft her fuperiours
King andLaws,as well as #ifhops,hath Presbytery gi;
ven all her bitter dotes to-K/ag, Rt/hopf9 church and
State by exa6t weight and measure '-> Pray look well
on the fi\eof ouy times Jlory) examine the/iwples and
the f00yp0/ft/0KT9y OIL will nnd,as you might by their
violent and dcjiritcfive operation^ they were not
well balanced or proportioned in the Scales Q£ right'
r.eafon, loyalty ^juflice^ clarity, Law or Religion^ elle-
wcLCOuld not have been fo over-grown with Amr-
ihy and confujion in Church and Sttte^ with civil"
wwrs and Sacriledge^ vr\t\i }elf- feeding and 'ttucow-
paflioxatettefs, whom did Presbytery ever pitty, that
was depreiled by her) Or whom did it ever re.-
lieve but it felf}
Dr. Gaudens §. There is no better Counfel to be given to our
Counfti to presbyters Presbytery than that which the Angd-
Wei ytcn. gave to w^^r now wan(Jring in the Wildernefle,,
and ready to ptriJI:-> return andfabmit to thy fup^riour
in <i^^5 honour and Authority., to venerable E,pifcopacy
ajad Reverend JKifliops, in whofe family and under
whote iufpeftioit Presbyters are much fafer. and
happier., than they can be in their Schifmatick, de-
fertions and factious divifions ^ Nomenwifh and
dedgne.better for all Presbyters, that are abfokite
honeft and ingenious than good Hifwps do,who
will treat them, not as their Lords over them,
Duty nf M- b.ut as Fathers to them3notas Svbje&s but brethren,
cciientBi- ^or js }ie fit to bszE/Jbop, who is not as. much
concerned
Iff their good bckavirur. 293
concerned for the inferiour Cl -rgref good ordcr^
fttpport) honou*^ and happincjje,, as his own ; for fuch
is the fymbolizingfate of good Bifhffpf^ and aiJ other
reformed Minifies in Engltnd^ that divided they will
be dcftroyed. united they will be invincible'-) Nor
can thofe men be either very wife, orfaithfull to
the Church and Kingdom of England, who ftudy to
ftp.tr.itc what God and the King^ & the LAWS of t.iis
kingdom, 8t the conftint utjioms of this church^ as of
all others from the beginning of ChrifHanity5 have
united together^ in one family and holy (economy,
by which good Billiop, may be adorned with the
prefence, aflifred with thecounfel, and honoured
with the love and refpsft of leaned rrtshytirs^ On
the other fide, fuch worthy Trcsi.ytirs may be pro-
tet^ed and encouraged by the pn/tdeittial and pater
nal care of godly B//Z^/>.r, whofe true honour is not
to be preferred above their Brethren-? but to be as
Jofephwas, profitable to them, and to imitate the
great examples of the Primitive Bifhops, of tfie
blefled dpoftle^and of J fit* chrift kimfelf\ the great
Shepherd, and chief B'ilnop of our foulesa who laid
down his life for his Church and iiock, to whom-
we mutt all give account of all ovr timer, talent fs
&\\& advantages^ in any kind, by which we are en
abled and called to fervc his great intereftf^ which
confifts in fuch an holy ordering of his Church, as
may-at once fave our felves and others, Icaft while
we preach To3 or prefide ovcrothcrf^ our felves be
caft awjvcs.
$. In this humble and holy ambition Dr, C*tt*
dcndefires to live and dye, norftiould he ever have
pleafurein either feeing fUjbops rtftorcd, or Epif-
copacy re-cftdlijbedin the Church of England^ if he
did
.94
The binding of all Covenants and Covenant erf
did not hope to fee by this means the glory of God
and the honour of the reformed Religion, with the
peace of this Church and Kingdom happily recovered
and firmly Jet Jed, upon foundations of verity and
charily, truth and peace, order and uniformity, fanQity
and folcwmiy, which are the great ornaments arid
monuments of any Church or Nation.
§. And thus hath Dr. Gauden much again ft his
temper and leifure, even tired bzmfelf and his Rea-
dw too, with his tedious and intangled animadvcr-
Jions upon thofe two Pamphlets, Of the Anatomift
D.'B. and the Analeptift Z.C. which fought to
weaken the Strength, Religion, Law, Juftice, and Ho
nour Q{ his Analyjtf, which fought in the inofr;>/-
ojfcnjtve way fo to ftate and refolve the fenfe of that
unhappy Covenant, as might make it fome way con-
fijient with Scripture, with our Laws, with trie Ca
tholic ^judgement, order and ufe of thecbttrch of
Chrifr, with that loyalty which we owe to the King
with t\iztjujiice, charity, and humanity which is due
to allhoneft men, and especially to clergy men, who
fhould be the beft of all '-> Laftly, with that peace
order, (lability, and good government, which is1
neceiTary for the baffinejje of this Church and
Kingdom^ That Gods mercy andhisjifajejties cle
mency may not be ftill turned into wantonnefle
by the unreafonable and perverfe difputes of po
pular, peevifhj factious, and turbulent Spirits, who
are fo far from adorning there -formed Religion^ or
the glorious Gofpelofjefa chrifl, or the name of the
bleffedGod, by urging their Covenant on the King1
and on this Church and Kingdom, in their unjuSt •
illegal, novel3 faffiour, and confnfed fenfe, againfl the
ancient Englifli Epifcopacy 3 that they caufe the
1o their good behaviour.
name of God, andofChrift, and of the reformed
Religion to be evil Ipol^u of, by following thofe
injurious/chifmaticaland facrilegious things., that
are not true., nor honaji, norjnft; nor pure, nor lovely,
nor of #Wr*/wf 9 without any vwtue, or praife-wor-
thinejje, contrary to thofe things which they have
learned and received., fcen and beard, in this and all
ancient Churches ofChrift, in the frft Apoflhs and
their molt eminent fucceilors, whole uniform, pic-
ty Border and charity itisfarfafer to imitate without
any fuch Covenant , than to deviate from them
under pretence of it , if it cannot be reconciled
to pious antiquity, and to the Laws of God and man,
which are the fufficient and onely && jutes and
^W/ of our duties, nor do they ftandinneed of
any fuch novel Covenant to ekf tbet»ottl9 nor^will
they bear any fuch new patch or addition to their old
•and fair garment, if it be of another colour different
and deformed from thofe ornaments of jufticejoyalty,
honcfly, w&holy antiquity, which are the glory of
true Religjon, and the defence of a good Conscience,
in which Dr. Gauden hopes andprayesto live and
dye, without doing, faying, or writing anything
which may juftly grieve either Gods Spirit, or the
good Spirit of any man truly godly3that is juft and
-holy, righteous to man and religious to God, con
trary to which, no man either may make, or take,
or keep any vow or Covenant.
FINIS.
Reader, through this difcourfc, for Grtftm read Cnfm..
. VS
\
Books written by "johtt Lord Bifhopof Exccfttr,
and fold by Andrew Crook.* at the green
Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard.
I. IT *flerarprftesi A Defence for the Mini Siry and
1. \
Minifttrs<& the Church of
2.Three Sermons preached on publick occafions
3. Funerals made Cordial.^ in a Sermon preached
at the Interment of the Corps of Robert Rich, Heir
apparent to the Earldom otjPar»ickf
4. A fermon preached at the Funeral of Dr.Ra 'ph
Eronnrig Bifhop of fixceJier(Dccf^.ij.i6^c).') with
an account of his Life and Death.
5. A Petitionary/' Rctnonftrance in the behalf of
many thoufand Minifters and Scholars.
6. K«w/}9/i Jive MedicaftrJ) Slight healers of pub-
Jique hurts, fet forth in a Sermon Preached in St.
Paul* Church,L(?W(7//3beforethe Lord Mayor^Lord
General^Aldermen^ommon Council3and Compa
nies of the honourable City of London.
7. M«y»x«* e«, Gods great Demonftrations and
Demands of Juftice, Mercy and Humility, fet forth
in a Sermon preached before the honorable Koufe
of Commons., at their Solemn Fafr, before their
fir ft fitting, April 30. i 6 6c.
8. AKAAysu, Theloofingof St.Pe/er/Bandsi fet-
ting forth the true fenfe and folution of the Cove
nant in point of Confcience, fo fur as it relates to
the Government of the Church by Epifcopacy.
9. Anti-facrilegWy or a dcfenfatire againft Dr.
Cor. Surges.
JAN 1937