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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03455	A fair character of the Presbyterian reformling's just and sober vindication of his observations upon the 30th of January, and the 29th of May, in defence of the reformer rack'd. Being an answer to J.G.G.'s new vile rant, and the Weekly Observator's invidious and false reflections on it.		1695 (1695)	Wing F94A; ESTC R176917	32,606	43

Kings pag. 125. characterizes the Conception and Birth and Education of John Calvin's Infant Schism with the most salt and tartest Excursions Never was there such a Monster as this ruling and thus constituted Presbytery the Father of it Rebellion the Mother Insurrection Witness the Fall of the Prince and Bishop of Geneva to the puny Historian our Observator the Midwife Sacrilege the Nurse Covetousness Pride and Ambition the Milk Schism the Coats Armour the Rattle Drums a bloody Sword the Coral Money and Janus-fac'd too perhaps the Babies it delights to play withal It grows up to be a Stripling and goes to school to a Council of War its Lesson is on a Trumpet its Fescue a Pistol it s going out of school in rank and file its Play-days the days of Battel and Black-Munday the day of Judgment It comes of age and is married with a solemn League and Covenant it begets Children like it self whose blessing upon them is the power of the sword and whose imposition of hands are broken pates the Monster cries down this truly ancient Catholick and Apostolick Power which the Bishops exercised and then tacks it up again and use it themselves in a higher nature than ever any Bishops or Apostles themselves did or durst have done even to the Excommunication and Deposement of their Kings to the delivering of them up to Satan and to Heads-men to whom the Apostles taught submission how faulty soever they were and if not obedience yet submission still to every one of their Ordinances if not for their own sakes yet for the Lord's sake and for Conscience-sake these men cry down the same Authority as Popish whilst they exalt themselves above all that are called Gods in a higher manner than ever any Pope of Rome ever yet did The Observator might observe and remember a certain Pope treated an Emperour as uncivilly as a Querry in making him hold his Stirrop till he mounted his Horse Frederick I. waited on Pope Adrian 's Stirrop walk a foot while he rode But the Presbyterians dismount our Kings hold our Kings in chains and our Nobles in fetters of Iron for themselves to ascend their Thrones They take from Caesar the things which are Caesars not only the Tribute but Crown and Life too Yet our Government was never long a Bucephalus to be ridden by such new Masters as they He always knew his Alexander from their uneasie Sitting and they were once fairly thrown out of the Saddle As for their old Arts and new Practices we know they usually play at Tennis with our Church either strike it down like a Ball for themselves to rebound the higher by or throw it up as the Beast does its prey only to catch it coming down again in his mouth devour and sport it to ruin so some Parasites may be assured by experience that the most feasible way to bring a haughty King down is to make him yet a haughtier Monarch pride him stick a feather in his Cap to take off his CROWN and so honourably kick him up stairs Fidlers and Drawers are only flung down ' em The ingeniousest and most infallible Maxim Politick or Religious that has been stated since Philosophy Certainty and Demonstration came to perfection was King James's in his Basil Dor. Sublato Episcopo tollitur Rex And the same Princely Wisdom that said Monarchy and Presbytery agreed like God and the Devil might have called Episcopacy Michael in the Battel That our Bishops are Jure divino Page 34. I am convinced from another Gospel than 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from the Fathers Councils Sanderson's Episcopacy Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity Morice's Vindication of Diocesan Episcopacy against Baxter's Church-History and the Learned Lowth's laborious Subject of Church Power c. He must confute them or he proves nothing The World 's come to this Gue you must either trip up another's heels or he 's your Master This is the Juggle of Parity they would have no Body above them but we guess who they would have under 'T is storied that after Luther had made a Combustion in Germany about Religion he was sent to by the Pope to be taken off and offer'd any preferment in the Church that he would make choice of Luther answered if he had offered half as much at first he would have accepted it but now he had gone so far he could not come back in truth he had made himself a greater Thing than they could make him the German Princes courted him he was become the Author of a Sect ever after to be called Lutherans So have our Preachers done that are against the Bishops they have made themselves greater with the People than they can be made the other way and golden Mountains cannot bring them off now The Reformling is angry that I do not prove every thing out of Scripture pag. 60. What will become of the Parliament and Westminster-Hall then if we cannot find them in the Bible What shall I do for Words to fit this Man unless I took the length of his Ear or the measure of his Mouth as the Fellow said that was to make a Speech for my Lord Mayor Farther yet the forecited Loyal Author pag. 136 137. may as well exemplifie and justifie my Language as obviate an Objection of an Elder-date which might now be urged To recite him then Oh but the Presbyterians had no hand in it they prayed and preached and wrote against it fasted and prayed for a diversion of all such Intentions but I pray who took the Scepter out of his hand in taking away the Militia of which it was an Emblem that should have defended him was it not the Presbyterian Who cast down his Throne by taking away his negative Voice was it not the Presbyterian Who took off his Crown the fountain of Honour from off his Head by denying Those Honour on whom he had conferr'd it without them was it not the Presbyterian Who took away his Supremacy signify'd by the sacred Unction wherewith he was anointed in not allowing him the liberty of his own Conscience in the point of Episcopacy and Church Government was it not the Presbyterian Who would not treat a minute with their King before they had made him acknowledge himself guilty as they say of all the blood that had been spilt throughout his Dominions was it not the Presbyterian who notwithstanding all the Concessions on his part that could be granted even to the very grating his Princely Conscience when he bid them ask flesh from off his bones and he would not deny it them if it might have been a benefit unto his people prayed that he might keep his Conscience whole it was the Queen-Regent of all good mens Actions and he hoped there were none would force his Queen before him in his House as Ahasuer us said to Haman voted not satisfactory so long untill the Independant Army came from Edenburgh and surpriz'd and murder'd him was it not the Presbyterians He