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A43681	The spirit of popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical-Protestants, or, The last speeches of Mr. John Kid and Mr. John King, two Presbyterian ministers, who were executed for high-treason and rebellion at Edinburgh, August the 14th, 1679 with animadversions, and the history of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his murder, extracted out of the registers of the Privy-Council, &c. / by an orthodox Protestant.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Kid, John, d. 1679.; King, John, d. 1679.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1874; ESTC R6348	165,592	93

portae inferorum non vincent eam tibi dabo claves c. inde per temporum successionum vices Episcoporum ordinatio Ecclesiae ratio decurrit ut Ecclesia super Episcopos constituatur omnes actus Ecclesiae per eosdem praepositos gubernetur cum hoc itaque divina lege fundatum sit miror Epist. 68. he calls the Ordination of a Bishop sub populi assistentis conscientiâ traditionem divinam Apostolicam observationem and instanceth in Act. 1. 15. and Epist. 65. upon occasion of a Deacon reproaching Rogatianus his Bishop Pro solitâ tuâ humanitate fecisti ut malles de eo nobis conqueri quum pro Episcopatus vigore Cathedrae autoritate haberes potestatem quâ posses de illo statim vindicari Meminisse autem diaconi debent quoniam Apostolos id est Episcopos propositos dominus elegit diaconos autem post ascensum domini in coelos Apostoli sibi constituerunt Episcopatus sui Ecclesiae ministros And Epist. 42. to Cornelius Bishop of Rome Hoc enim vel maximè frater laboramus laborare debemus ut unitatem à domino per Apostolos nobis successoribus traditam quantum possumus obtinere curemus Epist. 69. Christi qui dicit ad Apostolos ac per hoc ad omnes praepositos qui Apostolis vicarià ordinatione succedunt qui audit vos me audit Faith of the Apostles and 6 Not in the Faith of the holy Scriptures which command every Soul to be Subject to the higher Powers and which neither teach directly nor indirectly That the Episcopal Government is an Antichristian or the Presbyterian by Kirk-Sessions Presbyteries and Synods a Divine Institution or that the Magistrate hath no privative Power over Ecclesiastical Persons or in causes Ecclesiastical or that Passive Obedience to an unjust Sentence is as great a Sin as Active Obedience to an unrighteous Command c. Primitive Christians and 7 Not in the Faith of the holy Scriptures which command every Soul to be Subject to the higher Powers and which neither teach directly nor indirectly That the Episcopal Government is an Antichristian or the Presbyterian by Kirk-Sessions Presbyteries and Synods a Divine Institution or that the Magistrate hath no privative Power over Ecclesiastical Persons or in causes Ecclesiastical or that Passive Obedience to an unjust Sentence is as great a Sin as Active Obedience to an unrighteous Command c. Protestant Reformed Churches and particularly of the 8 Not in the Faith of the holy Scriptures which command every Soul to be Subject to the higher Powers and which neither teach directly nor indirectly That the Episcopal Government is an Antichristian or the Presbyterian by Kirk-Sessions Presbyteries and Synods a Divine Institution or that the Magistrate hath no privative Power over Ecclesiastical Persons or in causes Ecclesiastical or that Passive Obedience to an unjust Sentence is as great a Sin as Active Obedience to an unrighteous Command c. Church of Scotland whereof I am a poor Member that has been so wonderfully Carried on against so much Opposition Athanasius who flourished Anno Dom. 326. writing to Dracontius Elected to a Bishoprick and refusing it saith Quod si nullam omnino mer●edem Episcopi functioni destinatam credis servatoremque ●ui eam ita instituit contemnis Damasus who flourished Anno Dom. 367. Epist. 4. de chorepiscopis Nullus ex Septuaginta discipulis quorum speciem isti gerunt nil de hoc quod Apostolis eorumque successeribus Episcopis specialiter debebatur legitur assumpsisse Epiphanius who flourished Anno Dom. 360. Haeres 75. writes thus Docet divinus Apostoli sermo quis sit Episcopus quis Presbyter cum dicit ad Timotheum qui erat Episcopus Presbyterum ne objurges Ambrosd de dignit sacerdot writes thus Claves illas regni coelorum in beato Petro cuncti suscepimus sacerdotes i. e. Episcopi for in the following Chapters he asserts That the Bishops in St. Peter received the Keys from Christ and the Presbyters from them Augustin ad Quod vult deum de haeresibus among other Heretical Opinions of Tom. 6. Aerius reckons this for one Quod docebat Presbyterum ab Episcopo nullâ differentiâ debere discerni De verbis dom Serm. 24. Dicit ergo qui vos Spernit meSpernit Si solis Apostolis dixit qui vos spernit me spernit Spernite nos si autem sermo ejus pervenit Tom. 10. ad nos vocavit nos in eorum loco constituit nos videte ne spernatis nos ne ad illum perveniat injuria quam nobis feceritis Ad Crescon Grammat l. 1. Attende etiam quod quemadmodum ad Titum cum explicaret Paulus qualis esse Episcopus debeat there he asserts Titus to have been a Bishop Non ergo solos qui ex circumcisione sunt sed eos maximè tales esse ait oportere tamen in doctrinâ sanâ redargui refellique ab Episcopo vaniloquos mentis seductores indubitatâ praeceptione firmavit There he saith That St. Paul commanded all Bishops in Titus to exhort and convince Gainsayers And in the next words he saith He looked upon that Precept as given to himself Unde hoc etiam mihi jussum esse cognosco hoc pro viribus ago Enarrat in Psalm 44. in our Translation the 45. 16. v. Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii Quid est pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii patres missi sunt Apostoli pro Apostolis filii nati sunt tibi Constituti sunt Episcopi Hodie enim Episcopi qui sunt per totum mundum unde nati sunt ipsa Ecclesia patres illos appellat ipsa illos genuit ipsa illos constituit in sede patrum Apostolórum non ergo te putes desertam quia no vides Petrum quia non vides Paulum quia non vides illos per quos nata es de prole tua tibi crevit paternitas Contra literas Petil. lib. 2. c. 51. Cathedra tibi quid fecit Ecclesiae Romanae in quâ Petrus sedet in quâ hodie Anastasius sedet vel Ecclesiae Hierosolymitanae in quâ Jacobus sedit in quâ hodie Johannes sedet quare appellas Cathedram Pestilentiae Cathedram Apostolicam Chrysostome in his Homily on Ignatius saith he was Successor to St. Peter in the See of Antioch ordained by the Apostles ut tanto principatu dignus and in his Homilie● on Timoth. and Titus he expresses his opinion of Bishops as of an Apostolical Institution Perhaps it may seem superfluous to shew further how effrontedly this Antiepiscoparian speaks in saying He died in the Faith of the Primitive Christians but because the Presbyterians have the confidence to represent Hierom as a Patron of their Cause I will take a little more pains to shew how they have abused the World by this pretence in demonstrating that this Father held the

occasion of their keeping of Coaches and admitting of their Secular Titles for which I likewise find them censured by the Viperous Author of the Reformed Bishop Printed lately at London Ruined Interest of our Lord and Master and for the relief of my poor Brethren Afflicted and r It hath always been the custom of Sectaries to miscall the Execution of the Laws by the odious name of Persecution which common People who seldom consider that the righteousness of the Cause and not the sufferings of the Prosecuted make Persecution are apt to think is really such as often as men suffer upon a pretended The true notion of Persecution stated religious account Therefore I will take an occasion from the abuse of the word by this Deceiver to declare from the words of our Blessed Redeemer That Persecution in the active sence is Inflicting and in the passive suffering of Evil for Righteousness-sake Whosoever then is truly Persecuted must be prosecuted for matters of professed Faith or Principles or for matters of Practice Upon the former account a man is Persecuted when he is prosecuted either for professing under which I comprehend Preaching and Teaching a true Doctrine which he is bound to profess as the Apostles were persecuted by the Jews for professing Jesus to be the Christ or for remonstrating against a false Doctrine which he is bound to remonstrate against as the same Apostles were persecuted for opposing this Doctrine that Moses his Law was to be observed under-Christ But whosoever is persecuted for matters of practise is prosecuted either for matters of Divine Worship which concern the first Table or for Matters of Morality which belong to the Second for there is no Righteousness or Righteous cause which is not reducable to one of these Two With respect to matters of Divine Worship a man is persecuted either upon a Negative account for not Worshipping a false god like the Three Children in Daniel or else for not Worshipping the true God in a false way as St. Paul and the other Apostles were persecuted by the Sanhedrim for not Worshipping God according to the Jewish manner after it was abrogated and these are the two Sorts of Persecution which most ordinarily occur in reading the Scriptures Or 2ly Upon a positive account for Worshipping the true God in a true way or to express it in the Sectaries own tearms for Serving of God as Daniel was cast into the Lions Den for Praying to God against the Kings Decree With respect to matters of Morality a man is also Persecuted two ways First Upon a Negative account when he is Prosecuted for not doing something which is in its own nature or by Gods positive Command Morrally Evil as the good Midwives were in danger of being Prosecuted by Pharaoh for not Murdering the Hebrew-Infants Or 2ly Upon a positive account when he is Prosecuted for doing some good Deed which in such and such circumstances ought to be done as our blessed Lord was Prosecuted by the Pharisees for opening the Eyes of the Blind and healing on the Sabbath-day These distictions being premised let us see in which of these cases the Covenanters are Covenantert not Persecuted Persecuted or which is all one for what they are Martyrs For no man is Persecuted but as far as he is Persecuted he is a Martyr and by his Suffeaings bears Witness to the righteous Cause for which he Suffers First Then they are not Persecuted when they are Prosecuted for professing the Principles of their Party because they are False Impious or both For contrary to the Universal Church of God they hold that Episcopacy is an Unscriptural and Antichristian Constitution That it is a sin to take Episcopal Orders or directly or indirectly to a See the Apologetical Narration and the Apology own the Authority of the Bishops and b See the Apologetical Narration and the Apology unlawfull to hear them or their Clergy Preach Nay That it is lawfull to kill them if they c For then they are Persecuting Prelates inform Authority or Preach or Write against them That the Use of the d A great Apostle of the Covenant Elder Brother to Dr. Owen said that the common Use of the Lords Prayer was a Papistical Charm And a Minister of Galloway thanked God that he had banished two Idols out of his Parish Our Father and I believe in God Lords Prayer the Creed and the Ten Commandments is Superstitious and Idolatrous That the Common-Prayer is an Idol That the observation of e See Bishop Lindseys Narration of the Assembly at Derth Holy-days the four Apostolical not excepted private Baptisms private Communions and Confirmation are unlawful Superstitious and Popish That the Presbyterian Government is of Divine Institution That the f The Apologetical Narration and almost all their Books solemn League and Covenant cannot be rescinded by any power on Earth but obligeth us and our Posterity for ever and that it is lawfull to kill those that g This was the true ground of their implacable hatred to the Marquess of Montross and the late Archbishop of St. Andrews Apostatize from it That the Oath of Allegiance in Scotland and the Oath of Supremacy in England ought not to be taken and That the h The Apologetical Narration see Note y on the first Speech Act of Supremacy unkings Christ That it is unlawful to appear at Bishops i The Apologet. Narrat and Napht. page 126. saith That their Oppressions and grievances by reason of this Court alone do far exceed the pressures and injuries of the Spanish Inquisition whereupon the United Provinces have justified their Revolt from the King of Spain Courts or before the k The Apologet. Narrat and Napht. page 126. saith That their Oppressions and grievances by reason of this Court alone do far exceed the pressures and injuries of the Spanish Inquisition whereupon the United Provinces have justified their Revolt from the King of Spain High-Commission-Court That the Supream Magistrate cannot silence a Minister nor indict a Fast which the good Kings of Judah and Israel and the King of Nineveh did That the l Jus Populi Vindicatum Apologet. Narr Sect. 11. People have a Right to defend themselves and their Covenanted Religion That m Apologet. Narr Sect. 9. The Apology Mitchels larger Speech in Rav. Red. Though the Right of Patronage is far Elder than Popery as is evident from that Law of Justinian Novel 123. c. 18. Siquis oratorii domum fabricaverit and the Council of Toled 9. c. 2. decernimus ut quamdiu fundatores Ecclesiarum presentations to Livings in the Church by Lay-Persons and Collations by Bishops is Popish and unlawful not to mention all their other Principles which are occasionally mentioned in these Animadversions But if all these and their other Doctrines which they profess in opposition to the Church and State be False or Impious or both as most assuredly they are then they are not Persecuted

Converted Butcher and his Wife 34 35. Cardinal Beton his Murder and Melvils Speech to him 66. John Balfour the Assassin 36. Bestiality Seven or Eight Conventiclers put to death for that Crime 34. Bishops The Successors of the Apostles their Office distinct from that of a Priest and of Divine Institution 38 39 40. they had a new Ordination distinct from that of Presbyters 41. Mr. Robert Blaires Divinity 30. John Bridgeford his Adultery and Blasphemy 34. The Bond for the Peace 44. Rebels choose to be Hanged and Transported rather than take it 16. The Bond tendred in 1677. and 1678. what the Covenanters said of it 50 51. Mr. Blake his Pride and Blasphemy 53. Mr. Robert Bruce his saying to King James 50. what the King said of him 51. Buchanan 13. in Marg. his Doctrine of Kings 29. and of Ehuds Dagger or Heroical Murders 69. in Marg. Burning of London assigned as a Divine Judgment for burning the Covenant there by the hands of the Common-Hangman 8. C. Mr. Cameron 70. Mr. Calderwoods Altare Damascenum 24. 30. Mr. Andrew Cant 7. Mr. Alexander Cant 53. Solemn League and Covenant the great Scandal to Foreign Reformed Churches 42. The National Covenant 43. Churches Greek and Latin attributed as great a Supremacy in Ecclesiastical matters to the Christian Emperors as the English and Scottish do to the King 23. Church of Scotland hath no Liturgical Forms or Ceremonies 26. is in a state of Persecution 28. Covenanters They refuse to answer when examined by Authority 1 12. their blasphemies about the Covenant 7. 26 4● and against the Act of Supremacy 9. 25. They reckon Wariston Guthry and Mitchel c. for Martyrs 10. their ignorance and wickedness 12. Their Jesuitical Doctrines 13 14. 66 67 68. They impose new Articles of Faith 13 14 25. They Prea●● against the Five-Months Tax 16. 71. Their Pseudo-Martyrs dyed Drunk 18 19. They aggravate the common infirmities of Human nature and take no notice of their own presumptious Sins 21. They by their Principles must have separated from all Churches since Christs time till the Reformation 23. They call Episcopal Churches Erastian Churches and their Ministers Court-Parasites 24. They assert the use of the Lords-Prayer Creed and Ten Commandments to be Superstitious and Idolatrous 25. They condemn the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy 25. The true cause of their hatred to Montross and the late Lord Primate 25. in Marg. g. They are not Persecuted but justly Punished 25 26 27. They are great Persecutors and Tyrants 27. 28. They and their Predecessors Persecuted Queen Mary Stuart King James King Charles the First and the Second 28. Their Treasonable and Jesuitical Principles about Government 29 30 31. They mock at the Doctrine of Passive Obedience 32. They speak great things about the holiness of their own Party 33. Their wickednessess and debaucheries 12. 34 35. They Murder at Houses as well at Field-Conventicles 36. Their incivility and inhumanity 47. Their Sawciness and Impudence 49. Their Pride and Spiritual Fast Lying Slandering c. 51 52 53. Their agreements with Arrians Novatians Donatists and Papists 50. Their Assassinating and Massacring Principles 66 67 68. Cess granted by the last Convention The Field-Preachers Preach against it 16. 47 71. Jesuitical Letter Post finem Primitive Christians and Christian Churches the common Doctrines wherein they all agreed 33. All Protestants ought to confess them as the common notions of Christianity 16. Consistory of Geneva and Charenton Scandalized at the Covenant 42. Cup of cold Water a Book vid. Poor Mans Cup. D. Desertion The Doctrine of Desertion not grounded in Scripture 34. The Scottish Declaration against the Covenant 8. Mr. John Dickson his blasphemies 8. 12 45. Jannet Duglass 35. Mr. Robert Duglass his Papal Pride 50. Earl of Dundonalds Servant the cause of his Distraction 16. E. Episcopacy proved to be a Divine Institution 38. 39. c. Christian Emperors Their Supremacy and Power in Ecclesiastical Matters and over Ecclesiastical Persons 23. City of Edinburgh railed at by Naphtali 52. F. Field-Meetings proved by many instances to be Randevouzes of Rebellion against Mr. Kid 11. Lord Forrester his Tragical End 35. James Foyer the holy Beggar 34. The right notion of Free-Grace 4. 5. The fulfilling of the Scriptures the blasphemies of that Book 19 20. French-Church scandalized at the Covenant 42. a Letter forged by the Western Covenanters in the name of the French-Church 52. G. Gallows of two sorts invented by the late Rebels one for the common Enemies of Christ and the other for the Nobles 54. Geneva The Reformed Church there scandalized at the Covenant 42. General Assembly the Papal Tyranny thereof 51. Sir Edmondbury Godfreys Murder parallel'd 50. Goodman Knoxes Companion his Rebellious and Murderous Principles 30. 66. Causes of Gods wrath a Book so called 43. Mr. Alexander Gibson Clerk of the Privy Council his Certificat 12. Grayham the Apostat Bishop of Orkney 16. Mr. Patrick Gillispie his Papal Pride 50. H. Mr. Hamilton Captain of Mr. Welshes Guard afterwards General of the Covenanted Army his Debaucheries 35. Robert Hamilton of Barnes 35. Mr. William Houston 34. I. King James His opinion of Bishops 42. in Marg. he complains of the Sawciness of the Presbyterian Ministers 49. The Papal State which the Presbyterian kept with him 50. His Sarcasm against Mr. Robert Bruce 51. Incest Eight Fanaticks convicted of that Crime in one Parish 34. Indulgence The Field-Preachers absolutely against Indulgence 6. 14 47. Addit post finem they write and preach against the Indulged 16. The Information for Defensive Arms 14. 31. The Irish justified their Rebellion by the example of Scotland 30. Jus populi Vindicatum 68. K. Mr. John Karstaires 34. Mr. Kid pretends to miraculous assistance 2 3. The King no otherwise to be obeyed than according to the Covenant 31. Mr. John Kings Jesuitical way of answering 20. his blasphemous applications of Scripture 21 22 23. got his Wife with Child before Marriage 34. dyed not in the Faith of the Primitive Christians 37. nor of the reformed Churches 42. as he told the People he did King Charles the First his larger Declaration 42 43. Knoxes Hist 13 14. in Marg. 30. 66. Knoxes Liturgy 27. L. Duke of Lauderdale 11. 47 73. Andrew Lesly his Murder Adultery and Blasphemy 33. Leightons Sions plea 14. Archbishop Leighton censured for his Articles of Accomodation 15 16. Lex Rex The treasonable and blasphemous Doctrines of that Book 30. it commends Mariana the Jesuit 16. mocks at the Doctrine of Passive Obedience 31. A Letter in the name of the French Church forged by the Fanaticks 52. London The burning of London and the last great Plague assigned as a Judgment for burning the Covenant there 8. Lords-Prayer Called a Papistical Charm 25. Bishop Lindseys Narration of the Assembly at Perth 25. Covenanting-Lords They wrote a Letter to the French King which Montross penned 30. Lords discontented who went to London March 1678. prayed for at a Field-Fast 11 Chancellor