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A75811	The Christian moderator: the second part; or, Persecution for religion condemned by the light of nature. Law of God. Evidence of our own principles. With an explanation of the Roman Catholick belief, concerning these four points: their church, worship, justification and civill government. Whereunto there are new additions since the octavo was printed.; Christian moderator. Part 2	Birchley, William, 1613-1669.	1652 (1652)	Wing A4246; ESTC R225799	36,103	34

laid on the more it flourisheth I having gotten this advantage by the late coming in of some Papists to our Religion went presently on purpose to my Recusant to put him to the question and as it were a little triumphing demanded what he thought now of his old Latine Proverb in which he had formerly seemed to place so much confidence and whither the Palm tree did not sometimes break a twigg by laying on so many weights To which he replyed with a little suddennesse and Choller That some dead or Canker-eaten Branches as they can bear no weight so they can bear no fruit even whilst united to the Stock and much lesse after their division But soon recovering himself to his usuall temper he calmly yet earnestly undertook that as there have been at least twenty Priests put to death in England since the beginning of this Parliament meerly upon the account of their Religion or function so he could name a farre greater number of persons of quality who have in this same space of time reconciled themselves to the Catholique Union When I urged him to the proof of this assertion he immediately delivered me a list of twenty Priests who during these late revolutions had been hang'd drawn and quartered either for taking orders beyond Seas or exercising them on this side the Seas and with all promised upon the allowance of a little time for recollection to furnish me with a Roll of some names who have lately declared themselves Catholiques undertaking if he was deceived in any name to recompence such Errour with the interest of two for one unlesse he might be dispensed with upon the inconveniency of discovering those who can no longer live unruined for their Religion then they are unknown to professe it The PREISTS executed in severall places since the Year 1641. were these Mr. William Ward Mr. Raynolds Mr. Roe Mr. Edward Morgan Mr. Bullaker Mr. Holland Mr. Heath Mr. Francis Bell. Mr. Ducket Mr. Corbet Mr. Morse Mr. Phillip Powell Mr. Peter Wright Executed at Tyburne Mr. Lockwood Mr. Caterick Executed at York Mr. Green Executed at Dorchester Mr. Barlow Mr. Reading Mr. Whitaker Mr. Thompson Executed at Lancaster Besides Master Tho. Vaughan after very hard usage aboard Capt. Moltons Ship soon after dyed at Cardiffe in South-Wales Mr. John Goodman Mr. Henry Myners Mr. Peter Wilsford Mr. John Hamond Mr. Colman Mr. Rivers c. Dyed Prisoners in the Common-Goale at Newgate since the year 1641. Besides divers who are now continued in prison Now I humbly thank the Lord Christ there was onely one of these Priests whom I mentioned in the first part of this Discourse put to death since this Nation was established in the present Government and I wish from my Soul that his life had also been spared since my obligations to this Common-wealth and the present Governors thereof are such that I am bound every day to offer up my sighs and prayers to the Lord that no bloud of any peaceable Christian be spilt for the only difference of judgement in Religion for certainly whosoever shall practice such cruelty will be called to a strict and rigorous account at the judgment of the great Day But proceeding to require of my Recusant the performance of his word con certain the late Converts he so much gloried in I merrily threatned him that if he observed not his promise I would presently not only suspect some secret evasion in him but cry out against all Papists as juglers and equivocaters or else I being an Heretique no Faith was to be kept with me and though the present matter be of a trivial consequence yet we know the Welshman stole Rushes to keep his hand in ure He first seriously redeemed his word by delivering me this following Catalogue and then merrily answered by jesting with wonder at my hardinesse how I durst stay in London since the last letters from Amsterdam discover so dangerous a plot intended by the Papists and Cavaliers against this Town they have these many Months held a secret intelligence with all Engineers and Mill-makers of Holland and hired them forthwith to prepare a thousand such Engins as we use to quench scare-fires and these Van Trump who has been a long time Popishly affected and a rank Cavalier ever since he was Knighted undertakes to bring up so privately to the very Bridge that in one night they may be planted all along the River and drown even Pauls it self by squirting all the water in the Thames upon the City Now if you ask a Papist whether he know of any such conspiracy he will presently cast about in his thoughts to retrive some mentall reservation and then down right deny that ever he heard any such thing But to return from this feigned Story of the Recusant to the reall History of his new Proselites amongst whom he reckon'd these following But pretended prudentiall reasons to excuse his concealment of many others 1. The Countesse of Denby 2. The Lady Kelimekin 3. The Lord Cottington 4. Thomas Vane Doctor of Divinity 5. Hugh Paulin De Cressy one of the late prebends of Wyndsor 6. Sir Marmaduke Langdale 7. Sir Francis Doddington 8. Sir Theophilus Gilby 9. Mistresse Bridget Feilding 10. Doctor Baily 11. Doctor Cosen onely Sonne 12. Dr. Goff entred into the Religious order of the Oratorians at Paris 13. Master Peter Gule of Balliol Colledge in Oxford 14. Mr. Richard Nicolls Batchelor of Divinity of Peter-house Cambridge 15. Mr. Richard Crashaw Master of Arts of Peter-house Cambridge well known for his excellent Poems 16. Master William Rowlands of Exeter Colledge in Oxford 17. Captain Thomas Cook 18. Master Edward Barker of Caius Colledge Cambridge 19. Master Temple 20. Master Osborne c. I must ingenuously confesse I knew not well what answer to make the Papist in this point but still to expresse my dislike of such persecution even of any sort of Christians And am very confident that were they treated more mercifully and invited to come to our spirituall conferences which my Recusant told me he would not at any time refuse were it onely to discourse in an amicable Christian way the points in difference between us we should gain more of them to us or at least hinder the growth of their Religion more then any tortures of body or Sequestrations of their Estates are like to do Nor is it reasonable to exact from such as dissent from us any other kind of presence at our exercises then to propose their difficulties in a modest and peaceable way and pariently to hear our answers without expecting they should presently joyn with the Congregation for that were to oblige them to professe before they are satisfied and practice before they know what it is they do Whereas the Scripture commands us first to try all things and then hold fast that which is best Some who have not onely the form but the power of Godlinesse in this Nation have of late in order to the advancement of Christs Kingdome

The Christian Moderator The Second Part OR PERSECVTION FOR RELIGION CONDEMNED By the Light of Nature Law of God Evidence of our own Principles WITH An Explanation of the Roman Catholick Belief concerning these four points Their Church Worship Justification and Civill Government JAMES 2. 12. So speak you and so do as they that are judged by the law of liberty for they shall be judged without mercy that have shewed no mercy Mille hominum species rerum discolor usus per me equidem sint omnia protinus alba Whereunto there are new Additions since the Octavo was Printed Printed for H. J. 1652. Persecution for Religion condemned c. IN the precedent part of this discourse I have demonstrated according to that light which the Lord Christ hath infused into my Soul how much Coercency in Religion is repugnant to the Law of Nature and by many evident and unanswerable Texts of Scripture shewed how displeasing it is to God how improper to advance the power of godlinesse and how extremly disaggreeable to the sweet Spirit which guided our Lord Jesus in the propagation of his Gospel And after in the same little Treatise I proceed to prove by the expresse words of the Parliaments and Armies Declarations that the great Principle wherein we glory and which we have so long fought to establish is a perfect Gospel-freedom and absolute deliverance of the Conscience from all Tyranny and oppression Which discourse as I composed in all humbleness of spirit and afterwards offered to the gracious Redeemer of our Souls who gave me strength and power to finish it to his glory So I finde not onely my self for which I humbly thank the bounty of my God confirmed in my former judgement but others in some measure convinced in theirs of the unreasonablenes and sin of Conscience-Persecution Concerning which pious and modest temper of mutuall forbearance I shall only add to what I have mentioned in the former part this plain and familiar Observation That as the surest mark of a tender conscience in our selves is a tender spirit to others so the most infallible sign of a hard and stony heart in our brests is when we slit in pieces and shipwrack the Consciences of all that touch upon us But praised for ever be the Name of our God who still proceeds to guide and illuminate his chosen graciously disposing them neither to presume upon themselves for their knowledge nor be cruell against others for their ignorance but humbly adore and wait upon the Divine Providence in the disposure of all things which fils my soul with exceeding joy when I consider it to be the general sense of all the truly godly and well-affected in this Nation that no quiet and peaceable Christian be deprived of the chief content and comfort of this life which certainly consists in a real impartial yet unoffensive liberty to serve his God according to his conscience Many Petitions I could here cite in affirmance of this Truth from severall Provinces of this Land but I shall trouble the Reader only with these two the first was presented to the Parliament upon the six and twentieth of March 1649. from the county of Leicester wherein though I were none of the Subscribers yet I did both by my self and friends promote it what I could as conceiving the requests of it both just and reasonable it bore this Title The humble Petition of divers well affected of the County of Leicester in behalf of themselves and the Nation ANd the seventh Article or branch of the Petition was this 7. That every one may enjoy the just freedoms to worship God according to his word without any Coercive or restrictive courses to the contrary The Petition being read the Gentlemen that presented it were called in and Master Speaker by Order of the House gave them hearty thanks c. And on the 2 of April following a like Petition was presented entituled The humble Petition and Representation of severall Churches of God in London commonly though falsly called Anabaptists which was also graciously accepted by the House according to the Merit of so conscientious a suit and the justice of so glorious a Parliament At which time we happily began to shake off that intollerable burthen of Isachar the Presbyterian government which has bin since in a good measure effected through the blessing of the Lord Christ and pious care of his instruments the Governours of this Common-wealth In so much as no persons of what society or perswasion soever in this Nation are at present persecuted for their Conscience onely or difference in outward worship but the Papist whom I am therefore according to that Principle of charity which absolutely commands my spirit obliged to make the chief subject of this discourse In order to which performance I have since the writing my former sheets often waited upon God in humility of spirit and endeavour to inform my self as much as I could of the truth and particular manner of their sufferings and to that end have somtimes purposely attended at Haberdashers hall to hear their Cases pleaded where though I suffered some persecution from the croud and noise of that place yet far more was the grief of my minde to behold so many distressed suiters whose countenances were made sad by the fear of a fatall Order for their impoverishment But before I proceed to any of those particulars I must at least in my own judgement clear the Papists obstinacy and non submission to the present government wherewith they were by some accus'd as a sufficient ground of all their punishment from which imputation I shall easily deliver them by transcribing a copy of their Petition which they have with much diligence and humble importunity addressed to very many Members of Parliament professing to wait onely the happines of an opportunity to present it to the House and being a Paper at least 5 or 6 moneths old and delivered to so many persons with whom I have the honour to be acquainted it fell by chance into my hands having I confesse of late entertained a particular delight and recreation to passe some part of my time in such curiosities To the supreme Authority of this Nation the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England The humble Petition of the Roman Catholikes Sheweth THat your Petitioners have long waited some happy leasure when there might be a hearing allowed them of their many sad pressures the weight whereof hath sunk them so ruinously low that they are utterly disabled to discharge their many debts make the least provision for their Children or relieve themselves reduced to extreme necessities That even such of your Petitioners as are sequestred for Delinquency have still comforted their sorrows with this hope that at the last they should certainly be received to mercy since the generall VOTES for Composition of the 17. of March 1648. seem cleerly to imply them capable thereof when the Rules concerning them should be agreed upon

had unto them whatsoever quality or condition they were of all were forced not onely to obey you but which is the greatest tyranny over mens Consciences they were made to swear that they thought as ye would have them albeit to your own knowledge many thought the contrary c. The whole Answer which bears dare 20 Jan. 1651. is worth the reading and is Printed in the Diurnall Numb. 118. I pray Christ a great part of the same arguments may not be turned against us for enforcing this Oath of Abjuration so positively against mens Consciences And since we all say that we abhor to violence and force any ones Conscience farther then to secure the publick peace and that only as necessity shall really appear and not upon any Voluntary or Counterfeit pretence I cannot see how the taking of this Oath avails to make a man either a better Neighbour or a better Subject I cannot see that the Parliament confides any more in those whom they have frighted to take it nor any places of trust committed to them in reward of their conformity and indeed there is lesse reason in my opinion to rely upon such as are involuntarily drawn to an outward complyance then even those that stand out their Sequestrations as being more exasperated against us by our severe proceedings since there can be no greater cause of resentment and hatred then the remembrance to have been compelled by us publiquely to swear against their Consciences unlesse their Judgements be really changed and then all penalties to enforce them are superfluous which leads me the direct way to this clear conclusion that such Oathes are alwayes either absolutely pernicious or altogether unnecessary if against the inward Judgement damnable if according to it uselesse Since then the receiving such an Oath against the Conscience is the highest degree of perjury and spirituall murther of the soul let us sadly consider how disadvantagious to the work of the Lord and scandalous to the eyes of men it wil be for us to fill up our Congregations with such unsanctified Members The ingenious Author of Mer. Poli●i●us Numb. 99. page 1554. hath an admirable Discourse upon this Subject If we seriously reflect sayes he upon the designe of God in bringing Christ into the world we shall find it was to set an end to that pompous administration of the Jewish form that as his Church and people were formerly confined within the Narrow Pale of a particular Nation so now the Pale should be broken down and all Nations taken into the Church Not all Nations in a lump nor any whole Nations or Nationall Bodies to be formed into Churches For his Church or people now under the Gospel are not to be a body Politicall but Spirituall and Mysticall not a promiscuous confusion of persons taken in at adventure but an orderly collection a picking and choosing of such as are called and Sanctified c. Not a company of men forced in by commands and constitutions of worldly power and prudence but of such as are brought in by the power and efficacy of Christs Word and Spirit For he himself hath said My Kingdome is not from hence My Kingdome is not of this World c. And therefore that hand which hath hitherto presumed in most Nations to erect a power called Eccclesiastick in equipage to the Civill to bear sway and bind mens Consciences to certain Notions ordained for Orthodox upon civill penalties under colour of prudence good order discipline preventing of heresie and advancing of Christs Kingdome and to this end hath twisted the spirituall power as they call it with the worldly and secular Interest of State this I say hath been the very right hand of Antichrist opposing Christ in his way whose Kingdome being not of this world depends not upon the helps and devises of worldly wisdom Thus that excellent Pen And a quick-sighted judicious member of Parliament in my hearing being made acquainted as with a supposed gratefull news that some indifferent Christians who professe amongst their old acquaintance no reall satisfaction of Conscience but onely a designe to save their Estates had taken the Oath of Abjuration and conformed said Truly our purchase therein is very little and the Papists losse much lesse In confirmation of this assertion I may here cite the case of Mr. Anthony Roan who was executed at Vsk in Monmouth sheire on the 4th of April 1650 for poisoning his Wife This Gent the very hour be●ore his execution made a publique confession to this purpose That he had been bred a Roman Catholick from his infancy and continued in that Religion till some two or three years before his death when being overcome by an unhappy necessity of preserving his family from beggery he forsook the Belief of his own Soul and went to Church to save his Estate after which the Devil taking advantage upon him in this disturbance and anxiety of Spirit he confessed that he had faln into many great Sins but denyed the guilt of that horrid crime of poisoning his wife for which he was condemned to die delivering further with a kind of confidence that if he had had the grace to have continued constant in his Religion he believed he had never so highly transgressed the Commandments of his God nor come to so unhappy an end And openly declared with much seeming repentance that he dyed in his old Religion Certainly this is a sad consequence of wresting the inward perswasion of poor Souls from that Belief which their own Conscience tells them is truth thereby making them lesse carefull of their salvation and their honesty and credit of lesse repute even with those who force them to this change For the heart of man is so frail and deceitful that it seldom is drawn by violence from those principles which it has long been used to esteem and practise but becomes slack and negligent in what concerns the other World and by degrees very often wholly insensible of any thing but sensuality UPon the news not long since of some Papists taking the Oath of Abjuration and frequenting the publique places of meeting I conceived my self sufficiently furnisht to answer a certain old saying which a Recusant of my acquaintance used often to repeat in my hearing that SANGUIS MARTYRUM EST SEMEN ECCLESIAE This upon all occasions he applyed the sufferings of Papists both here in England and ten thousand miles off in Japan in which two Islands have of late been sharper persecutions said he for matter of Religion then in any other place of the world This he continually insisted upon as a Soveraign remedy for all his sorrows nor could we ever beat him from his last hold wherein he fortified himself SANGUIS MARTYRUM c. nay more he sometimes ventured to affirm with strange assurance this assertion that this Church encreased and prospered still even whilst it was actually under the greatest pressures that his Church was as the Palme tree the heavier weights are