P A Ii T II. Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter. 2 i 7 § 74. Thofe that lookc for Liberty, were encouraged in their Expeáations by thefe Means following : r. All the Noblemen and Gentry that had been Sequeftred for the King 'a Caufe againft the old Parliament, did in feveral Counties, publifh Invitations to all Men to promote the King's Reduáion, protefting againR Thoughts ofRevenge or Un- charitablenefs ; and profeffrng their Refolution to put up all Injuries and live in .Peace. z. Afterward his Majefty feat overa Promife ofLiberty of Confèience, as thefe Men underltood it : but indeed it was but a Profefüon of his readinels to content to any Aá which the Parliament fhould offer to him tothat end. ;. Dr. Morley, and other of the Divines on that fide, did privately meet with fe- veral Perfons ofHonour, and force Minifters, and profeffed Refolutions for great Moderation and Lenity. 75. But thofe that look'd for filencing, cruelty, and Confulion, fail, that from the Beginning (except a few inconfiderable Perfons ) it was all the Enemies of ferions Godlinefs in the Land, who were on the one fide ; and k was the Friends of ferious Godlinefs whowere the main Body on the other Ede : That the Enmity between the Woman's and the Serpent's Seed is the molt unreconcilable in the World : That all the Hypocritesand carnal Sort of Formal PharifaicalGhrüli- ans will perfecute them that are born after the Spirit : That Wars and Sequeltra- dons, and Cromwel's feverity againR them, have exafperated them ; fo that we shall have natural Enmity and Malicefublimated to deal with ; and that they will revenge all their real and feeming Injuries ; that thefe twenty Years Tryal hash proved them unreconcilable : That their carnal Intereft will continually engage them againft ferious Godlinefs ; and a Manof Confciencethat cannot fay or fwear or do any thing which they command him, will be taken by them for a Schifma- tick and Enemy : That thelate Wars bath given them Advantageto caft the Odi- um of Civil Broils upon Religion, and of other Mens Faults upon the innocent; fo that there Intereft will certainly lead them to call all thole Rebels that fwear not to their Words ; and every Man whole Religion is not ceremonious and com- plemental (hall be called a Presbyterian, and everyPresbyterian a.Rebel: And whereas heretofore they had no worfe Namestocall godly Men by, than the fool- ills Names of Puritans and Roundheads, henceforth if a Man will not be as bad as others, he Ihall be called an Enemy to the Government : And though not one of forty of the Minillers ever medled with the Wars, they fhall all fare alike if they benot Prelatilts. Thus did Men differ in their Expeetations. § 76. When I was at London, thenew Parliament being called, they prefently appointed a Day of Falling and Prayer for themfelves : The Houfe of Commons chofe Mr. Calamy, Dr. Goudon, and my felf to preach and pray with them at The Iaf0 St. Margarets Weflminfter. In that Sermon, I uttered Tome Paffages that were after Day of A- matter of fome Difcourfe : Speakingof our Differences and the way to heal them, VI '66o, I told them that whether we lhould be Loyal to our Kingwas none of our Dif- t Ptheéu ferences ; in that we are all agreed ; it being not polfble that a Man fhould be liament: true to the Proteftants Principles, and not beLoyal ; as it was impoffìble to be true to the Papilla Principles and to be Loyal : And for theConcord now wilh'd in matten of Church-Government, I told them it was eafi, for moderate Men to come toa fair Agreement, and that the late Reverend Primate of Ireland-and my felf had agreed in half an Hour. I remember not the very Words, but you may read them in the Sermon, which was printed by order of the Houle of. Com- mons. 77. As foon as this printed Sermon came abroad, the Papilas were enraged againft me ; and one namelefs Gentleman wrote a Pamphlet to challenge me to, make good my Charge: And others lent me Letters with their Names ( real or counterfeit) containingthe fame Challenge; but never told me where they dwelt, nor how I might convey an Anfwer to them; whereas the'heedlefs Challen- gers might have Peen that I fully performed what I undertook, and anfwered their Challenge before they Pent it, in the Sermon it felf, when I cited Can. 3. of the General Council at the Latetane under Pope Innocent III. which I have dine in other Places again and again to provoke them to make tome Anfwer to it; butane- ver could procure it of them : But to gratifie thefe Gentlemen, I began to write a fuller Proof of what I there affirmed ; butI was advifed not to publilh it, confider- mg the Power and Malice of the Papifts, and how greatly ( though they called for it) they would beenraged by it, and in likelihood quickly work my Ruine. F f 5 78. The
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