218 '2"he LIFE of the L 1 B.'I -may t. § 78. The next Morning after this Day of Falling, did the Parliament unani- 166e. the may Vote home the King, Nemine contradicente; and do that. which former Parliament Actions had but prepared for. x nganá § 79. The City of London about that timewas to keep a Day of folemnThankf- voted his giving, for General Monko Succefs; and the Lord Mayor andAldermen defìred Becalt me to preach before them at St. Paul's-Church : Wherein I fo endeavoured to thew the Value of that Mercy, as to Thew alto how Sin and Mens Abufe might turn it into matter of Calamity, and what fhould be right Bounds and Qualifications of that Joy. The Moderate werepleafed with it the Fanaticks were offended with me for keeping fach a Thankfgiving ; the Diocefane Party thought I did fupptefs their Joy : The Words may be feen in the Sermon ordered to be printed. §,80. But the other Words about my Agreement with Bifhop Ufher, in the Ser- mon before the Parliament, put me to moft Trouble. For prefentey many mode- rate Epifcopal Divines came to me to know what thofe Terms of our Agreement were: And thinking verily that others of their Party had been as moderate is themfèlves, they entered upon Debates for our general Concord; and we agreed as eafily among our felves in private, as if almoft all our Differences were at anend. Among others I had Speech about it with. Dr. Gauden, who promifed to bring Dr. Morley, and'many,more Of that Party tomeet with lime of the other Party at Dr. Bernard's Lodging in Grays-Inn ; there came none òn that fide but Dr. Garden, and Dr. Bernard ; andnone of the other fide but Dr. Manton and my felf; and fo little was done but only DefiresofConcord expreffed : Butwhereas 1 told Dr. Gals- den EThat for the Do&rinal Part of. the Common- Prayer -Book, though I knew that therewere many Exceptiem againfl it, yet Iremembrednothing which I could not affentto allowing it but the favourable Interpretationwhich the Writings of all Divines are allow. ed ] : He took Advantage from thefe Words to praile my Moderation in the next . Book which he printed, as if I had Ipoke this ofthe Liturgy in general, asa Frame of Worthip, leaving out the firft Words [ As torbe Dobirinal Part] to which only I limitedmy Affent : So that I was put in print fo far to vindicate my fe1f, as to fee down the true Words ; which he never contradicted.., Thus Men were every day talking of Concord, but to little purpofe, as appeared in the Iffue. § 81. And becaufeI heard that Dr. Morley Was a Moderate Orthodox Man, and had often Meetings with Dr.' Manton and others, whom he encouraged with Paci- ficatory Profeflions, and that he had greateft Intereft in the.King and the Lord Chancellor, I had a great delire to have one hours Difcourk with him, to know whether really Concord was intended : And when he gave me a Meeting, and we had 1pent an Hour in Difçourfe, I found that he Ipake of Moderation in the general, but came to no particular Terms, but paff by what I mentioned of that Nature : But fpeaking much for Liturgies, againf Extemporary Church -Prayers, "he told me at lait that the 3anfeni(hwere numerous among the Papifts, and many among the French inclined to Peace, and that on his, knowledge, if it were not for the Hinderances which Calvin had laid in the way, molt on this fide the Alpes would come over rous. And this was all I could get from him. 8z. When the King was to be fent for by the Parliament, certain Divines with others werefent by the Parliament andCity to him infoHolland ; viz. Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Bowles, and divers others; and tome went voluntarily; towhom his Majefly gave fuchencouraging Promifes of Peace as raifed fome of them to high Expe&ations : And when he came in, as he pattt through the City towards We(iminfler, the London Minifters in their Places attended him with Acclamations, and by the Hands of old Mr. Arthur °fackfon, prefented him with a Rich- adorned Bible, which he received, and told them it fhould be the Rule of his Actions. g 83. About this time I had fome Conference with one (that called himfelf) William Photon, a Papift ; the Occafion, Progrels, and End of which I will here give you at once, to avoid farther Interruptions by it. When I was atIfiderminfler, r6S9. one Mr. Langhorn, a Furrier inWalbrank, lent mea Sheet of Paper fubfcribed by WilliamJobnfon, containingan Argument againft our Church, for want of perpetual Visibility; or, That none but the Church of Rome, andthofe in Communion with it, had been fuccellively vi iible ; calling all onhis Opponent to prove our Churches conftant Vifibility. He that tent this Pa- per defired me to'anfwer it as for force Friends ofhis whowere unfatisfied. I fent him an Anfwer the next Day after I received it. To this, force Weeks after I re- ceived a Reply : This Reply had.cited manyFathers and Councils, and as theufe is brought theControverly into theWood of Church-Hiftory. To this I drew up a large Rejoinder, and lent it by the Carl'ier ; though I was not rich enough to keep
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