io2 I be L t Fr- of th, Part III § 2: S. In d,ay and June the French 1iddenly took abundance of the Dutch- Garrifons. § 219. In !uly and Angufl the Dutch- Rabble tumultuoufly rofe up againa their Governours, for the Princeof Orange, and murdered De 1Fit, and his Brother. § zzo. In Anfwer to a Book of Dr. Fulwood's, I now Pnbli;lred a finall Book, without myName, againft the Defrtion ofour trliniftry, though prohibited, proving it Sacriledge to Alienate Confecrated Perlons from the Sacred Office to which they are Devoted. § 221. There came out a Pofthumous Book of A. BithopBromhall's, agaitilt my Book, called, 7 he,Grotian Religion: In which, I. He paffeth over the esprefs words of Grotiut, which I had cited, which undoubtedly prove what I faid ; yea, though. I had fine largely Engled them, andrecited them in theSecond Part ofmy Key for Catholicks, with a full Confirmation of my Proofs. z. And he feigneth me tomake him a Qrocixn, and Confederate in his Defign ; when-as I ( not only had no fucll Word, hut) had exprefly excepted himby Name, as imputing no filch thing tohim. And before theBook was a long Prefaceof Mr. Parker's, molt vehement againft Dr. Omen, and force-what againftmy Pelf: To which Mr. <ndren Marvel, a Parliament Man, Bargefs for Wall, did Publifh an Anfwer fo exceeding Jocular, as thereby procured abundance of Readers, and Pardon to the Author, Becaufe I perceived that the Dcfign'of A. Bithop Bromhal's Book was for the Unitingof C'hrifiendomun- der the old Patriarchs of the Roman Imperial Church, and fo under the Pope, as the WeIlern Patriarch, and Principium Vnitatio, I had thought the dehgn and this Publicatign look'd dangerontly, and therefore began to write an Anfwer to it. But Mr. £imnions, my Bookfeller, carne to me, and told me, That Roger Lef range, the Over-feer of the Printers, fent for him, and told him, That he heard I was An- fwering Bithop Bromhall, and Swore to him molt vehemently, that if I did it, he would ruin him and me, and perhaps my Life thouldhe broughtin queftion : And I perceived theBookfeller durft not Print it; and fo I was-fain to raft itby; which I the caliber did, becaufe themain Scope ofall theBook wasfully anfwered long be- fore, lathefore-laid Second Part of my Keyfor Catholicks. § 222. Many Changes in Irelandmuch talk'd of, I pafs over. § 223. Dr. Fulwoad wrote 2 jocular deriding Anfwer to my Trcatife, againft Sa- crilegious Defection of the Miniftry, and after that Printed an Aftize Sermon, againft Separating from the Parifh-Minifters. Divers called on meto Reply to the Ertl, and I told them I hadbetter Work to do, thanAnfwer every Script againft me: But while I demurred, Dr. Fukvoad wrote me an extraordinary kind Letter, offering to do his belt to the Parliamentfor our Unionand Reftoration, which ended my Thoughtsof that; but I know not ofany thing to parpofe done. § 224. Mr. Giles Firmin, a Silenced Minifter, writing fome-what againft my Me- thod and Motions for Heavenly Meditation in my Saint's left, as too fti iE?, and h having Anfeeered him, he wrote a weak Reply, which I thought not worthy of a Rejoinder. § 225. On Oath. II. I fell into a dangerous Fit of Sicknefs, which Gad in his wonted Mercy, did in time fo far remove, as to return me to fume Capacity of Service. §. 226. I had till now forborn, for feverai Reáfons, to Peck a Licenf for Preaching from the King, upon the Toleration : But when all others had taken theirs, and were fettled in London, and other places, as they could getopportunity, I delayed no longer, bat feat to Peek one, on condition I might have it without the Title of Independent; Presbyterian, or anyother Party, but only as a Nosconformifi t And before I fent, Sir 7homers Player, Chamberlain of London, had procured it me fo, without my knowledg or endeavour. I foughtnone fo long, z. Becaufe I was unwilling to he, or fecal any Caule ofthat way ofLiberty, if a better might have been had, and therefore would not meddle in it. 2. I Lived ten Miles from London, and thought not jult to come and fet up a Con- gregation there, till theMinifters had fully fettled theirs, who had horn the burden there in the times ofthe ragingPlague and Fire, and other Calamities ; left I fhould draw away any of their Auditors, and hinder their Maintenance. 3
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