18o The L 1 ¡ E o] the Part III men that were prefent, it's like confidering that the Calumny when, open- ed publickly,would be a Slur upon their Pasty, Voted, That if Mr. Gilfard would not confefs his Fault, theywould difown him out of their Company ; and fo lie was conitrained to yield, but would not come to my Chamber to confefs it to me : Mr. Peters moderated the bufinef , and it was agreed, that he fheuld do it there : He would do it only before his own Party : Mr. Peters laid , Not fo; for they might hereafter deny it; So it was agreed That alto before fir. Pe- tors, and Captain Edmondhambden, he Ihould confefss his Fault, and ask forgive- fiefs ; which he did. §. 9. Near this time, my Book, called, A lay far Carbolicks, was to he Re- printed : In the Preface to thefirft Impreiion, I had mentioned' with Praifè the Earlof Lauderdale, as then Prifoner by Cramw5:: ìn Windfor-Cattle ; (, from whom I had many Pious and LearnedLetters, and where he had fo much Read over all my Books, that he remembred them better, as I thought, than I did my felf : ) Had. I no* left out that mention of him, it would have feem'd an Injurirus Re- cantation of mykndnefs ; and to mention him now a Duke, as then a Pr;Ibner was unmeet: The King tired him at his fpeeial Counfellour and favourite : The Parliament had ft themfelves againft him : Heltill profelfedgreat kindrefs to me , and I had reafon to believe it was without diffemhling. t. Becaufe he was accounted by all to be rather a too rough Adverfary, than a hiatteter of one fo low as I. ì. Becaufe he fpake the fame for me behind my back, that he did tomy face. And I had then a New Piece againft Tranfubfiantiation to add to my Book, which being defirous it Ihould be Read, Í thought belt to joy it with the other, and prefix before both an Epiftle to the Duke, in which I Paid not a word of him but Truth; And I did it the rather, that his Nance might draw fomeGreat Ones to Read, at leaft, that Epiítle,if notthe Ihort Additional TraEt- ate, inwhich I thought I- fail enough to open the Shame of. Popery. Butthe In- dignation that Men had againft the Duke, made force blame me, as keeping up the Reputation of one whomMultitudes thought very iÌ1of: Whereas I owned none of his Faults, and did nothing that I could well avoid, for the aforefaid Reafons. Long after this he profelfed his Kindnefs to me, and told me I fhould never want while he was able, and ( humbly) intreated me to accept TwentyGuinea's from. him, which I did. S. t o. After this one Mr. Hutchinfan (another of the Difputants with Dr. Stil- lingfleet, and Mr. Wray's Friend, onethat had revolted to Popery inCambridge long ago, havingpious Parents and Relations) Wrote. two Books for Popery, one for Tranfubftanttation, and another in which he made the Church of EnglandConfor- mifts tobe Mtn of no Confcienceor Religion, but that all Sei ioufnefs and Confer micewas in thtPapik and Puritan, and fought toflatter the I'uritans,as he call'd them, into kndnefs to the T,apiks, as united to Confrience, which others had not. I Anfwered theft Books, and after fell acquainted with Mr. Hutchinfon, but Mild never get Reply from him, or Difpute. S. t s. Two old Friends that I had a hand heretofore in turning from Ana- baptiftry and Separation (Mr. Tho. Lamb, and William Allen, that followed qo.n Goodwin, and after beanie Paftorsofan Anabipt:ff Church) though but Trader- men, fell on Writing againft Separation more lboigly than anyof the Confor- mable Clergy But in Senfe of their old Errour, run now into the other Ex- treme, efpecially Mr. Lamb, aidWrote áganiit our gathering Affemblies, and Preaching when we are Silenced: Againft whole Miltaken Endeavours I Wrote a Book, called , The Nonconformift's Plea for Peace. ] 5. t a. OneMr. Hollltgmortb allo Printed a Sermon againft the Nonconformifts, and there tells a Story of a Sectary, that, Treating for Concord, with one after- ward a Bithop, motion'd That all that would not yield to their Terms Ihould be Banifhed; to thew, -that the Nonconformifts are for Severity as well as the Bishops. The Readerwould think that it was Me, or Dr. Manton or Dr. Bates, that he meant, that had fo latelyhad a Treaty with Dr. Wilkins, and Dr. Burton: I Wrote to him, to delire him to tell the World who it was, that by naming none, he might not unworthily bring many into Sufpicion : HeWrote me an Anfwer full of great Eltimation andKindnefs, profeffiag, That it was not nie that he meant, nor Dr. Manton, nor Dr. Bates, nor Dr. Jacomb, but fouie Seaary that he would by no means Name, but feemed tocak Intimations towards Dr.Owen, one unlikely to ufe fishwords, and I verilybelieve it was all ameer lidien. 5. : 3. About
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