56 The L Y P E of the L I B. I. were of that Judgment in feveral Points. And Major Sallowey.not omitting to Me his induftry in the matter to that end) when he had brought the City to a necef- lity ofprefeht yielding, two days or three before it yielded, Col. Rainsboroug was Pent from oxford ( which was yielded ) with fome Regiments of Foot, to Coin. mand in Chief; partly that he might have the honour of taking the City , and partly that he might be Governour there ( and not Whalley ) when the City was Surrendred: And fo when it was yielded, Eainsborough was Governour to head and gratifie the Se&cries, and fettle the City-and Country in their way : But the Committee of the County were for Whalley, and lived in diftafle withRainsboroirgb, and theSe&aries profpered there no further than worcefler City it felt, ( a Place whichdeferred fuch a Judgment ); but all the Country was free from their In- fe&ion. § 80. All this while, as I hadfriendly Converfe with the fober part , fo I was Kill employed with the rePas before, in Preaching, Conference, and Difputing againft their ConfoundingErrours t And in all Places where we went, the Se&a- rian Soldiers much infeeted the Countre}ts, by their Pamphlets and Converfe, and the People admiring the conquering Army, were ready to receive whatfoever they commended to them : And it was the way of the Fa&ion to fpeak what theyfpaae as the Senfe of the Army, and to make the Peoplebelieve that whatever Opinion theyvented,(which one of fortyin the Army owned not)it was the Army'eOpinion. When we quarter'd at Agmontlefham inBuckingbamfhire,fome Salaries ofChefhamhad fet up a Publick Meeting as for Conference, to propagate their Opinions through all the Country ; and this in the Church, by the encouragement of an ignorant Seetarian Leeturer, one Bramble, whom they had got in ( while Dr. Crook the Paftor, and Mr. Ricbardfon his Curate , durft not contradiet them). When this publick Talking day came, Bethel's Troopers ( then Capt. Pitcbford's ) with other SectarianSoldiers mutt be there, to confirm theChefhamMen, and make Men be- lieve that the Army was for them : And I thought it my Duty to be there alfo,and tookdivers fober Officerswith me, to let them fee that more of the Army were againft them than for them. I took the Reading Pew, and Pitcbford's Cornet and Troopers took the Gallery. And there I found a crowded Congregation of poor well-meaning People, that came in the Simplicityof their Hearts to be deceived. There did the Leaderof the Cbefham Men begin, and afterward Pirchford's Soldi- en let in, and I alone difputed againft them from Morning until almoft Night; for I knew their trick, that if I had but gone out firft, they would have prated what boafting words they lifted when I was gone, and made the People believe that theyhad baffled me, or got the belk ; therefore I flayed it out till they firs role and went away : The abundance of Nonfenfe which they uttered that day , may partly be feen in Mr. Edward'sGangrena: for when I had wrote a Letter of it to a Friend in London, thatandanother were put into Mr. Edwards's Book,with- out my Name.But fome of the fober People of Agmendefhamgave me abundance of thanks for that Days work, which they faid would never be there forgotten: And I heard that theSe&aries were fo difcouraged that they never met there any more. I am fore t had much thanks from Dr. Crook and Mr. Ricbardfon, who being ob- noxious to their difpleafure, for being for the King, durit not open their mouths themfelves. Andafter the Conference I talkt with the Le&urer Mr. Bramble (or Bramley) and found him little wifer than the reif. § 8 r. The great Iv.upediments of the Succefs of my Endeavours I found were only two: r. The difcountenance ofCromwell, and the chief Officers of his Mind, which kept me a Kranger from their Meetings and Councils. 2. My incapacity of Speaking tomany, becaufe Soldiers Quarters are fcattered far from one another, and I could be but in one Place at once. So that one Troopat a time ordinarily, and (bate few more extraordinarily was all that I could fpeak too : The molt of the Service I did beyond Wballey's Regiment, was (by the helpof Capt. Lawrence) with fome of the General's Regiment, and fometimes I had Converfe with Major Harr f n and fome others : But I found that if the Army had but liad Minihers enough, that would have done butfuch a little as I did, all their Plot might have been broken, and King, Parliament, and Religion might have been preferred: Therefore I tent abroad togetforce more Minilers among them, but I could get none. Saltmarfh and Dell were the two great Preachers at the Head Quarters ; on- ly hones and judicious Mr. EdwardBowles kept frill with the General. At lait I got Mr. Cook ofRoxball to come to antme ; and the foberer part of the Officers and Soldiers of Whalley's Regiment were willing to pay him out of their own pay: And aMonth ortwo he flayed andaffifted me ; but was quickly weary, and left them
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