cARTWRIGHT. 151 pursuivant : and partly also because I was loath that your favour toward me should any way appear to any manner of hurt of yours, and no good of mine. " And now, good sir, confessingmyself greatly beholden unto you in my behalf and the behalf of my wife, my humbledesire is, that I may yet further be beholden unto you in the behalf of the poor church at Warwick, that likelyenough may be deprived of all manner of tolerable ministry, both for the good of your own family, which is great, and in regard of other poor souls there : that if the times will not bear us who are there now ; yet there may be some such provided, as, differing in judgment from us, may notwithstanding, both in some good skill and care, proceed in the edification of the church, without bitterness of spirit against other poor men who are otherwise minded. This I am bolder to crave at your worship's hand, as I understand, andwas glad of, that the town hath chosen you to the recordership, which may be a singular means of doing much good unto the town, and amongst others, that good which it pleased you to talk with me of. This I was bold to write in fear of being severed from doing any more service there, and yet not known to myself of any breach of law, whereby I may be touched. Only I fear to be committed for refusing the oath cx officio mero. Thus I humbly commend you to the gracious keeping and blessing of God in Jesus Christ. May 20, 1590. " Yours to command in the Lord, cc TuomAs CARTWRIGHT." Thus our divine prepared for the approaching storm. He was immediately,convened before the high commission, and cast into prison ; and, September 1st, in this year, thirty-one articleswere exhibited against him, the substance of which is the following : 1. That Mr. Cartwright, being lawfully made deacon according to the church of England, hath forsaken and renounced the, same. 2. That, to spew his contempt of this calling, he bath obtained a new ordination in foreign parts, not according to the laws ecclesiastical of this realm. 3. That, by virtue of this vocation, he bath established at Antwerp and Middleburg, a certain presbytery and eldership ecclesiastical. 4. That, by the said eldership, certain persons, being Englishmen, were ordained to be ministers, not according to the laws ecclesiastical of this realm.
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