2heHISTORYof the PURITANS: .Chap. V. wren mandeth not to pollute ourfelves with the garments of the image, but to El'"6"h' caft it away as a menftruous clout. ,573. v Maß. Rolls. Thefe are no part of idolatry, but are commanded by the prince for civil order, and if you will not be ordered, you thew yourfelf difobedient to the laws. White. I would not willingly difobey any law; only I would avoid thofe things that are not warranted by the word of God. Ma/i. Reg. Thefe things are commanded by ad of parliament, and in difobeying the laws of your country, you difobey God. White. I do it not of contempt but of confcience; in all other things I am an obedient fubjeét. L. C. y. Thou art a contemptuous fellow, and wilt obey no laws. . White. Not fo, my lord, I do and will obey laws, and therefore re- futing but a ceremony out of confcience, and not refufing the penalty for the fame, I reft ftill a true fubje&. L. C. f. The queen's majefty was over-feen not to make you of her conncil, to make laws and orders for religion. White. Not fo, my lord, I am to obeylaws warranted by God's word. L. C. y. Do the queen's law command any thing againft God's word ? White. I do not fo fay, my lord. L. C. y. Yes, marry do you, and there I will hold you.. White. Only God, and his laws, are abfolutely perfe t : All men and their laws may err. L. C. y. This is one of Shaw's darlings; I tell thee what, I will not fay any thing of affeftion, for I know thee not, faving by this occafion; thou art the wickedeft, and molt contemptuous perfon, that has come before me, fnce I fat in this commiffion. White. Not fo, my lord, my confcience witneffeth otherwife. Mall. Reg. What if the queen fhould command to wear a grey frize gown, would you come to church then ? White. That were more tolerable, than that God's miniflers fhould wear the habit of his enemies. L. C. y. How, if fhe fhould command to wear a fool's coat, and a cock's comb ? White. That were very unfeemly, my lord, for God's minifters. Dean We/i. You will not then be obedient to the queen's commands. White. I would only avoid thofe things that have no warrant in the word of God, that are neither decent nor edifying, but flatly the con- trary, and are condemned by the foreign reformed churches. L. C. y. You would have no laws. White. If there were no laws, T would live a chriftian and do no wrong: if I received any, fo it were. L. C. Y.
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