20 The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITA,Ns: VoL. H. K. Charles I. he is accountable-- That authority is a facred thing, and dfential to the . ' 6~ king's perfon --That refiflance is againfl the way of God, dejtruCliv e to \...r the whole law qf God, inconjijtent with the .JPirit of the gojpel, the perpetual praClice of chrijtianity, the calling if minzjters, ccmmon prudence, the rule if humanity, nature itft!f; rea.fon, tlJe oath if allegiance, aild even the tate protejtation. Befides, he had notorioufly defamed the ,parliament, and pre!Ted his auditors to believe the king's declarations, becauje a divine f entence 1pas in his mouth, and he cannot err. And that if DmJid'; heart [mote him for cutting off Saul's garment, what would it have done if he had kept him from his ca!Ue~, towns, and fhips? F nr which reafon the lords and commons in parliament a!Tembled, ordered f 11-far.-h 3· 1 64z.] his living to be fequefl:ered into the hands of R cbert .Atkim, M .A. who was appointed to preach every Lord's day till L1nher order. Mr. Symmonds endeavoured to difcredit the evidence, but was fo far from dif– owning the charge, that he afterwards vindicated it in a pamphlet enR ev. Mr·. tiquire's of Shored1tch. SufF. Cler. p. 6(. titled, The loyal SubjeCl's bel/if. A fec:md gentleman, who has left an account of his fufferings,, is the reverend Mr. Squire of Shoreditch; be was a icled ag,1infl: for "praCli– " jing and prej}ing the late innovations, for ;;:tying thPpapijts wen· the king's '' bejt fltbjetls, becaufe if their loya!tr a•1d libttral!!y; for drclaring that " nonejbouldcome to the focrament, zmiifs they we,ce as well afleCled tothe king " as tbe papijts ;fir comparing hts majtjty to the man that f ell an:ong thieves, " being wounded in his honour, and robbfd oj his cajtles, and if the hearts " if his people; that the prieft pcy)inK by, was the protejtant ; thef orward '' .profej}or the Levite, but the pap!Ji was the good Samaritan ; and}or af– " firming, that the king's JubjeCls, and all that tl:ey had were at his com– " mand." Mr. Squire denied fome of thefe articles, and extenuat ed others; he procured a certiflcate from feveral of his parilhione rs of his diligence in preacb.ing, in catechifing, and in beating down popery, for Ib'd 17 6. thirty years pafl:, all which might be true; but Dr. Walker admits, tha t 1 • P· from the beginning of the w<Jr he was a mofl: fl:renuous champion for al– legiance, that is, for paffive obedience and non-reiiftance, and earnefl:ly exhorted his people to the practice of it, which, as the ti mes then were, might be a fufficient rea(on for the parliament to filence him. R•v. Mr. Finch of Cbrifi– church. Walker's Attempt. p. 71 • 72· 'the other clergyman is Mr. Finch of Chrifi-Church, who was articled againfi: for extortion, fuperflition, non-refidence, and negleCl qf his cure, and jor beinf!: a common.fwearer, tavern-hunter, and drunkard, whieh was proved by very fubfl:antial evidence. Dr. Walker's defence of this gent– leman is very remarkable, " Common charity (fays he) will oblige every · " one to give more credit to the bare word of a clergyman, though in ~'his own vindication, than to that of his known and profelfed enemies." And
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