A second admonition to the parliament

And till it be examined / I would that they which are honest men / would bring to light their doings which they know / for as finely as they have handled the matters / there are some which know §20enough / and I trust they will impart it ere long to the state / y• they which are of so sharp a sight to see who offend them / may themselves lie open / and show how they offend God and his church / and how utterly unnecessary they are / and to be removed from their rooms / and their rooms from the church / which by them are continued to stall the popish Bishops in their pomp again / if ever their time serve them here. For good orders / let us hear any one they make / §30but even as the law directeth them / which any other temporal officers might / and would do as well as they / if the laws did not prohibit it. And there is none other but laws with them / no God his book / no brotherly talk with them / they will not run in a premunire for any of all their brethren / nor for any of God his matters neither / they will not have the Queens displeasure ⟨p. 25⟩for any of them all / they will not be defaced¹ whatsoever cometh of it / nay they will rail upon / and revile their brethren / they will persecute and prison them / they will stir her majesty and all other against them / they will starve / stifle / and pine them to death. Howe many good mens deaths have they been the cause of / by an inward sorrow conceived of their doings? how suddenly dyed master Pullen after they began to rage? M. Horton? M. Caruell and many §10others? and how did they kill y• good mans heart / old good M. Coverdale? although they pretended they would provide for him / after much ado from the council / and as they say / from the Queen to them / & yet they allotted him a small portion / and paid him by fits / and sometimes with base gold / and money if they had any worse then other / which I have heard very credibly reported. Old D. Turner was much beholding §20to them / being a good man / & an ancient preacher / never shaven nor greased / & yet he had no small stir by them / M. Leaver / M. Samson / and some other / at this day learned & godly / how have they grieved their good hearts? utterly leaving some of them without living / to the wide world / to shift as they can.