The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking…The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking…

I shall ever give the Dr. the full weight of his Reason; it seems by this Answer, that he would have Conscience believe that the King was discharged from his Crown▪ by his Leprosy, and •p o•acto thereby dethroned. Now see what Dr. Bilson saith directly contrary unto this Doctor Uzz ah, saith,¹ he dwell a part in a house from others, because of his Leprosy, but you d•e not find that he was deprived of his Kingdom, Jotham his son Governed his House, and judged the people of the Land, because the King might not be conversant amongst men▪ by reason of his sickness, but the Crone still continued in the father though a Leper, and Jotham ⟨p. 36⟩²began not his Reign till his Father was dead. Whom the Scripture calleth the King of Judah, in the twenty year of his Reign, and last year of his life. Thus Dr. Bilson; And though our Doctor can (with what conscience I know not) join these³ words together thus, He was a Leper, and dwell in a several, house, and Jotham his son, Reigned in his stead, 2 King. 15. 5. as if all these words were one, and did touch one another in holy writ, yet in truth they are part of two several Verses, and two other Verses coming between them, as in the 5. Verse 'tis said, the King dwelt in a several house, and Jotham the Kings son, was over the Kings house, judging the people of the land, not Reigning in his stead as the Dr, reads it then at the 6 and 7 Verses, the Scripture having spoken further of the King his deeds and death at the end of the seventh it is added, and Jotham his son Reigned in his stead, these words being annexed to his death as a consequent thereof; and the Dr. takes them and annexes them to the 5 Verse at the mentioning of his Leprosy, as if upon his Leprosy his Son Reigned, whereas 'tis plain he only governed and not Reigned, until his Father died; Here I cannot but wonder, that the Doctor should so boldly venture to lay violent hands upon Scripture, that he may lead mens Consciences into his own sentence: But I hope the Consciences of those that fear God, will take notice of such dealing as this, and abhor that sentence, that must be borne up with such practices;