The next thing you except against in my story, is, my affirming that Austin the Monk who came hither from Rome, was a man as far as appears by story the little acquainted with the Gospel. In the repetition of which words to keep your hand in ure, you leave out that expression as far as appears by the story, which is the evidence whereunto I appeal for the Truth of my Assertion, and add to aggravate the matter, the word very, very little, and then add, here is the thanks that good St. Austin hath, who out of his love and kindness entered upon the wild forrest of our Paganism, with great hazards and inexpressible sufferings of hunger, cold, and other corporal inconveniences! But in the place you except against, I acknowledge that God made him a special instrument in bringing the Scripture or Gospel amongst us, which I presume also he declared, according to the light and ability which he had. But you are your own Mothers Son; nothing will serve your turn, but absolute, most pure and perfect. For what I have further intimated of him, there are sundry things in the History of his coming hither, and proceedings here that warrant the suggestion. The Questions that he sent for Resolution unto Gregory at Rome, discover what manner of man he was. Let a man be never so partially addicted unto him, and his work, he must acknowledge that their frivolousness and impertinency, considering the work he had in hand, discover somewhat besides learning and wisdom in him. So also did his driving of 10000. men, besides an innumerable company or women and children ⟨p. 445⟩altogether into the river Swale in Yorkshire, and there causing them to baptize one another: His Contest with the British Bishops about the time of the observation of Easter, breaking the peace for a Circumstance of a Ceremony that hath cost the Church twenty times more trouble then it is worth, is of the same nature. And I desire to know whence you have your story of his inexpressible suffering here amongst us. All that I can find, informs us that he was right meetly entertained by King Ethelbert, at his first Landing by the means of Berda his wife a Christian before his coming, with all plentiful provision for himself and his companions. The next news we hear of him, is about his Archiepiscopacy, his Pall, and his Throne, from whence he would not rise to receive the poor Britons that came to confer with him.
The next thing you except against in my story, is, my affirming that Austin the Monk who came hither from Rome, was a man as far as appears by story the little acquainted with the Gospel. In the repetition of which words to keep your hand in ure, you leave out that expression as far as appears by the story, which is the evidence whereunto I appeal for the Truth of my Assertion, and add to aggravate the matter, the word very, very little, and then add, here is the thanks that good St. Austin hath, who out of his love and kindness entred upon the wild forrest of our Paganism, with great hazards and inexpressible sufferings of hunger, cold, and other corporal inconveniencies! But in the place you except against, I acknowledge that God made him a special instrument in bringing the Scripture or Gospel amongst us, which I presume also he declared, according to the light and ability which he had. But you are your own Mothers Son; nothing will serve your turn, but absolute, most pure and perfect. For what I have further intimated of him, there are sundry things in the History of his coming hither, and proceedings here that warrant the suggestion. The Questions that he sent for Resolution unto Gregory at Rome, discover what manner of man he was. Let a man be never so partially addicted unto him, and his work, he must acknowledge that their frivolousness and impertinency, considering the work he had in hand, discover somewhat besides learning and wisdom in him. So also did his driving of 10000. men, besides an innumerable company or women and children ⟨p. 445⟩altogether into the river Swale in Yorkshire, and there causing them to baptize one another: His Contest with the British Bishops about the time of the observation of Easter, breaking the peace for a Circumstance of a Ceremony that hath cost the Church twenty times more trouble then it is worth, is of the same nature. And I desire to know whence you have your story of his inexpressible suffering here amongst us. All that I can find, informs us that he was right meetly entertained by King Ethelbert, at his first Landing by the means of Berda his wife a Christian before his coming, with all plentifull provision for himself and his companions. The next news we hear of him, is about his Archiepiscopacy, his Pall, and his Throne, from whence he would not rise to receive the poor Brittans that came to confer with him.
