A85827:104
A discourse apologeticalA discours apologetical
A discourse apologetical; wherein Lilies lewd and loud lies in his Merlin or Pasquil for the year 1654. are clearly laid open; his shameful desertion of his own cause is further discovered; his shameless slanders fully refuted; and his malicious and murderous mind, inciting to a general massacre of Gods ministers, from his own pen, evidently evinced. Together with an advertisement concerning two allegations produced in the close of his postscript. And a postscript concerning an epistle dedicatory of one J. Gadburie. By Tho. Gataker B.D. author [sic] of the annotations on Jer. 10.2 and of the vindication of them.A discours apologetical; wherein Lilies lewd and lowd lies in his Merlin or Pasqil for the yeer 1654. are cleerly laid open; his shameful desertion of his own cause is further discovered; his shameless slanders fullie refuted; and his malicious and murtherous mind, inciting to a general massacre of Gods ministers, from his own pen, evidentlie evinced. Together with an advertisement concerning two allegations produced in the close of his postscript. And a postscript concerning an epistle dedicatorie of one J. Gadburie. By Tho. Gataker B.D. autor [sic] of the annotations on Jer. 10.2 and of the vindication of them.
London: printed by R. Ibbitson for Thomas Newberry, 1654
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As also to others, who demanded of me, why I took it not together with three other of my Reverend Brethren here about the City, coming short of 1me all more or less in age, and in our University standings much more, all three now at length deceased before me; I returned answer then as merrily, that I was of that Old Romans mind, who used to say, He would rather have people, when he was gone, 2enquire why he had no statu set him up, then why he had any; So I would rather have men hereafter demand a Reason, why I took not the Degree, then to move question why I did. As also, according to that of the Philosopher, who being urged by his 3Mother to marry, when as yet but young, told her, [Greek or Hebrew], it was not time yet; and again pressed by her, when further in years, [Greek or Hebrew], it was past time then: To some that many years after renewed the former motion to me, I returned, That I was now superannated, and having waived the Degree, when I might have had it at thirty five, would not now sure seek or look after it at threescore. At which year also giving over mine Anniversary Visitation of the Free-School at Tunbridge, which (at the request of the Worshipful Society of Skinners in London, the careful and faithful Trustees of Sir Andrew Jud, the Founder thereof) I had constantly for many years together discharged, in taking my leave of them, I told them, that being now Sexagenarius, I might by future repair thither, run the hazard of being Depontanus, or De ponte dejectus, as men of those years anciently 4were at Rome.
As also to others, who demanded of me, why I took it not together with three other of my Reverend Brethren here about the Citie, coming short of 1me all more or less in age, and in our Universitie standings much more, all three now at length deceased before me; I returned answer then as merilie, that I was of that Old Romans mind, who used to say, He would rather have people, when he was gone, 2