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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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Howbeit, so soon as I had gotten any degree of strength, and was able to creep or crawl out to the Public Assembly (of my own people, I mean; for unto that at Westminster, I was never able to return) I returned to my wonted course of Teaching, and therein continued for some good space of time, until by intention ⟨p. 50⟩of speech a vein opening in my Lungs caused such a flux of blood, as that, when it could not otherwise be staid, I was constrained by advice to open a vein elsewhere; which double expense of blood could not but exceedingly weaken one of my years, never of any strong constitution, and by a foregoing malady brought so low as I la[…] been. Notwithstanding, after that I had for some few months forborne preaching, supposing that all in my Lungs was now perfectly closed up and healed, I betook my self afresh again to my wonted employment, and persisted therein, until either the former or some other vein in the same part, reserated the second time, and with more violence disgorging it self then before, I was enforced to have recourse to the former remedy again; but found it a work of more difficulty now by that course (albeit a double quantity almost of blood to what before, was then drawn from me) and other means adjoined thereunto, to effect a restraint, and repress the efflux, then formerly it had been. And I was then told by the Physician, that I must wholly forbear Preaching, unless I would wilfully make away myself; and this is the wilful or unwilling silencing of my self from Preaching. Which howsoever I therefore forbear, that I may not thereby make my self guilty of self-murder; yet do I not wholly neglect my Pastoral employments, so far as with safety I may perform any (for this voidance of blood doth at times still surprise me, tho not with such vehemency, as at those other times it did) in Administration of the Sacraments with such short Collations as are suitable to the present occasion, in Visitation of the sick, and other like Offices, as ability serveth, and my weakness will permit.
Howbeit, so soon as I had gotten anie degree of strength, and was able to creep or craul out to the Publick Assemblie (of my own people, I mean; for unto that at Westminster, I was never able to return) I returned to my wonted cours of Teaching, and therein continued for some good space of time, until by intention ⟨p. 50⟩of speech a vein opening in my Lungs caused such a flux of blood, as that, when it could not otherwise be staid, I was constrained by advice to open a vein elswhere; which double expence of blood could not but exceedinglie weaken one of my yeers, never of anie strong constitution, and by a foregoing maladie brought so low as I la been. Notwithstanding, after that I had for some few months forborn preaching, supposing that all in my Lungs was now perfectlie closed up and healed, I betook my self afresh again to my wonted imployment, and persisted therein, until either the former or some other vein in the same part, reserated the second time, and with more violence disgorging it self then before, I was enforced to have recours to the former remedie again; but found it a work of more difficultie now by that cours (albeit a double qantitie almost of blood to what before, was then drawn from me) and other means adjoyned thereunto, to effect a restraint, and repress the efflux, then formerlie it had been. And I was then told by the Physician, that I must whollie forbear Preaching, unles I would wilfullie make away myself; and this is the wilful or unwilling silencing of my self from Preaching. Which howsoever I therefore forbear, that I may not thereby make my self guiltie of self-murther; yet do I not whollie neglect my Pastoral employments, so far as with safetie I may perform anie (for this voidance of blood doth at times stil surprize me, tho not with such vehemency, as at those other times it did) in Administration of the Sacraments with such short Collations as ar suitable to the present occasion, in Visitation of the sick, and other like Offices, as abilitie serveth, and my weaknes wil permit.