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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
An Advertisement concerning two Allegations in Lilies Postscript.
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And thus much shall suffice for the discovery of his good affection to Rome, and endeavour to press a necessity of adhering to some such Church as they profess theirs to be, howsoever he profess that he is no Papist. For whereas he saith it is most false, which some have charged upon him, that he is reconciled to his Popish Priesthood; It may well consist with ought here related, there may need no reconcilement, if having brought it over with 1him, as an indelible character, he still retain it, as it seemeth he makes account, that he did, and doth; when by virtue, thereof, he braggeth that he hath power to disposes, and drive out devils, and cure strange diseases. For to this purpose toward the close of his Sermon no Sermon; he tells his Hearers, that, Did the Witch cleave to them, or the Devil actually possess them; some strange disease assault them beyond the Physician, some lameness forsaken by the Surgeon cripple them; he might produce, not a Simon Magus with his Characters, or an Apollonius, &c. but a 2poor Charactered man, to do something for them in the Name of Christ, which is not according to Gods ordinary course. Of which his vain pretension, and his frequent vaunts thereof being by letters minded and admonished, he returns this Answer, The Charactered man you speak of, gives God the glory of those Trials of his Character, which you contemn. And what Character is it, that pretends and professes to have such extraordinary power and faculties annexed unto it, but the Character of a Popish Priest? which therefore he acknowledgeth still to retain, tho he will not be so termed. Hence also it is, that howsoever he grant that many Papists have misled Scripture in their inconsiderate 3labouring to prov the single life of the Priests to be of Divine Command; as also that some Priests were married in the Ancient Greek Church, and the first Marriages of such 4persons were allowable in that Church; Yet that himself being a member of the Western Clergy, hath experimentally found little outward, and less inward comfort in Marriage. In which words 5whether he do not manifestly intimate himself to be a member of the Clergy of that western Church, which inhibits her Clergymen marriage (that is in plainer English, a Romish or Popish Priest) and is therefore scrupled in his conscience concerning his Marriage, I shall leave it to any man of understanding to judge.