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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I cannot stay here, majora molior. Qasi aliud agens, as treating of holy things, and looking (good Man, 1sweet Man•, heavenly man) an other way, or towards Heaven, he wounds the Superior Powers with collateral senses as with side-blows, and in every Sermon, for penury of sound matter, damps the void and aerie brains of the people with high reasons and businesses of State. Again, These New-found Pulpit-men, 2Black-Knights of the Blew-bonnet, well, feathered outwardly, but Adamites in understanding hope devoutly, that very Atlas will run away, and the Heaven of Superiority and Government, with all the Larks in the Air, come down to them. And, They 3use the white Geneva Wand in their Hands, as Pallas doth in Homer, who makes wondrous sport with Ulysses a little man; he is now small, wrinkled ragged, and torn, and scarcely true, but she having graciously touched him with her white Wand, he is now again tall, and of a goodly favour and Personage. And now the gallant man hath hair of a violet, purple, or sky-colour, and the very same is a sin and no sin, as these trim Saints are (it is their own sweet phrase) conscientiously moved to teach that day. And the same Text and Sermon only new vamped are fitted for a new leg and walking, and stretched, as teeth, and all being put to them for the retrieving of a contrary purpose, with a little handling of the matter betwixt; Verily, even so it is, dear brethren, there is Scripture for it: And, Verily, my dear brethren, Is it not so, there is Scripture to the contrary, even the Scripture used formerly by our Adversaries. And thus the miserable people, tho they hear contrary sounds from their mouths, yet hearing still the same sound from their Noses, are themselves led by the Nose. Again, Telling me from a Pulpit ⟨p. 89⟩4in the air, to which I must look up, as if the Pulpit-men came even now from heaven, of Humility, &c. and bringing about at every half turn, Our glorious God (for so they call him) Jesus Christ, the Saints, the Lord Jesus be with all your Spirits. And, to heap up no more of this trash, one passage more only, These wooden Preachers are as those useless fallings of the wood exercised with the Saw. Might I not just lie fire at them with a Sarcasm?