A88587:41
A modest and clear vindication of the serious representation, and late vindication of the…
A modest and clear vindication of the serious representation, and late vindication of the ministers of London, from the scandalous aspersions of John Price, in a pamphlet of his, entitled, Clerico-classicum or, The clergies alarm to a third war. Wherein his king-killing doctrine is confuted. The authors by him alleged, as defending it, cleared. The ministers of London vindicated. The follies, and falsities of John Price discovered. The protestation, vow, and the Covenant explained. / By a friend to a regulated monarchy, a free Parliament, an obedient army, and a godly ministry; but an enemy to tyranny, malignity, anarchy and heresy.A modest and clear vindication of the serious representation, and late vindication of the ministers of London, from the scandalous aspersions of John Price, in a pamphlet of his, entituled, Clerico-classicum or, The clergies alarum to a third war. Wherein his king-killing doctrine is confuted. The authors by him alledged, as defending it, cleared. The ministers of London vindicated. The follies, and falsities of Iohn Price discovered. The protestation, vow, and the Covenant explained. / By a friend to a regulated monarchy, a free Parliament, an obedient army, and a godly ministry; but an enemy to tyranny, malignity, anarchy and heresie.
London: printed for Stephen Bowtell, 1649
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2. The passage you quote out of Gregory, is said to be in the fourth book, Epist. 323. whereas Gregory hath but 56? Epistles in all in his fourth book, if John Price should quote the third Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, when Paul wrote but two Epistles to them, I would say he were as ignorant in Pauls Epistles, as in Gregory's Epistles: As I know Pope Gregory never saw your face, so this mistake makes me think you never saw his Epistle; let me tell you, though you mistake Gregory to have more Epistles then he had, yet Gregory [the Executioner] may not mistake you, to have more necks then you have, if you persist to justify the Killing the King, forcing the Parliament, imprisoning the Members, altering the fundamental government of the Kingdom, as you have done already.
2. The passage you quote out of Gregory, is said to be in the fourth book, Epist. 323. whereas Gregory hath but 56? Epistles in all in his fourth book, if Iohn Price should quote the third Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, when Paul wrote but two Epistles to them, I would say he were as ignorant in Pauls Epistles, as in Gregories Epistles: As I know Pope Gregory never saw your face, so this mistake makes me think you never saw his Epistle; let me tell you, though you mistake Gregory to have more Epistles then he had, yet Gregory [the Executioner] may not mistake you, to have more necks then you have, if you persist to justifie the Killing the King, forcing the Parliament, imprisoning the Members, altering the fundamentall government of the Kingdom, as you have done already.
3. Let me know in the next whence this gross mistake did arise, either from the carelessness of the Printer, or the ignorance of you the Author; that I may help this poor Ignoramus at a dead list: I shall let you know that it is true indeed, there is such an Epistle of Gregory's to Mauritius, and such words as you mention, but 'tis in lib. 4. Epist. 32. yet what was then said by him concerning John Bishop of Constantinople, & other Bishops, cannot as truly be said of our present Clergy men, as you falsely affirm, for it will evidently appear to you, if you read the whole 32. Epistle, that the name of vanity that some did desire, was to be Universal Bishop; […] then he comes in with the words you quote, O tempora! O […] then he goes on, Qui est qui contra […] Now I leave it to your self to be Judg, […] be said of our present Clergy men (as your reproachfully […] them) at Gregory of thse Bishops: