The encounter against M. Parsons, by a revievv of his last sober reckoning, and his exceptions vrged in the treatise of his mitigation. Wherein moreouer is inserted: 1. A confession of some Romanists, both concerning the particular falsifications of principall Romanists, as namely, Bellarmine, Suarez, and others: as also concerning the generall fraude of that curch, in corrupting of authors. 2. A confutation of slaunders, which Bellarmine vrged against Protestants. 3. A performance of the challenge, which Mr. Parsons made, for the examining of sixtie Fathers, cited by Coccius for proofe of Purgatorie ... 4. A censure of a late pamphlet, intituled, The patterne of a Protestant, by one once termed the moderate answerer. 5. An handling of his question of mentall equiuocation (after his boldnesse with the L. Cooke) vpon occasion of the most memorable, and feyned Yorkeshire case of equiuocating; and of his raging against D. Kings sermon. Published by authoritie

The Reuiew.

17. Is this all the Reckoning which you can make, to call a matter in question, & to put vs off only with Ifs and Ands, * 1.1 viz. If you would prosecute it at large, &c. Heretofore, where∣soeuer you thought there was a cause of some reprehension of a Syllogisme, you could take the paines to reade a Lecture, instructing your Reader in the knowledge of the partes and termes of a Syllogisme, setting before him a scurrill example fraught with ridiculous scofferie: yet now, after you haue bin more then ordinarily prouoked, to proue your Syllogisme legi∣timate, or else to admit of mine for your better instruction, you reserue the disquistion hereofvnto your Reader. I say no more but that you are wise.

18. And so it might haue become you to haue beene, in not reprehending my Reprehension of your subdiuision, which stood e 1.2 thus:

Alying Equiuocation, is that which is knowne to bee such vnto the speaker, and this is to be subdiuided, for it is Either a material lie, which is when the thing spoken is a lie in it selfe, but not so vnderstood of the speaker.Or, A formall lie, when the speaker doth know it to be fals

Here M. Parsons exacteth that I should haue said f 1.3 A materiall lying Equiuocation,A formall lying Equiuocation; and the omission hereof he termeth craft: but hee will finde out his owne folly (I doubt not) after that he hath more so∣berly considered, that these words, Alying Equiuocation, be∣ing * 1.4 subdiuided into these members,

Materiall, Formall; the g 1.5 Genus, viz. [A lying Equiuocation,] doth necessarily inferre the members, and betoken the Ma∣teriall lying Equiuocation, as for Example: Euery man is eyther Sober, or Distempered. Will any say that it is a craftie Diuision, because it was not ex∣pressed thus, Euery man is eyther aSober man, or a Distempered man? I pray you (good Master Parsons) giue mee not such Recko∣nings, which, when they come to be scanned, must make me be indebted vnto you for correcting of your ignorance, euen in Triuiall points and in plaine Dunstable high-way.

Notes

• * 1.1

  M. Parsons free disposition to carp at that he cannot correct
• e 1.2

  Prcam. pa. 11
• f 1.3

  Reckon. p. 37.
• * 1.4

  His irregular taxation.
• g 1.5

  Reckon. p. 35. To equiuocate falsly and for∣mally is the worst kinde of lying Equiuo∣cation. Here lying E∣quiuocation, is the Genus of his Formall, and Mentall.