Kingdome against them, as well as Gods wrath? Certainly Master Goodwin, I must tell you freely without malice or uncharitablenes, (and I beseech you par∣don my zeale in this particular) that your Iealousie and pen in this,Iam. 3. 6.wasSee Ma∣ster Walkers and Mr. Ro∣burrowes an∣swer to them.set on fire of hell, rather then heaven, when you printed this passage, and what ever censure you deserve, I feare your Book demerits the fire, to purge out this drosse: yea all the late teares of Repentance you may shed, will not be sufficient to quench those unhappy flames of contention your late Sermons and Pamphlets have kindled in our Church and State, to omit your former Socinian Errors.Thirdly. Hee professeth, that in case he hath said or written any thing detractory to the undoubted priviledges of Parliament;Page 3. yet my Inditement against him, that he did it,Answer.PRESVMTVOVSLY, is such a charge, which men, whose un∣grounded zeale hath not eaten out the heart of their Charity, cannot lightly but re∣charge with unreasonablenesse, and utter unlikely-hood.Sir, I dare affirme upon good grounds that you did this presumptuously, as I charge it;Calepine, Ho∣lioke, Calvim, Lexicon Ju∣ridicum, Sum∣ma Angelica, Tit: Praesump∣tio: Media vl∣la, Aquinas, and others.Grammarians, Lawyers and Divines informs us, that the Word Pre∣sumptuous, comes from the verbe, Praesumo; which signifies, to forestall, to con∣ceive before hand, to usurpe or take that upon him which belongs not to him; to doe a thing before a man bee lawfully called to it, which belongs not properly to him, or to doe a thing boldly, confidently, or rashly without good grounds, or against Authority, or Lawes, or upon hopes of impunity. He that doth ought in any of these sen∣ces, may properly be said to do it PRESUMPTUOUSLY; and that in Exod. 21. 14. Num. 15. 30. Deut. 1. 43. c. 17. 28. c. 18. 20. 22.Scripture phrase, as well as in common parlance. To apply this to your crime. First, you preached and printed these passages, of purpose to forestall the Parlia∣ments and Assemblies pious resolutions, to settle one uniforme Church-Go∣vernment, and suppresse all private Coventicles of Sectaries or Anabaptists con∣trary to it. 2.Psal 19. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 10. To establish support that Independent way, which you had be∣fore hand without any lawful warrant, conceived, ere the Parliament had made choyce of, or setled any Church-Government for you; as the whole Tenor of your Bookes and Sermons evidence. Thirdly, It was no lesse then high pre∣sumption in you, being a meere Divine, and a man altogether ignorant of, or unskilfull in the ancient Rights and Priviledges of our Parliament (as your writings demonstrate, and your selfe intimate, p. 5.) to undertake to deter∣mine and judge of them so peremptorily, and in such manner as you have done: When as if you had known any thing concerning the Rights of Parli∣aments, you might have learned this among other things; That Divines are no competent Iudges of Parliaments Priviledges: That the Priviledges, Rights, and customes of our Parliaments, are only to be judged and determined by the Parliament it selfe, not in or by any other inferior Court, much lesse in a Pulpit That the power and jurisdiction of the Parliament for making of Lawes, is so transcendent and absolute, as it cannot bee confined to causes or persons within any bounds; and that the state and defence of the Church of England is the very first matter and care of the Parliament of England; as all the pre∣mised Presidents manifest, and SirIn his 4. Institutes c. 1. Of the High-Court of Par∣liament, and Camden, Ho∣linshed, Vowell Sir Thomas Smith, con∣cerning Par∣liaments.Edward Cooke with others might have in∣formed you. And for a man to undertake to judge of that which is above his power; is expresly defined to bee presumption, by Richardus de Media villa 0