A just correction and inlargement of a scandalous bill of the mortality of the malignant clergie of London, and other parts of the kingdome, which have been justly sequestred from their pastorall-charges, and since that (some of them) defunct, by reason of the contageous infection of the prelaticall pride and malignancie of their owne spirits; since the yeare 1641. to this present year 1647. Together with the severall pernicious casualties of the same. Or, A succinct traiterologie, in answer to a lying martyrologie, and catalogue of the gracelesse, and godlesse, lazy Levites, and proud prelaticall priests of the City of London, and beyond the liberties thereof, who have been justly imprisoned and deprived of their estates ... Serving for London, especially, and the liberties thereof, with the out-parishes; together with most parts of the whole kingdome, both city and country. / By J:V.
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- A just correction and inlargement of a scandalous bill of the mortality of the malignant clergie of London, and other parts of the kingdome, which have been justly sequestred from their pastorall-charges, and since that (some of them) defunct, by reason of the contageous infection of the prelaticall pride and malignancie of their owne spirits; since the yeare 1641. to this present year 1647. Together with the severall pernicious casualties of the same. Or, A succinct traiterologie, in answer to a lying martyrologie, and catalogue of the gracelesse, and godlesse, lazy Levites, and proud prelaticall priests of the City of London, and beyond the liberties thereof, who have been justly imprisoned and deprived of their estates ... Serving for London, especially, and the liberties thereof, with the out-parishes; together with most parts of the whole kingdome, both city and country. / By J:V.
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"A just correction and inlargement of a scandalous bill of the mortality of the malignant clergie of London, and other parts of the kingdome, which have been justly sequestred from their pastorall-charges, and since that (some of them) defunct, by reason of the contageous infection of the prelaticall pride and malignancie of their owne spirits; since the yeare 1641. to this present year 1647. Together with the severall pernicious casualties of the same. Or, A succinct traiterologie, in answer to a lying martyrologie, and catalogue of the gracelesse, and godlesse, lazy Levites, and proud prelaticall priests of the City of London, and beyond the liberties thereof, who have been justly imprisoned and deprived of their estates ... Serving for London, especially, and the liberties thereof, with the out-parishes; together with most parts of the whole kingdome, both city and country. / By J:V." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A95889.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2025.
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A Most just Correction and Enlarge∣ment of a most lying and scandalous Bill of the Mortality of the Malignant Clergy of LONDON.
A.
THE Arch-Prelate of Canterbury, (whom the shame∣lesse and namelesse Authour of that scandalous Bill of Mortality, left out) a most abominable, and almost in∣credible hypocrite in all his life,* 1.1 and especially at his death; most justly beheaded on the Tower-hill, for a most noto∣rious convicted Traitor, and principall incendiary to all the late bloody broyles over the whole Kingdome, and a most pernicious pest and plague of Church and State.
Master Adams, of Bennets Pauls-wharfe London, sequestred for being a known profane pot-companion, both day and night, and otherwise a loose-liver, a temporizing Ceremony-monger, and malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Aymes, of L••wis in Kent, sequestred for being a common drunkard, a common swearer, and desperate Malignant against the Parliament.
Doctor Andrews, Parson of Guilford, and Vicar of Godlamine, sequestred for being a pluralist, a hater of frequent preaching, a notorious Ceremony-monger, a familiar tipler in Tavernes, and a desperate Malignant.
Mr. Alston, Parson of Pentloe in Essex, sequestred for being a most odiously lascivious and lustfull Priest, a notorious innovator of popish-ceremonies, and a desperate Malignant against the Par∣liament.
Doctor Anherst, of Horsmauden in Kent, sequestred for being
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a notorious popish innovator of Ceremonies, a common drun∣kard and swearer, and a desperate Malignant.
Mr. Alsope, of Acton in Suffolk, sequestred for being a most in∣continent assaulter of the chastity of marryed wives, and actually committer of fornication with a Maid-servant, and a most despe∣rate Malignant.
Mr. Allen of Tolsbury in Essex, sequestred for living most incon∣tinently with severall women, whom he got with childe, for be∣ing a most lazy Priest, by seldome preaching, and a desperate ma∣lignant.
B.
MR. Brown, of Bridewell-Precinct, London, sequestred for being a notable innovator of popish ceremonies, and a de∣sperate Malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Booth of Buttolphs Aldersgate, London, sequestred for being a most lazy Levite, a Ceremony-monger, an enemy to Gods peo∣ple, and a desperate Malignant.
* 1.2Dr. Bray, of Martins in the Fields, London, sequestred for be∣ing a most notorious innovator of popish Ceremonies, a hater of Gods people, and a most desperate Malignant against the Parlia∣ment.
Dr. Belcanquell, Master of the Savoy, London, sequestred for being a notorious innovator, a mischievous enemy to the amity of Scotland and England, and a desperate Malignant.
Dr. Baker of Mary-hill, London, &c. sequestred for being a most proud pluralist, a notorious innovator of popish ceremonies, a singular friend to Papists, but persecutor of godly men, under his dearly beloved Master the Arch-prelate of Canterbury, and a most desperate Malignant.
* 1.3Dr. Brough, of Michaels Cornhill, London, sequestred for being such another notorious popish innovator, as his foresaid brother in iniquity, and a most desperate Malignant.
* 1.4Dr. Brown of Faiths in London, sequestred for being just such another notorious popish ceremony monger as his two foresaid brethren, and a most desperate Malignant.
* 1.5Mr. Battie of Fosters in London, sequestred for being a perverse enemy to frequent Preaching, a ceremony-monger, and obstinate Malignant.
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Mr. Bloxam, of Great-Waldingham, in Suff. sequestred for be∣ing a common drunkard, a desperate common swearer by fearfull oathes, a most lazie priest, and pestilent Malig.
Mr. Baiky, of Brasteed in Kent, sequestred for being a most no∣table popish innovator, and preacher of false Doctrines, and a desperate Malig.
C.
DR. Couzens, Mr. of Peter-house in Cambridge, most worthily outed of all, forced to flye away, for being a most intolera∣ble popish, rotten hearted proud Priest, an insufferable Ceremo∣ny-monger, a most wicked hater of all goodnesse, and good men, a pestilent enemy to preaching and most desperate incendiary and Malig.
Mr. Clark, of Etherborough, within Bishopsgate, London, se∣questred for being a frequent pot-companion in Taverns and Ale-houses, a notable popish-hearted Priest, and a pestilent Malig: against the Parliament.
Dr. Chambers of Andrew Hubbard, London, sequestred for be∣ing a notorious Ceremonie-monger and desperate Malig.
Dr. Clewet, of Anne Aldersgate, London, sequestred for being a Pontifician pluralist, a notorious temporizing ceremony-monger, and a desperate Malig:
Mr. Chestlin, of Matthew Friday-street, London, sequestred and justly imprisoned, for his profane life, popishly-affected spirit, and perverse and impious Malignancy against the Parliament.
Mr. Cooper of Thomas Apostle, London, sequestred for his wick∣ed and perverse popish spirit, and intolerable pride & malignancy.
Mr. Clay, of Chelsworth in Suffolk, sequestred for being a com∣mon swearer, a frequent haunter of Taverns and Ale-houses, and often very drunk in them, who for his misdemeanours had been set in the stocks, and was also a most desperate Malig:
Mr. Clapham, of Far••ham in Surrey, sequestred for being a pluralist, a lascivious and lustfull Priest, living in adultery with se∣verall women and had divers bastards, and a desperate Cavalerian Malig.
Dr. Cotesford of Hadleigh and Munks-Ely in Suff: sequ: for be∣ing a proud pluralist, a pestilent popish innovator, a lustfull priest
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and drunkard, and a desperate Malig: against the Parliament.
D.
DR. Dukeson, of Clement-Danes, London, sequestred for being a great gamester and swearer, a notorious superstitious proud Priest, and a pestilent Cavalerian Malig: against the Parliament.
Mr. Davies, Hospitler of Thomas Hospitall in Southwark, se∣questred for being a vile common drunkard, and swearer, and a desperate Malig:
Mr. Danson, of Camberwell in Surrey, sequestred for being a common drunkard, and that in a base and beastly manner, a com∣mon swearer, a harbourer of a known Romish-Priest, in his house, not having preached once in twelve years space, yet upheld in his benefice, and a desperate Malig:
Mr. Denn of Dartford in Kent, sequestred for being a common drunkard, an enemy to preaching and a most desperate Malig.
Mr. Dale, of Kettleborough in Suff. sequestred for being a no∣torious innovator of Popish ceremonies, a common swearer and curser of his people, a frequent drunkard and haunter of Ale-hou∣ses, and Taverns, a proud and wicked spirited man, and a despe∣rate malig: against the Parliament.
E.
MR. Edlin, of John Zachary, London, sequestred for being a proud prelaticall ceremony monger, and a pernicious ma∣lig: against the Parliament.
Mr. Eccop, of Pan••ros-Soperlane, Lond. sequestred for being a notorious Popish ceremony-monger, an enemy to frequent prea∣ching, and a desperate Malig:
Mr. Evans of Sandcroft in Suff: sequestred for being a notori∣ous common drunkard, a constant contemner and hinderer of the word preached, and a desperate Malig:
F.
DR. Fairfaix of Peters in Cornhill, Lond: and of East Ham in Essex, sequestred for being a proud prelaticall pluralist, and profane in his life and conversation, a drunken frequenter of tip∣ling-houses, a frequent profaner of the Lords dayes, by carding,
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an impious enemy to preaching of the word; a notorious incon∣tinent and lustfull Priest, and desperate malignant against the Par∣liament.
Dr. Fuller of Gyles-Crepl-gate, Lon: most justly sequestred for being a most proud, Prelaticall, Popish Ceremony-monger, an enemy to frequent Preaching, and a most desperate Malig.
Mr. Finch* 1.6 of Christ-Church, Lon: sequestred for being a most abominable and odious whore-master, a drunkard, swearer, and every way a most loose and prophane person, an enemy to all goodnesse and good men, a notorious Popish Ceremony-monger and a most desperate Malig.
Mr. Fothersby of Clements in Sandwich, and of Lingsteed in Kent, sequestred for being a proud pluralist, a common drunkard, curser and swearer, and a desperate Malig.
G
Dr. Giff••rd of Michael-Basishaw, Lon: most worthily seque∣stred for being a pernicious rotten-hearted Popish Ceremony-monger, an enemy to true goodnesse and good men, and frequent preaching, and a desperate Malig.
Dr. Griffith, of Maudlins-Oldfishstreet, Lon: most justly seque∣stred for being a most Pestilent Popish rotten-hearted innovator, a treacherous Priest in Bazing-House, and every way a most in∣tolerable desperate Malignant.
Dr. Gorsuch of Walker in Hertfordshire, sequ. for being a no∣torious Alehouse and Tavern hunter, a drunkard and gamester in them whole nights together; seldome preaching to his people, hardly once a quarter, and a most desperate Malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Gearie of Beddingfield in Suff. sequ. for being a most wic∣ked Curser and Swearer of most fearfull and bloudy oathes; a common vomiting drunkard, a most pernicious Popish innova∣tor, and a most desperate Malignant against the Parliament.
H
Dr. Heywood, of Gyles in the field, sequ. for being a most noto∣rious rotten-hearted Popish Ceremonie-monger, one of the Arch-Prelate of Canterburies treacherous favourites, and a most
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pestilent and intolerable Malignant against the Parliament.
Dr. Howell of Stephens Walbrooke, London, sequestred for being a most pernicious pluralist, a proud prelaticall innovating Priest, an enemy to frequent preaching, and a most intolerable desperate malignant.
Dr. Haley of Alphage,* 1.7 Lon: sequestred for being a most pesti∣lent popish innovating Priest, and a desperate malignant.
Dr. Hacket, of Andrews Holborne, Lon: sequestred for being a pernicious bird of the foresaid brood, and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Hugget, of Cliff in Suss. sequestred for being a most pro∣fane loose liver, a popish innovator, having the french pox, for the cure whereof he gave 10 li. kickt his wife on the belly in his rage, being very great with childe; whereupon she was, presently, with great danger, delivered of a dead childe, yet past unpunisht, and was a desperate Cavalierian malignant.
Mr. Hart, of Hargrave in Suff. sequestred for being an odious common drunkard, familiarly casting dice for drinking of most cups, making his neighbours drink drunk under the tables; and being in the night times with their wives, private in their cham∣bers, and a desperate malignant.
Mr. Humes of Charleton in Kent, sequestred for being a com∣mon drunkard, and that on the Lords dayes, a wicked inconti∣nent and lustfull Priest, frequently assaulting womens chasti∣ty, a popish innovator, and desperate malignant against the Parli∣ament.
I
Dr. Isaacson, of Andrews-Wardrobe, Lon: sequestred for being a popish innovator, a hater of frequent preaching, and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Dr. Jermine, of Martins-Ludgate, Lon. sequestred for being a po∣pish innovator, and desperate malignant.
Dr. Johnson, of Mary-Whitechappell, Lon: sequestred for being a notorioas ceremony-monger, and desperate malignant.
Dr. Jeofferies, of Feversham and Ticehurst in Kent, sequestred for being a proud prelatical pluralist, an enemy to frequent preaching, and a desperate malignant.
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Mr. Jenkinson of Panfield in Ess. sequestred for being a most intolerable popish innovator, a pernicious enemy to frequent preaching, a notorious profaner of the Lords dayes with sports, and a desperate malignant.
K
Mr. King of Buttolph-Billingsgate, Lon. sequestred for being a most superstitious innovator, and desperate malignant.
Mr. Kibbuts, of Katherine-Coleman, Lon. sequestred for being a popish innovator, and a desperate malignant.
Mr. King, of Chesill-magna, in Ess. sequestred for being a com∣mon drunkard; and that on the fast dayes and Lords dayes, a no∣torious popish Ceremony-monger, and a desperate malignant a∣gainst the Parliament.
L
Dr. Lafield, of Barking, Lon. sequestred for being a notorious popish-hearted Ceremony monger, a proud pernicious hater of preaching the word; one of the Arch-Prelate of Canterbu∣ries white Boyes, and a desperate malignant.
Mr. Leech,* 1.8 of Mary Le-Bow, Lon. sequestred for his peevish and perverse malignancie against the Parliament.
Mr. Laud, of Little-Tey in Ess. sequestred for being a com∣mon drunkard even on the Lords dayes, and especially on Satur∣day-nights, and thereby often disabled to preach on the next Lords day, even to the shutting up of the Church doores, a noto∣rious Ceremony-monger, and desperate malignant.
M
Dr. Marsh,* 1.9 of Dunstones-West, Lon. sequestred for being a proud pontifician pluralist, a notable innovator, and per∣nicious malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Marbury, of Peters Pauls-Wharfe, Lon. sequestred for being a proud prelaticall innovator of popish-Ceremonies, and a desperate malignant.
Mr. Mason, of Andrews-Ʋndershaft, Lon. forced from his cure, for popish innovation and desperate malignancy.
Mr. Muffet, of Edmonton, in Middles. sequestred for being
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a most odious common drunkard, a curser, swearer and blasphe∣mer, quareller and fighter with any, and desperate Malignant.
Dr. Martin, of Houghton in Bedfordshire, and Dunnington in Cambridge-shire, sequestred for being a proud pernicious plura∣list, a wicked hater of preaching, a notorious rotten hearted po∣pish innovator, and desperate malignant against the Parliament.
N
Mr. Nicholson, of Stapleford-Tawny, in Ess. sequestred for be∣ing a common drunkard and swearer, a popish innovator, and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Noveltie, alias, Notly, of Joseph-Plum, in Ess. sequestred for being a superstitious Ceremony-monger, a drunkard, and des∣perate malignant against the Parliament.
O
Dr. Osbalstone, of Much-Parudon, in Ess. sequestred for being a most wicked hater of frequent preaching, a popish inno∣vator, a prophaner of the Lords dayes by sports, and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Owen, of Swithins, Lon. sequestred for being a notable innovator of popish-Ceremonies, and a desperate malig.
P
Dr. Pierce,* 1.10 of Martins Outwich, Lon. sequestred for being a notorious Ceremony-monger and desperate malignant.
Dr. Paske, of Magdalen Bermondsey, in Southwarke, sequestred for being a proud pontifician Ceremony-monger, and desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Piggot, of Sepulchres, Lon. outed thence for being a noto∣rious pot-companion, drinking healths, by casting dice for most cups a notorious Ceremony monger, and desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Peckham, of Hosteed-parva, in Suss. sequestred for being a lazie Levite, seldome preaching, a notorious popish innovator, a common drunkard, and most uncleane adulterer, using most ob∣scene and filthy carriages with women, not fit to be named; and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
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Q
Mr. Quelch, of Bennet Grace Church, Lon. sequestred for be∣ing a popish innovator, and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
R
Dr. Rives, of Martines Vintry, Lon. sequestred for being a pestilent popish innovator, a proud and profane pontifician, and desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Rannew, of Kettlebastone, in Suff. sequestred for being a common Ale-house haunter and drunkard, a hater of frequent preaching, a notorious innovator, and a desperate malignant a∣gainst the Parliament.
S
DR. Styles, of George Buttolph-lane, and of Gregories by Pauls, Lon. out of them both for being a proud and pernicious pontifician pluralist, a notorious innovator of popish Ceremo∣nies, and a desperate malignant.
Dr. Stamp, of Stepney, neer Lon. sequestred for being a proud prelaticall innovator of Romish-Ceremonies, and a desperate malignant.
Mr. Stone of Clement Eastcheap, Lon. sequestred for being a notorious stoney-hearted proud pontifician Ceremony-monger, an enemy to all goodnesse, and a pestilent and desperate malig∣nant.
Mr. Squire, of Shorditch, Midales. sequestred for being a no∣torious proud and rotten-hearted pontifician Ceremony-monger, a Popish apostate, of a generall infamous life, and desperate ma∣lignant.
Mr. Sydall, of Kensworth, in Hertfordshire, sequestred for being a common drunkard, a lazie Levite, a notorious dunsicall Cere∣mony-monger, and a desperate malignant.
T
Dr. Turner, of Olives, in Southwarke, sequestred for being a notorious Popish Ceremony-monger, an enemy to frequent preaching, and an intolerable desperate malignant.
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Mr. Taber, of Margaret Lothbury, Lon. sequ: for being a most Popishly-affected ceremony-monger, a proud pontifician enemy to frequent preaching, and a most desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Thrall, of Mary Mounthaw, Lon. sequestred for being a notorious Ceremony-monger, a profaner of the Lords dayes with sports, a common drunkard, curser and swearer, an enemy to frequent preaching, and a desperate malig: against the Parliament.
Mr. Tutivall of Suttons Hospitall, neer Lon. sequestred for be∣ing a common drunkard, and that on the Lords dayes, much su∣spected of incontinency, a notorious popish ceremony-monger, a contemner of frequent preaching, and a most desperate malig:
Mr. Thurman, of Hallingbury, in Essex, sequestred for being a common drunkard, a persecuter of his people for going to heare the word abroad, when they had no preaching (and that very often) at home, a hater of good men and godlinesse, familiarly called the mad Priest, and a desperate malignant against the Par∣liament.
U
DR. Ʋty of Chigwell in Essex, sequestred for being a most e∣gregiously infamous rotten-hearted papist, publickly pro∣fessing he loved the Pope with all his heart, denying the Kings Supremacy, blasphemously avouched, that the Arch-prelate of Canterburies commands ought equally to be obeyed with Gods word, and a desperate Malig.
Mr. Ʋdall of Aultins Lon. sequestred for making and main∣taining most proudly and presumptuously a wicked book, intituled Noli me tangere, wherein he aspersed the Parliament with many notorious scandalls, and impious false accusations, and for being otherwise also a most desperate malignant.
W.
DR. Watts, of Allhallows-Woodstreet, Lon. sequestred for being a profane, ruffianly, loose, and most proud Pontifician cere∣mony monger, a hater of frequent preaching of the word, and of true godlinesse and good men, and a desperate malig. against the Parliament.
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Dr. Walton, of Martin-Orgars, in Lon. sequestred for being a notorious proud innovator of Popish-Ceremonies, and a despe∣rate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Weston, of Allhallows Lumberstreet, Lon. sequestred for being a notorious innovator of Popish-Ceremonies, and despe∣rate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Ward,* 1.11 of Leonards Fosterlane, Lon. sequestred for being a notorious innovator of Popish-Ceremonies, a profane and fanta∣sticall proud Priest, an enemy to frequent preaching, and a des∣perate malig.
Mr. Wilson, of Arlington, in Suss. sequestred for being a most odious committer of Buggery with many men, upon his owne confession; yea, attempted to commit this odious sinne with a Mare, blasphemously said, that Christ after the flesh, was a ba∣stard, and for being a notorious Popish Ceremony-monger, a mighty drinker, and desperate malig.
Mr. Woodcock, of Elham, in Kent, sequestred for being a no∣torious common drunkard, a most wicked curser and swearer, by most fearfull and bloudy oathes, and a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
Mr. Wright, of Withan, in Ess. sequestred for being a common drunkard, a most filthy and letcherous Priest, a common swearer and obscene speaker, and a desperate malig.
Mr. Woolhouse, of West-mersea, in Ess. sequestred for being a common drunkard, a great gamester for money, a filthy lascivi∣ous Priest, a great curser and swearer, and desperate malig∣nant.
Mr. Westrop, of Much-Totham, in Ess. sequestred for most fa∣miliar filthy and profane abusing of the holy ordinance of prea∣ching, by most obscene medling and dilating on the secrets of women in the Pulpit; abusively and familiarly comparing wo∣men to sowes, to make the people laugh; calling such women Whores, who refused to heare him thus speake in the Pulpit, to∣gether with aboundance of such-like most filthy trash, constantly thus delivered by him, and for being a desperate malignant against the Parliament.
And though last, yet not least (as the Arch-Prelate of Cant. was, as it were, captaine generall of this irreligious Regiment;
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so he now, as major generall followes bringing up the rear.) I meane Bishop Wren, the said Arch-Prelates brother in iniquity, a most intolerable firebrand in the Church of God, a traiterous spirited pontifician, a Popish hearted and most proud and letche∣rous Priest, a notorious hater of all goodnesse and good men, and of the frequent preaching of Gods word: Now, and long time chained and muzled-up in his kennell, in the Tower of London, for his most abhominable insolencies, and notorious wickednes∣ses, and his most desperate malignancy against the Parliament,
Besides, the happy cleansing of those foule Popish-Augean stalls of fat fed lazie Abbi-Lubbers in the Cathedral-Churches of Paul, in London, and Westmin. I mean the driving out of the drone-like Deanes, Arch-Deacons, Sub-Deans, Residenciaries, proud Pre∣bends, Canons, Pettie-Canons, Cardinals, forsooth, profane and drunken Choristers, and Play-house Musicians, to sing and toote in their Quires, together with all the rest of that rabble of those burthen-some and unprofitable croaking frogs, of all the rest of the Cathedralls in the whole Kingdome, hunted out of their holes, by the just sequestrations of the Parliament, enforcing them to get their living (if they have so much grace) by some o∣ther more honest and holy imployments, according to the word and will of God.
- SEquestred and most justly expelled out of their Livings, for their abominable misdemeanours, as above is declared, in brief, (and may be more fully seen in pious Mr. Whites first Century) according to this our Bill, thus briefly collect∣ed, but might have been mightily enlarged. Besides the Ca∣thedrals of Pauls, and Westminster, and the rest—98
- Whereof malignant Doctors of Divinity—40
- Dead with rancourous malice and malignity (in prisons and else-where) on the sight and sense of Gods just hand upon them, according to the computation and accompt of the name∣lesse Malignant-Authours other Bill of their happy Morta∣lity, in respect of the case of Gods Church, to which they were a great burthen, and the comfort of Gods people, to whom they were a daily vexation, and griefe of heart.—20
- ...
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- Dead according to our Bill—11
- Parishes and places infected with the contageous cor∣ruption and spirituall plague of the wicked lives and filthy manners of these Popishly-affected Pontificians, and despe∣rately malignant, loose, and lazie Priests, and sons of Belial. Almost all in the whole kingdome.
- Parishes clear of them—Very few.
And thus (good Reader) thou having seen what kinde of lear∣ned, grave, religious, and painfull Ministers, that namelesse and shamelesse lying Malignant Authour of the other Bill of Mortali∣ty had culled and collected together (yet being conscious to him∣self of his grosse deceit, was ashamed to name Mr. Edward Finch of Christ-Church (he was so notorious a wicked man but left it out with a blank) may I not now, in requitall of his false quoted Scriptures, most justly repay him with these Scriptures?
Isaiah 5. 20. 23. Woe unto them that call evill good, and good evill; that put darknesse for light, and light for darknesse: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter, Which justifie the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.
Jerem. 23. 1. 11. & 21. Woe unto the Pastours that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord; For, both Prophet and Priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickednesse, saith the Lord. I have not sent these Prophets, yet they ran, I have not spoken to them, or by them, yet they have prophesied lies in my name, v. 25
Jerem. 20. 3, 4. Then said Jeremiah to Pashur, the Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-Missabib; for, thus saith the Lord, I will make thee a terror (and a shame) to thy self and to all thy friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall be∣hold it, (and thine ears shall hear of it, as, now wicked Wrens does in the Tower) And thou Pashur, (ver. 6.) and all that dwell within thy house shall goe into captivity.
See (then, thou lying Authour of that false Bill) the just decree of the Lord, in imprisoning the persons, sequestring and seizing on the estates and goods (which thou falsly callest plundering) and casting out and bringing into misery the wives and children of such wicked and lying false Prophets and profane Priests, as here thou hast seen truly described unto thee by a fervent hater of pre∣laticall lyes, and a zealous lover of Presbyterian Truths.
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Dead with ma∣lignancie.
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* 1.8
D〈…〉〈…〉lig〈…〉〈…〉
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* 1.9
Dea〈…〉〈…〉lign〈…〉〈…〉
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* 1.10
Dead with ma∣lignancie.
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* 1.11
Dead with ma∣lignancie.