A clergy-man of the Church of England his vindication of himself for reading His Majesties late declaration. With allowance. Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1688 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A39341 Wing E665 ESTC R214796 99826865 99826865 31274

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 eng Clergy -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Early works to 1800. Oaths -- England -- Early works to 1800. 2005-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A CLERGY-MAN OF THE Church of England His Vindication of Himſelf for Reading His Majeſties Late DECLARATION. With Allowance.

THo' my Averſeneſs from all appearance of Oppoſition to Our Moſt Reverend Metropolitan, and the Reverend Biſhop of this Dioceſs made me Reſolve (as I acquainted a Learned man in Anſwer to a Letter I lately received from him) that I would not Publiſh any thing upon •… ion of this Great Controverſy; yet upon Second Thoughts of My Duty 〈◊〉 Our Gracious Sovereign, and the Regard I ought to have to My own Reputation in reference to that Apoſtolical Injunction, Let no man Deſpiſe 〈◊〉 I now Reſolve to make known to the World what Reaſons I had to 〈◊〉 the DECLARATION.

I receiv'd it from the hands of the Totneſs-Apparitor, without the Leaſt doubt or ſcruple but that it came from my Lord Biſhop of Exeter: I read it the Sunday after I receiv'd it. The Saturday following I receiv'd a Letter from the Apparitor, acquainting me that it was my Lord Biſhops Pleaſure that I ſhould not Read the DECLARATION. Since that time I have often ſaid that I ſhall not make the leaſt ſcruple to Read it again, if I ſhall receive an Order ſo to do from the KING, or the Biſhops: And yet amongſt a Multitude of the Fouleſt Calumnies imaginable that have been rais'd againſt •… e upon this Occaſion, this is one, that I am ſo vext and diſquieted in mind for •… aving read this DECLARATION that I am like to be quite Diſtracted •… rough Anguiſh that ever I did ſuch a thing. This is ſo Prodigious a Lye, at GOD is my Witneſs I never had the leaſt Inclination to Repent of it. •… ave written to ſeveral Learned men of the Church of England, that in a •• ere Deſire to keep a Conſcience void of Offence both towards GOD, 〈◊〉 towards Men, I reſolv'd to ſubmit to this Order, upon theſe, and the 〈◊〉 Conſiderations, "That Our Sovereign Lord the King, has a Right to Declare or make known his Mind as to any Matter whatſoever, to every •… e of his Subjects: And Conſequently that he has a Right to Conſtrain •… l Prieſts and Deacons to be his Inſtruments to make his Mind known by •… eading any DECLARATION, &c. I was prompted to theſe thoughts my Remembrance of thoſe words of St. Gregory, which I took ſpecial 〈◊〉 of Twenty years ſince.

St. Greg. Regiſt. L. 2. Ep 62. Greg.—Gregorius Mauricio Auguſto.

Ego quidem Juſſioni Subjectus, eandem Legem per diverſas terrarum pa •… tranſmitti feci, & quia Lex ipſa Omnipotenti Deo minime concordat, ecce per 〈◊〉 geſtionis meae paginam ſereniſſimis Dominis nunciavi Utrobi que ergo quae d •… exolui, qui & Imperatori Obedientiam praebui, & pro Deo quod ſenſi minime t •…

Since I am ſubject to Your Command, I caus'd the Law (you had ſent me▪ 〈◊〉 be diſpers'd through diverſe parts of the World; and, becauſe the Law it ſelf i •… ſo agreeable to the Will of Almighty God, behold I have declar'd the ſame by 〈◊〉 Paper which ſuggeſts my Reaſons. And by doing ſo, I have in both regards pa •… Duty I ow'd; while I both perform my Obedience to the Emperour, and 〈◊〉 known my ſentiments in relation to God.

I ſuppoſe all the Learned Clergy of the Church of England know w •… ſaying this is: If the Exemption from Obedience be not as Eviden •… 〈◊〉 the Command to Obey, it muſt needs be Sin not to Obey. This I 〈◊〉 faſtly Believe; and therefore I am Reſolv'd by the Help of God to do 〈◊〉 thing that His Majeſty ſhall Command Me, unleſs I find it to be of ſ •… nature, that I ſhall be ready to Declare to His Majeſty and All the W •… that I am ſo Confident that the performance of ſuch an Action wou •… 〈◊〉 Contrary to the Law of God, Declar'd in the Holy Scriptures, or to 〈◊〉 Law of the Land, or to ſome Canon or Conſtitution Eccleſiaſtical, that I 〈◊〉 be ready to lay down my Life in Teſtimony that my refuſing to do▪ 〈◊〉 the King Commands is not in Diſobedience to Him, but in True •… ence to the King of Kings: And with this Reſolution I Pity all my •… mies; and I Deſire my Friends not to be Troubled when they hear M •… Bitterly Cenſur'd, and Revil'd; but to Conſider that ſome of the Rep •… that are Dayly caſt upon Me make Me expreſsly Conformable to th •… •… ferings of Our Bleſſed LORD, of whom it was ſaid: He hath a Dev •… 〈◊〉 is MAD, why hear ye him?

Edmund Ellis, Rector of Eaſt-Alling in Devon. FINIS.

LONDON Printed, and Publiſh'd by Randal Taylor, near Stationers-Hall. 1 •••