Roger the Caterburian that cannot say grace for his meat, with a low-crown'd hat before his face, or, The character of a prelaticall man affecting heighths newly written by G. T.

Roger the Caterburian that cannot say grace for his meat, with a low-crown'd hat before his face, or, The character of a prelaticall man affecting heighths newly written by G. T.

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ROGER the Canterburian. OR THE CHARACTER OF Praelaticall ROGER.

LET US PRAY;

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ROGER THE CANTERBURIAN, That cannot ſay Grace for his Meat, with a low-crown'd HAT before his FACE.

OR THE CHARACTER OF A PRELATICALL MAN affecting great Heighths.

Newly written, by G. T.

LONDON, Printed for WILLIAM LARMAR▪ 1642.

ROGER the Canterburian.
OR THE CHARACTER OF Praelaticall ROGER.

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ROGER the Canterburian is a Man made up of a Soule and a Body like Ananias the Puritan, only he worſhips God with both. Hee has learn't out of the Bible to make a Leg to the Authority of Church and State, and do's the ſame to Heaven the ordainer and diſpenſer of that Authority. Hee ha's read the whole Story of Chriſtian Religion from Chriſt-Croſse to & per ſe and: and yet cannot finde Ananias the Puritan neither in A. nor B. nor C. [Page] nor any Age of the Chriſt-croſs-row, but quite beſide it: The Poxe and the Plague ha's frighted him out of Oxford; and Mr. PYM out of his Leg-Religion, and almoſt his Witt. Notwithſtanding his diſtractions, hee has ſo much wit yet left, that Ananias could not ſee his Grac [...] through it.

The Apprentices give him a broad ſide as hee walkes the Streets by crying no Biſhops, No Biſhops; and never leave till he cries▪ No Biſhops too: for which when hee is ſafe in hous'd, he repents croſſes and bleſſes himſelfe, and curſes them as things never Chriſtened, or never Biſhop't.

To make him cry▪ No Biſhops, he ſayes is to boile a Kid in the Mothers milke againſt the Law of GOD and Nature. When he is abroad, he dares not ſpeake ſenſe aloud, for feare hee ſhould be knockt o'th' head for't; but hum's and haa's in God morrow, and God eeven, and what a Clock is't. His feare leads his judgement by the noſe, as Religion leads Ananias. All the Sciences he has skill in but the Arithmetick of Sects; which ignorance the Biſhops he hopes will curſe▪ when they become Arithmetick-Lecturers. His greateſt feare next the loſs of one of his Parſonages, is that the City Gentle-women will put Guſſets and Goures into the Canonicall Prayer, to make it as much too wide for his Faith, as his Memory. He is ſo extreamly given to ſhort Prayers, as if hee were ſure the Kingdome of Heaven might bee ſurpriz'd and taken with a Squib: and his Wife thinks him ſhort in all, as he is in his Oriſons; and ſo (though ſhee ſeeme Religious in his way) Cuckolds her Beads and Him. Hee dares take it upon his death that there ha's not beene a Sermon preach't ſince Eighty eight that ha's [Page] had any Theologie or Religion in it, but by Doctor Andrewes and the learned Pupils, after the Order of Saint William of Canterbury all Catechiſmes, but that of the Church he counts Libels againſt Heaven, and eſteemes them as the People do Articles of PYM. When a zealous Woman goes to St. Antholines with her Bible under her arme, he ſayes ſhe looks like a Gooſe with the Gyſard trnſt under her Wing. It grieves him to heare every Coxcomb crow new Divinitie able to ſtartle the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. A Prieſt after the Order of my Lord Major hee never lik't till now that the Browniſts have created him Papiſt. It aſtoniſhes him to think that his cenſurer Ananias ſhould eſteeme the bread after his Conſecration no better then that which baits a Mouſetrap. When he enters a Church, eſpecially where there is an Altar and Organs, hee mutters to himſelfe that of Jacob; How dreadfull is this Place! this is the Houſe of God, and the very gate of heaven; and wonders why he ſhould be contemn'd for a Formaliſt▪ becauſe he ſhewes but ſo much reverentiall feare as a Turke entring a Moſchit. If the expreſſion of ſuch a religious feare in Gods Houſe be not commanded and eſtabliſhed, he thinks that Religion and himſelfe ſhall not be beholding to the Synod for a courteſie Six-penny broad. Except hee and many more of his Order be elected Synoders, hee reſolves to eſteeme their Determination no more then the Apprentices doe Proclamations. He ſmells like a piece of Ruſſian Leather of Arminius; and for that is ſuſpected of Popery, although he lie Perdu upon his owne Wife to catch the Roman Prieſt in an error of ſuperſtitious Chaſtiry▪ He wiſhes that wee may at length ſtutt into ſome Religion that he may eat Tyth-Pigg in peace. But one thing he [Page] deſires above all; That the Chriſtian Sacrifice, as the Iewiſh alwayes was, may be ſeaſon'd with Salt, the Symbole of judgement and wit; and not with Puritan long-Pepper talke. Roſemary and Bayes hee abhorres more then Bel and the Dragon, and will have none of it in his Houſe this Chriſtmas becauſe it was prophan'd in the triumph of thoſe holy Martyrs Burton, Prinne and Baſtwick, which hee accounts the Schiſmaticall Sectaries of Martin Mar-Prelate. He thinks it impoſſible that a man ſhould give a better Character of this Age, and the Religion of vs Zealots, then that Church-warden ha's already done, who tooke downe the Picture of Jeſus, and let the Aſſe upon which he rode ſtand ſtill in the Church. Beſides all this he ha's another ſcurvy fault; he deliberates what and how he ſhould ſpeake to God Almighty in his Prayers, becauſe hee knowes not why deliberation which is the counſell of Reaſon ſhould be ſhuffled out of Gods Service onely, and be received and prais'd in all things elſe. The Scotch buſineſſe lies ſtill upon his ſtomack like a Sow-baby upon the ſtomack of a Scot; and Doctor Baſtwick can ſee no reaſon why that ſhould make him ſo ſick. Might hee have had his will the Scots ſhould have had 3000000. Pounds beſtowed upon them to have ſent them home ſooner: but now he thinks it were better beſtowed upon the building of Pauls; ſuch is the ſuperſtition of the Man. He is not a man of many Graces; thoſe hee uſes before and after Meat are ſtollen out of the Primmer. The eyes of all things is his Grace before meat: and after it, from the ſame Book an old devout Rhime.

As thou haſt fed our bodies Lord ſo feed our Soules likewiſe;

And make us mindfull of the poore as Riches doth ariſe.

Encreaſe thy flock preſerve our King, thy Grace and Peace downe ſend;

That we may lead a faithfull life, and make a godly end.

[Page] This Grace is ſet to a whiſtle which his Wife ha's for that purpoſe in the Heft of her Knife, that it may be like the Man Liturgick and Cathedrall. He is ſo very much addicted to ſet Forms of Prayer, that in a ſodain and dangerous Fire, hee ha's nothing to ſay to God Almighty, but that Collect of our Church that calls for Raine in the time of fiery drought. He is a Creature of doubtfull interpretation; no man knowes well what he is: Thus much more I think I may ſay of him. If there bee an inſurrection of Papiſts, you ſhall meet him with two leaves of Thomas Aquinas, ſet Croſſe in his Hat, becauſe he reſolves never to have his throat cut for a Puritan. His pride ha's ſwolne him too bigg for the Church of England, and now he muſt die like an Hydroptick Man. Nothing but a Cardinals Cap could keepe his Wit and Learning warme: but God ha's puniſh't the pride of that wit with a plaine Northerne Blew-Cap. Hee is ſo cleerly reſolv'd that the Clergie ought to be preferr'd to the braveſt heighths, that his Spirit will not give him leave to ſay Grace for his Meat with a low-crown'd Hat before his Face; becauſe it is not Gloria in exelſis, glory to God in the higheſt. Moſt of his Diſcourſe is about that old Devotion which richly endowed the Church, and enabled the Clergie to tip their Staves with vnvallued Unicornes horne. You ſhall heare him tell you with a great deale of affection out of the Hiſtorian Boiſardus; That the French Clergie poſſeſſes 8000. Lordſhips, in which they have the chiefe Power of exerciſing Politicall Juſtice; and beſides thoſe 240000. Country Villages; That they poſſeſſe 7000. Acres of Vineard, beſides the Tythes which they receive from other Vineyards; That to them are belonging 125000 Fiſhponds; of Meddow [Page] ground 90000. Acres. Out of the ſame Author he can ſhew you an Account of Annuall Proviſion of [...]t for Eccleſiaſtick Men.

Of pure Wheat 4. Millions 500000. Meaſures; every ſuch Meaſures containing 600. Pounds.

Of Oates, 900000. Of Barley, 800000. Of Peaſe, 860000. Of fat Capons, 180000. Of Hens, 560000. Of Partridges, 600000. Of fat Oxen, 12500. Of fat Weathers 12000. Of Eggs, 7. Millions.

And to be ſhort, ſuch like proportions in other neceſſaries for a temperate Prieſtly life. Moreover, out of Boterus, he can tell you; That in Saxonie there are certaine Biſhops▪ of which every one ha's his Iuriſdiction, his Townes and Subjects as Princes have.

Certainly he would be a brave fellow if he could but retrive the Old Religion with it's Circumſtances. Yet for all this he hopes to ſee the Gentlewomen of London come to Auricular Confeſſion; which if they doe, he will lie with ſome of them for pure ſpight; except foure or five Acts of Parliament button up his Codpiece. He ha's a kind of humorous Charity towards the Scot ſtill left in him, which he thus beſtowes.

LET US PRAY;

THat the SCOTCH Kirke,

Which ha's eaten Perk,

And with that is runne ſterk-

Mad 'gainſt Prieſt and Clerk,

Cauſe he is dumb and do's not berk;

But will both beleeve, and werk;

May leave her Schiſme which ha's coſt her

Her Credo in Deum, and Pater Noſter.

FINIS.

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Roger the Caterburian that cannot say grace for his meat, with a low-crown'd hat before his face, or, The character of a prelaticall man affecting heighths newly written by G. T.

G. T.

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1642

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— Roger the Caterburian that cannot say grace for his meat, with a low-crown'd hat before his face, or, The character of a prelaticall man affecting heighths newly written by G. T., G. T., Taylor, John, 1580-1653..

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