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PARTY SIMILES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY:--NO. I. "FOXES AND
FIREBRANDS." NO. II. "THE TROJAN HORSE."
(_Continued from_ Vol. viii., p. 488.)
The following works I omitted to mention in my last Note from want of
room. The first is by that _amiable_ Nimrod, John Bale, Bishop of
Ossory:
"Yet a Course at the Romyshe Foxe, &c. Compyled by Johan
Harrison. Zurich. 1543. 4to."
The four following are by William Turner, M.D., who also wrote under an
assumed name:
"The Huntyng of the Romishe Foxe, &c. By William Wraughton.
Basil. 1543."
"The Rescuynge of the Romishe Foxe, &c. Winchester. 1545. 8vo."
"The Huntyng of the Romyshe Wolfe. 8vo. 1554(?)."
"The Huntyng of the Foxe and Wolfe, &c. 8vo."
The next is the most important work, and I give the title in full:
"The Hunting of the Romish Fox, and the Quenching of Sectarian
_Firebrands_. Being a Specimen of Popery and Separation.
Collected by the Honourable Sir James Ware, Knight, out of the
Memorials of Eminent Men, both in Church and State: A. B.
Cranmer, A. B. Usher, A. B. Parker, Sir Henry Sidney, A. B.
Abbot, Lord Cecil, A. B. Laud, and others. And now published for
the Public Good. By Robert Ware, Gent. Dublin. 1683. 12mo. pp.
248."
The work concludes with this paragraph:
"Now he that hath given us all our hearts, give unto His
Majesties subjects of these nations _an heart of unity_, to
quash division and separation; _of obedience_, to quench the
fury of rebellious firebrands: and _a heart of constancy_ to the
Reformed Church of England, the better to expel Popery, and to
confound dissention. _Amen._"
The last work, with reference to the first simile of my note, which I
shall mention, is that by Zephaniah Smith, one of the leaders of the
English Antinomians:
"The Doome of Heretiques; or a Discovery of Subtle Foxes who wer
tyed Tayle to Tayle, and crept into the Church to doe Mischiefe,
&c. Lond. 1648."[1]
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With regard to the second simile, see--
"The Trojan Horse, or the Presbyterian Government Unbowelled.
London. 1646. 4to. By Henry Parker of Lincoln's Inn."
"Comprehension and Toleration Considered, in a Sermon on Gal.
ii. 5. By Dr. South."
"Remarks on a Bill of Comprehension. London. 1684. By Dr.
Hickes."
"The New Distemper, or The Dissenters' Usual Pleas for
Comprehension, Toleration, and the Renouncing the Covenant,
Considered and Discussed. Non Quis sed Quid. London. 1680. 12mo.
Second Edition. Pp. 184. (With a figurative frontispiece,
representing the 'Ecclesia Anglicana.')"
The first edition was published in 1675. Thomas Tomkins, Fellow of All
Souls' College, was the author; but the two editions are anonymous.
As to the Service Book, see the curious work of George Lightbodie:
"Against the Apple of the Left Eye of Antichrist; or The
Masse-Booke of Lurking Darknesse (_The Liturgy_), making Way for
the Apple of the Right Eye of Antichrist, the Compleate
Masse-Booke of Palpable Darknesse. London. 1638. 8vo."
Baylie's _Parallel_ (before referred to) was a popular work; it was
first printed London, 1641, in 4to.; and reprinted 1641, 1642, 1646,
1661.
As to "High Church" and "Low Church," see an article in the _Edinburgh
Review_ for last October, on "Church Parties," and the following works:
"The True Character of a Churchman, showing the False Pretences
to that Name. By Dr. West." (No date. 1702?) Answered by
Sacheverell in "The Character of a Low Churchman. 4to. 1702."
"Low Churchmen vindicated from the Charge of being no Churchmen.
London. 1706. 8vo. By John Handcock, D.D., Rector of St.
Margaret's, Lothbury."
"Inquiry into the Duty of a Low Churchman. London. 1711. 8vo."
(By James Peirce, a Nonconformist divine, largely quoted in _The
Scourge_: where he is spoken of as "A gentleman of figure, of
the most apostolical moderation, of the most Christian temper,
and is esteemed as the Evangelical Doctor of the Presbyterians
in this kingdom," &c.--P. 342.)
He also wrote:
"The Loyalty, Integrity, and Ingenuity of High Churchmen and
Dissenters, and their respective Writers, Compared. London.
1719. 8vo."
See also the following periodical, which Lowndes thus describes:
"_The Independent Whig._ From Jan. 20, 1719-20, to Jan. 4, 1721.
53 Numbers. London. Written by Gordon and Trenchard in order to
oppose the High Church Party; 1732-5, 12mo., 2 vols.; 1753,
12mo., 4 vols."
Will some correspondent kindly furnish me with the date, author's name,
&c., of the pamphlet entitled _Merciful Judgments of High Church
Triumphant on Offending Clergymen and others in the Reign of Charles
I._?[2]