Fanatic Moderation Exemplified, Part 3
A Specimen of the Moderation of the Sectaries, towards some worthy Persons, who were advanc'd to the Episcopal Dignity, after the RESTORATION.
RObert Sanderson, June the 14th. 1648. Was by the Committee for the Reformation of the University of Oxford, Voted out of his Canonry of Christ Church, and the Professorship, having been Summoned before that Committee the 22d. of Nov. before-going. After that Time one Cross was substituted in his Professorship, as Henry Cornish was afterwards in his Canonry. After which he retir'd to his Living of Boostby, which had been put under Sequestration in 1644. and so continued at that Time; at this Place he met with a great deal of Ill Usage: Among other abuses which were put upon him, The Soldiers often tore his Common Prayer-Book to pieces, &c. and at length seiz'd and carried him Prisoner to Lincoln, in order to get the furious and zealous Covenanting Minister of Allington exchang'd for him. Notwithstanding which, Dr. Sanderson could not live Safe or quietly there: For tho, by that Agreement, he got the Sequestration of his Living taken off, yet he was several times afterwards Plunder'd; and once Wounded in no less than three Places: He had at that time a Wife and Children, was reduc'd to great Poverty; and in 1658, was in a very pitiful Condition: But surviving the Restoration, he was restor'd to his Dignities, and worthily created Bishop of Lincoln.
Peter Gunning, Promoted to the Bishoprick, first of Gloucester, then of Ely, by King Charles II. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was Zealous in the Cause of His Majesty and the Church; and always oppos'd the Faction to the very utmost of his Power; for which he became, in a particular manner, the Object of their Fury: And whilst he was with his Mother (lately then become a Widow) in Kent, he was hunted about, and forc'd to lye in Woods; and at length was Imprison'd, for having assisted some Forces belonging to the King at Tunbridge, with the Charity he had mov'd a Neighbouring Congregation to, by two Sermons. A while after he became Curate of the little Vicarage of Cassington, near Oxford; at which Place, for about the space of two Years, he endur'd several Affronts and Abuses by the Parliamentarian Soldiers from Abingdon, and elsewhere; either by interrupting him with base Language, or by pulling him out of the Church.
Richard Sterne, Promoted first to the See of Carlisle, and then to the Arch-Bishoprick of Canterbury, after the Restoration. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was very Active in sending the Cambridge Plate to His Majesty; for which, he, with two other worthy Loyalists, was by Cromwell (who had with some Parties of Soldiers surrounded the several Chappels, whilst the Scholars were at Prayers) seiz'd and carried in Triumph to London; and tho there was an express Order from the Lord's House, for their Imprisonment in the Tower, which met them at Tottenham High-Cross (wherein, notwithstanding there was no Crime exprest) yet they were led Captive thro Bartholomew Fair, and so as far as Temple-Bar, and back thro' the City to Prison in the Tower, on purpose that they might be hooted at, or Ston'd by the Rabble-Rout. After which, for three Years together, they were hurried up and down from one Prison to another, at excessive and unreasonable Charges; and Fees exacted from them, far beyond their Abilities to defray; having all their Goods Plunder'd, and their Masterships and Livings taken from them, which should preserve them from Famishing. And tho in all things Time there was never any Accusation brought, much less prov'd against any of them, yet did they Suffer intolerable Imprisonment both by Land and Water; especially that in the Ship; where, for ten Days together (they, with many other Gentlemen of great Rank) were kept under Deck, without Liberty to come to Breathe in the common Air, or to ease Nature, except at the Courtesie of the rude Sailors, which oftentimes was denied them: In which Condition, they were more like Gally Slaves than Freeborn Subjects, and Men of such Quality and Condition; and had been so indeed, might some have had their Wills, who were bargaining with the Merchants to sell them to Algiers, or as bad a Place, as has since been notoriously known, upon no false or fraudulent Information. After this, Dr. Sterne was remov'd from the Ship, but still kept under Confinement in some other Prison; only had the Favour of attending the Blessed Martyr'd Arch-Bishop on the Scaffold on Tower Hill. At length, having lost all he had, and suffer'd to the last Degree for his Loyalty, he was permitted to have his Liberty, and surviv'd his Troubles.
Guy Carleton, advanc'd first to the Bishoprick of Bristol, 1671, and thence translated to that of Chichister, 1678, Upon the breaking out of the Rebllion, he faithfully adher'd to his Majesty's Interest, and was not a little Serviseable to him. He was first of all forc'd from his Rich Living in the North, and was afterwards driven from that of Bucklesbury by the Triers: After which, he was likewise seiz'd and imprison'd in Lambeth House, where his Wife secretly convey'd a Cord to him, by the help of which he let himself down thro' a Window towards the Thames; but being forc'd to drop from it, not being long enough, he dislocated one of his Bones; when a Boat being provided for him, he was soon carried off, and conce lest during the Cure; which his poor Wife was oblig'd to sell her Bed to pay for. He return'd from beyond the Seas with his Majesty; and was worthily promoted as aforesaid; and died in 1685.
Anthony Sparrow, first made Bishop of Exeter, and from thence translated to Norwich. About the Year 1648, or 1649, he obtained the Living of Haukdon in Sussex, but the Religious Committee at Westminster, suffer'd him not to enjoy it above five Weeks. He was also oblig'd to fly and conceal himself. He had at that Time, or soon after, six Children; but was not able to obtain any Fifths to Support them, from the Intruder. Under these Calamitous Circumstances he continued about Eleven Years, when the Restoration of his Majesty dispell'd the darksome Clouds which had hover'd over him for so long a Time.
John Cosin, advanc'd to the Bishoprick of Durham by King Charles II. was in the Year 1640, prefer'd to the Deanry of that Place, but never was suffer'd to enjoy it; his Troubles taking their Rise with his Advancement: Being soon after the meeting of the Rebel Parliament, Resolv'd unfit to hold any Ecclesiastical Preferment, and one of the Number of those worthy Clergymen whom the Party had singled out for Destruction He was sent for by the House as a Delinquent, Novemb. 21, 1644, and was the first of all the Clergy that we find Sequestred; which was effected by a Vote of the whole House, Jan. 22, 1640-1, under which he lay near Twenty Years, and about Seventeenunder an actual Dispossession of all his Places, and Banishment also; being forc'd so early to fly into France, and having been Plunder'd of all that he had, before he went thither; where he continued Steadfast and immoveable in the Profession of the Protestant Persuasion, notwithstanding the vile and wicked Calamnies and Clamors of the Faction against him, his being inhumanely divested of so many very considerable Preferments, Stripped and Plunder'd of all the Moveables he had, and at last driven like a Vagabond into Foreign Parts for being a Papist.
Brian Duppa, advanc'd to the Bishopick of Winchester at the Restoration. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he suffer'd in common with the Rest of his Order; and being Stripped of those large Revenues which he was at that Time possessed of, He retir'd first to the King at Oxford, and afterwards continued to attend him in the Isle of Wight, &c. untill the Time of his most Execrable Murder; after which he retir'd to Richmond in Surrey, where he spent most of his Time in great Devotion and Solitude untill the Year 1660. when he was deservedly Promoted as aforesaid.
Gilbert Sheldon, worthily created Arch-Bishop of Canterbury at the Restoration; during the time of the Rebellion, he adher'd stedfastly to his Majesty's Cause, and when the Oxford Visitation came on, strenuously oppos'd it. March 27, 1648, He honestly, and boldly told the Visitors, That he could not, with a safe Conscience, Submit to them: For which, three Days after, they depriv'd him of his Warden-ship; broke open the Lodging Doors, to make way for the Intruder; and then hurried away the Doctor to Prison, who, as he pass'd the Streets, had a Thousand Prayers and Blessings from the People. In his Confinement, he continued above six Months; and then the reforming Committe set him at Liberty, on Condition that he should immediately depart five Miles from Oxford: That he should not go to the King in the Isle of Wight; and that he should give Security to Appear before them, at four Days Warning whenever Cited. After which he retir'd, and spent his Time in Offices of Humanity, and follow'd his Studies and Devotion till the Restoration.
George Morley, first advanc'd to the Bishoprick of Worcester, and thence to Winchester at the Restoration. In the beginning of the Wars, he was nominated one of the Assembly of Divines, but never Honour'd 'em with his Presence; and steadfastly adher'd to the Interest of his Sovereign, during the time of the Rebellion. He scorn'd to stay at the University of Oxford, tho invited to it by the Reformers; and accordingly, was Voted out of his Canonry of Christ Church; and soon after, was, with other Loyal Subjects, actually dispossess'd by Force and Violence; he was likewise depriv'd of all his other Preferments. March 17, 1647, He was threatned to be taken into Custody for not obeying the orders of the Reforming Committee, and for that, or some other Reason, was actually imprison'd. He was after that sent for by his Majesty to to assist in the Isle of Wight Treaty; and attended the Gallant Lord Capel, before his Execution; at length observing matters growing more desperate, he crossd the Seas, and followed the Fortunes of the young King, and constantly waited on him at the Hague, until his Majesty went for Scotland. In a word, he pass'd away the Time of his Exile with great Satisfaction, and continually exercising that gloomy Period in Visiting the Sick, burying the Dead, relieving the Distrest Loyalists, and other Offices of Piety and Devotion till the Happy Restoration; when he was worthily promoted as aforesaid.
John Dolben, first created Bishop of Rochester, and then Arch-bishop of York at the Restoration. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, he took up Arms for his Majesty; was an Ensign at the Siege of Marston Moor; was at the Siege of York, where he receiv'd a dangerous Wound; and at length became a Major in the Service of his Majesty. After the Surrender at Oxford, he resum'd the Gown, became M. A. but was ejected form his Studentship by the Visitors the following Year. After which, he pass'd over the remainder of the Usurpation at a Private House in Oxon, and in Conjunction with Mr. John Fell, kept up the Orders and Ceremonies of the Church of England, till the Restoration, being then deservedly Advanc'd as above.
John Fell, Created Bishop of Oxford by King Charles II. In 1643, he bore Arms in the Garrison of Oxford, and was afterwards an Ensign. In 1646, the Visitors dispossess'd him of his Student's Place; after which he liv'd retiredly in Oxford, where, with Mr. Dolben (just mention'd) he past the remainder of those Rebellious Times in Exercises of Piety and Devotion, till the Restoration render'd him more Conspicuous, becoming at that Time a Burning and Shining Light to his Generation.