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this oath twenty years ago ; asking, why it was not as law- Cart 

 ful now as at that time. Whereunto he answered, that the ^pHes, * 

 case was not alike ; for that then there was but one only when il wa 



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matter lor him to be examined or, and the same was known i, a d once 

 unto him before : also, that he had not so spent his time, ^en the 

 (he thanked God,) but that in so long a space he had 

 learned something, as in some other things, so in this. (He 

 that wrote this relation said, he heard Mr. Cartwright say 

 afterwards, that, had he not been interrupted, he could fur 

 ther have answered, that he took not that oath twenty years 

 ago, but with exception to answer so far as might well stand 

 with God s glory and the good of his neighbour.) Finally, 

 that by the example of divers Ministers and others refusing 

 this oath before him, he took occasion to search further than 

 otherwise he was like to have done. 



Then Dr. Bancroft said, that for so much as every man And that 

 which had offended another was bound to confess his fault, ^ ounc | to 

 and to reconcile himself, he should much more do it to the confess our 

 Prince. Whereunto Mr. Cartwright answering, that the a 

 case here was very unlike, and that this general rule did 

 admit some exception ; which seeming strange to Dr. Ban 

 croft, he required of Mr. Cartwright an instance : who an 

 swered, that if he had spoken evil to one of a third man, 

 which never came to the knowledge of it, it should not stand 

 well with the rule of charity to open this matter unto the 

 person whom he had wronged ; considering that so he might 

 (likely) break the knots of love, which without that confes 

 sion might have continued whole. 



Moreover, upon the charge which Mr. Attorney repeated, And that he 

 that Mr. Cartwright and others had holden conferences and h 



made laws ; Mr. Cartwright answered, that touching that fe 

 point his answer was before them, which, being required, i aws . l 

 he would confirm upon his oath ; that is, that they never 

 held conferences by any authority, nor ever made any laws 

 by any manner of compulsion, to procure any obedience 

 unto them. Also, that he and others had expressly testified 

 by subscription, that they would not so much as voluntarily 

 and by mutual agreement, one of them without another, 



