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             The mysticall vvolfe. Set forth in a sermon preached in the Church of Edmond the King, in Lombard-street. / By E.P.
             Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.
          
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             1645.
          
           
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           THE
           Mysticall
           VVolfe
           .
        
         
           Set
           forth
           in
           a
           Sermon
           Preached
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Edmond
          
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           in
           Lombard-street
           .
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             P.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Marie
             Okes
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Robert
             Trot
             ,
          
           at
           his
           Shop
           under
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Edmond
          
           the
           
             King.
          
           1645.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           VVorshipfull
           Sir
           NICHOLAS
           RAYNTON
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           and
           Alderman
           of
           
             London
             :
          
           and
           to
           Mr.
           WILLIAM
           GIBBS
           ,
           Alderman
           ,
           and
           Sher●ffe
           of
           the
           said
           City
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           his
           loving
           friends
           who
           have
           been
           Church
           wardens
           assisting
           him
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Right
           VVorshipfull
           Mr.
           
             Walter
             Rogers
             ▪
          
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Smith
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Bridge
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Soane
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Henrie
             Geirie
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             ●aton
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Bludworth
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Nicholas
             Cook
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Anthony
             Crosse
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Ambrose
             Brumskill
             ,
          
           M●
           .
           
             Tobias
             Dixon
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Niclas
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Iaspar
             Clayton
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             H●de
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             George
             Denham
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Rogers
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Spencer
             Vincent
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             ●ohn
             Smith
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Kimble
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Francis
             Pat●s
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             Worster
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             William
             Dev●nsh●re
             ,
          
           and
           to
           all
           his
           other
           loving
           parishioners
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           loving
           friends
           ,
           and
           fellow
           labourers
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Hopkins
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Davis
             .
          
           Old
           
             Ephraim
             Pagitt
             ,
          
           Recto●
           of
           
             Edmonds
          
           the
           
             King
          
           in
           
             Lomb.
          
           wisheth
           all
           happinesse
           .
        
         
           
             MUnster
          
           writeth
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Wolves
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           great
           blessing
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           peculiar
           to
           our
           Kingdome
           ,
           in
           which
           our
           Shepheards
           may
           securely
           feed
           their
           flocks
           without
           dread
           of
           those
           ravenous
           beasts
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           sheepe
           most
           mischievous
           :
           The
           like
           might
           I
           have
           said
           of
           
             Mysticall
             wolves
             ,
          
           for
           40.
           year
           and
           more
           of
           my
           Pastoral
           charge
           in
           which
           I
           had
           no
           dread
           of
           them
           :
           But
           now
           I
           live
           to
           see
           (
           with
           griefe
           of
           heart
           )
           grievous
           Wolves
           broken
           in
           among
           us
           ,
           
             not
             sparing
             the
             flocke
             .
          
           Therefore
           the
           counsell
           that
           
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           gave
           to
           the
           Presbyters
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           I
           will
           put
           you
           in
           remembrance
           of
           (
           that
           is
           ▪
           
             To
             take
             heed
             to
             our selves
             and
             to
             the
             flock
             whereof
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             hath
             made
             us
             over-seers
             .
          
           It
           is
           reported
           concerning
           the
           mother
           of
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
             ,
          
           that
           she
           dreamed
           when
           she
           was
           conceived
           of
           that
           worthy
           light
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           shee
           had
           in
           her
           womb
           a
           white
           mastiffe
           ,
           which
           by
           his
           barking
           should
           drive
           the
           Wolves
           from
           the
           sheep-fold
           :
           And
           whereas
           some
           of
           you
           with
           many
           other
           pious
           Citizens
           ,
           have
           erected
           sundry
           Lectures
           in
           this
           City
           ▪
           in
           which
           divers
           
             Nazianzens
          
           now
           preach
           ,
           who
           I
           hope
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           our
           religious
           patriots
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           will
           drive
           away
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Romish
           ,
           but
           all
           other
           ravening
           wolves
           from
           the
           Sheep
           ▪
           fold
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           For
           my
           owne
           part
           ,
           although
           by
           reason
           of
           my
           age
           ,
           I
           cannot
           barke
           loud
           ▪
           much
           lesse
           bite
           .
           Yet
           whereas
           about
           60.
           yeares
           agoe
           ,
           I
           published
           in
           print
           28.
           
           Sermons
           of
           
             Lavaterus
          
           upon
           
             Ruth
             ▪
          
           Now
           not
           knowing
           how
           soon
           I
           shall
           put
           off
           this
           my
           Tabernacle
           ,
           I
           publish
           this
           sermon
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           preached
           among
           you
           ,
           when
           the
           plague
           of
           heresie
           first
           began
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           this
           I
           dedicate
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           conf●sse
           my selfe
           much
           obliged
           :
           Most
           humbly
           entreating
           Almighty
           God
           to
           blesse
           you
           with
           abundance
           of
           all
           gifts
           and
           graces
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           eternall
           glory
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             old
             Pastor
             ,
             
               Ephraim
               Pagitt
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           Mystical
           VVolfe
           .
        
         
           
             
               Beware
               of
               false
               Prophets
               ,
               which
               come
               to
               you
               in
               Sheepes
               cloathing
               ,
               but
               inwardly
               they
               are
               ravening
               VVolves
               ,
            
          
           
             Math.
             7.
             15.
             
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           former
           two
           Verses
           ,
           our
           Lord
           telleth
           his
           Disciples
           of
           two
           waies
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           mankind
           walke
           .
           The
           one
           a
           
             broad
             way
             that
             leadeth
             to
             destruction
             ,
          
           in
           which
           many
           walke
           .
           The
           other
           a
           
             narrow
             way
             which
             leadeth
             unto
             life
             ,
          
           which
           few
           finde
           .
           In
           this
           verse
           ,
           like
           a
           most
           loving
           kind
           friend
           ,
           he
           forewarneth
           his
           Disciples
           of
           the
           chiefe
           impediments
           hindering
           in
           the
           way
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             False
             Prophets
             .
          
        
         
           The
           journey
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           to
           the
           Earthly
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           was
           a
           type
           of
           our
           journey
           to
           the
           Heavenly
           .
           And
           did
           not
           one
           false
           Prophet
           
             Balaam
          
           do
           them
           more
           mischiefe
           in
           their
           journey
           ,
           then
           
             Og
          
           the
           Gyant
           ,
           King
           of
           
             Bashan
             ,
             Sehon
          
           King
           of
           the
           
             Amorites
             ,
          
           and
           all
           their
           enemies
           beside
           ?
          
           
           
           
           Yea
           ,
           could
           the
           Devil
           himselfe
           in
           his
           owne
           likenesse
           ,
           have
           beene
           more
           noxious
           and
           hurtfull
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           some
           Hereticks
           have
           been
           ?
           As
           one
           Hereticke
           
             Arrius
          
           denying
           the
           deity
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           a
           
           manner
           infected
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           :
           The
           like
           did
           another
           
             false
             Prophet
          
           called
           
             Eutyches
             ,
          
           denying
           his
           
           humanity
           ,
           (
           affirming
           the
           immensity
           of
           Christs
           divine
           nature
           to
           have
           swallowed
           up
           his
           humane
           ,
           )
           now
           if
           Christ
           had
           not
           been
           man
           ,
           how
           could
           he
           have
           dyed
           for
           us
           sinners
           ?
           And
           if
           not
           God
           ,
           how
           could
           hee
           have
           wrought
           the
           salvation
           of
           mankind
           ?
        
         
           Time
           will
           not
           serve
           me
           to
           relate
           what
           mischief
           
             false
             prophets
          
           have
           done
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           neither
           need
           I
           .
           Our
           poore
           Church
           hath
           sence
           enough
           of
           it
           ,
           groaning
           under
           the
           burthen
           of
           them
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           and
           especially
           they
           that
           have
           cure
           of
           soules
           ,
           may
           with
           great
           griefe
           of
           heart
           complaine
           ,
           of
           Infants
           not
           brought
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           of
           multitudes
           refusing
           to
           receive
           the
           holy
           Communion
           ,
           of
           the
           accounting
           of
           the
           Lords
           prayer
           abhominable
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           defective
           ,
           and
           banishing
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           out
           of
           many
           of
           our
           Churches
           .
           The
           miseries
           of
           this
           time
           are
           infinite
           ,
           and
           who
           layeth
           hand
           to
           help
           ?
           Is
           not
           our
           help
           only
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           upon
           whom
           our
           mother
           the
           Church
           hath
           taught
           us
           to
           call
           ,
           from
           all
           false
           doctrine
           and
           herisie
           ,
           from
           hardnesse
           of
           heart
           and
           contempt
           of
           thy
           Word
           and
           Commandements
           ,
           
             good
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             
               These
               words
               are
               part
               of
               our
               Lords
               holy
               sermon
               in
               the
               Mount
               ,
               which
               containeth
               ;
            
          
           
             A
             Premonition
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             is
          
           
             
               A
               Caution
               in
               this
               word
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
            
             
               A
               description
               of
               them
               whom
               wee
               are
               to
               beware
               of
               ,
               whom
               hee
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Describeth
                   generally
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Title
                   ,
                   
                     Ealse
                     Prophets
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Particularly
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   
                     
                       Externall
                       shew
                       ,
                       they
                       shall
                    
                     
                       Inward
                       disposition
                       ,
                       being
                       Ravening
                       wolves
                       .
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           Intrude
                           themselves
                           .
                        
                         
                           2.
                           
                           Insinuate
                           .
                        
                         
                           3.
                           
                           Dissemble
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             And
             of
             these
             ,
             as
             God
             shall
             enable
             me
             ,
             &
             I
             pray
             God
             that
             this
             Text
             may
             be
             as
             profitable
             to
             you
             as
             fitting
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             I
             purpose
             to
             speake
             of
             
               false
               prophets
               ,
            
             how
             dangerous
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             caveat
             in
             the
             last
             place
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             then
             more
             acceptable
             to
             you
             ,
             you
             seeing
             the
             great
             danger
             that
             you
             are
             in
             by
             them
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             
               false
               prophets
               .
            
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Prophet
            
             is
             used
             in
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             for
             a
             fore-teller
             of
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             derived
             from
             the
             word
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             which
             signifieth
             to
             divine
             
             or
             fore-tell
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             a
             larger
             sense
             for
             all
             Ministers
             and
             Teachers
             .
          
           
             Our
             Lord
             biddeth
             us
             beware
             ,
             not
             of
             
               Prophets
               ,
            
             but
             of
             
               false
               prophets
               ,
            
             or
             such
             as
             pretend
             themselves
             to
             bee
             
               Prophets
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             word
             signifieth
             
               lying
               prophets
               .
            
          
           
             Saint
             
               Peter
            
             termeth
             them
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ▪
             
               lying
               teachers
               ,
            
             
             
               who
               privily
               shal
               bring
               in
               damnableheresies
               .
            
          
           
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             calleth
             them
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             speaking
             lies
             in
             hypocrisie
             .
          
           
             Take
             heed
             of
             such
             also
             as
             pretend
             that
             they
             speake
             immediatly
             from
             God
             by
             revelation
             ,
             as
             the
             illuminated
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Familists
            
             and
             other
             
               Enthusiasts
            
             (
             make
             their
             proselytes
             beleeve
             :
             )
             or
             from
             the
             Oracle
             of
             Gods
             Word
             by
             an
             especiall
             insight
             given
             them
             from
             above
             ,
             to
             interpret
             Gods
             Word
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             from
             
               such
               as
               turne
               the
               truth
               of
               God
               into
               a
               lye
               .
            
             
          
           
             The
             Fryers
             of
             old
             erected
             their
             Kingdome
             by
             lyes
             .
             
               Walsingham
            
             reporteth
             that
             they
             were
             so
             famous
             for
             lying
             ,
             
             that
             it
             was
             accounted
             a
             good
             argument
             ,
             hee
             is
             a
             fryer
             
               Ergo
            
             a
             lyer
             .
          
           
             Do
             not
             our
             lying
             
               prophets
            
             goe
             beyond
             them
             ,
             they
             tell
             lyes
             ,
             they
             write
             lies
             ,
             they
             preach
             lyes
             ,
             they
             print
             lyes
             ,
             as
             if
             God
             needed
             lyes
             :
             
               Thou
               wilt
               destroy
               all
               them
               that
               speake
               leasing
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             .
             
          
           
             Here
             I
             would
             observe
             two
             things
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             there
             have
             beene
             ,
             and
             always
             shall
             be
             
               false
            
             
             
               prophets
            
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Why
             God
             suffereth
             them
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             there
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             always
             shall
             be
             ,
             
               false
               prophets
            
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               There
               shal
               arise
            
             (
             saith
             our
             Lord
             )
             
               false
               prophets
               ,
               and
               if
            
             
             
               it
               were
               possible
               ,
               they
               shall
               deceive
               the
               very
               elect
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               know
            
             (
             saith
             St.
             
               Paul
               )
               that
               after
               my
               departing
               ,
               grievous
            
             
             
               Wolves
               shall
               enter
               in
               among
               you
               .
            
             Again
             ,
             
               the
               spirit
            
             
             
               speaketh
               evidently
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               latter
               times
               ,
               some
               shall
               depart
               from
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               shall
               give
               heed
               to
               the
               spirit
               of
               error
               ,
               and
               doctrines
               of
               Devills
               ,
               which
               speake
               lyes
               through
               hypocris●●
               .
            
          
           
           
             Likewise
             St.
             
               Peter
            
             affirmeth
             ;
             
               But
               there
               were
               false
            
             
             
               prophets
               among
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               there
               shal
               be
               also
               false
               teachers
               among
               you
               which
               privily
               shal
               bring
               in
               damnable
               hesies
               ,
               even
               denying
               the
               Lord
               that
               bought
               them
               ,
               &
               bring
               upon
               themselves
               swift
               damnation
               .
            
          
           
             For
             example
             sake
             ,
             wee
             read
             of
             the
             Devill
             the
             
               archfalse
               prophet
               ,
            
             deceiving
             our
             first
             parents
             in
             Paradice
             :
             of
             
               Iamnes
            
             and
             
               Iambres
               ,
               withstanding
            
             Moses
             ,
             
               and
               resisting
            
             
             
               the
               truth
               :
            
             In
             
               Eliahs
            
             time
             of
             many
             
               false
               prophets
            
             deceiving
             the
             people
             :
             yea
             ,
             in
             this
             very
             time
             when
             our
             Lord
             preached
             upon
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             was
             annoyed
             with
             divers
             pernicious
             sects
             :
             as
             with
             the
             Pharisees
             ,
             who
             like
             the
             Papists
             held
             Justification
             by
             works
             :
             With
             the
             Saduces
             ,
             who
             held
             with
             the
             Atheists
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             resurrection
             :
             With
             the
             Essens
             ,
             who
             like
             the
             
               Anabaptists
            
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             thought
             themselves
             free
             from
             all
             humane
             authority
             .
             I
             might
             set
             down
             the
             hereticks
             that
             sprang
             up
             in
             the
             most
             pure
             ages
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             In
             the
             first
             400.
             yeares
             after
             Christ
             ,
             collected
             by
             St.
             
               Agustine
            
             
             out
             of
             
               Eusebius
            
             and
             
               Epiphanius
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Apostles
             and
             holy
             men
             seldome
             planted
             any
             Churches
             ,
             but
             the
             devill
             with
             his
             
               false
               prophets
            
             went
             about
             to
             subvert
             them
             .
             Heare
             what
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             saith
             to
             the
             
               Galatians
               .
               O
               ye
               foolish
            
             Galatians
             
               who
               hath
               bewitched
            
             
             
               you
               ▪
               that
               you
               should
               not
               obey
               the
               truth
               ?
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Corinthians
               ,
               I
               fear
               ,
               lest
               as
               the
               Serpent
            
             
             
               beguiled
            
             Eve
             
               through
               his
               subtilty
               ,
               so
               you
               should
               be
               corrupted
               from
               the
               simplicity
               that
               is
               in
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             The
             noble
             Churches
             of
             
               Antioch
               ,
               Ephesus
               ,
               Alexandria
               ,
            
             and
             
               Constantinople
               ,
            
             were
             poisoned
             by
             
               false
               prophets
               .
            
          
           
             In
             
               Ephesus
            
             were
             the
             
               Nicholaitans
               ,
            
             in
             
               Alexandria
               ,
               
               Arrius
               ,
            
             in
             Antioch
             ,
             
               Samosatenus
               ;
            
             in
             Constantinople
             ,
             
               Eutyches
            
             and
             
               Nestorius
               ;
            
             and
             i●
             Britany
             ,
             
               Pelagius
               ,
            
             called
             in
             Welch
             ,
             
               Morgan
               :
            
             But
             how
             Christian
             Princes
             ,
             &
             holy
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             learned
             men
             bestir'd
             themselves
             to
             save
             their
             flocks
             from
             those
             
               Wolves
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             very
             beginning
             to
             suppresse
             them
             ,
             you
             may
             perceive
             by
             the
             ancient
             Councels
             ,
             in
             some
             one
             of
             which
             400.
             year
             ,
             600.
             
             Bishops
             conve●ed
             ,
             and
             ran
             together
             ,
             yea
             among
             us
             ,
             to
             damne
             
               Pelagius
            
             heresie
             ;
             Bishops
             came
             from
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             as
             
               Germanus
            
             and
             
               Lupus
            
             out
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             St.
             
               Augustine
            
             also
             Bishop
             of
             
               Hippo
            
             in
             
               Africa
               ,
            
             was
             assisting
             to
             us
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             his
             writings
             extant
             among
             us
             :
             Our
             histories
             report
             that
             our
             Welch
             Arch-bishop
             
               Davie
            
             was
             a
             great
             meanes
             to
             extirpate
             his
             heresie
             ,
             who
             wrote
             a
             booke
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             As
             sorreign
             Bishops
             were
             ayding
             to
             us
             in
             suppressing
             the
             hereticks
             that
             rose
             among
             us
             ,
             so
             were
             we
             assisting
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Eborius
            
             of
             
               York
               ,
               Restitutus
            
             of
             
               Londō
               ,
               Adel●ius
            
             of
             
               Colchester
               ,
            
             with
             other
             Brittish
             and
             learned
             men
             ,
             subscribed
             the
             Councell
             of
             
               Arles
               .
            
             Also
             some
             of
             
             our
             Bishops
             were
             at
             the
             Councell
             of
             
               Nice
            
             and
             
               Sardis
               ,
            
             and
             with
             others
             damned
             the
             
               Arrian
            
             heresie
             ,
             and
             absolved
             
               Athanasius
               .
            
             Our
             poor
             Church
             is
             at
             this
             time
             oppressed
             
             with
             
               false
               prophets
               ,
            
             not
             only
             with
             
               Iesuites
            
             and
             other
             Romish
             
               Emissaries
               ,
            
             but
             also
             with
             unpure
             
               Familists
               ,
            
             who
             blasphemously
             pretend
             to
             be
             godified
             like
             
             God
             ,
             whereas
             indeed
             they
             are
             devillified
             like
             their
             Father
             the
             Devill
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             like
             the
             most
             high
             .
          
           
             With
             illuminated
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
            
             who
             blaspheme
             the
             
             baptisme
             of
             Children
             ,
             and
             these
             hereticks
             ,
             whom
             in
             time
             past
             we
             burned
             ,
             wee
             may
             heare
             now
             in
             our
             pul●its
             ●educing
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             also
             Donatistical
             
               Brownists
               ,
            
             who
             like
             the
             
             
             Pharisees
             of
             old
             ,
             separate
             themselves
             from
             other
             men
             ,
             counting
             all
             men
             prophane
             that
             are
             not
             of
             their
             Conventicles
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             also
             
               Independants
               ,
            
             who
             dream
             that
             they
             
             have
             a
             perfect
             model●
             of
             Church-government
             ,
             which
             Almighty
             God
             kept
             secret
             from
             the
             Patriarks
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             now
             lately
             revealed
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             also
             
               Antinomians
               ,
            
             who
             ,
             whereas
             the
             Papists
             
             leave
             out
             one
             Commandement
             of
             the
             ten
             ,
             they
             null
             the
             whole
             Law
             ,
             not
             allowing
             it
             to
             be
             a
             rule
             of
             life
             .
             This
             opinion
             simple
             people
             swallow
             down
             ,
             having
             ,
             as
             they
             suppose
             ,
             found
             a
             new
             way
             to
             heaven
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             Arminians
             ,
             an
             after-brood
             of
             
               Pelagius
               .
            
             
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Sabbatarianss
               ,
            
             who
             affirme
             the
             old
             Jewish
             
             Sabbath
             to
             be
             kept
             ;
             and
             not
             the
             Lords
             day
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             also
             
               Antisabbatarians
               ,
            
             who
             would
             have
             
             no
             speciall
             Sabboth
             day
             at
             all
             ,
             affirming
             every
             day
             to
             be
             a
             sabbath
             to
             a
             christian
             man
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Traskites
               ,
            
             who
             affirme
             many
             Jewish
             ceremonies
             
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             Christians
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Arrians
               ,
            
             who
             deny
             the
             deity
             of
             Christ
             .
             
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Antitrinitarians
               ,
            
             who
             blaspheme
             the
             holy
             
             Trinity
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Millenaries
               ,
            
             who
             dream
             that
             wee
             must
             
             live
             with
             Christ
             1000.
             yeares
             here
             in
             earth
             before
             the
             resurrection
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Hetheringtonians
               ,
            
             who
             hold
             a
             hodg-podg
             of
             many
             heresies
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             an
             Atheisticall
             sect
             ,
             who
             affirm
             that
             mens
             
             soules
             sleep
             with
             their
             bodies
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             
               Socinians
               ,
            
             who
             teach
             that
             Christ
             dyed
             ,
             not
             to
             satisfie
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             but
             to
             give
             us
             an
             example
             of
             
             patience
             ,
             with
             other
             abho●inable
             errours
             .
          
           
             Alas
             ,
             what
             Heresie
             have
             we
             not
             ?
             and
             most
             of
             these
             are
             subdivided
             into
             many
             Sects
             :
             as
             there
             are
             about
             twenty
             sorts
             of
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
            
             fourteen
             set
             downe
             by
             
               Alstedius
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             by
             
               Bullinger
               ;
            
             sundry
             sorts
             of
             
             
               Familists
               ,
               Brownists
               ,
            
             and
             of
             others
             :
             every
             day
             begets
             a
             new
             opinion
             ,
             it
             faring
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             ancient
             Hereticks
             ,
             who
             having
             once
             forsaken
             the
             truth
             ,
             wandred
             from
             one
             errour
             to
             another
             ;
             they
             agreeing
             onely
             in
             this
             one
             thing
             ,
             to
             doe
             mischiefe
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             The
             old
             Fable
             may
             have
             relation
             to
             our
             times
             of
             an
             overture
             of
             peace
             tendred
             by
             the
             Wolves
             to
             the
             Sheep
             ,
             but
             upon
             condition
             that
             they
             would
             put
             away
             their
             dogs
             ,
             that
             were
             malignant
             to
             them
             :
             and
             doth
             not
             all
             this
             follow
             upon
             the
             suspension
             of
             Church
             Government
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             our
             Church
             is
             oppressed
             by
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             no
             government
             to
             helpe
             .
             The
             City
             of
             God
             is
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             who
             goeth
             about
             to
             quench
             it
             ?
             The
             plague
             of
             Heresie
             is
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             no
             power
             to
             keep
             the
             sick
             from
             the
             whole
             :
             The
             Wolves
             that
             were
             wont
             to
             lye
             in
             the
             woods
             ,
             dare
             come
             into
             our
             Sheep-folds
             ,
             and
             roar
             in
             our
             holy
             Congregations
             .
          
           
             
               O
               thou
               Shepheard
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               why
               hast
               thou
               broken
            
             
             
               downe
               the
               hedges
               of
               this
               thy
               Vineyard
               ,
               which
               thy
               right
               had
               had
               plantted
               ?
               the
               Boare
               out
               of
               the
               Wood
               ,
               and
               the
               wilde
               beast
               out
               of
               the
               field
               doth
               devour
               :
               Oh
               remember
               not
               against
               us
               our
               former
               iniquities
               ,
               let
               thy
               tender
               mercies
               prevent
               us
               ,
               for
               we
               are
               brought
               very
               low
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Why
             God
             suffereth
             false
             Prophets
             in
             his
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               Resp.
            
             1.
             
             For
             the
             punishment
             of
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             as
             
             
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             affirmeth
             :
             
               Because
               they
               received
               not
               the
               love
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               saved
               :
               Therefore
            
             
             
               God
               shall
               send
               them
               strong
               delusions
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               believe
               a
               lye
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               That
               all
               might
               be
               damned
               that
               believed
               not
               the
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             St.
             
               Basil
            
             hath
             a
             Contemplation
             why
             the
             Devill
             hath
             so
             many
             servants
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             enemy
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             and
             God
             so
             few
             ,
             who
             hath
             created
             us
             and
             redeemed
             us
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             reason
             he
             saith
             ,
             is
             not
             because
             the
             Devill
             hath
             spoyled
             God
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             because
             men
             loved
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             God
             gave
             them
             over
             to
             be
             slaves
             to
             the
             Devill
             .
             Were
             it
             possible
             that
             men
             should
             be
             so
             carryed
             away
             to
             believe
             lyes
             and
             fooleries
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             given
             over
             to
             a
             reprobate
             sence
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             God
             suffereth
             false
             Prophets
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             for
             the
             tryall
             of
             the
             godly
             .
             
               There
               must
               be
            
             (
             saith
             St.
             
               Paul
               )
               Heresies
               among
               you
               ,
               that
               they
               which
               are
               approved
               may
               be
               knowne
               .
               The
               Lord
               proveth
               you
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             
               Moses
               )
               whether
               you
               love
               the
               Lord
               your
               God
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Uses
             that
             we
             should
             make
             of
             this
             is
             ,
          
           
             First
             in
             these
             distractions
             to
             bee
             more
             diligent
             to
             
             seek
             after
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
             If
             
               Arrius
            
             had
             not
             so
             wickedly
             denyed
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             deep
             mysteries
             of
             the
             holy
             Trinity
             had
             never
             beene
             so
             accurately
             determined
             by
             
               Athanasius
               ,
            
             and
             other
             learned
             Doctors
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             
               Manichees
            
             had
             not
             so
             shamefully
             railed
             upon
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             the
             learned
             Doctor
             ,
             St.
             
               Augustine
            
             had
             never
             taken
             so
             much
             paines
             in
             answering
             their
             lewd
             Objections
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             
               Brownists
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Sectaries
             had
             not
             so
             imp●dently
             disgorged
             their
             malice
             upon
             our
             Church
             ,
             
             calling
             her
             Whore
             of
             
               Babylon
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             The
             learned
             men
             of
             our
             Age
             had
             never
             by
             their
             writings
             so
             sufficiently
             cleared
             her
             innocencie
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             understanding
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             use
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Shepheards
             should
             use
             
             double
             diligence
             ,
             taking
             heed
             to
             themselves
             and
             to
             the
             fl●cke
             ,
             over
             which
             Christ
             hath
             made
             them
             overseers
             ,
             and
             to
             double
             &
             treble
             our
             prayers
             to
             the
             great
             Shepheard
             of
             soules
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             
               lead
               us
               in
               the
               paths
               of
               righteousnesse
               for
               his
               names
               sake
               .
            
             Let
             no
             man
             slight
             prayer
             which
             is
             the
             armour
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             &
             of
             great
             
             force
             :
             one
             onely
             example
             I
             will
             cite
             out
             of
             
               Theodoret
               ,
            
             who
             reporteth
             that
             
               Alexanders
            
             prayers
             prevailed
             more
             against
             the
             Arrians
             ,
             then
             
               Athanasius
            
             profound
             learning
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Arrian
             Bishops
             with
             the
             Emperours
             power
             ,
             threatned
             to
             bring
             in
             
               Arrius
            
             into
             
               Alexanders
            
             Church
             ,
             the
             next
             day
             hee
             prayed
             all
             night
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             O
             Lord
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             thy
             will
             to
             bring
             
               Arrius
            
             into
             my
             Church
             ,
             then
             let
             thy
             servant
             depart
             in
             peace
             ;
             but
             if
             thou
             wilt
             be
             favourable
             to
             thy
             Church
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             then
             turn
             thine
             eye
             upon
             the
             Arrians
             :
             The
             next
             day
             when
             the
             Arrians
             came
             with
             great
             p●mp
             to
             have
             taken
             possession
             of
             his
             church
             :
             
               Arrius
            
             going
             aside
             ,
             his
             bowels
             brake
             asunder
             like
             
               Iudasses
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             us
             earnestly
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             keep
             these
             hereticks
             out
             of
             our
             churches
             ,
             let
             us
             call
             upon
             him
             with
             
               David
               ,
            
             
             
               How
               long
               Lord
               wilt
               thou
               be
               angry
               with
               thy
               people
               that
               pray
               ?
            
             And
             thus
             much
             what
             
               false
               prophets
            
             are
             ,
             and
             why
             
             God
             suffereth
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Their
               outward
               description
               in
               which
               he
               setteth
               downe
            
             
               1
               their
               
                 Intrusion
                 .
              
            
             
               2
               
                 Insinuation
                 .
              
            
             
               3
               
                 Dissimulation
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             their
             intrusion
             ,
             they
             come
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             calling
             ,
             
             these
             
               false
               prophets
            
             are
             not
             sent
             :
             
               Paul
            
             asketh
             
               how
               they
               can
               preach
               except
               they
               besent
               .
            
             And
             this
             standeth
             
             with
             good
             reason
             ,
             every
             true
             Minister
             standeth
             in
             Gods
             room
             ,
             being
             the
             Lords
             Embassadour
             to
             deliver
             his
             wil
             ,
             who
             dare
             do
             this
             unsent
             ?
             This
             did
             the
             Devil
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             and
             the
             heretick
             
               Arrius
            
             as
             the
             Alexandrian
             Synod
             affirmeth
             :
             
               No
               man
               taketh
               this
               honour
               to
               himself
            
             
             
               but
               he
               that
               is
               called
               of
               God
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             author
             to
             the
             Hebrewes
             .
          
           
             
               They
               come
               !
            
             but
             whence
             come
             they
             ,
             from
             the
             schools
             
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ?
             No
             ,
             but
             many
             of
             them
             from
             mechanick
             trades
             :
             as
             one
             from
             a
             stable
             from
             currying
             his
             horses
             ,
             another
             from
             his
             stal
             from
             cobling
             his
             shooes
             ,
             and
             these
             fit
             them
             downe
             in
             
               Moses
            
             chaire
             to
             mend
             all
             ,
             as
             Embassadors
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             heralds
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God
             .
             These
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             reveal
             the
             secrets
             of
             the
             most
             high
             ,
             to
             open
             and
             shut
             heaven
             ,
             to
             save
             soules
             .
             You
             may
             reade
             of
             such
             priests
             that
             
               Jeroboam
            
             
             provided
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             for
             his
             calves
             ,
             fit
             for
             calves
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Lords
             Priests
             ,
             the
             Majesty
             of
             the
             King
             and
             dignity
             of
             the
             Priest
             hood
             concurred
             in
             one
             person
             (
             viz.
             in
             the
             first
             borne
             )
             from
             the
             beginning
             to
             
               Moses
               :
            
             In
             the
             Gospel
             Christ
             preferreth
             St.
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             before
             all
             the
             Priests
             and
             Levites
             before
             him
             :
             and
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             commandeth
             them
             to
             have
             double
             honour
             :
             and
             so
             they
             have
             b●en
             esteemed
             in
             all
             ages
             either
             christian
             or
             prophane
             ,
             in
             whom
             there
             hath
             beene
             any
             Religion
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             returne
             to
             my
             Text
             ,
             to
             heare
             these
             base
             fellows
             to
             discourse
             of
             the
             holy
             Trinity
             ,
             of
             Gods
             eternal
             decree
             ,
             and
             other
             deep
             points
             of
             divinity
             ,
             you
             may
             hear
             the
             mad
             men
             in
             Bedlam
             to
             prate
             as
             wisely
             as
             they
             ,
             
             &
             are
             not
             they
             that
             run
             after
             such
             men
             as
             mad
             as
             they
             ?
          
           
             May
             not
             Almighty
             God
             say
             to
             these
             Prophets
             ,
             
               what
            
             
             
               hast
               thou
               to
               doe
               to
               declare
               my
               statutes
               ,
               or
               that
               thou
               shouldst
               take
               my
               Covenant
               into
               thy
               mouth
               ,
               seing
               thou
               hatest
               instruction
               ?
            
             But
             they
             will
             aske
             why
             they
             may
             not
             preach
             aswel
             as
             
               Peter
            
             who
             was
             a
             fisherman
             ,
             and
             
               Paul
            
             a
             Tent-maker
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             these
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             these
             were
             immediatly
             called
             by
             our
             Lord
             ,
             and
             enabled
             with
             gifts
             fit
             for
             so
             high
             a
             calling
             ,
             as
             to
             heale
             the
             sicke
             ,
             to
             cleanse
             Leapers
             ,
             to
             cast
             out
             Devills
             ;
             
               The
               holy
               Ghost
               came
               upon
            
             
             
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               spake
               divers
               languages
               :
            
             They
             had
             all
             manner
             of
             learning
             both
             humane
             and
             divine
             .
          
           
             Neither
             hath
             Almighty
             God
             alwayes
             left
             such
             presumptuous
             wretches
             unpunished
             :
             
               Korah
               ,
               Dathan
               ,
            
             ond
             
             
               Abiram
               ,
            
             and
             the
             250.
             
             Princes
             ,
             who
             would
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             sacrifice
             with
             strange
             fire
             ,
             the
             earth
             opened
             &
             swallowed
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             fire
             from
             heaven
             consumed
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             
               Elimas
            
             going
             about
             to
             turne
             the
             Deputy
             from
             the
             
             faith
             was
             stricken
             with
             blindnesse
             .
          
           
             
               Arrius
            
             dyed
             in
             a
             Jakes
             ,
             voyding
             his
             bowels
             with
             
             his
             excrements
             as
             
               Theodoret
            
             recordeth
             .
          
           
             
               Manes
            
             was
             excoriated
             by
             the
             Persian
             King
             .
             
          
           
             
               Montanus
            
             and
             his
             two
             mad
             prophetesses
             hanged
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               Nestorius
            
             tongue
             was
             eaten
             up
             with
             wor●es
             .
          
           
             
               Anastasius
            
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             a
             great
             defender
             of
             the
             Eutychian
             heresie
             was
             smitten
             with
             a
             Thunder-bolt
             .
          
           
             
               Nicomedia
            
             a
             place
             where
             the
             Arrians
             were
             appointed
             to
             meet
             ,
             was
             swallowed
             up
             with
             an
             Earth-quake
             :
             and
             Antioch
             ,
             a
             nursery
             of
             faction
             and
             heresies
             ,
             was
             shaken
             with
             an
             Earth-quake
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             burnt
             with
             fire
             from
             heaven
             .
          
           
           
             And
             of
             late
             dayes
             
               Iohn
            
             of
             
               Leiden
               ,
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Anabaptists
            
             
             with
             
               Knipperdolling
            
             and
             
               Crechting
               ,
            
             had
             upon
             a
             scaffold
             their
             flesh
             torne
             apeices
             with
             hot
             irons
             ?
          
           
             And
             
               Servetus
            
             was
             burnt
             for
             his
             abhominable
             blasphemies
             at
             Geneva
             .
             Examples
             are
             infinite
             ,
             although
             seducers
             may
             escape
             punishment
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             yet
             how
             can
             they
             escape
             the
             damnation
             of
             hell
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               To
               you
               .
            
             To
             you
             that
             are
             my
             Disciples
             ,
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             No
             word
             in
             vaine
             [
             
               to
               you
            
             ]
             daily
             experience
             sheweth
             us
             ,
             whom
             the
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Brownists
             &
             Familists
             ,
             goe
             about
             to
             seduce
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             not
             drankard●
             ,
             adulterers
             ,
             swearers
             ,
             gamesters
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             desire
             to
             know
             the
             right
             way
             to
             heaven
             :
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             telleth
             us
             ,
             
               that
               they
               leade
               captive
               silly
               women
               ,
               ever
               learning
               that
               are
               desir●us
               to
               learne
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             They
             come
             not
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             but
             
               to
               you
               ,
            
             not
             as
             enemies
             but
             as
             friends
             ,
             in●inuating
             themselves
             into
             you
             ,
             as
             Councellors
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             giving
             
             good
             councell
             ,
             they
             seduce
             .
             This
             did
             the
             Devill
             in
             Paradice
             ,
             councelling
             our
             first
             parents
             to
             eate
             of
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             ,
             hee
             promised
             to
             make
             them
             like
             God
             .
             And
             tempting
             Christ
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ,
             promised
             to
             give
             him
             all
             the
             Kingdomes
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             them
             ;
             Thus
             all
             seducers
             promise
             great
             matters
             ,
             yea
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Wolfe
             (
             saith
             a
             learned
             man
             )
             when
             he
             taketh
             a
             
             sheepe
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             layeth
             him
             gently
             upon
             his
             backe
             ,
             carrying
             it
             away
             with
             little
             hurt
             to
             the
             place
             where
             he
             meaneth
             to
             worrie
             it
             .
             The
             Anabaptists
             and
             other
             sectaries
             do
             the
             same
             ,
             when
             they
             take
             sheepe
             out
             of
             our
             folds
             ,
             they
             pretend
             to
             carry
             them
             unto
             Zion
             ,
             whereas
             indeed
             they
             take
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             strangle
             
             their
             soules
             in
             their
             prophane
             conventicles
             .
          
           
             Sweetely
             singeth
             the
             Bird-catcher
             when
             hee
             would
             catch
             the
             Foul
             :
             these
             seducers
             have
             their
             several
             cals
             o●
             notes
             .
             Come
             out
             of
             
               Babylon
            
             cryeth
             one
             ,
             Christ
             must
             raigne
             saith
             another
             ,
             come
             to
             the
             holy
             Communalty
             saith
             another
             ,
             &c.
             
             Every
             one
             have
             their
             severall
             calls
             ,
             wherewith
             they
             do
             inchaunt
             silly
             soules
             .
          
           
             That
             you
             may
             the
             better
             avoid
             their
             inchantments
             ,
             
             I
             will
             set
             down
             to
             you
             the
             method
             that
             these
             seducers
             use
             in
             deceiving
             simple
             people
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             they
             go
             about
             to
             separate
             the
             sheep
             from
             their
             Shepheards
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             endeavour
             to
             do
             by
             disgracing
             them
             that
             have
             cure
             for
             their
             soules
             ,
             &
             bringing
             them
             into
             contempt
             with
             their
             people
             :
             affirming
             them
             to
             be
             unprofitable
             ,
             unpowerfull
             ,
             calling
             them
             
               Baals
            
             priests
             ,
             Caini●es
             ,
             taxing
             their
             conversations
             as
             prophane
             ,
             and
             their
             doctrine
             as
             erroneous
             ,
             colouring
             their
             malice
             with
             crying
             out
             for
             Reformation
             (
             which
             God
             grant
             )
             For
             our
             infirmities
             ;
             which
             they
             malitiously
             cry
             up
             ,
             we
             must
             confesse
             that
             we
             ar●
             men
             ,
             and
             weak
             men
             :
             but
             for
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             they
             also
             scandal
             ,
             it
             is
             Gods
             truth
             ;
             would
             to
             God
             ou●
             lives
             were
             as
             pure
             as
             our
             Doctrine
             .
             Our
             infirmitie●
             are
             our
             owne
             ;
             the
             Doctrine
             we
             preach
             is
             yours
             ;
             refuse
             not
             for
             their
             c●amours
             ,
             and
             our
             infirmities
             ,
             the
             golden
             treasure
             of
             salvation
             ,
             which
             we
             bring
             unt●
             you
             in
             our
             earthen
             Vessells
             .
             Thus
             they
             smi●in●
             your
             Shepheards
             with
             their
             tongues
             ,
             the
             Sheep
             ar●
             scatt●ered
             and
             surprised
             by
             these
             ravenous
             Wolves
             .
             The
             Devill
             in
             Paradise
             spake
             ill
             of
             God
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             so
             deceived
             our
             first
             Parents
             ,
             perswading
             them
             tha●
             he
             loved
             them
             no●
             ,
             in
             forbidding
             them
             to
             eat
             of
             the
             fruit
             which
             would
             make
             them
             like
             God
             .
          
           
           
             The
             use
             that
             we
             should
             make
             of
             this
             ,
             is
             to
             teach
             
             all
             true
             professors
             ,
             that
             are
             Christs
             Sheep
             ,
             to
             take
             heed
             that
             they
             forsake
             not
             their
             shepheards
             ,
             and
             with
             
             itching
             eares
             run
             after
             seducers
             ,
             who
             have
             faire
             outsides
             ,
             and
             pretend
             much
             love
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             Sheeps
             cloathing
             .
          
           
             In
             these
             words
             hee
             setteth
             downe
             their
             dissimulation
             :
             our
             Saviour
             may
             seem
             here
             to
             allude
             to
             the
             Wolfe
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             concerning
             whom
             the
             Mythologist
             speaketh
             .
             A
             Wolfe
             on
             a
             time
             ,
             putting
             on
             a
             sheepes
             
             skin
             ,
             immi●gled
             himselfe
             amongst
             the
             flock
             ,
             and
             so
             every
             day
             strangled
             one
             of
             the
             sheep
             :
             which
             when
             the
             shepheard
             perceived
             ,
             hee
             took
             the
             Wolfe
             and
             hung
             him
             upon
             a
             high
             Tree
             :
             at
             which
             ,
             the
             other
             shepheards
             wondred
             ,
             being
             ignorant
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             what
             he
             meant
             to
             be
             so
             cruell
             ,
             to
             hang
             up
             a
             ●illy
             harmesse
             sheep
             :
             he
             answered
             ,
             His
             skin
             you
             see
             is
             a
             sheeps
             skin
             ,
             but
             his
             workes
             are
             the
             workes
             of
             a
             Wolfe
             .
          
           
             Here
             we
             may
             observe
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             the
             manner
             of
             Seducers
             ,
             to
             shew
             themselves
             as
             they
             are
             within
             :
             if
             a
             Wolfe
             within
             ,
             yet
             a
             Lambe
             without
             :
             If
             a
             Wolfe
             should
             come
             in
             his
             owne
             likenesse
             into
             the
             fold
             ,
             the
             shepheard
             would
             resist
             him
             ,
             and
             hunt
             him
             away
             with
             
             his
             Dogs
             :
             but
             comming
             in
             a
             sheeps
             skin
             he
             findeth
             entertainment
             ,
             and
             they
             shun
             him
             not
             .
             Even
             so
             Seducers
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             come
             in
             their
             owne
             likenesse
             ,
             the
             Magistrates
             and
             Ministers
             would
             withstand
             them
             :
             but
             comming
             like
             zealous
             and
             holy
             Christians
             ,
             they
             finde
             entertainment
             .
          
           
             
               Tertullian
            
             doth
             ask
             ,
             
               Qu●nam
               sunt
               istae
               pelles
               ovium
               ▪
            
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             telleth
             us
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               having
            
             
             
               forme
               ,
               or
               shew
               of
               godlinesse
               ,
               viz.
            
             outward
             sanctimo●ny
             ,
             counterfeit
             holinesse
             .
          
           
             For
             example
             ,
             The
             Devill
             transformed
             himselfe
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             light
             .
          
           
             
               Baals
            
             Priests
             used
             long
             prayers
             ,
             they
             prayed
             from
             
             morning
             to
             noon
             ,
             they
             cryed
             aloud
             ,
             and
             cut
             themselves
             with
             Knives
             and
             Lancers
             ,
             till
             the
             bloud
             gushed
             ●ut
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             blasphem●us
             
               Arrians
               ,
            
             as
             
               St.
               Basil
            
             reporteth
             were
             easily
             believed
             because
             of
             their
             counterfeit
             holinesse
             .
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             writeth
             the
             same
             of
             the
             
               Manichees
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Romish
             seducers
             have
             many
             Fasts
             ,
             long
             prayers
             ,
             they
             whip
             themselves
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             begging
             Friars
             befool'd
             the
             Christian
             world
             with
             their
             pretended
             holinesse
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             varnished
             their
             lewd
             lives
             .
             Generally
             seducers
             come
             with
             outward
             sanctimony
             ,
             with
             a
             seeming
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             long
             prayers
             ,
             as
             the
             Pharisees
             ,
             to
             devoure
             Widdows
             houses
             ,
             fastings
             ,
             tears
             ,
             almes-deeds
             ,
             seeming
             zeale
             ,
             seeming
             humility
             ,
             seeming
             harmlessenesse
             .
             They
             can
             cry
             ,
             weep
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             this
             you
             may
             see
             in
             the
             Anabaptists
             who
             at
             their
             first
             comming
             into
             
               Munster
               ,
            
             seemed
             to
             be
             very
             
             holy
             men
             .
             Their
             talke
             was
             altogether
             of
             Mortification
             ,
             
             and
             holinesse
             .
             Their
             Apparrell
             was
             modest
             and
             simple
             :
             They
             forbad
             the
             wearing
             of
             rings
             ,
             pearles
             ,
             and
             lace
             :
             They
             made
             a
             great
             shew
             of
             piety
             ,
             mercy
             ,
             and
             charity
             :
             They
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             lawfull
             to
             put
             any
             man
             to
             death
             ,
             no
             not
             for
             the
             Magistrate
             in
             case
             of
             justice
             ;
             but
             when
             their
             number
             increased
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             surprised
             the
             City
             ,
             they
             became
             of
             all
             hereticks
             most
             unpure
             ,
             and
             unclean
             ,
             having
             not
             only
             many
             wives
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             pretended
             to
             have
             a
             speciall
             command
             from
             God
             ,
             but
             also
             making
             the
             women
             of
             their
             Sect
             common
             ,
             casting
             aside
             all
             Lawes
             of
             honesty
             and
             pudicity
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             their
             Apparell
             ,
             their
             Prophet
             
               Iohn
            
             of
             
               Leiden
            
             arrayed
             himselfe
             ,
             his
             wives
             ,
             and
             followers
             ,
             like
             Princes
             ,
             assuming
             to
             themselves
             glorious
             Titles
             ,
             as
             the
             foresaid
             
               Iohn
            
             the
             Taylor
             stiled
             himselfe
             ▪
             King
             of
             Syon
             ,
             and
             King
             of
             righteousnesse
             ▪
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             mercy
             and
             much
             pi●ty
             before
             pretended
             ,
             they
             not
             onely
             rob'd
             rich
             men
             ,
             but
             also
             most
             cruelly
             murthered
             many
             ,
             beheading
             some
             ,
             and
             
             impaling
             others
             upon
             stakes
             :
             yea
             one
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             their
             religion
             was
             to
             kill
             all
             the
             wicked
             .
             (
             That
             is
             ,
             all
             them
             that
             were
             not
             of
             their
             Sect
             )
             and
             to
             destroy
             all
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             their
             Prophet
             
               Iohn
            
             King
             of
             the
             universe
             .
             In
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             of
             Germany
             ,
             you
             may
             read
             what
             faire
             pretences
             they
             made
             before
             they
             surprized
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             The
             use
             that
             we
             should
             make
             of
             this
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             very
             
             wary
             of
             these
             Hereticks
             ,
             who
             are
             of
             the
             best
             conversations
             ;
             whose
             lives
             ,
             saith
             
               Origem
               ,
            
             are
             possibly
             directed
             not
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             devill
             .
          
           
             Secondlie
             ,
             this
             their
             sheeps
             cloathing
             may
             be
             their
             palliating
             ▪
             their
             errours
             with
             the
             testimony
             of
             holy
             Scriptures
             .
             I
             read
             that
             the
             Monster
             
               Arrius
            
             pretended
             to
             have
             42.
             places
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             prove
             that
             Christ
             was
             a
             meere
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             God
             ;
             and
             this
             the
             Seducers
             
             learnt
             of
             their
             Father
             the
             Devill
             ,
             who
             cited
             the
             word
             to
             the
             Word
             himselfe
             ,
             tempting
             ▪
             him
             to
             cast
             himselfe
             downe
             from
             the
             Pinacle
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             viz.
             He
             cited
             part
             of
             the
             91.
             
             Psalme
             ,
             
               He
               hath
               given
               his
            
             
             
               Angels
               charge
               over
               thee
               ,
               they
               shall
               heare
               thee
               up
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               lest
               thou
               shouldest
               dash
               thy
               foot
               against
               ▪
               a
               stone
               ,
            
             leaving
             out
             part
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             viz.
             
               to
               keep
               thee
               in
               thy
               wayes
               .
            
             The
             devill
             fitted
             it
             for
             his
             purpose
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   This
                   do
                   Hereticks
                   ,
                   as
                   among
                   others
                   ,
                   the
                   Anabaptists
                   ,
                   to
                   maintaine
                   their
                   uncleannesse
                   in
                   their
                   spirituall
                   marriages
                   ,
                   cite
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   abuse
                   the
                   holy
                   Scriptures
                   ,
                   viz.
                   That
                   Christians
                   must
                   forsake
                   those
                   things
                   that
                   are
                   most
                   deare
                   unto
                   them
                   ,
                   for
                   Chrsts
                   sake
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   women
                   must
                   renounce
                   their
                   beloved
                   honesties
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Quidam
                     etiam
                     liberi
                     fratres
                     ,
                     impuri
                     Nebulones
                     persuadebant
                     levibas
                     mulier
                     culis
                     ,
                     ●on
                     posse
                     ips●s
                     salvari
                     ▪
                     nisi
                     suam
                     pudi●itam
                     ▪
                     prostituerent
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                    
                
                 
                   
                     Abutebantur
                     autem
                     non
                     absque
                     blasphemia
                     ver●is
                     Domini
                     .
                     Nisi
                     quis
                     deser●erit
                     &
                     spreverit
                     quaecu●que
                     chara
                     habeat
                     ,
                     ●●●
                     posse
                     salvari
                     .
                  
                
              
               
               
                 
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   Publicans
                   and
                   harlots
                   shall
                   enter
                   heaven
                   before
                   the
                   Pharisee
                   ▪
                   therefore
                   their
                   spirituall
                   sisters
                   must
                   prostitute
                   their
                   bodies
                   to
                   enter
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   before
                   honest
                   Matrons
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Item
                     Christi
                     ●omi●e
                     o●nes
                     co●tumeli●s
                     ●erendas
                     esse
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   3.
                   
                   For
                   Christs
                   sake
                   wee
                   must
                   undergoe
                   all
                   manner
                   of
                   infamy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Praeterea●
                     cum
                     Christus
                     dixerit
                     :
                     meretrices
                     &
                     Publicanos
                     praececisse
                     justitiarios
                     in
                     Regne
                     Coelorum
                     ,
                     debere
                     mulieres
                     meretrices
                     fieri
                     ,
                     &
                     s●am
                     pudicitiam
                     prostituere
                     ;
                     ●u●
                     fore
                     in
                     Regne
                     coelorū
                     majores
                     probis
                     &
                     honestis
                     matronis
                     .
                     Hen.
                     Bull
                     .
                     Adver.
                     Anab.
                     lib.
                     2.
                     cap.
                     1.
                     fol.
                  
                   31.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Againe
                   ,
                   as
                   Christians
                   are
                   one
                   spirit
                   ,
                   so
                   they
                   must
                   be
                   one
                   bodie
                   :
                   such
                   Scripture
                   they
                   quote
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
            
          
           
             The
             Use
             that
             you
             should
             make
             of
             this
             ,
             is
             ,
             advise
             with
             your
             learned
             Pastors
             :
             and
             double
             and
             treble
             your
             prayers
             to
             Almighty
             God
             to
             keepe
             you
             ,
             
             and
             to
             bring
             into
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             all
             such
             as
             do
             erre
             ,
             and
             are
             deceived
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             inwardly
             they
             are
             ravening
             Wolves
             .
          
           
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Wolves
               .
            
             Whatsoever
             they
             pretend
             ,
             they
             are
             
             Wolves
             :
             as
             Wolves
             are
             to
             the
             Sheep
             ,
             so
             are
             false
             Prophets
             to
             Christs
             flock
             .
          
           
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             calleth
             them
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               grievous
               Wolves
               ,
            
             Our
             Lord
             setteth
             downe
             their
             outward
             shew
             ,
             and
             
             their
             inward
             disposition
             :
             what
             outward
             shew
             soever
             they
             make
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Wolves
            
             in
             divers
             respects
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             As
             the
             biting
             of
             a
             Wolfe
             is
             venomous
             ,
             like
             
             the
             biting
             of
             a
             mad
             Dog
             ,
             making
             them
             that
             are
             bitten
             by
             them
             ,
             mad
             :
             so
             false
             Prophets
             venome
             men
             ,
             causing
             them
             to
             goe
             out
             of
             their
             wits
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             the
             Wolves
             destroy
             more
             sheep
             by
             craft
             ,
             then
             by
             might
             ;
             so
             doe
             false
             Prophets
             ▪
             of
             whom
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             speaketh
             of
             some
             carrryed
             away
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
             By
             the
             cogging
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             with
             craftinesse
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             lye
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             As
             Wolves
             are
             dull-sighted
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             
             quick
             ▪
             sighted
             in
             the
             night
             :
             so
             false
             Prophets
             are
             very
             accute
             and
             sharpe
             witted
             to
             defend
             their
             errors
             ;
             but
             very
             dull
             and
             blinde
             to
             see
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
             4
             Make
             a
             garment
             ,
             saith
             
               Plutarth
               ,
            
             of
             the
             haire
             of
             a
             Wolfe
             ,
             &
             it
             will
             prove
             odious
             ,
             being
             lousie
             ,
             and
             breeding
             vern●●e
             upon
             him
             that
             weareth
             it
             .
             So
             all
             the
             profit
             you
             shall
             get
             by
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             will
             be
             noxious
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             which
             signifieth
             
               dilanio
               ▪
            
             to
             teare
             asunder
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             to
             rend
             asunder
             ▪
             as
             one
             Wolf
             may
             destroy
             a
             flock
             ,
             so
             one
             Hereticke
             a
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             ●
             .
             
               Lupus
               quasi
               Leopus
               ,
            
             followeth
             the
             Lyon
             hunting
             for
             his
             prey
             ;
             and
             what
             the
             Lyon
             spareth
             ,
             the
             Wolfe
             devoureth
             .
          
           
           
             So
             false
             Prophets
             follow
             their
             father
             the
             Devill
             ,
             the
             roaring
             Lyon
             ,
             seeking
             whom
             they
             may
             devoure
             .
          
           
             Wolves
             play
             with
             little
             Children
             ,
             as
             
               Aristotle
            
             reporteth
             ,
             
             and
             sometimes
             spareth
             them
             ▪
             as
             wee
             read
             of
             
               Ro●ulus
            
             brought
             up
             by
             a
             Wolf
             ;
             and
             of
             late
             days
             I
             read
             of
             a
             man
             brought
             up
             among
             the
             Wolves
             ,
             and
             ra●●e
             about
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             preyed
             as
             they
             did
             ▪
             but
             being
             taken
             by
             Hunters
             ,
             and
             chained
             up
             ,
             he
             howl'd
             like
             a
             Wolfe
             ;
             and
             continuing
             among
             men
             ,
             and
             having
             gotten
             his
             speech
             and
             understanding
             ▪
             he
             would
             complaine
             ,
             that
             he
             lived
             more
             carefully
             among
             men
             ,
             than
             among
             Wolves
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             read
             that
             a
             false
             Prophet
             spared
             any
             man
             whom
             he
             could
             seduce
             :
             and
             it
             is
             not
             so
             dangerous
             to
             live
             among
             Wolves
             in
             the
             fields
             ,
             as
             with
             false
             Prophets
             in
             a
             strong
             City
             .
          
           
             Ravening
             wolves
             they
             are
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             rapacitie
             ,
             
             taking
             away
             truth
             from
             our
             understandings
             ,
             charity
             from
             our
             affections
             ,
             and
             holinesse
             from
             our
             action
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             grievous
             Wolves
             ,
             cruell
             Wolves
             :
             a
             
             Wolfe
             delighteth
             in
             bloud
             :
             so
             these
             mysticall
             Wolves
             :
             of
             the
             cruelty
             of
             these
             ravening
             Wolves
             you
             may
             read
             ▪
             
               Hebr.
               11.
               37.
               
               By
               them
               the
               Saints
               of
               God
               were
               stoned
               ,
               they
               were
               sawne
               asunder
               ,
               they
               were
               tempted
               ,
               they
               were
               slaine
               with
               the
               sword
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             In
             the
             Primi●ive
             persecutions
             ,
             they
             opened
             the
             Bellies
             of
             holy
             men
             and
             virgin●
             ,
             and
             filling
             them
             full
             of
             Corne
             exposed
             them
             to
             be
             eaten
             of
             Swine
             .
             
               Cyril
            
             of
             
               Hierapolis
            
             had
             his
             breast
             opened
             ,
             and
             his
             Liver
             taken
             out
             ,
             and
             chewed
             by
             these
             ravenous
             Wolves
             .
          
           
           
             In
             cruelty
             the
             Romish
             Wolves
             excell
             .
             Call
             but
             
             to
             minde
             the
             martyrdom
             of
             our
             holy
             men
             in
             Queen
             
               Maries
            
             dayes
             ,
             which
             holy
             men
             delivered
             our
             Nation
             from
             
               Idoll
               worship
               ,
               Bread-worship
               ,
               invocation
               of
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               ,
               and
               translated
               the
               holy
               Bible
               into
               English
               ,
               who
               restored
               to
               us
               the
               Cup
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               the
               symboll
               of
               Christs
               bloud
               ,
               who
               sealed
               their
               confession
               with
               their
               bloud
               .
               Their
               blessed
               remembrance
               shall
               remaine
               for
               ever
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             Massacre
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             
               France
            
             you
             
             may
             see
             their
             Wolvish
             cruelty
             .
             The
             Papists
             being
             not
             able
             to
             quell
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Battaile
             ,
             they
             put
             on
             sheepes
             cloathing
             ,
             made
             a
             League
             with
             them
             confirmed
             by
             Oathes
             ,
             and
             a
             publike
             Edict
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Protestants
             might
             the
             better
             confide
             in
             them
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             King
             of
             
               Navar
               ,
            
             our
             Queens
             father
             ,
             was
             to
             marry
             the
             sister
             of
             the
             then
             French
             King
             .
             To
             the
             which
             marriage
             the
             Protestant
             Princes
             &
             Nobles
             resorted
             ,
             invited
             with
             great
             joy
             and
             expectation
             of
             future
             happinesse
             .
             The
             marriage
             was
             solemnized
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             night
             time
             the
             Wolvish
             Papists
             fell
             upon
             their
             guests
             ,
             and
             worried
             them
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             hospitality
             ,
             promises
             ,
             and
             oathes
             .
             The
             noble
             Prince
             ,
             the
             Admirall
             (
             among
             others
             )
             was
             murthered
             in
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             was
             drawne
             to
             the
             Gallowes
             ,
             and
             hanged
             up
             by
             the
             heeles
             .
             And
             to
             consummate
             this
             abhominable
             Treacherie
             ,
             the
             Pope
             (
             hearing
             of
             this
             their
             mass●cring
             the
             P●o●●stant
             )
             went
             in
             Procession
             with
             his
             Cardinals
             ,
             and
             sang
             
               Te
               Deum
               .
            
             But
             what
             
             need
             I
             forraigne
             examples
             ?
             Call
             to
             minde
             our
             powder-Plot
             ,
             a
             cruelty
             superlative
             ,
             in
             a
             moment
             to
             destroy
             our
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             
             and
             Patriots
             .
             What
             Devill
             could
             have
             devised
             such
             a
             plot
             ,
             and
             this
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             not
             in
             open
             Rebellion
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             blowne
             up
             with
             Gunpowder
             ,
             sitting
             in
             the
             house
             of
             peace
             ,
             making
             the
             Parliament-house
             like
             Mount
             
               Sinai
               ,
               Tonitru
               &
               fumo
               ,
            
             with
             Thunder
             and
             Smoake
             .
          
           
             The
             can
             bee
             no
             agreement
             between
             wolves
             and
             
             sheep
             :
             strings
             made
             of
             wolves
             guts
             ,
             and
             sheeps
             guts
             ,
             can
             never
             agree
             in
             an
             Instrument
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             also
             relate
             of
             the
             cruelty
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             
             in
             
               Munster
               ,
            
             and
             papists
             in
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             but
             this
             shall
             suffice
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             divers
             kindes
             of
             Wolves
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             There
             are
             Wolves
             called
             
               Cervari
               ,
            
             unsatiable
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             A
             Wolfe
             called
             
               Glanos
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
             which
             seeks
             to
             prey
             upon
             men
             .
          
           
             3
             :
             A
             Wolfe
             called
             
               Cirucs
               ,
            
             who
             when
             the
             mountains
             
             are
             covered
             with
             snow
             ,
             will
             venture
             into
             Cities
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             
               Ethiopia
               ,
            
             wolves
             that
             have
             Maines
             like
             
             Lions
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             
               India
            
             wolves
             that
             have
             three
             rowes
             of
             teeth
             ,
             
             feet
             like
             a
             Lion
             ,
             a
             face
             like
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             voyce
             like
             a
             trumpet
             ,
             Taile
             like
             a
             Scorpion
             ,
             swift
             as
             a
             Hart
             ,
             a
             like
             fierce
             and
             cruell
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             so
             dangerous
             to
             live
             among
             those
             VVolves
             in
             a
             wood
             ,
             as
             among
             our
             mysticall
             wolves
             in
             a
             strong
             City
             :
             As
             wee
             have
             none
             of
             these
             wolves
             in
             England
             ,
             so
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             from
             these
             mysticall
             wolves
             .
          
           
             O
             God
             thou
             hast
             not
             cast
             us
             off
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             Thine
             enemies
             roar
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             thy
             Congregation
             .
          
           
           
             They
             have
             cast
             fire
             into
             thy
             Sanctuary
             ▪
          
           
             
               O
               God
               ,
               how
               long
               shall
               the
               adversaries
               reproach
               us
               ?
               shal
               the
               enemy
               blaspheme
               thy
               name
               for
               ever
               ?
            
          
           
             
               O
               deliver
               not
               the
               soule
               of
               thy
               Turtle
               Dove
               to
               the
               multitude
               of
               the
               wicked
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arise
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               and
               pleade
               thy
               owne
               cause
               .
            
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Calvin
            
             that
             admirable
             man
             of
             God
             ,
             whose
             name
             is
             yet
             terrible
             in
             the
             kingdom
             of
             popery
             ,
             setteth
             
             downe
             certaine
             characters
             of
             these
             Impostors
             ,
             taken
             out
             of
             St.
             
               Augustine
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Great
             boasters
             making
             ostentation
             of
             their
             own
             worth
             ,
             like
             
               Simon
               Magus
            
             who
             bewitched
             the
             people
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             he
             himselfe
             waa
             some
             great
             man
             ,
             like
             the
             
               Gnostiks
            
             who
             had
             a
             high
             conceit
             of
             their
             own
             knowledge
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             the
             only
             knowing
             men
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             &
             ,
             as
             
               Eliah
               ,
            
             left
             alone
             for
             their
             faculty
             to
             expound
             scripture
             :
             Yea
             ,
             among
             us
             some
             Trades-men
             have
             a
             high
             conceit
             of
             their
             deep
             learning
             .
             As
             a
             shoomaker
             being
             demanded
             by
             one
             of
             his
             neighbours
             whether
             hee
             could
             preach
             better
             then
             the
             Doctor
             his
             Parson
             ,
             answered
             with
             indignation
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             very
             sorrowfull
             if
             he
             could
             not
             preach
             better
             then
             he
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Superbia
               tumidi
               ,
            
             blowen
             up
             with
             pride
             .
             It
             is
             reported
             by
             
               Bede
               ,
            
             that
             when
             
               Austin
            
             the
             Monke
             came
             into
             Brittany
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Brittish
             Bishops
             were
             in
             doubt
             of
             receiving
             him
             ,
             an
             old
             man
             gave
             them
             advice
             to
             observe
             whether
             hee
             were
             humble
             or
             no
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             his
             humility
             they
             should
             know
             whether
             he
             were
             of
             God
             or
             no
             :
             by
             their
             pride
             you
             may
             know
             them
             ,
             their
             talke
             ,
             being
             commonly
             in
             commendation
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             casting
             dirt
             and
             vilifying
             others
             .
             This
             overweening
             
             of
             heritickes
             hath
             bred
             much
             distraction
             in
             the
             Church
             :
             In
             the
             primitive
             times
             
               Marcion
            
             the
             
             heretique
             ,
             having
             not
             that
             preferment
             that
             he
             expected
             and
             thought
             himselfe
             worthy
             of
             ,
             demanded
             what
             was
             the
             meaning
             of
             those
             words
             .
             No
             man
             pleceth
             an
             old
             garment
             with
             a
             piece
             of
             new
             cloath
             ,
             for
             
             that
             that
             should
             fil
             up
             taketh
             away
             from
             the
             garment
             ,
             and
             the
             breach
             is
             worse
             .
          
           
             They
             gave
             him
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             Christs
             words
             ;
             but
             the
             proud
             heretick
             applyed
             the
             parable
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             &
             avouched
             that
             he
             should
             make
             a
             remediles
             breach
             among
             them
             .
          
           
             Thereupon
             he
             broached
             his
             heresie
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             That
             there
             were
             two
             Gods
             ,
             the
             one
             the
             author
             of
             good
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             author
             of
             evill
             ;
             which
             errour
             cost
             St.
             
               Augustine
            
             more
             pains
             in
             confuting
             it
             then
             many
             other
             .
             
               Aerius
            
             being
             denyed
             a
             Bishopricke
             ,
             wrote
             against
             the
             whole
             order
             .
             And
             among
             us
             many
             proud
             spirits
             having
             not
             these
             preferments
             which
             they
             thought
             themselves
             worthy
             of
             ,
             have
             forsaken
             our
             Church
             ,
             &
             gone
             to
             
               Rome
            
             and
             
               Amsterdam
               .
            
          
           
             3
             
               Calumniis
               insidiosi
               ,
            
             deceitfully
             slanderous
             ,
             and
             in
             
             this
             faculty
             of
             all
             others
             the
             Brownists
             excell
             ;
             they
             fill
             their
             sermons
             ,
             books
             ,
             and
             communication
             with
             scandalous
             imputations
             :
             they
             spare
             neither
             government
             nor
             church
             ;
             like
             cursed
             children
             tearing
             their
             mother
             a
             pieces
             ;
             which
             when
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             they
             may
             confesse
             with
             
               Nero
               ,
            
             who
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             ript
             open
             his
             mothers
             belly
             ,
             affirmed
             that
             he
             never
             thought
             his
             mother
             had
             bin
             so
             fair
             :
             The
             Jesuits
             are
             not
             so
             bitter
             against
             our
             Church
             as
             the
             Separatists
             ,
             compare
             their
             writings
             :
             
               Michael
            
             the
             Arch-Angel
             durst
             not
             give
             the
             devil
             such
             cursed
             speaking
             ,
             nor
             raile
             upon
             him
             as
             they
             doe
             upon
             us
             .
          
           
           
             4
             Treacherously
             seditious
             ,
             not
             preaching
             peace
             ,
             as
             
             Christ
             commanded
             his
             disciples
             to
             doe
             ,
             but
             division
             :
             yea
             the
             Brownists
             arrogate
             to
             themselves
             the
             name
             of
             Separatists
             ,
             which
             well
             they
             may
             ,
             being
             separated
             from
             their
             Mother
             Church
             ,
             from
             all
             the
             reformed
             Churches
             and
             malitiously
             divided
             among
             themselves
             .
             Read
             Mr.
             
             
               Whites
            
             discovery
             of
             Brownisme
             ,
             who
             setteth
             down
             among
             other
             what
             a
             fiery
             contention
             was
             among
             the
             
               Iohnsons
               ,
            
             the
             younger
             brother
             becomming
             a
             libeller
             ,
             and
             loading
             his
             elder
             brother
             with
             reproaches
             of
             shame
             and
             infamie
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             print
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             separated
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             brake
             fellowship
             with
             his
             brother
             and
             father
             ,
             &
             cursed
             him
             with
             all
             the
             curses
             in
             Gods
             booke
             ,
             which
             he
             confirmed
             with
             the
             sentence
             of
             excommunication
             ,
             giving
             his
             brother
             and
             father
             to
             the
             Devill
             .
          
           
             Lest
             they
             should
             seeme
             to
             be
             destitute
             of
             the
             light
             of
             truth
             ,
             they
             arrogate
             to
             themselves
             the
             shadow
             of
             austerity
             ,
             a
             shew
             of
             holinesse
             .
             The
             substance
             of
             holinesse
             is
             charity
             ,
             which
             they
             want
             ,
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             13.
             
             Without
             which
             they
             are
             nothing
             :
             
               Having
               a
               shew
               of
               godlinesse
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               denying
               the
               power
               thereof
               ,
               from
               such
               turne
               away
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sacrilegious
               ,
            
             what
             the
             appetite
             of
             all
             schismaticks
             
             hath
             been
             this
             way
             is
             notorious
             ,
             caring
             not
             for
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             they
             might
             get
             some-what
             .
             They
             have
             so
             taught
             ,
             that
             some
             thinke
             that
             there
             is
             no
             such
             sin
             as
             sacriledge
             a●
             all
             .
          
           
             For
             whereas
             sacriledge
             may
             be
             committed
             ,
             1.
             
             Against
             holy
             persons
             ,
             
               viz
            
             Against
             Gods
             Ministers
             ,
             as
             the
             wrong
             done
             to
             
               Zacharias
            
             the
             Priest
             was
             punished
             ,
             
             not
             only
             in
             the
             King
             and
             people
             that
             did
             it
             ,
             but
             upon
             
             the
             Jewes
             that
             lived
             many
             hundred
             yeares
             after
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Against
             holy
             places
             ;
             
               Yee
               shall
               keep
               my
               Sabbaths
               ,
               and
               reverence
               my
               Sanctuarie
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             Against
             holy
             things
             :
             
               Ye
               have
               robbed
               m●
               ,
            
             saith
             
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               in
               detention
               of
               Tythes
               and
               Offerings
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Now
             for
             holy
             persons
             ,
             some
             affirme
             there
             to
             be
             none
             now
             :
             men
             making
             no
             difference
             between
             a
             Minister
             and
             a
             Cobler
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             For
             holy
             places
             :
             they
             impute
             no
             more
             holinesse
             to
             a
             Church
             than
             to
             a
             stable
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             For
             holy
             things
             :
             as
             holy
             dayes
             ,
             as
             Sabbaths
             ,
             every
             day
             alike
             ;
             and
             for
             Tythes
             ,
             they
             thinke
             they
             are
             repealed
             :
             never
             by
             Christ
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             work
             continueth
             ,
             and
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ;
             so
             also
             the
             main●ainance
             :
             Indeed
             I
             finde
             them
             forbidden
             by
             
               Muntzer
            
             the
             Anabaptist
             ,
             who
             also
             forbade
             paying
             rent
             to
             Landlords
             ,
             with
             other
             things
             .
          
           
             It
             must
             needs
             follow
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             holy
             persons
             ,
             places
             ,
             nor
             things
             ,
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             sacriledge
             .
             Wha●
             ?
             have
             we
             lost
             a
             sinne
             ?
             is
             that
             Law
             abrogated
             ?
             happy
             it
             were
             for
             many
             sacrilegious
             persons
             (
             among
             us
             )
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             to
             avoyd
             this
             curse
             .
             If
             there
             were
             no
             such
             sinne
             in
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             why
             doth
             St.
             
               Peter
            
             so
             curstly
             rebuke
             
               Ananias
            
             for
             it
             ?
             
               Ananias
               ,
               why
               hath
               the
               Devill
               filled
               thy
               heart
               to
               lye
               to
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               keepe
            
             
             
               away
               part
               ?
            
             If
             the
             devill
             were
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             and
             his
             wife
             stricken
             dead
             ,
             who
             kept
             back
             but
             halfe
             that
             hee
             himselfe
             had
             offered
             ?
             what
             shall
             become
             of
             them
             ?
             &
             what
             devill
             is
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             take
             away
             all
             ,
             no●
             which
             they
             themselves
             had
             given
             ,
             but
             which
             their
             forefathers
             with
             great
             piety
             and
             devotion
             had
             offered
             unto
             Almighty
             God
             ?
             St.
             
               Paul●quaileth
            
             or
             preferreth
             Sacriledge
             
             before
             Idolatry
             .
             
               Thou
               that
               abhorrest
               Idols
               ,
            
             
             
               committest
               thou
               Sacriledge
               ?
            
             An
             Idolater
             may
             have
             some
             Religion
             ,
             but
             the
             sacrilegious
             person
             none
             at
             all
             :
             an
             Atheist
             is
             worse
             than
             the
             Devill
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Madly
             obstinate
             ,
             
               convincere
               ●●s
               possum
               ,
            
             saith
             
             St.
             
               Augustine
               ,
               convertere
               ve●ò
               non
               possum
               ,
            
             He
             could
             convince
             them
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             convert
             them
             ,
             they
             being
             given
             over
             to
             a
             repr●bate
             sense
             .
             
               From
               hardnesse
               of
               heart
               good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
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               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Having
             before
             spoken
             of
             the
             description
             of
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             how
             dangerous
             they
             are
             ,
             I
             come
             now
             to
             the
             Caveat
             ,
             
               Take
               heed
               .
            
          
           
             The
             word
             is
             taken
             in
             a
             double
             sense
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             the
             sense
             of
             attending
             .
             2
             
               Peter
            
             1.
             19
             
             ▪
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               To
               which
               you
               doe
               well
               that
               you
               doe
               attend
               :
            
             So
             we
             read
             in
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             
               Attendite
               à
               falsis
               Prophetis
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             taken
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             bewaring
             ,
             
               Mat.
               61.
               
               Take
               heed
               :
            
             So
             it
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             this
             place
             .
             In
             the
             
               Syrian
            
             Translation
             ,
             which
             tongue
             our
             Lord
             preached
             in
             ,
             
               To
               be
               forewarned
               .
            
          
           
             
               Beware
               ,
            
             is
             the
             word
             of
             a
             friend
             :
             yea
             the
             Counsell
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             ,
             who
             is
             our
             best
             friend
             :
             
               Beware
               ,
            
             as
             if
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             I
             know
             my
             deare
             ,
             that
             you
             hearing
             of
             the
             narrow
             way
             that
             leadeth
             unto
             life
             ,
             will
             be
             very
             desirous
             to
             enquire
             of
             every
             one
             ,
             but
             especially
             of
             those
             that
             seeme
             to
             be
             Prophets
             ,
             concerning
             this
             way
             ,
             for
             your
             better
             direction
             :
             But
             let
             me
             forewarne
             you
             above
             all
             others
             ,
             to
             beware
             of
             false
             Prophets
             ;
             for
             they
             instead
             of
             directing
             you
             ,
             will
             set
             you
             out
             of
             the
             way
             .
          
           
           
             This
             Caution
             he
             gave
             his
             Disciples
             whom
             he
             loved
             ,
             
               Mat.
               24.
               4.
               
               Take
               heed
               that
               no
               man
               deceive
               you
               .
            
             Again
             ,
             
             
               Take
               heed
               of
               the
               leaven
               of
               the
               Pharisees
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             our
             Lords
             Counsell
             be
             acceptable
             unto
             you
             :
             
               Beware
            
             
             usually
             precedeth
             some
             danger
             .
             This
             doubling
             ,
             some
             great
             danger
             .
          
           
             Poyson
             is
             very
             dangerous
             ,
             but
             no
             poyson
             so
             dangerous
             
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             false
             Doctrine
             to
             the
             soule
             .
             Beware
             of
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             more
             dangerous
             than
             men
             infected
             with
             the
             plague
             .
          
           
             The
             plague
             is
             of
             all
             diseases
             most
             infectious
             to
             the
             body
             ;
             heresie
             is
             as
             infectious
             to
             the
             soule
             .
          
           
             This
             City
             is
             much
             more
             to
             be
             pittied
             at
             this
             time
             swarming
             with
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             then
             when
             there
             dyed
             in
             it
             5000.
             a
             week
             of
             the
             Plague
             .
             Then
             we
             lamented
             the
             dead
             bodies
             of
             our
             friends
             departed
             ,
             whose
             souls
             God
             had
             taken
             to
             himselfe
             ;
             But
             now
             we
             may
             lament
             the
             soules
             of
             our
             people
             who
             are
             departed
             from
             God
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             not
             onely
             in
             danger
             of
             infection
             ,
             but
             grievously
             infected
             .
             One
             poore
             soule
             cryeth
             out
             ,
             no
             set
             prayers
             ;
             another
             no
             Sabbath
             ;
             another
             ,
             no
             Lords
             Prayer
             ;
             another
             ,
             no
             Law
             for
             a
             rule
             of
             life
             :
             and
             for
             them
             that
             goe
             about
             to
             cure
             these
             infected
             persons
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             as
             much
             danger
             as
             they
             that
             goe
             to
             visit
             men
             sick
             of
             the
             pestilence
             :
             they
             being
             not
             much
             unlike
             those
             swine
             and
             dogs
             ,
             of
             whom
             our
             Lord
             forewarneth
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             
               Give
               not
               holy
               things
               unto
               dogs
               ,
               nor
               pearles
               unto
            
             
             
               wine
               ,
               lest
               they
               tread
               them
               under
               their
               feet
               ,
               and
               turne
               againe
               ,
               and
               rend
               you
               .
            
             We
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             them
             in
             our
             houses
             ,
             yea
             ,
             
               Cordolio
            
             I
             speak
             it
             ,
             they
             enter
             irreverently
             
             into
             our
             Churches
             :
             some
             tear
             our
             Books
             ,
             and
             have
             beene
             ready
             to
             lay
             violent
             hands
             upon
             us
             at
             the
             Lords
             Table
             ,
             administring
             the
             holy
             Communion
             .
          
           
           
             They
             are
             worse
             than
             murtherers
             ;
             a
             murtherer
             may
             kill
             a
             man
             ,
             but
             one
             fa●se
             Prophet
             may
             destroy
             a
             whole
             
             City
             ,
             or
             C●untrey
             ;
             a
             murtherer
             destroyeth
             onely
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             a
             false
             Prophet
             both
             body
             and
             soule
             .
          
           
             The
             curses
             that
             were
             to
             be
             denounced
             upon
             mount
             
               Eball
               ,
            
             may
             in
             part
             be
             pronounced
             against
             these
             seduce●s
             .
             
          
           
             
               Cursed
               be
               he
               that
               causeth
               the
               blinde
               to
               goe
               out
               of
               the
               way
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             more
             cursed
             are
             they
             that
             seduce
             ignorant
             w●ll-meaning
             people
             ,
             from
             the
             simplicity
             of
             Gods
             truth
             .
          
           
             
               Cursed
               be
               he
               that
               removeth
               the
               marke
               of
               his
               neighbors
               Land
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             more
             cursed
             are
             they
             thac
             remove
             and
             take
             away
             the
             markes
             of
             Christianity
             from
             among
             us
             ▪
          
           
             
               Cursed
               be
               he
               that
               setteth
               light
               by
               his
               father
               and
               mother
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             more
             cursed
             be
             they
             that
             blaspheme
             their
             mother
             the
             Church
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             were
             begotten
             ,
             &
             made
             members
             of
             
               I●sus
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             O
             Almighty
             ,
             which
             stillest
             the
             raging
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             madnesse
             of
             the
             pe●ple
             ,
             in
             mercy
             looke
             upon
             these
             p●ore
             soules
             ,
             and
             give
             thy
             people
             grace
             to
             avoyd
             the
             infections
             of
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             with
             pure
             heart
             and
             mind
             to
             follow
             thee
             the
             only
             God
             ,
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             To
             whom
             o●Lord
             giveth
             this
             cavea●
             ,
             not
             to
             
             his
             Desciples
             only
             ,
             but
             to
             all
             men
             :
             the
             word
             is
             plurall
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             To
             us
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             Lords
             watchmen
             ,
             
             and
             are
             to
             give
             an
             account
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             our selves
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             the
             people
             comitted
             to
             our
             charge
             .
             
               Take
               heed
               ,
            
             saith
             S.
             
               Paul
               ,
               unto
               your selves
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               flock
               ,
               over
               which
               the
               Lord
               hath
               made
               you
               overseers
               to
               feed
               the
            
             
             
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               purchased
               with
               his
               owne
               bloud
               ;
               for
               I
               know
               that
               after
               my
               departure
               grievous
               
               Wolves
               will
               enter
               ,
               not
               sparing
               the
               flocke
               .
            
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             
               I
               charge
               thee
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
            
             
             
               Christ
               ,
               who
               shall
               judge
               the
               quick
               and
               the
               dead
               at
               his
               appearing
               ,
               preach
               the
               Word
               ,
               be
               instant
               in
               season
               ,
               out
               of
               season
               ,
               reprove
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               the
               time
               will
               come
               that
               they
               shall
               have
               itching
               eares
               ,
               and
               after
               their
               owne
               lusts
               get
               them
               a
               heap
               of
               Teachers
               ,
               and
               turne
               their
               eares
               from
               the
               truth
               ,
               and
               be
               given
               unto
               Fables
               .
            
             And
             againe
             ,
             
               In
               meeknesse
            
             
             
               instructing
               them
               that
               oppose
               themselves
               :
               if
               peradventure
               God
               will
               give
               them
               repentance
               to
               acknowledge
               the
               truth
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               recover
               themselves
               from
               the
               snare
               of
               the
               devill
               ,
               who
               are
               taken
               captive
               by
               him
               at
               his
               will
               .
            
          
           
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             as
             they
             are
             nursing
             Fathers
             and
             
             Mothers
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             so
             they
             should
             make
             good
             Lawes
             to
             be
             as
             wals
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             also
             put
             them
             in
             execution
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             called
             Shepheards
             (
             as
             ,
             
               Cyrus
               my
               shepheard
            
             )
             
             and
             are
             to
             yeeld
             an
             account
             to
             Almighty
             God
             for
             the
             sheep
             committed
             to
             their
             charge
             ;
             which
             through
             their
             negligence
             shal
             be
             devoured
             by
             these
             ravening
             wolves
             .
          
           
             A
             question
             may
             be
             asked
             ,
             in
             that
             our
             Lord
             biddeth
             
             us
             to
             
               take
               heed
               ,
            
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             lawful
             for
             the
             Magistrate
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             To
             put
             false
             Prophets
             to
             death
             :
             in
             which
             question
             wee
             are
             to
             note
             whom
             we
             are
             to
             account
             
               false
               Prophets
               ,
               viz.
            
             Not
             every
             one
             that
             differeth
             from
             our
             Church
             in
             opinion
             ,
             or
             have
             some
             
               naevous
               opinions
               .
            
          
           
             But
             by
             false
             Prophets
             we
             understand
             such
             as
             hold
             fundamental
             errors
             ,
             and
             persist
             therein
             ,
             after
             all
             means
             used
             for
             their
             conviction
             ;
             yea
             not
             onely
             persist
             ,
             but
             also
             endeavour
             to
             disperse
             their
             pernicious
             errours
             ,
             to
             the
             perverting
             of
             others
             .
             Again
             ,
             such
             whose
             Doctrines
             are
             blasphemous
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Arrians
            
             are
             dangerous
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             government
             under
             which
             they
             live
             ▪
             
             And
             where
             all
             these
             concur
             they
             deserve
             death
             ,
             because
             they
             corrupt
             the
             faith
             :
             If
             such
             as
             corrupt
             and
             poyson
             Fountains
             of
             water
             ,
             at
             which
             men
             and
             beasts
             drink
             ,
             do
             deserve
             capitall
             punishment
             :
             how
             much
             more
             they
             ,
             who
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lyeth
             do
             poyson
             mens
             soules
             ?
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             we
             have
             divers
             examples
             of
             this
             lawfull
             
             severity
             executed
             upon
             Idolaters
             :
             first
             ,
             in
             
               Eliah's
            
             time
             ,
             
             commanding
             all
             the
             Prophets
             of
             
               Baal
            
             to
             bee
             slaine
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             
               Iehu
               ,
            
             giving
             the
             like
             commandement
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             inhabi●ants
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             
             
               Iudah
               ,
            
             who
             destroyed
             all
             the
             houses
             of
             
               Baal
               ,
            
             and
             slew
             
               Mattan
            
             he
             Priest
             before
             the
             Altar
             .
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             we
             have
             examples
             in
             Ecclesiasticall
             histories
             ;
             
             as
             first
             in
             
               Constantine
               ,
            
             that
             fam●us
             Christian
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             enacted
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             man
             did
             offer
             Sacrifice
             upon
             the
             Altars
             ,
             
               Gladio
               ultore
               sterneretur
               ,
            
             He
             sh●u●d
             be
             pu●
             to
             d●ath
             ,
             and
             his
             goods
             confiscated
             .
             The
             like
             als●
             was
             en●cte
             b●Theodosius
             ,
             
               Valentinianus
               ,
            
             and
             
               Martianus
               ,
            
             as
             Mr.
             
               Bullinger
            
             reporteth
             .
             The
             ground
             and
             warrant
             of
             this
             is
             G●d
             himselfe
             ,
             
               That
               Prophet
               ,
               or
            
             
             
               dreamer
               of
               dreames
               ,
               &c.
               shall
               be
               put
               to
               death
               .
            
             If
             any
             man
             object
             ,
             that
             this
             was
             a
             judiciall
             Law
             ;
             I
             answer
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ;
             yet
             the
             equity
             of
             that
             judiciall
             Law
             remaineth
             to
             all
             .
             St.
             
               Augustine
            
             saith
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             punishing
             
             mercy
             ,
             and
             a
             sparing
             cruelty
             .
             For
             it
             is
             a
             punishing
             mercy
             ,
             when
             Governours
             doe
             punish
             dangerous
             seducers
             for
             safety
             of
             the
             whole
             :
             And
             it
             were
             a
             sparing
             cruelty
             ,
             to
             let
             them
             goe
             unpunished
             :
             for
             ,
             looke
             how
             much
             mercy
             is
             shewed
             to
             the
             Wolf
             ,
             so
             much
             cruelty
             is
             done
             to
             the
             sheep
             .
          
           
             This
             may
             serve
             for
             the
             reproofe
             of
             such
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             danger●us
             Wolves
             discovered
             unto
             them
             ,
             wil
             not
             lend
             their
             helping
             hands
             to
             suppres
             
             them
             .
             To
             conclude
             this
             poynt
             :
             The
             Romish
             seducers
             are
             severely
             punished
             among
             us
             ,
             &
             kept
             from
             our
             folds
             ,
             and
             why
             not
             all
             other
             false
             prophets
             ,
             who
             blaspheme
             God
             &
             seduce
             our
             people
             ?
             What
             ?
             shall
             we
             punish
             them
             only
             that
             attribute
             too
             much
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             baptisme
             ,
             affirming
             Infants
             un-baptized
             not
             to
             enter
             heaven
             ?
             And
             suffer
             Anabaptists
             who
             wil
             not
             baptize
             them
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             blaspheme
             the
             baptisme
             of
             children
             ,
             calling
             it
             the
             marke
             of
             the
             Beast
             ,
             affirming
             that
             it
             came
             from
             Anti-christ
             and
             the
             Devill
             ?
             and
             suffer
             them
             to
             publish
             books
             in
             defence
             of
             this
             and
             other
             their
             abhominable
             errors
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             we
             punish
             them
             only
             that
             attribute
             too
             much
             to
             the
             Element
             of
             bread
             in
             the
             holy
             Communion
             ,
             accounting
             him
             no
             good
             Christian
             that
             will
             not
             call
             it
             his
             lord
             god
             ?
             And
             suffer
             such
             men
             who
             mocke
             and
             sc●ffe
             at
             the
             sacrament
             of
             the
             Lords
             supper
             ,
             calling
             it
             a
             two-peny
             banque●
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             we
             punish
             them
             that
             give
             too
             much
             reverence
             to
             the
             blessed
             Virgin
             ,
             holy
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Saints
             departed
             ,
             
             and
             suffer
             them
             that
             blaspheme
             the
             holy
             Virgin
             ,
             whom
             all
             Nations
             should
             call
             blessed
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             we
             blame
             the
             Papists
             for
             saying
             too
             many
             
               Pater-nosters
               ,
            
             and
             tolerate
             the
             Brownists
             and
             other
             Sectaries
             who
             will
             not
             say
             the
             Lords
             prayer
             at
             all
             ?
             some
             of
             them
             affirming
             it
             to
             be
             an
             abhominab●e
             idol
             ,
             although
             it
             be
             commanded
             to
             be
             said
             by
             our
             Lord
             himself
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             we
             punish
             them
             that
             not
             only
             keep
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             but
             also
             many
             holy-dayes
             ,
             and
             suffer
             them
             that
             will
             neither
             keep
             holy-daies
             nor
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             as
             the
             Familists
             and
             Antisabbata●ians
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             we
             punish
             them
             that
             confesse
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             
             suppose
             that
             they
             cannot
             enter
             heaven
             without
             a
             particular
             Confession
             of
             them
             ?
             and
             tolerate
             them
             that
             will
             not
             con●esse
             their
             sinnes
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             affirme
             that
             God
             can
             see
             no
             sin
             in
             them
             ?
             as
             the
             
               Antinomians
               .
            
          
           
             Shall
             we
             punish
             them
             that
             worship
             God
             in
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             Trinity
             in
             Unity
             ?
             and
             tolerate
             them
             that
             blaspheme
             the
             holy
             Trinity
             ?
             as
             the
             
               Arrians
               ,
            
             and
             
               Antitrinitarians
               .
            
             I
             hope
             that
             our
             Governors
             wil
             drive
             these
             also
             from
             our
             folds
             ,
             as
             they
             doe
             the
             
               Popish
               Emissaries
               :
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
             It
             is
             fit
             for
             us
             that
             are
             Christ●ans
             to
             avoyd
             all
             those
             who
             speak
             against
             Christ
             ,
             and
             hate
             them
             as
             the
             enemies
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             corrupters
             of
             soules
             .
          
           
             This
             Caveat
             of
             our
             Lords
             belongeth
             to
             every
             
             Christian
             man
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             not
             to
             keep
             company
             with
             them
             .
             It
             was
             
               Eves
            
             fault
             to
             admit
             conference
             with
             the
             Devill
             .
             In
             these
             false
             Prophets
             there
             is
             such
             a
             malignant
             spirit
             ,
             that
             the
             Devill
             cannot
             doe
             more
             hurt
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             then
             in
             them
             .
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             counselleth
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             to
             
             marke
             them
             diligently
             that
             make
             divisions
             ,
             and
             to
             avoyd
             them
             .
             If
             we
             must
             avoyd
             Schismaticks
             that
             make
             divisions
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             Hereticks
             ?
          
           
             St.
             
               Iohn
            
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Elect
             Lady
             ,
             forbids
             
             all
             society
             with
             them
             :
             if
             there
             come
             any
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             bring
             not
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             receive
             him
             not
             into
             your
             house
             ,
             nor
             bid
             him
             ,
             God
             speed
             .
          
           
             According
             to
             his
             Doctring
             ,
             so
             was
             his
             practice
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             bath
             with
             
               Cerinthus
            
             the
             Heretick
             ,
             nor
             abide
             under
             the
             same
             roofe
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             leaped
             out
             of
             the
             roome
             ,
             and
             perswaded
             others
             so
             to
             doe
             .
             
               Polycarp
               ,
            
             St.
             
               Iohns
            
             Schollar
             ,
             meeting
             
               Marcion
            
             the
             Heretick
             ,
             
             would
             not
             salute
             him
             :
             
               Marcion
            
             asking
             him
             whether
             he
             knew
             him
             or
             no
             ?
             was
             answered
             by
             him
             ,
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               know
               thee
               well
               to
               be
               the
               first
               borne
               of
               the
               devill
               .
            
          
           
             Would
             any
             man
             entertaine
             into
             his
             family
             a
             man
             infected
             with
             the
             plague
             ?
             how
             much
             lesse
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             who
             ,
             without
             the
             great
             mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             be
             the
             undoing
             of
             him
             and
             his
             family
             .
          
           
             This
             caveat
             should
             keep
             men
             from
             hearing
             those
             
             seducers
             :
             
               My
               sheep
               ,
            
             saith
             our
             Lord
             ,
             
               will
               not
               heare
               the
               voyce
               of
               a
               stranger
               .
            
          
           
             Yet
             such
             is
             the
             folly
             or
             madnesse
             of
             these
             times
             ,
             and
             men
             have
             such
             itching
             eares
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Devill
             himself
             should
             preach
             among
             us
             ,
             I
             feare
             that
             he
             would
             have
             too
             many
             hearers
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             But
             whereas
             they
             pretend
             to
             be
             led
             by
             the
             spirit
             ,
             
               I
            
             
             
               beseech
               you
               ,
            
             saith
             St.
             
               Paul
               ,
               by
               the
               comming
               of
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               you
               be
               not
               so
               soone
               shaken
               in
               minde
               ,
               neither
               by
               spirit
            
             (
             that
             is
             by
             pretence
             of
             the
             spirit
             )
             for
             as
             there
             is
             a
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             Prophets
             &
             Apostles
             inspired
             ,
             spake
             :
             so
             you
             may
             read
             of
             a
             lying
             spirit
             in
             the
             mouths
             of
             false
             Prophets
             .
             Therefore
             St.
             
               Iohn
            
             commandeth
             us
             not
             to
             believe
             every
             spirit
             ,
             but
             
               to
               search
               and
               try
               the
               spirits
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               no
               .
            
          
           
             How
             shall
             I
             know
             Gods
             spirit
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             Word
             ?
             such
             spirits
             as
             speak
             against
             Gods
             word
             ,
             are
             the
             devils
             
             spirits
             ,
             and
             not
             Gods
             .
             I
             have
             read
             that
             in
             a
             Synod
             in
             
               Britain
            
             held
             by
             
               Dunstan
               ,
            
             archbish.
             .
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             who
             would
             have
             had
             a
             Decree
             passe
             against
             Ministers
             marriage
             ,
             a
             strange
             voyce
             was
             heard
             out
             of
             an
             Image
             in
             the
             Church
             for
             confirmation
             thereof
             .
             But
             the
             British
             Bishop
             cryed
             out
             ,
             that
             that
             voyce
             was
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             God
             :
             for
             God
             would
             not
             speak
             
             against
             his
             word
             :
             And
             indeed
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             calleth
             
               forbidding
            
             
             
               of
               Marriage
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Devills
               .
            
             We
             should
             try
             all
             these
             new
             Doctrines
             pretended
             to
             come
             from
             the
             spirit
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             against
             Gods
             word
             ,
             or
             no
             ▪
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             whereas
             the
             Romish
             Prelates
             forbid
             the
             Laity
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             (
             in
             the
             vulgar
             )
             which
             God
             commands
             ,
             and
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             commends
             :
             is
             this
             their
             prohibition
             from
             God
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             devill
             ?
             And
             whereas
             they
             command
             Communion
             under
             one
             kinde
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Christs
             institution
             ;
             whose
             spirit
             is
             in
             them
             ,
             Gods
             ,
             or
             the
             Devills
             ?
             And
             whereas
             other
             false
             Prophets
             forbid
             the
             saying
             of
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             with
             other
             things
             commanded
             in
             holy
             Scriptures
             :
             those
             are
             lying
             Prophets
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             Gods
             spirit
             ,
             but
             the
             devills
             :
             for
             God
             will
             not
             speake
             against
             his
             Word
             .
          
           
             
               O
               yee
               foolish
               Galatians
               ,
               who
               hath
               bewitched
               you
               ?
            
             saith
             
             St.
             
               Paul
               .
            
          
           
             O
             yee
             foolish
             
               Galatians
               :
            
             wee
             see
             how
             carefull
             men
             are
             of
             being
             deceived
             in
             any
             thing
             of
             weight
             ;
             in
             buying
             land
             they
             advise
             with
             the
             best
             counsell
             they
             can
             get
             :
             for
             health
             they
             advise
             with
             the
             learnedest
             Physitians
             :
             in
             receiving
             money
             ,
             if
             they
             doubt
             ,
             they
             will
             go
             to
             the
             Gold-smith
             and
             weigh
             it
             and
             touch
             it
             at
             the
             stone
             :
             Let
             us
             not
             be
             carelesse
             only
             for
             our
             soules
             ▪
             Nay
             ,
             
               who
               hath
               bewitched
               you
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             fashion
             of
             witches
             ,
             as
             some
             report
             ,
             when
             they
             Covenant
             with
             the
             devill
             ,
             to
             renounce
             their
             Baptisme
             ▪
             were
             it
             possible
             for
             a
             man
             ,
             except
             hee
             were
             bewitched
             indeed
             ,
             to
             be
             perswaded
             to
             renounce
             his
             Baptisme
             ?
          
           
             Were
             it
             possible
             for
             any
             man
             ,
             except
             he
             were
             bewitched
             ,
             to
             forsake
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             dream
             of
             a
             new
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             Almighty
             God
             never
             had
             a
             true
             
             Church
             ,
             untill
             some
             fanatick
             persons
             at
             this
             time
             had
             framed
             o●e
             ?
             How
             could
             all
             this
             their
             holy
             frame
             escape
             all
             the
             Patriarks
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             holy
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Doctors
             ,
             and
             be
             revealed
             onely
             to
             
               Browne
               ,
            
             who
             lik't
             it
             so
             ill
             ,
             that
             h●e
             returned
             againe
             to
             his
             Mother
             Church
             .
             The
             like
             antiquitie
             have
             the
             
               Etonites
               ,
            
             and
             others
             of
             our
             Sectaries
             .
          
           
             Our
             
               Lord
            
             sending
             forth
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             as
             sheep
             among
             Wolves
             ,
             giveth
             them
             this
             counsell
             ,
             
               Beye
               wise
               ●●
            
             
             
               Serpe●ts
               ,
               and
               harmlesse
               as
               Doves
               .
            
             And
             why
             
               wise
               as
               Serpents
               ?
               Like
               the
               deafe
               Adder
               ,
               that
               stoppeth
               her
               eare
               ,
            
             
             
               which
               wil
               not
               hearken
               to
               the
               voyce
               of
               the
               Charmer
               ,
               charm
               he
               never
               so
               wisely
               ▪
            
             It
             is
             written
             of
             the
             
               Aspe
               ,
            
             that
             to
             avoyd
             charming
             ,
             shee
             layeth
             one
             eare
             close
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             stoppeth
             the
             other
             with
             her
             tayle
             .
             Thu●
             the
             ancient
             Christians
             were
             wont
             to
             stop
             their
             eares
             ,
             and
             not
             heare
             Christs
             truth
             adulterated
             .
             It
             is
             recorded
             by
             
               Theodoret
               ,
            
             that
             when
             
               Lucius
            
             the
             
               Arrian
            
             Bishop
             came
             and
             preached
             among
             the
             
               Anti●●hians
               ,
            
             broaching
             his
             damnable
             Heresies
             ,
             the
             people
             forsooke
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             heare
             him
             ,
             
               Lib.
               4.
               Eccles.
               Histor.
               cap.
            
             20.
             
             M.
             
               Histor.
               Tripart
               .
            
          
           
             But
             now
             they
             tha●
             beare
             the
             name
             of
             Christians
             ▪
             &
             would
             be
             accounted
             professors
             ,
             r●n
             a
             if
             they
             were
             mad
             to
             be
             charmed
             ,
             to
             heare
             the
             false
             Prophets
             of
             our
             time
             :
             
               Beye
               wise
               as
               Serpents
               ,
            
             saith
             our
             Lord
             ,
             
               and
               harmlesse
               a●
               Doves
               .
            
             The
             Dove
             as
             shee
             is
             innocent
             ,
             and
             harmlesse
             ,
             so
             swift
             winged
             to
             avoyd
             the
             danger
             shee
             may
             receive
             from
             Vultures
             ,
             and
             other
             ravenous
             birds
             .
             
               O
               that
               I
               had
               wings
               like
               a
               Dove
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             
               then
               would
               I
               flye
               away
               ,
               and
               be
               at
               rest
               .
            
             Our
             soules
             are
             win●ed
             ▪
             
             our
             prayers
             are
             our
             wings
             :
             let
             us
             fly
             to
             the
             rock
             where
             we
             shall
             finde
             rest
             .
          
           
           
             You
             have
             heard
             of
             two
             wayes
             ,
             the
             one
             leading
             to
             life
             ,
             the
             the
             other
             to
             destruction
             :
             and
             that
             it
             is
             a
             difficult
             thing
             to
             find
             heaven
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             of
             fals●
             Prophets
             ,
             who
             goe
             about
             to
             lead
             us
             out
             of
             the
             way
             :
             you
             have
             heard
             also
             what
             these
             false
             Prophets
             are
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             lying
             Prophets
             ,
             falsifying
             Gods
             Word
             ;
             and
             why
             God
             suffereth
             them
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             tryall
             of
             the
             godly
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             come
             unsent
             ,
             without
             any
             calling
             ,
             in
             Sheepes
             cloathing
             ,
             counterfeiting
             holinesse
             ,
             pretending
             Scripture
             ;
             being
             indeed
             ravening
             Wolves
             :
             and
             as
             Wolves
             destroy
             the
             body
             ,
             so
             doe
             they
             the
             soule
             .
             Our
             Lord
             biddeth
             beware
             of
             them
             :
             and
             whereas
             they
             pretend
             the
             spirit
             ,
             
               try
               the
               spirits
               ,
            
             as
             St.
             
               Iohn
            
             counselleth
             you
             ,
             
               whether
               they
               be
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               no
               ;
            
             and
             being
             not
             of
             God
             to
             avoyd
             them
             ,
             being
             wise
             as
             Serpen●s
             ,
             who
             stop
             their
             eares
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             heare
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             charmer
             .
             Let
             us
             be
             innocent
             as
             the
             Dove
             and
             mount
             heaven
             with
             our
             prayers
             ,
             and
             praying
             ,
             say
             with
             
               David
               ,
               Sew
               me
               thy
               wayes
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               and
               teach
               me
               thy
               pathes
               :
               Open
               thou
               my
               eyes
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               see
               the
               wonders
               of
               thy
               law
               .
               Lead
               me
               forth
               in
               thy
               truth
               ,
               and
               guide
               me
               ,
               thou
               art
               the
               God
               of
               my
               salvation
               .
            
          
           
             And
             whereas
             the
             suffering
             of
             these
             false
             Prophets
             may
             be
             one
             of
             the
             causes
             of
             Gods
             heavy
             hand
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             unnaturall
             war
             among
             us
             ,
             let
             us
             use
             all
             meanes
             to
             suppresse
             them
             in
             our
             callings
             ,
             and
             so
             remove
             this
             cursed
             thing
             from
             us
             .
          
           
             All
             you
             that
             are
             the
             sonnes
             of
             peace
             ,
             friends
             of
             peace
             and
             servants
             to
             the
             God
             of
             peace
             ,
             double
             and
             treble
             your
             prayers
             ,
             that
             some
             Mediator
             may
             stand
             in
             the
             gap
             ,
             to
             divert
             Gods
             judgements
             from
             us
             :
             and
             if
             Almighty
             God
             hath
             otherwise
             decreed
             ,
             let
             every
             one
             of
             
             us
             make
             his
             owne
             peace
             with
             God
             ,
             commending
             our
             soules
             into
             his
             hands
             who
             is
             our
             faithfull
             Creator
             ,
             keeping
             faith
             &
             a
             good
             conscience
             ,
             of
             which
             take
             heed
             that
             you
             do
             not
             make
             shipwrack
             ;
             which
             if
             you
             keep
             ,
             you
             need
             not
             feare
             neither
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             nor
             devills
             ,
             fire
             ,
             nor
             sword
             ,
             nothing
             shall
             hurt
             you
             :
             Although
             they
             kill
             you
             ,
             they
             shall
             but
             deliver
             your
             soules
             out
             of
             the
             prison
             of
             your
             bodyes
             ,
             to
             enjoy
             everlasting
             peace
             ;
             which
             I
             intreat
             Almighty
             God
             to
             bring
             us
             all
             ,
             for
             his
             sonne
             Jesus
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             three
             persons
             ,
             and
             one
             God
             ,
             be
             all
             Glory
             ,
             Prayse
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Donion
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           PErlegi
           concionem
           hanc
           de
           pseudo-Prophetis
           ,
           in
           qua
           nihil
           reperio
           quo
           minus
           utiliter
           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             Ia.
             Cranford
             .
             
               Nov.
               24.
               1644.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A90603e-630
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             ▪
             
          
           
             False
             Prophets
             .
             
               A
               falsis
               prophetis
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             2
             Peter
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             25.
             
          
           
             In
             Vita
             Rich.
             2
             
          
           
             Psalme
             5.
             
          
           
             ●alse
             prophets
             alwayes
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             Matthew
             24.
             
          
           
             Acts
             20.
             29.
             
          
           
             ●
             Tim.
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             8
             
          
           
             Lib.
             de
             haeresibus
             .
          
           
             Galat.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             An
             ●●
             313.
             
          
           
             Jesuites
             and
             other
             Rom●sh
             ●m●●s●●ies
             .
          
           
             F●●●lists
             .
          
           
             Anabaptists
             ▪
             
          
           
             Brownists
             .
          
           
             I●ded●●●●
             .
          
           
             Antinomians
             .
          
           
             Arminian●
             .
          
           
             Sabbatarians
             .
          
           
             Antisabbatarians
             .
          
           
             Traskites
             ▪
             
          
           
             Arrians
             .
          
           
             Antitrinitarians
             .
          
           
             Millenaries
             .
          
           
             Soules
             sleepe
             .
          
           
             In
             Indi●e
             
               Po●●m
               .
               Bulling
               ▪
            
             ●dver
             .
             An●b●●
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             ●0
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Why
             God
             suffereth
             false
             Prophets
             .
          
           
             2
             Thes.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             1●
             .
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             4.
             cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psa●m●
             80.
             4
             ▪
             
          
           
             Which
             come
             ,
             
               ●u●
               veniunt
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Intrusion
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             15.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             5
             5.
             
          
           
             Whence
             come
             they
             .
          
           
             1
             Kings
             12
             31
             
          
           
             Psalm
             50.
             16.
             
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Numb.
             16.
             31
             
          
           
             Acts
             13
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             1.
             Eccles.
             histor
             :
             cap
             :
             14
             
          
           
             Hierom
             catal.
             scriptor
             .
             Niceph.
             Cal.
             hist.
             lib.
             14.
             cap
             :
             36.
             
             Melanct.
             lib.
             3
             Chron.
             Theod.
             lib.
             2.
             Cap.
             26.
             
             Paulus
             diacon
             .
             lib.
             15.
             
          
           
             Sl●id
             .
             com
             .
             l.
             10.
             ●ol
             .
             137.
             
          
           
             To
             you
             ,
             
               ad
               vos
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Subspecie
             consulendi
             ●gunt
             nego●ium
             seducendi
             Greg.
             mag.
             lib.
             23.
             mor.
             cap.
             21
             
          
           
             Lupus
             cum
             ovem
             rapuerit
             dentibus
             eam
             non
             laedit
             ,
             sed
             super
             dorsum
             suum
             ●am
             sua
             .
             viter
             jacere
             facit
             Vincent
             in
             specul.
             Nat.
             lib.
             19.
             
             Cap.
             83.
             
          
           
             Ephesians
             6.
             11.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             In
             Sheeps
             cloathing
             .
             
               Vestimen●is
               ovium
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Their
             Insinua●tion
             .
          
           
             Lupus
             ovis
             pelle
             indutus
             ovium
             se
             immisc●it
             gregi
             ,
             quotidieque
             aliquam
             ex
             ●is
             ●ccidebat
             ;
             quod
             cum
             pastor
             animadvertisset
             illum
             altissimo
             arbore
             suspendit
             :
             interrogantibus
             autem
             caeteris
             pastoribus
             cur
             ovem
             suspendisset
             ;
             aiebat
             ,
             pellis
             quidem
             ut
             videtis
             est
             ovis
             ,
             opera
             autem
             lupidae
             .
          
           
             A
             shew
             of
             godlinesse
             .
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             18
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Bull
               .
            
             Adver.
             Anab●
             fol.
             51.
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             7.
             
             Initio
             humiles
             &
             demissi
             fuerunt
             :
             nihil
             splendoris
             &
             magnificentiae
             habebant
             ;
             clamabant
             &
             invehebantur
             in
             omnem
             excellentiam
             ,
             fastum
             &
             magnificentiā
             ,
             item
             adversus
             gladiū
             &
             potestatem
             magistratuū
             .
             Opes
             &
             honores
             erant
             illis
             (
             ita
             simulabant
             )
             nausea
             .
             Nihil
             loquebantur
             quam
             de
             mortificatione
             veteris
             hominis
             ,
             de
             renovatione
             spiritûs
             ,
             de
             separata
             &
             Deo
             commissa
             a●
             dicata
             vita
             ,
             mundum
             &
             cuncta
             quae
             in
             ipso
             sunt
             plane
             fassidi●bant
             .
          
           
             Solli●●●●
             caveamus
             h●r●ticos
             qui
             ●●nve●sa●●o●is
             of
             timae
             sunt
             ,
             quorum
             ●●rte
             vitam
             non
             tam
             Deu●
             quam
             Diabo●●s
             ▪
             lost
             ▪
             ●xit
             b●m
             ▪
             7
             :
             in
             Ezek.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Testi●o●●●s
             of
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             9●
             .
          
           
             
               I●tre
               sec●s
               ●●tem
               Lupi
               ra●a●●s
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Inward
             disposition
             .
          
           
             Acts
             20.
             19.
             
          
           
             Arist.
             lib.
             1●
             .
          
           
             ●ph
             .
             4
             
          
           
             I●terdi
             o●●a●i●●
             nocte
             ●lari●s
             .
             ●ide●
             Gis●●r
             
               lib
               ●
               ▪
               ●
               ▪
               quadrup
               .
            
          
           
             Arist.
             lib.
             8
             N.
             Animal
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Acts
             20.
             
             Cruelty
             of
             these
             mystical
             wolves
             .
             Hebr.
             11.
             37
             
          
           
             Romish
             Wolves
             ▪
             Martyrs
             in
             
               Q.
               M●●ie●
            
             time
             .
          
           
             Massacre
             in
             ●●a●ce
             .
          
           
             ●o●der
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             Barthol
             de
             propr
             .
          
           
             Plin.
             l
             11.
             ●●t
             ▪
             hist.
          
           
             
               Ari●
               lib
               ▪
               S
               :
               cap.
            
             5
             ▪
             
          
           
             Gisn
             ▪
             
          
           
             Isod
             .
             lib
             ▪
             13.
             
          
           
             Asist.
             lib.
             2
             
          
           
             Characters
             .
             Lib
             3.
             in
             Perm
             .
             Lib.
             4.
             in
             stit
             .
             Cap.
             1.
             
             ●●
             .
             16.
             
             Acts
             ●
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Epiphan.
             cont
             ▪
             heres.
          
           
             Mat.
             9.
             16.
             17
             
          
           
             
               Calumniis
               inst.
               di
               si
               .
            
             Brownists
             goe
             beyond
             all
             other
             ●ect●ri●s
             in
             rayling
             .
          
           
             Treacherously
             seditious
             .
          
           
             ●
             Tim.
             3.
             5
             
          
           
             Sacrilegious
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             23.
             35
             ▪
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             8
             
          
           
             Acts
             5.
             3
             
          
           
             Rom
             2.
             22
             
          
           
             M●dly
             obstinate
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             244.
             
          
           
             Beware
             precedeth
             danger
             .
          
           
             Poyson
             dangerous
             ,
             heresie
             worse
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             6
             
          
           
             Cordolio
             .
          
           
             Worse
             then
             murtherers
             .
          
           
             Cu●ses
             of
             Mount
             
               Eball
               ▪
            
             D●ut.
             27.
             16
             
          
           
             To
             whom
             ▪
             
          
           
             Min●sters
             ▪
             Ezek.
             33
             
          
           
             A●●s
             ●0
             38
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4
             ●
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             25
             
          
           
             Magistrates
             .
          
           
             Isa
             44.
             28
             
          
           
             Whether
             lawful
             to
             put
             false
             Prophets
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             Examples
             .
          
           
             1
             King
             18
             40
             2
             Kin●s
             10.
             24
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             11.
             18
             
          
           
             
               B●llirg
               .
               ●ecad
               .
            
             ●●rm
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             13.
             5
             
          
           
             Sicut
             ●st
             m●sere●ordia
             puniens
             ,
             i●a
             est
             crud●lita●
             p●r●e●s
             .
             Epi.
             54.
             
          
           
             Ma●e●icta
             ●it
             caro
             Mariae
             .
          
           
             Act
             ●
             n●●l
             N●c
             p●rt
             1
             ap●●
             Cyz●z●●
             .
          
           
             3
             To
             every
             Christian
             ▪
             not
             to
             keep
             co●p●ny
             with
             t●en
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             18.
             28
             
          
           
             2
             Ioh.
             10
             
          
           
             Iohn
             5.
             10
             
          
           
             Led
             by
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             4.
             1
             
          
           
             ●
             Tim.
             4
             1
             ▪
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3
             ▪
             1
             
          
           
             Mat.
             10.
             16
             
          
           
             Psal.
             ●8
             ▪
             4
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             .
             ●5
             .
             6