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Imperfect: pages stained, with loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Society of Friends -- Controversial literature. Processions, Religious. A30547 R29163 (Wing B6032). civilwar no A testimony against a great idolatry committed: and a true mourning of the Lords servant upon the many considerations of his heart, upon tha Burrough, Edward 1658 3690 8 0 0 0 0 0 22 C The rate of 22 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2004-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2004-02 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2004-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-04 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A TESTIMONY . Against a Great IDOLATRY COMMITTED : And a true MOURNING OF THE LORDS SERVANT UPON The many Considerations of his heart , upon that occasion of the great stir about an Image made and carryed from on● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 another , happening the 23. day of the ninth Month. By E. B. LONDON , Printed for Thomas Simmons , at the Bull and Mouth neer Aldersgate , 1658. A Testimony against a great Idolatry committed , &c. IT came to passe and happened , that being at Kingston upon Thames , the 22. day of the ninth Month , it was ordered the next morning that I came from thence to London , and as I entred in at Charing-Cross , I beheld a very great multitude of people gathering together , and thronging , and pressing exceedingly , and the whole streets were filled from one side to another , upwards and downwards , so far as I could see , with abundance gazing forth at every Window , and upon the Belconies , and house tops , and the glasse was pulled down for people to look out into the streets , and an exceeding number of people there was , all the streets so thronged , that I thought it could not be possible that any more could throng in , or pass by , and there was Guards of Soldiers both of Horse and Foot , and they stayed me , and stopped my Horse , and said I might not pass that way , neither indeed could I well , by reason of the throng of people ; and I stayed a very little , but presently passed back another way , in a kind of wondering at this great stir I found in my way 〈…〉 I beheld all spirits of people were up in a wonderment and admiration , and gazing they were , and hurrying , as if some marvelous and great thing had happened to them , or were to be seen by them ; & I felt the spirits of men , women , and children were all on fire , and they were in an admiring frame , and in a condition not usual : And as I passed along , I turned in my mind to see of the Lord what this thing might be , and what might be the end of it , and why was this gathering , and running , and thronging of multitudes in this manner , and in this frame ; and presently upon consideration , I perceived that a dead Image and invented picture would be carryed that way , and that all this pressing and stir , and the gathering of this great multitude , was onely to see and behold a dead Image without life or breath ; and then my spirit was grieved , and my soul was vexed within me , and it run through me , Vanity , vanity , folly , and madness ; What is all this setting of Guards , gathering of people in such thronging multitudes , and pulling down the Glass , and gazing of men , women , and children , high and low , rich and poor , people of all sorts that were come together ? Is all this wondering of people , and inflaming of spirits in this admiring mood ? Is all this ( said I ) but to see a dead invented Image of Wood or Wax , arrayed and decked with some foolish inventions ? Said my spirit , Oh abominable ! Oh Idolatry ! Oh folly and vanity ! and my life was grieved ; What is all this preparation of people in this wondering frame ▪ but to behold an Image carryed , and to see simple foolish people following after it in their Idolatrous Robes and gestures ▪ such who had invented it , and been at cost with it ? and then my spirit was burthened , and the very smell of Idolatry and abomination entred upon me , and the weight of all this iniquity came into me , and vexed the righteous , and the very sence of this abomination seised upon my life , and I felt the burthen of their so great wickedness , the making the Image , I felt a burthen , and all the foolish circumstances about it for many days , and the peoples folly and madness that so gathered and pressed to behold it , and so wondered after it , was a burthen to me ; and they that carryed it in their foolish gestures ; all this is iniquity and abomination , said my spirit ; and I was loaden therewith , and said , Certainly the judgements of God will meet with this Work , and the Lord will be avenged because of it , and their souls should once feel the burthen of it with terror , as mine at this present ; & it came into me , It might be some would be wounded or pressed to death , or some wickedness would come out of this wickedness , that the anger of the Lord might break forth and smite such as were the foundation of this sinful abomination ; and my spirit had a deep sence of the greatness and sinfulness of this high and mighty Idolatry , and it wounded me , and made me sad ; but immediately ( from that temper ) on a very sudden my spirit was changed , and I was filled with the indignation of the Lord God against this Image , and this stir about it ; his plagues , and fury , and fire run through me , to cry , Plagues , Plagues , and Vengeance against them because of this abomination ; and I found my spirit set on fire with the very power of God rising in me against this Idolatry , that if I had been moved to it , and it been possible to have done it , I could have ridden through the Guards , and over the multitude , to have founded the judgements of God , and his woes , amongst them , and through them , and I could then have engaged the loss of my life , that the Lord might have been revenged upon this Image , and Image-makers , and Image-followers , and Image-wonderers after , that my soul might be freed from its present burthen , through this grievous wickedness ; Said I , What silly , foolish , blind , ignorant people are these ! What a power hath the Devil over them ! And how are they led captive at his will ! What an influence hath the fight of a dead Image upon their dead hearts and carnal minds ! Was ever the like , said I ? Is there greater abomination at Rome ? What blindness and sencelesness is over the hearts of this people ? And after this manner for a good season after , my spirit within me aggravated and unfolded this great abomination , tumbling it over and over in my own breast , with a secret pitty for their souls which were ensnared and captivated through all this Wickedness . But further , I considered that all this abomination & sinful Idolatry , is about the Funeral of the late Oliver Cromwel ; then said I , What for him ! Alas for him ! who was once a great Instrument in the hand of the Lord to break down many Idolatrous Images and grievous Idols ; and did not the Lord once stir up his heart against all such things ? And did not once his Children , Officers , and his brave Soldiers and Army , pull down all the Images and Crosses , and all such like Popish stuff , where ever they met with it ? And said my spirit , What grievous and abominable Work is this ? Have they now made a costly Image of him ? and are such as were once his Soldiers , now guarding it , and watching over it ? and his Children and Officers following it ? and multitudes of the Inhabitants of London wondering and gazing after an Image of him ? This is sad , said I , and great pitty ; What a change is this in so short a time ? Was it but a few years since that he , and his Army , and his Servants , and Children , and Officers were so zealous to overthrow Images , Pictures , and Idols , that they could not endure the sight and worshipping of them ? and have they now made an Image of him , which his Officers , Children , and Kindred are carrying from place to place , and following it , and multitudes caused to wonder after it ? What a change is this , said I ? Oh sad ! Are people running after Images again , as in the time of Popery ? And have they made an Image , and deckt it with costly array , and set it up for people to visit a long time , and then haling it from place to place ? Are they doing this in London , as they do at Rome amongst Papists ? This is pittiful ; but how comes it to pass ? I began to consider , and said , I knew the man when he was living , and had the knowledge of his spirit , and I was perswaded if it had been asked him in his life time , if such work should be acted about him , such an Image made like him , and laid for so long time in a sumptuous place and manner , and then carryed by his Friends , and Children , and Kindred , and Army , and then set up in such a place , and be removed from place to place ; I say , I believe he would have denyed it , and said , It shall not be thus for me when I am dead ; I suppose he would not have suffered it thus to have been ; he was more wise I thought ; he would have said ; Nay ; What , to make an Image of me , and deck it diversly from one form to another , and visit it , and then carry it from place to place , up and down ! this will be a shame to my children , and a disgrace to my Kindred , and a reproach to my Officers and whole Army , and all the Nation will mock and be offended , and they may say , These are they that were once enemies to all Images and dead Idols , and pull'd them down , and broke them down ; and are these now making an Image , and setting it up , and wondering after it from place to place ? Nay , ( might he have said ) if thus it be done , they at Rome may laugh us to scorn , and the Papists may say , we have learned of them , and put their persons from among us , and banished , and kill'd them , and set up their practices : Sure he would have said thus , or I 'm certain the Witness of God in his conscience might truly have said it , because it is truth . But upon another consideration , I said this is come to pass after this manner , though he was once zealous against all popery , yet he did too much forgett that good cause , and too much sought the greatness and honor of the World , and loved the praise of men , and took flattering titles and vain respects of deceitful men , and many great abominations were upheld through him , as tythes , and old mass-houses , and ordaining of ministers by mans will , and the false worships , and sprinkling of infants , and such like popish stuff first invented at Rom● ; and he suffered the servants of the Lord to be persecuted , and imprisoned , for denying and crying against such things as were popish , and which himself sometime seemed to deny , and because of this , said I , this may justly be come to pass , that an Idolatrous Image and Picture , should be made of him when he is dead , and decked , and laid in a sumptuous manner , and visited , and then carried from place to place , ( as was usuall in the time of popery ) for multitudes of foolish people to gaze upon , and wonder after , and admire , and praise ; that all men might see the first cause is lost , and that zeale which his kindred and army had once in their hearts against popery is extinguished , and people are turned again to gaze after Images , which is popish ; for such practises that day between Somersett-house and Westminster were first ordained at Rome , and practised by the papists ; and he that suffered many to be imprisoned , for denying and crying against such worships and practises as were in themselves Popish ; and which he himself once fought against ▪ it 's happened now when he is dead , and it s suffered that they should make a fool of him in a popish way and manner , for such practises is no other then foolery and foolishness , tending to the dishoner of a good man ; but in the midest of my considerations , a pitty struck through me for once noble Oliver that is now dead , and his place no more found , and I was greived he should be thus abused being dead , by such stir about an Image made of him , for many weeks together as hath been , and I began to recall my former acquaintance with him , and the former dealings of God towards him , and what a gallant instrument for the Lord he once was , and how many glorious and noble victories , God once gave him , and what good parts , and what a gallant spirit there was in him , and how once he shewed me , and declared what the former dealings of the Lord had been upon his soul , and how he was troubled in conscience formerly , and my spirit run through many such things , with a great deal of seriousness & pitty ; & then said I alas ! alas ! is it ended all in this , all his former good service for God and the nations , all his victories , and his goood actions , and his beating down of superstition ? is this the end of it all ? the making of an Image and carrying it from place to place ? is it ended all here ? what formerly he hath been , and what he hath done ? how hath this cloud of folly , cast a stink and darkness upon his former brightness and glory , and nobleness ? and is this the end and finall farewell of once noble Oliver ? what only the sight of an Image carryed and set up ? hath the City of London and the nations no better Memento of him ? but oh ! had he been faithfull to the end to God , he would have left a more lively and heavenly character to have bin read for his sake , then an Image of him , and such idolatrous practises ; and my life could have sorrowed upon some considerations passing through me about this business , and for ▪ some hours my spirit could not rest , and in the very time it lay upon me to write this ; and after all this said my spirit , where is all the old priests now , and his ancient teachers whom once had a great zeal against all these things , and against all such practises ? Where are they now , are they blind also said I , that they cannot see this abominable idolatry and cry against it : had they any hand in it ? or were they consenters to these things ? what is become of them ? is their zeal for the Lord , and against idolatry quite gone , thought I , they might have prevented this disgrace to their old master , who hath served them well , and set them in great places and put them in large Benefices , and they might have done somthing for him when he is dead , and have prevented this folly , and idolatry , which is acted upon him this day ; for certainly all people in the nation that fear God , will be offended , and judge in their hearts such work ; the framing of an Image , and sounding trumpets , and beating drums before it , and cloathing horses in mourning , and trayleing their pikes , and even the very honourable of the nation clad in mourning , and following this Image , and all this stir , and cost , and preparation for many weeks before hand , and such decking in mourning attire of great and noble men , and all but to accompany an Image from one place to another , whereby people are deceived , who might look upon it to be the buriall of Oliver Protector , when as it was but an Image made by hands , and decked and trimed in a vain manner , as if it had been some poppet play , which if it had been indeed his bones they had accompanied to the grave in such a manner , that had been less condemnable , and I should not had ought against it ; but for the wise men in the nation to be chief in these things , and to exercise themselves in such folly and vanity ; this greives the righteous soul , and if I should justify it , the Lord would condemne me ; but the shame will fall upon themselves that acted it , and chiefly upon their priests and teachers , because they were consenting to such vanity and peice of popery as this was ; and had these old docters and teachers feared God , and their hearts bin a right towards him , they would have endeavored the stopping of this abomination , and another way might have been thought upon whereby a more lively and godly Monument of their old Master might have stood to generations ; What shall the making , and visiting , and carrying , and setting up of a dead Image for foolish people to gaze upon , and run wondering after in their wicked mindes , Must this be all the Monument ? And shall we have no other representation of once noble Cromwel ? Is his life and former glory , and nobleness , shadowed with the sight of a dead Image ? Alas ! this presents nothing at all to such as fears God , but folly and ignorance , vanity and idolatry , and when they look upon it they shall be grieved in their spirits , and vexed when they can find no more monument of that once noble man , but an invented Image and Picture , and the priests shall be ashamed , and may have the greatest rebuke , for they that lead the people have caused them to erre . And now upon the whole matter , from the very beginning to the end thereof ▪ I do declare against it , and that a fearfull abomination hath bin committed in the sight of the Lord , in relation to this Image , and you have vex't the Lords soul , and his hand you shall feel upon your consciences , and the weight thereof in the time to come , the spending of so much of the creation , and wasting money and other things , the Lord will lay to your charge ; and the whole City hath been abused with running and wondering after the work of your own hands . And now all you that have gone to gaze and wonder after an Image , What saw you ? What beheld you ? What wondered you after ? Ought , except folly and vanity , and a dead Image , whereby the man and his Nobility was abused , in honor to whom they say it was done . And when many days were spent , what were you the better ? What were you edified ? Were you not convinced of your own folly ? and might not your own wickedness reprove you ? And did not the light in your own consciences check you , and prick you , and condemne your vain minds that wondred after folly ? though now you may be hardened , yet one day you shall confess when the witness of God in you doth arise , and bring all your deeds to remembrance , then shall you say this work was abomination & a great sin in them who invented it , and caused it to be brought forth , and in your selves that foolishly wondred after it , and the judgements of the Lord are against all these things . E. B. The End .