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A44930	Munster and Abingdon, or, The open rebellion there [brace] and [brace] unhappy tumult here (bred in the same wombe) that from Sleidans Comm. L. 10. [brace] [brace] this from eye and eare witnesses : with marginal notes of Mvncer and Mahomet, faithfully communicated to English readers, in a booke and postscript, for a seasonable caution to the British nation and a serious check to rash and giddy spirits / by W.H.	Hughes, William, fl. 1665-1683.	1657 (1657)	Wing H3344; ESTC R39005	45,813	124

he should not cry nor lift up nor cause his voyce to be heard in the street as the mode of earthly Princes is not only did refuse to be made a king on earth but seemeth elsewhere to give the reason of it My kingdome is not of this world And it doth not yet appeare that ever he changed his mind Beside it is no doubt with them but that it was the disciples weaknesse before the powring forth of the spirit on them which they also had received by tradition from their Jewish fathers to expect Messiah's reigning in an earthly kingdome 3 Adde hereto that the proofe of such a kingdome is borrowed onely from darker prophecies and obscurer passages 4 in the booke of God not written with that Sun-beame the other is wherewith their hearts are taken up And it is worth your heeding that as t is past excuse in them who wretchedly sport the Scriptures into a very Allegory so they must beare their blame who in the prophecies thereof will looke no further than the earthy side of promised mercies The Holy Ghost so cloathing spirituall blessings then as likely most to take on children in the Churches non-age yet when she is growne up in Gospell daies would have her understand them in the sense he meant them And therefore more than once we find such prophecies of the old Testament as seeme to speake of glory and advantage to the outward yet in the New interpreted by himselfe of those belonging to the inward man And lastly 5 their great experience of small advantage by injoying so the world at will unto the spirituall part the reason why so many good words in the booke of God we find bestowed on afflictions and sad observations of their unhappy fate through an apparent hand of God therein who in an over hot pursuit of an earthy kingdome quite lose so it falls out the way onto the heavenly witnesse the former story These things cast up together are thought by some to come to somewhat that may make a sober Christian pause upon the businesse §. 19. But put the case 't were past all question that such a kingdome should sometimes be If granted not by Sin to be promoted therefore May we the while do evill that good may come upon it Or needeth the Lord Jesus our lye unto his glory Or do ye thinke and I beseech you to be serious in it it is his mind we should pull downe HIS WRITTEN LAWES IN SCRIPTVRE to set up a kingdome so darkely written there as next to not at all That nothing lesse than this way laies you in the road you travaile was seene before and I therefore hope you neede no Monitor afresh If my words will not take upon you at least let the Apostles have their errand with you They are Exhorted We beseech you BRETHREN study to be quiet doing your owne businesse Beware of suffering as evill doers or which is all one as busy bodies in other mens affaires perswade your selves 't were much more happy with us would we all make conscience more to tend the duties of those Places wherein we are than quarrell by our carriage even at Providence for placing us unto such duties Come Sirs le ts never pawne the publique peace the comfort of our soules the credit of our dearest Lord for satisfaction to a discontented humour which when it hath devoured them all will ne're be full whilst we have flesh to feede it My heart doth give me that if many of you did but see unto the end that way you enter now so boldly on doth lead 't would make your soules ride post with switch and spurre craving all helpe of heaven and earth untill you were got out againe Remember Sirs it is not usuall for men at once to arrive at the very worst No our malignant Enemy Satan leads by steps but when t is downe a steepe t is hard recovering for him especially that is far gone One evill spirit once bad welcome makes roome with ease and speede for seven other worser than himselfe Who hath not heard that litle boyes creep in at windowes to open dores for bigger theeves Why do we not lay to heart how great a matter a litle fire kindleth Sirs be intreated in the bowels of Jesus Christ to stoop betimes to Solomons counsell let thine eye looke right on and thine eyelids strait before thee Ponder the path of thy feet and let thy waies be stablished §. 20. May the Lord arise to favour Sion and repaire those saddest gaving breaches The Lord intreated and Ignorance and errour with the want of Christian love on every hand have either made upon her or do keepe open in her and turne unto his people a pure language that with one consent his Name be called on amongst them and no rest given him till he make Jerusalem the praise of all the the earth And May the same Lord in mercy rescue the honest upright soules amongst you not yet acquainted with the depthes of Satan from that unhappy snare of being longer made the staulking horse unto the Jesuiticall and Satanicall designe of those who prostitute Religion Conscience what not for homage to their accursed IDOLS ADVANTAGE and AMBITION The whole concluded This is the Authors fervent prayer for Her and you a freind how ere you take him affectionate unto Both and whose soule desireth ever to be found in doing nothing against the TRUTH but for it Hinton Berks. December 26. 1656. W. Hughes FINIS Mistakes of the Presse Epist p. 5. l. 23 d. y. ibid. l. 25. r. no. Book p. 2. l. 1. d. ta p 49. l. penult r. clashing p. 50. l. 6. to honest ad people Postscr p. 1. l. 1. marg ad P. 1. An Apology p. 2. Title r. Abington Tumult ibm l. 26. r. fire p. 4. l. 12. r. ehuseth p. 68. l. 26. after one ad once p. 69. l. penult ad 1. By their owne report p. 75. l. 1. in too d. o. p. 79. l. 7. d. the pag. 85. l. 16. r. passing p. 95. l. 7. r. title

forthwith a mighty Army should destroy all Kings and Princes one or other shewing mercy to the People only that is to those that do love righteousnesse and that he should possesse the seat of his father David untill the Father do require the Kingdome of him for the ungodly troden under foote the Saints must raigne even in this life This spoken openly John a-Leiden instātly faling on his knees and lifting up his hands to heaven cries out Men and brethren I have beene no stranger to this businesse for these many daies and yet I had no mind to publish it but now to put it out of doubt the Father hath made use of another Messenger Thus being then made King he forthwith Nulls the Twelve and as the Regall mode is Creates him Nobles Commands two Crownes a Scabbard Chaine Scepter with other such like Badges of state to be provided for him of the purest Gold Then he appointed certaine daies of hearing in all causes that required his Cognizance As often as he came in Publique he was attended with his officers and nobles of his Court. Next to him followed too young men mounted He on the right with a Crowne and Bible the other with a naked sword In like state was his Principall wife attended for he had many at that time In the hall there was erected a lofty throne of state covered with Cloth of Gold The Complaints and suits before him for the most part were of marrying or divorcing a thing now thredbare with them Insomuch that some who many yeares had lived together were now first put asunder But on a time the People standing very thick and crowded in the hall to heare Loe Cnipperdoling leapeth up and Scrabling by all foure on the Crowd he wanders to and fro upon their Tops and gaping wide mouthed on them saith to them severally The Father hath Sanctified thee receive the Holy Ghost Another day leading a dance before the King quoth he thus my litle whore and I sometimes are want to do But now the Father bad me do the same before the King And when he never would have done the King went forth offended at him Then he mounts up the throne and Playes Rex himselfe But the King the while returning puls downe my man and claps him three dayes up in prison CAP. XII A booke Printed for the Raigne of Saints And confuted THe siege continuing they write a booke publish it their Title is The Restitution Herein with other stuffe they broach That Christs kingdome shall be such before the last day of Judgment that all the ungodly every where extinct the Godly and the Elect shall raigne They tell us also that the people may turne off their Magistrates and though the Apostles were not commanded to take the Civill power into their hands yet the present Ministers of the Church ought to clayme title to the Sword and to enforce a new forme of Government Moreover that none but true Christians might be suffered in the Church and that none could be saved except they would relinquish all propriety in the Estate they had and make it common For Luther and the Pope of Rome they were both false Prophets yet Luther was the worser of the twaine And as to unbelievers Marriage t is polluted and impure nor to be reckoned say they than for whoredome and adultery Those their opinions were oppugned chiefely by Melancthon Justus Menius and Vrbanus Rhegius whose writings upon this Subject are extant very cleere and full CAP. XIII New Apostles Their Comission A few weekes after the new-sprung Prophet Spoken of before by Sound of Trumpet throughout all the Streets proclaimes that all should make appearance in their Armes at the Cathedrall-Porch because the enemy must be sent packing from the Citie At their coming thither they find a supper ready Being bad about 4000 sit downe unto it after they sup that were the while upon the guard about 1000. The King and Queene with their houshold Servants wait Having eaten and supper almost ended the King himselfe reaching bread to every one saith Take eat shew forth the death of the Lord The Queene holding out the cup saith Drink and shew forth the death of the Lord. This done the foresaid Prophet steps up into a pulpit askes them whether they would obey the word of God All saying yea quoth he It is the fathers command that Teachers of the word should be sent forth about eight and twenty who going into the foure quarters of the world may preach the doctrine famous in this City Then names he them directs the way that every one should take Six were dispatched to Osenbruge as many unto Warendorse eight unto Susat the like number unto Cosfield Afterwards the King and Queene sit downe to supper with their other servants and those appointed for the progresse At supper the king starts up sayes that he hath a litle businesse the father hath commanded It chanced there was a certaine Souldier taken him as another Judas the King accused of treason and himselfe beheads him This done he returned to supper and merily brags of that his brave exploit Having sup'd the foresaid 28 are sent away within night a litle and besides provisions for their journy every man hath his peece of Gold which in the places where their doctrine is refused they are bid to leave behind them as a token of their future destruction and eternall ruine for contempt of peace and such a saving doctrine CAP. V. The Apostles behaviour And entertainement where they come WHen they departing came into their severall places with a loud out cry through the streets That men repent or looke for suddaine ruine They spread their garments on the ground before the magistrate and threw the Golden peeces that they had receiv'd thereon assuring them that the father sent them to offer peace unto them which if they would imbrace they must make common what they had but if they did refuse then hereby as an earnest they did protest against this wickednesse of theirs and ingratitude For now the time is come whereof all the Prophets spake when through all the world God will have righteousnesse be embraced And when the King in doing of this dutie shall bring the businesse unto such a passe that righteousnesse raigne in every place then shall it be that Christ deliver up the Kingdome to his father Talking at this rate they are laid hold off and freindly first then on the rack examin'd of their faith and life and of the Cities Strength They answer that only they themselves held the true Doctrine and they would beare witnesse to it at the perill of their lives For from the very Apostles time neither had the word of God beene truly taught nor any righteousnesse set a foot There are in all foure Prophets and no more two righteous ones David and John a-Leiden two wicked the Pope and Luther and this the worser of the twaine Being asked why against their

promise given they banished honest men the City seizing on their goods and wives and Children and by what place of Scripture could they prove and maintaine that righteousnesse of theirs They say this is the time Christ spake of that the meeke should inherit the earth and in this manner heretofore God gave the Egyptians goods unto the Isralites Speaking afterwards of the forces and provisions of the citie they confesse most men have above five wives and that they looked for forces out of Friezland and from Holland as soone as ere they come the King will march forth with all his Army and subdue the world unto himselfes putting to death the Kings for not administring Justice Having beene examined when they would bide by what they were nor acknowledge any Magistrate besides their King Death was their doome yet one of them escaped CAP. XV. The King makes Dukes and Halbaltiers Their Encouragement BY this the City was so close begirt that there was no way of getting out for any the Citizens therefore fearing famine and troubled at the danger they were in had thoughts to apprehend the King and deliver him bound unto the Bishop The King that by some tokens Smelt the businesse out makes choice of twelve out of all the heap that he judged most faithfull and calls them Dukes assigning unto every of them some part of the City to defend and also yeomen of the Guard to prevent commotions Then did he promise all the people that at Easter they should be quit both of Siege and want together But for the Dukes he chose far greater matters are assured to them they shall be Lords and Masters as he tells them yea and particularly layes out what Province Castles and Mannors each should have None but the Lantgrave should be spared he said because he hoped at last he would strike in with him CHAP. XVI More Princes meet The besieged admonished ABove we told you of a meeting called at Confluence in the month December of those states that were within the Province of Rhene with them associated of his owne accord John Frederick Prince Elector of Saxony The businesse duly weighed in that assembly speedy aydes are ordered to the Bishop of horse three-hundred and three thousand foot for six months space Over these forces and the whole warre Wirich Earle of Oberstene is made Generall 'T is ordered also that all other states within the Empire shall be sollicited for assistance And because Caesar was in Spaine that King Ferdinand be desired against Aprill next for this to call a Dyet Then sent they letters sharply to admonish the besieged to leave off their course which is so both dishonest and ungodly as nothing more except they yeild and submit them to their lawfull Magistrate they tell them plainly that the whole Empire will not be wanting to assist the Bishop This was about Decembers end They answere the 13th day of January 1535. with words enough but litle to the purpose Yet so as too commend and justifie their undertakement but as to what had beene objected about the King they coyned they are quite dumb to that CAP. XVII Anabaptists write to the Lantgrave The Answers They Reply c. BUt in their private letters to the Lantgrave they would faine excuse themselves talking much about the ruine and destruction of all the wicked about the liberty and dominion of the godly in this life and herewith send him the booke of Restitution that I spake of They admonish him also to repent and not like other Princes wicked men wage warre against them harmlesse soules and Gods people The Lantgrave having read the Letter and the booke notes what he did dislike therein and orders some of his to answer And since they very briefely but somewhat blindly wrote their king was not so much of theirs as of Gods appointment He askes them why they did not shew those Scriptures whence they thought this course was lawfull and why they had not first confirmed it by signes and wonders For of Christs coming God by all his Prophets long before foretold so evidently that not only of what tribe or stock but also when and where he should be borne was cleerely manifest T was also their desire to have a hearing of their cause Hereto the Lantgrave answeres Now there was no roome for that since they had usurped authority and were the Authors of so much mischiefe For all men see whereat they ayme even to the overthrowing lawes and common-wealths And as their course is palpably wicked and villanous so also the desire of having cognizance taken of their Cause is faigned and counterfeit That for his part he had sent them faithfull ministers of the Church by whom he is sure they have beene well instructed But whereas by their nasty doctrine they revolt from their Magistrate Seize on other mens estates take many wives chuse a new King deny Christ to have taken humane nature of the Virgin Mary assert free will force men to make all common deny forgivenesse to a lapsed sinner These all are both against the lawes of God and men This answer brought them they fall againe to scribling and send withall a booke composed in the vulgar speech Of Scripture Mysteries In their Epistle they put new trimming on their cause and reinforce their principles but in the booke we speake of they divide the whole worlds age from first to last into three periods the first they tell us from Adam unto Noah perished by a floud the other wherein we are shall by fire the third shall be new all over wherein reigneth righteousnesse But before this last appeare the present must be changed with fire Yet that 's not like to be till Antichrist be revealed and his power quite subdued Then shall it be that the decayed throne of David shall be erected and Christ obtaine his Kingdome in the earth and all the writings of the Prophets he fulfilled For the present world is as the age of Esau for both herein is justice silenced and the godly are afflicted But as from Babylons captivity so also now from so great miseries the time of deliverance and restoring is at hand and the wickednesse of the wicked shall be abundantly recompenced to them as is signified in the Revelation But this restoring shall precede the world to come that all ungodly men trod under foot a seat and habitation may be prepared for righteousnesse The Lantgrave having received their booke commends it to some Ministers of the Church with him to draw up the confutation of it CAP. XVIII Free Cities meet at Esling The Result THe decree that was made at Confluence some few cities that were present utterly disliked and say they will send notice home against it After all the other cities of the Empire meete at Esling and there they come to this Conclusion that they who met before at Confluence had not to do to impose any charge on them for that therein there ought to be