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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05943	The royall advocate. Or, An introduction to the magnificent and honourable laws of Jehovah the Lord Christ, now contaminated and despised by the present army-men of this nation. Asserting and controverting the holinesse, righteousness, perfectnesse, and universallity thereof, of divine right: in opposition to the heathenish, and antichristian laws, traditions, and vaine imaginations of the past and present, pretended Christian magistrates of this nation which they yet so much dote upon and endeavour to support, against the alone law giver, lord of heaven and earth, god of gods, king of kings, and lord of lords. / Published by John Spittle-house, now a prisoner for his testimony against the idolatry and tryanny of the present army men, priests, lawyers &c ...	Spittlehouse, John.	1655 (1655)	Wing S5014; ESTC R184541	66,921	80

The Royall ADVOCATE OR An Introduction to the Magnificent and Honourable Laws of Jehovah the Lord Christ now contaminated and despis●d by the present Armym●n of this NATION Asserting and Controverting the Holinesse Righteousnes Perfectnesse and Vniversallity thereof of Divi●● Right In opposition to the Heathe●ish and Antic●ristian Laws Traditions and vaine imaginations of the past and present pretended Christian Magistrates of this Na●●●n which they yet so much dote upon and endeavour ●●●upport against the alone Law giver L●rd o● heaven and earth God of Gods King of Kings and Lord of Lords Published by John Spittle-house now a prisoner for his Testimony ag●i●st the Idolatry and Tyranny of the present Army men Priests L●wyers c. For the Information of the followers o● th● Lambe now appearing as the Lyon of the tribe of Judah Mat. 15. 7 8. Ye Hypocr●●es well did El●●●h prophesie of you saying This people draweth nigh unto m● wi●h their mouth and honoureth me with ●heir li●s but their heart is far from me But in vain do they worship me teaching for Doctrines the commandements of men whether in things Civill or Spirituall Mat. 23. 13 14. Wo unto you Scribes Pharisees Hypocrites for ye shut up ●he Kingdome of Heaven against men for ye neither go in your selves neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in Therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation LONDON Printed for the Authour and are to be sold at the Crown in Popes-Head-Alley 1655. To the now contaminated Saints and Servants of God and yet faithfull followers of the Lamb in this crooked and perverse generation under the notion of the fifth Monarchy-men and enemies of all Magistracy and Ministry with all others whom it may concern Dear Brethren and Friends THe Providence of God is not unaptly compared to the wheels of a Clock which albei● they run variously yet they agree harmoniously to the producing of that end to which they are appointed and therefore notwi●hstanding the affairs of this Nation have for some time had a contrary motion to the general expectation of the people of God which probably hath been the cause of all the flaggings and secret murmu●ings and repinings among them as though the Lord had forgotten to be gracious or to perform his peromises yet if we search narrowly into the mind and ●ill of Jehovah we shall prove no better by our incredulity than the Disciples of our blessed Saviour Luk. 24. 25. i. e. fools and and slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets and the Lord Jesus and his Apostles have spoken shall come to passe in the last dayes as for instance the present Apostacies of the Army and several of the foolish though virgin Churches in this Nation in point of external ordinances i. e. those that have lately subscribed their approbation of this present Government we now live under to be of God and such as ought to be complied with as the Saints have formerly done to the Governments of Heathen Potentates without the least consideration of the prohibition which the Lord Jesus hath made and appointed against the worship of the Beast and his Image o● that receiveth his mark in his forehead or in his hand or his Name or number of his name and that under the pain and penalty of drinking of the wine of the wrath of God powred out without mixture into the cup of his indignation and that they shall be tormented wi●h Fire and Brimstone in the presence of the holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb and that the smoak of their torment shall ascend up for ever and ever and that they shall have no rest day nor night who worship the Beast and his Image c. Rev. 14 9 10 1● hath doubtlesse been a great stumbling block in the way of Gods people ●o what they are now in expectation of and therefore to the end that all men may see and know that the present Government runs paralel with the Beast and that the sa●●●●pro●●●● ●●●one presumptuously are guilty of the aforementio●●● punish●●●●s ●or so doing wil appear 1. From the ingagement of the Army against the late King and his Monarchy as one of the ten horns of the Beast guilty of the blood of the Saints 2. By the joynt con 〈…〉 of those very persons whom it is to be feared have now presumptuously worshipped the Image of the Beast c. witnesse their preaching praying fasting and fighting against that Government the image of which they now so much hug and imbrace and are now grown so shamefully impudent as to declare the same to be of God 3. By the Descent of the present Government from the fall of Adam i● having run through the veins of all the Idolaters and Tyrants that have been unto this day as in the ensuing Treati●e will appear and that by the Testimony of the Grand new ●●●at●● Doc●our of the times Mr. John Owen who hath been very much assisting unto me in the proof thereof as you will also find 4. By the clear Testimony of Mr. Tillinghast in his Epistle to his late Book titled the Knowle●● of the times so that the apostacies of the aforenamed person and persons if rightly used may rather conduce to the great advantage of Gods people and to the strengthening and confirming of the faith and confidence of those that hold fast their integrity i. e. that the Great day of the Lord is at hand and that judgement is now begun at the house of God that the Lords fire is now kindled in Sion and his furnace h●ating in Jerusalem that the Refiners fire is now melting away the tinne and drosse from 〈…〉 s jewels that the Fullers sope is now scowring up the garments of the Saints making them white and clean i. e. by a pure and unspotted life and conversation that they may now be as a City set upon the top of an hill or as a Candle put into a Candlestick to give a light to the inhabitants that they may approve themselves children of the light and of the day that their light may so shine before men that they may see their good actions and so be a means to stir them up to glorifie their Father which is in heaven for our blessed Saviour hath foretold that it shall be in the last dayes or time of his coming to judgement as it was in the dayes of Noah Mat. 24. 37. c. at which time it is clear from Gen. 6. that there hapned a very great apostacy in those persons who went under the Notion of the sons of God v. 2. by means of which the sins of that world became ripe for judgement every imagination of the thoughts of their hearts being then evil and that continually v. 5. and therefore seeing the said Proph●sie is now so evidently fulfilled before our eyes both in reference to the Army onely a few cordiall and thrice noble Commanders who rather than they would become a reproach and scandal to