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A Second beacon fired humbly presented to the Lord Protector and the Parliament by the publishers of the first : with their humble petition, that they would do what may be expected from Christian magistrates, in suppressing blasphemous books.
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Fawne, Luke, d. 1666.
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Farnworths Generall good to all People 14. That men cloathed with the Name of God and Religion are generally the most dangerous and deceitfull men in the whole world for instance Aaron the Kings Priests and Prophets in both Old and New Testaments nor can it be otherwise whilest Kings and Priests claim a right from God to be above other men Norwoods Additional Discourse 15. That man is a right rule yea the rule of all things Ibid. 16. That God never did nor doth nor possibly can hurt us and therefore not to be feared Norwoods Pathway 17. That Unbeleevers that are under the Law should keep the seventh day Sabbath from the Creation but beleevers must keep the Lords day Braines New Earth 18. That the worship that is performed by the people of England in fellowship with the Ministers thereof is heathenish worship Easter Reckoning 19. That those Ministers that sing Davids Psalms baptize Infants wear double cuffs or boothose tops take Tithes say men are not perfect in this world and but sanctified in part or that say the Letter of the Scripture or the written Word is the Light and Word of God and that salvation is in the Scripture and call the four Books of Matthew Mark Luke and John the Gospel are Seducers nor Ministers of the Word and shew the spirit of errour Easter Reckoning 20. That acquired Learning by its self and of its own nature is nothing else but sin and can no more truly and properly said to be sanctified then sin Websters Book 21. That it is a Question whether the godly actions of Saints are duties or priviledges Ibid. 22. That those who in print say The Ministers of England are of the Synagogue of Satan and know nothing of God but are enemies of God being guided by the spirit of errour without among dogs whose humility is fained That their Sermons are fleshly fancies and Conjurations dirty miry Doctrine a stinking puddle That their hearts are filthy deceitful seeking praise from men That they are scandalous folluwing the waies of Balaam and Cain worse then Simon Magus knowing nothing of the life of the Gospel That they are heathens wallowing in the mire and filth of the flesh on whom all the Plagues of God are to be powred blinde guides proud Baals Priests Lyars Blasphemers Enemies to Christ Jesus Murtherers Sorcerers Whoremongers Children of disobedience greedy dumb dogs Witches Antichrists Antichrists Merchants Robbers Deceivers Ministers of the world Conjurers Devils of a Serpentine nature a Brazen fac't Beast Covetous Idolatrous Priests Theeves Devilish Priests Priests of the world Foxes Ministers of Antichrist Proud Pharisees Envious malicious Priests Egyptians Sodomites Gog and Magog a Seed of evil doers children of the devil Blinde Watchmen Back-biters Raylers Seducers Taskmasters of Egypt Devouring Lions Firebrands of hell Sonnes of Belial are themselves notwithstanding holy perfect new creatures called out of the world an humble meek innocent people yea though they are the maintainers of the errours contained in this Paper Out of most of the Books before and after quoted 23. That none are Ministers of God and called by him who are sent forth by authority of man Farnworths Answer to Pet. 24. That he who is not infallible in his judgement when he gives counsell and advice is no Minister of Christ Ibid. To the Law and to the Testimony Antimagistraticall Errours 25. That the Magistrates are not to have Titles of Worshipfull or Right Worshipfull Ibid. 26. That the Subjects of a Common-wealth which is not the Common-wealth of Israel are to disturb and destroy that Common-wealth Ibid. 27. That no civil Government is to be acknowledged but the Government of the Law within us Ibid. 28. That in the Apostolicall Precept Let every Soul be subject to the Higher Powers By power is meant God the Father of Jesus Christ and by King the Lord of Hosts Farnworths Gen. Good to all people 29. That no man having the absolute intire Rule and Government of himself in himself inseparably united to him in his very essence and being none whomsoever upon any pretence whatsoever may or ought to challenge assume or exercise in any measure in any kinde or sort any right or power with him or over him herein for he was made perfect which admits of no supplement and is commanded to have no other God Norwoods Additionall Discourse 30. That in a people no one or more part or parts whatsoever can in any proper and true sense be called or said to be the Soveraigne or Supream Norwoods Pathway to Englands settlement 31. That as we finde not any rule or dominion given unto one man over another in the beginning neither is it so now here Ibid. 32. That the Souldier shall take down the Law-rule or Government that is by the Commons in Parliament as being of the fourth Monarchy Brains New Earth 33. That the Civil Magistrate hath not any positive power to punish any man or restrain any for their light judgment conscience opinion or way of worship if so be they act or speak nothing that is destractive or destructive to the Civil Power or tending to the breach of the Peace or to injure one another The reason is because the Magistrate man as he is naturall knoweth not what is Blasphemy Errour or Idolatry they are foolishnesse unto him neither can he discern them Websters Book 34. That under the fifth Monarchy now setting up the world must be governed without the mixture as now is of mens Laws and Inventions whether in respect of Magistracy or Ministry Church or Civil affairs Declaration of Church members walking with Mr Feake Dr Chamberline Mr Highland Mr Barbone c. What true Christian can reade or hear such things as these without much trouble of soul and spirituall indignation How can the Friends of Christ chuse but endeavour the stopping of this mouth of Blasphemies But alas for some years last past either there have been none that could or at least that would do it So that the children of Zion have only spread the blasphemies and errours of the time before their God who in answer to their praiers we hope hath by his Providence assembled you conjoyned and united your Powers and Councels to try if you will own him as your King by suppressing the grand Traitors and Treasons against his Majesty Will Heathens allow men to blaspheme their false gods Oh ye Rulers of these Nations kisse the Son lest he be angry and ye perish in the way and if your rule power sitting should miscarry upon this account you will come off with more honour and quieter consciences then shall accompany any Successor or Successors in his or their taking part with the enemies of God by a boundlesse Toleration And now we hope your Highnesse and your Honours will consider that the Printing and Publishing so many thousands of such Books aforesaid argues that there are many buyers and the many buyers argue a great infection by them which like a Gangrene spreads
A Second BEACON FIRED Humbly Presented to the LORD PROTECTOR AND THE PARLIAMENT By the Publishers of the First With their humble Petition that they would do what may be expected from Christian Magistrates in suppressing Blasphemous Books For Sions sake we cannot hold our peace ANCHORA SPEI LONDON Printed for the Subscribers hereof 1654. A Second Beacon Fired THat supream Magistrates ought to have a care of their peoples souls in keeping from them the pestilentiall infection of Idolatry and Blasphemy as well as of their temporall weale is so well known unto You as also the danger of knowing the Masters will and not doing it that it would be needlesse for the most able men to teach You and therefore great presumption in us But for the danger that these Nations are in of being overspread with Popery Socinianisme and inchanting Quakerisme may not be known to many of You or at least through other great affairs not throughly considered of as through Gods blessing it may be upon a true and faithfull information Be pleased therefore to give us leave to reminde You 1. Of the contrivances and actings of the Papists to introduce their Religion 1. By sending forth their Emissaries disguised under the name of Army-men Church-members and Anabaptists as we are able to demonstrate 2. By their setting up an Hierarchy and Consistory consisting of an Arch-Bishop with other dependents on him in this Nation as appears by the Lord Protectors testimony in his late Speech viz. We know very well that Emissaries of the Jesuites never came in those swarmes as they have done since these things were set on foot And I tell you that divers Gentlemen here can bear witnesse with me how that they have had a Consistory abroad that rules all the affairs of things in England from an Arch-Bishop with other Dependants upon him And they had fixed in England of which we are able to produce the particular Instruments in most of the Limits of the Cathedrals an Episcopal-power with Arch-Deacons c. And had persons authorized to exercise and distribute those things who pervert and deceive the people Thus far the Lord Protector 3. By their publishing in the years 1650 1651 1652 18 severall sorts of Popish Books in the English tongue an Impression of each in all as we have cause to judge no lesse then 30000 and all printed in London we are sure the Names whereof do here follow 1. The Golden Treatise of Vincentius Lirinensis 2. The Verity of Christian Faith 3. The Felicity of a Christian Life 4. The Profit of Beleeving 5. Saint Austin's Care for the Dead 6. Parson's Resolutions 7. Sales his Introduction 8. The lost Sheep returned home or The motives of the Conversion to the Catholike Faith of Tho. Vaine D. D. 9. A Missive to his Majesty K. James by Dr Carrier 10. The Love of the Soul by G. M. 11. A Manifest touching Mr. W. P. Aversion from the Protestant Congregation and his Conversion to the Catholique Church 12. The Examination of the late Act of the Convocation at Oxford containing their Reasons against the Scottish Covenant and Presbytery 13. The Right Religion Evinced by L. B. 14. Prayer to the Saints Vindicated by F. P. 15. A prudent and secure Choice being a sure Land-mark to all those who have been tossed to and fro in these wavering times by H. G. 16. A Treatise of Schisme by Scot 17. The Christian Sodality or Catholique Hive of Bees by E. P. alias Gage as is said 18. The Christian Moderator All which we humbly minded the Parliament of with the Contents of each Book in a Book two years ago printed called The Beacon set on fire And we are very sure that since that time there hath been printed divers Impressions of other Popish Books not there named 2. Of the great increase of Socinianisme Quakerisme and other fundamentall Errours 1. By the publick meetings and Exercises that Socinians have in London and elsewhere every week blasphemously holding and teaching their damnable doctrines 2. By the like meetings of Quakers in London whose opinions are Blasphemous Paganish Antiscriptural and Antichristian even as the former 3. By the Printing and Publishing many thousands of Books containing Blasphemous Hereticall and Antimagistraticall opinions tending to unchristian and disorder the people of the Nations and introduce Paganisme Popery Socinianisme and Libertinisme A tast of the loathsome poysonous blasphemous Errours contained in the foresaid Books we do herewith humbly present unto you to provoke your zeal against them A Catalogue of some of those Blasphemies and Errours that have been Published within these two or three years last past 1. THat no Opinion is damnable or that a man may be saved in any Religion A Discourse touching the Peace of the Church Chap. 5. 2. That Christ is a meer man not having any other nature besides his humane nature Bidles Confession of Faith Article 3. 3. That the holy Ghost is not God but only the chief of the ministring Spirits Bidle 4. That God hath a similitude or shape hath his place in the heavens hath also affections or passions Bidles Preface to his Catechisme 5. That in case any assurance of the unchangeablenesse of Gods love were to be found in or regularly deduced from the Scriptures it were a just ground to any intelligent man to question their Authority and whether they were from God or no Redemption Redeemed p. 335. 6. That water-Baptisme is to be laid aside Dell the Doctrine of Baptisme 7. That if any man consider diligently he will finde the Scripture and all ordinary Catechismes are at so wide a distance that he will begin to question whether the Catechists gave any heed at all to what they wrote and did not only themselves refuse to make use of their reason but presume that their Readers also would do the same Bidles Preface to his Catechisme 8. That Christs death did not reconcile God to us but only us to God Bidle Catechisme p. 68. 9. That we are not justified by Christs imputed righteousnesse but by faith and by good works Bidle Catech. p. 82 96. 10. That the wicked shall not live for ever in torments but shall be annihilated and utterly perish after the judgement Bidle Cat. p. 133 135. 11. That the righteous enter into life for their good-works Bidle brief Script Catch 12. That the Sacraments in use among us are not appointed in the Scripture Farnworths Answer to a Petition 13. That the light of God that is in all meu viz. naturall conscience the spirit of a man being the candle of the Lord is sufficient if we give heed unto it to discover all sin inform us of all duties change our wils turn our hearts from all sinne unto God to delight in God and to shew us the way to salvation And that this light within every man is the grace of God and that spirit which searcheth all things even the deep things of God yea that it is Christ in us