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A36903	The informer's doom, or, An unseasonable letter from Utopia directed to the man in the moon giving a full and pleasant account of the arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of all those grand and bitter enemies that disturb and molest all kingdoms and states throughout the Christian world : to which is added (as a caution to honest country-men) the arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of the knavery and cheats that are used in every particular trade in the city of London / presented to the consideration of all the tantivy-lads and lasses in Urope [sic] by a true son of the Church of England.	Dunton, John, 1659-1733.	1683 (1683)	Wing D2629; ESTC R27312	54,240	166

11. They worshiped them bowed unto them and fell down before them Dan. 13 2. Isa. 44.7 Ios. 23.6 They would lift up their eyes unto them Ezek. 33.25 Pray unto them 1 King 18.26 Hab. 2.16 Isa. 44. 17. Kiss them Hos. 13.2 King 19.8 set up Candles before them Baruch 6.19 Make vows on them Baruch 6.35 and go Pilgrimage to some of them very far Ier. 51.44 expecting some miraculous cure from the Image Baruch 6.41 In entring into their Temples they sprinkled themselves with water Altars they had of stone Isa. 65.3 They used vain repetitio●s in their prayers Matth. 6.7 They measured their Religion and goodness thereof by plenty Ier. 44.7 They had their sacrificing Priests Act. 14.13 and they were shaven Priests Baruch 6.31.32 Sometimes they were of the basest of the people 1 King 12.31 whosoever would might for money or for money-worth make himself a Priest 1 King 12.31 2 Chron. 13.9 And some served for base wages Iudg. 17. They had their Concubines Baruch 6.11 Hos. 4.14 Some of them would wear their hair-cloaths and torment themselves 1 Kings 18.26.28 Zach. 13.4 and of a Devotion in a Will-worship macerate their bodies punishing and not sparing their bodies Col. 2.23 Their Teachers taught for hire Mich. 3. 11. 2 Pet. 2.13 15. Rev. 2. Tit. 1.11 For gifts they would promise life and peace Ezek. 13.22 Ier. 23.14 17 In their service they had variety of musick Dan. 3. Their set holy days Exod. 32. 2 King 13. They had their holy women attending their Idol-service Ezek. 8. ver 14. working for them 13.18 2 King 23.7 and prophesying lies Ezek. 13.22 and were great worshippers of the Queen of Heaven Ier. 7.18 44.19 They had also their several Gods for their several Countries as Papists have their Saints 2 King 17.29 18.34 They would pray to these and swear by them Ier. 57. 12.16 Gen. 31.53 1 King 19 2. 2 King 17.35 Zep. 1.5 Some in Israel which fell to Heathenish Idolatry were like Church-Papists for they would worship Idols and yet go to God's House and hear his Prophets Ier. 7.8 10. 2 King 17.14 Ezek. 14.3 7 20. 1 31. 23. 29. When Idolatry was cast out of the Chur●h as we have done the Idolatry of Rome the Idolaters would condemn it as an ●ll act in them and speaking against the serving of God aright as Papists do against us 2 Kings 18.22 They worshipped towards the East Ezek. 8.16 They were very superstitious Acts 19. They lived in very gross ignorance of the Truth and in liberty of sinning Isa. 44.18 19. 45.29 Eph. 4. 18 19. Wisd. 14.15 16 17. They worshipped they knew not what Iohn 4.22 Their Festivals after their Idol Service they spent in Eating Drinking Singing Dancing Exod. 32.6 18 19. They had their Revellings and Meetings full of Excess and Riot 1 Pet. 4.3 And wonder at and speak ill of such as would not be like them They had Brothel-houses Ezek. 16.24 2 Kings 23.17 1 Kings 15.12 13. 14.24 22.26 They had amongst them Conjurers Wizards Charmers Observers of times Southsayers Astrologers Star-gazers and such like To these the People resorted and consulted with 2 Kings 21.6 1 Sam. 5.2 1 Chron. 10.13 Hest. 37. 9.24 Deut. 18.14 Isa. 19.3 47.1213 Hos. 4.12 Ezek. 21. 21. Ier. 8.17 Act. 8.10 They sacrificed to Nets and burnt incense to Drags Hab. 1. 16. They believed that some of their Images were approved of their great God from Heaven Act. 15.35 They were cruel and bloodily minded against all that were against their Idolatry Hos. 10.14 13. 16. 2 King 21.15 16. Iudg. 6.30 2 Chr. 24.18.21 The Idolaters in Israel and Iudah brought in the Heathen as Gods plague upon them to punish them for their Idolatry 2 Chro. 24 23. 21.16 17. 33.11 30.6 10 17. King 17.18 as the Papists have brought the Turks upon the Christian World by their Imagery and Idolatry Revelations 9. They were stupid and without understanding in their Idol-making and in setting them up to worship them Isa. 44.14 20. and so continued therein obstinate as the Papists do And thus have I shewed what I can say my Lord touching the Heathenish Idolaters and their practices Your evidence is so clear Mr. Protestant as hereby all may see how Pagan-like the Pope is in his Imagery Priests and Temples Is there any further ●vidence Then stands up Mr. Atturney General and did prove him to be guilty of high Treason both against the Person and the Laws of his Sovereign My Lord saith he this Fellow under pretence of Religion for all must be covered with this shadow hath set up another spiritual Head over the Church besides Christ even Antichrist his greatest enemy as is sufficiently proved He hath set up also Mediato●s of Intercession besides Christ also in his rebellious pride of heart he hath exalted Man's merit made him a part● Saviour of himself by satisfactory punishments either here or in thrir feigned Purgatory Thus is he a Rebel and an Abettor of Rebels against Christ. Again the Law of Christ the holy Scripture he hath notoriously corrupted and abused many ways 1. He maketh it no perfect rule 2. He teacheth blasphemously that the Original is corrupt and so shaketh the Faith of all such as rest on the Scriptures 3. He hath added to them Man's Writings called Apocrypha to make them Canonical 4. He hath feigned a Traditional word and equalleth the same with the Scri●tures 5. He debarred for a long time the Translating of God's Word into a known Tongue to keep the people from the understanding thereof 6. Being enforced at length to translate it he hath of ●urpose done it corruptly and with many u●●outh and obscure words hath hidden the Truth still to keep the people in blindness 7. Yet this their so corrupt and obscure Translation is not admitted indifferently to all but to some and to those under license for which they pay money 8. These Parties though they may read the Scriptures yet must it be with the Popes Spectacles and may not see farther ●han the False-teacher pleaseth nor conceive otherwise of the sense than he suggesteth though the Text be never so clear of it self 9. He doth blasphemously publish that the Scriptures are a Nose of Wa● a dead letter sowterly Ink dumb Iudges and a black Gospel Inkie Divinity and may have one sense one time and another at another time according to the Churches state and condition 10. They set up a corrupt Latine Translation far as authentical as the Originals in the Hebrew and the Greek 11. And lastly He brought into the Church instead of the Holy Bible a Book of Lyes to be read Thus is the wicked Wretch guilty of High-treason against our Soveraign Besides that He hath counterfeited his Majesty's broad Seal inventing new Sacraments never of Christ's ●nstitution and hath conspired and plotted the Death of innumerable multitude of his Majesty's Subjects in a most cruel and bloody