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A93596	Englands vvarning by Germanies vvoe: or, An historicall narration, of the originall, progresse, tenets, names, and severall sects of the Anabaptists, in Germany, and the Low Countries: continued for about one hundred and twenty years, from anno 1521. (which was the time of their first rise,) until these dayes. VVherein is set forth their severall errors dangerous, and very destructive to the peace both of church and state: the way and manner of their spreading them: the many great commotions: (yea,to the effusion of much blood,) which they occasioned in those parts, by their opposition to, and resistance of the civill magistrates; and what course there was taken for the suppressing them. / By Frederick Spanhemius, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the Vniversity of Leyden in Holland. Published according to order.	Spanheim, Friedrich, 1600-1649.	1646 (1646)	Wing S4798; Thomason E362_28; ESTC R201224	43,736	52

ENGLANDS VVARNING BY GERMANIES WOE OR An Historicall Narration of the Originall Progresse Tenets Names and severall Sects of the Anabaptists in Germany and the Low Countries Continued for about one hundred and twenty years from Anno 1521. which was the time of their first Rise untill these Dayes VVherin is set forth their severall Errors dangerous and very destructive to the Peace both of Church and State The way and manner of their spreading them The many great Commotions yea to the effusion of much blood which they occasioned in those parts by their opposition to and resistance of the Civill Magistrates And what course was there taken for the suppressing them By FREDERICK SPANHEMIUS Doctor and Professour of Divinity in the Vniversity of Leyden in Holland Foelix quem faciunt aeliena pericula cautum Published according to Order LONDON Printed by John Dever Robert Ibbitson for John Bellamie at the three Golden Lions in Corn-hill neere the Royall Exchange 1646. Englands warning by Germanies Woe OR An Historicall Narration of the Originall Progresse Tenets Names and severall Sects of the Anabaptists in Germany and the low Countryes CHAP. I. Of the Originall or beginning of the Anabaptists PUrposing by the assistance of God The Proem for the confirmation and vindication of the truth to dispute against the Anabaptists for the more full illustration of the matter I have taken in hand I thought fit briefly to praemise these things 1 Of the Originall of these Sectaries 2 Of their Progresse 3 Of the divers Sects into which they are divided 4 Of the Names by which they are commonly called 5 Of their Heterodox opinions Concerning the first namely the Originall or beginning of this sort of men which are most commonly termed Anabaptists Their first birth is challenged by the yeare of our Lord 1521. when they began to appeare on the stage and to enter into these parts of the Christian world Those that are read to be the first which helped the world to be delivered of this Sect were Nicholas Storch Marcus Stubner and chiefly one Thomas Muntzer men borne in upper-Germany whose pretence was piety of a civill life in appearance but their mindes greedy after innovations ambitious of Honour and made and fitted for ungodly enterprises To their designes a while joyned himselfe Martinus Cellarius a Swede by Nation disciple of Capnion and one of Melanchtoms familiars but who afterwards both by his and Luthers admonition repented and together with his Sect cast of his Country name taking unto him from thence-forth the name of Borrhai under which name he was first placed in the profession of Philosophy and afterwards of Divinity in the famous University of Bazill where besides his writings in Logicke and Mathematicks by publishing Commentaries upon some Books of the old Testament he commended himselfe unto the Church of God untill at last being seized by the Pestilence he there finished his life in the Communion of the Orthodox Church the yeare of our Lord. 1564. Nicholas Storch and Marcus Stubner by divers practises indeavoured to draw the heedlesse people after them this latter by the fame of his learning and a certaine dexterity he had in expounding the holy Scripture the former as being altogether unlearned by his popular eloquence and report of inspirations revelations and secret conferences with God both by a great deale of jugling and divers frauds These notwithstanding proceeded more warily and gently but more violently and furiously Thomas Muntzer under whose conduct brake forth that lamentable sedition of the Country-men by which in the former age upper-Germany was so grievously shaken and with the same the fruites of that new Gospell where-with Storch and Stubner had possessed the mindes of the common people The residue of both whose lives and their ends are uncertaine Of Muntzers further enterprises comes now particularly to be spoken Some fanaticke spirits take occasion of making parties and rending the Church of God upon the words of Luther in his Booke of Christian liberty which is extant amongst his workes in the third Tome and was first published in the yeare of our Lord 1520. having read there that a Christian man is Lord of all things and subject to none which words written by Luther that eminent servant of God in the best part and largely expounded and by a contrary aphorisme namely that the same was servant of all and subject to all more fully declared were wrested to an ill sense by men impatient both of their owne and others quietnesse who upon that occasion first privately and afterward publiquely began to speake evill of the Government of Princes unto the people telling them of their exactions and boasting the liberty purchased to all under the Kingdome of Christ and making large complaints not onely of the Tyranny of the Pope of Rome but also of many faults still tolerated in the Church by the first reformers and so shaking the two pillars of publique order the dignity of the Magistrate and the reverence of the sacred Ministery and the authority of both Thereupon consulted about framing a new and more perfect Church and concerning its new policy and on this occasion thought of a new Baptisme to initiate the disciples thereof But least the reverence of the Baptisme formerly received should be any hinderance to their purpose Childrens Baptisme was exclaimed against as vaine yea unlawfull being conferred upon Infants which were uncapable thereof whereas this Sacrament ought to be administred to none but men growne and who had the use of their will and reason And that the zeale of this new Church which these Doctors desired to raise out of the rubbish might the more deeply enter into the mindes of the common people they tooke speciall care to make great shew of piety themselves and to presse the same upon others Hence the ordinary subject of publique Sermons and private Conventicles was That wee must detest sinne suddue the flesh stirre up the spirit exercise duties of charity beare the Crosse of Christ give our selves to fasting bee plaine in apparell moderate in dyet compose the dressing of our bodyes to neglect rather then ornament and be sparing of speech It cannot be said how much the enemy of mankinde by this slight transforming himselfe into an Angell of light and hiding the depths of Satan advanced his cause and how much this meere out-side of godlinesse and holinesse made the mindes of men not evill addicted unto these new Evangelists The mindes of men being thus prepared Thomas Muntzer first Pastor of Cygnea afterwards of Alstet a Towne seated in the limits of Thuringia and Saxony thinking he might now go on with his designes hardned himselfe in his audacious wickednesse yea resolved in his minde to adventure on any mischiefe whatsoever For when he observed the name of Luther to be famous every where for restoring the Churches liberty and all mens mindes to be inclined towards him he thought he must by some notable enterprize get himselfe a

by sending forth horrible cries about the streets and crosse wayes exhort all men to repentance many wonders are noysed amongst the common people from Osnabrug Wesell and Warendorp and the neighbouring Townes were called hither all such as were instructed in the mysteries of Anabaptisme under the glorious promise of receiving an hundred fold for the goods that they left Most of the Senators goe out of Towne They create new Magistrats the rest are put off the face of the City quite altered new Magistrates created by the prophets and amongst the rest Bernard Knipperdolling an old Innovator ready of his hands and as it were made of purpose for tumults To whom Brethren were adjoyned all men of the same order and disposition Over the Church assemblies were set one Julius of Friesland Rotmannus and others The Monasteries and Temples are spoiled a huge deale of prey is gotten together and used in common yea by a new ordinance of the Prophets community of all goods is commanded upon paine of death They command community of all goods upon pain of death they abolish Schooles and Church assemblies all bookes except the Bible are cast into the fire Schooles abolished yea and publique Church assemblies the Prophets often redoubling happy would that time be when all should be taught of God And when the City was besieged by the Bishop the Prophets prepare forces raise fortifications cast the Bels into Engines of warre and parting the worke amongst the people not onely delude them with vaine words but tire them out with hard labour and by cruelty confirme their authority towards the gaine-sayers John Matthiiz rashly falling out amongst the thickest of the enemies with a small company being cut off and the Citizens mindes much troubled thereat John of Leyden thinking it concerned him to repaire this mischance tels them that his death with the manner thereof was long since foretold him and so he and Rotmannus raise them all up in new hopes and expectation of a miraculous deliverance from the siege and repulsing the enemy who divers times assaulted the wals without successe gained credit to their praedictions Then as being taken with an extasy and drunke for three dayes at length proclaimes that by the command of their heavenly Father twelve factious men must be set over this new Israel reserving to himselfe as the Prophet of God authority to declare unto all what was Gods pleasure They establish Polygamy and rage against those that oppose it they practise tyranny To cover his owne adulteries and monstrous lusts hee establisheth Polygamy rageth against those that dissented and by the slaughters of a great many strengthens his Tyranny so that upon the pleasure of this ungodly man depended not onely the fortunes but even the lives of every one of the Citizens Whosoever durst but speak a jest word of the Prophets was accused of Treason and made a Sacrafice to the lust of these miscreants and all divine and humane right troden under foote Yea so farre proceeded the madnesse of this villanous fellow John of Leyden set upon a Kingly throne that by the craft of a Goldsmith of Warendorp suborned by him who fained a revelation and inspiration and the blockishnesse of the bewitched people this scum of the earth was set upon a Kingly Throne and exercised a stage-player like Kingdome in an oppressed City prepared himselfe princely furniture and attendance useth all manner of cruelty with whordoms He distributeth principallities and dukedoms at his pleasure to his followers murders and unheard of Tyranny distributed amongst his followers Principalities and Dukedomes at his pleasure and by his messengers published abroad the Kingdome of Sion and every where stirred up the country people to mutiny and rebellion yea attempted such mischiefes as will scarce finde credit with posterity ascribing to himselfe this franticke title Iohn King of new Ierusalem King of righteousnesse over the whole world Of which may be seene at large Ioannes Sleydan in the tenth booke of his Comentaries Lambertus Hortensius Manfortius lib. de tumultibus Anabapt and Ioannes Wigandus Bishop of Pomezania in his volumne published of Anabaptisme This Stage-play or rather Tragedy endured so long untill the City was brought to the utmost misery and the Citizens too late acknowledging their owne vaine credulity and the madnesse of their Prophets was by a stratagem taken of the enemy and Iohn of Leyden Knipperdolling and other of the principall being caught after some fruitlesse conferences Anno 1536. had betweene them The Ring-leaders of the Anabaptists are puld in peeces with burning pinoers and John of Leyden hangd up in a Cage and Antony Corvinus and Ioannes Kymaeus divines of Hessen both of them with other consorts of their villany received the most just reward of their wickednesse being plucked in peeces with burning pincers and diversly tormented as those which had deserved more then one kinde of death and Iohn of Leyden at this day hanging up in a Cage teacheth posterity to learne righteousnesse and not to despise the Deity Notwithstanding neither with these horrible fruits of Anabaptisme nor yet with the calamity of Munster were the mindes of the Anabaptists dismayed in divers Provinces of the Netherlands and though many of them protested that they disliked the madnesse of the Anabaptists of Munster yet t is certain that their chiefest Teachers in divers Provinces were such as were sent out from them and Memo Simonz although hee disapproved of many things in those of Munster neverthelesse acknowledged them for brethren though weake ones and professed that their calamity notwithstanding they might finde God mercifull unto them And indeed this Memo Simonz came out of the Schoole of Vbbo Philipz and he out of the Schoole of Bartholomew Compactor whose Apostleship is referred unto Iohn Matthiiz that famous Prophet of those of Munster by whom hee Theodoricke Cuyper Claesvan Alcmaer and others were first sent forth But how much this factious spirit stormed in Friesland and Holland what uproares hee raised especially at Amsterdam and here at Leyden yea throughout all Holland and Friesland and what dangerous plots he contrived for the destruction of those Cities is at large declared by Lamberous Hortensius in the booke before cited And although these tumults alwayes fell on the heads of their Authours and their madnesse and erroneous doctrines were both by the Magistrates and Ministers of the word every where resisted notwithstanding so deep roots have this kinde of men taken in these Provinces and their counterfeit shew of much simplicity sincerity humility and charity and speciall reverence towards the word of God so bewitched the mindes especially of the common people and doth still bewitch them that many which are no evill men but zealous of godlinesse joyne unto their party and turne the loose life of many of those which are of the reformed Churches into a prejudice of their Doctrine Yea at this day their doctors by confessions and writings partly doctrinall partly