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A34793	The schismatick stigmatized wherein all make-bates are branded : whether they are eves-dropping-newes-carriers, murmurers, complainers, railers, reproachers, revilers, repining reformers, fault-finders, quarrell-pickers and corner-creepers : with all the rabble of brain-sicks who are enemies to old Englands peace / by Richard Carter.	Carter, Richard, 17th/18th cent.	1641 (1641)	Wing C664; ESTC R10295	11,943	23

They pretend an extraordinary inspiration like the Gold-smith that blinde Prophet in Germany who proclaimed Iohn of Leidon the Cobler that he should be Emperour of all the world and that he should destroy all Princes Potentates and Prelates but should spare all the common rout who are the onely lovers of sincerity This was in the yeare 1533. Here was the like braine-sick Schismatick in England Hacket by name he was proclaimed King by other Schismaticall Rebells in the 33. of Elizabeth read Conspira pag. 66. and the Annalls of England collected by Iohn Stow pag. 1288. Also in the same 33. yeare of Queen Elizabeth I read of another Braine-sick Rebell who with trayterous words reviled her Majesty and defaced her Armes and pierced in that part of her picture which did represent her breast and heart for the which treason hee was justly put to death July 26. in the yeare above named Read the fore-named Iohn Stow his Annals p. 1289. Almighty God who hast delivered Queen Elizabeth and K. Iames from all their enemies preserve also King Charles his sacred Majesty from all his and our mortall phanatick and Braine-sicke Schismaticall foes Amen Stigma 19. They revile Gods Divine Service prophanely tearming the same Porredge and the Popes Masse-booke yea their blinde zeale will not permit the reading of the Sacred Scriptures in publick no nor to use our blessed Lords Prayer neither first nor last all our Service is no better than Masse if you will believe Schismaticks And being grossely scandalous with whoring couzenage and drunkennesse and slandering they put it oft saying it is the flesh for they are altogether spirituall forsooth Stigma 20. Last of all they are miserable close-fisted when our Kings Majesty demandeth his due for his Royall supportation and for the safety and defence of his Kingdomes I have read that on a time Constantinople was besieged a long time together and at last the enemy was minded to give over the siege and bee gone but newes came to the enemy that the souldiers within the City were growne verie weak and discontented for want of their pay the enemy then returned and in short space took the City there they found infinite store of gold and all manner of treasure the hundred part thereof would have payed the Souldiers and so have kept out the enemy and preserved all The enemy himselfe seeing the treasure hid basely hee lamented their folly and this is a Proverb to this day among the Turks when one becommeth very rich You have beene at the siege of Constantinople I leave this Bone for all hide-bound close-fisted Schismaticks to gnaw upon I will adde what King Iames of ever blessed memory saith in his learned {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} verbatim his words are these in the 42. page of the said Booke These are very Pests in Church and Common-weale whom neither oathes nor promises can bind breathing out nothing but sedition and calumnies aspiring without measure and rayling without reason making their owne imaginations without any warrant of Gods Word the square of their consciences I protest before the great God and since it is no time for mee to lye being now upon my Testament that yee shall never finde with any hy-land or border-theeves greater ingratitude and more lyes and vile perjuries than with these Phanatick spirits Read the rest of this Page and the 43. of this most excellent Booke I will adde what I read in the Book of Homilies Tome 1. p. 36. The world from the beginning till now was ever prompt and ready to fall from God and his holy Commandements in seeking other devices of their owne braines and a devotion found out by the Devill and themselves the which idle dreames and devices they ever set up above Gods Commandements What man of learning and sound judgement doth not see how hypocrisie schisme and faction and heresie doe not daily more and more creep into our Church The foure Leaven thereof doth almost foure the unleavened lumpe I will conclude with that reverend Bishop Iuell indeed the Juell of our Church whose Workes are famous in our severall Churches He saith O immortall God have all our Orthodox Divines beene out of the way and now are a sort of Schismaticks onely in the truth God forbid God forbid It hath been an old complaint even from the first time of the Patriarchs and Prophets confirmed by the writings and testimonies of every age veritatem in terris peregrinam agere interagnotos facile inimicos calumniatores invenire Apologia Eccles. Ang. And God affect all our hearts with a serious and frequent cogitation of sicknesse death and the last judgement that we may all feare God and honour our King and live in peace as good subjects should doe according to Gods holy Word and blessed Ordinance that in whatsoever we do think or speake wee may ever minde that terrible voyce Surgite mortui venite ad judicium St. Hieron. de Reg. Monarch Chap. 30. Saint Hierom oft did well record The second comming of our Lord When this huge Globe shall with fire flame And all the creatures in the same Therefore all minde that dreadfull doome Arise you dead to judgement come Here followeth my Phantasie or Conceit between Tom-asse Pragmaticus and Nick-all-asse Non-sence THomas thus began to vapour Oh brother Nickallas come come give me thy hand give me thy hand well met well met what newes about religion the time is come we looked for there are rods in these popish times in pisse for all those papisticall Protestants and for this Episcopall Dependant Government and Governours what saist thou Nickallas Nick Ha ha he well emet well emet brother Tom ge me thy han ge me thy vest I say I con but laugh ha ha lie Oh my zide oh my belly I zay what did you hire of the Protestation protested wherein thuck zweet Teacher you know who doe say that this government is popish as indeed 't is my Creed Tom. But what saist thou to this R. C. who hath written two Poems besides this and in all three he doth extoll this Anti-Christian government to the skies Nick I can him thurty or vorty years better than thuck that maden and no man knoweth what 's in hem but I c ham zure he hath a little Pope in 's belly vor he is ever pooring in books and mooping by himzelfe and this is the unjust cause he giveth thanks vor Zaints departed and zets up Zaints in the Church ha ha he I have hit the naile on the head c ham zure of that ha ha he oh my belly and my side I say Tom. I hit that in his teeth and he said that he did put up one picture of St. Iames in St. Iames his Church and because he stood bare-headed at the time of Divine Service therefore we have puld it downe But the next time hee shall bee set up with his hat on his head sitting on his Bum. I