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A86899 A plaine and briefe discovery of those two beasts that are written, Revel. 13 And to show what dishonour and disgrace the clergie bring against Christ and his glorious church in reading some part of the service-book. Againe I praise God I have shewed in briefe the true signification of Christ and his glorious church, with those holy ordinances that doe belong unto it. Gathered and directed by that grace God hath given to me James Hunt. All glory be to God on high. Hunt, James, 17th cent. 1643 (1643) Wing H3731; Thomason E70_12; ESTC R1261 12,315 16

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things that are reproved are made manifest by the light wherefore I say againe by that glorious light God hath given to me I will shew you in briefe what dishonour disgrace the Clergy bring against Christ and his glorious Church in reading of some part of the Service booke for the Clergy say wee are all miserable sinners and there is no health in us now if there be no health in us then wee are all reprobates for Know yee not that Iesus Christ is in yee except yee bee reprobates 2 Cor. 13.5 Hereby I understand that if Christ by the vertue of his word doth shine in his people then I am sure there is some health in us but the Clergy say there is no health in us therfore let any man judge if they do not accuse the people to be in the state of reprobation Againe the Clergy say that we are all miserable sinners but if I ask any of them if the body of Christ be a body of sin and misery they will answer no Why then my answer to them again is in Ephes 1.22 God gave his son Christ to be head over all things to the Church which is his body the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all This place of Scripture doth prove and signifie that all those people that will be reconciled to Christ and to the new Testament their spirits shall be joyned to the glorious and mysticall body of Christ and thereby they shall be set free from the bondage of sin and misery Againe the Clergy by reading of some part of the Service Book they bring the people under the obedience of the old Law which is the bondage of death and corruption Againe the Clergy in reading of the Service Booke they teach the people to worship God in a false way for they teach the people to fall downe on their knees and pray for Christs Church militant here on earth which is a vaine and false worship for they have no Scripture in the new Testament to prove that Christ hath any such Church but I can prove by plaine truth of Scripture that Christ hath a glorious and triumphing Church here on earth but that the Clergy teach the people to deny for they say that Christs Church is militant here on earth but glorious and triumphing in the world to come but not here upon earth But I say plainly that is a doctrine of devils for the devill he strives by his carnall ministers for to teach the people to worship and obey that which is false and to deny that which is just and true for I will prove in briefe that Christ hath a glorious and triumphing Church here on earth for Christ saith Joh. 12. Father glorifie thy name then came a loud voice from heaven saying I have glorified it and will glorifie it again and Joh. 17. Christ saith plainly The glory which thou gavest me I have given unto them that they may be all one in us that the world may believe that thou hast sent me Againe 2. Cor. 2.14 the Apostle saith expresly Now thanks be unto God who alwayes causeth us to triumph in Christ Jesus this word alwayes plainly signifieth here in this world and in the world to come forever Thus I praise God I have proved in briefe that Christ hath a glorious and triumphing Church here on earth and Christ will have his glorious and triumphing Church by degrees for to flourish over the face of the whole world which will be to the overthrow of the devill and the false Church and I praise God I have shewed you what dishonour and disgrace the Clergy bring against Christ and his Church in reading of the Service Booke My text saith All things that are reproved are made manifest by the light now by that light God hath given unto me I understand the Pope and his Clergy in their Service Book they have but the Lords Prayer and some of the holy Epistles of S. Paul and other parts of the Gospell and thereby they have set a glosse and a glorious colour upon their Service Book that so they may the more closely and craftily blinde and deceive the people for it is said in the 13. Verse that the beast maketh fire come down from heaven and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth I understand the fire that cometh out of heaven is those parts of the Gospell which the Pope and the Bishops have caused to be put in their Service book for the Word of God which is revealed in the New Testament doth signifie the Holy Ghost and fire Againe I say plainly that the divine power of the World of God in the Gospell of Christ will be as a flaming and consuming fire for to burn up all those errours and false traditions which the Pope and the Bishops have invented in their Service book Againe I say that the divine power of the Word of God in the doctrine of the new Testament will be a flaming and a consuming fire for to burne and consume all false power as touching Church government and false doctrines which is contrary to the true worship and Word of God Againe I understand that my glorious God hath appointed and commanded that for preaching and Church-government that must be held forth for to gather the people into the mysticall body of Christ But for those two beasts the Pope and his Clergy and the Bishops here in England and their Clergy by their false doctrine and false power they keepe the people out of Christ as I shall prove in briefe for the Apostle saith expresly 2 Cor. 5.17 If any man be in Christ he is a new creature and to be a new creature is to be reconciled to Christ and to the new Testament Old things are past away behold all things are become new I understand the old things that are past away is the old Law and Testament For as circumcision and the bloud of buls and goats did belong to the old Law and Testament which Christ hath abolished Now on the other side Baptisme and the Bread and Wine they are two holy Ordinances which do belong to the body of Christ and to the second covenant of grace Now these things which I have proved in briefe will overthrow the Bishops and all their clergy for their order is to read a chapter in the old Testament and then another in the new and when they are in their pulpits they joyn in their doctrine the old Law and Testament and the new together as if they were both as one and in so doing they have blinded and deceived all those people that are as yet held under their power for if there be any Divine or other man that can finde any one place of Scripture in the new Testament for to prove as he thinks that the ministration of the old Law and Testament is to be joyned to the glorious body of Christ if I cannot finde five other plaine truths to prove that he is deceived