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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	holy_a	prophet_n	scripture_n	3,225	5	5.6489	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88651	The quacking mountebanck or The Jesuite turn'd Quaker. In a witty and full discovery of their production and rise, their language, doctrine, discipline, policy, presumption, ignorance, prophanes, dissimulation, envy, uncharitablenes, with their behaviours, gestures, aimes and ends. All punctually handled and proved, to give our country men timely notice to avoid their snares and subtile delusions, ... / By one who was an eye and ear witnesse of their words and gestures in their new hired great Tavern Chappell, or the Great Mouth within Aldersgate.	Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.	1655 (1655)	Wing L3493; Thomason E840_4; ESTC R207470	15,659	20

THE QUACKING MOUNTEBANCK OR The JESUITE turn'd QUAKER In a witty and full Discovery of their Product●… and Rise their Language Doctrine Discipli●… Policy Presumption Ignorance Prophanes Dissimulat●… Envy Vncharitablenes with their Behaviours Gestu●… Aimes and Ends. All punctually handled and proved to give our Coun●… men timely Notice to avoid their Snares and sub●… Delusions Simulata Sanctitas Duplicata Iniquitas BY ONE WHO WAS AN EYE AND EA●… WITNESSE of their Words and Gestures in their 〈◊〉 hired great Tavern Chappell Or the Great Mouth within ●…dersgate LONDON Printed for E. B. at the Angell in Pauls-Church-Yard 1655. THE QUACKING MOUNTEBANCK OR The JESUITE turn'd QUAKER And they shall say have we not prophesied in thy Name but he shall say Depart c. I know you not c. Matth. 7.22.23 Who hath required these things at your Hands Isay 1.12 I sent them not saith the Lord Jer. 27.15 When they shall say unto you loe here is Christ or there beleive them not Matth. 24.23 Mar. 13.21 For Sathan himself is transformed into an Angell of Light it is no great thing If his Ministers also be transformed as c. 2 Cor. 11.14.15 They would deceive the very Elect c Mar. 13.22 The Enemy came and sowed Tares c. Then appeared the Tares also c. Sr. from whence hath it Tares he said an enemy Mat. 13.25.26.27 Beware of false Prophets which come to you in sheeps cloathing Mat 7 15 Who shall perswade Ahab and one said I will and the Lord said how and he said I will go and be a lying Spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets and the Lord said thou shalt prevail go forth and do so 1 King 22.20 c. THESE severall Texts of Holy Scripture are placed in the Frontispeice to stand as a Cloud of Witnesses against these Heathnish people who so much despise and reject all Books and Learning and who do as much as they can cast the Councill of our Saviour Christ behind them who hath sayd Search the Scriptures for they testifie of Me and also of the Prophet David who in Psalm 1. sayes That the man is blest who meditates in the Law of the Lord day and night yet these who are such Quakers and Tremblers fear not to speak evill of Dignities and not only refuse to submit to Magistracy and Dignities on Earth but to reject even Gods Sacred word it self but not to withold the Reader from what we promised we shall come succinctly truly to describe this Herd of strange beasts lately come amongst us and first concerning THEIR PRODVCTION AND RISE These Creatures cannot much boast of Antiquity they cannot surely pretend much to Gentility for they are not of Welch Extraction they scarce know the Heraulds Office nor did they come in with the Conquerour They are much like to Mushrooms and Toad-stools springing up in a night they are surely like to Jonas Gourd in one particular which came up speedily and most wish that they might decay as suddenly they are the Lapwings of these times run about with their shels on their heads they hate idleness for they put themselves to work as soon as they are whelped Running to and fro about the City They may be some kin unto French Taylors delighting to be in the last and newest fashion it may truly be verified of them we are but of yesterday and know nothing they have their Rise not from men but beasts and those not tame but wild by nature from a Fox who was of late kennneld but now he and his whole Litter are abroad and therefore t is fit they should be stoutly hunted Their Actions show them to be true Foxes as Sampsons were running and whisking about our Land with Firebrands of Sedition and Dissention at their tayles to spoile the good Corne Foxes they are for they live all upon preying t is wishd that Salomons advise might be followed Take us the Foxes the little Foxes that spoil the grapes t is thought and not improbably that these were whelped in the Kennell of Ignatius Loyola the Jesuite in the Roman Territories and are now run over hither for forrage and booty their Rise is ignoble and beastly but t is not to be doubted but they will quickly increase and augment because they couple twice or thrice every week and have now hired a large strong kennell to practise in where any one if he please may hear their open mouthes bark out great swelling Non-sence at the sign of the Great mouth within Aldersgate which house has had strange Masters once t was a Pallce for a Noble man another time a place for a Printer next for a Vintner then for a Cook and at present a great den for subtill Foxes THEIR LANGVAGE AND DISCIPLINE These two are joyned together because they help one the other for as their Language is too great so is their Discipline too little and yet they may be well seperated for their Language is without any discipline at all they are no Souldiers for they observe no Orders they do Potius Latrare quàm Orare rather houle or bark then preach or pray yet as subtill as they are they are no Conjurers for they love not to keep within Compasse their Language is as wild as their Nature neither keeps time method nor matter they seem tobe enemies to all Musick for they keep no Stops and yet they may have some skill in it for they run upon Divisions and Quavers Prick-song pleases them for they squeale above Elah and are excellent at the Base they should have skill in Geometry for they 'l compass the Land to gain Proselites and the most if not all of them measure it by the foote having not horses to ride without all doubt they have some experience in Astronomy for most of them are Lunatick or Planet struck their Language aimes at the new Building of old Babel fortheir babling and bawling tends all to Confusion we may safely say that these Creatures were not borne Tongue-tyed they are so voluble though they give such License to their tongues yet they do it without License neither ever had they the gift of Tongues their Language is not substantial but frothy for they foam at the Mouth whilst they prate Salomon sayes That a man full of words shall not prosper then surely there 's no fear that any of this Litter will come to be Aldermen though they talk and prate of Great Matters yet t is no great matter what they say if in a multitude of words there must needs be sin then questionless these are not yet all Saints they have little or no faith for they never keep their words they affect no Vnion and yet they never use Division in their Text. Their Language is harder either then Welch or Wild Irish their persons and Tongues are alike for both defie Magistrates and Ministers A man may easier bind up a Bushel of Sand in a halter then carry away four or five hours of