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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85695	Mercurius Cambro-Britannicus. Or, Nevvs from Wales, touching the glorious and miraculous propagation of the Gospel in those parts. Being a clear discovery & manifestation of the late invented trade of tith-gathering there, intended by some persons to be suddenly set on foot and established over all England. Well worthy of the serious and timely consideration of the Parliament, Army and nation, and every individual member thereof.	Griffith, Alexander, d. 1690.	1652 (1652)	Wing G1987; Thomason E674_25; ESTC R29650	19,846	29

Mercurius Cambro-Britannicus OR NEVVS from WALES TOUCHING The Glorious and Miraculous Propagation of the Gospel in those parts Being a clear DISCOVERY MANIFESTATION Of the late invented Trade of TITH-GATHERING there Intended by some Persons to be suddenly set on foot and established over all ENGLAND Well worthy the serious and timely consideration of the Parliament Army and Nation and every individual Member thereof MAL. 3.7 8 9 10. Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord of Hosts But ye said Where shall we return Will a man rob God yet ye have robbed me But ye say Wherein have we robbed thee In Tythes and Offerings Ye are cursed with a curse for ye have robbed me even this whole nation bring ye all the Tythes into the store-house that there may be meat in mine house and prove me now herewith saith the Lord of Hosts if I will not open the Windows of heaven and powr you out a blessing that there shal not be room enough to receive it London Printed in the Year 1652. P. P. to the indifferent Reader THis sober honest Mercury coming to my hands I thought it no great Error if I gave it that entertainment which I sometimes give even the Phrantick Bedlam Pamphlets I must confesse it was to me a kind of Eye-salve for I looked formerly at the wrong end of the Perspective and the transgressions of our Welsh Itinerants palliated with the name of Saints seemed but small Atoms in a large Sun-shine This Book is a new Telescope it discovers what we could not see before and the Spots in this Spiritual Moon are Mountains 1. These Saints have a certain pious Wawle in the Pulpit but out of it they are all Clutch and Claw they are as Lucian discovered poverty full of Hooks and they fish for this world not for that which is to come I did sometimes wonder why they were so busie with South-Wales and was about to consult with the Map if Mount Sion were not there But I understand now there is a more present blessing in those parts there is 20000 l. per annum for all the learned Ministers are ejected the Church is a meer Carcasse which makes these Ravens flock towards it and now they flutter and croak over the Inheritance of God Certainly the Author of this discourse deserves the suffrages of all honest men and even some Gratulatory returns and encouragements from the Patrones of the People for in my opinion the Parliament is beholding to him for discovering the Obliquities and dark carriages of the propagators who being so remote from the Cognizance of the House have made use of their Authority for their own private contrivances to the dishonour of their Masters and the Scandal of true Religion and piety 2. The Army is beholding to him for discovering those that swallow up that Treasure which should either be employed for the end it was designed by Parliament or else for the payment of their Arrears Those men of War that now receive it having scarce lost one drop of bloud in the late quarrels nor had any greater enemy to contest withall then Black-coats and the bridge of Rosse 3. The Nation is indebted to him in making a timely discovery of the purpose of these Itenerants to procure the like Propagation in all England hoping that the Parliament being made sensible of the sad Consequences of this Itinerary course in Wales may not be so easily perswaded to passe the like Act for England but rather to continue the publique Worship of God in setled Congregations 4. All Wales are become Everlasting debtors to him For a word spoken in season is like apples of Gold and who knows not but the Lord may encline the hearts of the Parliament to provide for their future supply of Godly Ministers and School-Masters by appointing some other Persons by whom the Lord will have his Work to be done And perhaps some good men hearing of this Spiritual famine may out of Charity come in and offer themselves to labour in the Lords Vine-yard for the Harvest is great and the Labourers very few 5. All the Ministers and Scholers in England are not a little beholding to him For if this Itinerary way of Congregating persons and Gathering of Churches should be once setled or permitted here there would be little use of Ministers or Scholers in that expedition 6. The Lawyers of England ought to pay him Tribute For Law and humane learning are inconsistent with the Itineraries Principles and they hate all strifes and contentions other then what arise out of their own Doctrine If then Reader thou art one of those that would be undeceived * Consider what thou readest See how one Diurnal of Aug. 2. 52. half whereof is filled up with some late news from Wales is Stigmatized for an Imposture in the very front of another of the very same ●●ate give me leave to invite thee to this Book with that Call in the Revelation Come and see It is a sight deserves thy best considerations and the time thou dost spend about it cannot be lost Here thou shalt see the Wolfe divested of the Fleece thou shalt see him in his own Symmetry in his own humours without that Sheepish formallity that fraudulent pretended Personated piety which he holds forth as a blind between him and the world Here the Whore is stript of her Fucus not shee that sits on seven hills but an other more impudent Whore that sits on seven score hills in South-walls Here thou shalt see that Propagation of the Gospel is a Propagation of Land and Money for the Saints have advanced from 7. l. per annum to 1500. l. and he who had scarce Frize for his breech struts it now in Holy lace and Scarlet Had their valorous atchievements in the field gained these goodly things as other gallant Commanders and Officers had done they had been well worthy of honor and wealth But the mighty men of Wales found a more easie and safe way to attain both viz. by pretence of holinesse and outward form of piety which hath been no small advantage unto them but I shall forbear any further mention because I will not detain thee from the book it self Read thou the Truth and assist it for if thou hast any interest in the Church of Christ it concernes thee but defraud not the Discoverer of his just Commendations I have no more to trouble thee withall at present unlesse thou art a Britan if so make true Vse and Application of the two lines under-written Da iw'r Kelwydd trâ i Koylîr Vid 1 Esdr 4.38 39 40 41. Pen elir ym-hell gwell iw'r Gwîr The Authors Apologie Courteous Reader HAving been an eye-witness and spectator of the sad deplorable condition of Southwales in relation to the Work of the Ministry since the Commissioners for Propagation were impowred in those parts I have not been a little troubled with thoughts of heart what to do and how to