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A26052 The asses complaint against Balaam; or, The cry of the country against ignorant and scandalous ministers. Griffin, Lewis. 1661 (1661) Wing A4021A; ESTC R16516 976 1

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THE Asses Complaint against Balaam Or the Cry of the COUNTRY AGAINST Ignorant and Scandalous Ministers To the Reverend Bishops YEE mitred Members of the House of Peers The Kings Churchwardens and Gods Overseers Fathers in Christ we your poor Children cry Oh give us Bread of Life or else we die For we are burd'ned with our old Sir Johns Who when we ask for Bread do give us stones And only cant a Homily or two Which Daws and Parrots may be taught to doe Drunkards Cannonicall Vnhallowed Bears That name God oftner in their oaths then Prayers Into what darknesse will our Church be hurld If such as these be call'd The light o th' World These that have nought to prove themselves devout Save only this That Cromwell turnd them out Mistake us not we do not mean those loyall And learned soules who in the fiery tryall Sufferd for King and conscience sake let such Have double honour we shall nere think much But this our tender conscience disapproves That Ravens should return as well as Doves And croak in Pulpits once again to bring A second Judgment on our Church and King Though England doth not fear another losse ' Cause God hath burnd his Rods at Charing crosse Yet Clergy sins may call him to the Doore Ev'n him who whip'd and scourg'd them out before Oh therefore ye that read the sacred Laws Eject their Persons and disown their cause God and the King have both condemud this crew Then let them not be patroniz'd by you 'T is not their Cassocks not their Surplices We quarrell at there is no hurt in these We owh their Decency yet every Foole Cannot be call'd a Monk that weares a Cowle Were grace and learning wanting by your leaves We would not pin our faith on your Lawn sleeves 'T is Aarons breastplate and those sacred words Become a Churchman best THAT THAT my Lords Which pious Baxter makes his livery VVould all our Curates were but such as he Pardon my Lords we do not make this stir To vindicate the factious Presbyter We hate his ways and equally disown The zealous Rebell as the Idle Droan And beg as oft to be deliver'd from The Kirk of Scotland as the Sea of Rome We pray for Bishops too Oh may ye stand To heale the sad distractions of the Land Then give us Priests loyall and painfull too To give to Caefar and to us our due God save King Charles our Christian faiths Defender And bring Religion to its wonted Splendour ADVERTISEMENT LOyall and Orthodox Reader Judg charitably I am ne'ther Presbyterian nor Phanatick but as true a Son of the Church of England as thy self for thy further satisfaction I shall God willing present thee with an other paper to clear my honesrintention in this Lewis Griffin