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A05467	A worke of the Beast or A relation of a most vnchristian censure, executed vpon Iohn Lilburne, (novv prisoner in the fleet) the 18 of Aprill 1638 With the heavenly speech vttered by him at the time of his fuffering [sic]. Uery vsefull for these times both for the encouragement of the godly to suffer, and for the terrour and shame of the Lords adversaries.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1638 (1638)	STC 15599; ESTC S108558	26,341	34

with rejoicing I haue undergon vnto whose censure I do with willingnes cheerefulnes ●ubmit my selfe But seeing I now stand here at this present I intend the Lord assisting me with his power and guiding me by his spirit to declare my minde unto you I haue nothing to say to any mans person and therefore will not meddle with that Onlie the things that I have to say in the first place are concerning the Bishops their calling They challeng their callings ●o be Iure Divino for the oppugning of which those three renovvned living marters of the Lord Dr. Bastwick M. Burton M. Prinne did suffer in this place and they have sufficientlie proved that their Calling is not from God which men I love and honour and doe perswade my selfe their soules are deere and precious in the sight of God though they were so cruellie and butcherlie dealt with by the Prelates and as for Mr. Burton and Mr. Prynne they are worthie and learned men but yet did not in manie things write so fullie as the Dr. did who hath sufficientlie plentifullie set forth the wickednes both of the Prelates themselves of their callings as you may reade in his Bookes that they are not Jure Divino which noble and reverend Dr. I love with my Soule and as he is a man that stands for the truth and Glorie of God my verie life and hart blood I will lay downe for his honour and the maintaining of his cause for which he Suffered it being Gods cause As for the Bishops they vsed in former times to challeng their jurisdiction Callings and power from the King But they haue now openly in the High Commission Court renounced that as was heard by many at the Censure of that Noble Dr. And as you may fullie read in his Apollogeticus And in his Answer to Sr. Iohn Bankes his Jnformation Novv J will here mantaine it before them all That their Calling is so farre from being Iure Diuino as they say they are that they are rather Iure Diabollico Which if I be not able to proue let me be hanged vp at the Hall Gate But my Brethren for your better satisfaction read the 9. 13. Chapters of the Reuelation and there you shall see that there came Locust out of the Bottomlesse Pitt part of vvhom they are and they are ther liuely discirbed Also you shall there finde that the Beast which is the Pope or Roman State and Goverment hath given to him by the D●agon the Devill his Power and Seate and great authoritie Soe that the Popes authoritie comes from the Devill and the Prelates and their Creatures in their printed Bookes do challenge their authoritie jurisdiction and Power that they exercise over all sorts of people is from Rome And for proving of the Church of England to be a true Church their best strongest argument is that the Bb. are lineally discended from his Holines or impiousnes of Rome as you may read in Pocklingtons Booke called Sunday no Sabboth So that by their own confession they stand by that same power and authoritie that they haue receaved from the Pope Soe that their calling is not from God but from the Divill For the Pope cannot give a better authoritie or calling to them then he himselfe hath But his Authoritie and Calling is from the Devill Therefore the Prelates Calling and authoritie is from the Devill alfoe Revel 9.3 And there came out of the smoake Locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power as the Scorpions of the earth haue power to hurt and vndoe men as the Prelates dailie doe And also Revel 13.2 And the Beast which I sawe saith S. Iohn was like unto a Leopard and his feete were as the feete of a Beare and his mouth as the mouth of a Lion and the Dragon that is to say the Devill gaue him his power his seat and great authority and ver 15.16.17 And whether the Prelates as well as the Pope do not daily the same things let every man that hath but common reason judge For do not their daily practises and cruell burdens imposed on all sorts of people high and low rich and poore witnesse that their discent is from the Beast part of his state and kingdome Soe also Revel 16.13.14 All which places do declare that their Power and authority being from the Pope as they themselues confesse Therefore it must needes originally come from the Devill For their power callings must of necessitie proceede either from God or else from the Divill But it proceeds not from God as the Scriptures sufficiently declares Therefore there calling and power proceeds from the Devill as both Scripture and there owne daily practises doe demonstrate and prove And as for that last place cited Rev. 16.13.14 Jf you please to reade the Second and third parts of Dr. Bastwicks Letany you shall finde he their proves that the Prelates practises doe every way suite with and make good that portion of Scripture to the vtmost For in their Sermons that they preach before his Majestie how doe they incense the King nobles against the people of God labouring to make them odious in his sight stirring him up to execute vengance vpon them though they be the most harmelesse generation of all others And as for all these officers that are vnder them made by them for mine own particular I cannot se but that their callings are as unlawfull as the Bishops themselves and in particular for the callings of the ministers J do not nor will not speake against their persons for I know some of them to be very able men and men of excellent guiftes and quallifications and I perswade my selfe their souls are very deare and pretious in the sight of God Yet not withstanding this proves not their Callings to be ever the better As it is in civill government If the King whom God hath made a lawfull Majestrate make a wicked man an officer hee is as true an officer and as well to be obeyed comming in the Kings name as the best man in the world comming with the same atthoritie for in such a case he that is a wicked man hath his calling from as good authority as the godliest man hath And therefore his calling is as good as the others But on the other side if he that hath noe authoritie make officers though the men themselues be never so good and holie Yet their holines maks their calling never a whitt the truer but still is a false a calling in regard his authority was not good nor lawful that made thē evē so the ministers be they never so holy mē yet they haue one and the same calling with the wickedest that is amongest them their holines proues not their callings to be ever the truer seeing their authority that made them ministers is false and therefore they haue more to answer for then any of the rest by how much the more God hath

not to dishonor my cause for you suffer said he for a good cause I gaue him thanks for his christian incouragement J replying I know the cause is good for it is Gods cause for my own part I am cheerful merry in the Lord am as well contented with this my present portion as if I were to receiue my present liberty For I knowe my God that hath gone along with me hither to will carry me though to the end And for the affliction itself though it be the punishment inflicted upon Rogues yet I esteeme it not the least disgrace but the greatest honour that can be done unto me that the Lord counts me worthy to suffer any thing for his great name And you my Brethren that doe now here behold my present condition this day be not discouraged be not discouraged at the waies of Godlinesse by reason of the Crosse which accompanies it for it is the lot and portion of all which will liue Godly in Christ Iesus to suffer persecution The Cart being readie to goe forward I spake to the executioner when I saw him pull out his Corded whipp out of his pocket after this manner Well my friend doe thy office To which he replyed I haue whipt many a Rogue but now I shall whip an honest man but be not discouraged said he it will be soon over To which I replyed J knowe my God hath not onely enabled me to beleeve in his name but alsoe to suffer for his sake Soe the Carman drove forward his Cart and I laboured with my God for strength to submit my back with cheerfullnes unto the smitter And he heard my desire granted my request for when the first stripe was giuen I felt not the least paine but said Blessed be thy name O Lord my God that hast counted mee worthy to suffer for thy glorious names sake And at the giving of the second I cried out with a loud voice Hallelujah Hallelujah Glory Honour and Praise bee given to thee O Lord for ever and to the Lambe that sitts vpon the Throne Soe wee vvent vp Fleetstreete the Lord enabling me to endure the stripes vvith such patience and cherefullnes that J did not in the least manner shevv the least discontent at them for my God hardened my backe and steeled my reynes and tooke a vvay the smart and payne of the stripes from mee But J must confesse if I had had no more but my owne naturall strength I had suncke vnder the burden of my punishement for to the flesh the paine was uery grevious heauy But my God in whom I did trust was higher and stronger then my selfe whoe strengthened and enabled mee not onely to undergoe the punishment with cherefullnes but made me Triumph with a holy disdaine to insult over my torments And as we went along the Strand many friends spoke to me asked how I did bid me be cherfull to whom I replied I was merry and cheerfull and was upheld with a diuine and heauenly supportation comforted with the sweet consolations of Gods spirit And about the middle of the Strand there came a Friend and bid me speake with boldnesse To when I replied when the time comes soe I will for then if I should haue spoken and spent my strength it would haue been but as water spilt on the ground in regard of the noyse and presse of people And alsoe at that time I was not in a fitt temper to speake because the dust much troubled mee and the Sunne shined very hot vpon mee And the Tipstaffe man at the first vvould not let mee haue my hatt to keepe the vehement heate of the Sunne from my head Alsoe hee many times spake to the Cart man to driue softly Soe that the heate of the Sunne exceedingly peirced my head and made me somwhat faint But yet my God vpheld me vvith courage and made me vndergoe it vvith a joyfull heart And vvhen J came to Chearing Crosse some Christian friends spake to me and bid me be of good cheere Soe I am said I for I rest not in my ovvne strength but J fight vnder the Banner of my great and mightie Captaine the Lord Jesus Christ who hath conquered all his Enemies and I doubt not but through his strength I shall conquer and over come all my sufferings for his power upholdes mee his strength enables mee his presence cheeres mee and his Spirit comforts mee and I looke for an immortall Crowne which never shall fade nor decay the assured hope and expectation where of makes mee to contemne my sufferings and count them as nothing ffor my momentany affliction will worke for me a farre more exceeding Crowne and weight of glory And as I went by the Kings pallace a great Multitude of people came to looke vpon me And passing through the gate vnto Westminster Many demanded what was the matter To whom I replied my Brethren against the Law of God against the law of the Land against the King or State haue J not committed the least offence that deserves this punishment but only J suffer as an object of the Prelates cruelty and malice and hereupon one of the Warden of the Fleets-officers beganne to interrupt me and tells mee my suffering was just and therefore I should hold my tongue Whom J bidd meddle with his owne businesse for I would speake come what would for my cause was good for which I suffered and here I was ready to sh●…d my dearest blood for it And as we went through Kings street many encouraged me and bidd me be cheerefull Others whose faces to my knwoledge I never sawe before and who J verilie thinke knew not the cause of my suffering but seeing my cheerefullnes vnder it beseeched the Lord to blesse me and strenthen mee At the last wee came to the Pillary where I was unloosed from the Cart and having put one some of my cloathes wee went to the Taverne vvhere J staid a prittie vvhile vvaiting for my Surgeon vvhoe vvas not yet come to dresse mee Where vvere many of my Friends whoe exceedingly rejoyced to see my courage that the Lord had enabled me to vndergoe my punishment soe willingly Whoe asked me how I did I tould them as well as ever I was in my life I blesse my God for it for I felt such inward joy and comfort chearing vp my soule that I lightly esteemed my sufferings And this I counted my weding day in which I was married to the Lord Iesus Christ for now I knowe he loues me in that he hath bestowed soe rich apparrell this day upon me and counted me worthie to suffer for his sake I hauing a desire to retire into a private roome from the multitude of people that were about me which made me like to faint I had not been ther long but Mr. Lightburne the Tibstasse of the Star-Chamber came to me saying the Lords sent him to me to knowe if I would acknowledge my selfe to be in a